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Kate Jordahl has a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History and a Master of Fine Arts
in Photography from Ohio University. She has taught art, design, and photography classes
for over 40 years. She is a professor in the Fine Arts and Communication Division,
Photography Department at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills. Her photographs have
been exhibited internationally and are in many collections, including the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, San Jose Museum, and the Yosemite Museum. She has been an Artist-in-Residence
for Yosemite National Park and in the Polar Arts Program in Greenland. Kate's books
"Walking with Kandinsky," "Afternoons with Ruth," "Song Within," and "the one poem
books" were published by Dreaming Mind Studio. She has been the editor and designer
for many books, including the award-winning "Searching for True North," by Geir Jordahl,
published by Modernbook Gallery, and "Cultures in Transitions," published by True
North Editions, featuring photographs by Oliver Klink. "The Endless Sphere of Time"
and "Poetry in Motion," which Kate edited and designed, were printed in Italy in Fall
2024 and will be released in early 2025. She is dedicated as an artist and teacher
to excellence in craft and vision and the melding of the traditions of art and photography
with new technologies.
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Classes I Teach
2026 Winter
