Maggy Aston __________________________________________________________________________
Home: P.O. Box 265 Greensboro, PA 15338 home: 724-943-4406 cell: 724-710-0805 office: 724-938-4563
Work: Department of Humanites, California University of PA, 250 University Ave., California PA 15419
Email: aston@calu.edu Website: maggyaston.com
Student Site: https://maggyaston.comstudents/ User ID = vulcan / Password = vulcan
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Education
1995 M.F.A., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Visual Arts
Thesis: Solve et Coagula: Towards an Ecological Aesthetic in Printmaking
1983 St. Johns College, Annapolis MD, Liberal Arts
1983 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, magna cum laude
1982 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT, Fine Arts Scholarship
1979 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Liberal Arts
Areas of Specialization: Drawing, Printmaking, Painting, Design
Teaching: (Courses taught in order of frequency)
Drawing 1, Figure Drawing, Advanced Drawing, 2-D Design, Biological Illustration,
Natural Science Drawing, Printmaking, Painting, Art Appreciation
2005- Present, Professor, California University of PA, California PA
2003-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Advanced Drawing, Figure Drawing, WVU, Morgantown, WV
2002-2003 Adjunct Instructor, Printmaking, Watercolor Painting, Waynesburg U., PA
1999-2000 Adjunct Instructor, Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation, California Univ. of PA
1995-1996 Adjunct Instructor, Printmaking, Drawing, California University of Pennsylvania
1993-1995 Graduate Instructor, Drawing, Figure Drawing, West Virginia University
1992 Printmaking Instructor, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Self-Employment
2010-Present Co-Director, Old Neptune’s Bookshop and Gallery, Chincoteague Island, VA
1995-Present Co-Director, Riverrun Books and Prints, Greensboro, PA
2008-2010 Co-Director, Old Neptune’s Bookshop and Gallery, Pocomoke City, MD
2004-2005 Co-Director, Riverrun Books and Prints, Morgantown, WV
1990-1994 Co-Director, Riverrun Books, Pittsburgh, PA
1986-1990 Co-Director, Trans-Atlantic Books, Morgantown, WV
1984-1985 Co-Director, Post-Industrial Books, Pittsburgh PA
National and International Juried Exhibitions
2021 Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA
Flora or Fauna, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons Island, MD
2020 Art in the Time of the Corona, Dab Art Co Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
A Generous Kingdom, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Money Money Money, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Art on Paper 2020, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2019 94th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Animals, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois
20th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
2018 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois
Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2017 Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Art on the Avenue, Paint Annapolis Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2016 Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State U, Jonesboro, AK
Stormy Weather, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD
Global Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art International Juried Online Exhibition
2015 Endangered: Art for Apes, online Art and Photography Contest
Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
American Landscapes, 2015, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Fish or Fowl, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD
38th Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State U, Jonesboro, AK
2014 Eco Arts Awards, International Juried Online Ecological Art Exhibition, Ashville, NC
Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Unique Impressions IV, National Monotype and Monoprint Exhibition,
Monotype Guild Of New England, Falmouth Arts Center, Falmouth, MA
Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2013 Americas, 2014: Paperworks. Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND
H20, East End Arts, Long Island, NY
2012 Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
American Landscapes, 2012, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
35th Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2011 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
34th Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2010 Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
Eye of the Beholder: Art of the Found Object, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Printwork ’10, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
33rd Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2009 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
LSU National Compact Competition, LSU Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, State University, AR
2008 Earth and Fire, NCECA Conference, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pgh, PA
2005 New Prints Program, International Print Center, New York, NY
2002 Pressed and Pulled X, National Juried Print Exhibition, Milledgeville, GA
National Painting Show, Olin Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, PA
2000 Impressions: Contemporary Prints, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
1999 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
1995 Under Pressure, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
National Works on Paper Student Art Competition, Knoxville, TN
- Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Regional Juried Exhibitions
2020-postponed until summer 2021- Local Color, Plein Air Easton, Tidewater Juried Exhibition, Easton MD
2020 47th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute, Newcastle, PA
2019 Second prize 46th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute, Newcastle, PA
2018 106th Annual Exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, SouthSide Works, Pittsburgh, PA
45th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
2017 Art on the Avenue, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
44th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
2016 Small Show of Large Works: Gateway Gallery at Great Bay C. College, Portsmouth, NH
43rd Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
