EDUCATION
1996 MFA, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, Printmaking
1992 BFA, Printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991 Independent Study, AICA New York Studio Program, New York, NY
EMPLOYMENT
2014-Present Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs in Book Arts + Printmaking and Studio Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017- Curator and Consulting Director of Visual Arts, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Walton Arts Center, present Fayetteville, AR
2012-14 Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Associate Professor, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
1999-12 Full Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000-06 Curator, Director of Exhibitions and Lectures, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1994-97 Technical Assistant and Collaborator, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1996 Gallery/Administrative Assistant, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Studio Assistant, Harlan & Weaver Intaglio, New York, NY
1995 Framer/Gallery Assistant, Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1993-94 Editorial Assistant, ART PAPERS Magazine, Atlanta, GA
1992 Artist Assistant, Studio of Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, New York, NY
Gallery Assistant, The Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Contemporary PrintMedia Exhibition, Calcografia Institute, Rome, Italy
2018 Collaborative Histories: Sue Gosin and Dieu Donné Press & Paper, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Assemblage, Hamilton Hall Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
In association with the 2018 College Book Arts Association Conference hosted by UArts
The Grammar of Ornament, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Shepard Fairey, Ryan McGinness and Mary Judge
Adornment: Beauty in Excess, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Petah Coyne, April Dauscha, Carson Fox, Roberto Mannino, Matt Neff, Piper Shepard and Kayte Terry
The Bleak and the Burgeoning, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Amber Cowan, Masey Craddock, Lauren Fensterstock, Rosemary Laing and
Judy Pfaff
2017 The Fabric of Nature, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Charting Terrain: A confluence of light and form, Joy Pratt Markham Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Victoria Burge, Ben Butler, Theresa Chong, Sean Morrissey, James Siena and James Turrell
2016 Anguish: The Grave Misgivings of Remembrance, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Artists include: Louise Bourgeois, Janine Antoni, Donna Smith, Jenny Holzer, Roberto Mannino, Piper Shepard, Oscar Mūnoz, Anders Krísar, Anna Tsantir, Rosemary Laing, Carson Fox, Nils Ericson, Markus Hansen, Gail Deery, Martha McDonald
The Semantics of Landscape, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Fertile Ground: Artists Respond to a Collective Geography, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Myth and Menagerie, New Sculpture by Lesley Dill, The Gershman Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
New Work by Wardell Milan, Hamilton Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Stationary, new work by Anthony Goicolea, Arronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Motionless and the Fragile, Photography by Lesley Dill, Presidential Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 The Storm at Sea, installation by Radcliffe Bailey, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Architectural Innovations: Celebrating Hedi Kyle, University of the Arts, Gallery 224, Philadelphia PA
New Visions Series Public Art Initiative, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public artworks curated and installed in Champions Hall, artists include: Carson Fox
2014 Unspoken: The Voice of Lesley Dill, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, in conjunction with the 2014 College Book Art Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Resplendent: Artists and Adornment, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Ben Butler, Beatriz Milhazes, Howard Paine, Ross Rudel, James Siena, Susanna Starr
Sustenance: New Visions Series Public Art Initiative, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public artworks curated and installed in Hillside Building, artists include: Chakaia Booker, Leonardo Drew, Willie Cole
Employing Voice, Embracing Agency: Celebrating Contemporary African American Artists, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Radcliffe Bailey, Chakaia Booker, Michael Ray Charles, Willie Cole, Wardell Milan, Demetrius Oliver, Xaviera Simmons, Mickelene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker
Amos Kennedy Prints!, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
2012 Louise Bourgeois, Topiary: the Art of Improving Nature, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Revealed Terrain: Landscape in Contemporary Artists Books, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Goodman Gallery, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Inge Bruggeman, Sarah Bryant, Vija Celmins, Macy Chadwick, Julie Chen, Gail Deery, Lesley Dill, Margot Ecke, Eric Fischl, Helen Hiebert, Joyce Kozloff, Karen Kunc, Robert Maplethorpe, Chip Shilling, Kiki Smith, Richard Tuttle, Phillip Zimmermann
2011 Adrift, The Hyde Gallery at the Nesin Graduate Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Janine Antoni, Beth Cavener Stichter, Petah Coyne, Jason Dodge, Nils Ericson, Markus Hansen, Erin Harmon, Damien Hirst, Miranda Lichtenstein
2010 Anguish, The Hyde Gallery at the Nesin Graduate Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Polly Apfelbaum, Louise Bourgeois, Tara Donovan, Carson Fox, Jenny Holzer, Anders Krisar, Rosemary Laing, Oscar Munoz, Kiki Smith, and Anna Tsantir
2007 Visually Speaking: Art, Narrative and the Contemporary Press, On the Street Gallery,
Memphis, TN. An exhibition including works from the top book arts programs across the United States
Action/Interaction Book Art, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago Center for
Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL. An invitational juried exhibition surveying contemporary work from institutions around the country.
