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Education

1999-01 MFA, Glass design and sculpture, Minor - metal fabrication and jewelry, Public Art Course – Roberlee Bell, Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts - Rochester, NY

1994-99 BFA, Glass, Emporia State University - Emporia, KS

 

Teaching, Lecture & Demonstration History                                                                                                                                 

2010      Czech Study Abroad Class – Coordinating/Lead Professor

West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX

The Studio: Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY

Instructor: Sand casting, mold melting & cold working

2009      Czech Study Abroad Class – Coordinating/Lead Professor

West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX

Secondary School of Glass Making – Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic, Artist presentation

Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY, Visiting Artist, lecturer

The Studio: Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY, Instructor: Sand casting, mold melting & cold working

Pittsburgh Glass Center – Pittsburgh, PA, Instructor: Mold melting

2008-pre West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX,  Assistant Professor – Glass, Sculpture, Ceramics & 3D Design

Eastern Exposure – Lecture/Talk – Prism Contemporary Glass – Chicago, IL

Secondary School of Glass Making – Novy bor, Czech Republic, Visiting Lecturer, demonstration

2007       Secondary School of Glass Making – Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic, Visiting Lecturer, Fulbright Fellow, Researcher

Secondary School of Glass Making – Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic, Visiting Lecturer, demonstration

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Instructor: Sand Casting – Independent Study                             

2006       Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working, cutting and polishing with stones

                Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Instructor: Sand Casting II

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working

2005       Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Sand Casting

Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working, cutting and polishing with stones

BECON, Bullseye Glass Bi-annual Conference, Portland, OR, Instructor: Glass Cold Working Workshop with Frantisek Janak

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working

The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, New York, Casting and Cold Working Workshop Teaching Partner to Frantisek Janak

2004       Pittsburgh Glass Center – Pittsburgh, PA,  “Cold Cuts”, Workshop Teaching Partner with Frantisek Janak

The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, New York, Casting and Cold Working Workshop Teaching Partner with Frantisek Janak

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA,  “Cold Cuts”, Workshop Teaching Partner with Frantisek Janak

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working

Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Instructor: Sand Casting II

2003       Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Instructor: Glass Blowing I

2002-03 University of Washington, Tacoma - Tacoma, WA, Instructor: Glass Blowing and Casting

2002       M-Space, Glass Studio – Tacoma, WA, Instructor: Beginning Glassblowing

                LaCenter High School, LaCenter, WA, Lost Wax Casting Work Shop

2001       Grand Crystal Museum - Taipei, Taiwan, Artist in Residence, Instructor: blowing and sand casting

2000-01 Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY, Instructor: Mixed Media/Flat Glass and Beginning Glassblowing

Graduate Assistant: Glass Department & Art History

2000       Anoka/Ramsey Community College, MN, Glassblowing Workshop/Lecture

                Ohio State University – Columbus, OH, Guest Artist/ Slide Lecture

 

Professional Practice History                                                                                                                                                          

2007       Ajeto Factory – Novy Bor, The Czech Republic, Evening glass blowing demonstrations

                Maya Lin Studio – New York, NY, Cold-working of installation for Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA

                Corbin Walker – New York, NY, Installation Assistant at Pace/Wildenstein Gallery – New York, NY

2006       Viscosity Glass – Seattle, WA, Construction of Hot Shop

                Spiral Arts – Fred Metz – Seattle, WA, Construction of two glass furnaces at The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass

Chihuly Studios – Seattle, WA, Cold working for Marlboro Exhibition

2005       Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art - Tacoma, WA, Casting Assistant to Bertil Vallien

                Incline Glass – San Francisco, Construction of Furnace

2004-07 Martin Blank Studios – Seattle, WA, Glass cutter and polisher, hot shop blowing assistant, studio technician

                                Chihuly Studios, On-call Studio Technician

2003-04 Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA, Glass Technician/Studio Manager, duties include curriculum development, studio management, rebuilding three glass studios, budget development

Glass Instructor: Glass Blowing, Cold Working, Casting, Slumping and Fusing

2003-07 third-hand, Glass Cutting & Polishing Tools – Seattle, WA, Owner/Operator

2003       Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art - Tacoma, WA, Casting Assistant to Bertil Vallien

2002-03 Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art - Tacoma, WA, Lead Technician, Duties include: Studio, facility & personnel management, budget development, safety program development, museum & education development, production and program development & public demonstrations

 

Academic Service

2010       Faculty Senate – WTAMU, Canyon, TX

2009-10 ART This – Student Art Club – faculty sponsor, West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

Health & Safety Committee – Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance – West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

2008-pre Student Gallery @ Sunset – Gallery Manager - West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

3D Studio Manager – Studios of 3D Design, Glass, Ceramics & Sculpture – West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX, Duties include: set-up and reconstruction, purchasing & ordering, maintenance, upkeep, janitorial, building & repair of equipment, managing student workers, safety

2008-09 Curriculum Development – West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX, Rewriting and integration of the three-dimensional design and three-dimensional arts to accommodate the entirety of the program and incorporate contemporary issues.