Landscape Painting Awards, Mt. Lebanon Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Quarter Sheet, Monotype Guild Of New England, Sanford Gallery, Florence, MA
2012 Westmoreland Juried 2012 Biennial, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
Wall 2 Wall, State Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2009 Westmoreland Art Nationals 2009, Westmoreland Community College, Westmoreland, PA
Westmorland Arts and Heritage Festival, Twin Lakes Park, Westmoreland, PA
2009 Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
2008 Westmoreland Juried 2008 Biennial, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
2004 2004 Hoyt Mid Atlantic Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
1998 Crosscurrents, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
1993 Pittsburgh Print Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
- Monotypes, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Paul Mesaros Gallery, Morgantown, WV
Invitational Exhibitions
2019 Color, Group Show, Firebox Art Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Spring and Fall Group Shows, Firebox Art Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Annual Group Show, Firebox Art Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2016-18 Easton Community Paint Out, Plein Air Easton, Easton, MD
2016 Between Water and Sky, Chincoteague Cultural Alliance, Chincoteague, VA
2015 microcosm/Macrocosm, Chatham University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2011-2013 Reflections on Dunkard Creek, Three-Year Traveling Exhibition: Morgantown, WV,
California, PA, Charlestown, WV, Fairmont, WV, Waynesburg, PA, Pittsburgh, PA,
Parkerburg, WV, Wheeling, WV, and Frostburg, MD, and Lewisburg, WV
2012 The Nature Show, Capture Inc Art Gallery, Brownsville, PA
2011 Southern Graphics Council Open Portfolio Sessions, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2007 Inside/Out: Selections from the Flat Files, Pittsburgh, PA
In Full Bloom, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Small Works Exhibition, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Rousseau’s Dream, 1st Friday Unblurred, 5020 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Bare II: Figure Drawing at the Brew, Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Bicycles and Umbrellas, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Artwork selected for the set of Smart People, Filmed in Pittsburgh, PA
Bloomin Art, The Artist’s Co-Op, Washington, PA
2005 American Dreams, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Grand Opening, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Botanical Studies, Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
Three Women Printmakers, Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Benedum Gallery, Waynesburg, PA
2001 Into the Mountains: Five Artists, Mon Art Gallery, Morgantown, WV
1997 Making History, Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
1995 Common Wealth, Faculty Exhibition, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA 1994 PERSAD Art for AIDS Auction, Frick Fine Arts Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Women’s Stake: Re-Imaging the Figure, Accent Gallery, Morgantown, WV
1993 Annual Art Show for the Homeless, Duncan-Porter House, Pittsburgh, PA
PERSAD Art for Aids Auction, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 Five Artists, The Upstairs Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Peep Show, Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Annual Art Show for the Homeless, Duncan-Porter House, Pittsburgh, PA
1991 The Spirit Box, Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
The Bicycle, Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
Violence/Visual Pleasure, Birmingham Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA
1982 Yale Scholarship Exhibition, Mount Royal Station Gallery, Maryland Institute,
College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1982 Drawings and Paintings, Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Drawings and Constructions, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Prints and Paintings, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 Painted Monotypes, Benedum Gallery, Waynesburg, PA
1998 Paintings and Prints, Renaissance Gallery, California University of PA
1998 Organic Form Studies, Andrew B. Moynahan Technology Center, Fairmont, WV
1997 Monotypes, Renaissance Gallery, California University of Pennsylvania, PA
Awards and Scholarships
2020 First Place, People’s Choice, Money, Money, Money, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Juror’s Choice, Art on Paper 2020, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Juror: LuLen Walker, Curator of Collections, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2019 First Place, 20th Annual Wills Creek Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
Juror: Jack Rasmussen, Chair, Maryland State Arts Council and Director of the American University
Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Semifinalist, 94th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Gretchen Wagner, St. Louis Art Museum; Charlotte Cotton, California Museum of Photography
Second Place, 45th Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute, Newcastle, PA
Juror Kurt Shaw, art critic and gallery owner, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Second Prize, Art on the Avenue, Plein Air Competition, Maryland Federation, Annapolis MD
Merit Award, 2017 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle
Juror Kim Beck, Artist and Art Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 1st Place, 2016 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, PA
Merit Award, 2016 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle
Juror Janice Driesbach, Director/CEO of the Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Third Place, Plein Air Painting Competition, Mt Lebanon Community Paint-out, Mt. Lebanon, PA
2015 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition Purchase Award, Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, AK
Juror: Ruth Lingen, Director of Pace Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Small Wonders, Honorable Mention, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Juror, Georgia Deal, Corcoran School of Art and Design
Fish or Fowl, First Place, Other Media, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD
38th Annual Art on Paper, Juror’s Choice Award: Body of Work, Maryland Federation of Art
