Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024
2024
2022
2024
2024
Printed & Online Exhibitions
2023
2024
2023
Education
- Graphic Design - AA Degree
The New World School of the Arts - 1996 - Art and Art Education
Miami Dade Community College - 1996 - Graphic Design
Villasmil de Leon - Caracas, Venezuela - 1989
2024
- Naomi's School - Cut it Out with Shalya Marsh
- Naomi's School - Screen Printing for Clay with Shalya Marsh
- In person figurative sculpture workshop with Cristina Cordova
- Sculpture and Color: Polychrome Technique by Tomas Barcelo
- Sculpture Making: Clay modeling and assembly by Tomas Barcelo
- Clay Portrait: Model and full scale face by Efraim Rodrigues
- Classic Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture by Sarah Margaret Gibson
- Modeling Torsos with Clay by Jose Manuel Martinez Peres
- Kara Bullock Art School - An expressive Portrait by Kara Bullock
- Quick Sculpting for Beginners by LeRoy Transfield
- Portrait Sculpting by Andrew Joseph Keith
- Figurative Sculpting Fundamentals by Andrew Joseph Keith
- Non-Fireable Surface Techniques: Milk paint
- The Head in Clay by Cristina Cordova
- Introduction to Clay Figurative Sculpture by Cristina Cordova
- Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles by Gazete Azulejos
- Ceramic: Modeling and Decoration by Paula Casella Biase
- Ceramic Glazing for Beginners by Paula Casella Biase
- Dyed Ceramics: Coloring Ceramic Paste by Paula Casella Biase
- Creation of Molds for Ceramic Reproduction by Xenia Bas
2024
- Named Artist of the Year by the Firehouse Art Center - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
2022
- Inspirations and Commonalities of the Human Condition - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
2024
- Callahan House's - Club-A-Fair event - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece.
- Boulder County Fair - Longmont Artist Guild
- Artist/Writes Collaboration - Firehouse Art Center
- Members exhibition - NoBo
- Open Wall - Boulder Contemporary Museum
- Spring Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Members "HangTime" - The Firehouse Art Center
- 'Portrait Gallery' – THE DAIRY ARTS CENTER
- Catrina Exhibition and Auction - The Firehouse Art Center
- Summer Art Exhibition & Sale - Longmont Artist Guild
- Spring Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Autumn Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist guild
- Summer Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Poetry/Art Collaboration Exhibition - The Firehouse Art Center
- Spring Art & Sale Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Autumn Art & Sale Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Summer Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
2024
- ArtWalk - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece - Longmont, CO
- Dairy Art Center - Back to school Market - Boulder, CO
- LAUGH Holiday Sale - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- Holiday Sale - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
- LAUGH - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- ArtWalk - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece - Longmont, CO
- Autumn Art & Sale Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Summer Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Pumpkin Pie Day Fair - Longmont Artist guild
- Strawberry Festival - Longmont Artist Guild
- Pumpkin Pie Day Fair - Longmont Artist Guild
Printed & Online Exhibitions
2023
- Exhibizone - “Tears/Smiles” - Online group exhibition showcasing my Sculpture “If Words Could Kill”
- Gallerium - "Extinction" - Online exhibition showcasing my sculpture " The Watcher"
- Las Lagunas Gallery - "Women in Art" - Online exhibition Exhibiting my painting “Summer Fox at Flatirons”
- Artistonish Magazine 32nd Issue / March - Online and printed Exhibiting my Sculpture “If Words Could Kill”
- Exhibizone - “Inspiration” - Online group exhibition showcasing my Sculpture “If Words Could Kill”
2024
- Ceramic Workshop: Woman's Bust
- Ceramic Workshop: Garden Totem
- Ceramic Workshop: Wind Chime
- Ceramic workshop: Safety, Slab Rolling, and tile texture decorating
- Mask making workshop: Study of the face in clay - at the Firehouse Art Center
2023
- Sol 19 - Exhibition - By popular vote I was awarded with tree free months of yoga classes
- Summer Show - 3rd place in acrylic painting for "Summer Fox at Flatirons" - Longmont Artist Guild
- Summer Show - 3rd place in acrylic painting for "Moo Day!" - Longmont Artist Guild
- LAUGH - 2023
- NoBo - 2023
- Lefthand Artist Group - 2023
- Firehouse Art Center - 2022
- Longmont Artist Group - 2021
- Lefthand Artist Group - 2023 / Longmont, CO
- Firehouse Art Center - Sitting at the front desk most 3rd Sundays of the month since 2022 / Longmont, CO
- Manatee Literacy Bradenton - Donated and art piece - The Historic Manatee Village Fare & Auction / Bradenton, FL
Mission: To empower Manatee County residents to independence through literacy. 2021 - Growing Garden Boulder - Donated and art piece - Farm Gala Auction / Boulder, CO
Mission: To enrich the lives of our community through regenerative urban agriculture. - Uni-Hill - Assisted teachers with Spanish and Mathematics on a weekly bases. Also helped in the creation of the children's year book. / Boulder, CO 2011
- Acorn Pre School - Created map outline of the school grounds for the emergency fire exits. / Boulder, CO 2006
- Multiple Sclerosis Society - Helped organized fundraising for multiple day bicycle rides / Miami, FL 1996 - 1998
- Shake-A-Leg - Provided sailing outings for people with disabilities. Help in the coordination of their annual fundraising events / Miami, FL 1994-1995
TESTIMONIAL
Dear Ana, I want you to know that I was very impressed by the map of American territory that once belonged to Mexico that you made for my book What’s to Know About Mexico. It’s the best I’ve seen on the subject. I was also pleased by your layout of a sample chapter.
John Virtue • Author, Academic and Journalist; Director of the International Media Center at Florida International University, Miami , FL
Dear Ana, I want you to know that I was very impressed by the map of American territory that once belonged to Mexico that you made for my book What’s to Know About Mexico. It’s the best I’ve seen on the subject. I was also pleased by your layout of a sample chapter.
John Virtue • Author, Academic and Journalist; Director of the International Media Center at Florida International University, Miami , FL
I absolutely adored working with Ana Balzan. She helped design my company logo, create and layout my company letterhead and business cards. The logo was exactly what I wanted and the creative process with Ana was fun and dynamic. I am complimented often on my logo and know that it has helped my business. I highly recommend her and would not hesitate to use her again in the future.
Chris Ketterhagen • Ketterhagen Properties, Boulder, CO
Chris Ketterhagen • Ketterhagen Properties, Boulder, CO
Ana’s professionalism and quality of work is impressive. We had a vague idea of our project at its start, and appreciated Ana’s ability to interpret our vision into a sophisticated, well designed product. It was a pleasure to work with her.
Michael Reis • Executive Director Longmont Housing Authority, Longmont, CO
Michael Reis • Executive Director Longmont Housing Authority, Longmont, CO
Thank you Ana again for your work. Our Ads that you did the graphic work for have received many compliments. It is always a pleasure to work with you. You have an uncanny ability of making our jewelry even more beautiful than it is.
Jackie Abraham • Jackie Abraham Jewelers, Bay Harbor Island, FL
Jackie Abraham • Jackie Abraham Jewelers, Bay Harbor Island, FL