{"id":1376,"date":"2024-09-22T11:08:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/?page_id=1376"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:17:04","slug":"elementor-1376","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/?page_id=1376","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1376\" class=\"elementor elementor-1376\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f188f40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f188f40\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0916e7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0916e7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cynthia Snellman<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f53431 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f53431\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0683988 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0683988\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85a734 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f85a734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_2168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_2168.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_2168-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cynthiasnellman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_2168-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd6520 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0bd6520\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8cad74 e-transform elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8cad74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8eb27 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d8eb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I started my career as an artist weaving large scale tapestries. This led\u00a0 to 6 foot color fields on folded paper replacing the woven mohair. Later I tried my hand at painting animals, eventually being selected for a spot\u00a0 at The Sun Valley Center for the Arts.<\/p><p>In time,\u00a0 I found myself in search of a more stable profession and pivoted to Interior Design. I opened Sisu Design creating spaces which incorporated my work in furniture, textiles, metal and glass. I chose to close Sisu in 2020, allowing myself time to explore the power of the pencil, inspired by my love for nature.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4162a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4162a3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f155bea elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f155bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>University of Washington\u00a0<\/p><p>BA, Textile Emphasis<\/p><p>Ford Foundation Grant, 1980-81<\/p><p>University of Washington MFA, 1982<\/p><p>Cornish College of the Arts,<\/p><p>Interior Design\u00a0 1986-87<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4557f57 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4557f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516d956 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"516d956\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a7982a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a7982a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SISU Design 1986-2020<\/p><p>SISU Design Showroom 1993-2003<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e8514 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74e8514\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Business<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b8800 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06b8800\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e11601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e11601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sun Valley Center Gallery<\/p><p>March 1995 &amp; 1994<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2851c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b2851c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solo Shows<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5cc42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b5cc42\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6349f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c6349f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Schack Center Garden Show 2025<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Kneeland Gallery, Wild West Show<\/p><p>Sun Valley, July 1999<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sun Valley Center For the Arts<\/p><p>&#8220;Animal Dreams&#8221;, November 1994<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sun Valley Center For the Arts<\/p><p>&#8220;Christmas Show&#8221;, November 1993<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair 1981<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair 1980<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Containers &#8217;90<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Fort Wayne Art Museum<\/p><p>Fort Wayne Indiana, 1980<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2681c0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2681c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Group Shows<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia Snellman About Me I started my career as an artist weaving large scale tapestries. 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