Susan Heggestad
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Art History Email: Susan.Heggestad@usd.edu |
Susan M. Heggestad received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, and her Masters of Fine Arts degree, with an emphasis in Printmaking, from SUNY at Buffalo. She creates mixed-media works on paper utilizing collograph, monotype, screenprinting, and relief processes, as well as larger works in sculpture and installation. Her work has been showcased at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences in Sioux Falls, the Haydon Art Center in Lincoln, Neb., North Dakota State University in Fargo, as well as numerous other venues. In addition, she is the recipient of several awards including a South Dakota Arts Council Artist Grant in 2007 and 2011, and is currently on the Artists in Communities and Schools roster for the South Dakota Arts Council. She is director of the Messy Hands Summer Art Camp for children hosted by the Vermillion Area Arts Council.
She was recently the Interim Instructor in Printmaking and Art History at Wayne State College, Neb., where she has taught for the past five years. Susan lives with her large family in Vermillion, where she maintains a private studio.