Material + Sensitivity, On the Street Gallery MCA, Memphis, TN. An exhibition of student work from fibers, book arts and papermaking departments at Memphis College of Art
2006 Above & Beneath, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Noriko Ambe, Theresa Chong, Lesley Dill, Il Lee, Sarah Lovitt and Gary Schneider
2005 Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature: Louise Bourgeois, Main Gallery, Memphis College
of Art, Memphis, TN
Portfolio of etchings commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2004 Seamless, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Dan Devening, Chris Nau, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Brian Sharp, James Siena, Amy Sillman
2003 Somatic, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Brenden Clenaghen, Carson Fox, Jeanne Jaffe, Ross Rudel, and Angela Wilcocks
Cold Comfort, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Ann Chamberlain, Sarah Charlesworth, Petah Coyne, Julie Farstad, Nurit
Newman, and Andres Serrano
2002 Memphis College of Art Biennial: On Paper; Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Main
Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Shadows and Silhouettes: the Dangerous Faces of Willie Cole and Juan Logan, Main
Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Founders Day: New Work by Alonzo Davis, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2001 Blemish, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Laura Anderson Ann Chamberlain, Barbata, Seong Chun, Julia Couzens, Byron
Kim, Stuart Netsky, Anne Couzens
Turning the Page: Contemporary Artists’ Books, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
The Grammar of Ornament, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000 Many, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1999 Obsessive Compulsive Order, Hillwood Art Museum, CW Post Long Island University,
Brookville, NY
ARTIST PRINT COLLABORATIONS
2018 Edition to be produced with artist Sue Coe, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Edition to be produced with artist James Siena, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Five Editions produced with artist Nicola Lopez, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Edition produced with artist Lesley Dill, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
Edition produced with artist Wardell Milan, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Edition produced with artist Jennifer Angus, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Lesley Dill edition, letterpress on handmade paper with pulp painting for Hand Papermaking Magazine Portfolio
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014- University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA: Papermaking, Thesis studio, Letterpress, Collaborations present in Print and Pulp, Printmaking Atelier
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, Book binding and alternative photo processes, UArts winter session
2016 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy,
Bookbinding and Printmaking, UArts winter session
2015 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Papermaking, Thesis Studio, Letterpress
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Book Binding and Alternative Photo Processes, UArts winter session
2013 The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Special Problems: Experimental Printmaking
The University of Arkansas Rome Studies Abroad Program, Rome, Italy
Special Problems in Design: Bookmaking in Italy
2012 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Book Arts and Alternative Photo Processes
2011-12 Chair of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Provided leadership and vision for the division, scheduled all classes for the division in consultation with the Dean and Registrar, recruited and recommended adjunct faculty for the division to the Chair, reviewed student evaluations of all faculty in the division and submit summary reports, conducted evaluations of all faculty in the division, represented the Division on the Dean’s Council, managed the division budget in collaboration with the Dean and CFO, reviewed and submitted new course offerings to the Curriculum Committee
1999-2012 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Introductory Papermaking, Intermediate Papermaking, Advanced Papermaking, Editions: Senior Thesis, Book Arts I,II,III, Lithography, Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Monotype, Relief, Intaglio, Foundation Drawing, Drawing and Composition, MFA Thesis Advisor, Compelling Alliances, On Paper: Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Professional Practices, The Conceptual Book, Historical Bookbinding
2009 Advancement to Full Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2006 Advancement to Associate Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2003 Visiting Faculty, Papermaking and Book Arts, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Papermaking, Book Arts
1997-99 Adjunct Faculty and Sabbatical Replacement, CW Post Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Papermaking, Printmaking I, II, Graduate Printmaking, Foundation Drawing, MFA Thesis Advisor
1999 Adjunct Faculty, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Book Arts
1995-96 Graduate TA, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Foundation Drawing, Printmaking
Continuing Education, Cooper Union, held at Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Papermaking Workshop
COLLEGIATE COMMITTEE SERVICE
Art Alliance Leadership Search Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Open House events, tours and panels, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Honorary Degree Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
University Graduate Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Search Committee member in Advertising Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Committee member, Advisory Board, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Committee member, Foundations Programming, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Search Committee, Studio Art Technician, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Black History Month Campus-wide Committee, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public Arts Oversight Committee, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
