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Shows, Awards,
and Special Events
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"Family Looking West" (in progress)
Elizabeth Bettles Memorial, 2007
Installation, Bettles Memorial, 2007
Ronald Reagan Library
10/23/2004
Danahy Park, Northglenn, Colorado
6/2003
Sculpture Invitational 8/2002
Snow Sculpture Judging 1/2002
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Announcements
2006 - 2008
Sculpture, "Friends" displayed at the Evergreen, Colorado, Art Center.
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December, 2008
Sculpture "Friends" was purchased by the City of Gunnison, Colorado for permanent public display, after it received the "People's Choice Award" at the annual SculpTour.
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Spring, 2008
Paintings, "Plaza" and "Twilight" selected for display in the Small Works show, Evergreen, Colorado, Art Center.
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2007
Shirley's works shown in the Cartwright Gallery in Salida, Colorado.
2007
Shirley's proposal reviewed, as a finalist for public art at the new Anchor School for the Blind, Denver, Colorado.
2007
Sculpture "Promenade" is awarded Third Place at the Open Art Show, Buena Vista, Colorado, Art Center.
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Fall, 2007
Sculpture "Will of the Wisp" receives "Judge's Award", at the "Paint, Shoot and Sculpt" show of the Evergreen, Colorado Art Center.
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Summer, 2007
Sculpture, "Friends" dedicated as a memorial for Elizabeth Bettles, Benedict Park, Brighton, Colorado.
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Summer, 2007
Shirley and artist son Mikael Olson share a booth at the "Art Mart" of the Denver Art Student League.
Fall, 2006
Sculpture "At the Lake" and oil painting "Orphan" are shown at the "Paint, Shoot and Sculpt" show at the Evergreen, Colorado Art Center.
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Summer, 2006
Painting, "El Charro" was on display at the Annual Juried Exhibition, Central City, Colorado.
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Spring, 2006
Sculpture, "Looking West", paper clay, is awarded First Place, National, Greeley Art Exhibit, Greeley, Colorado.
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November, 2005
Shirley and her sculptures were in the "Joy of Sculpture" show
at the Colorado History Museum, Denver, Colorado. This was Shirley’s seventh year in this show.
July, 2005
"Looking West", bronze, won a first place, professional sculpture
award in Open Award Show, Arkansas Valley Arts Council, Buena Vista, Colorado.
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June, 2005
Shirley's painting "Sharing Sunrise" won the poster contest for the BalloonaVista 2005, balloon festival, Buena Vista, Colorado.
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June, 2005
Paintings, "Brutal Beauty" and "Trapper's Lake" were included in
the Arkansas Valley Arts Council show at the historic steam plant,
Salida, Colorado.
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May, 2005
Painting, "San Miguel", and sculptures "Looking West" and
"Promenade" were included in the national competition and art show,
"Art Splash" in Graham Texas.
(www.art-splash.com) "San Miguel" received an honorable mention award.
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January, 2005
"Long Day" and another of Shirley's fired clay sculptures is in the Mountain Clay Exhibit in January at the Evergreen Arts Center in Evergreen, Colorado.
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October 23, 2004
Painting, "San Miguel" and Bronze, "Looking West" accepted and shown in the American Southwest Art Exhibit, of the
Women Artists of the West, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California.
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August, 2004
Painting, "Duende" featured at Femme Fatale Art Show, Millsap Moore Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado.
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July, 2004
Bronze, "Steady Hand" awarded First Place for professional sculpture, at the 20th annual Open Award Show, Arkansas
Valley Art Center, Buena Vista, Colorado.
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April, 2004
Fired Clay, "Long Day", Painting, "Cosecha" and Bronze, "Looking West" are accepted and shown at the 2004 Colorado
Visions Art Exhibition, City Hall, Westminster, Colorado.
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February, 2004
The show "Clothes Off" by by the Art Student League of Denver, included "Reflections" (bronze).
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January, 2004
The show "Mountain Clay" by Evergreen Arts Council, included "Looking West" (paper clay) and "Camilla" (paper clay).
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Fall, 2003
"Looking West" paper clay sculpture selected for display in the 5th Women Artists of the West International Juried Competition, Dubois, Wyoming.
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August, 2003
New original painting "Evergreen Lake Inlet" is available, along with note cards of the same image.
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Summer, 2003
"Promenade" was exhibited in the 20th Annual All Colorado Show at the Curtis Arts & Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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June, 2003
The city of Northglenn, Colorado selected "Friends" for permanent display in Danahy Park. The sculpture was dedicated on June 20, 2003.
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Spring, 2003
"Diversions" was accepted for the National Art Exhibition and Sale at the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Fall, 2002
Sculpture Invitational
Loveland, Colorado
This is Shirley's third year in this show. She has also been selected to participate in the neighboring juried show, Sculpture in the Park, five times.
June, 2002
"Spring"
Bronze sculpture selected for one year public display in Northglenn, Colorado.
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January, 2002
Shirley serves as a judge for the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado.
April, 2001
"Camilla"
Terra cotta sculpture wins Honorable Mention at National Art Exhibition in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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