Shows, Awards,
and Special Events






Ronald Reagan Library
10/23/2004


The Joy of Sculpture 10/2003


Danahy Park, Northglenn, Colorado
6/2003


Sculpture Invitational 8/2002


Art Student League
Summer Art Market 6/2002


Snow Sculpture Judging 1/2002

Announcements


November, 2005
Shirley and her sculptures to be in the "Joy of Sculpture" show at the Colorado History Museum November 4th to 6th.



July, 2005
"Looking West", bronze, won a first place, professional sculpture award in Open Award Show, Arkansas Valley Arts Council, Buena Vista, Colorado.



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.



June, 2005
Shirley and artist, son Mikael Olson shared a booth at the Summer Art Market at the Denver Art Student League.



June, 2005
Shirley's painting "Sharing Sunrise" won the poster contest for the BalloonaVista 2005, balloon festival, Buena Vista, Colorado.



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.



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.



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.



August, 2004
Painting, "Duende" featured at Femme Fatale Art Show, Millsap Moore Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado.



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.



June, 2004
Denver Art Student League
Summer Art Market
Shirley displays her art with son Mikael, an "emerging artist" featured in Southwest Art Magazine's September, 2002 issue.



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.



February, 2004
The show "Clothes Off" by by the Art Student League of Denver, included "Reflections" (bronze).



January, 2004
The show "Mountain Clay" by Evergreen Arts Council, included "Looking West" (paper clay) and "Camilla" (paper clay).



October, 2003
The Joy of Sculpture
Denver, Colorado
This is Shirley's sixth year in this show.



September 6-20, 2003
"Looking West" paper clay sculpture selected for display in the 5th Women Artists of the West International Juried Competition, Dubois, Wyoming.



August, 2003
New original painting "Evergreen Lake Inlet" is available, along with note cards of the same image.



June 14-July 25, 2003
"Promenade" to be exhibited in the 20th Annual All Colorado Show at the Curtis Arts & Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado.



June, 2003
The city of Northglenn, Colorado selected "Friends" for permanent display in Danahy Park. The sculpture was dedicated on June 20, 2003.



April 12-May 16, 2003
"Diversions" has been accepted for the National Art Exhibition and Sale at the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado.



January 14, 2003
A new original painting "Princeton Sunrise" is now available, along with note cards of the same image.



August 9-11, 2002
Sculpture Invitational
Loveland, Colorado
www.lovelandsculpturegroup.org
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.



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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