Juror: Michael O’ Sullivan, Art and Film Critic, Washington Post
2014 Cal U Collaborative Drawing Murals won first prize at Pgh Eco Arts Show, Pittsburgh PA
2010 Honorable Merit Award, 2010 Hoyt Juried Mid Atlantic Art Exhibition, Newcastle, PA.
Juror: Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
2009 Merit Award, 2009 Hoyt Regional Art Exhibition, Newcastle, PA
Juror John Carson, Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University
1st Prize, Everyman’s Artshow, Greensboro, PA. Jurors Mary Brenholtz, Pittsburgh Center
for the Arts and Greg Harrison, Cal U
2007 2nd Prize, Everyman’s Artshow, Greensboro, PA. Jurors:
Patrick Daugherty, Director, Frank L. Melaga Art Museum, Todd Pinkham, Cal U
2004 2nd Prize, Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Newcastle, PA
Juror Peter Plagens, Newsweek art critic and editor Artforum
2002 Juror’s Special Mention, Pressed and Pulled X, Blackbridge Gallery,
Milledgeville, GA. Juror Carmen Colangelo, Dean, School of Design and Visual
Arts, Washington University, St Louis.
1998 Best of Show, Crosscurrents, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
1993-1995 Swaggart Teaching Fellowship, West Virginia University
1993-1995 Graduate Assistantship, West Virginia University
1982-1983 Evergreen Foundation Scholarship, Evergreen Foundation, Baltimore, MD
1982 Yale / Norfolk Art and Music Scholarship, Yale University at Norfolk, CT
Artwork in Public Collections
Butler Museum of American Art
State University of Arkansas Permanent Collection of Art
West Virginia University Permanent Collection, Morgantown, WV
Computer Training Center, Manderino Library, California University of Pennsylvania
Bibliotheque National, Paris, France
Publications and Websites
2009-2021 Website and Student Site: maggyaston.com
2016 E-Squared Magazine: Art and Science, Emily Dustman, Ed., Protobiont Press, Fall, 2016
Prints, sculptures, and artist’s statement, pages 109-112
2008 Cover Illustration for Lightly Separate, Poems by Page Richards, Finishing Line
Press, Georgetown, KY
1998 Polymer Clay Printmaking, Printmaking Today, Volume 7, Number 3, London,
England
1995 Solve et Coagula: Towards an Ecological Aesthetic in Printmaking, Thesis
Monograph, Morgantown, WV
- The Winter Journey by Georges Perec, Post-Industrial Press. Cover Lithograph
Courses Written and Approved, Online Courses Designs
2016 ART 233 Natural Science Drawing, approved for Gen ED as Fine Arts and Lab
2011 ART 233 Natural Science Drawing, approved at Marine Science Consortium,
Wallops Island, VA, and Millersville U
2009 ART/BIO 130 Biological Illustration, Form and Function (with Mark Tebbitt)
2008 ART Senior Thesis (with Laura DeFazio and Todd Pinkham
20200-21 D2L course shells: Drawing 1 Adv Dr; Figure Dr; Natural Science Dr; Surface Design
Certifications and Online Teaching Conferences and Workshops
2020 Teaching Online Certification Course, five week online professional development course
fulfills Article 41.C. 2. of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
2020 PASSHE West Virtual Conference on Teaching and Learning Hosted by Slippery Rock
Zoom, D2L, and MediaSite —all breakout sessions hosted by TLC, Cal U
Cal U Grants, Travel and Historic Preservation Grants
2016 Provost’s Recruitment Initiatives Mobilization Effort (PRIME) Grant with Andrea Cencich
for High School Recruitment / St Georges Day Event in Vulcan and Manderino
2015 Elm Street Sign Grant for Storefront in Greensboro, PA Historic District
2014 Elm Street Façade Grant for Historic Building in Greensboro, PA
2011 Southern Graphics Council International Conference, St Louis, MO
Marine Science Consortium Research Symposium, Wallops Island, VA
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Regional Exhibitions Curated or Arranged at Cal U
2020, 21 Planning Committee: Brownsville to Braddock: Paintings of the Monongahela Valley
by Ron Donoughe.
