Statement:

Cathy Leather is a printmaker residing in San Rafael, California. She loves the versatility printmaking offers from drypoint mark making to photopolymer and painterly monotypes. As a volunteer with Audubon Canyon Ranch she draws inspiration from the natural world of birds and their habitats. Cathy is retired from a second career as high school visual arts teacher. She previously held positions in the fields of entertainment and technology as Art and Creative Director and Senior Director of Interactive Development in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Louisville. Her fine art work resides in private collections in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her art has been accepted into juried and non-juried shows throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Italy, Canada and Massachusetts. She holds a BA and MFA as well as California State Teaching Credential for Visual Arts and Technology. Cathy volunteers and supports initiatives dedicated to arts education, wildlife and the effects of climate change, as well as environmental justice.

 

Events and Activities:​

• 2024 Marin Society of Art, 'Crazy for Art', Juried Selection, Honorable Mention

• 2024 O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley.  'Floral Fantasies', Juried Selection

• 2024 ZeaMays Printmaking. 'Three Years of Conversation'

• 2024 Marin Society of Artists, 'World Untamed', Juried Selections (2 works)

• 2024 Kala Project Spaces, Residency Show

• 2023 Marin Society of Artists, 'Fresh Art', Juried Selections (2 works)

• 2023 Marin Society of Artists, 'All About Women', Juried Selection

• 2023 Los Altos Public Library, Los Altos, CA. Selected artwork for Silicon Valley Open Studios Pre Show Exhibit

• 2023 Works Gallery, San Jose. Community Show and Auction

• 2023 Visual Philosophy Artist Show, San Jose

• 2023 Silicon Valley Open Studios, Maker Nexus, Sunnyvale

• 2022 Silicon Valley Open Studios-Spring, Los Gatos, San Jose, CA

• 2021 Silicon Valley Open Studios-Fall, Los Gatos, San Jose, CA. 

• 2018 MISSA Artist Show, Victoria B.C.

• 2012 Printmaking Summer Abroad. Art Show. Corciano, Italy

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• 2023 MISSA (Canadian International Summer School of the Arts), Cyanotype

• 2022 Professional Growth for Artists, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA. (Online)

• 2021 Prints and Poetry, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA. (Online)

• 2020 Artful Monotypes, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA. (Online)

• 2020 Monotype Plus, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA. (Online)

• 2018 Solarplate with Dan Weldon, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, B.C.

• 2015 Printmaking Workshop (Monoprint), Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA.

• 2012 Printmaking Summer Abroad. Academy of Art, Italy - Florence, Corciano, Perugia, Rome, Montepulciano​​

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Professional Affiliations:

• California Society of Printmakers

• Marin Society of Artists, Marin CA

• ZeaMays Printmaking, Northampton MA

• Marin Open Studios, Marin County

• Works Gallery, San Jose

• Sitka Center, Oregon

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Awards:​

• 2023 Marin Society of Arts, Fresh Art. Honorable Mention

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Artist-in-Residence

• Kala Art Institute (Awarded residency in 2023)​

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Installation

• Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose. Student Life Center

  • Wall Installation - visual design and production supervision for 90 foot wall art

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Teaching Experience

• 2016-2022 Visual Arts Teacher, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA

• 2020-2022 Lead Robotics Mentor, Archbishop Mitty, San Jose, CA

• ​2011-2016 Visual Arts Teacher, Saratoga High School, Saratoga CA

• 2013 Academy of Art University, Graduate Course Principles of UX, SF​​

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Career Highlights ​​

• User Experience Lead: Cisco Systems Emerging Technologies, San Jose, CA

• Director of Interactive Development, On Command Network, San Jose, CA

• Art Director - Television and New Media, Louisville, Chicago, Los Angeles, CA

• Supermac, Apple Developer - Managed internally developed software sold to Adobe (Adobe Premiere)

• Accompanied Apple Computer on the worldwide introduction of Quicktime.

• Conducted training sessions for Supermac/Apple Computer pioneering digital video editing (AFI Los Angeles)

• Co-Produced earliest CD-ROM to use Apple (Quicktime) digital video (Now Media with Millimeter Magazine)​

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Volunteer/Non-Profit

• Audubon Canyon Ranch, Last House Docent (MFK Fisher), and Tomales Bay Shorebird Count

• Marin Society of Artists, Visually Impaired Artists and Gallery Show Support (data entry) 

• Nativity Sacred Heart Middle School, downtown San Jose (Art and STEM)

• Global Health Research Corporation, Non-Profit, Palo Alto (User Interface/Experience for health related apps researched in Bhutan and Nepal)

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Education 

• Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Art, San Francisco

• Professional development workshop, User Interface, Stanford University 

• Secondary Teaching Credential (State of California - Visual Arts & Technology), University of San Francisco

• Bachelor of Arts, University of Toledo

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