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Resume8/2006 - present, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Full-time BFA Student (graduation December 2008) 1/2003 - 5/2006, Ceramic courses at St. Louis Community College - Forest Park and Meramec Campuses. May 2004 - Dec. 2004 at SLCC-Meramec Campus: Student worker proactively assisted with the day-to-day operation of the school’s ceramic studio under Jim Ibur - including mixing and testing of glaze and surface decorating materials, [loading/unloading/firing] of gas/electric kilns, studio/kiln/glaze maintenance, assist teacher/students as needed. 12/2003 - 2/2006, Occasional independent studio work at Phoenix Pottery 1979 - 2001, Career in graphic design and production art. Twenty-two years experience in designing corporate communication pieces and consumer packaging (brochures, catalogs, direct mail, logo origination, packaging, trade show & web graphics, photo manipulation & retouching). Provide creative direction, photo direction and work with internal, external customers to complete marketing materials. [Diagraph Corp; Midco; Freelance; Boise Cascade Corp.-Composite Can Division; Schnucks Markets] 1981 - 2001, Scuba diver, National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) divemaster & instructor
EducationSouthern Illinois University - Edwardsville, IL
Exhibitions, Shows, Art Fairs2008 Cooked 405, Group Show, Edwardsville, Illinois (Apr. 18-25). Venus Envy 2008, Group show, Curated by Dr. Jacqueline Lewis-Harris, Director of Center of Human Origin and Cultural Diversity and Assistant Porfessor of Anthropology and College of Education at the University of Missouri St. Louis - Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (Mar. 7- Apr. 30) 2008 SIUE Student Art Competition Exhibition, Juried by Southern Illinois University Art & Design Professors Brigham Dimick, Thad Duhigg, Barbara Nwacha and Matt Wilt; 2 of the 30 works selected: “Disk of the Anemone” and “Morays on Top” (ceramic lidded vessels) - Morris University Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois (Feb. - Mar.) SIUE Annual Undergraduate Show, Juried by Jamie Adams, Director of Core and Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis; “Fat Boy” and “Serpentine” (ceramic lidded vessels) - Edwardsville, Illinois (Feb.) 2007 SIUE Annual Undergraduate Show, Juried by Linda Dardty, Metals Design and Faculty Chair of the School of Art & Design at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. School of Art; “In the Surf” (woodcut mono print) - Edwardsville, Illinois (Feb.) Venus Envy 2007, Group show, Juried exhibition - St. Louis, Missouri (Apr.) 2006 Wall Ball Art Benefit, South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children (SCOSAG); Artist demonstration by invitation, St. Louis, MO (Feb) League of Innovation 2006 - Juried Regional Junior College Student Competition, full-color catalog, one of five SLCC student artists selected out of 248 art students for her wood sculpture titled “South Rim”. Central West End Art Fair & Taste 2006 - Juried by slides - St. Louis, MO (June) Venus Envy, Group show, Juried by slides/proposal - St. Louis, MO (April) 2005 The Framery, Group show - St. Louis, MO (Dec 9, 2005 - Jan 5, 2006) Phoenix Potteries: Co-exhibition Sandy Miller “Carvings in Clay”, Bill Miller “Nature Photography” - St. Louis, MO (Oct 8 - Nov 11) Soulard Bohemian Pet Benefit - St. Louis, MO (Oct 15) Soulard Bohemian Artist & Blues Fair - St. Louis, MO (Sept 17) Metropolis St. Louis: Schlafly Lot 2005 Invited artist - St. Louis, MO (Aug 27) Chesterfield Arts - Art in the Park - Chesterfield, MO (June 25) Central West End Art Fair & Taste 2005 - Juried by slides - St. Louis, MO (June 11-12) Venus Envy, Group show, Juried by slides/proposal - St. Louis, MO (April 14-16) Art St. Louis, Group exhibition at Fleishman-Hillard - St. Louis, MO (Feb 18 - Apr 18) Art St. Louis, Group exhibition - Juried by artwork - St. Louis, MO (Jan 22) 2004 Art St. Louis: Surfaces Within and Without, St. Louis, MO - Juried by Victor Wang, Painter and Professor at Fontbonne University; Laura Strand, Fiber Artist and Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Oct) Historic Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO - Juried by Deborah Douglas, Artist, Adjunct Instructor at St. Louis University and SLCC-Meramec; Dawn Nash, Founder and Co-owner Xen Gallery; James Ibur, Artist and Associate Professor of Art SLCC-Meramec (Oct) Central West End Art Fair & Taste St. Louis, MO Juried (June)
Recognition and Awards2008 Provost Scholarship, based on academic achivevement, GPA, essay and portfolio; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Awarded Spring 2008 for Fall 2008 semester SIUE Friends of Art Charity Art Auction 2008, Friends of Art Award of $100 for “Jungle Leaves”, Juror: Mark Sheppard, Adjunct Art Instructor at St. Louis Community College at Meramec and at St. Charles Community College; Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville, Illinois (Feb. 29, 2008) 2006 League of Innovation 2006 - Juried Regional Junior College Student Competition, full-color catalog, one of five St. Louis Community College student artists selected out of 248 art students in all media. “South Rim” (wood sculpture). |