Education & Research
2007-2008 Fulbright Fellow - Czechia –
research traditional techniques and history of
teaching of glass cutting and
design. Host institution: Secondary School of
Glassmaking - Kamincky Senov,
Czechia
1999-2001 Masters of Fine Arts – Glass design and sculpture, Minor - metal fabrication
and jewelry - Public Art – Roberley Bell - Rochester Institute of
Technology,
School for American Crafts - Rochester, NY
1994-1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Glass Emporia State University - Emporia, KS
Education/Training - nondegree
2019 Leadership
Workshop - Practical Leadership 2.0: Buidling Engaged Teams -
Minnesota Center for Nonprofits
Leadership
Workshop – Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers -
Minnesota Center for Nonprofits
Leadership
Workshop - Practical Leadership 1.0: Supervising for Employee
Engagement - Minnesota
Center for Nonprofits
Academic Appointments
2019 - present Assistant Professor of Glass – Hastings College – Hastings, NE
2008-2017 Assistant Professor: Glass, Sculpture, Ceramics, 3D Design &
Professional Practices - West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
2002-2003 Instructor: Glass Blowing and Casting - University of Washington, Tacoma
Tacoma, WA
2000-01 Instructor: Mixed Media/Flat Glass and Beginning Glassblowing - Rochester
Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY
Teaching, Lecture & Demonstration History
2019 Cold Working I & II - Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Art, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Cold Working I - Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Art, Minneapolis, MN
2017-2019 Director of Studio Operations - Foci Minnesota Center for Glass
Art,
Minneapolis, MN
2017 Visiting artist talk - sculpture course and
sand-casting day - Minneapolis
College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
Cold working Workshop – Instructor - Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Art,
Minneapolis, MN
2016 Mold Melting Workshop – Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Cold working Workshop – Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
2015 Casting & Hot Assembly
Workshop – Instructor - Hawaii Glass Art Association,
Kailua, HI
Mold Melting Workshop – Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Cold working Workshop – Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Professional
Practice for Professional Artists – Instructor - Sinaca Glass
Studio, Ft. Worth,
TX
2014 Sand Casting Workshop Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Sandcasting Workshop – Instructor with Paul
Marioni - The
Glass Furnace -
Beykoz-Istanbul, Turkey
Mold Melting & Cold
Working Workshop – Instructor with
Frantisek Janak
The Glass Furnace – Beykoz-Istanbul, Turkey
Study Abroad to Turkey Course Coordinator/Lead Professor - Dept. of
Art,
Theatre & DanceWest
Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Vitro Moda – glass exhibtion and auction - Featured Artist -
Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
2013 Study Abroad to Turkey Course Coordinator/Lead Professor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Mold
Melting Workshop:Instructor w/ Frantisek Janak - Pittsburgh
Glass Center –
Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Cutting Workshop: Instructor w/ Frantisek Janak -
Pittsburgh
Glass Center Pittsburgh, PA
Kiln Building Workshop: Instructor - Sinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Mold Melting and Cold
Working Workshop: Instructor w/ Frantisek Janak -
The
Glass Furnace – Beykoz-Istanbul, Turkey
2012 IGS 2012: International Glass
Symposium - Demonstrating
Artist -
Ajeto, Novy bor, Czech Republic
Mold Melting Workshop and
Coldworking: Instructor w/ Frantisek Janak -
The
Studio, Corning Museum of Glass – Corning , New York
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture - Clovis Community College - Clovis, NM
Sand Casting Workshop InstructorSinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Sand Casting Workshop InstructorSinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
Kiln Forming/Casting Workshop InstructorSinaca Glass Studio, Ft. Worth, TX
2010 Kiln Building Workshop Instructor - Pick-up oven for visiting artist Paul Marioni -
Dept.
of Art, Theatre & Dance
West
Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Kiln Forming, Cold
Working and Recycled Glass Workshop Instructor -
Dept.
of Art, Theatre & DanceWest
Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Kiln Building Workshop Instructor – Gas Kiln for Ceramic Studio –
Dept.
of Art, Theatre & DanceWest
Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Study Abroad to Czech Republic - Course Coordinator/Lead Professor
Dept.
