Charleen Touchette

Charleen Touchette
is an artist, writer, curator, art critic, educator, and activist. In 1998 she was awarded the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) President’s Award for her contributions to the Feminist Art Movement, and her work and expertise on women’s, multicultural, and Native American art since the late 1970s. Touchette founded the Spiderwomen World Arts Network in 1990 and was featured in the University of Colorado at Boulder’s “What follows” video series in 2001.
Touchette has organized and curated exhibits at museums nationwide, including the Queens Museum, Chicago Cultural Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, New Mexico’s Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Institute of American Indian Arts, and Santa Fe Art Institute. Her art has been exhibited around the world, from New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art to the United Nations’ Palais de Nations in Geneva and Museo de Arte Comtemporanea in Brazil. Her writing and art have appeared in many books and periodicals and she is the author of ndn art. Touchette lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband and four children. She also teaches yoga.
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Artist’s Resume
EDUCATION: 1975 B.A., Painting, BARD COLLEGE, New York. 1971-73 Studied Painting and Art History at WELLESLEY COLLEGE, BROWN UNIVERSITY, and RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 "Dreaming a Healing", Plan B Contemporary Art Space in conjunction with V-Day events associated with performances of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monoloques presented by the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center.
1999 "Unmentionables" with Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez, AICH GALLERY/MUSEUM, New York, New York. Twenty new paintings from the "Dreaming a Healing Series" (2 1/2 months).
"Dreaming a Healing", TOUCHETTE STUDIOS, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March.
1997 Healing and Transformation:The Art of Charleen Touchette", slide exhibition and audio presentation at the Women's Spirituality Conference, Santa Fe, Community College, New Mexico.
1991 "Connection through Time", PANGAEA ELEMENTAL ARTS GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1989 "Dreams of Power & Beauty", ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS Traveling Exhibitions
Program
COPPER VILLAGE MUSEUM, Anaconda, Montana.
LIBERTY VILLAGE ARTS CENTER, Chester, Montana.
WESTERN ART GALLERY, Dillon, Montana.
1988 STATE CAPITOL MUSEUM, Phoenix, Arizona.
COCHISE COLLEGE., Douglas, Arizona.
1987 "Dreams of Beauty", GALLERIE POSADA, Sacramento, California.
1984 "Memories, Dreams and Reflections of a Canuck/Pied Noir Girlhood",
WEST HILLS UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP GALLERY, Portland, Oregon.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 KAREN RUHLEN GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1998 "Sacred Manifestations: Innovative Expressions of Spirituality", CREATING WOMEN, Web Museum on Women Artists of the West .
1999 VAN DE GRIFF GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico, featured artist.
SOHO 20, New York, New York.
KAREN RUHLEN GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Animal Show", LA GALERIE ARRIBA, The Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, New Mexico.
1996 SOHO 20, New York, New York.
KAREN RUHLEN GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1995 SOHO 20 GALLERY, National Affiliate Exhibition, New York, New York.
AIDS Exhibition, AICH GALLERY, New York, New York.
AIDS Exhibition , Harwick Museum, New York.
CARVER CULTURAL CENTER, San Antonio, Texas.
GALLERY I 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1994 THE ROSWELL MUSEUM, "Abiquiu After O'Keeffe", Roswell, New Mexico.
CORK GALLERY, Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, "Selections '94", invitational New York City.
SOHO 20 GALLERY, National Affiliate Exhibition, New York, New York.
WALTON ARTS CENTER, Society of Multi-Media Layerists, (SLMM), exhibition, Arkansas.
Silver State Art Exhibition and Auction (juried), Las Vegas, Nevada.
THE ROSWELL MUSEUM, Coast to Coast Box Exhibit, "Ancestors, Known and Unknown", Roswell, New Mexico.
GALLERY I 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
SLMM Group Exhibit, FULLER LODGE ART CENTER, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
1993 SOHO 20 GALLERY, National Affiliate Exhibition, New York, New York.
NEW ENGLAND FlNE ART INSTITUTE'S National Invitational Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts.
BRANIGAN CULTURAL CENTER, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
GALLERY I 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1992 SOHO 20 GALLERY, National Affiliate Exhibition, New York, New York.
BRANIGAN CULTURAL CENTER, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
GALLERY I 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"Abiquiu after Georgia O'Keeffe", GALERIE ARRIBA, Abiquiu Inn, New Mexico.
1991 SOHO 20 GALLERY, New York, New York.
HILLWOOD ART MUSEUM, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, (catalog).
MARIN CIVIC CENTER ART GALLERIES, San Francisco, California.
FULLER LODGE ART CENTER, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
PANGAEA, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1990 ART IN GENERAL, New York, New York, (Brochure, Photo).
GODDARD- RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, New York, New York.
KLABAL GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
GALLERY I 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Baltimore, Maryland.
EUBIE BLAKE CENTER, Urban Services Cultural Arts Program, Baltimore, Maryland.
RIPON COLLEGE, Ripon, Wisconsin.
JAMAICA ARTS CENTER, Jamaica, New York.
FLOSSIE MARTIN GALLERIE, College Of Visual And Performing Arts, Radford, Virginia.(Catalog).
GALLERY AT THE REP, "Connection with the Earth: The Figure in Landscape". Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Catalog, Photo).
1989 NEXUS Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DEMING ARTS COUNCIL CENTER, Deming, New Mexico.
BRANIGAN CULTURAL CENTER, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
KLABAL GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Making Art from Your Story", MAX (Minnesota Arts Experience), Connections Exhibit, Redwood FaIIs and Oglevie, Minnesota. Co-Sponsored by WA.R.M. and the Minnesota Center for the Arts.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Scottsdale, Arizona.
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ART MUSEUM, Wooster, Ohio.
COCONINO CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Flagstaff, Arizona.
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Greencastle, Indiana.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART MUSEUM, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
ROSALYN MUNK MEMORIAL UNION GALLERY, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
GALLERY 10, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1989 CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, New York, New York.
TOM RIGGS GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
MESA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Mesa, Arizona.
ROUND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, Springerville, Arizona.
