About

Dorothy McCray
575.538.9538
Silver City, New Mexico
Email: dorothymccray@comcast.net

Retrospective 2005
Francis McCray Gallery
WNMU, Silver City NM

Honors
2001 Doctor of Humane Letters
Western New Mexico University

Governor's Award for Excellence
and Achievement in the Arts, 1992

Western New Mexico University
McCray Art Building
named for Dorothy McCray, 1987

Positions
Art Gallery Owner
Atelier 108 on Broadway, since 1990

Professor of Art Emeritus
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

1948-1981 Faculty
Department of Art
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

1969 Director
Art Study Program, Italy
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

Education
1937 Bachelor of Arts
State University of Iowa
Painting and Art History

1939 Master of Arts
State University of Iowa
Painting and Art History

1955 Master of Fine Arts
California College of Arts & Crafts
Printmaking

Postgraduate Studies
1939-41 - State University of Iowa
1948-93 - Western New Mexico University
1956 - California College of Arts & Crafts
1962-87 - European Study-Travel
1964 - University of Florence Italy
Summer Study
1966 - Tyler School of Art, Temple University
European Program
1970 - Printmaking in Italy Ernest Freed

Listed In
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in America
Who's Who Among American Women
International Who's Who in Art and Antiques
Who's Who in the World of Women

Selected International Shows
1940-41 Chicago Internal Water Color Exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago
1956 Fourth International Biennial
of Contemporary Color Lithography
Cincinnati Art Museum
1957 Northwest Printmakers International
1967 Grethen Print/Drawing Triennial, Switzerland
1978 Museo de Arte Historia
Instituto National de Bellas Artes, Juarez, Mexico
1971-72 United States Office of Information
Traveling Exhibit - Europe

Selected National Traveling Exhibits
Washington Printmakers
American Federation of Arts
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
American Color Print Society
Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions
Retrospective 2005
Francis McCray Gallery
WNMU, Silver City NM

Mezzanine Gallery - Oakland, CA
Art directions Gallery - New York, NY
Lebanon Valley College - PA
Coralles Art Association - NM
Wichita State University - KS
Amarillo College - TX
Colorado Western College - CO
Art Association - Rapid City, SD
State University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
Richard Levy Gallery - Albq, NM