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Author Biography
Elizabeth Lenci-Downs
     
Elizabeth Lenci-Downs was born in Virginia, Minnesota within a mosaic of ethnic cultures, surrounded by woodlands, lakes and the ancient Laurentian Mountains.  Her European heritage enriches her writings and gives force to her paintings.  She has been honored for her work with foreign students and her efforts against racial discrimination.  She is a graduate of National Louis University and Columbia University with degrees in history, psychology and education.  She lives with her husband, Floyd L. Downs, in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

When the sun rises over the Superstition Mountains outside her window Elizabeth will be found at work at desk or studio easel, where a painting of her grandchild is waiting.  Beside her, a curl of ivory fur with plume tail and brilliant blue eyes greets visitors, Karuna, their Balinese.

Honors:

·         Selected for the National League of American Pen Women

·         Woman of the Year in Fine Arts Maricopa County,  Arizona for mentoring women and her efforts against racial discrimination—1995

·         Selected as a juried member of the esteemed Arizona Artists Guild—1998

·         Seven one-woman shows in California and Arizona

·         Chosen for a solo exhibition at the opening of Frank Lloyd Wright’s remodeled Gammage Center for the Arts, at Arizona State University, Tempe

·         Invited by AZ Governor for Solo exhibition for the International Women’s Day, Phoenix, featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton,  First Lady, on her return from China.

·         Sons of Norway-Desert Lodge, Arizona - Literature


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·         I Heard My People Cry

·         Six Girls On A Hoot!!!

 

 

 

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