Melanie Birk
Santa Fe New Mexico
melaniebirk.com

Education
Master's Degree in Journalism, Northwestern University, 1985.
Bachelor's Degree in English Literature, Carleton College, 1984.

Art Education
Plein Air Artist Retreat, Taos, New Mexico, 2008.
Advanced Painting Classes, Instructor Jakki Kouffman, Santa Fe 
Community College, 2003-2006.
Plein Air Artist Retreat, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 2005.
Private Illustration Classes, Instructor Jennifer Owings Dewey, 2002.
Pastel Classes, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, 1996.
Drawing Classes, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, 1994-1995.

Solo Exhibitions
Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 8-13, 2009.

Collections Include
David & Laura Boyd
Will Halm & Marcellin Simmard
Jeff & Syndii McCreary
Steven Tinkler & Joe Eaton
Leslie Shaw
David & Pam Albin
Marti Newman & Chris Pagano

Employment

Freelance Writer & Editor, 1998-2002, 2008-present.
Publications Director, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, 1989-1997.
Assistant Director, Main Street Program, 1987-1989.
Publications Director, National Heritage Corridor Association, 1985-1987.

Selected Publications
Frank Lloyd Wright & the Prairie, Universe/Rizzoli, 1999.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fifty Views of Japan, Pomegranate Books, 1996.
Ephemera including four-color brochures, calendars, posters and
booklets printed in five languages, FLW Preservation Trust.
Design Charette Booklet, National Heritage Corridor & American Institute
of Architects.
"Gambling on Art," art magazine of Northwestern University.