2020 Event Organizer: Cal U Earth Day Painting/Drawing Competition
2011-13 Reflections: Homage to Dunkard Creek, Curated one of seven shows at Cal U for this
traveling exhibition of environmental art. The show toured for two years from Morgantown, WV, to California, PA, Charlestown, WV, Waynesburg, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Parkerburg, WV, Fairmont WV, Wheeling, WV, and Frostburg, MD.
Collaborative Murals for the 60th Commemoration of the Donora Smog, Donora, PA
2007 Mirrors of Our Own: Ceramics by Yoko Sekino-Bove, Manderino Gallery, Cal. U
Intercollegiate Student Juried Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, California University
Annual Congressional 2-D Art Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
2006 As I Saw It: Photographs by Robert Ruschak, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
Intercollegiate Student Juried Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
Annual Congressional 2-D Art Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
Photographs of Greg Sofranco, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
AIGA Annual: Work from the Pittsburgh Graphic Design Association, Manderino
Gallery, Cal U of PA
Vanishing Point: Prints and Installations by Kate Temple and Desiree Alvarez ,
Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
Shlumpy Funk: Works by Laura-Jean Mclaughlin, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
Cal U Student Exhibitions Arranged or Co-Curated, Local Shows Organized and Installed
2019 Visual Nirvana w/ Todd Pinkham, Vulcan Hall
Student Art Commissions Display, Liberal Arts Festival, Convocation Center
Lights and Shades, Work from Five Fine Arts Studio Disciplines at Cal U, Vulcan Hall
2018 Nature/ Post Nature w/ Todd Pinkham, Vulcan Hall
Student Art Display: Work from Five Fine Arts Studio Disciplines at Cal U, Manderino Gallery
Powerplant Murals and Animal Drawings from the Frich exhibited for Earth Day, Cal U
2017 Global Warning, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
Medieval Show (for St. Georges Day event) Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2016 Garden of Earthly Delights, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2015 Dystopia, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2015 Space Show and Rob Potter Memorial Exhibition, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2014 Psychedelia: The Art of Intense Ornamentation, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2014 Cal U Collaborative Powerplant Murals, Eco Arts Pgh, Opera House, Pittsburgh, Pa
These murals won first place at the event. Art students from five universities participated.
Animalia: From the Mythic to the Microscopic. Vulcan Gallery, Cal U, w/ Todd Pinkham
2013 Bio-Mechanical, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U of PA, w/ Todd Pinkham
2012 Over My Dead Body: Reviving the Exquisite Corpse, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U of PA.
Curated w/Valerie Hererro and Todd Pinkham
2009-12 Created large scale murals, and organized collaborative graffiti drawing events for
Hip-Hop Conference, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Paradiso, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U of PA w/ Todd Pinkham
Everyman’s Art Show, Annual Art Blast on the Mon, Greensboro, PA
Botanical Illustrations from Art/Bio 130, Frich Biology Building, Cal U of PA
2010 Advanced Drawing Show, Vulcan Student Gallery, Cal U of PA
Installed exhibition, Artwork of Greene County Schools, Greensboro Art’s Festival
2010 Power Plant Murals, Cal U. Earth Summit, Frich Lobby, Cal U of PA
Biological Illustration Drawings, Frich Lobby, Cal U of PA
2006-09 Everyman’s Art Show, Annual Art Blast on the Mon, Greensboro, PA
2009 Form and Figure, Advanced Drawing Show, Vulcan Student Gallery, Cal U of PA
Student Collaborative Murals, Art Education Conference, Natali, Cal U of PA
2008 Drawings from the Frich Biology Collection, Natali Student Center, Cal U of PA
2007 Artificial Evolution, Collaborative Drawing Project, Vulcan Student Gallery, Cal U of PA
Film Stills, Collaborative Drawing Project, Natali Student Center, Cal U of PA
2006 Villains and Vixens; Adventures in the 2nd Dimension, Jozarts Studios, California,PA
Cal U and Local Invitational Exhibitions
