Colby engaged viewers, inspired students, and gathered enthusiastic fans around the Northwest and world.

AWARDS, HONORS, COMMISSIONS:

CIVIC AWARD:

Pierce County Art Commission: Excellence in the Arts, 2002.

COMMISSIONS:

Comcast Events Center, Everett, WA: 3-panel prints 2004,

American Plywood Assn., woodcuts, Ed. 50, Tacoma, 1966,

Kilworth Chapel, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, painting, 1967;

Tacoma Art Museum, Silk screen-woodcut, Ed. 250, 1975;

Weyerhaeuser Co., Anniversary silkscreen/woodcut, Ed. 250, 1982.

PUBLICATIONS:

Who’s Who in American Art, since 1984

Who’s Who in the West, since 1998

American Printmakers 1974, Graphic Group, Arcadia, CA;  pp. 47, 121, 127, 130;        

Pierce County Magazine, Tacoma, WA;  Feb. 1982, pp. 4-6.

Northwest Arts Magazine, Portland, OR;  May 1990, p. 14;                 

Jet Streams: Art of NW Fifties, Tacoma Art Museum, 1990, p. 78

ART ORGANIZATIONS

Tacoma Arts and Crafts, Tacoma, WA 1958 to 2011

Puget Sound Sumi Artists, Tacoma, WA  1989 to 2019

Northwest Printmakers, Portland, OR  1982-200…

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS            

Library of Congress, Wash. D. C. Tacoma Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum,  Portland Art Museum, OR, Pierce County, Tacoma, China National Fine Arts Academy, Hangzhou,   Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma                                  Cities of Tacoma, Kent, and Renton, Bradley Univ., Bradley, IL, Henry Gallery, Univ. of Wash., Seattle, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma                              

US Embassies in Warsaw & Budapest, USIA Offices in Kenya & Guatemala, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA , Highline Community College, DesMoines                                             

PUBLIC SCHOOLS  in Washington:  Fairhaven, Bellingham; Republic; Olympic, Central Kitsap, Silverdale;  Maplewood Heights, Renton; Brewster; Minnehaha, Mill Plain, Ben Franklin, Mt. View, Vancouver; Sultan; Hidden Creek, Port Orchard; Tenino; Bell, Kirkland; Tonasket; Soap Lake; Sunset, Cheney; Maplewood, Puyallup; Blix, Tacoma.

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Wells Fargo Banks, Portland & Tacoma, Labor Ready, Tacoma, Bank of America, Seattle,  Tacoma Power Corp. HQ, Fiduciary Counseling, Tacoma, Pierce County, Tacoma, U.S. Bank & First Community Bank, Renton, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden, OR, Nalleys Foods, Tacoma, Brown & Haley, Tacoma, Weyerhaeuser Corp., Federal Way, American Plywood Co., Tacoma