• May, June 2007 Hartford Insurance, Woodbury, MN

Artist's Statement:
An outdoor enthusiast and amateur photographer for many years, Francine Corcoran thrives on fresh air and the pursuit of “unimproved” spaces. She grew up in Hokah in southeastern Minnesota, where she learned to see on walks in the spring woods with her Mother. 

Francine makes photographs out of doors in whatever light is available in whatever conditions occur – rain, snow, bugs, mud, grit. Film, no color filters, no flash, no
off-season. Subject matter includes any and all moderately accessible terrain in
scheduled parklands, Scientific and Natural Areas, Nature Conservancy
Preserves, roadsides, alleys and other byways. 

Francine works at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, and walks
 to work across the Mississippi River. She has also walked all the streets
of the City of Minneapolis, for fun.

Achievements:
Gallery shows:

·         White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, Mahtomedi, MN
 “The Transitory Nature of Light”, February-April 2006

·         Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital Gallery, St. Paul, MN
“The Transitory Nature of Light”, October-November 2004

·         Theatre in the Round Players Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Available Light,” September 2002

·         Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
 “Where Land and Water Meet,” Summer 2002

·         College of St. Catherine Library, 
 “Earth to Sky,” November 2001-March 2002

·         Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN
 November/December 2000

·         The Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
September/October 2000

·         North Dakota State University Memorial Union Gallery, Fargo, ND
May 2000

·         College of St. Catherine Library,
“Field of Vision,” November 1999

·         Theatre in the Round Players Gallery,
  “Held in View,” August 1999

·         College of St. Catherine Library, St. Paul, 
 “Where Land and Water Meet,” December 1998

·         Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN
 “Where Land and Water Meet,” October/November 1998

·         Theatre in the Round Players Gallery,
 “Pinhole and Color,” with Lynn McMahon, pinhole & toy camera artist, Oct 1997 

Other work:
·         Photographer, with Randy Bunney, web-site www.hiawathaavenue.com/photos
      “Seeing Hiawatha! A South Minneapolis Journal,” Winter 2003, Spring 2004
·         Construction photographer: Coeur de Catherine, College of St. Catherine,
       2001-2004.

 Honors:
·         Best in Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts “Multiple Views,” March/April 2003.
·         Featured in SCAN, St. Catherine Alumnae Magazine, Winter, Summer 2003,
       Fall 2004.
·         Featured in Minnetonka Center for the Arts “Photography Minnesota” juried
       show October-November 2001.
·         First, Third and Fourth Prizes in Hennepin Parks Annual Amateur Outdoor
       Photography Contest, May 1999, 2000. 

Education:
Winona State University, BA; LaCrescent High School; St. Peter’s School, Hokah, Minnesota.