Art résumé
Dani Dodge is a former assistant metro editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. As a reporter, she covered the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the corruption scandal of Rep. "Duke" Cunningham.
Highlights
2009
- First place, mixed media, and second place, mixed media — Fallbrook Art Association Open Judged Show, November:
- Climate/Gallery (Long Island City, New York) show Paint!, November
- Juror's commendation — San Diego Watercolor Society cash awards show, July
- Second place, acrylic figurative — San Diego County Fair fine arts exhibit, June-July
- Honorable mention — East County Art Association's Masters of the Moment regional juried art show, El Cajon, Calif., May-June
- Second place — La Jolla Art Association's Poetry & Art show, May-June
- California Watercolor Association 40th National Exhibition, March 18-May 24
- Society of Watercolor Artists 28th Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas, March 30-April 25
- Best of Show — Bonita Museum and Cultural Center's annual juried fine art exhibit, March 7-May 2
- Henry Fukahara Workshop Group traveling show, Manzanar Interpretive Center, April 1-May 4
- Honorable mention — San Diego Watercolor Society, juried membership show, April
- Third place, honorable mention — Southwestern Artists' Association Top 100 and One Foot Annual Juried Art Show, March
2008
- San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition
- First place — San Diego Watercolor Society cash awards show
- First place, mixed media — Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League, annual open show
- Third place — Studio of Art and Design, juried show, November
- Third place, collage — San Diego County Fair
- Best theme painting — San Diego Watercolor Society, August membership show
- Honorable mentions — Long Beach Arts, Works on Paper Exhibition; Fallbrook Art Association open spring show; Gallery 21 Catnip Connections 2 show; San Diego Watercolor Society, juried show, May; Studio of Art and Design, juried show, September
- Solo show at The Perfect Frame, Carlsbad, California
- Judged cash awards show at Off Track Gallery, Encinitas, California
2007
- Palm Springs Art Museum Artist Council National Juried Exhibition
- First place — The Studio of Art and Design, watermedia open show
- Second place — San Diego Watercolor Society, June membership show
- Third place — Escondido Art Association, summer open show, La Jolla Art Association Plein Air Open
- Honorable mentions — San Diego County Fair, mixed media division; Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League, annual open show; Escondido Art Association, Summertime 2007 open
2005-06
- Third place — San Diego Watercolor Society, April membership show
- Honorable mention, watercolor (animals) — Ventura County Fair
Education
Dani Dodge briefly studied sculpture and photography in college, but is essentially self-taught.
Selected workshops and classes: Tom Fong (2005, 2006), Rich Hawk (2006), Frank Francese (2006), Al Setton (2006, 2007, 2008), Bob Burridge (2007), Ted Nuttall (2007), Reed Cardwell (2007, 2009), Stephen Quiller (2008), Sandi D’Alessandro (2008). Independent study in Spain (2006)