RSO faculty advisor, Printmaking Club, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Deans Council, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Chair, Advancement Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Chair, Fibers Faculty Search Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Member Search Committee, Art History Faculty Search, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Holiday Bazaar Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Exhibitions Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Library Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Health and Safety Committee, EPA Audit, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
BFA Thesis Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
MFA Thesis Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Quality Enhancement Program Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Juror, National Portfolio Day poster competition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Career Services Workshop, Grants and Residencies, Applying to Graduate School, Organizational Skills for Artists, Developing a Portfolio, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Weekend Workshop; Letterpress Printing, Parents Weekend, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Pre-College Coursework, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Tutor, Wingate Fellowship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Hosting Committee, 2018 College Book Art Association Conference, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
EAB artists book fair, selected to exhibit 2017
The Philadelphia Print Collaborative
The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Board Member
Booklyn, Board member
Southern Graphics Printmaking International
Mid America Print Council
Fine Press Book Association
The Guild of BookWorkers
College Art Association
Friends of Dard Hunter
The Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Center for Book Arts New York
Philadelphia Print Alliance
American Printing History Association
Association of Print Scholars
Number Magazine, Board of Directors and Secretary, Outreach and Development Committee member
College Book Art Association: 2018 conference host director, Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and as Secretary, Chair of the Development Committee, Programs Committee member, 2016 Conference Planning Committee. Founding member of the College Book Art Association, member of the Steering Committee and the Vice Chair of the Awards Committee for Exhibitions and Travel Grants, Juror for the Grabhorn Scholars program where students are selected to apprentice at Arion Press in San Francisco
Memphis Urban Arts Commission: Mural Program Selection Committee
SELECTED CONFERENCES
2018
Host of the 2018 College Book Art Association, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collective Relevance: The Reciprocity of Art and Artifact
Collaborative Histories: Sue Gosin and Dieu Donné Press & Paper, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Topography of Typography, Panel Chair, speakers include: Nicole Pietrantoni, Russell Maret, David Chioffi and Macy Chadwick, Southern Graphics Conference International 2018 conference ALTERED LANDSCAPES, Las Vegas, NV
Panel discussion, PRINTFEST is a collection of four interrelated exhibitions on prints and printmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries: Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints from the Reading Public Museum; Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints by African American Artists in the Collection of Otis Robertson; Modern Print Methods and Techniques; and Masters of the Contemporary Print (in the Holtzman MFA Gallery, Sept. 8 - Oct. 7 only). These exhibitions showcase historical figures and young and upcoming artists, and include Picasso, Warhol, John Biggers, Alison Saar, Sandy Winters and Shelley Thorstensen, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2017
Dard Hunter 2017 Conference, Panel Chair, Craft and Collaboration: The Pursuance of a Conceptual Union, speakers include: Cynthia Thompson, David Charles Chioffi, Kyle Holland, Gail Deery
2014
Integration, Translation, and Innovation: The Collaborative Atelier Model, Chair, Speakers include: David Charles Chioffi, Chair, Associate Professor University of Arkansas; Sue Gosin, founder of Dieu Donne Papermill; Benjamin Levy, Curatorial Assistant Department of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, The Baltimore Museum of Art,
2013
College Book Art Association Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2012
Sustainability seeks Equilibrium: What does it mean to printmakers?, Panel Moderator, Speakers include John Risseeuw, Professor, School of Art, Arizona State University; Lara Durback, Studio Manager, Mills College; and Grendl Lofkvist, Instructor, San Francisco City College and member of Inkworks Print Collective, Berkeley, 2012 College Book Art Association Conference; Time, Sequence & Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Experimental Typographic Illumination, Letterpress Demonstration, 2012 College Book Art Association Conference; Time, Sequence & Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2011
Anguish: Unspeakable Pain in Contemporary Art, lecture presentation as part of the panel, Human Suffering in the Arts — 20th to 21st Century, the Southeastern College Art Conference, Savannah, GA
The Persistence of Hand-making: Sustaining the Book within the Academic Arena, College Book Art Association Biennial Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010
The Perception of Labor, Panel Chair, Friends of Dard Hunter 2010 Conference, Arrowmont School of Art & Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2008
Co-Chair, The Construction of Malleable Language, Southern Graphics Printmaking Council 2008 Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Chair: David Chioffi, Department Head, Graphic Design, Memphis College of Art. Panel members include: Gail Deery, Chair Printmaking Department, Maryland Institute College of Art and Lesley Dill, Visual Artist
2007
Plotting the Foundation for Transdisciplinary Work: Pressure Printing on the Vandercook, Southern Graphics Printmaking Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Co-Chair, Double Take: Unions of Printmaking and Sculpture, Panel Members include: Carson Fox, Assistant Professor Printmaking at Adelphi University; Jose Rocca, Curator of Philagrafika, Patricia Olynik, Graduate Director Washington University Graduate School of Fine Arts, CAA Annual Conference, New York, NY
2006
Visually Speaking: Art, Narrative and the Contemporary South, Printmaking and Letterpress panel,
South Eastern Contemporary Art Conference (SECAC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2005
