User:SnakeriverH/Bonnie Hull

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Bonnie June Hull- A woman artist from Salem, Oregon who herself, has done a number of different types of designs and technique within her art as well as work in revealing other woman's artwork. She has a wide range of art and styles that she draws and paints in ranging from acrylic, gouache, and watercolor. As well as drawing in graphite, ink, and pastel. Throughout the years she has done many exhibits most of her noticeable exhibits have been done more recently she has done exhibits in the past like her exhibit at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in 2011.

Education
Bonnie grew up in Chicago and was introduced to art at a young age being so close to The Art Institute of Chicago. This lead her to take art classes in junior high as well as high school witch ultimately lead her to Michigan State where she studied drawing and majored in art history and was particularly drawn to modern and contemporary art history. After completing her four years of college and obtaining her degree she worked in art department at Northwestern University in Evanston and finally moving to Salem, Oregon where she still resides today. While being in Salem she has done many things with art but as far as from an education standpoint she has worked for not only the public library in Salem but also for the Willamette University library.

Quilting
Bonnie has done work with quilts and shown her quilt works in exhibits. She has worked on events like Quiltopia being named as one of the main artists working within this specific event where she contributed a handful of her work for the event that encourages newcomers and raising funds for the local area.

Bush Barn Art Center
The Bush Barn is a part of Bush's Pasture Park a building within the park that allows artists to exhibit on a regular basis and even live at the studio. Bonnie was able contribute to this community studio by living within the center with her fellow artist and making her art available to anyone that was walking through this park and took interest in what was taking place. She has been a contributing artist at the bush barn multiple times from 2010-2011 and 2017-2018. The time she spent within this studio gave her a chance to get her art into the eyes of more people and gain more experience within this field.

Willamette University
Willamette University has played a large role in Bonnies career and life in general. Bonnie been charge of a couple of galleries through this university creating opportunities for other artisits and bringing more art to the public. One of the most noticeable gallery's at the Willamette Heritage Center Bonnie put on the Compass Gallery showcasing her and nine other artists as well as a quilting event called Sheep to Shawl.

Exhibited Artwork
Bonnie has exhibited a number of her works a lot of them coming recently and the majority of the being at university's.

Corvallis Art Center-2009

Artist cooperative “Studios at the Mill“-2014-2015

Little me-2019

Still talking-2019

Memory as Myth-2020

Marking Time-2022