Associate Professor of Art
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia
Artist/Designer for Images in Concrete
Specializing
in site-specific/original freehand designs that express the interests and
values of the public and/or homeowners.
Over twenty three years of experience as an artist and
teacher of the creative process.
Educational Background
M.F.A. Ceramics, Ohio University - Athens, Ohio 1989
M.A. Art Education, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, IL
1984
B.A. Art Education, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 1982
Teaching Experience
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas– Assistant
Professor 1991-95, Associate Professor 1995-Present, Department Chair 2002-2004
Public School Art Instructor in Illinois and Indiana
from 1982-1991
Awards and
Recognitions
Three International Juried Art
Exhibitions
Twenty-two National Juried Art
Exhibitions
Eight Solo Gallery Exhibitions
2002-2003 The Calvin Wetzig Faculty Excellence
Award for Teaching
Southern
Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR
2003 Best
of Show, 7th Annual Cross Timbers Small Works National Juried
Exhibit, Murray State University, Tishomingo, OK
1999-2000 Arkansas
Higher Education Art Educator of the Year.
Arkansas
Art Educators, an affiliate of the National Art Education Association
1997-98 The
Calvin Wetzig Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching
Southern
Arkansas University
“Magnolia’s Panther Art” Creative workshop in site-specific public art. Teachers and administrators were guided
through the creative process to serve as the design team for their campus. High Schools students transferred and
painted the design to the site with water-based stains. Roger Loper, High School Prin. Magnolia, AR.
5/2005
“El Dorado Wesson Railway”
Optical
illusion of railroad tracks leading customers to the main office. Wood grain cut into the ties and metallic
silver concrete stain gave the appearance of polished steel El Dorado, AR. Jack Reynolds, Pres. 5/ 2005
“Backwoods; Art Nouveau Trees” for the
Backwoods Art Gallery on Main Street in the downtown historic El Dorado. The bricks of the building appear to extend
out into the sidewall while intertwining trees move to enhance the entire front
of the building. The design that
welcomes the guests into the front door is a composite of architectural
elements from the 1920s. 12/2004
“The Nature of Things”
site-specific sidewalk for a new pet store by the same name. Downtown historic El Dorado. Water appears to flow over the door and
swirl out onto the public sidewalk. At
the end of each swirl is the head of an animal. 10/2004
“Textbook Sidewalk” for
Emerson Elementary School in Emerson, AR. The theme was chosen by the children
and teachers of the school and was funded by the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission. Depicts the lifecycle of
the Monarch Butterfly and the Southern Leopard Frog. Eighty-foot sidewalk mural that was designed, engraved, and
colored with water based and acid stains. 7-8/2004
“The Learning Garden” for
Union Elementary School in Texarkana, AR.
Collaboration between teachers, parents, students, community, and the
SAU Sculpture Class. 10/2003-
“Texarkana Project”, Phase
one completed. Located at 4th and Main and next to the Texarkana
Regional Arts and Humanities Council.
Design team consisted of SAU Sculpture students; conducted historical
research, built a scale model, and participated in public presentations. Artifacts are embedded into concrete that
has been engraved and stained to create a seventy-five foot timeline that
depicts the visual history of Texarkana. Fall 2000- present.
“Millennium
Swirl”, Sculptural installation at 400 W. Markham in
Little Rock, AR for the Public Art Millennium Forum, sponsored by the Arkansas
Arts Council and the UALR Urban Studies and Design Project. The 124’ X
37’ welded steel sculpture was designed and construction by five SAU
students and myself. Spring 2000
Mexican Muralist, Melchor Peredo, Visiting Artist. I served as
the liaison between the artist, SAU, and the community of Magnolia. My students assisted Mr. Peredo, from
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, in the construction of a four-paneled boun fresco in
the traditional style and technique of Rivera, Orozco, and Sequeirous. 4-6/1999
“Our Children's Perspective of What We Do”, Mural project within local industry: Children and Grandchildren of the employees of
Amfuel created an eighteen-foot mural on the wall of the employee
cafeteria. The instruction was provided
by the Public School Art 3213 class, which served as a pre-student teaching
practicum. The images in the mural came
from the children’s interpretation after they had been given a guided tour of
the factory. 1998
World of Concrete
International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Guest Speaker on start-to finish overview of designing, jobsite
preparation, engraving, color application techniques, photo-documentation, and
maintenance. Las Vegas Convention Center, 1/19/2006
Southeastern College Art Conference, Little Rock, AR. Panelist for the “Public Art and Artists in
Arkansas”. Exhibitor at the Cox
Creative Center from Oct 10-Nov 19, 2005.
“Creating Public Art with Decorative Concrete” Presented on
10/29/2005
World of Concrete International Convention, Las Vegas, NV, Artistry in Concrete Demonstrator. Created the 10-foot square “Empowered”. - A site specific design to inspire the international audience to give aid to the children of the tsunami disaster. 1/17-23/2005
American Society of Concrete
Contractors, St. Louis, MO Presenter of water-based staining techniques. Created the eight-foot square “St. Louis
Gladiator”- a site specific/event specific work of art, 9/9-11/2004
World of
Concrete International Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, 2/9004
Artlinks 2001 Cultural Crossroads.
Keynote: Lily Yeh “The Art of Cultural Transformation”
State House Convention Center,
Little Rock, AR 10/29, 2001
Public Art: Blurring the Edges,
Pre-conference to Americans for the Arts 2000, Santa Monica, CA 6/8-9/2000
Public Art Millennium Forum, Little
Rock, AR. Sponsored by the Arkansas
Arts Council and the ULAR Urban Studies and Design Project. Panelists: Blair Sands, Gretchen Freemann,
and Vincent Ahern. 5/12-13/2000
Public Art: Universities, Students, and Visionaries. Guest Speaker: Gretchen Freemann, UCA
–Conway, AR 1/22/99
State Level Committees
1998-2002 Public Art Advisory Board, Arkansas Arts Council, Little
Rock
2001 Summer Visual Art Frameworks Committee, Arkansas
Department of Education
2000 Summer Arts on Tour Review Committee, Arkansas Arts
Council
1995 Art Fellowship Selection Committee, Arkansas Arts
Council
600 Garland
(870) 862-5633
Artist/Designer
Magnolia, AR 71753
(870) 234-0397