Co-Chair, Compelling Alliances, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; artist panel with Virgil Marti, Annette Lemieux and Carson Fox
2003
Panel Member, National Association of Arts Administrators and Deans, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / GENERAL
Proprietor, Delian Press, Fine Press Artists’ Books
Juror, Making it Alumni Exhibition, Arronson Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Selected as Juror for the 2014 Hand Papermaking Portfolio Series: Negative Space
Member of the Host Committee for The Brooks Uncorked fundraiser, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Facilitator, Memphis Ad Fed Hatch Show Print Workshop with Jim Sherradan, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Juror, Summer Exhibition, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Juror, Graduate Exhibition, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Consultant, consultation and design of printshop, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Director, Symposium: On Paper Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Memphis College of Art Biennial Exhibition and Symposium. Moderator, Faye Hirsch, panelists include: Mina Takahashi, Dieu Donne Papermill; Judith Brodsky, The Brodsy Center for Innovative Editions; Brian Garner, Master Printer of Goya Girl Press and Megan Moorhouse, Collaborator, Dieu Donne Papermill. Workshops with master printer and papermakers also scheduled.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2017 Visiting Artist Workshop, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of West GA, Carrollton, GA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Visiting Artist Workshop: Diffusion Printing, The Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2016 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Visiting Artist Workshop, the Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
Round table discussion, The Center for Book Arts New York, NY featuring Lesley Dill, Macy Chadwick, Sue Gosin and David Chioffi
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Cleveland, OH
2015 Visiting Artist Workshop, Contemporary Watermarks, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Handmade Paper Journal, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Visiting Artist Lecture, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Visiting Artist Lecture, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MI
Visiting Artist Lecture, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture and Curator, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2013 Visiting Artist Workshop, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Papermaking workshop, Fort Smith, AR
2012 Visiting Artist Lecturer, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist Lecturer, The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Instructor, The University of West Georgia, Binding Workshop, Carrollton, GA
Guest Curator Lecture, Revealed Terrain: Landscape in Contemporary Artists Books, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2010 Visiting Artist Lecturer, The Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Instructor, Lyon College, Book Arts Workshop, Batesville, AR
2009 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Instructor, Minnesota Center for Book Arts: Layer Upon Layer: utilizing stencils in letterpress printing and hand papermaking, Minneapolis, MN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Department of Book Arts and Printmaking, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
Visiting Curator Lecturer, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2007 Featured Artist Lecture, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Department of Printmaking, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2006 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, G
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
2005 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
2002 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
1999 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Contemporary Printmaking, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY: Papermaking Workshops
Ichiyo Art Center, Atlanta, GA: Japanese Papermaking Workshops
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Portland Press Herald, “Anguish at the Institute of Contemporary Art offers Cruelty as Wake-up Call, Daniel Kany, November 2016
The Free Weekly, “ Layers of Art in NW Arkansas”, Terrah Baker, September 12, 2013
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Personal Space”, Tracy Long, March 2, 2013
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Letterpress printer set to visit two UA campuses, Sessions mark Black History Month”, Cyd King, February 6, 2013
The City Wire, “Visual Arts enhance education, campus life”, Jamie Smith, January 2013
The Commercial Appeal, “ Nine Artists Set Adrift”, Frederick Koeppel, October 2011
The Memphis Flyer, “ Edgy”, Carol Knowles, October 2010
The Memphis Flyer Blog, “ Anguish”, Hannah Sayle, October 2010
The Commercial Appeal, “ Difficult ‘Anguish’ compels attention”, Frederick Koeppel, October 2010
Hand Papermaking Magazine, “ Arch Shred: a sustainable fiber source”, Peter Thomas, Winter 2010
The Commercial Appeal, “The River Arts Festival,” Frederick Koeppel, October 2007
Hand Papermaking Magazine “Watermarks in Handmade Paper,” Helen Hiebert, Winter 2007
The Memphis Flyer, “Where it’s at: New York Artists chart body, mind and spirit in Above + Beneath,”
Carol Knowles, April 2006
The Commercial Appeal, “Looking Into Above + Beneath,” Frederick Koeppel, March 2006
Number: Independent Journal of the Arts, “Above + Beneath,” Summer 2006
The Commercial Appeal, “Material + Sensibility: selections from the department of fibers, book arts and
papermaking at Memphis College of Art,” Frederick Koeppel, November 2006
The Commercial Appeal, “Offering Provacative Delight: Louise Bourgeois fuels cultural and private mythology,”
Frederick Koeppel, March 2005
The Commercial Appeal, “Seamless: a model of beauty,” Frederick Koeppel, October 2004
Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Spiritual meets the Corporeal,” Jerry Cullum, October 2004
Number: Independent Journal of the Arts, “Somatic,” Jeremy Hauck, Winter 2004
ART PAPERS, “Somatic,” David Hall, January 2004
Hand Papermaking Magazine “Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper,” Eric Denker, Curator of Prints,
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Winter 2003
