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Her work has been exhibited nationally including at Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis; Sazama Gallery, Chicago; Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill; The Rymer Gallery, Nashville; and The Rockford (IL) Art Museum. Public collections include the Tennessee State Museum, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and the City of Memphis. She is currently represented by Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Maakestad was Professor of Art at Memphis College of Art where she taught from 1997-2020. Since 2020 she has taught watercolor workshops at Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, Wisconsin and in Shelby County for Creative Aging Memphis. She recently presented lectures about her work to graduate students at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Crosstown Arts and Delta State University in Cleveland, MS, the. She juried the 2024 student art show at Delta State and the Artists Link annual show in Memphis in 2023.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-a7dd8d91-7fff-b84b-7a9b-a36fa2f71418\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe earned her M.F.A. in painting from The University of Iowa in 1987 and a B.A., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emagna cum laude\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and M.A. from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"approach-i","title":"Approach I","description":"","brand":"Shapeshifter Art School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153471987888,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/4276\/6000\/files\/10_Maakestad_b13fa529-782d-4591-b6fa-041c3aaef499.jpg?v=1781112895"},{"product_id":"lovely-day","title":"Lovely 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