of Art, Theatre & DanceWest Texas A&M University –
Canyon, TX
Sand Casting,
Mold Melting & Cold Working Workshop Instructor -
The
Studio: Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
2009 Study Abroad to Czech Republic - Course Coordinator/Lead Professor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & DanceWest Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
Visiting Artist
Presentation - Secondary
School of Glass Making
Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic
Visiting Artist Lecture -Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY
Sand Casting,
Mold Melting & Cold Working Workshop Instructor -
The
Studio: Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
Mold Melting Workshop Instructor - Pittsburgh Glass Center – Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery Lecture/Talk - Eastern Exposure Exhibition
Prism
Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL
Visiting
Lecturer, Demonstration - Secondary
School of Glass Making –
Novy bor, Czech Republic
2007 Visiting Lecturer, Demonstration - Secondary School of Glass
Making –
Zelezny Brod, Czech Republic
Instructor: Sand Casting - Independent Study - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
2006 Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working, cutting and
polishing with stones
Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
Instructor: Sand Casting II - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
2005 Demonstrator
Guest Artist: Sand Casting -
Pilchuck Glass School –
Stanwood, WA
Demonstrator
Guest Artist: Cold working, cutting and polishing with stones
Pilchuck
Glass School – Stanwood, WA
Instructor: Glass Cold Working Workshop with Frantisek
Janak -
BECON,
Bullseye Glass Bi-annual Conference, Portland, OR
Demonstrator Guest Artist: Cold working - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Casting and Cold Working Workshop Teaching Partner to Frantisek Janak
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, New York
2004 “Cold
Cuts”, Workshop Teaching Partner with Frantisek Janak
Pittsburgh
Glass Center – Pittsburgh, PA
Casting and Cold Working, Workshop Teaching Partner w/ Frantisek Janak
The Studio, Corning Museum of
Glass – Corning, New York
“Cold Cuts”,
Workshop Teaching Partner with Frantisek Janak
Pratt
Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Demonstrator and
Guest Artist: Cold working
Pratt
Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Demonstrator and
Guest Artist: Cold working
Pratt
Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Instructor: Sand Casting II - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
2003 Instructor: Glass Blowing I - Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
2002 Instructor: Beginning Glassblowing - M-Space, Glass Studio – Tacoma, WA
Instructor: Lost Wax Casting Work Shop - LaCenter High School, LaCenter, WA
2001 Artist in Residence & Instructor: blowing and sand casting
Grand Crystal Museum -
Taipei, Taiwan
2000-01 Graduate Assistant: Glass
Department & Art History
Rochester Institute of
Technology – Rochester, NY
2000 Glassblowing
Workshop/Lecture
Anoka/Ramsey Community
College, MN
Guest Artist/ Slide Lecture - Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
Professional & Studio Practice
2019 Here Gallery - owner/operator - pop up
exhibitions, art leasing, public art &
commissions Saint Paul, MN
2017- 19 Doug Forsberg - creation of individual works designed by artist
2014 Fred Wilson Studio – recreation of African Ceremonial Artifact
2010 Flame One Studio – Artist: Christian Luginger - Amarillo, TX
Flame working kiln control design and
construction
2008-present Holliday Glass Studio - owner operatorSaint Paul, MN (formerly in Canyon, TX)
2008 Martin Blank Studios – Seattle, WA Museum of Glass - Fluent Steps
2007 Ajeto Factory – Novy Bor, The Czech Republic -
Evening glass blowing
demonstrations
Maya Lin Studio – New York, NY -
Colworking of installation for Museum of
Glass - Tacoma, WA
Corbin Walker – New York, NY - Installation Assistant for exhibition
Pace/Wildenstein
Gallery – New York, NY
2006 Viscosity Glass – Seattle, WAConstruction of Hot Shop
Spiral Arts – Fred Metz – Seattle, WA - Construction of two glass furnaces
The
Studio, Corning Museum of Glass
Chihuly Studios – Seattle, WACold working for Marlboro Exhibition
2005 Bertil Vallien - casting/artist assitant for Artist Residency
Museum of Glass - Tacoma,
WA
Incline Glass – San Francisco Construction of Furnace
2004-2007 Martin Blank Studios – Seattle, WA Glass cutter and polisher, hot shop blowing
assistant, studio technician
Chihuly Studios - On-call Studio Technician
2003-2004 Glass
Technician/Studio Manager - duties include: curriculum development, studio
management, rebuilding three glass studios, budget development
Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
Glass
Instructor: Glass Blowing, Cold Working, Casting, Slumping and Fusing
Pratt Fine Art Center – Seattle, WA
2003-2007 Owner/Operator, third-hand, Glass Cutting & Polishing Tools – Seattle, WA
2003 Bertil Vallien - casting/artist assitant for Artist Residency
Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
2002-2003 Lead Technician - Duties include: Studio,
facility & personnel management, budget
development, safety program
development, museum & education development,
production and program
development & public demonstrations
Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
Academic, Community & Nonprofit Service
2019 Academic Research Symposium - Creator and organizer
Foci MCGA, Minneapolis,
MN
Juror - Student Exhibition Anoka/Ramsey Community College Anoka, MN