2014 Faculty Research Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
2013-15 Drawings Exhibited in Provost’s Council Room, Dixon Hall, Cal U of PA
2012-19 Landscapes and Seascapes, Old Neptune’s Bookshop Gallery, Chincoteague, VA
1996-Present Monotypes on permanent display, Computer Training Center, Manderino Library, Cal U
2014 Plant and Animal Paintings, Frich Biology Building, Cal U of PA
2007-13 Everyman’s Art Show, Annual Art Blast on the Mon, Greensboro, PA
2010 Summer Celebrating the Arts, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
Home Time: Regional Artists, Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, PA
2010 Power Plant Collaborative Murals, Cal U Earth Summit, Frich Lobby, Cal U of PA
2009-11 Collaborative Graffiti Murals, Hip-Hop Conference, Jozarts, California, PA
Creative Industries of Greene County, Kirby Welcome Center, Kirby, PA
2008-2009 Print Exhibition, Provost’s Council, Dixon Hall, California University of PA
The Other Side of Beauty, Women’s Studies Conference, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Collaborative Murals for the 60th Commemoration of the Donora Smog, Donora, PA
2007 Women and Work, Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference on Women’s Studies, Jozarts Studio
2006 Women at Risk: Life in the Global Village. Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Invited Workshops, Demonstrations, Consultations, and Lectures Delivered
2016, 18 Lecture: Images of Death and Dying in Contemporary Art, Duda Hall, Cal U
2015 Consultation: toxins and injuries found in an artist’s autopsy for TV series Rosewood (#111)
2015-2018 Drawing Workshops, Marine Ichthyology class, Marine Science Consortium, Wallop’s Island, VA
2015 Painting Workshop, Bridging Arts Program, Greensboro, PA
2009 Drawing Session and Lecture, Greensboro Second Saturday Series, Greensboro, PA
1998 Conducted 3-Day workshop on polymer clay printmaking and artist’s lecture, 1st Annual Polymer Clay Guild Conference, Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1994 Graduate Studies Panel Speaker, 23rd Annual Southern Graphics Council, Knoxville, TN
Exhibitions, Concerts, and Poetry Readings Curated or Arranged with Robert Richards
2011-21 Assateague Landscape Paintings, Old Neptune’s Bookshop/Gallery, Chincoteague, VA
2008-2010 Landscapes / Seascapes, Old Neptune’s Bookshop and Gallery, Pocomoke City, MD
2005 Prairie Sundance: Postcards from Prison, Riverrun Books, Morgantown, WV
1996 Exhibition Staff, Remote Sensing, 24th Annual Southern Graphics Council, Morgantown, WV
1995 Ernest Gabler: Monongahela Riverboat Models, Riverrun Books, Greensboro, PA
1994 Rain Books/Rhizome, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Drawings and Sculptures, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Electronic Sounds: Gilbert Trythall, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
Mike Glabiki/Rusted Root, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
Confluence/Group A: Art Show, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
Bob Ziller/Bingo Quixote Poetry Reading, Riverrun Books Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Artists’ Group Show, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
Paul Warhola Introduces Pittsburgh to Czechslovakian Art, Riverrun Books, Pittsburgh, PA
1991 Drunken Poets, Reading, Riverrun Books and Prints, Pittsburgh, PA
1990 Soup Bean Poets, Reading, Trans-Atlantic Books, Morgantown, WV
1989 Ambient Music, Various Musicians, Trans-Atlantic Books, Morgantown, WV
1987 Drawings and Sculptures of Dutch Artist Theo van de Gore, Trans-Atlantic
Books, Morgantown
1986 Photographs by Ed Petroksy, Trans-Atlantic Books, Morgantown, WV
Service for the Department of Art and Design at California University of Pennsylvania
2020, 21 Program Analysis for Sustainability Report
Five Year Modified Program Review
Departmental Five-Year Review Committee
2019 Chair, Departmental Evaluation Committee
Organized Bus Trip to Washington, DC
Art and Design Speaker Series: planning committee for Ron Donoughe exhibition in 2020
2018-2019 Outcomes Assessment Committee
2006-19 Departmental Evaluation Committee: ongoing, annual, full participation
2008-19 Departmental Recruitment and Retention Committee: exhibitions, events, and workshops
2007-21 Maintain Drawing and Printmaking Studios in Vulcan Loft, 211 Old Main
