Resume

Artist Registries and Web Pages

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Archives

Pastel Society of Colorado Members' Gallery, http://www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org/galleries.php

Open Studios

https://www.openstudios.org/artists2/Acharya

 Boulder Art Association Member's Gallery

https://boulderartassociation.org/gretchen-acharya/

Education

  • University of Colorado: B. A. in Fine Arts  in 1968, Senior Auditor, 2005-18
  • Adam's State Collage, Graduate Science, PAAC Program, 2006-11
  • Classes and Workshops: 
    • Art Students League of Denver, Ghost Ranch,
    • The Loveland Academy of Fine Arts,  Foothills Art Center, Golden,
    • The Boulder Art Association and the Louisville Art Association.  
    • My instructors include, Doug Dawson, Frank Covino, Rick Stoner, Chuck Cerasso, Claire Evans, Terry Ludwig, Sally Strand, Desmond O'Hagan, Margaret Dryer, Jeanne Rosier Smith
  • Indian Madhubani Painting and Crafts, Chennai India , 2004 & 2006

Travel:

United States and abroad in Asia, Egypt, UK, Europe, Australia, Costa Rica, Belize, the Caribbean, Canada, Mexico, Peru and Bolivia

Public and Corporate Collections

  • Louisville Public Library
  • National Hockey League
  • Attache International
  • R. D. D. I. Inc.
  • Pueblo Bank and Trust
  • University of Denver, Law Library

Instruction

  • Private and semi private classes, ongoing
  • Mesa Elementary School Arts Day. Apr. 2008 and 2013
  • Archaeology Art 1, Indian Peaks Archaeology Society, 2007
  • University of Colorado Continuing Education, "Pastels" , 2005-2006,  
  • "Plein Air Landscape in Pastel", Summer 2005-2006
  • Open Studios School of Art, instructor 2006-2008
  • Plein Air Pastel Workshop, Amalfi Coast, Italy, 2004
  • Boulder Valley School District Program for Lifelong Learning, Pastel Instructor, 1999-2007
  • Le Pinacle, St. Valerian, France, 2000

Artist in Residence

  • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov. 2001