Hazel Gowan Salmi (November 11, 1893 – April 22, 1986) was an American visual artist, educator, and arts administrator.
[1] Hazel Gowan Salmi was born on November 11, 1893, in Rockport, an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
In 1921, Salmi decided to move to the San Francisco Bay Area permanently, settling in Point Richmond, California.
In 1936, Salmi began teaching classes under the Emergency Education Program (EEP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
[5] In 1938, the City of Richmond granted Salmi an old Health Department building to use for classes and exhibitions.