Juror - American Craft Council - Awards of Excellence -
St. Paul
American Craft Show - Saint Paul,
MN
Curator "Winnesota Glass
Exhibition"- glass from Minnesota & Wisconsin
Foci MCGA, Minneapolis,
MN
2018-2019 Creator - Grand Uffda - Annual fundraising event
Foci MCGA, Minneapolis,
MN
2018 "Cast
& Cold" Glass Exhibition - Curator - International call for glass
made
using the processes casting and cutting glass - Foci MCGA, Minneapolis,
MN
Foci Focus Group (FFG) - creator and facilitator - Foci MCGA, Minneapolis, MN
Curator - "Minnesota Masters
Glass Exhibition”- glass from Minnesota
Foci MCGA, Minneapolis,
MN
2017-2019 Internship program - created & oversaw the first
formal internship program
Foci Minnesota Center
for Glass Art
Curriculum development -
created curriculum & policy for courses & instructors
Foci Minnesota Center
for Glass Art
Promotion & Tenure
Department Committee – member
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance – West Texas A&M University
Promotion
& Tenure College Committee – chair
College of Fine Arts & Humanities – West Texas A&M University
Promotion
& Tenure University Committee – faculty representative from college
College of Fine Arts & Humanities – West Texas A&M University
Fulbright
Applicant Advisor - Student in Communications Department
College of Fine Arts & Humanities – West Texas A&M University
2016 Honors Council – faculty voting member - Attebury Honors Program
West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glass blowing & ceramics for Dalhart High School Art
Students, Dalhart, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance - West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glass blowing & ceramics for Perryton High School Art Students, Perryton, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance - West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Glass Blowing Demonstration for Canyon Arts Club – Canyon, TX
Presidential Tour – Glass Blowing Demonstration – West Texas A&M University
2015-17 Director - Creative Research Lab - interdisciplinary arts research laboratory -
Oversee the implementation & execution of all safety & operations, including
scheduling, curriculum & visiting artists
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Primary Investigator - Creative Research Lab - interdisciplinary arts research
laboratory - Oversee the implementation & execution of all safety & operations
Dept. of Academic Research, Environmental Health & Safety
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2015 Honors Council – faculty voting member - Attebury Honors Program
West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
Faculty
Development Scholarly Creative Activity Committee (FDSCA) –
voting member
Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
Jack B. Kelley Student Center Advisory
Committee (VPSA) - 3-year
appointment
Office of Student Affairs
West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glassblowing & ceramics for Dalhart High School Art Students, Dalhart, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in glass
blowing & ceramics for Texline High School Art Students, Texline, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
I3 Conference – Region 16 Public School Teachers Studio Art Presentation &
Lecture, Department of Education – Dr. Bingham Organizer
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2014 University Diversity Committee – Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Sub-committee: MLK Day Celebration & Speaker
Black History Month Event Planning
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Night Blow Organizer and
Demonstrator -
Fundraising Event
Visiting Artists: Janusz Pozniak
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Graduate Coordinator
– Glass,
Sculpture & Ceramics
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Glass Demonstration – Amarillo Boys Ranch - Organizer, lecturer, instructor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glassblowing & ceramics for Dalhart High School Art Students, Dalhart, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Juror – Reflections, student art
competition
Reeves Hinger Grade School – Canyon, TX
Glass Demonstration & Hands-on – WTAMU Dept. of Nursing – Dr. Heidi Taylor
Integration of art for nurses to use for self development
Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Glass Demonstration & Hands-on – WT Dormitory Activities and
Engagement
Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
“Glass Gathering”
Spring Night Blow - Organizer/Demonstrator - Fundraising Event
Visiting Artists: Frtitz Dreisbach
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
2013 Night Blow Organizer and
Demonstrator -
Fundraising Event
Visiting Artists: Charles Parriott, Katrina Hude & Coutney Branam
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Juror – Reflections, student art competition
Reeves Hinger Grade School – Canyon, TX
Juror - Area High School Art Exhibition Scholarship Committee
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glassblowing & ceramics for Dalhart Junior high School Art Students, Dalhart, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Spring Night Blow – Organizer and Demonstrator - Fundraising Event
Visiting Artists: Rob Stern
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
2012 Hiring Committee – Painting/Drawing Position
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
“Vitro
Moda” – Annual Benefit Auction – Donation: Glass Sculpture and two glass
blowing experiences
Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX
Juror – student art competition Reeves Hinger Grade School – Canyon, TX