ANIMALES GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
MOONDANCE GALLERY, Santa Fe., New Mexico.
KERR CULTURAL CENTER, Scottsdale, Arizona.
GALLERY AT THE REP, "Portrait/Portrayal", Santa Fe, New Mexico.
THE FINE ARTS GALLERY, New Mexico State Fairgrounds, "Visions in Excellence", Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Catalog).
ARTEMNESIA GALLERY, Chicago,Illinois.
GALLERY 10, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1988 "Committed to Print", THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, New York.
COCONINO CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Flagstaff.. Arizona.
HA-PA-NYI FINE ARTS, Santa Barbara, California.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Scottsdale, Arizona.
"Four Sacred Mountains: Color. Form & Abstraction", ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS Traveling Exhibition.
"21st Southwest Invitational", ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS Traveling Exhibition.
"Connections/Connexus Project", U.S./Brazil International Tour (2-years).
KLABAL GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
STATE CAPITOL MUSEUM, Phoenix,, Arizona.
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ART & DESIGN, Salt Lake City, Utah.(Catalog)
OLD PUEBLO MUSEUM, "Mask and Costume Invitational", Tuscon, Arizona.
THE GALLERY, Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
UC SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S CENTER GALLERY, Santa Barbara, California.
ULCEN GALLERY, University of California at Santa Barbara, California.
GRAND CANYON COLLEGE, Phoenix, Arizona.
STATE CAPITOL WEST WING, Phoenix, Arizona.
SUN CITIES ART MUSEUM, Sun City, Arizona.
PRESCOTT FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION, Prescott, Arizona.
PINETOP LAKESIDE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE, Pinetop, Arizona.
CHINO VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Chino Valley, Arizona.
H.L. SUVERKRUP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Yuma, Arizona.
DOUGLAS CULTURAL CENTER,, Douglas, Arizona.
UNIVERSITY GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio.
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1987 HARCUS GALLERY, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Art Zone", JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER GALLERY. Denver, Colorado.
"Arizona, Past, Present and Future", ARIZONA STATE CAPITOL MUSEUM, Phoenix, Arizona.
CORVALLIS ARTS CENTER, Corvallis, Oregon. (Catalog, photo)
GALERIE CALUMET, Heidelberg, West Germany.
GREAT FALLS NATIVE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Great Falls, Montana.
MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES, Bozeman, Montana.
21st Southwest Invitational, ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS Traveling Exhibitions. (Catalog, photo)
YUMA ART CENTER, Yuma, Arizona.
"Four Sacred Mountains Contemporary Arts Festival and Exhibition", Tuba City, Arizona.
MA.R.S. ARTSPACE, Phoenix, Arizona.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC ARTS, (MOCHA), New York, New York.
"Connection/Connexus Project." U.S./Brazil. (Book)
CHANDLER ARTS COMMUNITY CIVIC CENTER, Chandler, Arizona.
JAILHOUSE GALLERY, Hardin, Montana.
BEAL PARK ART CENTER, Bozeman, Montana.
CARGON COUNTY ARTS GUILD, Red Lodge, Montana.
CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE, Coolidge, Arizona.
PHOENIX FESTIVALS, PHOENIX CIVIC PLAZA, Phoenix, Arizona.
MISSOULA MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, Missoula, Montana.
1986 JUDAH MAGNUS MUSEUM, Berkeley, California.
QUINTANA'S GALLERY, Portland, Oregon.
VALERIE MILLER ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles, California.
GALLERIE MESA, Mesa, Arizona.
ART BARN, Sedona, Arizona.
WAXLANDER GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
"Color, Form, Emergence", AICA GALLERY, San Francisco, California.
EVERGREEN COLLEGE GALLERY, Olympia, Washington.
TWO RIVERS GALLERY, AMERICAN INDIAN ART CENTER, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
CUSTER COUNTY ARTS CENTER, Miles City, Montana.
LEWISTON ART CENTER, Lewiston, Montana.
CRATER HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY, Central Point, Oregon.
CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Gillette, Wyoming.
GARDINER ART GALLERY, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
NORTH MUSEUM, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
ENTHIOS GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
GALERIE CALUMET, Heidelberg, West Germany.
TAOS SPRING CELEBRATION, "Spirit in Art", Taos, New Mexico, (Catalog)
OREGON ART INSTITUTE, Portland, Oregon.
SOUTHWEST MUSEUM, Los Angeles, California.
1985 AICH GALLERY, New York, New York.
"Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar & Sage, ATLATL TOUR. (Book, photos).
HAFENREFFER MUSEUM, Brown University, Barrington, Rhode Island.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ART MUSEUM, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
C.N. GORMAN MUSEUM, University of California, Davis, California.
"Visage Transcended", AICA GALLERY, San Francisco, California. (Catalog, photo).
TAOS SPRING CELEBRATION., Taos, New Mexico. (Catalog).
GALERIE CALUMET, Heidelberg, West Germany.
ENTHIOS GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
GRANTS PASS MUSEUM OF ART, Grants Pass, Oregon.
SWEET HOME HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY, Sweet Home, Oregon.
ESVELT GALLERY, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington.
RED ROCK STATE PARK GALLERY, Gallup, New Mexico.
THE SMALL GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION'S NATIVE AMERICAN INVITATIONAL COLLECTION. Seattle, Washington. Northwest Touring Exhibition.
WESTERN COLORADO CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Grand Junction, Colorado.
BRAZOS GALLERY, Richland College, Dallas, Texas.
1984 PALAIS DE NATIONS (United Nations), Geneva, Switzerland.
MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY, Geneva, Switzerland.
HALLIE FORD GALLERY, WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Oregon.
GALLERY C, Jewish Community Center Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NORTHWEST ARTIST'S WORKSHOP, "Description/Portrayal", Portland, Oregon.
OREGON MUSEUM OF ART, Visual Arts Resources, 4-year Northwest Tour,(Catalog).
YWCA International Women's Day Exhibit, Portland, Oregon.
LINN- BENTON COUNTY COLLEGE, Albany, Oregon.
MT. HOOD COUNTY COLLEGE, Gresham, Oregon.
1983 SIX DIRECTIONS GALLERY, Portland, Oregon.
URBAN INDIAN COUNCIL, Portland, Oregon.
CRITICAL MASS THEATER, Portland, Oregon.
"ARTISTAS INDIGENAS", Portland, Oregon.
SIMNASHO LONGHOUSE, Warm Springs, Oregon.
GARDEN CLUB, Eugene, Oregon.
CANESSA GALLERY, San Francisco, California.
PORTLAND CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Portland, Oregon.
1975 METROPOLITAN ARTS COMMISSION, Portland, Oregon.
to YWCA International Woman's Day Exhibit, Portland, Oregon.
1982 DOLLY FITERMAN FINE ARTS, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
WA.R.M. GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
COFFMAN UNION GALLERY, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
JUDITH STERN GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A'S GALLERY, New York, New York.
PROCTOR ART CENTER, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.


