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	Dorothy McCray American artist, Dorothy McCray received her B.A. and M.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1937 and 1939 respectively. She also holds a MFA degree in printmaking from the California College of Arts and Crafts 1956. Dorothy McCray taught fine art at Western New Mexico University from 1948 to 1981. In 1992, Dorothy McCray received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts as a Painter and Printmaker from New Mexico's Governor Bruce King. Her works have been exhibited and acquired by some of the finest American art museums.
	Exihibits
	1993 Dorothy McCray 55 Year Retrospective Francis McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
	1992 Labor Day Exhibit Grant County Art Guild, Pinos Altos, New Mexico
	1992 Lithographs from the 50’s One-person Exhibit, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
	1992 Points of Departure ”, Two-person Exhibit, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, New Mexico
	1991 - 1992 San Vicente Artists Monthly Tour Atelier McCray, Silver City, New Mexico
	1991 Labor Day Exhibit Grant County Art Guild, Pinos Altos, NM
	1991 Paper Our Way Three-person Exhibit, Deming Center for the Arts, Deming, New Mexico
	1991 Vernissage Two-person exhibition, The Shellfish Collection, Silver City, New Mexico
	1991 Winter Arts Festival Silver City, New Mexico
	1991 Landscapes and Landscapes Two-person Exhibition, New Mexico Veterans Center, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
	1991 Inconabula Group-invitational, McCray Gallery Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
	1991 Two Dimension-New Dimension Two-person Exhibit, The Shellfish Collection, Silver City, New Mexico
	1990 Winter Arts Festival Silver City, New Mexico
	1990 New Mexico Contemporary Two-person Exhibit, New Mexico Veterans Center, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
	1990 Two-person Exhibit Miller Library, Western New Mexico University Silver City, New Mexico
	1990 Moore, McCray and Sturgen The Shellfish Collection, Silver City, New Mexico
	1990 Limited Editions: The Art of Printmaking The Shellfish Collection, Silver City, New Mexico
	1980 - 1990 Two-person Show New Mexico State Fair Grounds Albuquerque, New Mexico
	1980 - 1990 Silver City Contemporary Artists Group (several group shows) -Albuquerque United Artists Exchange Show, Albuquerque, NM -Friends University, Wichita, Kansas Art Center, Bisbee, AZ -Los Alamos Art Center, Los Alamos, NM -Museo de Arte Historia, Juarez, Mexico
	1980 - 1990 Wonder Woman Invitational Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
	1980 - 1990 Guest Exhibitor Western New Mexico University Faculty Exhibits, Silver City, New Mexico
	1966 Biennial Exhibition Museum of Fine Art, Museum of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico
	1965 16th Annual Watercolor, Print and Drawing Exhibition Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	1963 Fiesta Show Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico
	1961 12th Annual National Print Exhibit The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
	1961 12th Annual National Print Exhibition, American Federation of Arts
	1960 Invitational Exhibit Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
	1960 29th Annual Exhibition Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
	1960 Bradley Print Exhibition Bradley University, Peoria, IL
	1960 El Paso Sun Carnival Exhibition El Paso, Texas
	1960 American Color Print Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	1959 Southwestern Artists Biennial 7 States Region Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1958 5th International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithographs Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
	1958 Dallas Print Society Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
	1958 National Collection of Fine Arts Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
	1958 Circle Exhibition Roswell Art Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
	1958 Fiesta Show Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico
	1958 Biennial of New Mexico Artists Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1958 Dallas Print Society Dallas Museum of Fine Art
	1957 2nd Annual Invitational of New Mexico Art New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas
	1957 7th Southwest Exhibition of Prints and Drawings Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
	1957 10th Graphic Arts Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1956 9th Graphic Arts Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1956 6th Southwest Exhibition of Prints and Drawings Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Dallas Print Society
	1956 Society of American Graphic Artists New York City
	1956 20th Annual American Graphic Arts Exhibition Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas
	1956 Northwest Printmakers Seattle, Washington
	1956 Special Exhibition of Contemporary Watercolors, Prints and Drawings National Academy of Design
	1956 4th International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithography The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
	1955 National Print Exhibition Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
	1954 7th Exhibition of Graphic Arts in New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1953 40th Annual Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1952 39th Annual Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1951 38th Annual Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
	1950 4th New Mexico Exhibition of Prints and Drawings Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
	1950 37th Annual Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
	1950 25th Arizona Art Exhibition Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, Arizona
	1947 First Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Prints Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	1947 16th Annual Six States Show Joslyn Memorial Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
	1943 55th Annual National Association of Women Artists American Fine Arts Gallery, New York City
	1942 National Association of Women Artists New York City
	1942 Midwestern Artists Exhibition Wm. Rockwell Nelson Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City
	1941 Exhibition of American Watercolors The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
	1941 Midwestern Artists Exhibition Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City
	1941 39th Annual Watercolor and Print Exhibition The Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	1940 20th International Exhibition of Watercolors Art Institute of Chicago
	1940 International Exhibition of Watercolors Art Institute of Chicago
	1939 American Watercolors Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Washington, DC
	Awards
	2001, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art Western New Mexico University
	1993, Fifty-five Year Retrospective Exhibition, Francis McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, the opening exhibit of the Centennial Celebration of the University
	1992, Recipient of the New Mexico Governor’s Award of Excellence and Contributions to the Arts
	1991, Color Lithograph Par Couer reproduced in Clinton Adams Printmaking in New Mexico, 1880-1990 (Albuquerque, NM:University of New Mexico Press, 1991)
	1983, Honorary Citizen of South Dakota
	1982, Western New Mexico University Art Building Named "Dorothy McCray Art Building"
	1961, 12th National Print Exhibition American Federation of Arts, Selected for traveling exhibit
	1960,American Color Print Society Francesca Wood Award for: Pan
	1959, Museum of New Mexico Recognition for: Promenade Fiesta Show
	1958, Museum of New Mexico Award of Merit in Oil: Cryptic Memory
	1958, Museum of New Mexico Invited to Exhibit, Fiesta Show
	1958, Dallas Print Society Selected for inclusion in traveling show,
	1957, Museum of New Mexico Purchase Award: Points of Departure
	1956, Museum of New Mexico Purchase Award: Par Coeur
	1956, Museum of New Mexico Honors in Color Print
	1950, Museum of New Mexico New Mexico Quarterly Award
	1942,Kansas City Art Institute First Award, Midwestern Watercolor Exhibit
	1941,Iowa Art Salon Award in Oils
	1940,Iowa Art Salon Award in Watercolors
	1939,Fine Arts Building Administration, Washington, DC Purchase Award—Three Watercolors