Born La Mesa, California, 1951
MFA Painting Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Creative Writing Program, San Francisco State University, CA
Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing, Aix-en-Provence, France
B.A. English, University of California, CA
SELECTED CHRONOLOGY
2008-2011 Recent Painting, Visual Aid Big Deal, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 Recent Paintings, Chillin' Productions at the Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
2009 Painting, SOMArts, Visual Aid Big Deal Benefit, San Francisco, CA
2008 Painting, Visions of Childhood Utopias/Dystopias, Drawbridge Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2008 Painting, 111 Minna Gallery, Gorilla Foundation Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2008 Recent Paintings, Fort Mason Center, Fall Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2008 Painting, Los Coyotes Country Club, DSA Benefit Auction, Costa Mesa, CA
2007 Recent Paintings and Drawings:Dreamscapes, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2007 Painting, Group Show, California Modern Art Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2006 Recent Paintings: In Memory of My Father, Fall Open Studios, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/12/william-c-irving.html
http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/12/drawings-and-sculptures-by-william.html
2005 Painting, California Modern Art Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2004 Recent Paintings, The Canvas Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2003 Recent Paintings, The Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2003 Recent Paintings: MFA Program Group Exhibit, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003 Recent Paintings, The Canvas Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2002 Painting, SOMArts Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2002 Painting, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Recent Paintings: Short Stories, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Recent Paintings: The Human Spirit: Tragedies and Triumphs, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Painting: REACTIONS, Global 9/11 Project, Exit Art/First World Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Painting, SOMArts Gallery, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2001 Photography: Urban Wallscapes II, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Recent Paintings: New Work, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Recent Painting, ArtSpan Benefit Auction, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Photography: Urban Wallscapes I, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Photography: Un Baiser Apres Boules, Photography Contest Winner, The Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA
1977 Recent Paintings and Drawings: Cinq Americains a Aix, Maison des Jeunes, Aix-en-Provence, France
PUBLICATIONS
2010 Article: Editor, BayKids Opens New Doors for Students in the Pediatric Dialysis Unit at UCSF, BayKids MovieMakers Program Newsletter, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
2009 Short Story: Editor, Stories by the Homeless, Project Homeless Connect, San Francisco, CA
2006 Painting: Spherical Harmony featured in Fort Mason Newsletter, San Francisco, CA
2004 Commentary: Country Life in the City, The Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA
2003 Commentary: Alice Irving's Spirit of Encouragement Lives On, The Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/12/alice-cook-irving.html
http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/12/ceramic-sculptures-by-alice-cook-irving.html
2003 Commentary: The Spirit of Home, The Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA
1997 Photography: Un Baiser Apres Boules, Photography Contest Winner featured in Alliance Francaise de San Francisco Newsletter, San Francisco, CA
1997 Photography: Jazz on Fillmore featured on front cover of The New Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
1993 Short Story: The Gift, The New Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
1992 Commentary: Heroes Are Watching Us, The New Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
1990 Short Story: Danny's Apartment, The New Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
1988 Interview: Joe Judice, a Jockey at Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley, CA
1987 Interview: Love Club, San Francisco Rock Band, FAD Magazine, San Francisco, CA
1986 Marketing Article: Range of Motion Dance/Exercise Video, Joint Efforts, Arthritis Foundation Newsletter, San Francisco, CA
1976 Journal Excerpts: The Simple, Elegant World of Elizabeth T. Rightor, Lourmarin, France http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/08/elizabeths-world.html
A Train Ride to the Ancient Greek City of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/09/a-train-ride-to-ancient-greek-city-of.html
Hiking on the Istrian Penninsula, Croatia http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2012/05/quotes-of-day.html
Escape from Dubrovnik, Croatia http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/09/escape-from-dubrovnik.html
Searching for the Windmills of the Lassithi Valley, Crete, Greece http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/08/windmills-of-lassithi-valley.html
1976 Essay: The Fishermen of Naxos, Greece http://labellelettre.blogspot.com/2011/09/the-fishermen-of-naxos.html
1974 Poetry Anthology: A Gathering of Poems, Reflections and Statements by Women, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1971 Poetry Anthology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1969 Editor: Wahkiakum High School Yearbook, Cathlamet, WA