Hand Papermaking Magazine “National Collegiate Handmade Paper Exhibition,” Ross Jahnke, Winter 2003
Hand Papermaking Magazine “On Paper: Collaborations in Print and Pulp Art Review,” Hamlett Dobbins,
Summer 2003
The Commercial Appeal, “Cold Comfort clutches a warm and fuzzy void,” Jeanne Hamilton, January 2003
Memphis Business Journal, “Pulp Art: Biennial Event Celebrates Print and Paper,” Ed Hicks, September 2002
Memphis Business Journal, “Hands-on Training: Memphis College of Art brings in two cutting edge artists,”
Ed Hicks, January 2002
The Commercial Appeal, “Two-man Show reflects on racist vestiges,” Peggy Burch, January 2002
The Commercial Appeal, “Angry, leering, defiant, “Dangerous Faces”tests our bias,” Jeanne Hamilton, January 2002
The Memphis Flyer, “Race and Class,” David Hall, January 2002
The Commercial Appeal, “Visiting artist impresses and is impressed in turn,” Michael Donahue, January 2002
Hand Papermaking Magazine, “Hidden Imagery: the Mystery of Watermarks,” Helen Hiebert, Winter 2001
Hand Papermaking Magazine, “Survey of Papermaking Programs in the United States,” Gail Deery and Sue Gosin,
Winter 2001
The Memphis Flyer, Get with the Program; on meaning and beauty in art,” David Hall, April 2001
The Memphis Flyer, “Specks and Blots,” David Hall, February 2001
The Commercial Appeal, “The Art in the Imperfect,” Debra Elliott, February 2001
The Sou Wester, “Blemish reveals the art of imperfection; Memphis College of Art’s new exhibit explores issues
of physicality and femininity,” Jessica Tackett, January 2001
The Memphis Flyer, “The Art of Imperfection,” January 2001
The Targum, “Exhibitionists,” Lara Brodzinsky, February 1999
The New York Times, “Unorthodox Uses of Paper and Other Materials,” Helen A. Harrison, February 1999
The New York Times, “Art Review: Obsessive Compulsive Order,” Helen A. Harrison, September 1998
Time Out New York Magazine, “Letter perfect: how to put pen and paper in the eletronic age,” Robert V. Wolfe,
January 1997
Star Ledger, “Exhibition provides judgmental perspective,” Eileen Watkins, April 1996
Courier News, “Minimalist Artist Displays Works at Palmyra,” Ralph Bellantoni, August 1995
Star Ledger, “Art Review,” Eileen Watkins, December 1994
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Better Recognition, Bright Futures Ahead,” Jerry Cullum, October 1993
Creative Loafing, “Art Reviews,” September 1993
1996 MFA, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, Printmaking
1992 BFA, Printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991 Independent Study, AICA New York Studio Program, New York, NY
EMPLOYMENT
2014-Present Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs in Book Arts + Printmaking and Studio Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017- Curator and Consulting Director of Visual Arts, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Walton Arts Center, present Fayetteville, AR
2012-14 Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Associate Professor, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
1999-12 Full Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000-06 Curator, Director of Exhibitions and Lectures, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1994-97 Technical Assistant and Collaborator, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1996 Gallery/Administrative Assistant, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Studio Assistant, Harlan & Weaver Intaglio, New York, NY
1995 Framer/Gallery Assistant, Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1993-94 Editorial Assistant, ART PAPERS Magazine, Atlanta, GA
1992 Artist Assistant, Studio of Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, New York, NY
Gallery Assistant, The Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Contemporary PrintMedia Exhibition, Calcografia Institute, Rome, Italy
2018 Collaborative Histories: Sue Gosin and Dieu Donné Press & Paper, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Assemblage, Hamilton Hall Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
In association with the 2018 College Book Arts Association Conference hosted by UArts
The Grammar of Ornament, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Shepard Fairey, Ryan McGinness and Mary Judge
Adornment: Beauty in Excess, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Petah Coyne, April Dauscha, Carson Fox, Roberto Mannino, Matt Neff, Piper Shepard and Kayte Terry
The Bleak and the Burgeoning, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Amber Cowan, Masey Craddock, Lauren Fensterstock, Rosemary Laing and
Judy Pfaff
2017 The Fabric of Nature, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Charting Terrain: A confluence of light and form, Joy Pratt Markham Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Victoria Burge, Ben Butler, Theresa Chong, Sean Morrissey, James Siena and James Turrell
2016 Anguish: The Grave Misgivings of Remembrance, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Artists include: Louise Bourgeois, Janine Antoni, Donna Smith, Jenny Holzer, Roberto Mannino, Piper Shepard, Oscar Mūnoz, Anders Krísar, Anna Tsantir, Rosemary Laing, Carson Fox, Nils Ericson, Markus Hansen, Gail Deery, Martha McDonald
The Semantics of Landscape, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Fertile Ground: Artists Respond to a Collective Geography, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Myth and Menagerie, New Sculpture by Lesley Dill, The Gershman Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
New Work by Wardell Milan, Hamilton Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Stationary, new work by Anthony Goicolea, Arronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Motionless and the Fragile, Photography by Lesley Dill, Presidential Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 The Storm at Sea, installation by Radcliffe Bailey, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Architectural Innovations: Celebrating Hedi Kyle, University of the Arts, Gallery 224, Philadelphia PA
New Visions Series Public Art Initiative, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public artworks curated and installed in Champions Hall, artists include: Carson Fox
2014 Unspoken: The Voice of Lesley Dill, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, in conjunction with the 2014 College Book Art Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Resplendent: Artists and Adornment, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Ben Butler, Beatriz Milhazes, Howard Paine, Ross Rudel, James Siena, Susanna Starr
