CHAFFEY COMMUNITY MUSEUM OF ART - Key Persons
Dee Cole, a self-described "faux folk" artist, has spent her entire creative life in Upland, California. In this video interview, which was conducted in Cole's uniquely decorated home, the artist discusses her childhood, creative processes and attitudes toward teaching.
Gina Lawson Egan is a talented ceramic artist who came to the Pomona Valley to study with Paul Soldner at the Claremont Graduate School. She worked with Denis O'Connor in the Millard Sheets Studio and has taught at a number of local schools (currently at Cal Poly Pomona).
From her studio in her vintage Ontario home, Lawson Egan has produced a dynamic body of work with a personal surrealist sensibility. The interview, conducted in her home, backyard studio and gallery space, provides insight into her sensibility, creative process, and attitudes toward teaching and selling her art.
Narration by Dr. Wendy Slatkin examines a select group of Lawson Egan's sculptures and provides context in Surrealism and the specific iconography of Louise Bourgeois. Environmental portraits by Cindy Dillingham provide additional insight.
Helen Line passed away in 1993 and is buried in Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario near her daughter Barbara. Francis Line passed away in 1999 and is also buried in Bellevue Cemetery. Upon his death, he bequeathed $50,000 to CCMA. His younger daughter Adrienne Line Knute, herself an author, resides in New Mexico.