2021 Maintain Printmaking Studios in Coover 240
2006-15 Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee
2015 NASAD Accreditation Report, Drawing Courses and Facilities sections
2013-14 Chair, 5-Year Evaluation Committee
2012-14 Co-Chair, Evaluation Process Committee: to insure equitable service workloads
2008-14 Graphic Design Portfolio Review Committee
2012-13 Curriculum Committee
2009 Chaperoned Art Club Trip to NYC
2009-11 Art and Design Lecture Series Committee
2007-08 Supervised move from Binns to Vulcan and set up new studios in Vulcan
Loft and 211 Old Main
2005-07 Co-Chair, Foundations Curriculum Standardization Committee
Supervised moving of studios from Vulcan to Binns and back to Vulcan and Old Main
University Service at California University of Pennsylvania
2012-16, 2019-20 Sabbatical Committee
2017-2019 Exhibits and Activities, Liberal Arts Festivals, Manderino and Convocation Center
2011, 12, 13, 19 Thesis Advisor to Honors Students
2009-13 Judge for AEW Undergraduate Research Poster Events, Performance Center
2013 Faculty Mace-bearer, Student Convocation
2009-12 Marine Science Consortium / NASA Workgroup
2010 Mission Day Planning Committee
Committee for Character Development in the Classroom
Search Committee for Art Historian
2009 Search Committee for Department Secretary
Mission Day Planning Committee
Cal U Earth Summit 2010 planning meeting
2008 Search Committee for Graphic Designer
Arranged Inter-departmental Fieldtrip to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Judge, Annual Congressional 2-D Art Exhibition, Manderino Gallery
The Other Side of Beauty, Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference on Women’s Studies,
Jozarts Studios, California, PA, Served as judge, designed posters, and created
collaborative mural project with students for this event
2007 Chair, Search Committee for Art Historian
Search Committee for Art Educator
Search Committee for Forensics Anthropologist
Search Committee for Criminal Justice Generalist
Served as judge and arranged student projects for Women and Work, Audrey-Beth
Fitch Conference on Women’s Studies, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Arranged Panel Speakers and Art Exhibition for Academic Excellence Week,
Natali Student Center
2006-2007 Gallery Director, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
2006-2008 Compiled Exhibitions component of NASUPP Report
2006 Chair, Search Committee for Graphic Designer
2006-07 Service and Service-Learning Committee
Cal U Lectures, Events, and Workshops Delivered
2009-18 Drawing Workshops, Scholastic Art and Writing Encounter, California University of PA
20011-13 Drawing Workshop, Take your Child to Work Day, Cal U of PA
2013 Artists Talk, Earth Day Exhibition at SAI Farm, Cal U
2011 Drawing Lecture to Human Osteology class, Cal U of PA
2009 Arranged scanning of biological specimens from the Frich Museum Collection in conjunction
with the Robert Creamer exhibition Transitions in the Manderino Gallery
Printmaking Demonstration, Conducted workshop on transfer techniques, Cal U Print Studio
Cal U Conference Exhibitions, Art Events, and Local Arts Festivals Organized
2018-19 Display of original Huichol and Mola fabric artworks from Central America,
Liberal Arts Festival, Manderino Library
Arranged life drawing events at Liberal Arts Festival
Exhibited student powerplant murals and environmental/biological art for Earth Day art exhibition
2016-19 Display of Student Artwork, Strike a Spark Conference, Convocation Center, Cal U
Arranged Exquisite Corpse drawing exhibition and activity in the library for Liberal Arts Festival
2016 “Art and Geometry” Faculty Research Display and Interactive Demonstration
STEAM in the Valley, Convocation Center, Cal U
2015 Powerplant Mural Exhibition at Just Around the River’s Bend, Northern Appalachian Network
Conference, Convocation Center, California, PA
Arranged student drawing performance for President’s Scholarship Dinner, Convocation Center
Arranged Display of Old Main Drawings and Student Murals for Our Night of Stars in Steele
2014 Earth Day Murals Exhibition and Landscape Painting with students at SAI Farm on Earth Day
Arranged for display of student artwork Our Showcase of Stars
Arranged printing of Old Main drawing postcards for Cal U Foundation fundraiser event