Finance Committee – Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance – West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

Scholarship Auction – Dance – Collaboration with Leslie Meeks, Asst. Professor of Dance, work created: “In Motion”, glass sculpture, West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

Award – Largest Donor, WTAMU – provided design and execution of glass sculpture – Development Dept. of West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

“Are we smarter than 5th graders?” – Special event for 5th graders, provided glassblowing demonstrations, West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX

 

Affiliations

2009-pre International Glass Alliance – Advisory Board

2007-pre College Art Association – Member

2001-pre International Sculpture Conference - Member

1998-99 Glass Art Society – Student Representative

1996-pre Member Glass Art Society

1996-99 Emporia Glass Guild – President, Vice President, Voted Most Outstanding Student Organization

 

Honors/Awards/Residencies

2010       Greatest Intellectual Contributions Award – Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities, West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX

FDSCA Grant – (location: Schott Crystal) Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities, West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX

2009       Glass Art Society Annual Conference-Corning – Presenter: “The Final Polish: A Peek into the Czech Glassmaker’s Education”

                Featured Emerging Artist – American Style Magazine, August 2009

                “The Final Polish: A Peek into the Czech Glassmaker’s Education”– Glass Art Society Journal. Authored submission

2008       Artist in Residence – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2007-08 Fulbright Fellow 2007-08 - Czech Republic – research traditional techniques and history of teaching of glass cutting and design

2001       Artist in Residence - Grand Crystal Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2001       Graduate Scholarship – School for American Crafts

2000       Graduate Scholarship – School for American Crafts

Glass Review 22 – New Glass

                Niche Student Awards – Finalist

1999       Ambassador for Emporia State Art Department to Kansas Board of Regents

1997-98 Scholarship – Emporia State University Student Exhibition Award

 

Gallery Representation

Bender Gallery – Asheville, NC

Habatat  – Royal Oak, Michigan

Habatat Galleries – Florida

Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Prism Contemporary Glass – Chicago, Illinois

Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Traver Gallery - Tacoma, Washington

 

Exhibitions

2010       “Tantamount Journey – Solo Exhibition” - Traver Gallery – Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

                “Prism at Lekae” – Lekae Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

“Faculty Exhibition” – West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

“AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” - Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX

2009       “Glass Now 2009” – Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA

                “Faculty Two Man Show” – WTAMU Experimental Gallery, Amarillo, TX

                “AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” - Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX

                “Panhandle Hanging” – Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX, Invitational

“Amarillo Biennial: Glass 600” – Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX - Juried exhibition, Juror: Dante Marioni

                “SOFA Santa Fe” – Represented by Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL

                “Vision Reallized”, group exhibition – Morgan Contemporary, Pittsburgh, PA

                “Looking Forward”, group exhibition – Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

                “Faculty Exhibition” – West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

“TransAtlantic Ties”, two man exhibition - Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL

2008       “SOFA Chicago” – Represented by Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL

                “Eastern Exposure” – Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist Solo Exhibition – Secondary School of Glassmaking, Kamenicky Senov, CZ

2007       “Group Exhibition”, group exhibition – Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA

“Small Works Exhibition”, group exhibition – Habatat Galleries, Royal Oaks, MI

                “The Vessel Explored”, group exhibition - Habatat Galleries Florida

2005       “Pratt Instructors”, Juried Exhibition - Solomon Fine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Pratt Fine Art Center – Annual Auction, Juried/Live – Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA

2003       “What It Takes” - Solo Exhibition – Mellenic Glass Gallery, Kansas City, MO

“COEUR”, Exhibition – Core Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002       “Cold”, by A.S. Byatt – Performance at Museum of Glass – glass props created for Capper Foundation – Annual Auction for Handicapped Children – Topeka, KS

2001       Architectural installation at public school – Taipei, Taiwan, Collaboration with Cheng I-hsin and Taipei Grade School Students

“Fingerlakes Annual Area Exhibition,” Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

“Materials and Understanding,” Gallery R, Rochester, NY

“Fingerlakes Glass Artists,” G.A.S 2001, Corning, NY

“Renwick Gallery Charity Auction,"  Washington D.C.

                “Filtration of Thought,” Thesis Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY

2000       “G.A.S. Student Exhibition,” Brooklyn, NY

                “People, Places, Art,” (Public Art Proposal Exhibition) Gallery R, Rochester, NY

                “Niche Student Awards” Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

1999       BFA Exhibition, Emporia Arts Council, Emporia, KS

                “G.A.S. Board of Directors Exhibition,” Tampa, FL

                “G.A.S. Student Exhibition,” Tampa, FL

                “Invitational,” Romeo Gallery, Ybor City, FL

1998       “8 1/2 Hours of Art,” Emporia Arts Council, Emporia, KS

                “Emporia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition,” Juror: Fritz Driesbach, Emporia, KS

                “Juried Student Exhibition,” Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

                “G.A.S. Student Exhibition,” Seto City, Japan


   


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