Sustenance: New Visions Series Public Art Initiative, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public artworks curated and installed in Hillside Building, artists include: Chakaia Booker, Leonardo Drew, Willie Cole
Employing Voice, Embracing Agency: Celebrating Contemporary African American Artists, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Artists include: Radcliffe Bailey, Chakaia Booker, Michael Ray Charles, Willie Cole, Wardell Milan, Demetrius Oliver, Xaviera Simmons, Mickelene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker
Amos Kennedy Prints!, Fine Arts Gallery, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
2012 Louise Bourgeois, Topiary: the Art of Improving Nature, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Revealed Terrain: Landscape in Contemporary Artists Books, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Goodman Gallery, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Inge Bruggeman, Sarah Bryant, Vija Celmins, Macy Chadwick, Julie Chen, Gail Deery, Lesley Dill, Margot Ecke, Eric Fischl, Helen Hiebert, Joyce Kozloff, Karen Kunc, Robert Maplethorpe, Chip Shilling, Kiki Smith, Richard Tuttle, Phillip Zimmermann
2011 Adrift, The Hyde Gallery at the Nesin Graduate Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Janine Antoni, Beth Cavener Stichter, Petah Coyne, Jason Dodge, Nils Ericson, Markus Hansen, Erin Harmon, Damien Hirst, Miranda Lichtenstein
2010 Anguish, The Hyde Gallery at the Nesin Graduate Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Polly Apfelbaum, Louise Bourgeois, Tara Donovan, Carson Fox, Jenny Holzer, Anders Krisar, Rosemary Laing, Oscar Munoz, Kiki Smith, and Anna Tsantir
2007 Visually Speaking: Art, Narrative and the Contemporary Press, On the Street Gallery,
Memphis, TN. An exhibition including works from the top book arts programs across the United States
Action/Interaction Book Art, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago Center for
Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL. An invitational juried exhibition surveying contemporary work from institutions around the country.
Material + Sensitivity, On the Street Gallery MCA, Memphis, TN. An exhibition of student work from fibers, book arts and papermaking departments at Memphis College of Art
2006 Above & Beneath, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Noriko Ambe, Theresa Chong, Lesley Dill, Il Lee, Sarah Lovitt and Gary Schneider
2005 Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature: Louise Bourgeois, Main Gallery, Memphis College
of Art, Memphis, TN
Portfolio of etchings commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2004 Seamless, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Dan Devening, Chris Nau, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Brian Sharp, James Siena, Amy Sillman
2003 Somatic, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Brenden Clenaghen, Carson Fox, Jeanne Jaffe, Ross Rudel, and Angela Wilcocks
Cold Comfort, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Ann Chamberlain, Sarah Charlesworth, Petah Coyne, Julie Farstad, Nurit
Newman, and Andres Serrano
2002 Memphis College of Art Biennial: On Paper; Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Main
Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Shadows and Silhouettes: the Dangerous Faces of Willie Cole and Juan Logan, Main
Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Founders Day: New Work by Alonzo Davis, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2001 Blemish, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Artists include: Laura Anderson Ann Chamberlain, Barbata, Seong Chun, Julia Couzens, Byron
Kim, Stuart Netsky, Anne Couzens
Turning the Page: Contemporary Artists’ Books, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
The Grammar of Ornament, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000 Many, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1999 Obsessive Compulsive Order, Hillwood Art Museum, CW Post Long Island University,
Brookville, NY
ARTIST PRINT COLLABORATIONS
2018 Edition to be produced with artist Sue Coe, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Edition to be produced with artist James Siena, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Five Editions produced with artist Nicola Lopez, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Edition produced with artist Lesley Dill, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
Edition produced with artist Wardell Milan, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Edition produced with artist Jennifer Angus, University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Lesley Dill edition, letterpress on handmade paper with pulp painting for Hand Papermaking Magazine Portfolio
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014- University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA: Papermaking, Thesis studio, Letterpress, Collaborations present in Print and Pulp, Printmaking Atelier
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, Book binding and alternative photo processes, UArts winter session
2016 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy,
Bookbinding and Printmaking, UArts winter session
2015 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Papermaking, Thesis Studio, Letterpress
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Book Binding and Alternative Photo Processes, UArts winter session
2013 The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Special Problems: Experimental Printmaking
The University of Arkansas Rome Studies Abroad Program, Rome, Italy
Special Problems in Design: Bookmaking in Italy
2012 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Book Arts and Alternative Photo Processes
2011-12 Chair of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Provided leadership and vision for the division, scheduled all classes for the division in consultation with the Dean and Registrar, recruited and recommended adjunct faculty for the division to the Chair, reviewed student evaluations of all faculty in the division and submit summary reports, conducted evaluations of all faculty in the division, represented the Division on the Dean’s Council, managed the division budget in collaboration with the Dean and CFO, reviewed and submitted new course offerings to the Curriculum Committee