2012 Machines in Motion, Cal U Convocation Center.
*My students drew from Leonardo Da Vinci models at the Convocation Center
*Gave talk about Leonardo’s Art and Science for Take your Child to Work Day
2010 Cal U Earth Summit Planning Committee: organized two art exhibitions, designed posters,
arranged a panel speaker and live music for this event
2010 Organized drawing event: Friesian Horses and Fencers, Dancing with Death Conference, Cal U
2009 Collaborative Murals, Art Education Conference, Natali, Cal U
Arranged lecture by Dr. Joel Press on Evolution and Intelligent Design for 2D Design Students
Organized drawing event with students for Remembering the Templars, Cal U of PA
Arranged Exhibition of Excellence: Work of First Year Students from the
Department of Art and Design for AEW, Performance Center
2008 Supervised bi-monthly Figure drawing sessions in Vulcan Loft, open to the University
Supervised and displayed student drawing mural for The Other Side of Beauty, Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference on Women’s Studies, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
2006-08 Planning Committee, Annual Greensboro Art Blast on the Mon, Greensboro, PA
Organized sketching event with students for The Many Faces of Piracy, Cal U of PA
Arranged student and faculty exhibition for Academic Excellence Week: Drawings
from the Frich Biology Collection, Performance Center
2007 Arranged Workshop for Ceramic Transfer Techniques, Yoko-Sekino-Bove, Cal U
Arranged Ceramics Workshop, Laura-Jean McLaughlin, Ceramics Studio, Cal U
Impact of After School Arts Programs on Children-at-Risk,
Arranged Panel Speakers for Academic Excellence Week, Cal U of PA
Arranged Sketches of Dancers in Motion in Collaboration with the Department of Theater and Dance,
Spring Dance Concert , Performance Center
Organized outdoor sketching event for conference Remembering the Templars
2006 Arranged Photography Workshop with Robert Ruschak, High Point, Coal Center , PA
Arranged Exhibition of Excellence and conducted collaborative student
project in the Performance Center during for Academic Excellence Week
2005 Arranged visiting artist’s talk by Allison Holtz, Art and Art-related Jobs in the State and
Federal Prison Systems, Vulcan Hall
Conferences, Workshops, Demonstrations, Seminars, and Lectures Attended
2020 2020 PASSHE West Virtual Conference, 2 days hosted by Slippery Rock U of PA
D2L, Zoom, and MediaSite Workshops, Cal U of PA
Online Lecture (with Students) , Jennifer Allen: Adapting Business practices for Artists during the Pandemic
2016-19 12th , 13th, 14 th, 15 th, Annual Plein Air Easton, Outdoor Painting Festival, Easton, MD
Attended 3 days of art exhibitions, lectures, landscape, and portrait painting demonstrations
2018 Crosscurrents: Clay and Culture, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Reading By Novelist T.C. Boyle, Convocation Center, Cal U
The Oldest Living Things on Earth, lecture by Rachel Sussman, WVU Deem Distinguished
Lecture Series, Morgantown, WV
2017 Five Cuban Artists Lecture-Discussion and Exhibition, Manderino Gallery, Cal U
African Art Exhibition and gallery talk by Christine Frechard, Vulcan Gallery, Cal U
Professional development for Art Students, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Cal U
2016 Painting Workshop with Kevin Fitzgerald, 2 days, Art League of Ocean City, MD
Paint Annapolis, Art on the Avenue, Annapolis MD
2016 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Community Paint-out, Cumberland, MD
STEAM in the Valley, Convocation Center, Cal U
2015 Just Around the River’s Bend, Northern Appalachian Network
Conference, Convocation Center, California, PA
Jessica Stockholder Lecture, Elson Lecture Series, National Gallery, Washington, DC
