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JOHN BALTRUSHUNAS, M.F.A., Associate Professor; Jewelry,
Metalsmithing, Design

BS, Art Education - Massachusetts College of Art
MFA, Metalsmithing - Washington University

Recent Exhibits:
2004 “New Work in Silver” Morton J. May Foundation Gallery,
Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
2004 “Winter Garden” Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2003 “Metallic Elements Transformed” Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Permanent Collections:
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, silver box
Temple Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, MO, two sculpture installations
Maryville University, St. Louis, MO, President’s medallion and mace
Temple Israel, St. Louis, MO, Kaddish Cup

Experience:
Associate Professor Maryville University Of St. Louis
Program Director, Studio Art , Maryville University Of St. Louis
Assistant Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Professional Programs,
Maryville University Of St. Louis
Metalsmith Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Honors Art Program at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School,
St. Louis, MO
Consultant for the development of Soho at the Galleria, St. Louis, MO
specializing in fashion and art jewelry
Owner, J.B. & Powers, a production jewelry company marketed through
wholesale trade shows in New York
Part Owner, Hephaestus Ltd., a metalsmithing atelier
Professional Metalsmith


Courses taught:

All levels of Metalsmithing; Design Foundations I and II, Issues in Art Education,
Art Appreciation for Per-service elementary teachers

Teaching interests:
Metalsmithing, Foundation Design and Art Education


NANCY NEWMAN RICE, M.F.A., Director of Art and Design Programs and Studio
The Eleanor Lawler Pillsbury Professor of Art - painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media

B.F.A. with Final Honors, Painting 1972, Washington University, St. Louis Mo
M.F.A. Painting 1974, Washington University, St. Louis Mo

Selected Exhibition Record

Solo Museum Exhibits:

The Regina Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, NY
Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Museum Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
St. Louis Art Museum Currents II, St. Louis, MO

 

Recent Solo Gallery Exhibits:

2005 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005 Innsbrook Resort and Conference Center
2002 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1995 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1992 Elliot Smith Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1991 Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL


Gallery Representation:
R. Duane Reed Gallery/New York/St. Louis  

Numerous Regional and National Group Exhibits
Published Articles and Related Writing and Editing Experience:

Catalogue Essay, “Jane Barrow” Florida Exhibit 2004
Feature Article, “Mary Giles,” American Craft Magazine, 2003
Catalogue Essay, “City Walk…Street Talk”, Photographs of Cissy Lacks
Missouri Editor and Critic for “The New Art Examiner”, national art magazine 1977-1994
Freelance Art Critic, St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1987-1992

Selected Grants and Awards:

Anna Moudy Teaching Award, Maryville University
YWCA Leader in the Workplace Award
Maryville University President’s Award for Scholarship
NEA, National Endowment for the Arts MMA fellowship award
Nomination for AVA Fellowship
Honor Award, “Art St. Louis IX”

Selected Illustrations and Reproduction of Work:

Behavior Genetics Principles, Edited by Lisabeth F. DiLalla, APA, Cover Illustration
Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Oxford University Press, Cover Illustration
A Modern Bestiary, Artists View the Animal Kingdom, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition catalogue
“Comfort and Passion” Guitar, Peter Clemens, CD Cover Illustration

Courses taught:
Introduction to Painting, Painting I, II, III, IV, and Special Projects in Painting Introduction to Printmaking, Printmaking I, II, III
Figure Studio

http://nancynewmanrice.com
(February 2006)


Steve W. Teczar, Professor of Art

BA, art, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
MA, Interior Design, University of Missouri, Columbia.                 
MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Washington University

Most Recent Exhibits:           
2003 “Drawings and Diversions,” Bonsack Gallery, John Borroughs School, St. Louis, MO

2002 “Autobiographical Fragments: A Gallery Installation,” Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2001 “Works On Paper and Sculpture, 1971-2001,” The Family Resource Center At Gorham, Gorham, NH

Experience:   
Professor of Art, Maryville University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Chair, Faculty of Art and Design, Maryville University of St. Louis

Chair, Art Division, Maryville College, St. Louis, MO
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Design Collaborative of Richmond, VA, Principal (Partnership w/ N. Mason and T. Witt)

Adjunct Instructor, Southside Virginia Community College, Alberta, VA

Teaching Interests:
Drawing, Sculpture, Design, Architectural Graphics, Senior Capstone Seminar, Foreign Travel with Students

Courses Taught at Maryville:
Color; Design I and II; Drawing I, II, III; Freshman Seminar; Drawing Italy; Drawing St. Louis; Drawing Spain; Graduate Drawing; Figure Drawing; Special Studies-Drawing; Special
Studies-Figure Studio; Introduction to Sculpture; Seminar; Architectural Graphics I and II; Perspective and Rendering I and II; Interior Design III and Senior Thesis I and II

 

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