CHARLEEN TOUCHETTE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

BY CHARLEEN TOUCHETTE:
2001 “It’s a Sweet Life” (first 4 chapters), MOE TWI POE website, Franco-American Women’s Institute.
"IAIA Rocks the '60s: The Painting Revolution at the Institute of American Indian Arts", Gallery brochure, INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS MUSEUM, February, 2001.
“George Morrison (1919-2000) - Master Artist - Standing on the "edge of the world", AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, Phoenix, Arizona, November.
“A Portfolio of Native American Art”, THE MAGAZINE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August, Cover and p. 23-29.
2000 "DREAMING A HEALING: AN ARTIST'S SPIRITUAL JOURNEY", a memoir chronicling the artist's journey from childhood abuse in a small French Canadian mill town in New England, to healing and wholeness on a mountain in Santa Fe, New Mexico with diverse magical sojourns in the blue-blood world of Wellesley College, the bohemian loft scene in New York's Lower East Side and Soho, the Sweat Lodges and Sun Dances of the West, life in the heart of the Navajo Nation, the contemporary Indian Art World, the woman's art movement, working with elder women artists and the alternative healing community of Santa Fe. 450 pages ms text, art photos.
"Interview with Kay WalkingStick", THE MAGAZINE (photos), August, 2000.
“C.S. Tarpley: It’s Alchemy from Start to Finish”, NATIVE PEOPLES, Phoenix, Arizona, November.
1999 "Change Is On the Horizon: Interview with Joanna Bigfeather, Director of Santa Fe's IAIA Museum, THE MAGAZINE, (photos), August, 1999, pp.67-69.
1998 Charleen Touchette, "Sacred Manifestations: Innovative Expressions of Spirituality", (art by 25 women artists, 28 artists discussed).
Charleen Touchette, "Innovative Women Artists of New Mexico: Who Are The Undiscovered O'Keeffes?", (art by 25 artists).
Charleen Touchette, "O'Keeffe's Contemporaries: Our Honored Matriarchs", (art by 25 artists, 32 artists discussed.)
1997 Charleen Touchette, "Shattering Stereotypes", Critic at Large article, THE MAGAZINE, Volume VI, Number II, August, p.57-59.
1995 Charleen Touchette, NATIVE AMERICAN ART IS WORLD ART, (NAAWA), Curriculum Guides, MCAE, Minneapolis, MN. Commissioned by the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE), Ten units; each includes text, slides (160-320), slide lists, cross-reference charts, and learning experiences. Originated, developed and written by Touchette.
"Respecting Native American Art as World Art", NAAWA Guide 1.
"Ancient Architects and Their Influence on 20th Century Earth Sculptors and
Ritual Artists", NAAWA Guide 11.
'The Transformative Power of Masks", NAAWA Guide III.
1994 Charleen Touchette, "Multicultural Strategies for Aesthetic Revolution in the 21st Century", Chapter in FEMINIST ART CRITICISM: FORM/IDENTITY/ACTION, edited by Casandra Langer, Joannah Frueh and Arlene Raven, Ikon Edition 3, Harper/Collins, New York.
Charleen Touchette, Chair's Statement, Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Catalog, Queens Museum, New York.
1993 Charleen Touchette, "Brave Hearted Native American Women Artists: Breaking Through Boundaries and Shattering Stereotypes", Cover Story, SIGNALS, Vol. 2, No. 2, July, August.
Charleen Touchette, Chair's Statement, Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Catalog, Bellevue Museum, Seattle, Washington.
1992-3 Charleen Touchette, Arts Editor, SIGNALS - Women's News, Culture, Politics, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1992 Charleen Touchette, Editor's Statement as Co-Editor, Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Catalog, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.
1991 Charleen Touchette, "Mother and Daughter: Painting Across Two Worlds", WOMAN'S ART JOURNAL, Fall, 1991, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Charleen Touchette, Preface to WOMEN ARTISTS: MULTI -CULTURAL VISIONS, by Betty LaDuke, Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey. (Photo).
Charleen Touchette, Editor's Statement as Co-Editor, Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Catalog, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1990 Charleen Touchette, art in TAKE BACK THE NIGHT CALENDAR, Full Moon Productions, Santa Cruz,
California. (Color Cover, B/W photo, Poetry, Color Brochure).
1988 Charleen Touchette, "Women of the Earth: Artists Weaving a Circle", Abstract. Feminist Forum, WOMEN'S STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM.
1986 Charleen Touchette, "Women Artists of Four Colors Share Ideas at Women's Arts Conference", NATIVE VISIONS, Vol. III, #5, October.
VIDEO
2001 "Interview with Charleen Touchette", part of the "What Follows" series of interviews with contemporary artists, University of Colorado at Boulder.
1984 "Ancient Visions in Contemporary Indian Art", Interview with curator Charleen Touchette by Patty Lowe, FACES & PLACES, KATU TV, Portland, Oregon, April.
RADIO APPEARANCE
2001 "Indian Voices" with Theresa Harlan, Boulder, Colorado, broadcast April 22, 2001.

AUDIO TAPE
1988 "Parenthood and Creativity", The Women's Caucus for Art, (WCA) Conference Panel, Educational Audio Recording Service, Houston, Texas.

