EDUCATION:

1984

MFA Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1974     

B.S. Art Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

PUBLIC PROJECTS :

COMMISSIONS, Environmental Siteworks, AND INSTALLATIONS:

2006

Whispering Wall, Willow River State Park, Somerset, Wisconsin. Outdoor Environmental Sculpture, juried exhibit, Into/Out of Nature, the Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin

1996

The water that I touch today…, Invitational site-specific project for Woodswork, The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota

1992

Saving Water, Commissioned site-specific project, Rock Island, Illinois, near the Mississippi River. Created in residency for the Quad City Art Center

Memory Portal, Site-specific environmental piece along the Mississippi for Woodswork, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Manomin Park, Fridley, Minnesota

Water Cadenza, Collaborative Installation with Susan Sveda-Uncapher, The State Regional Arts Center, New Projects Gallery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1991

Wood River Crossing, invitational site-specific project for Woodswork along the Wood River, Grantsburg, Wisconsin

Untitled Installation, Woodswork, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1986

Tunnel/Wave, Invitational sculpture for SCULPTURE/FAIRMOUNT PARK, Horticultural Center Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juried by Marsha Moss

1984

Art Off Track, Women’s Studio Workshop and Ulster Rail Ride, Arkville, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2007

A Common Thread, Joan Mondale Gallery, The Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2006

Into/Out of Nature, Juried, the Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin.

2006

Vision and Focus, Mentorship Program Exhibit, Joan Mondale Gallery, The Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006

Visiting Abstraction, Invitational. L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

2002

Artswest, Juried Exhibition. L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1996

Basketry Explored: The New Sculpture, Invitational contemporary basket exhibit curated by Jane Herrick, The State Regional Art Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Fibers by Five, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1991

The Tide Turns: Women’s Caucus for Art, Memorial Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

1990

Landmarks Common Ground, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin. Juried exhibit

Sculpture Invitational, The State Regional Arts Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1989

Faculty Plus Two, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

New Art/New Materials, University Center Galleries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1988

Ten Times Twelve: A Decade of Fleisher Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1998

With the Ear of the Heart, L.E. Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI 54703

1992

Recent Work, HFA Gallery, Morris, Minnesota

1988

Challenge Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

1991

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire University Research and Creative Activities Grant, support for installation at the Katherine Nash Gallery

1990

Arts Midwest New Partnership Grant, support for environmental sculpture, Grantsburg, Wisconsin

1986

Festival Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ruth Chenven Foundation, Inc., Grant supporting creative work and research in nonwoven textiles at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2004 -Present

Mentor, Mentorship Program, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN

1987-1995

Assistant Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Wisner, Janice B. “Women and Research at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,” Issues in Teaching and Learning, Fall, 1990.

High Visibility, a publication of Arts Midwest, September 1990.

New Art/New Materials, Exhibition Catalogue, September, 1989.

Ten Times Twelve: A Decade of Fleisher Challenge Artists, Exhibition Catalogue, October 1988.

“Challenge #3”, New Art Examiner, March 1988.

Sozanski, Edward J. “Two Sculptors and Drawings of Bible Allegories,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21, 1988.

Sozanski, Edward J, “Art in City Hall Explores the Range of Fiber Techniques,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1987.

Seidel, Miriam. “Sculpture Fairmount Park,” New Art Examiner, November 1986.

SCULPTURE/FAIRMOUNT PARK: A CELEBRATION OF ART AND NATURE, Exhibition Catalogue, Philadelphia, PA, October 1986.

Wasserman, Burton. “Exhibitions in Sight,” Art Matters, September 1986.

Sozanski, Edward J, “Sculpture That Finds a Place in the Great Outdoors,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 1986.

Perreault, John. “Fiber Art, an Introduction,” Connections Works in Fiber, The Three Rivers Arts Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1986.

Miller, Donald. “Arts Festival Has Some Choice Morsels,” The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 7, 1896. 

“Railroad Art, Artists Create Memories Through Use of Modern Art,” Poughkeepsie Journal, New York, August 28, 1984.

PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES:

2006  WHWC Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Spectrum West with Kathy Stahl, Interview: Environmental Art and Textile Center Mentorship Program.

1994    Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: Off the Wall on the Body Exhibit, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

1992    KALA Radio, Saint Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa. Interview.

         Quad City Art Center, Rock Island, Illinois. Visiting Artist, Daily workshops.

              Radio Interview, Indianhead Arts Center, Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

         Channel 13 TV, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Interview: Basketry Course at Indianhead Arts Center.

            WUEC Radio, Interview, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

1991  Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: Environmental Sculpture at Ness Gardens and Grizedal Forest, England, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

         International Willow Conference, Ness Gardens, Ness, Great Britain. Slide Presentation: Making Sculpture in the North Woods of Wisconsin.

1989   Visiting Artist Presentation:  Approaches to Three-Dimensional Fiber Work, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon.

1988  Visiting Artist Presentation, Florida State University, Tallahassee,   Florida.

1987    Friends of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum Annual Meeting, Appleton, Wisconsin, Presention: Work in felted linen and ramie.