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- 1989-1990 (Creation)
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Signe Margaret Stuart was born on December 3, 1937, in New London, Connecticut, to Carl Einar and Anna Louise (Gustafson) Nelson. She married Joseph Stuart on June 18, 1960.
Signe attended the Yale-Norfolk Art School in 1959 and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in the same year. She went on to earn a Master of Arts from the University of New Mexico in 1961.
Her career includes serving as a Professor of Art at South Dakota State University in Brookings from 1970 to 1994. Since 1994, she has worked as an independent artist in Santa Fe. In 2001, she served as an artist-in-residence at Grinnell College.
Signe Margaret Stuart has been recognized as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who. Her works include the Signe Stuart: Retrospective: March 4-April 23, 1995 exhibition at the South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota.
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- 2 VHS videocassettes
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- Stuart, Signe, 1937- (Subject)