Artist Highlight

Deborah Hildinger received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas with a double major in Printmaking and Painting in 1979. Upon graduation, WED Show Production employed her as a finishing artist during the construction of EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. She believes this to be one of the greatest learning experiences of her life. Before moving to California in 2004, Deborah was administrator of the permanent art collection at Orlando International Airport and responsible for the works of art produced by internationally acclaimed artists such as Doris Leeper, Miriam Schapiro, Jacob Lawrence, Duane Hanson, and Dale Chihuly. Ms. Hildinger has been exhibiting in fine art festivals since 1974.

She is an award-winning artist in her own right within the mediums of printmaking, painting, pastel, digital imagery, and fine crafts. While in California, Deborah was employed as a Library Artist and Cultural Events Coordinator for the Santa Maria Public Library and an adjunct art instructor at Allan Hancock College.

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