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Jonquil B. LeMaster
32610 Scappoose Vernonia Hwy.
Scappoose, Oregon 97056
503.543.5655  503.860.5650 cell
jqdesign@centrytel.net
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Currently 
Jonquil has unique skills as a project manager and team leader and is also a representational sculptor who specializes in the fabrication of trees and naturalistic habitats. Jonquil is a painter. As the owner of, JQ Design  (established in 1998) Jonquil, collaborates with other sculptors and provides exhibit consulting services as well as exhibit fabrication.

A partial list of clients includes:
Formations, Inc,  Agua Caliente Cultural Museum (Design Team), Palm Springs,  Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center, Wabash Historical Museum, Voyagers Interpretive Center, USFW
One Plus Two Design, Science Spectrum, Brazos River Journey, LA County Museum
Department of Human Services (DHS) and Oregon AWARE, table top Sneezing Nose Exhibit
Smithsonian Institute, Horticultural Services, artificial orchid tree and G Scale train tunnels
City of Portland: Children's Museum
OMSI: “Dangerous Decibels” Walkthrough Ear and Hearing Exhibit, Walkthrough Lung Exhibit
Stage Right: Nike “Kowshark” for Cows for Kids Fund raiser
Collaborations with Donald Lipski: Phalen Chandelier, Hall Vineyard Tasting Room Chandelier, Grand Central Terminal, Elson Chandelier, Gallery LeLong (NYC, shows in 2000 and 2001), Barbara Davis Gallery (Houston, show 2001), Material Terrain (traveling exhibition)
The Oregon Zoo: Flooded Forest Exhibit, tree fabrication, Stellar Sea Lion Cove, Shell Midden
US Fish and Wildlife: Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Tualatin Nature Center, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Coldfoot Interpretive Center



1997 to 1998 

As an Interpretive Project Manager, Jonquil provided a wide range of clients with project management services.

A partial list of clients includes:
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
The Oregon Zoo
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Microsoft Museum, Lassen Lands Trails Trust
The National Aquarium in Baltimore 

1987 to 1997
As an owner of Rock/LeMaster, Inc., Jonquil managed and built exhibits for design firms, construction contractors and cultural institutions, such as zoos, museums and aquariums.

A partial list of clients includes:
Biosphere 2 Center
The Denver Zoo
Cambridge Seven Associates
The National Aquarium in Baltimore
The Nature Conservancy
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Children's Discovery Center
McKinley Museum: Discovery Center
The High Desert Museum
Woodland Park Zoo
The National Zoo
Metro Washington Park Zoo
Jolly Miller Construction.


1988 to 1989

Jonquil was Project Manager for The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. She managed the exhibit construction for the Earle A. Chiles Center on the Spirit of the West. This 5.5 million-dollar expansion included 15,000 square feet of exhibit space. 

1982 to 1988
As an Exhibit Specialist for the Larson Company, Jonquil traveled to New York City to work on Jungle World at the Bronx Zoo. For three-and-one-half years Jonquil hired, trained and managed artists and technicians 
building a forest of life-size tropical trees. While in New York she developed techniques and procedures for sculpting trees and vines out of resin, epoxy and rubber.

A partial list of clients includes:
Wildlife Conservation International
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Phoenix Zoo
Desert Springs Marriott Hotel.

1979 to 1982

Jonquil was Assistant Art Director and Production Manager for Promotion Products, Inc. in Portland, Oregon and managed a department of seven artists and technicians. The company produced graphics for governmental agencies and private industry.

A partial list of clients includes:
The Army Corps of Engineers
National Park Service,
United States Fish and Wildlife Refuges
Yakima Indian Visitor Center
Georgia Pacific
Vidicraft
White Stag


1976 to 1979
As the Exhibit Curator for the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, Jonquil designed, researched, prepared and installed exhibits for the Society. 




Education
Graduate of Rex Putman High School. Oak Grove, Oregon, 1970, GPA 3.9

Bachelor of Science in Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1976.

Graduate Studies:
Lewis and Clark College; Museum Internship and Lithography
Museum Art School; Silk screen Techniques
Pima Community College; Jewelry, Photography and Sculpture
PNCA; Advanced Painting Classes

 

Memberships
Corporate member, American Zoo and Aquarium Association
Delegate, American Association of Museums
National Association of Museum Exhibitors
The Nature Conservancy
Portland Art Museum
Board of Directors, Kiger Mesteņo Association

Exhibitions
Silver Gelatin Prints, San Pedro River: Series # 1
Hercules Florence Gallery and Student Art Show, FAC
Pima Community College, West Campus, February and April 1994

Silver Gelatin Prints, San Pedro River: Series #1
Bentley's Coffee House
Tucson, Arizona, April 1994

Silver Gelatin Prints, Ramsey Canyon and San Pedro River
National Trustees Meeting, The Nature Conservancy
One Person Exhibition
Ventana Canyon Resort, September 1994

Polaroid Transfers and Gum Dichromate Prints
Admin. Building Gallery, Group Show of Non-Silver Work
Pima Community College, October 1994

Silver Gelatin Prints, San Pedro River: Series # 1
Gum Dichromate Prints
Bureau of Land Management Offices
Sierra Vista, Arizona, Current

Beaded "painting": Visions and Coral Flame
Tubac Center for the Arts
Miniatures Exhibit, December 1994 and 1996
Honorable Mention Award

Acrylic Paintings and Drawings: Cactus Paintings
Murphy Gallery
St. Phillips Episcopal Church
Tucson, Arizona, April 1995

Acrylic Paintings: Desert Blossoms 
Tucson Pima Arts Council
Rural Artists Exhibit
Tucson, Arizona August-September 1996

Oil Painting Diptych: Tucson Mountains
Lohse Family YMCA
Tucson, Arizona
August 1996-January 1997

Pastel and Acrylic Paintings
Universalist Unitarian Church
Northwest Tucson, Arizona
October 1997

Three Woman Show
Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio
October 1999


Private Collections
Kevin and Cathy Bell
Chicago, Illinois

Cliff and Glenna Pesonen
Aurora, Minnesota

Suzanne Butler
Portland, Oregon 

Pat and Connie Rock
Green Valley, Arizona

Robert and Sarah Dahl
Tucson, Arizona 

Carol Sorensen
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sheila King
Chicago, Illinois 

Tip and Patti Wilson
Portland, Oregon

Maria Parham
Tucson, Arizona 

Lew Demuth
Green Valley, Arizona

Stanley Cappoen
Warren, Oregon 

Mary Holcomb
Warren, Oregon

Unitarian Universalist Church of NW Tucson 

David and Natasha Taplin
Tucson, Arizona

Gary Glenn Krause
Houston, Texas

David Swann
White Salmon, Washington

Michael Mayer
Tucson, Arizona 

Michael Delores
Tucson, Arizona

Thane and Kathleen Maynard
Cincinnati, Ohio

References Furnished Upon Request