Kate Ali (born 1977) is an American visual artist based in Eugene, Oregon. She is a sculptor, teaching artist, and local arts education advocate who creates public works and sculptures. She is also a project manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program.[1]

Early life and education

Ali was born in 1977. Her father Walter Ali is a potter and her mother, a seamstress.[2][3] Ali attended Lane Community College in 2003 and Emily Carr Art Institute in 2004, earning a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2007.[4][5]

Career

Ali is Project Manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program. She also teaches at Lane Community College in the division of the arts.[6]

As a member of Lane Arts Council’s board of directors,[7] Ali helped shape arts education programs and a multi-year model of arts integration called Artcore, explorations in music, dance, theater, and visual arts disciplines,[8] to "create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".[9]

Liora Sponko of the Lane Arts Council said, "Kate is an artist and a huge advocate for the arts in Lane County... an inspiration and often a go-to consultant in the arts for many of us. I so appreciate her vision and creativity and willingness to contribute".[7] According to Bob Keefer of the Eugene Weekly, "Ali has considerable experience in public art as both an artist and as a project manager."[10]

Selected exhibitions

"Shelter in Place:Brick and Mortar", with Lee Imonen[11]

"Don't Feed the Animals", 2017[12]

"Dining Dynamics", 2006[13]

"Ear to Wall", 2005[14]

Awards and honors

Ali received an Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship Grant for Visual Arts in 2008.[5]

In 2014, Ali and artist Betsy Wolfston each received a 3-year $210,000 Oregon Community Foundation grant, "...to create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".[15] They developed curriculum in drawing and painting, sculpture, 3D art, multimedia arts, graphic design, theater and technology.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "An Introduction to Public Art: Navigating the Public Art Commission Process". Lane Arts Council. December 4, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2015 LCC Juried Student Art Exhibition opens February 17". www.lanecc.edu. February 9, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ "About Ms. Ali". Kate Ali. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Alumni US, California College of the Arts (2007)". alumnius.net. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Darcy, Christine T. (December 28, 2007). "[OregonArts] Oregon Arts Commission Awards Artist Fellowships". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fine Arts Fac Staff". www.lanecc.edu. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Kate Ali". The Register-Guard. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ "ArtCore". Lane Arts Council. March 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ Notman, Alex (August 13, 2014). "Bringing Art Back". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ Keefer, Bob (May 4, 2017). "Oregon Country Fair cancels story pole". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Shelter In Place: Brick and Mortar". Gray Space. August 18, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Public Work". Kate Ali. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Kate Ali, Dining Dynamics". oregonartsblog.typepad.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kate Ali, Ear to Wall". oregonartsblog.typepad.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  15. 1 2 Notman, Alex (August 13, 2014). "Bringing Art Back". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
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