Bio: Van Gorden, Holly - Selected Tops in State & Nation (Art Work - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Van Gorden, Struble

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/10/1982

Van Gorden Selected Tops in State & Nation (Art Work - 1982)

Watercolor paintings by Holly Marsh Van Gorden of Chimayo, New Mexico (formerly of Neillsville) will be displayed at the 1982 Lake Side Festival of Art in Milwaukee on June 18 to 20.

The 20th annual show is held on the shore of Lake Michigan, adjacent to the Milwaukee Art Center. The three-day Performing in Visual Art Event is sponsored by Friends of Art.

Only 30 Wisconsin artists were selected to show in this national festival which features 180 professional artist and craftsmen. There finalists were juried from more than 900 entrants.

Van Gorden will show about 30 paintings in the show. She will also be exhibiting her work at the Midwest Watercolor Society Sixth annual National Juried Exhibition to be held July 24 through August 29 at a West Bend gallery.

She is currently displaying paintings at several Juried Exhibitions and Galleries including the Seven State Competition. The Harry Nohr Gallery at UW-Platteville, the Nicolet Show at the Center Gallery in Madison, and the 14th annual National Art Show in La Junta, Colorado.

In May at the New Mexico Watercolor Society—La Primavera, Albuquerque, Van Gorden received the $600 purchase award and an honorable mention.

She just received a certificate of recognition at the juried Western Slope National Art Exhibition held in Montrose, Colorado.

Her art work is represented by Temple Gallery in Appleton and the Artichoke Gallery in Albuquerque.

Van Gorden studied painting at the California Institute of the Arts; UW-River Falls; and UW-Madison where she received double bachelor of arts degrees in choreography and art education which involves painting, drawing, sculpture and performance.

She is the daughter of Mrs. Delbert Struble of Neillsville and Richard Van Gorden, also of Neillsville.