EDUCATION


Multimedia and Video Art. University of Iowa, Iowa City. 1994. M.F.A.
Awards: The Eve Drewlowe Scholarship, Graduate Teaching Fellowship

Independently-Designed Interdepartmental Degree in Book Arts. University of Minnesota. 1998. B.A.
Awards: Honors Thesis Grant; Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant. James Ford Bell Library. Academic Honors: Phi Beta Kappa. Magna Cum Laude. Internships: Young People's Programs, Metropolitain Museum of Art; Education, Walker Art Center.

Supplementary Coursework at Minneapolis College of Art & Design; Minnesota Center for Book Arts

TEACHING


Visiting Associate Professor, Art History & Graphic Design. Maine College of Art. 2007-Present.
Courses: Critical Issues, Critical Approaches to Contemporary Art, Graphic Design History & Issues, FY-Involve/Infuse/Inspire. Teaching commitment centers around theory and criticism courses I have designed expressly for BFA students. Course material is comprised of seminal texts from artists, critics, historians, curators and theorists. Class format ranges from student-led forums and slide talks to public lectures and actions, from individual research to group special collections, library and museum visits. Additional responsibilities include Art History Minor thesis advising; service on curriculum development and retention committees; design and implementation of Service Learning projects; sponsorship of independent studies and curatorial internships; negotiations with and hosting of visiting artists, curators and scholars; review of Foundation and Graphic Design students; coordination and design/art direction of publicity, press releases, interpretive signage, pamphlets, floorplans and posters for public events.

Summer Six Faculty. Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, New York. 2007-2008.
Developed two intensive 5-week workshops entitled Inscribed Pages and Compose + Assemble, both of which utilized linguistic theory, design history, writing, editing, layout, letterpress printing and bookbinding. Each summer term culminated in an exhibition. Notable visiting artists participated in lectures, class demonstrations and demonstrations.

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History. University of Maine. 2007.
Course: Criticism & Theory. Innovated a course for MFA and BFA degree-seeking students in Studio Art, Art Education and Art History.

Instructor. Maine College of Art. 2006.
Workshop: Exchanging Pleasantries. A typographic offering with Wolfe Editions for Design students.

Senior Instructor. Department of Art. University of Oregon. 1994-2006.
Courses: Understanding Contemporary Media; Multimedia Survey; Communication Design; Design Tools; Letterform: Letterpress; Digital Letterform; Landscape of Art, a Freshman Interest Group [FIG] merging Landscape Architecture and Art; Liberating the Page, a First-year seminar; Contemporary Issues in Art; Basic Design [lecture & studio]; Drawing. Typographic Workshops: Printer's Marks, Printed Ephemera and Word/Image Fusion. Established a state-of-the-art analogue Typography Lab by securing donations of presses, job cases, tools and vast quantities of foundry type. Licensed digital font libraries. Installed a photopolymer platemaker. Hired and supervised student workers, as well as GTFs. Staged several exhibitions and supported students' proposals for the Portland Building installation space through RACC. Archived and disseminated students' output internationally. Engendered collaborations and exchanges in Minneapolis, Chico State, and Glasgow School of the Arts, Scotland. Printed limited boxed editions for donors and broadsides for visiting writers and scholars. Art directed Robinson Theatre posters. Wrote and delivered introductions for visiting artist lectures. Presented to the School of Journalism, FIG symposium, The Artist's Experience and Visual Continuity.

Graduate Teaching Fellow. University of Iowa School of Art & Art History. 1991-1994.
Developed new courses in Intermedia for graduate and undergraduate students. Designed and facilitated the U.G. Colloquium, a large, lecture-format course required for all Art and Art History majors. Coordinated visiting artist presentations and faculty panel discussions. Promoted to Adjunct Instructor in final year.

Faculty. Artists Bookworks. Chicago. 1991.
Workshop: Portable Press. Received state arts funding to create a storefront installation in Lincoln Park. Exhibited at the Festival of the Arts in the Downtown Loop.

Faculty. Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Minneapolis. 1988-1990.
Conducted workshops in papercasting, printing and bookmaking. Had previously served as intern in the following areas: exhibitions, public outreach, hand bindery, papermaking and letterpress printing while working toward my undergraduate degree. Exhibited work of my own imprint: The Dead Skin Press. Joined the Ampersand Club and attended meetings and lectures it sponsored.

Instructor. Education Department. Walker Art Center. Minneapolis. 1986-1990.
Devised thematic family workshops and gallery tours. Ran the ArtLab with one other colleague. Created special activities for children to undertake with reknown visiting artists or in response to temporary ArtLab installations designed by prominent visitors. Offered public arts activities including Floating Cities on the pond in Loring Park and Hats Off! for the hundreds of people attending the public opening of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Assisted with Contemporary Art Forum and docent training. Volunteered to catalogue artist's books in the Library.

ACTIVITIES


Visiting Artist. Americana. Die Graphische. Vienna, 2009.
Participant. Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and The Book Conference. Yale University, 2008.
Guest Speaker. Focus the Nation. Nationwide teach-in on environmental issues. Portland, Maine, 2008.
Designer. Storefront lettering and brand identity for Le Vigne. New York City, 2008.
Artist-in-Residence. Itinerant Laboratory for Perceptual Inquiry. Saratoga Springs, NY & London, 2008.
Designer/Printer. Michel Serres broadside pro bono for the MFA program. Maine College of Art, Portland, 2008.
Curator and Exhibition Designer. Porteous Tractatus. BFA Thesis Exhibition. Maine College of Art.
Presenter. Multifold Iterations: Letterpress as Critical Practice. 4th Int'l Conf. on the Book. Boston. 2006.
Speaker. Principled Pleasure: Presswork in PDX. TypeCon2006. Boston, 2006.
Visiting Artist/Designer. Creative Writing MFA program. University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005.
Discussant. ART21. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Eugene, 2005.
Faculty Liaison. Formation and support of UO AIGA Student group, 2004-06.
Member. ATYPI [Association Typographique Int'l]; SOTA [Society of Typographic Aficionados], 2003-08.
Contrubutor. James Craig's educational site www.designingwithtype.com, 2004.
Founding Member. Creative Material Group, a non-profit arts collective. 2004-present.
Event Coordinator. Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile. Eugene, 2003.
Juror. Mayor's Art Show. Jacobs Gallery. Eugene, 2003
Juror and Visiting Lecturer. My Independent Industry. Southern Oregon University, Ashland, 2002.
Guest Lecturer. Or/and/or. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, 2001.