(11) - Resume

GARON CURTIS

Education

1966 - Cordova High School, Rancho Cordova

1967 – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

1968 – U.C. Davis

1969 – 1971 – US Army

1971 – 1973 – Sacramento City College

1973 – 1975 – California State University, Sacramento, Bachelor of Arts

1976 – California State University, Sacramento, Secondary Teaching Credential, Art

1985 – University Of San Diego, Graduate Units, Education

1991 – National University, Master of Science, Educational Administration

Professional Experience

1973 – 1976 – Teaching Assistant to Dr. Bev Peairs, The Potter’s Wheel

1975 – 1979 – Self Employed – Curtis Pottery

1979 – 2004 – Art Instructor and Department Chair, San Juan High School, Retired

2014 - Present - Owner and Curator of the Ice Box Gallery, A Non-Profit Art Venue.

Art Shows

1974 - The Potter’s Touch, The Potter’s Wheel Gallery

1975 - California State Fair Art Show

1975 - Sacramento Regional Arts Council, “Purchase Award”

1976 - California State Fair, “Art in Action” Exhibit

1978 – 1979 - California Expo Holiday Fair, “Best of Show”

1985 – 1996 - KVIE Annual Art Auction/Donor

1986 - San Juan Unified School District Faculty/Student Show, “Them & Us”, Michael Himovitz Gallery

1987 - 1997 - Crocker Art Museum Annual Auction/Donor

1991 - San Juan Unified School District Faculty Art Show, Sacramento Community Arts Center

1993 - San Juan Unified School District Faculty/Student Art Show,  “One on One”, Crocker Art Museum

1994 - Phantom Arts Gallery, Group Show

1995 - Lincoln Arts Center, Invitational Cup Show

1995 - Lincoln Arts Center, Students of Ruth Rippon Show

1996 - San Juan Unified School District Faculty/Student Show, Crocker Art Museum

1997 - Lincoln Arts Center, “Cone X (figuratively speaking)”

2002 - Lincoln Arts Center, “Poetic License”

2002 - Lincoln Arts Center, “Making Faces”

2003 - Lincoln Arts Center, “Unmasked”

2004 - 2008 - Donor to “Empty Bowls” River City Community Services

2005 - Sierra College Gallery, Invitational “Face To Face” Mask Show

2005 - Smud Gallery, “Taking Liberties: A Contemporary Mask Exhibition”

2006 - 2008 - Lincoln Clay Fest, “Art in Action”

2006 - 2008 – SPCA, “Reigning Cats and Dogs Gala” Annual Art Auction/Donor

2008 - Smud Gallery, The 7th Annual Mask Exhibition “Artistic License”

2009 - Smud Gallery, 2009 Mask Exhibition: "Self-Portraits"

2010 - The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and Smud Gallery, "Eyes, Nose, Mouth" A Group Exhibit

2010 - Blue Line Gallery,  Mask Invitational: "An Inch to a Foot"

2011 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, Invitational Group Show: "First Annual Ruth Rippon Alumni Show"

2011 - Kondos Gallery,  "Birdhouses" - Exhibition of birdhouses created by California artists 

2012 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery,  Invitational Group Show: "Pot Luck" Second Annual Ruth Rippon Alumni Show

2012 - Kondos Gallery, "Birdhouses 3" Artist Birdhouses

2013 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, 3rd Annual Ruth Rippon Alumi Show

2013 - Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College - Holiday Sale - Group Invitational

2014 - Kondos Gallery, Birdhouses 4 Exhibition

2014 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, "Dog Days of Summer" Group Show

2014 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, 4th Annual Ruth Rippon Alumni Show

2014 - Kondos Gallery, Maskerade 2 - Group Mask Show

2015 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, 5th Annual Ruth Rippon Alumni Show

2016 - Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College - Centennial Exhibition - "One Hundred Years, One Hundred Artists"

2016 - Robert Else Gallery, CSUS -"Transfer" - Featuring art students that transferred from Sacramento City College to Sacramento State

2016 - Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, Ruth Rippon Alumni Show Finale

2014-Present - Owner and curator of the Ice Box Gallery, a non-profit art venue.   

2014- Present - Creative Arts League of Sacramento honorary member and participant in the Crocker Holiday Artisan Market with donated sales of artwork from the Ice Box Gallery.

2024- Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, Alpha's 35th Anniversary Show. "Past, Present, Future".

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