Biography

 

Clairan Jane Ferrono

Chicago, IL

 

3/2/52 NYC

Syracuse University, AB      1973  (Mythology)

St. Peter’s College, Oxford, 1972-73 (Creative Writing)

University of Chicago, MA   1974 (Comparative Literature)

                                            1974-79 Doctoral Candidate

 

Teacher 1975-93:  Writing, literature, ESL and English

    Roosevelt University

    University of New Orleans

    Isidore Newman School

 

 

Exhibits:

 

1995-96         Emma G’s Cafe and Gallery

1997-99         Hyde Park Art Center Member Shows

1998               Art Scape (Chicago, IL) Honorable Mention

1999               Fine Line Art Center (St. Charles, IL) fabric show

2000-01         Concept Eye Care Gallery (Chicago, IL)

2002               Fibre Arts 2002, Gallery 510 (Decatur, IL)

                        Contemporary Art 2002, Yeiser Gallery (Peducah, KY)

2003               Fiber Focus 2003, Art St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)

                  Chicago ART Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition (Chicago, IL)

2004               form, not function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie (New Albany, IN)

                  “Brown Studies” solo show, ARC Gallery (Chicago, IL)

                  7th International Open, WomanMade Gallery (Chicago, IL)

                        Woman’s History/Art, Merlo Branch Chicago Public Library

                        The Quilted Surface, Riffe Gallery (Columbus, OH)

                        ArtQuiltArt, University Museum, Indiana University of PA                         

                        (Indiana, PA)