Women of Excellence
Teresa A. Castaneda |
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Title: | Artist |
Industry: | Art |
Type of Organization: | Art/Self-Sustaining Youth Project |
Major Product/Service: | Painted art work; Preparing free art from scavenged materials |
Expertise: | 33 years experience; Creates abstract art; Invented "Crinklism" and "Formed Canvas" art forms; Scavenges and collects free items at garage sales, creates art with it and gives away for free; Serves as an Illustrator and creates jewelry |
Geographic Area of Distribution: | Denver, Colorado, National |
University/Degree: | B.A., Jewelry and Photography, Metropolitan State University, 1990 |
Born: | Denver, Colorado |
Hobbies/Sports: | Family activities, camping, train enthusiast |
Honors & Awards: | Recognized, National Endowment for the Arts; Archived, National Museum of Women in the Arts; Governor's Award for Downtown Excellence, Pueblo, Colorado, 2016 |
Published Works: | Lectures, "How to be a Living Artist", libraries, colleges, high schools and art organizations |