Curriculum Vitae

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Heather Danso, GCFP, E-RYT
206.434.5696
dansohmh@gmail.com
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Awards and Recognition

Best in Show, 2016                57th Annual Kitsap County Arts and Crafts Festival
Artist Residency, 2017        Green Olive Arts, Tetouan, Morocco January 9/2017- February 14, 2017
Purchase Award, 2017        Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes Collects (for the new High School), Aug 2017
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Education

2018    Seattle Eastside Feldenkrais Training        Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
2015    Synergy Yoga School            200 RYS Yoga & 100 Pre/Post Natal
2011    Seattle Pacific University, Summa Cum Laude         BA English Literature; Residency Teaching Certificate
2008    Edmonds Community College        Associate of Arts
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Exhibition Record 2018 (including currently scheduled installations)

Jan-Dec    Solo Exhibition        “Joy” Collection      Soul’s Path Counselling and Coaching, Celia Palmer
Mar-Apr    Juried, online        “Untitlted”      Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA 92263
March-June    Public Art (Group)    Selected works      Overlake Hospital Hallway, Bellevue, Juried by EAFA
Oct-Dec    Solo Public Art        TBD      Merrill Gardens, 15020 5th Ave SW, Burien, WA
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Exhibition Record 2017

Feb 2-26    Juried            “Crow.1.hmhd”      The Studio Door, San Diego, CA 92104-3632
Feb 11-12     Solo Exhibition        “Concordance”      Green Olive Arts, Tetouan, Morocco
June-July    Public Art (Solo)         “Joy” Collection      City of Burien, Burien Community Center
July-Oct       Public Art (Group)        “Joy” 3 works      Bellevue, Department of Ecology, Juried by EAFA
July-Nov    Public Art (Group)    Selected Works       Overlake Hospital Hallway, Bellevue, Juried by EAFA
August 4-6    Juried            Selected Works      Arts at the Port, Anacortes, Wa, Juror Pablo Schugurensky
August 26    With Victor Fuentes    “Joy”      Fundraiser for New Dawn Guatemala, at ArtXchange, Seattle
September    Group Exhibition        “Kalidescope”       Georgetown Art Attack, Miller School of Art
Oct-Dec    Solo Exhibition        “Joy” Collection      Soul’s Path Counselling and Coaching, Celia Palmer
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Exhibition Record 2016

Sept 16-18    Solo         Ceremonial    In Retreat with the Trees, Whidbey Yoga Lodge, Puravita Yoga
May-Aug    Solo         “Joy” Collection    Georgetown Art Attacks, Miller School of Art, Seattle, WA
July 29-31      Juried group    “Portrait9hmhd”     Juried 57th Annual Kitsap Festival Fine Arts, WA
July 9    Solo        “Joy” Collection    Georgetown Art Attack, Miller School of Art, Seattle, WA
June 3-6    Solo        Ceremonial works    Yoga and Shamanic Retreat, PuraVita Yoga, Seattle, WA
June 11    Solo        “Joy” Collection    Georgetown Carnival, Miller School, Seattle, WA
May 21    Solo        Various works    PuraVita Yoga, Seattle, WA (at Kula Movement, Seattle)
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Other Selected Artistic Endeavors

2017    Art shed design & supervision    Michael Emanuel, Seattle, Wa
2016    Published poetry            Macropoetics, Issue 4, July 2016, Original poem and Artwork
2005-2009    Bi-Annual Choreography        Bainbridge Ballet’s Student Performance (Choreography)
2007-2009    Photographer             Olympic Performance Group (Photography and Design)
2007-2009    Photographer            Bainbridge Ballet (Dance)
2006    Solo and Group Performance    Olympic Performance Group Intensive (Dance)
2005    Solo Performance “Spanish”      The Nutcracker,  Olympic Performance Group (Dance)
2005    Group Performance        Jillian Bateman, Kitsap Fair, Bremerton, Wa (Dance)
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Selected Commissions

​2018    Backdrop design          “We are all One” Pura Vita Yoga, Cosetta Romani, Seattle, Wa
2018    Altar design                    Feet, Pura Vita Yoga
2017    Mural design                  Hawk & Hummingbird, Private, Seattle, Wa
2017    Logo design                    Pattie Hanmer, Elan Experiences, Vashon Island, Wa
2016    Altar design                    Four Directions, 4x5 acrylic, with multimedia, Pura Vita Yoga
2016    Altar design                    Moon Phases, 4x4 Acrylic, Pura Vita Yoga
2016    Portrait12hmhd            Todd G-G Seattle, WA

Public Art

Mar-June ’18      (Group)    Selected Works        Overlake Hospital Hallway, Bellevue, Juried by EAFA
Oct-Dec ’18        Solo        TBD        Merrill Gardens, 15020 5th Ave SW, Burien, WA
June-July ’17        Solo         “Joy Collection”            City of Burien, Burien Community Center
July-Oct ’17        Solo        Selected Works        Department of Ecology, Bellevue, WA, Juried by EAFA
July -Nov ’17        Solo        Selected Works        Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, Juried by EAFA

Publications, Graphic Visual Arts

2017    Web Design, Logo,  Layout    ElanExperiences.com       Pattie Hanmer, Life Coach and Retreats, Vashon, Wa
2016    Web Design and Layout          MichaelEmanuel.net     Michael Emanuel, Reiki Teacher, Seattle, Wa
2010     Book Layout,  “Wisdom Sings the World: Poetry, Creation and the Way of Dwelling,”     Doug Thorpe, Seattle, WA
2004-2011    Programs, tickets, and advertising materials            Bainbridge Ballet, Bainbridge Island, WA
2005-2010    Programs, tickets, and advertising materials              Olympic Performance Group, Bainbridge Island
2009      Published Photograph, “The Toymaker”                        Bremerton Sun, Bremerton, WA
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Selected Teaching and Related Experience

2014-    Substitute teacher, Highline School District, SeaTac, Washington
2016    Substitute experimental art teacher, Miller School of Art
2011-2012    Instructor and co-curriculum creator, Literature and the Arts, Mount Si High School
2003-2010    Freelance Graphic Designer, print media, photographer
2003-2009    Dance Teacher, Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Tap, Bainbridge Ballet, Bainbridge Island, WA
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