Printmaker | Art Book Maker | Teacher
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EXPERIENCE
1989-present: Owner, teacher, and printmaker at Atabeira Press 2018-present: Professor Emeritus, Memphis College of Art 1982-2018: Professor of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee: Head of Printmaking; Chair of Fine Arts Department (2012-15) 2020-present: Printmaking instructor at the University of Memphis; Tennessee Art Teachers Association Zoom workshop, For the Passion of Art Zoom lecture Dixon Gallery and Gardens 2021-present: Creative Aging workshop instructor Maritza Dávila deserves to have two pieces in the exhibition, one an accordion-style book, the other an intriguing combination of digital media, screen print, aquatint and collage, and both elegant explorations of the ambiguities of languages and meanings. 2024: Mentor Program participant, Southern Graphics International Conference; Panel member SGCI with Teresa Cole
1992-2023: Organizational Committee, Works of Heart fundraising auction for Memphis Child Advocacy Center 2023: Workshop Instructor on Linocut, Eureka Springs School of the Arts; Panel Moderator, "Made In" Women in the Arts, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Draw Off fundraiser for ArtsMemphis, participant; TAEA Conference workshop instructor 2022: SGCI panelist Print as Transformation, Madison, Wis. 2021: Museo Casa del Libro, workshop on single-page books, San Juan, PR; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, workshop in lithography history and technique 2020: Lecture — For the Passion of Art and Learning, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Tennessee Art Teachers Association, workshop on single-page books, Arrow Creative, Memphis 2019: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Docent lecturer on woodcut techniques and history; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Scholastics Juror, drawing 2018: Mentor Program participant, Southern Graphics International Conference, Las Vegas; University of Memphis visiting artist for the Here and Now project; Dixon Gallery and Garden, Memphis, demonstrated printmaking woodcut techniques and led special gallery tour during El Taller De Grafica Popular: Vida y Arte exhibit; Village Art Gallery, Memphis, assistant for the Eduin Fraga exhibition 2016: Collaboration project with Indrani Nayar-Gall; Visiting Artist and Lecturer at Normal Editions, Illinois State University; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art docent lecture on printmaking techniques 2015: Teachers Academy, Memphis College of Art; Summer Academy, Memphis College of Art; Visiting artist, Dixon Gallery and Gardens Summer program 2010-13: Member of Fine Arts Committee, Centro Cultural Latino, Memphis 2012: Mentor Program participant, Southern Graphics International Conference, New Orleans 2009-2011: Committee member, Latino Art Center, Memphis 2011: Visiting artist, Escuela de Artes Plasticas del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña de Puerto Rico; Visiting artist, University of Bilbao, Spain 2010: Linocut workshop instructor, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Brown Bag lecture, Dixon Gallery and Gardens 2002-09: Board member, Latino Memphis 2006: Collagraph workshop instructor, Memphis College of Art Continuing Education 2005: Visiting artist, Escuela de Artes Plasticas del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña de Puerto Rico 2004, 2006: Docent training instructor, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 2003: Taproots School of the Arts, Arts Works Program workshop guest artist, St. Louis, Mo.; Memphis City Schools Artist in Residence, Overton High School 2002: Taproots School of the Arts, workshops in monotype and collagraph 2001-2003: Memphis Arts Festival Arts in the Park, Arts Advisory Committee; Collegiate Press, Editorial Advisory Board; Taproots School of the Arts workshop on collagraph, St. Louis, Mo. 1999: Memphis Arts Festival Arts in the Park '99 Artists in Action program 1998: Memphis Arts Festival Arts in the Park '98 Artists in Action program; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Workshop 1996: Collaboration, "Dancing in the Dirt," poem and print broadsides, with Kay Lindsey, Terry Chouinard and Joan Soppe. 1993-1995: Supervisor/Master Printer, Special Editions Project, Memphis College of Art Professional Press (1993, John Torina; 1994, Allison Smith; 1995, Remy Miller). 1995: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Led guided tours in Spanish for the Mexican Landscape exhibition. 1995-1996: Memphis City Schools Artist in Residence program at Overton High School 1993: Juror, 1994 Junior Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards sponsored by Brooks Museum League, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1992: Judge for Helen Keller Arts and Crafts Fair, Tuscumbia, Alabama 1991: Visiting Artist, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi; Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif. 1986: Visiting Artist, Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, New York City; Master Printer collaborating with Daniela Brafman and Dolph Smith on book of prints and poetry, Memphis. 