ABOUT CHARLEEN TOUCHETTE'S ART AND CURATORIAL WORK
2001 "Indian Art of the '60s shines at exhibit", Joanne Ditmer, THE DENVER POST (color photos) Sunday, April 15, 2001.
"On the trail of native art in the Southwest", Karen Dahood, THE DENVER POST (color photos) Sunday, May 6, 2001.
"IAIA Rocks", cover story, Craig Smith, Pasatiempo, THE NEW MEXICAN, (color photos), February 2, 2001.
"'Golden Age' - IAIA's retrospective", Paul Weideman, Pasatiempo, THE NEW MEXICAN, (color photos), February 2, 2001.
"IAIA Rocks the Sixties", Jennifer Barol, THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE, February 2, 2001.
“Friday Night Openings You Won’t Want to Miss”, SANTA FE REPORTER, New Mexico, January 31-February 6, p.21.
“IAIA Rocks the New Millennium”, Andrea Hanley and Michael Tsosie, NATIVE PEOPLES, Phoenix, Arizona, p. 102.
1999 "Looking to the Future by Examining the Past", by Joanna Bigfeather, AICH COMMUNITY
BULLETIN, page 22 (photo).
"Yak-Yak", THE MAGAZINE, pages 21-22 (photo).
"Visual Arts Listings" by Kate Winslow, THE SANTA FE REPORTER, page 28, (photo).
"Pasatiempo", THE NEW MEXICAN, March 26, 1999.
1998 Guy Cross, Interview with Charleen Touchette, THE MAGAZINE, (several photos). August, pp.23-27,
Hollis Walker, "Women's Art Caucus honors Charleen Touchette:Feminist activist earns accolades," PASATIEMPO - THE NEW MEXICAN, (photo), April 3, page 30.
1997 Nancy Bachlet, "Art from the Dark Recesses of the Mind", (Review of exhibition featuring Touchette's paintings, PASATIEMPO - THE NEW MEXICAN, June 20-26, 1997, p. 31, 50.
Gussie Fauntleroy, "Transcending the Moment", PASATIEMPO - THE NEW MEXICAN, March 7-13, 1997, p. 48 and 50. Review of exhibit Touchette curated, "Native Abstraction: Modern Forms Ancient Ideas" at the Museum of New Mexico's Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. March 7, 1997 - January 11, 1998.
David Clemmer, "Critical Reflections" Review of "Native Abstractions" exhibit, THE MAGAZINE, July 1997, Volume VI, Number I, p. 69.
1995 Linda Schierse Leonard, CREATION'S HEARTBEAT: FOLLOWING THE REINDEER SPIRIT", Bantam Books, 1995, p.107-8.
CIRCLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (photo).
1994 Wesley A.Rusnell,1994 Invitational Exhibition", ROSWELL MUSEUM AND ART CENTER, catalog.
1992 "Abiquiu After O'Keeffe", Southwest Art, September, (Color Photo).
"Abiquiu After O'Keeffe", PASATIEMPO, THE NEW MEXICAN, October 1, p. 89-88. (Color Photo), p. 19.
1991 Cassandra Langer, MOTHER AND CHILDREN IN ART, Random House, New York (Color Photo).
Virginia Maksymovicz, "Motherhood Core of Artistic Imagery" - NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN, 3, p. 1 3.
Jan Lynn, "Connection Through Time: The Visionary Art of Charleen Touchette", THE SUN. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August, Page 13. (Photos including Cover photo.)
1990 Gloria Orenstein, THE REFLOWERING OF THE GODDESS, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, New York, New York. (Photo).
"The Noble Struggle: Portrait of the Artist as a Woman", NEW WOMAN MAGAZINE, June, 1990. New York, New York.
ARTSPACE. New Mexico Supplement, Summer 1990, Albuquerque, NM.
COAST TO COAST, Women of Color Book Project. (Catalog), Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford, Virginia, 1989. P.32. (Photo).
CONNECTION WITH THE EARTH: THE FIGURE IN LANDSCAPE. Catalog. Edited by Lorraine Schechter, Living Art Foundation, Santa Fe, NM.(Photo).
1989 Joanna Frueh, "Leaping to Conclusions: Small Truths from the Regions", POSITIONS, Edited by Cassandra Langer. Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 45-66. New York Feminist Art Institute, (NYFAI), New York, New York.
Kathryn Collmer, 'Visions of Harmony", Artlook Museums, SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE, May, 1989, P. 142- 3, (Color Photo).
Kathryn Collmer, "Four Sacred Mountains", Exhibit curated by Charleen Touchette for the Arizona Commission on the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, SOUTHWEST ART July, p. 113.
ARTSPACE MAGAZINE, New Mexico Supplement, Summer, 1989. (Color photo)
ARTSPACE MAGAZINE, Winter, P.64. (Color Photo).
Suzanne Deats, "New Mexico Art Presence", ART-TALK, Apr/My, P. 29.
Laura Tuchman, "Exploring Spirituality in Symbols", THE ORANGE COMMUNITY REGISTER, Sunday, March 26, 1989. P.H26.
1988 George Hardeen, "Artist Makes Jump from Arizona to Santa Fe", THE INDEPENDENT, Gallup, New Mexico. Saturday, July 2, (Photo3).
Patrice Wynne, THE WOMANSPIRIT SOURCEBOOK, Harper & Row, San Francisco, California, P.200. (Photos).
WOMEN'S ART NEWS, Edited by Cynthia Navaretta, Summer. (Photo).
Beth Brant, Editor, A GATHERING OF SPIRIT, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, New York, COVER (Color Photo).
Nancy Luomala, "Woman of Sweetgrass Cedar & Sage", WOMAN'S ART JOURNAL, Spring. P. 42-43. (Photo).
Virginia Maksymovicz, "Children & Creativity Make for Tough Mix" - NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN, July/August, p. 6, (Photo).
Diane Davies, "Artists & Mothers Can We Be Both?", Houston WCA
Newsletter. March, P.2. (Photo).
J.C. Martin, "Show Basks in Masks", THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR, Tuscon, Arizona, September 29 , 1988. (Color photo).
Joan Crowder, "Native American Women Reflect on Lives, History", Scene - SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS, My, 1988. P. 26.
Debbie Boelam, "Art By Native American Women", DAILY NEXUS, Santa
Barbara, California, May 5, 1988. P. 4A.
CALYX. Vol. II , # I , Winter, 1987- 8, P.46- 7, 110. (photos).
"Contemporary Indian Art: A Stunning Local Showcase", IMAGE MAGAZINE, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER , February 1, P.34. (Color Photo).
Florilegia: A Retrospective, CALYX, Vol. I 0, # 2 & 3. (Photo).
PAST - PRESENCE: A CIRCLE OF WOMEN'S VISIONS, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon. (Photo).
1987 "ATLATL-Sponsored Student Workshop", NATIVE ARTS UPDATE, Vol. 3,
#3, Fall, P. 2. (Photo).
1986 "Mother Image", THE SACRAMENTO BEE , August 30. P. 36. (Photo).
Peyton Perry, "In Defense of Sacred Lands", NEWTON TAB. 11/26. (Photo).
"160-ARTISTS" BOOK", Connections Project, MOCHA, N.Y., N.Y., (Photo).
W. Brand, "What's Doing in Berkeley", THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sun 11/9.
"Acrylic Reindeer Woman", Datebook, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/EXAMINER , October 12, P. 10. (Photo).
FORMS FOR FAITH, Judah L. Magnus Museum., Berkeley, California, Catalog and Brochure. P. 8, 9, 20, 1. (photo).
B. Christian, "Valley Galleries Gear Up...", Artweek, MESA TRIBUNE, August 31.
S. G. Parker, "AICA Gallery: from Earth to Sky", .METIER, P.22.(Photo).
"Color, Form & Emergence", NATIVE VISION.Vol.lll,#3.P.9,10,11.(Photo) Charles Shere, "Art Scene", THE TRIBUNE, Oakland, CA., Aug.19, P. c-3.
BARD PERSPECTIVES, Vol. 125, # 3, February. P. 24. (Photos).
1985 "Visage Transcended: Contemporary Native American Masks", AICA GALLERY, San Francisco, California. Catalog. P. 4, 18, (photos).
Kathie Raleigh, "Ethnic Heritage Influences Artist and Her Paintings", THE CALL, Woonsocket, RI, September 5, P. 10. (Photos).
"Chinle Artist Exhibited", NAVAJO TIMES TODAY, September 3, p. 5.
ATLATL NATIVE NEWS UPDATE, Vol.. 1, #2. P. 1. (Photo).
"Visage Transcended", NATIVE VISION, Vol. ll., #5, P.3,10,12.
Lucy Lippard, "Double Vision", WOMEN OF SWEETGRASS CEDAR & SAGE Catalog, AICH Gallery, New York, New York. P. 1 6.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, "Women of Sweetgrass...", WOMEN 0F SWEETGRASS CEDAR & SAGE Catalog, AICH Gallery, NY, NY. P. 1 2.
WOMEN 0F SWEETGRASS CEDAR & SAGE Catalog, AICH Gallery, New York, New York, P. 70- 7 1. (Photos)
Joan Shepard, "Indian Women's Work Shown", NEW YORK DAILY NEWS,
New York, New York, June 9. (Photo).
Miriam Shapiro, "Native American Art on the Road", "WOMEN IN THE ARTS", NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN, September 10, P. 6. (Photo).
David Bell, " 'Women in the Arts' Makes Strong Showing", Journal North: THE NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 16, P. 10.
Suzanne Deats, "A Shoestring, An Idea", SANTA FE REPORTER, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 13, P. 31.
1984 "BEARING WITNESS", CALYX, Vol. 8, #2. P. 62- 65. (Photos).
"Indian Art Exhibit..." STATESMAN JOURNAL, March l9, P. 3c.
1983 Ann Schmitt, "Third Ring of Fire", FRESH WEEKLY/WILLAMETTE WEEK, Portland, Oregon, August, 1983.

