Title: Artist
Location: Wautoma, Wisconsin, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Audubon Society (2018-Present)
- Defenders of Wildlife (wildlife guardian 1999-Present)
- Fox Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church (communications writer, 2006- 2014) (Sabbath school kindergarten teacher, 2007- 2014) (volunteer, women’s ministries, 2006-2009)
- Franklin Center Coffee Shop, Kansas City (volunteer, 1984)
- Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
- Lions Club International (secretary, 2001-2017)
- Maestro Productions, Inc., Oshkosh, WI (chorus, drama cast, handbell choir, member, 1991-2000)
- Museum of Science, Boston (scientist pen-pal, 1996-2000)
- Omro Care Center, Omro (activity aide, 1988-1989)
- Redgranite Elementary School (volunteer tutor, 1995-2000)
- Redgranite Public Library (story hour, leader, volunteer, 2005-2009)
- Norbert College, De Pere, WI
- University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
- Visual arts leader, Winnebago County 4-H, (visual arts leader, 1991, 1992)
- Wautoma Seventh Day Adventist Church (church clerk, 2018-Present) (Adult Sabbath school teacher, 2018-Present)
- Wildlife Land Trust Humane Society (founding member)
- Wilson Center Associates
- Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (2018-Present)
- Wisconsin Regional Artists Association (WRAA)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2020)
- Inductee, Top Professional of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2019)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
- Author, “The Casting of Crowns,” First Editions Design (July, 2018)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of American Women,” Marquis Who’s Who (2001-2011)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (2002-2009)
- Recipient, Obermiller Education Award, Wisconsin Regional Artists Association (1996)
- Recipient, Kenneth and Marie Kuemmerlein Award, Wisconsin Regional Artists Association (1992)
- Author, A Personal Struggle, poetry (1987)
- Exhibited Art
- Redgranite Labor Day Art Show (2018)
- WRAP Janesville Art Show (2018)
- Rountree Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin (2009, 2006)
- Sunday in the Park, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin (2007)
- Howard Young Medical Center, Woodruff, Wisconsin (2008, 2004, 1994)
- Menominee, Michigan (2007)
- Art for All, Menominee, Michigan (2002)
- Our Savior Lutheran Church, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1998)
- Wisconsin Center, Madison, Wisconsin (1996)
- Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI (1996, 1994, 1992, 1990)
- The Art Barn Gallery, Green Lake, Wisconsin (1996, 1995)
- Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI (1990)
- Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin (1990)
- The Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri (1987-1988)
- Kansas City Civic Center, Kansas
- Kansas City Public Library, Kansas
- Solo Art Exhibitions
- University Wisconsin Center, Marinette (2009, 2003)
Contact Betsy Olk Borchardt