AWARDS:
2000 Artist Project Grant, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA
1999 Mini Grant, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA
1996 Photo National, Second Place, Arts Council of SE Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO
1996 Tribal & Western Art of the Great Plains, Honorable Mention,
        Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, SD
1995 Artist Project Grant, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA
1995 Summer Invitational, Silver Medal, Perry House Galleries, Alexandria, VA
1994 The Camera’s Eye, Best of Show, Museum of NW Colorado, Craig, CO
1993 Women’s National Juried Art Exhibition, Triangle Company Award,
        Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
1992 Teacher’s of Art, Second Prize, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1992 8th Annual National Photo Show, Festivals in American Life, Peoples Choice Award,
        Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Chico

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA:
2007-1995 Who’s Who in America, Marquis Publications, New Providence, NJ
2004 Black Americans in Cinema: the First Half Century, Phyllis Klotman,
        U of Illinois Press, advisor to Book & CD
1995 A Garden Inside Her, by Almon, Coffman & Bever, cover illustration,
        Grainne Press, Portland, OR
1995 The Creators: Native Americans, Life & Times, Iowa Public Broadcasting
1994 Ornament Magazine, photographs for Ray & Stella Young Bear, San Diego, CA
1994 Art Talks, WVIK, with Buce Carter, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
1993 Best of Photography Annual, Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Heard Museum Library & Archives, Phoenix, Arizona
Eiteljorg Museum of Native American and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Museum Of Anthropology, University of California, Chico, California
American Indian Center, Chicago, Illinois
EverColor Corporation, Worcester, Massachusetts
Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois

EDUCATION:
MA: University of Iowa, Iowa
BFA: Alfred University, New York
Attended: Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California
               The Pilchuck School, Stanwood, Washington

©2000-2007 Susan Herdman