The Moth Project, Visiting Artist’s Lecture by PlantBot Genetics, Duda, Cal U
2014 FPCD Lecture: Reductionism in the Life and Social Sciences, Dr. Joel Press, Philosophy Dept.
Integrating Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity in the Curriculum,
Workshop and discussion with Dr Jenny Shenahan of Bridgewater State U, Cal U of PA
Saltwater Etching Process, Metals Studio, Cal U of PA
2013 Art and Economic Development Conference, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Cal U
Dinner Lecture and Discussion with Dr. Sugata Mitra
Lecture by African poet Kofi Anyidoho
Dinner Lecture at Cara House by Leonardo scholar and physicist Bulent Atalay
Big Print Week exhibition in Natali with Cal U Photography Club
2012-19 Bi-annual Cal U field trip to museums and art galleries in Washington, DC
2010-19 Annual trips to Minneapolis Museum of Art and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2010-19 Monthly visits to Pittsburgh galleries and museums
2013, 2018 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA and Hunt International Exhibitions of Botanical Art
2011 Southern Graphics Council International Conference, St Louis, MO
Marine Science Consortium Research Symposium, Wallops Island, VA
Photography Lecture and Reception with Stephen Trimble, Manderino Gallery, Cal U
Artist’s Image Resource CMYK Photo-Silkscreen Workshop, Cal U of PA
Found and Altered Casting Workshop with Renee Zettle-Sterling, Cal U of PA
Photography Lecture and Reception with Michael Benson, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
2010 Learning Community and Northern Appalachian Network event:
Environmental Issues of Marcellus Shale Drilling:”Fractracker” and Pooling
Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia, Lecture and Dinner w/ Dr Shirley Burns, Cal U
Fieldtrip: specimen collecting excursion on the Chincoteague inlet followed by
laboratory dissections at the Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island, VA
Endangered Fisheries of the Atlantic, lecture by Dr. Dominique Dagget,
Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island, VA
Activist Workshop with the Guerrilla Girls, Cal. U. of PA
Artist’s Survival Workshop with Thomas Mann, Cal. U of PA
Photography Workshop and Lecture with Robert Creamer, Manderino Gallery, Cal U of PA
2009-10 Scholar’s Circle Participant
Summer Ceramics Studio, Three 6-hour workshops with Rebecca Keck, Greensboro, PA
2008 The Many Faces of Piracy, Cal. U. of PA, California PA
The Other Side of Beauty, Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference on Women’s
Studies, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Illuminated Manuscripts: Workshop sponsored by Cal U History Department
2007 Women and Work: Changing Economic Influences on Families, Audrey-Beth
Fitch Conference on Women’s Studies, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Remembering the Templars, California University of PA, California PA
2006 Women at Risk, Life in the Global Village, Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference on
Women’s Studies, Jozarts Studios, California, PA
Creative Communities Conference, Greensboro, PA
Figure Drawing sessions at the Brew House, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Three Rivers, Second Nature, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,
1998 1st Annual Polymer Clay Guild Conference, Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of
Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
- 23rd Annual Southern Graphics Council, Knoxville, TN
Panel Speaker, Alternative Prints, Vermillion,
1994 College Art Association Annual Conference, NYC
Community Service
2011-19 Greensboro Artist’s Residency for Cal Students and Alumni
Each summer I offer a residency to Cal student or alumnus to live and work at my home and
studios in Greensboro, PA.Residencies to date: Kaitlyn Hudson, 2019, Jennifer Adamson, 2016, 2018,
Abigail Ross and Daniel Lander, 2017, Chris Corrado, 2015, Keith Koury, 2014,
Jessica Barton, 2013, Valerie Herrero, 2011-1, Caitlin Sowers 2011
2009-14 Board of Directors, Monon Center Historical Museum, Greensboro, PA
Sponsors local artists workshops and provides matching grant funding for
summer art camps for children at public parks in Greene County, PA
2014-15 Greensboro Community Organic Garden Sponsor and Advisor
2010-19 Initiation and Maintenance of Greensboro Community Compost Project
2013 Presented PowerPoint with other Monon Center Board members to Consol Coal at Southpointe requesting funds to renovate Old Greensboro Schoolhouse for Community Arts Center
2012 Selection Committee, Rivertowns Public Art Project, Greensboro, PA
Trip to Father Ryan Arts Center in McKees Rocks. Met center director and members of the
Pgh. Arts Education Collaborative to discuss rural arts programming grants for the
proposed arts and cultural center in Greensboro, PA
2007-2011 Judge: Southwestern PA Scholastic Art Exhibition and Awards, Waynesburg U and Cal U
Exhibition installation: Artwork of Greene County Schools, Greensboro Art’s Festival
2008-10 Chair: Safe, Clean and Green Committee, Elm Street Reinvestment Grant, Greensboro, PA
2008-10 Greensboro Neighborhood Advisory Council, Greensboro, PA
2006-2009 Planning Committee and Artshow Organizer, Greensboro Art Blast and Creative
Communities Conference, Greensboro, PA
2007-2009 Steering Committee, Elm Street Planning Grant, Received $500,000, Greensboro, PA
2004-2005 Judge: Southwestern PA Scholastic Art Exhibition and Awards, Waynesburg, PA
Restoration and Preservation Projects on the National Historic Registry in Greensboro, PA
1974-2020 Ongoing restoration and preservation of four historic buildings in Greene County, PA
Williams and Reppert House, 1874; Architectural Style: Italianate; County St.
Boughner Store, 1830; Architectural Style: Log Construction; County St.
Reppert House, 1842; Architectural Style: Georgian; County St.
Boughner House, 1890; Architectural Style: Townhouse; County St.
Professional Affiliations
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Maryland Federation of Art
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Monotype Guild of New England
Working Artists Forum, MD and VA
Print Center, Philadelphia
Southern Graphics Council
International Print Center, NY
Greensboro Artists Cooperative
Natural Resources Defense Council