Professor of Art

Education

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Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Ceramics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.

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Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Mich.

Recent Awards and Achievements

• Head of Metalsmithing/Sculpture Programs
• Academic Standards Committee
• Juror
  • Ann Arbor Art Fair Award Winners 2007
  • Ann Arbor Art Fair Participants 2008
• Awards, Publications, Gallery Shows
  • Gray Temples: the work of twelve mature sculptors, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History. Jackson, Michigan 2007
  • 152.99 Miles From Here, The Box Factory Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan 2006
  • Wall to Wall, Flatlanders Art Gallery, Blissfield, Michigan 2005
  • In the Round: Regional Sculpture, Guenzel Gallery at Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, Wisconsin 2002
  • Art Faculty Exhibition, Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan 2002
  • Sculptors of Michigan, Daughtery Gallery, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 2001
  • Eastern Metalsmiths Alumni Show, Eastern Michigan University, Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan 2001
  • Historian and Principle Coordinator Member for ”Millennium Project”, Sculpture. Lenawee County, Michigan 2000
  • Sisters of the Precious Blood/ Salem Heights Motherhouse; Liturgical Ornaments. INAI Studio Project. Dayton, Ohio 1999
• Exhibitions and Related Experience
  • Peninsula Art School - Regional Sculpture Exhibit Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wis. 2002
  • Hillsdale College - Sculptors of Michigan, Daughtery Gallery, Hillsdale, Mich. 2001
  • “Krasl Sculpture Invitational Regional”- Krasl Gallery. St. Joseph, Mich. 2000
  • “Group Exhibition”- Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts. Flatlanders Gallery and Croswell Opera Theater Gallery, 1999
• Points of Pride
  • The Father David Van Horn Memorial Project
  • Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 28 years of service
  • Placement of 12 graduates to the Cranbrook Academy of Art

Teaching Philosophy

“My teaching philosophy is based on skill development, research and the principles of lifelong learning. This philosophy is rooted in the continual investigation into the interconnectedness of ideas.”