Shirley Scheier

Shirley Scheier (born 1953) is an American printmaker.

Examples of her work are included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum,[1] the Portland Art Museum[2] the Tacoma Art Museum[3] and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[4]

In 2005 Scheier was arrested by the Snohomish, Washington police department while taking photographs of power lines for an art project.[5] In 2007, with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union, she sued the Snohomish police for unlawful detention.[6] The case was settled with an $8000 payment to Scheier.[7][8]

References
  1. "Shirley Scheier – Artists – eMuseum". art.seattleartmuseum.org.
  2. "Shirley Scheier". portlandartmuseum.us.
  3. "Prelude". localhost.
  4. "Shirley Scheier – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org.
  5. "Art professor sues over detention while photographing power lines". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. November 16, 2007.
  6. Agnos, Damon (June 8, 2009). "UW Art Professor Shirley Scheier's project of photographing power lines raised the". Seattle Weekly.
  7. "Snohomish pays $8,000 to settle UW professor's arrest lawsuit". HeraldNet.com. June 8, 2009.
  8. "Snohomish settles with UW prof arrested for photographing power lines". seattlepi.com. June 8, 2009.
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