Occupation: artist, art educator St. Petersburg, Florida, April 20, 1949
Education BFA , University Florida , 1971 Master Art Education, University Florida , 1979
Career Advertising specialist, Gainesville, Florida, 1978-80; college instructor Sampson Tech. College, Clinton, North Carolina, 1980-82, Rockingham C.C., Wentworth, 1983-85, Patrick Henry C.C., Martinsville, Virginia, 1983-85; homebound teacher Pittsylvannia County Schools, Chathum, 1986-87; substitute teacher Danville (Virginia) Pub. Schools, 1988-89; art teacher Community Art Center, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1992
Career Related Vol. art teacher Okeechobee (Florida) Rehabilitation Center, 1997, Center for Aging, WAukesha, 1990-92; docent Danville Museum Natural History, 1985.
Creative Works One-person shows include Second Floor Gallery, Milwaukee, 1991, Florida State Capital, Tallahassee, 1998; exhibited in group shows at WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, 1960, Gallery Ten, Rockford, Illinois, 1990, Cudahay Gallery, Milwaukee Museum Art, 1992, Beaumont (Texas) Art League, 1993, Breckenridge (Texas) Fine Arts Center, 1993, J.R. Mooney Galleries Fine Art, San Antonio, 1994, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, 1994, Museum Northwest Colorado, Denver Colored Pencil Society, 1996, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, Florida, 1997, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, 1997, Center for Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, 1997,. Arts Center, St. Petersburg, 1997; commission Danville Museum Natural History, 1987.
Honors and Awards Recipient 1st pl. award art show Fayetteville (North Carolina) Museum Art, 1980, 1st pl. award Danville Art League, Danville Museum Fine Arts and History, 1986, award Associated Artists of Southport (North Carolina) Ann. Show, 1986, 2nd pl. award art show Accessible Parks Inc., Austin, Texas, 1994.
Memberships Member Florida Trail Association, Sierra Club.
Hobbies and Special Interests Hiking, reading, sewing, gardening, environmental causes
Family Daughter of Bernard Develira and Harriet Ann (Bruce) Cassidy; Married Marcus LaFayette Giddens Junior, December 28, 1974.
