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Gallery representation: Olson-Larsen Galleries
203 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA 50265
(515) 277-6734
info@olsonlarsen.com


Visiting Artist Residencies, lectures, and panels

1995 Venice, Italy Scuola Internazionale di Grafica
1994 Rome, Italy
Venice, ItaIy
Associazione Internazionale Incisori
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, "Il segno serpeggiante" (seminar on engraving)
1993 Ames, Iowa Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery
1992 Saint-Étienne, Fr.
Venice, Italy
École des beaux-arts de Saint-Étienne
Scuola Internazionale de Grafica, "Il bulino nell'alfabeto inciso" (seminar on
       engraving and calligraphy)
1990 Sioux City, IA Sioux City Art Center
1989 Binghamton, NY
Venice, Italy
State University of New York
Venice, Italy Centro Internazionale di Grafica
1985 Keokuk, IA
Iowa City, IA
Keokuk Art Center
University of Iowa Museum of Art
1984 Indianola, IA
Iowa City, IA
Kofu, Japan
Sioux City, IA
VermilIion, SD
Sioux FalIs, SD
Sioux Falls, SD
Storm Lake, IA
Sioux Center, IA
Orange City, IA
Wayne, NE
Simpson College
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum
Sioux City Art Center
University of South Dakota Art Department
Augustana College
Sioux Falls College
Buena Vista College
Dordt College
Northwestern College
Wayne State College
1983 Des Moines, IA Drake University Art Department
1981 Ames, IA Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery and Museum
1980 Northampton, MA Smith College, Art Department
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Selected Public and Institutional Collections

Ames, IA Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University
Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts
Cambridge, MA Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Cedar Rapids, IA Cedar Rapids Art Center
Decorah, IA Luther College
Des Moines, IA Des Moines Art Center
Framingham, MA Danforth Museum of Art
Glasgow, Scotland Hunterian Gallery
Grinnell, IA Grinnell College
Indianola, IA Simpson College
Iowa City, IA University of Iowa Museum of Art
Iowa City, IA University Hospitals
Keokuk, IA Keokuk Art Center
Little Rock, AR Arkansas Arts Center
Manhattan, KS Kansas State University
New York, NY Cooper-Hewitt Museum (Smithsonian Institution)
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Northampton, MA Smith College Museum of Art
State of Iowa Art in State Architecture Collection, Hoover State Office Building
State of Iowa Clarinda Treatment Complex
Saint-Étienne, Fr. École règionale des beaux-arts
Sioux City, IA Sioux City Art Center
St. Joseph, MO Albrecht Gallery Musem of Art
Tucson, AZ University of Arizona
Venice, Italy Scuola Internazionale di Grafica
Washington, DC National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution)
Waterloo, IA National Bank of Waterloo
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Solo Exhibitions

1999 Venice, Italy Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Viaggi e Passagi
1996 Kofu, Japan
Venice, Italy
Yamanashi Prefecture International Exchange Center
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Tempio dei Ladri ed altri Luoghi Sacri
1995 Venice, Italy Galleria Segno Grafico, Sotoporteghi Veneziani
1994 Rome, Italy
Venice, ItaIy
Associazione Internazionale Incisori
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Il segno serpeggiante
1992 Saint-Étienne, Fr.
Keokuk, IA
École règionale des beaux-arts
Keokuk Art Center
1990 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College
1989 Binghamton, NY State University of New York
1988 Marshalltown, IA Central Iowa Art Association
1986 Cedar Falls, IA
Storm Lake, IA
West Des Moines, IA
Metropolitan Galleries
Witter Gallery
Olson-Larsen Galleries
1985 Keokuk, IA Keokuk Art Center
1984 Indianola, IA
Sioux City, IA
Simpson College
Sioux City Art Center, Amy Worthen: Selected Prints and Drawings, 1979-1984
1983 Des Moines, IA Drake University, Amy N. Worthen: Engravings and Etchings1967-1982
1982 West Des Moines, IA Olson-Larsen Galleries, Recent Engravings
1981 Ames, IA Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery
1980 West Des Moines, IA Olson-Larsen Galleries, Italian Drawings: 1970-1980
1978-80 Iowa Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Real and Imagined Aspects of the State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa
    Des Moines, IA
    Webster City, IA
    Osceola, IA
    Clarinda, IA
    Keokuk, IA
    Red Oak, IA
    Ames, IA
    Laurens, IA
    Sioux Center IA
    Waukon, IA
    Marion, IA
    Charles City, IA
    Iowa City, IA
    Fort Dodge, IA
    Mason City, IA
    Woodbine, IA
    Des Moines, IA
   Iowa State Capitol, Governor's Office
   Kendall Young Library
   Clarke Area Arts Council
   
   Keokuk Art Center
   Touchstone Arts Council
   Octagon Art Center
   Musser Public Library
   Public Library
   Allamakee Area Art Center
   Linn-Mar Community College
   Arts Council
   Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals
   Blanden Art Gallery
   Charles H. MacNider Museum
   Community Schools
   Iowa State Capitol, Legislative Dining Room
Des Moines, IA Thoreau Center for Religion, the Arts, and the Environment, Amy N. Worthen: Etched and Engraved Copper Printing Plates
1975 Pine Bluff, AR Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center
1974 Indianola, IA Simpson College, Dunn Library
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Publishers of engravings and posters
Des Moines Art Center Print Club
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
École des beaux-arts, Saint-Étienne, France
Iowa Center for the Book, Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, IA
Hanawalt School, Des Moines, IA
Centro Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, IA
The Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Terrace Hill Society, Des Moines, IA
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Professional Affiliations
Boston Printmakers
College Art Association
Des Moines Art Center Print Club (co-founder)
MidAmerica Print Council
Print Club of Philadelphia
Print Council of America
Southern Graphics Council
Women's Caucus for Art


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Katherine Zeph, "Amy Namowitz Worthen: Part of A Chain," Expressions (Des Moines Area Community College), September, 1998.

Matilde Dolcetti, "I Sotoporteghi,un libro d'artista dedicato a Venezia", Segno Grafico Venezia, no. 9, year XXIII, May/June 1995.

Matilde Dolcetti, "Dal bulino all'incisione su vetro," Segno Grafico Venezia, no. 6, year XXII. April 1994, p. 6.

Sue Welsh Reed, "Fact and Fancy: Amy Worthen's European Architecture and Iowa Iconography," in
        Amy Worthen: Prints and Drawings 1960 - 1990, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1990.

Charles Roberts, "The Iowa-Italian Art Connection," The Iowan Magazine, Spring, 1990, p. 62.

Mark Stegmaier, "Amy Worthen," American Artist, September, 1986, p.66 (6 illustrations).

Sioux City Art Center , Amy Worthen: Selected Prints and Drawings,1979-1984, essay by Joann Moser. 1984, 28 pp (10 illustrations).

Printworld Dirctory, (since 1983) Bala Cynwyd, PA (illustrated).

Judith K. Brodsky and Ofelia Garcia, Printed by Women, Philadelphia, Port of History Museum, 1983.

Who's Who in American Art.

Journal of the Print World, Spring 1982 (illustrated).

Journal of the Print World, Fall 1981 (illustrated).

Janice Shotwell, "The Fantasy World of Amy Worthen," The Iowan Magazine, Fall 1978 (illustrated).

"Amy Worthen, A Deck of Playing Cards," The Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 6, 1975.

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