“Whether I am making art, riding horses, dancing or teaching Nia I approach each as an
expressive art form that can be communicated, learned and enjoyed. Inspiring
others to realize their joy of
self-expression through movement, equestrian and and art is,
perhaps,
one of the greatest accomplishments I will make as an artist and
as a human being in my lifetime.”
as a human being in my lifetime.”
—Randee Fox
Current
Objectives
• To continue my life’s work as an artist, illustrator, designer and writer.
• To continue to show my fine art works in galleries and arts festivals.
• To continue my active involvement in humanistic community volunteer endeavors.
• To continue teach Nia Technique classes and Educating Humans for Horses classes.• To continue my active involvement in humanistic community volunteer endeavors.
Professional Fitness Background
I am a Nia 2nd Degree Black Belt Teacher, teaching Nia dance classes and playshops since 2004. I am also certified to teach Nia Moving to Heal, Nia Five Stages, Nia FreeDance, Nia FloorPlay and Nia 52 Moves as well as Classic Nia classes.
I am an excellent Nia events producer and has produced and hosted over 40 events for Nia Trainers since 2005. I served as a business consultant to Jeff Stewart, Nia’s CEO and have designed promotional materials as well as having written stories for the Nia newsletter. I headed a global Nia effort to raise over $32,000.00 among the Nia community of teachers for Hurricane Katrina survivors by inspiring and encouraging Nia Bayou Boogie benefit classes across the world.
I am an excellent Nia events producer and has produced and hosted over 40 events for Nia Trainers since 2005. I served as a business consultant to Jeff Stewart, Nia’s CEO and have designed promotional materials as well as having written stories for the Nia newsletter. I headed a global Nia effort to raise over $32,000.00 among the Nia community of teachers for Hurricane Katrina survivors by inspiring and encouraging Nia Bayou Boogie benefit classes across the world.
2004 - Present: Nia Black Belt teaching Nia at Bellevue Family YMCA, Sammamish Family YMCA and Blue Heron Ranch
2011 - 2013: Nia teacher for Community Fitness in Seattle
2008: Taught at Vashon Allied Arts dance studio
2004 - 2006: Taught at Columbia Athletic Pine Lake and Kirkland Dance Center
2006 - 2007: Taught at Mercer Island Community Center
1968 - 1975: Lifeguard and swimming instructor
2006 - 2007: Taught at Mercer Island Community Center
1968 - 1975: Lifeguard and swimming instructor
Fox has taught hundreds of people about the joys of having a Nia practice in their lives. She also has mentored her Nia White Belt graduates, helping them create successful careers as Nia teachers.
Professional Arts Background
My professional art and writing career spans since 1978 years as a fine artist, illustrator, graphic designer, web
designer, art director, and college art instructor. I offer a wide range of
artistic and journalistic expertise as well as teaching, training, leadership
and team building skills. I have been a horsemanship instructor since 1997 and
a Nia Technique instructor since 2004. All three avenues, art, Nia and
equestrian education, have brought me immense satisfaction and success.
Education
1970: Graduated with honors as an Art Major – Venice High
School, Venice, CA
1970-71: Received high school scholarship to attend Art
Center, College of Design in Los Angeles
1982: San Francisco Art Institute to study printmaking
1990: The Poynter Institute to study journalism design and
illustration
2003: Bellevue Arts and Crafts School to study sculpture
2004-present: The Nia Technique to study and receive certifications in White,
Blue, Green, Brown, Black Belt, Nia Five Stages, Nia Moving To Heal, Nia 52 Moves, Nia FreeDance, Nia FloorPlay and Nia Faculty Trainer.
Illustration, Design, Art and Training Career
1998-present:
Illustrator / writer / photographer for America’s Horse, The Quarter Horse Journal, The Quarter Horse Racing Journal, Texas Thoroughbred Magazine, Horse and Rider Magazine
2003: Designed (donated) the Sammamish Arts Commission logo (still presently used)
2003: Designed (donated) the Sammamish Arts Commission logo (still presently used)
1997 - 1998: Consultant for web redesign Cox Interactive
1998-2002:
Adjunct Professor Illustration Austin Community College, Austin,
Texas
Taught Illustration Concepts, an advanced illustration course within the college’s Visual Communication Design Department. Was involved with students’ portfolio review and helping with professional placement.
Taught Illustration Concepts, an advanced illustration course within the college’s Visual Communication Design Department. Was involved with students’ portfolio review and helping with professional placement.
1996 – 1997: Managing Art Director of News and Interactive,
MSNBC Interactive, Redmond, Washington - helped with startup of MSNBC.
1988 – 1996: News Artist/Graphic Journalist/ Page Designer
and Illustrator, Art Director Special Projects The Seattle Times Company, Seattle, Washington
1987 – 1988: News Artist, Illustrator, The Tacoma News
Tribune, Tacoma, Washington
1986 – 1987: Art Director, Production Manager, The Sun
Weekly, Santa Cruz, California
1984 – 1986: Art Director, Production Manager, Community
Spirit Magazine, Carmel, California
1982 – 1984: Art Director, Studio Dance Revue, Santa Cruz
and San Francisco, California
1974-1978: The Gap Stores, Inc.: Managed and operated Beverly Hills Gap Store and was promoted to Corporate Training Projects Manager, designing and implementing sales and management training modules for The Gap Stores internationally.
