MF Dondelinger

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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Location	New Mexico, United States
Introduction	MF Dondelinger worked as a studio artist in Seattle for ten years before moving to Ellensburg, Washington, to serve as director of Gallery One, a visual art center. She returned to painting full-time and apprenticed with master iconographer don Gianluca Busi in Italy in 2005 and in the US in 2006. She has since relocated to the southwest where she splits her studio time between Arizona and New Mexico. Her artwork is in numerous public, private, and corporate collections including Hewlett Packard Permanent Collection, Idaho Power Co., City of Kent, SAFECO Insurance Co., Swedish Hospital Permanent Collection, and University of Washington Hospital Permanent Collection among others. Mary Frances is the recipient of a NEA Fast Track Grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts for her exhibition "A Place Called Ferdinand" and a NEA Professional Development Grant from Washington State Art Commission. Ampersand Art Supply has provided sponsorship for her participation in the Florence Biennale in Italy in December 2007. She received her BA from Seattle University. She is a member of the Society of Tempera Painters.