Romey Stuckart

Romey was born Rosemary Stuckart in Sublimity, Oregon, in 1955, the fifth child of six. She passed aaway in 2020.

Upon high school graduation she went on to Gonzaga University to study fine arts, which included a year's study in Florence, Italy. She later received an MFA from University of Iowa, Iowa, City in 1981 where she met and married Stephen Schultz in 1984. From there, she went on to receive professional residencies and teaching positions in Iowa, Virginia, New York, Texas, Washington, France and Italy, among others.

In 1987, Romey and husband Stephen, also an artist, moved to Hope, Idaho and established home base studios. Romey was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship and NEA in 1994 on the merit of her Idaho paintings (in spite of being under 40, female and from the West). Her resume includes a long list of exhibitions, both prestigious and small, nationally and internationally. She also sought to reach out to her community in the micro and macro — she welcomed it all.

During the decades that followed, Romey braided together her intellectual pursuits of healing arts and art making. Her constant companion, the will to seek her truth.

In her passing she was served by hospice, friends Lulu Bannick and Sandy Wolters and husband Stephen Schultz. There will be no public gathering at this time; hopefully in the spring, together, we will celebrate her wonderful life.

An exhibition of Romey’s work will be at Missoula ART Museum. For further information and to see more of Romey’s work, please visit her website at romeystuckart.com.