RELATED ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
2000 Advisory Board, National Women's Caucus for Art.
1999-present Member, International Women's Writing Guild, New York, New York.
1998-present Member, College Art Association, New York, New York.
1998 Recipient, WCA President's Award, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1997-present Artist's Advisory Board, Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico.
1995-2000 ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Board, New Mexico.
1988 - present Women's Caucus for Art (WCA), Honor Award Committee.
1988 - 1994 WCA Executive Board Member.
1991 - 1992 WCA Honor Awards Catalog Co-Editor.
WCA Exhibition Committee Co-Chair.
1992 - 1994 WCA Honor Awards Committee Chair.
1993 - 1994 Regional Vice- President, New Mexico Chapter of WCA, (Santa Fe).
1993 - 1995 Member National Society of Multi-Media Layerists (SLMM).
Woman of Color National Slide Project Committee Member.
1992 - present SOHO 20 GALLERY, New York, National Affiliate Member.
1991 Member Spiderwoman Council of the Spiderwoman World Arts Network.
1990 Founder, Spiderwoman World Arts Network.
1988 - present Wornen's Caucus for Art (WCA) Member.
1976-1980 Researcher, THE SWEETGRASS LIVES ON: 50 CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN ARTISTS, by Jamake Highwater, Lippincott/Crowell, New York, New York., 1980. Executive Assistant and researcher for Jamake Highwater, author and critic of fiction and non-fiction on the art, music, opera and Native American culture.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

1998 President's Award, The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA), co-sponsored by the Women's Art Resource Center (WARC) of Canada, presented at the International Conference - "Crossing Borders: Mapping Boundaries" in Toronto, Canada.
1990 Brandywine Printmaking Workshop, Visiting Artist's Fellowship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (awarded, but was unable to travel to Pennsylvania due to financial restraints.)
1988- 90 Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program (2-year tours):
Solo Exhibition, "Dreams of Power & Beauty".
Curator, Group Exhibition, "Four Sacred Mountains: Color, Form & Abstraction".
1987-89 Arizona Commission on the Arts: Artist-in-Education.
1986 Arizona Commission on the Arts: Traveling Assistance Grant.
Interfaith Forum on Art and Architecture Art Awards Winner.
1985 'Womanart West", Honorable Mention, Western Colorado Arts Center.
Gallup Fine Arts Council, 2nd place, Pastel Landscape.
Gallup Fine Arts Council, 2nd place, Acrylic Abstract.
1984 Multi-Arts Grant, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, Oregon.
OHOYO, N.W., 16-color serigraph of image by Touchette selected for fundraiser.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Q.V. Distributors, Phoenix, Arizona.
Washington State Arts Commission's Native American Art Collection.
Dinebelina Nahiilna Be Agaditahe (D.NA.) Peoples' Legal Services,Inc., Window Rock, Arizona, Navajo (Diné) Nation.

Minneapolis E.N.T. Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Associated Anesthesiologists, P.A., St. Paul, Minnesota.
OHOYO, N.W., Salem, Oregon.
Blackfeet Tribal Offices, Browning, Montana.
E.N.T. Wayzata Clinic, Wayzata, Minnesota.

