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May 17th, 2005

Resume

Qualifications

I bring a depth of experience and refined social skills to the studio classroom setting. I have in-depth knowledge of the human figure, formidable modeling skills, clear communication skills and a diverse teaching back-ground. I am patient, fair, empathic and know how to create a supportive learning environment.

Education

• Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA Master of Fine Art-Sculpture 2005
• Calif. State University Sacramento Sacramento, CA Calif. Teaching Credential Multi. Subject, Grades 1-12 1979
• Commission of Teacher Credentials Sacramento, CA Adult Edu. Teaching Credential Creative Arts (Older Adults) 1998
• Calif. State university Sonoma Rhoenert Park, CA Bachelor of Art-Studio Art 1973
• New Orleans Academy of Fine Art New Orleans, LA (non Accredited) 1988 -1989
• Yuba Community College Marysville, CA Associate of Arts 1968

Experience

• Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA Instructor- Foundations Dept. 2005
• Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA Instructor-Adult Edu. Program 1998-2001
• Santa Catalina School Monterey, CA Scenic Designer-Gallery Asst. 1995-2001
• Freelance Sculptor Fine Art/Commercial Art Monterey, CA 1990-2001
• Monterey Sculpture Center Sand City, CA Mold Maker/Wax Detailer 1992
• Blaine Kern Artists, Inc. New Orleans, LA Mardi Gras/Commercial Artist 1987-1990
• Freelance Commercial Sculptor New Orleans, LA 1982-1990
• Studio 3 New Orleans, LA Mardi Gras Artist 1981-1987
• Yuba gardens Intermediate School Marysville, CA Instructor-Sixth Grade 1979-1981

Honors

• *Best Ceramic Sculpture, MFA, Academy of Art University Spring Show 2004
• *Best of Show, 2nd Place, MFA Sculpture, Spring Show 2003
• *Honors List, Fall 2002 - Fall 2004, Academy of Art University
• *Founding Board Member, Arts Habitat, Fort Ord, CA 1992-2002
• *Board Member, Artists Equity-Central Coast Chapter, 1992-1997
• *Best Sculpture, Student Show, New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, 1988
• *lst Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do, Korean Karate Academy,1981 Marysville, CA

Autobiography

I was born three hundred miles due south of Chicago in Anderson, Indiana in 1947, the third of eight children to Catholic, working-class parents. I enjoyed art-making at an early age and can remember making colored chalk drawings of Biblical scenes on the blackboard at St. Mary's School for the nuns. Our family moved to Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1957, across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans. I remember watching my father work from the Famous Artist Course books which I inherited and recently loaned to the Academy's Illustration Department. After surviving as Yankees in the south for five years we moved to California. We settled in Vacaville then Fairfield where my dad worked in the advertising department of the local newspaper. During my Junior year of high school we made our last move as a family to Oroville, near Chico, where I graduated. The following summer, while working for the Federal Forest Service I seriously damaged my knee, making me ineligible for the draft and the war in Vietnam. After leaving home the next year I attended Yuba Community College, earning my AA in 1968. That summer I married and moved to Sebastopol to earn my BA in Studio Art at Sonoma State College. In the mid-seventies my wife and I moved back up to Yuba City and bought a house. There I built a pottery studio and large gas fired kiln, pursuing my livelihood as a potter. After a number of years I decided to earn a teaching credential at Sacramento State University. The following two years I was employed at Yuba Gardens Intermediate School as a sixth grade teacher. When my wife and I divorced in 1980 I took an extended road trip around the perimeter of the United States, spending two months and logging 11,000 miles in my trusty VW bus. Having revisited New Orleans I decided that was the place I wanted to live. I spent nearly the entire Eighties in the Crescent City working as a commercial 3-D artist in the Mardi Gras and convention industries. Creating huge objects and figures for parade floats and public events was my occupation. As time permitted I also studied figure drawing and figure modeling at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. There I met my second wife, a fellow art student. We spent a six week honeymoon exploring Europe together. In late 1990 I returned to California with my wife, renting a small house in Monterey. Within two years that marriage also ended in divorce. During that

time I worked at the Monterey sculpture Center as a wax detailer and mold maker and created fiberglass Mardi Gras style "walking heads" for the Monterey Jazz and Blues Festivals and the Maritime Museum. For six of my eleven years in the Monterey Bay Area I worked at Santa Catalina School, a prestigious girls high school, as the set designer and fabricator in the Drama department. I also assisted the art gallery curator in the mounting of regular art exhibitions. For many of those years I also taught figure modeling part time for Monterey Peninsula College's Adult Education Program and was a member of a figure drawing group that met weekly. I was a board member of Artists Equity Central Coast Chapter for four years using that position to help create another organization, Arts Habitat. This latter group is working toward establishing a multi-discipline arts live/work community at the East Garrison of the former Fort Ord in partnership with ArtSpace, a Minneapolis based nonprofit art space developer. Unfortunately my years of theatre set construction eventually damaged my lower back to the extent that I was unable to continue in that capacity. Workers Compensation consequently agreed to retrain me for another occupation, funding my first semester's tuition at the Academy of Art College. Cancer at the base of my tongue interrupted my plans for a year while I underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments. After successfully completing the required medical regimen and regaining my weight and health I was fortunate to receive a lucrative sculptural commission from Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. I finished modeling the four 3/4-scale figures just in time to move to San Francisco and begin the Fall 2002 semester. Since then I have nearly completed the MFA curriculum requirements and look forward to receiving my degree in May 2005. I have maintained a high grade point average and won awards for my work at both Spring Shows in which I participated. This semester, while still a grad student, I had the opportunity to teach two sections of Foundations Figure Modeling. It appears that I did so successfully because I have been asked to return for the Fall 2005 semester. I hope to continue teaching at the Academy for years to come while pursuing my career as a realistic figure sculptor. I've sold my first piece to an important local art collector, I recently acquired an agent and will soon have a website. The saga continues.

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