1999-2012 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Introductory Papermaking, Intermediate Papermaking, Advanced Papermaking, Editions: Senior Thesis, Book Arts I,II,III, Lithography, Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Monotype, Relief, Intaglio, Foundation Drawing, Drawing and Composition, MFA Thesis Advisor, Compelling Alliances, On Paper: Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Professional Practices, The Conceptual Book, Historical Bookbinding
2009 Advancement to Full Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2006 Advancement to Associate Professor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2003 Visiting Faculty, Papermaking and Book Arts, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Papermaking, Book Arts
1997-99 Adjunct Faculty and Sabbatical Replacement, CW Post Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Papermaking, Printmaking I, II, Graduate Printmaking, Foundation Drawing, MFA Thesis Advisor
1999 Adjunct Faculty, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Book Arts
1995-96 Graduate TA, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Foundation Drawing, Printmaking
Continuing Education, Cooper Union, held at Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Papermaking Workshop
COLLEGIATE COMMITTEE SERVICE
Art Alliance Leadership Search Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Open House events, tours and panels, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Honorary Degree Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
University Graduate Committee, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Search Committee member in Advertising Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Committee member, Advisory Board, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Committee member, Foundations Programming, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Search Committee, Studio Art Technician, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Black History Month Campus-wide Committee, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Public Arts Oversight Committee, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
RSO faculty advisor, Printmaking Club, The University of Arkansas, Department of Art, Fayetteville, AR
Deans Council, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Chair, Advancement Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Chair, Fibers Faculty Search Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Member Search Committee, Art History Faculty Search, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Holiday Bazaar Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Exhibitions Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Library Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Health and Safety Committee, EPA Audit, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
BFA Thesis Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
MFA Thesis Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Quality Enhancement Program Committee, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Juror, National Portfolio Day poster competition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Career Services Workshop, Grants and Residencies, Applying to Graduate School, Organizational Skills for Artists, Developing a Portfolio, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Weekend Workshop; Letterpress Printing, Parents Weekend, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Pre-College Coursework, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Tutor, Wingate Fellowship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Hosting Committee, 2018 College Book Art Association Conference, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
EAB artists book fair, selected to exhibit 2017
The Philadelphia Print Collaborative
The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Board Member
Booklyn, Board member
Southern Graphics Printmaking International
Mid America Print Council
Fine Press Book Association
The Guild of BookWorkers
College Art Association
Friends of Dard Hunter
The Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Center for Book Arts New York
Philadelphia Print Alliance
American Printing History Association
Association of Print Scholars
Number Magazine, Board of Directors and Secretary, Outreach and Development Committee member
College Book Art Association: 2018 conference host director, Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and as Secretary, Chair of the Development Committee, Programs Committee member, 2016 Conference Planning Committee. Founding member of the College Book Art Association, member of the Steering Committee and the Vice Chair of the Awards Committee for Exhibitions and Travel Grants, Juror for the Grabhorn Scholars program where students are selected to apprentice at Arion Press in San Francisco
Memphis Urban Arts Commission: Mural Program Selection Committee
SELECTED CONFERENCES
2018
Host of the 2018 College Book Art Association, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collective Relevance: The Reciprocity of Art and Artifact
Collaborative Histories: Sue Gosin and Dieu Donné Press & Paper, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Topography of Typography, Panel Chair, speakers include: Nicole Pietrantoni, Russell Maret, David Chioffi and Macy Chadwick, Southern Graphics Conference International 2018 conference ALTERED LANDSCAPES, Las Vegas, NV
Panel discussion, PRINTFEST is a collection of four interrelated exhibitions on prints and printmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries: Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints from the Reading Public Museum; Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints by African American Artists in the Collection of Otis Robertson; Modern Print Methods and Techniques; and Masters of the Contemporary Print (in the Holtzman MFA Gallery, Sept. 8 - Oct. 7 only). These exhibitions showcase historical figures and young and upcoming artists, and include Picasso, Warhol, John Biggers, Alison Saar, Sandy Winters and Shelley Thorstensen, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2017
Dard Hunter 2017 Conference, Panel Chair, Craft and Collaboration: The Pursuance of a Conceptual Union, speakers include: Cynthia Thompson, David Charles Chioffi, Kyle Holland, Gail Deery
2014
Integration, Translation, and Innovation: The Collaborative Atelier Model, Chair, Speakers include: David Charles Chioffi, Chair, Associate Professor University of Arkansas; Sue Gosin, founder of Dieu Donne Papermill; Benjamin Levy, Curatorial Assistant Department of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, The Baltimore Museum of Art,
2013