150 - Artists' Book from CONNECTIONS/CONNEXUS PROJECT:
Whitney Museum, New York, New York.
The Museum of Modern Art (M.O.M.A.), New York, New York.
The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York.
Adelphi University, Ohio.
The California Institute of Art, California.
The University of Colorado Library, Colorado.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

SELECTED ACTIVITIES AS A CURATOR
2001 "IAIA Rocks the Sixties" The Painting Revolution at the Institute of American Indian Arts", major interactive exhibition of 128 pieces by some 45 contemporary Indian artists, February 2 - September 30, 2001.
1998 "O'Keeffe's Contemporaries: Our Honored Matriarchs", (art by 25 artists, 32 artists discussed). CREATING WOMEN: Contemporary Artists of the West Internet Web Museum.
"Sacred Manifestations: Innovative Expressions of Spirituality", (art by 25 women artists, 25 artists discussed). CREATING WOMEN: Contemporary Artists of the West Internet Web Museum.
"Innovative Women Artists of New Mexico: Who Are The Undiscovered O'Keeffes?", (art by 25 artists). CREATING WOMEN: Contemporary Artists of the West Internet Web Museum.
1997 "Native Abstraction - Modern Forms Ancient Ideas", 10-month exhibition of 9 contemporary abstract artists and ancient Native American artifacts in two galleries including interpretive gallery explaining the ancient roots of Native Abstraction, (~45 pieces of art and extensive wall text) at the MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO'S MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE, Santa Fe.
1993 The Textiles of Doña Aqueda Martinez for the WCA Honor Awards Exhibition for the Seattle, Washington Honor Awards at the Bellevue Museum in Washington State.
The Beadwork of Emily Waheneka for the WCA Honor Awards Exhibition for the Seattle, Washington Honor Awards at the Bellevue Museum in Washington State.
1992 The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya and Lucy Lewis for the WCA Honor Awards Exhibition for the Chicago Honor Awards at the Chicago Cultural Center.
1991 The Clay Sculpture of Otellie Loloma for the WCA Honor Awards Exhibition for the Washington, D.C. Honor Awards at The National Museum of Women in the Arts.
1987-90 Curator "Four Sacred Mountains: Color, Form and Abstraction", 18 artists - (50 works of art), Two-year tour funded by the Traveling Exhibitions Program of the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
1987 Curator, "Four Sacred Mountains" Contemporary Arts Festival, Tuba City High School, Tuba City, Arizona, (over 28 artists).
1984 Curator, "Ancient Visions in Contemporary Indian Art", Hallie Ford Brown Gallery at WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Oregon (over 24 artists).
Curator, SIX DIRECTIONS GALLERY, Portland,Oregon. Curated monthly and bi-monthly exhibitions of contemporary and traditional Native American art. Coordinated multi-media performances at openings and community benefits and feasts.
Curator, SIX DIRECTIONS GALLERY, Portland, Oregon, Curated monthly and bi-monthly exhibitions of contemporary and traditional Native American art. Coordinated multi-media performances at opening and community benefits and feasts.
1983 Jury for Artistas Indigenas Exhibition, Portland, Oregon.
SELECTED WORK AS A CONSULTANT

Lewallen Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Arlene Lewallen for exhibit of Native American Women Artists at the Hampton College's Museum, Virginia.
Patricia Broder for a book on Native American Women Painters.
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Winona LaDuke, Anishanabe, White Earth, Minnesota.
AICA Gallery (American Indian Contemporary Arts), San Francisco, California.
Lubbock Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Native Arts Circle, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE), Minneapolis, Minnesota.
American Indian Community House (AICH) Gallery, New York, New York.
Museum of New Mexico's Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation, (IAIA), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Women's Caucus for Art, New York, New York.
Gallery 10, Scottsdale and Cave Creek, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona.
ATLATL, Native American Arts Advocacy Network, Phoenix, Arizona.
Conrad House family for traveling exhibition of House’s art.

