Midge Calahan

Margaret (Midge) Calahan grew up in Allegan, Michigan.  She studied art at the Grier School, graduating in '67.  She then went on to Sullins College, in Virginia, for two years, and finished at Albion College, Michigan, receiving her BFA & BA in art, with chemistry as her minor.  Finding art more to her interest, she independently studied sculpture and collage with Vernon Bobbett, a well-known artist in Michigan.

In 1970 Albion College sent their prize students to Europe to study art history first hand.  Midge and her small group traveled to seven countries in the six months they were there.

In 1971 she continued her study in Mexico at the Talapaque Art Center.  Here she learned the art of pottery making, carving, and printing.  She first exhibited her paintings and collages in Michigan that year.

Now an exhibiting member with the Boca Grande Art Alliance, her work is usually a sell out at the Alliance exhibits.  She hand-cuts or carves the miniature wooden furniture or backdrops.

Midge continued her postgraduate studies at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago at Ox-bow, Saugatuck, Mich.

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