Dennis Olsen '64, M.A. '67

Dennis Olsen '64, M.A. '67 passed away Nov. 26, 2015. After graduating from UCLA, Olsen was awarded a Fulbright grant to study printmaking in Italy. In 1970 he co-founded the Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) in Florence, Italy. He served as Director of Classes and professor of printmaking for the SRISA until his return to the United States in 1981. Subsequently, Olsen became a professor of printing, drawing and digital media at The University of Texas at San Antonio where he taught for 33 years. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 2014.

Olsen's work in printmaking, painting, drawing and ceramics has been presented in over 160 exhibitions worldwide during the last 40 years, including more than 30 one-person exhibits.

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