SELECTED LECTURES:
2000 Curator's tour of "IAIA Rocks the Sixties", Institute of American Indian Art Museum, February 8, 2001.
Curator's presentation to trustees of the Cody Museum, Curator's tour of "IAIA Rocks the Sixties", Institute of American Indian Art Museum, February 3, 2001.
Curator's gallery talk for docents and educators in the Museum of New Mexico system, "IAIA Rocks the Sixties", Institute of American Indian Art Museum, March 6, 2001.
Reading from "It's a sweet life", (with art slides), Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building, University of Colorado at Boulder, (videotape) April 17, 2001.
Reading from "It's a sweet life", (with art slides), Plan B Contemporary Art Space in conjunction with V-Day events associated with performances of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monoloques presented by the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center.
“Shattering Stereotypes: The Struggle Continues”, S.I.T.E., Santa Fe, New Mexico, October.
1999 "Dreaming a Healing: An Artist's Spiritual Journey", THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN (NMAI), The Customs House, New York, New York (slide talk).
"Dreaming a Healing", gallery talk for "Unmentionables" exhibition, AICH GALLERY/MUSEUM, New York, New York.
"Dreaming a Healing: An Artist's Spiritual Journey", co-sponsored by the SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE and the COLLEGE OF SANTA FE Art Department at Tipton Hall, College of Santa Fe.
"World-Class Cutting-edge Artists of Indian Descent", co-sponsored by the SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE and the COLLEGE OF SANTA FE Art Department at Tipton Hall, College of Santa Fe.
1997 Panelist, "One Stream, Many Currents: Art Without Reservations", Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Roundtable discussion on Issues in Contemporary Indian Art.
Co-moderator and organizer of SYMPOSIUM on "Abstraction in Contemporary Native America Art" at the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE (MIAC), March 8. (11 artists, 2 discussants, co-moderator, Louis Grachos, director of S.I.T.E., Santa Fe.)
Docent training on "Native Abstraction: Modern Forms, Ancient Ideas". (3-hour lecture), Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Several Curator lectures and tours of "Native Abstraction: Modern Forms Ancient Ideas", MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE (MIAC), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Gallery tour of "Native Abstraction: Modern Forms Ancient Ideas" and "The Stories Woven In" and "Here, Now and Always" at the MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE (MIAC), for AT-HOME IN SANTA FE, Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Keynote speaker, teacher-training conference on "Native American Art is World Art", sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE) at NATIVE ARTS CIRCLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1996 Lecture on "Contemporary Native American Artists in Santa Fe" for AT-HOME IN SANTA FE, Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"Why Contemporary Indian Art is Important", Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Keynote Address for Santa Fe Indian School Cultural Pride Day.
"Native American Art is A Great World Art", Santa Fe Indian School.
Lecture on "Contemporary Native American Artists in Santa Fe" for AT-HOME IN SANTA FE, Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Lead lecturer, Elder Hostel on "Why Native American Art is a Great World Art.", PLAZA RESOLANA, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Including tours of Allan Houser's Sculpture Garden, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture collections, Santa Fe Gallery Tour).
Lecture on "Contemporary Native American Artists in Santa Fe" for AT-HOME IN SANTA FE, Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1994 Artist's Panel, "Abiquiu After O'Keeffe", ROSWELL MUSEUM, Roswell, New Mexico.
Chair's opening lecture and introductions for 1994 WCA Honoree's Ceremony, Queens Museum, New York, New York.
Lectures and Museum tours of collections, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe Gallery walk, Tour of Puyé Cliffs and Santa Clara Pueblo, "Tradition and Beyond" workshop on the Native American and Spanish Arts of New Mexico, PLAZA RESOLANA, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Lead Speaker, "Native American Art is World Art", teacher-training workshop, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, (MCAE), Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1993 "Traditional Art is Contemporary Art", Moderator and speaker, Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Chair's Opening Lecture and Introductions for Honor Awards Ceremony at the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Lead Speaker, "Native American Art is World Art", teacher-training workshop, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, (MCAE), Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Over 15 lectures for "Teaching Native American Art as a World Art', Minnesota Arts Experience Workshop, sponsored by The St. Paul Foundation and Supporting Diversity in the Schools (SDS), St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN. 2-week workshop.
"Teaching Native American Art as a World Art", Adult Hotel Workshop, Plaza Resolana, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1992 Moderator, Three Multicultural forums on Women in the Arts, co-sponsored by the
Spiderwomen World Arts Network and the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Facilitator, "Beyond Textbooks: Teaching Respect for Cultural Diversity in the Schools", Talking Circle at the Children's Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Facilitator, "Beyond Textbooks: Teaching Respect for Cultural Diversity in the Schools", Talking Circle at the Sweeney Elementary School, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Lecture on "Native American Art is World Art" Seminar, at Multicultural Imperative: Arts in Education Conference, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Margaret Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo Potter", Honor Awards Ceremony, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.
1991 "Visionary Women Art-Makers Working for Peace and Justice Through the Transformational Empowerment of Art- Making", Lecturer and Panel Moderator, Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Conference, Washington, D.C.
"Visionary Dreams of Power & Beauty: The Art of Charleen Touchette", Fine Arts Forum, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1990 Several Multi -Arts Lectures, Visiting Artist, BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hollywood, Florida.
"Visionary Dreams of Power & Beauty: The Art of Charleen Touchette", BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hollywood, Florida.
Several Lectures for 1- week workshop, "Other Ways of Seeing: Narrative Collage Paintings and Masks" workshop, MAX (Minnesota Arts Experience) Program, Connections in Art Workshop, Faculty. Co-sponsored by WA.R.M. and the Minnesota Arts Resource Center.
1989 Coast to Coast Woman of Color National Artists' Book Project., Panelist, WCA National Conference, San Francisco, California.
"Dreams of Power & Beauty: Giving Tangible Form to a Vibrant Visionary Inner World", Contemporary Arts Forum, COLLEGE OF SANTA FE.
Artist-in- Residence.- Cave Creek High School, Arizona.
Several lectures for 2-week workshop, "Making Art From Your Story", MAX (Minnesota Arts Experience) Program, Connections in Art Workshop, Faculty. Co-sponsored by WA.R.M. and the Minnesota Arts Resource Center.
1988 "Parenthood and Creativity", Panelist, Moderator Audrey Flack. Co-sponsored by WCA and CAA (College Art Association), Houston,Texas.
'Woman of the Earth: Weaving a Circle of Beauty and Harmony", Session Moderator and Presenter. NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERENCE (NWSC). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
"Ethnic Women in the Arts", Panelist. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Memorial Union, Tempe, Arizona.
Visiting Artist talk and discussion with Harmony Hammond for Muriel Magenta's Women in the Arts class, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Memorial Union, Tempe, Arizona.
"Dream of Power & Beauty: Paintings by Charleen Touchette", Slide Presentation at SOUTHWEST PRESENTERS' CONFERENCE, Scottsdale, Arizona.
"Four Sacred Mountains: Color, Form and Abstraction", Slide Presentation, SOUTHWEST PRESENTERS' CONFERENCE, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Several lectures as Artist-in-Residence, Black Mountain Elementary School, Carefree, and Cave Creek Elementary, Cave Creek, Arizona.
Artist-in-Education Presentation: SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Arizona.
1987 "Making Art from Nothing", Tube City Primary, Tuba City, Arizona.
ATLATL-Sponsored Workshop, Longview Elementary, Phoenix, Arizona.
"Dinosaurs at Moenave", Tuba City Primary Workshop Artist -in- Residence, Tuba City, "Arizona. "Spirituality in Contemporary Indian Art", FOUR SACRED MOUNTAINS CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL, Tuba City, Arizona.
1986 Series of Pastel/Watercolor Workshops, Artist-in- Residence, Tuba City School System, Tuba City, Arizona.
"Spirit in Art" Slide Lectures, Tuba City School System, (four schools), Tuba City, Arizona.
"Memories, Dreams and Reflections: Paintings by Touchette", Artist-in-Residence, TAOS SPRING CELEBRATION, Taos, New Mexico.
1985 Kii dooh bah Children's Center, Chinle, Arizona.
1984 "Ancient Visions in Contemporary Indian Art", Gallery Talk and Slide Lecture. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Oregon.
International Women's Day Film Festival, Portland, Oregon.



