Kate Ali
{{short description|American sculptor and educator }}
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Kate Ali (born 1977) is an American visual artist based in Eugene, Oregon. She is a sculptor, teaching artist, and local arts education advocate who creates public works and sculptures. She is also a project manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program.{{Cite web|url=http://lanearts.org/events/24/april2015-workshop/|title=An Introduction to Public Art: Navigating the Public Art Commission Process|date=2013-12-04|website=Lane Arts Council|access-date=2016-03-04}}
Early life and education
Ali was born in 1977. Her father Walter Ali is a potter and her mother, a seamstress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanecc.edu/newsroom/n/nr1877|title=2015 LCC Juried Student Art Exhibition opens February 17|date=2015-02-09|website=www.lanecc.edu|access-date=2017-10-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kateali.com/about/|title=About Ms. Ali|website=Kate Ali|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-06}} Ali attended Lane Community College in 2003 and Emily Carr Art Institute in 2004, earning a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://alumnius.net/california_college_o-7810-year-2007#id327362767|title=Alumni US, California College of the Arts (2007)|last=|first=|date=|website=alumnius.net|language=en|access-date=2018-02-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/oregonarts/2007-December/000007.html|title=[OregonArts] Oregon Arts Commission Awards Artist Fellowships|last=Darcy|first=Christine T.|date=December 28, 2007|website=|access-date=2018-02-19}}
Career
Ali is Project Manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program. She also teaches at Lane Community College in the division of the arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanecc.edu/arts/fine-arts-fac-staff|title=Fine Arts Fac Staff|website=www.lanecc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-06}}
As a member of Lane Arts Council’s board of directors,{{Cite news|url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/community/34934349-292/kate-ali.html.csp|title=Kate Ali|work=The Register-Guard|access-date=2017-10-06}} Ali helped shape arts education programs and a multi-year model of arts integration called Artcore, explorations in music, dance, theater, and visual arts disciplines,{{Cite news|url=http://lanearts.org/artcore/|title=ArtCore|date=2015-03-24|work=Lane Arts Council|access-date=2017-10-06|language=en-US}} to "create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".{{Cite web|url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20140814/visual-arts/bringing-art-back|title=Bringing Art Back|last=Notman|first=Alex|date=2014-08-13|website=www.eugeneweekly.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}
Liora Sponko of the Lane Arts Council said, "Kate is an artist and a huge advocate for the arts in Lane County... an inspiration and often a go-to consultant in the arts for many of us. I so appreciate her vision and creativity and willingness to contribute". According to Bob Keefer of the Eugene Weekly, "Ali has considerable experience in public art as both an artist and as a project manager."{{Cite web|url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20170504/news-features/oregon-country-fair-cancels-story-pole|title=Oregon Country Fair cancels story pole|last=Keefer|first=Bob|date=2017-05-04|website=www.eugeneweekly.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-05}}
Selected exhibitions
"Shelter in Place:Brick and Mortar", with Lee Imonen{{Cite news|url=http://grayspaceproject.com/project/shelter-place-brick-mortar|title=Shelter In Place: Brick and Mortar|date=2017-08-18|work=Gray Space|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en-US}}
"Don't Feed the Animals", 2017{{Cite web|url=http://kate-ali.squarespace.com/public-work/|title=Public Work|website=Kate Ali|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-09}}
"Dining Dynamics", 2006{{Cite web|url=http://oregonartsblog.typepad.com/photos/ali/dining_dynamics_1.html|title=Kate Ali, Dining Dynamics|website=oregonartsblog.typepad.com|orig-year=2006|access-date=2017-10-06}}
Awards and honors
Ali received an Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship Grant for Visual Arts in 2008.
In 2014, Ali and artist Betsy Wolfston each received a 3-year $210,000 Oregon Community Foundation grant, "...to create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".{{Cite web|url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20140814/visual-arts/bringing-art-back|title=Bringing Art Back|last=Notman|first=Alex|date=2014-08-13|website=www.eugeneweekly.com|access-date=2017-10-06}} They developed curriculum in drawing and painting, sculpture, 3D art, multimedia arts, graphic design, theater and technology.
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1WEZyYIAjk DiversiTV – Art in Context – Kate Ali (Fall 2010 – Ep 02)] video (57:35)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r8yEvE8Aaw Kate Ali - West Eugene EmX Artist Profile] video (1:40)
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