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EDUCATION:

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Master of Fine Arts—Painting and Drawing, December 1999

Missoula, Montana

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Bachelor of Fine Arts—Painting and Drawing, with a concentration in figure drawing, June 1994

Salt Lake City, Utah

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY -- COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH

Associate Professor of Art, Blanding Campus

Courses taught:  Introduction to the Visual Arts, Drawing Foundations I and II, Painting, 2D Design, Introduction to Computer Graphics, 3D Design, Introduction to Ceramics, Introduction to Mass Communication, Native American Arts and Crafts, Emergency Medical Responder

Blanding, Utah, 2003 – present

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DEPARTMENT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Drawing and Painting Instructor

Courses: Basic Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Beginning Oil Painting

Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002

 

KIMBALL ART CENTER

Painting Instructor

Courses: Oil Painting, Independent Study for Secondary Students

Park City, Utah, 2001

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ART

Adjunct Instructor

Courses: Color Theory and Design, Foundations Drawing

Missoula, Montana, 1999-2000

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ART

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Foundations Drawing

Missoula, Montana, 1998-1999

 

WASATCH ACADEMY

Art Teacher

Courses: Drawing, Painting, Speech/Composition, Assistant Ski Coach

Mount Pleasant, Utah, 1994-1995

 

 

EXHIBITIONS:

 

2011 --       Current Works: USU and CEU Faculty, Studio 102, Logan, Utah

2010 --       Group Show, Cow Canyon Gallery, Bluff, Utah

2009 --       Bluff Arts Festival, Bluff, Utah

2008 --       President’s Juried Exhibition, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah

                  Natural Bridges Centennial Plein-Aire Competition and Exhibition,

                                Dan O’Laurie Museum, Moab, Utah

                                Edge of the Cedars Museum, Blanding, Utah

2007 --      Landscapes and Portraits (solo show), Edge of the Cedars Museum, Blanding, Utah

2006 --      CEU Faculty Show, Gallery East, Price, Utah

2005 --     Centennial Exhibit, College of Eastern Utah, San Juan Campus, Blanding, Utah

2004 --      CEU Faculty Show, Gallery East, Price, Utah

2003 --    ANA 32 National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

                 29^th Statewide Exhibit, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah

                 Faculty Exhibit, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah

                 Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

2002 --     35 X 35, Artspace Forum Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Utah Painting and Sculpture 2002, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah

    The Figure, A Gallery, Salt Lake City

    Utah Artists at Home and Abroad, A Gallery, Salt Lake City.

2001 --    PlaceScapes International Juried Exhibition, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York

    Group Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City

    Rape Recovery Center Benefit Auction, LaCaille at Quail Run, Salt Lake City, Utah

2000 –     Jinx, Base Gallery, San Francisco, California

    An Argument for Drawing Regional Juried Exhibition, the Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula,                     Montana               

    University of Montana Faculty Art Exhibit, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula

    Group Show, Catlin Gallery, Missoula

    Jeanette Rankin Peace Center Benefit, the Art Museum of Missoula

    Visceral Hum, Union Hall, Missoula

1999 --    The Shadow Side (solo show), Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula

                Student Juried Exhibit, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula

1998 --    Dissociations (solo show), University Center Gallery, Missoula

    Holiday Juried Exhibit, Henry Melloy Gallery, Missoula

                Student Juried Exhibit, Gallery of Fine Arts, Missoula

1996 --    Missoula Trust for Artists Exhibit, the Art Museum of Missoula

1993 --    Recent Work (solo show), Cinema Bar, Salt Lake City

                Summer Solstice Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City

1991 --    Celebrating Young Artists, Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City

 

 

HONORS, GRANTS, COMMISSIONS:

 

MURAL, BLANDING ARTS AND EVENTS CENTER

Blanding, Utah 2006

 

HONORABLE MENTION, FOURTH ANNUAL FACE-TO-FACE INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York, 2002

 

ADAMS CENTER PERCENT-FOR-ART COMMISSION

Painted large-scale canvas for permanent campus installation

The University of Montana, Missoula, 1999

 

BERTHA MORTON SCHOLARSHIP

Granted to the top five percent of graduate students

The Graduate School of The University of Montana, Missoula, 1998

 

THE MISSOULA TRUST FOR ARTISTS

Individual merit-based grant for production of new work. Missoula, Montana, 1996

 

GOLD KEY HONOR SOCIETY

The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1994

 

HONORS AT ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1988-1992

 

PARTICIPANT, INITIATIVE FOR UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN-SOVIET YOUTH EXCHANGE

Salt Lake City, Utah; Moscow, Leningrad, Odessa, Yalta, USSR, 1987

 

 

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

 

MOAB ARTS AND RECREATION CENTER

Guest artist and donor, Quick-Draw fundraiser, 2009

Juror: Moab, Utah Plein-Air Painting Competition, October 2010

 

UTAH ARTS COUNCIL

Visual Arts Grant Advisory Panel 2006 – 2009

 

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY--COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH

San Juan Campus Management Team, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, Faculty Senate, Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Concurrent Enrollment Committee, Painting Faculty Search Committee, Ruthellen Pollan Memorial Scholarship Committee. Blanding, Utah, 2003-present

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: BLUFF UTAH SERVICE AREA

Stormwater Committee Chair

2006 - 2009

 

GALLERY EAST, THE COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH PRICE CAMPUS

Juror: Student Art Exhibit. Price, Utah, 2003

 

KIMBALL ART CENTER

Juror: “Wasatch Back Student Art Exhibition”. Park City, Utah, 2002

 

UTAH MEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Charter member. Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001-2002

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Fine Arts Dean Search Committee. Missoula, 1999