SELECTED ACTIVITIES AS AN EDUCATOR
2001 Visiting Artist, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 16-20, 2001.
Visiting Professor, Native Art History II, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spring semester.
2000-present Substitute Yoga teacher, El Gancho Fitness Club, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1999 Developer and lead teacher for "Opening to the Light: The Artist's Path", a five day workshop for serious committed artists at TOUCHETTE STUDIOS, La Barbaria Canyon, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1997 Coordinated three-days of educational activities to accompany the opening of "Native Abstraction - Modern Forms Ancient Ideas including organizing major symposium, hiring performing artists and poets for opening ceremony, hiring artists to do demonstrations and slide shows, and writing hands-on arts experiences for Museum Educators to use with visitors during the 10-month long exhibit., MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
3-hour Docent training on "Native Abstraction - Modern Forms Ancient Ideas", MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Consultant for Teacher-training conference on "Native American Art is World Art", sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE) at NATIVE ARTS CIRCLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota (selected Native Artists to do presentations).
1996 3-hour Docent training on "Why Contemporary Indian Art is Important", Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Director, Organizer and Lead lecturer, Elder Hostel on "Why Native American Art is a Great World Art.", PLAZA RESOLANA, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Including tours of Allan Houser's Sculpture Garden, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and Museum of the Institute of American Indian Art (I.A.I.A.) collections, Santa Fe Gallery Tour).
1995 Planning Committee, Painting Symposium, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), Santa Fe.
Consultant to Native Arts Circle and the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE) on establishing a Native Arts Registry to enable Minnesota art teachers to hire Native American artists as artists-in-residence. Facilitated a liaison between MCAE and Native Arts Circle.
Director and Coordinator of "Tradition and Beyond", a week long arts workshop on the Native American and Spanish Arts of New Mexico, (Directing 6-8 teachers) PLAZA RESOLANA, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Consultant for Teacher-training conference on "Native American Art is World Art", sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Arts Education (MCAE) at NATIVE ARTS CIRCLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (selected and trained Native Artists to do presentations and teach art experiences).
Chair Honor Awards Committee, The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Conference, Queens Museum, New York, New York.
1993 Chair Honor Awards Committee, The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) Conference, Bellevue Museum, Seattle, Washington.
Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
Organizer and Lead Speaker," Native American Art is World Art, two-day Conference on NAAWA
curriculum, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, MCAE, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Teacher Training). Selected and trained Native and non-Native teachers to teach NAAWA art experiences.
1992-3 Program Director and Head Instructor, MAX Workshop, "Respecting Native American Art as Great World Art". (Two Weeks). Co-sponsored by MCAE and Supporting Diversity in the Schools of the St. Paul Foundation, Sites in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. (Selected and oversaw one assistant teacher and four Native artists as guest speakers.
Organizer, Moderator and Speaker, "Traditional Art is Contemporary Art", panel, Women's Caucus for Art National Conference, Seattle, Washington. (6 panelists).
"Teaching Native American Art as a World Art', Adult Hostel Workshop, Plaza Resolana, Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
1992 Moderator, Three Multicultural Forums on Women in the Arts, (18 artists), Co-sponsored by the Spiderwoman World Arts Network and the College of Santa Fe at The Forum, College of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Facilitator, "Beyond Textbooks: Teaching Respect for Cultural Diversity in the Schools", Two Talking Circles at the Children's Museum and Sweeney Elementary School, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1992 - 1994 WCA Honor Awards Committee Chair.
1992 WCA Honor Awards Catalog Co-Editor for the Chicago Honor Awards at the Chicago Cultural Center.
1992 Co-Chair WCA Exhibitions Committee. Formulated Exhibitions Guidelines that were adopted by the WCA Executive Board.
1991- Present Originator and Author, NATIVE AMERICAN ART IS WORLD ART Curriculum including development of contemporary slide collection and interpretive materials, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, MCAE.
1991 Visiting Artist, Special Projects, Fine Arts Division, MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (MCAD), Minneapolis,Minnesota.
Organizer, Moderator and Speaker, "Visionary Women Art- Makers" Panel, WCA Conference,
Washington, D.C. (12 artists)
WCA Honor Awards Catalog Co-Editor for Washington, D.C. Honor Awards at The National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Member Spiderwomen Council of the Spiderwomen World Arts Network.
Co-Chair, Exhibitions Committee, Women's Caucus for Art (WCA).
1990 Visiting Artist, BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hollywood, Florida.
Co- Editor, WCA Honor Awards Exhibitions Catalog.
Teacher and artist-in-residence, "Other Ways of Seeing: Narrative Collage Paintings and Masks" workshop, One-week MAX, Connections in Art Workshop, co-sponsored by MCAE and W.A.R.M. (One site in rural Minnesota).
1989 Arizona Commission on the Arts' Artist-in- Residence.- Cave Creek High School, AZ..
Teacher and artist-in-residence, "Making Art from Your Story", Two-week MAX Connections in Art Workshop, co-sponsored by MCAE and W.A.R.M. (Two sites in rural Minnesota).
1988 Session Organizer, Moderator and Presenter, National Women's Studies Conference (NWSC), at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Presenter, Southwest Presenter's Conference, Arizona Commission of the Arts.
Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
Arizona Commission on the Arts' Artist-in-Residence, Cave Creek Elementary and Black Mountain Elementary, Carefree and Cave Creek, Arizona.
1987 Director of the "Four Sacred Mountains" Contemporary Arts Festival, Tuba City High School, Tuba City, Arizona, Festival included an exhibition of contemporary Indian Art, several visiting artists' lectures and panels and musical and performing arts events.
Artist-in-residence, Longview Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona. Sponsored by ATLATL.
1987-86Artisan/Consultant, Tuba City School System, Taught series of arts workshops K-5, Tuba City Primary School, 6-8, Tuba City Middle School, and Tuba City High School, Tuba City, Arizona.
1985 Sponsor and Mentor, Career Exploration Internship for WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts (Internship took place in Chinle, Arizona).
1984 Executive Board Member, SIX DIRECTIONS, INC., a community-based arts advocacy network serving the Native American Community of Portland, Oregon, offering arts exhibitions, arts education, sweat-lodge ceremonies for Native American prisoners, support for sovereignty issues in the Indian community. Coordinated multi-media performances at openings and community benefits and feasts.
Printed Limited Edition Serigraph and S/W publicity for OHOYO,NW, a leadership workshop for Native American and Alaskan Native Women, Salem, Oregon.

ART INCLUDED IN SELECTED SLIDE SHOWS

Mooira Roth, MILLS COLLEGE, California.
Patricia Matthews, Art Department, OBERLIN COLLEGE.
Gloria 0renstein, Comparative Literature Department, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Casandra Langer, NEW YORK FEMINIST ART INSTITUTE.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 'Women of Sveetgrass, Cedar & Sage".
Yuma Fine ArtsAssociation,"21st Southwestern Invitational".
ATLATL, "Visage Transcended: Contemporary Native American Masks".
ATLATL, 'Women of Sveetgrass, Cedar & Sage".
Leila Daw, "Art and the Earth: The New Landscape Artists".
Betty LaDuke, "Women's Art: A Multi-Cultural Perspective".
Anita Mills, "Women's Art", UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Annie Shaver-Crandell, NATIONAL CAUCUS FOR WOMEN'S ART.
Harmony Hammond, "Sensuality in Women's Art", at W.A.R.M. (Women's Art Registry of Minnesota),1980.
Kenneth Banks, "Contemporary Native American Art".
Deborah Kruger,"Sacred Space: Eco-Feminism and Spirituality in Art."
Kay WalkingStick, MORRIS MUSEUM, Morristown, New Jersey.
Ted Villa, Professor of Art, UNIVERSITY Of CALIFORNIA at SANTA MONICA.
Mary Hopkins, "Revisioning Imagery by Women Artists", Lecture Tour.
Kate Delos, M.F.A., panelist, "Exploring Women's Spirituality", WCA 1989 Conference, San Francisco, California.
Prilla Smith Brackett, THE MARY INGRAHAM BUNTING INSTITUTE, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.