Cynthia studied at the University of Northern Iowa and received her BA in Art at Winona State University. She was employed at Luther College and Winona State as a costume designer in their theatre departments and taught costume design at St. Mary’s University. She has also worked at Bouquet Enterprises as a decorative accessories designer and has received commissions for several large works of art.

Dennis Jennings received an AA Degree in Art from Los Angeles City College in 1962, BA, MA in Art,University of California at Los Angeles. Was a Teaching Assistant at UCLA and taught as a Tenured Asst. Professor of Art at the University of Northern Iowa. Was an Art Director and Advertising Designer and Furniture Designer at Winona Industries and won 6 Addy Awards for advertising excellence. Was in the Young Americans Exhibition, NYC. The All Iowa Crafts Exhibition; First Award in Ceramics, and American Crafts Council Merit Award, Columbus Museum of Fine Arts (Ohio); Purchased a ceramic piece for their permanent collection.

Karen received her MFA in Design from Ohio State University and is a member of IATSE/USAA Scenic Artists union. She has spent 20 years working for professional theaters and university theater departments as a scenic designer/scenic artist. As a watercolor artist Karen enjoys exploring both realistic and fantasy themes.

Bernadette was chair of the Winona Blue Heron Statue Project. Her recent glass and fiber work won her a 2009 Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. And her jewelry sells in fine galleries and gift shops across the country, as well as online, through her business Hotflash Designs.

Dirk earned a BA in art at Winona State University and a BA in Technical Writing at Colorado State University. He has been included in national drawing and print shows including: Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA; and National Print Show, Lincoln Center, Ft Collins, CO. He is currently represented by Blue Heron Gallery in Winona, MN; Crossings Art Center in Zumbrota, MN; and Benevolent Acorn in St Paul, MN.

Dominic is Professor Emeritus at Winona State University, where he taught art history for 23 years. He earned his doctorate at Indiana U. (Bloomington) and an MA at Hunter College, CUNY, and a BFA at Washington U. in St. Louis. He also taught at Wayne State U. in Detroit and at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has written articles on early 20th-century American modernism and on the 1930s architecture of Edward Durrel Stone (1902-19). He has also given public lectures to the Winona community.

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