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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

University of California, Davis, CA - M.F. A., Ceramics, Photography, Sculpture, Painting, 1970

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Graduate Work, Sculpture; 1967,68

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA - B.F.A., Ceramics, 1967

Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA - A.A. Degree, Fine Art, 1964

California State University, Sacramento, CA - Travel Study, Art in New York, 1962

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Full Time:

Weber State University, Ogden, UT - Assistant Professor, Photography, 1984-1989

Coordinated two year degree program in Commercial Photography, Art Appreciation

(One of Five Faculty Nominated for the Master Teacher Student Senate Award, 1989)

The Glen Fishback School of Photography, Sacramento, CA - Principle Instructor and

Coordinator of Curriculum, 1973 -1979

College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA - Painting, Drawing, Design & Art History, 1971, 1973

Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC - Instructor in Art History & Fine Art, 1970/1971

Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA - Ceramics, Drawing, Design, 1968/1969

Part Time:

American River College, Sacramento, CA - Photography, 1990 - present

Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA - Photography, 1990 - 1999

University of California, Davis, CA -Extension Class in Photography, Summer 1982, 1984

Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA -Art & Photography Appreciation, Photography 1980 -1983

The Glen Fishback School of Photography, Sacramento, CA - Instructor, 1968/1969

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Sculpture, 1967, 1968

Workshops:

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Del Rey Beach, FL ? ?Effective Black & White Photography?, February/March 2001

Coupeville Art Center, Whidbey Island, WA -?Existing Light Portraiture?, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

Professional Photographers of Washington, Lake Quinalt, WA - ?Environmental Portraiture?, January, 1995

Maine Photographic Center, Rockport, ME - ?Intro to Portrait? & ?Medium Format Photography?, 1995

Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, CA - ?Photography?, Oct., 1993

California State University, Hayward, CA - ?Photographing Artists in Their Space?, May 1989

Kurt Fishback Photography Workshops, Sacramento, CA - 1979?1984

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Writer and Contributing Editor: Camera & Darkroom Magazine / Photo Techniques Magazine / Camera Arts Magazine.

Consultant: Pentax Corporation of America, Inc., 1974 -1995 / Cache Fine Art Photographic Papers [Formerly Oriental Photo Distributing Company, Inc.], 1981 - 1999 / Eastman Kodak Co., Inc., 1995 - 1997. A.C.I.C.S., (Accrediting Commission for Independent Colleges and Schools), Visitation to Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA, 1991.

Commercial Photographer: Specializing in Location, Corporate and Editorial Portraiture, Advertising and Product Illustration, Architecture, 1979 - present. Traditional and Digital services provided.

Partial Client List:

Arthur Anderson Consultants / Cellular One / International Billing Services / Cable Data / CA Rice Growers Assoc. / Mercy Health Care / Sutter Hospitals / U.C. Davis Medical Ctr. / Bank of America / Weinstocks Department Stores / Dearborn Federal Credit Union / Pentax Corporation of America / Describe Software / IMmix Inc. / Almond Growers Assoc. / A. Teichert & Sons / Northern California Power Agency.

Audio-Visual Graphic Artist: American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1970.

Studio / Production Potter: Taylor and Ng Ceramics, San Francisco, CA, 1964, 1965.

LECTURES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Served on the Art in Public Places Committee for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2002. Lectures to private and public organizations and jurying of public exhibitions of Art number over 150 to date. There have been over 20 appearances on Television and Radio. Professional services and over 200 Fine Art Pieces have been donated to date to organizations like: KVIE-Channel 6 / Crocker Art Museum / The International Center for Photography, NY / The U. of Oregon, Eugene / The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Co.

Nominated for Humanitarian Photographer of the Year 1998 by W.E.A.V.E. (Women

Escaping A Violent Environment) Sacramento, CA.

CREATIVE PRODUCTION: Since 1963 have been involved in 90 Solo and 230 Group Exhibitions. Media Exhibited: Drawing, Painting, Prints, Ceramics, Sculpture and Photography. A select list of locations includes:

Solo Exhibitions: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S. F., CA / The Crocker Art Museum / Michael Himovitz Gallery / Solomon Dubnick Gallery / The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA / The Salt Lake Art Center, S.L.C., UT / The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO / Central Washington U., Ellensburg, WA / U. of Nevada, Reno, NV.

Group Exhibitions: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S. F., CA / The San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA / Museum of Art, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR / Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY / the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI. / City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Eng. / College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland / Liljevalchs Knsthall, Stockholm, Sweden / Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany /Kunstgewerbemuseum, Aurich, Switzerland / L'uomo Et L'arte, Milan, Italy.

SELECTED PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA. / Russ Solomon, MTS Inc., Sacramento, CA / David Ruttenberg, Chicago, IL / Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA / Denver Museum of Art / The International Center for Photography, NY / Cooper Hewitt Museum of Art, NY / Fayeteville Museum of Art, Fay., NC / [My personal work is represented in more than 200 Public, Private and Corporate Collections]

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS: In-kind Grants of Professional Products and Equipment and Personal Grants from: Eastman Kodak Company / Norman Enterprises / Chimera Corporation / Pentax Corporation / Oriental Photo Distributing Inc. / Lowepro Inc. / The California Arts Council.

PUBLISHED WORK: My work has appeared in more than 300 publications -Books, Catalogues of Exhibitions, Reviews and Articles. Book Published, "Art In Residence: West Coast Artists In Their Space", Solomon Dubnick Press & Blue Heron Publishers, 144 pages, May, 2000.ß




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