Fine Art Shows and Exhibitions
2019-present: Fogue Studios and Gallery, Seattle permanent installation in Randee Fox's studio/gallery
2018: Art Gallery of SnoValley, Snoqualmie
2017: Sammamish Arts Fair, Sammamish, WA
2010 - 2013: Bass Fine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017: Sammamish Arts Fair, Sammamish, WA
2010 - 2013: Bass Fine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009: Blue Heron Gallery and Silverwood Gallery Vashon Island, WA
2008: Up Front Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2007: Island Artist Show: Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island,
WA
Up Front Gallery, Issaquah, WA
Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
Up Front Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2006: Washington State Thoroughbred Foundation’s Equine Art
Show
- won 2nd Place Anishinabe Dream Horses Award for Mixed Media
2003: AQHA World Show Art show
Commissioned artist to show with sculptor, Marita McMillan
2003 - 2005: Installation-American Quarter Horse Heritage
Museum
2002: Commissioned artist to participate with “Hoofprints of
the American Quarter Horse”. Fox was invited, along with 19 other nationally
recognized artists, to be a part of this exhibit.
2001: Annarella Gallery, Georgetown, TX
1997: Wildfire Gallery, Georgetown, TX
1982: UCSC Library Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1979: Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
1978: Morrell-Morrell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977: Santa Monica Arts Festival
Fine art,
illustration and design awards
2002 - 2006: 1 First Place, 2 Honorable
Mention illustration awards for American Horse Publications;
2006: 1 Second Place for Mixed Media in Washington State
Thoroughbred Foundation's Equine Art 2006 Show;
1990 - 1996: 2 Silvers, 8 Awards of Excellence in design,
illustration, graphics from Society of Newspaper Design, Reston, Virginia;
1 Second Place, 1 third place in design and illustration
from Society of Professional Journalists, Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Journalism art awards
1990: Pulitzer Prize - artist team member
Fox participated and contributed as the lead breaking news
graphics journalist on Seattle Times Pulitzer Prize award-winning team
reporting on Exxon Valdez oil spill as well as graphics coordinator on Seattle
Times Stokes Award and Pulitzer Prize award-winning special report on oil
tankers.
1991: Stokes Award – artist team member
Art
teaching awards and grants
2002: Awarded the NISOD teaching excellence award for her
work with Austin Community College students with her class’s response project
for the terrorism acts of 9/11/2001
1992: City of Seattle Arts Commission Artist in the Schools
Grant
Awarded grant to teach illustration for one year at
Cleveland High School, Seattle, Washington.
Fox’s college student’s
art awards
1998 - 2002:
Fox’s Austin Community College illustration students received ten regional
design and illustration awards through Austin Advertising Federation, Southwest
Texas State Creative Summit Awards and AIGA Top Dog Awards.
Fox’s college student’s
art installations
2001: The United Nations General Assembly Lobby
2001: UN international traveling poster show ending in Oslo,
Norway to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Nobel Peace Prize.
2002: Austin City Hall as a part of the city’s Art in Public
Places program.
Equestrian Educator and owner of Blue Heron
Ranch – Educating Humans for Horses
1997 - present: Owner and head instructor of Blue Heron
Ranch – Educating Humans for Horses
Fox has taught literally hundreds of people how to
communicate with, care for, handle and safely ride horses since early 1997. She
has trained six horses to be excellent and safe teachers. Her program is run
progressively with a focus on education and compassion.
She has been teaching Nia & Horses classes and workshops since 2006 - an educational program combining the practice of Nia with horses. Learn more here
She has been teaching Nia & Horses classes and workshops since 2006 - an educational program combining the practice of Nia with horses. Learn more here
Community Service and Volunteer Activities
1998 - Present: I have donated my works of art for sale at auctions for non-profit endeavors that I believe in and have been involved with.
2004 - Present: Volunteer community leader for NiaSeattle as a graphic designer and web designer, meeting facilitator, mentor to new White Belt Teachers, promotional activities and mediator.
2013 - 2016: Member of the board of advisors for Rainier Therapeutic Riding
2000 - 2012: Volunteer Big Sister for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of King County, WA and Williamson County, TX. I mentored three Little Sisters.
2004 - Present: Volunteer community leader for NiaSeattle as a graphic designer and web designer, meeting facilitator, mentor to new White Belt Teachers, promotional activities and mediator.
2013 - 2016: Member of the board of advisors for Rainier Therapeutic Riding
2000 - 2012: Volunteer Big Sister for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of King County, WA and Williamson County, TX. I mentored three Little Sisters.
2002 – 2003: Volunteer horse handler, artist/designer for Little bit Therapeutic Riding Center, Woodinville, WA
1999 - 2002: Board of Directors, Ride on Center For Kids, a therapeutic
riding center for people with special needs, Georgetown, Tx
1998 - 2002: Board of Advisors and grant writer for ASAP, After School
Action Program, Georgetown ISD, TX. As a board member I participated in designing and writing a grant to
bring area artists to the schools to teach art with the after school program.
1997 - 2002: Board of
Advisors, The Georgetown Project, Georgetown, TX, a non-profit program to
assist in the welfare of the lives of children.
1997 - 1999: Therapy
Pet Pals of Texas, volunteer pet-assisted therapist with my therapy dog,
Bagley.
Interests and Hobbies
Enjoying my horses, studying art and dance, enjoying
nature, cycling, hiking, swimming, playing the flute, blues harmonica and piano, cooking,
playing with my yellow labs, watching films, taking art classes, going to galleries, museums,
theatre, reading, traveling and spending quality time with my family
and friends.