College Book Art Association Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2012
Sustainability seeks Equilibrium: What does it mean to printmakers?, Panel Moderator, Speakers include John Risseeuw, Professor, School of Art, Arizona State University; Lara Durback, Studio Manager, Mills College; and Grendl Lofkvist, Instructor, San Francisco City College and member of Inkworks Print Collective, Berkeley, 2012 College Book Art Association Conference; Time, Sequence & Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Experimental Typographic Illumination, Letterpress Demonstration, 2012 College Book Art Association Conference; Time, Sequence & Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2011
Anguish: Unspeakable Pain in Contemporary Art, lecture presentation as part of the panel, Human Suffering in the Arts — 20th to 21st Century, the Southeastern College Art Conference, Savannah, GA
The Persistence of Hand-making: Sustaining the Book within the Academic Arena, College Book Art Association Biennial Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010
The Perception of Labor, Panel Chair, Friends of Dard Hunter 2010 Conference, Arrowmont School of Art & Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2008
Co-Chair, The Construction of Malleable Language, Southern Graphics Printmaking Council 2008 Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Chair: David Chioffi, Department Head, Graphic Design, Memphis College of Art. Panel members include: Gail Deery, Chair Printmaking Department, Maryland Institute College of Art and Lesley Dill, Visual Artist
2007
Plotting the Foundation for Transdisciplinary Work: Pressure Printing on the Vandercook, Southern Graphics Printmaking Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Co-Chair, Double Take: Unions of Printmaking and Sculpture, Panel Members include: Carson Fox, Assistant Professor Printmaking at Adelphi University; Jose Rocca, Curator of Philagrafika, Patricia Olynik, Graduate Director Washington University Graduate School of Fine Arts, CAA Annual Conference, New York, NY
2006
Visually Speaking: Art, Narrative and the Contemporary South, Printmaking and Letterpress panel,
South Eastern Contemporary Art Conference (SECAC), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2005
Co-Chair, Compelling Alliances, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; artist panel with Virgil Marti, Annette Lemieux and Carson Fox
2003
Panel Member, National Association of Arts Administrators and Deans, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / GENERAL
Proprietor, Delian Press, Fine Press Artists’ Books
Juror, Making it Alumni Exhibition, Arronson Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Selected as Juror for the 2014 Hand Papermaking Portfolio Series: Negative Space
Member of the Host Committee for The Brooks Uncorked fundraiser, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Facilitator, Memphis Ad Fed Hatch Show Print Workshop with Jim Sherradan, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Juror, Summer Exhibition, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Juror, Graduate Exhibition, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Consultant, consultation and design of printshop, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Director, Symposium: On Paper Collaborations in Print and Pulp, Memphis College of Art Biennial Exhibition and Symposium. Moderator, Faye Hirsch, panelists include: Mina Takahashi, Dieu Donne Papermill; Judith Brodsky, The Brodsy Center for Innovative Editions; Brian Garner, Master Printer of Goya Girl Press and Megan Moorhouse, Collaborator, Dieu Donne Papermill. Workshops with master printer and papermakers also scheduled.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2017 Visiting Artist Workshop, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of West GA, Carrollton, GA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Visiting Artist Workshop: Diffusion Printing, The Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2016 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Visiting Artist Workshop, the Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
Round table discussion, The Center for Book Arts New York, NY featuring Lesley Dill, Macy Chadwick, Sue Gosin and David Chioffi
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking, Cleveland, OH
2015 Visiting Artist Workshop, Contemporary Watermarks, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Visiting Artist Workshop, The Handmade Paper Journal, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Visiting Artist Lecture, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Visiting Artist Lecture, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MI
Visiting Artist Lecture, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture and Curator, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2013 Visiting Artist Workshop, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Papermaking workshop, Fort Smith, AR
2012 Visiting Artist Lecturer, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist Lecturer, The University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Instructor, The University of West Georgia, Binding Workshop, Carrollton, GA
Guest Curator Lecture, Revealed Terrain: Landscape in Contemporary Artists Books, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2010 Visiting Artist Lecturer, The Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Instructor, Lyon College, Book Arts Workshop, Batesville, AR
2009 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Instructor, Minnesota Center for Book Arts: Layer Upon Layer: utilizing stencils in letterpress printing and hand papermaking, Minneapolis, MN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Department of Book Arts and Printmaking, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
Visiting Curator Lecturer, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2007 Featured Artist Lecture, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Department of Printmaking, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2006 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, G
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
2005 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
2002 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
1999 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Contemporary Printmaking, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY: Papermaking Workshops
Ichiyo Art Center, Atlanta, GA: Japanese Papermaking Workshops
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