 

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT

Community Planning and Outreach Committee member; Coordinator for collaborative art project and exhibition. Missoula, 1997-2000

 

COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TASK FORCE

Developer of a training model to prevent domestic violence in rural communities. Missoula, 1999

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ART

Faculty Evaluation Committee. Missoula, 1999

 

 

COLLECTIONS:

 

The University of Montana Permanent Collection, Missoula Montana

Graystone Mortgage Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah

The College of Eastern Utah – San Juan Campus, Blanding, Utah

Private collections in Utah, Idaho, Washington State, New York, California, Montana

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

 

NAVAJO FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS – Navj 1030
Utah State University -- College of Eastern Utah, fall 2010

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY – Engl 1070
College of Eastern Utah – San Juan Campus, spring 2005

CERAMICS WORKSHOP, The Taos Art School. Traditional hand-built pottery workshop taught by Kathy Sanchez and Evelyn Naranjo--descendents of Maria Martinez. San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 2004

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: Coursework in digital imaging, 2D/3D animation, audio/video editing, 2002

DIVERSITY EDUCATION WORKSHOP, the Rape Recovery Center: Training in race, class, and media dynamics in sexual assault and domestic violence. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2001

PREJUDICE REDUCTION WORKSHOP, the National Coalition Building Institute. Anti-prejudice and ally building training. Missoula, Montana, 1998

 

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN:

                Victory Vineyards: wine label design. Napa Valley, California, 2009

                Quality Evaluation Designs: logo and letterhead design. Denver, Colorado, 2009

                Blanding, Utah Fire Department: insignia design. Blanding, Utah 2009

                Bluff Utah Fire Department: insignia design. Bluff, Utah, 2008

                Moki Multisport Club: sportswear and logo design. Blanding, Utah, 2008

    The Bluff, Utah Arts Festival: graphic design and illustrations for poster and flyers. Bluff, 2005

    The Decker House Inn: website, logo, and letterhead design. Bluff, Utah, 2004

    Wellspring Spa: publicity brochure and investor presentation.  Missoula, Montana. 2000

    The University of Montana Women’s Center: publicity materials. Missoula, 2000

    Riverbed Jed Compact Disc Illustration: Salt Lake City, Utah. 1994

    Newman Photography: backdrop, Salt Lake City, 1994

    Tony Wro Racing: promotional materials. Orem, Utah, 1993

    Salty Peaks Snowboard Shop: print advertising and billboard illustrations. Salt Lake City, 1992

    Ways of Nature Photography: Logo and letterhead design. Salt Lake City, 1992

    Wheeler Machinery Company: parts handbook illustrations. Salt Lake City, 1990

 

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, General Motors/Kimball Art Center Olympic Legacy Art Project.

Led teams of artists and volunteers in a public art project involving all elementary/secondary students in Park City, Utah. 2001

 

 

 

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:

 

Mixed Media Drawing Workshop, Bluff, Utah Arts Festival, October 23, 2010

Ceramics Workshop, Bluff, Utah Arts Festival, October 2006

Painting Demonstration, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21, 2003

Artists’ Panel for opening of “Jinx”. Base Gallery, San Francisco, California, Aug. 11, 2000

Slide Lecture for “An Argument for Drawing”. The Art Museum of Missoula, Jan. 11, 2000

Slide Lecture for “Dissociations”. The UC Gallery, Missoula, Jan. 29, 1999

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

“Wit and Whimsy”, Southwest Art Modern and Contemporary Issue, Vol. 33, No. 8, January, 2004, illus. p. 91

Cover Illustration, Catalyst Magazine 21^st Anniversary Edition, Vol. 22, No. 7, July 2003

“35 x 35, A New Generation of Artists“ 15 Bytes E-zine. (www. artistsofutah.org/newsletter/02dec), Dec, 2002, p.5       

“Unusual ‘Scapes’ at the Stage Gallery”, Merrick Life, Thur. Dec. 13, 2001, p. 31

Jones, Sherry. “Drawing on Experience”, The Missoulian, Fri. Dec.3, 1999 

Oyan, Katie. “Exhibit Reflects Conflict: Society vs. Spirituality”, Montana Kaimin, Fri. Jan. 29, 1999

“Art on View”. Montanan Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter, 1999

 

 

OUTDOOR EDUCATION:

 

SUMMER EXPERIENCE COURSE ASSISTANCE, College of Eastern Utah—San Juan Campus. Ongoing support for summer sessions: San Juan Mountains, Colorado, San Juan River, Utah, Blanding, Utah. 2004 - present

 

WILDERNESS EDUCATOR TRAINING, The National Outdoor Leadership School

Training in risk-assessment, instruction, and support for wilderness courses. Mt. Vernon, Washington. 1999

 

WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER Certification, The Aerie School of Backcountry Medicine

Missoula, Montana, 1998

 

EXPERIENTIAL ART/WRITING COURSE, Wasatch Academy. Co-taught week-long class in the Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Utah. 1995

 

 

FIRE AND EMS:

 

Training Officer, Bluff Utah Volunteer Fire Department, Bluff, Utah, 2008 – present

 

Certifications:

                Fire and Emergency Services Instructor I, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2010, active

                EMS Instructor, Utah Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 2010, active

                Firefighter I, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2008, active

                Wildland Firefighter I, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2007, active

                EMT-Basic, Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, 2009, active

                First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor for Professional Rescuers, American Red Cross, 2010, active

 

Supplemental Training:

                Flashover Survival Training, Initial Fire Attack, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2010

                Vehicle Extrication, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2009

                Firefighter Survival and Rapid Intervention Team Training, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, 2008

 

 

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