biography of Grace Leslie DICKERSON (1911-2001)

Birth place: Fort Wayne, IN

Addresses: Fort Wayne 8, IN

Profession: Painter, sculptor, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: Fort Wayne Art School; Instituto Allende, Mexico, M.F.A.; AIC, and with Guy Pène DuBois; St. Francis College, Fort Wayne, B.A.

Exhibited: Women's Nat. Exh., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933; Ft. Wayne Mus., 1938-46, 1938, 1940, 1944; Indiana A., 1939-45; local exhs., 1953-58; Women's Club, 1953, 1958; Michiana Art Exh., 1953; John Herron AI, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1955, 1957; Kirk o' the Hills, Bloomfield, MI, 1953; Springfield, IL, 1953, 1954; Indiana State Fair, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957; South Bend Ceramic Exh., 1953-1957; Hoosier Salon, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1954, 1955-1958; Northern Indiana A., 1954-1958; Fort Wayne Art School Alumni Exh., 1954; Ohio Univ., Athens, 1954; Montpelier, Ohio, 1954-55; Outdoor Alumni Exh., 1955 and others. Awards: prizes, Ft. Wayne Museum, 1944; prizes, Indiana State Fair, 1940, 1946, 1953-54, 1957; Fort Wayne Women's Club, 1953-57; Hoosier Salon, 1954; South Bend Ceramic Exh., 1953 (purchase); Northern Indiana A. Salon, Hammond, Ind., 1955-56; local exhibitions, 1938-57; degree, Fort Wayne Univ., 1950.

Member: Indiana AC; Hoosier Salon; Fort Wayne A. Sch. Alumni Assn.

Work: Cathedrals, in Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evansville and Indianapolis; Fort Wayne schools; Keenan Hotel, etc.

Comments: Position: instr., Harmar School, 1950-51, Arcola School, 1955, Fort Wayne, IN.

Sources: WW59; WW47.