Ruth Pratt will be honored by Governor Otter for her longstanding involvement in the North Idaho arts scene, including Idaho Nonprofit Center, the Arts and Culture Alliance of Coeur d'Alene, Spokane Public Radio, Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre and the Downtown Association, as well as numerous "big band" groups, and the Coeur d'Alene Library Foundation.
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I'm FROM North Idaho, where I teach public school art, write about art and (try to) develop my own artwork. Before that, Montana (sort of), California, Pennsyslvania, New Jersey, Germany, New York, Georgia--some places more than once--and a bunch of places in between. • I'm FROM a life lived with art... the artwork my parents collected with meager savings, explorations of galleries from here to the east coast, undergraduate work in mixed media and sculpture. I've made a living with my art: marketing and design, graphic illustration, art, journalism, and sundry odd jobs that make for interesting stories but never captivated me as much as teaching, which I love. But, more than that, I've made a LIFE with art. • So I'm FROM a place where art is a valued thing, a hallmark of culture, an expression of our humanity in all it's peaks and valleys. I'm from a place where art is a way of viewing the world and my place within it.
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