1979-1981: American Museum of Natural History, Education Department, New York City. Museum Instructor of Caribbean Pre-Columbian History through the Arts. Elementary/Junior High Program Coordinator. 1980: Board of Education, New York City. Artist-in-Residence program of District 6, Chapter 720 Bilingual Learning Center, PS 132. Devised and taught courses in academics through the arts. 1979-1980: Board of Education, New York City. Substitute teacher for elementary school. 1978-1979: Bilingual Bicultural Mini School, PS 83, New York City. Bilingual teacher, elementary school. 1977-1978: Glass Masters, Painting Department, New York City: Silkscreen on Glass. 1976: MFA internship: Assistant to Clare Romano. Exhibit caretaker for Professor Nan Benedict (Pratt Institute), Lotus Gallery, New York. 1975: Silkscreen assistant, exhibit poster for Erick Lluch "Nine Puerto Rican Artists" Museo del Barrio, New York. Art teacher, Ramon Power High School, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1974-1975: Ceramic teacher, Centro Nacional de las Artes, San Juan 1974: Assistant to Margot Lovejoy, printmaking class. Pratt Graphics Center, New York City. OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE RESIDENCY WITH PROYECTO ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (2018) AWAGAMI FACTORY PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP, Japan (2017) NON-TOXIC INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP with Henrik Boegh, Capileira, Spain (2008) SOLAR PLATE WORKSHOP, Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, Italy (2003, 2009) BOOK ARTS with Mary Laird (2003) SOLAR PLATE WORKSHOP with Dan Weldon INNOVATIVE INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland (2001) INTERNATIONAL NONTOXIC PRINTMAKING MASTER WORKSHOP, Fairview College, Alberta, Canada (1999) McGEE/AQUA SCREEN SEMINAR, Workshop on water-based seriagraphic process, Milwaukee, Wis., (1986) PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, Vinalhaven, Maine. Master Lithography with Chris Ericson and Bookbinding with Peter Geraty (1985) MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, Continuing Education, Papermaking (1982), Book binding with Dolph Smith (1985, 1987, 1988) PUBLIC ART 2023: Large scale mural, Downtown Memphis Commission Mobility Center PORTFOLIO PARTICIPATION 2024: Echoes of a Print, coordinators Jennifer Chen and Tava Tedesco, SGCI, Providence RI 2016: Dog Stew the third Course, coordinator Melanie Yazzie 2015: Mapping the Mississippi, Exchange Portfolio, coordinator, Christine Powers Nowlin 2013: “Jornada” international exchange portfolio between Argentine and Puerto Rican printmakers, coordinator Maritza Dávila 2010: “Global Fusion” international exchange portfolio, coordinator Maritza Dávila, assistant Indrani Nayar Gall 2006: "Mind & Spirit" - Barbara Putnam, Sheila Pitt, Maritza Dávila coordinators SGCI 2005: "Empowering Images" - Barbara Putnam, Sheila Pitt, Maritza Dávila coordinators SGCI 2004: "Symbiosis" - Barbara Putnam, Sheila Pitt, Maritza Dávila; coordinators SGCI AWARDS. PRIZES, GRANTS 2023: Finalist, Emmett Award, ArtsMemphis 2020: Project Grant, Bridging the Distance, Urban Arts Commission, Memphis 2019: UrbanArt Commission Art Purchase 2018: Residency with Proyecto ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018: Accelerator award, ArtsMemphis 2018: Fogelman Fund Faculty Enrichment Award, Memphis College of Art, to attend residency at ACE Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018: Panton award to attend the SGCI, Las Vegas 2017: Fogelman Fund award for faculty enrichment for Awagami Papermaking Japan 2017 2017: Panton Award to attend the SGCI, Atlanta 2017: Nominated for Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration, ArtsMemphis 2016: Fogelman Fund award for faculty enrichment, Collaboration Project with Indrani Nayar-Gall 2016: Panton Award to attend the SGCI, Portland Oregon 2015: Billboard art selection recognizing the artist, Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN 2015 2015: Panton award to attend the SGCI, San Francisco 2014: Panton award to attend the SGCI, Knoxville 2004, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1996: Faculty Enrichment Award, Memphis College of Art 1997: Juror's Special Mention, Pressed and Pulled VI, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia 1996: Prix de Dessin et Gravure, Salon International du Val d'Or a la Salle des Fetes d'Orval, France; Association Plastica Latina 1993: Screen Printing Association International Mentor Award |
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