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Boussard, Dana

Last Name: Boussard
First Name: Dana
Dates:
*1944 (Date of Birth)
Biography/History: Dana Boussard was born in Salem, Oregon and was raised in Choteau, Montana. Art and talk of art was always present in their home. Dana studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, St. Mary's College at Notre Dame, Indiana, and received her M.F.A. from the University of Montana in 1968. In the 70's she worked with both the Montana Arts Council and the New York State Council on the Arts, Artists-in-Schools programs. She has been considered a protest artist, one who uses art to point the finger at societal ills. (askart.com) (Information taken from an exhibit booklet and newspaper article available in accession file #3588)
Related Objects:
3588.1 (Appliqué, Beyond a Shadow, 1984)