Creator & Coordinator - Artist in Residence programs
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Studio Day - Organizer, lecturer, demonstrator, instructor - 6-hour workshop in
glassblowing & ceramics for Dalhart Junior high School Art Students, Dalhart, TX
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Night Blow Organizer and Demonstrator - Annual Fundraiser
Visiting Artists: Thomas Kreager
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Flame working
workshop –
organizer - for WTAMU Students
Artist: Dina Kallahar
Flame One Productions - Amarillo, TX
AC/WT
Faculty/Student Exhibition – Juror
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
Glass Blowing
workshop –
organizer - Artist: Carlyn Ray
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Juror - Area High School Art Exhibition Scholarship Committee
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
2011 Faculty Sponsor – student faculty trip to New York City
Sponsored by: Friends of the Cornette Library
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
“Vitro
Moda” – Annual Benefit Auction – Donation: Glass Sculpture
Sinaca Glass School, Ft. Worth, TX
Benefit Auction -
Amarillo
Family Services Donation: Glass Sculpture and two glass
blowing experiences
Amarillo Family Services, Amarillo, TX
Benefit Auction – American Cancer Society Donation: Glass Sculpture and two glass
blowing experiences
Cornette Library – West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Texas Tech
Wood-fire Symposium Exhibition – host/organizer
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Night Blow Organizer and Demonstrator - Fundraising Event
Visiting Artists: Paul Marioni, Sinaca Glass Studio, Aaron Tate, Christian Luginger,
Jeremiah Kern, Dina Kalahar
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
2010-17 Night Blow – Director and Creator – Annual glassblowing
event and fundraiser
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Graduate Coordinator – Glass, Sculpture & Ceramics
Dept. of Art Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University – Canyon, TX
2010-12 Faculty Senate – represented Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Senate Tenure Advisory Committee to V.P. of Academic Affairs, Dr. James Hallmark
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
2009-17 Visiting Artist Series –
Development, coordination, promotion and documentation of
two visiting artist series – series
length is five years
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Primary Investigator - 3D Labs/Studios: Glass, Sculpture, Ceramics, 3D Design
Oversee the implementation and execution of all safety and operations
Dept. of Academic Research, Environmental Health & Safety
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2009 Faculty Leader – Faculty Led Study Abroad – Czech Republic
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Health & Safety Committee
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Hiring Committee – Art Historian
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2008-17 Student Art Club –
Faculty Advisor
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Experimental
Gallery/Studio @ Sunset Center – Gallery Director
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Amarillo, TX
Mary Moody Northen Hall Art
Gallery –
Gallery Director
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
3D Studio Manager – Studios of 3D Design, Glass, Ceramics &
Sculpture – Duties
include: set-up and reconstruction, purchasing & ordering, budget, maintenance,
upkeep, janitorial, building & repair of equipment, managing student workers, safety
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2008-09 Curriculum Development Committee Rewriting and integration of the three-
dimensional arts to incorporate contemporary issues
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
Finance
Committee
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ. - Canyon, TX
2008 Scholarship Auction – Dance – Collaboration with
Leslie Meeks, Asst. Professor of
Dance work created: “In Motion”, glass sculpture
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Patron Award - Largest Donor - design and
execution of glass sculpture
Office of the President, Dr. Patrick O’Brian
Development Department
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
“Are
we smarter than 5th graders?” – Special event for 5th
graders, provided
glassblowing demonstrations and hands-on with students
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Honors/Awards/Residencies
2019 “Radiant Uran” - Acquisition of work, Curator
Milan Hlaves
Museum Portheimka - Prague, Czechia
2018 Art, Crafts, Design Award 2018 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
2017 Artist in Residence - Collaboration with Chloe Rizzo
Neusole Glassworks - Cincinnati, OH
Art,
Crafts, Design Award 2017 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
2016 Art, Crafts, Design Award 2016 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
2015 Kilgore Faculty Research Grant – Alternative methods in
print: green non-toxic
technology, new methods and materials (including methods of vitreography)
Kilgore Research Center and Graduate School
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX
Greatest Academic Service & Contributions
Award
Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University - Canyon TX
Art,
Crafts, Design Award 2015 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
2014 FDSCA (Faculty Development,
Scholarly/Creative Activities) Grant
location: Bullseye Glass Factory, Portland, OR
Research for printing on glass
Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX
Art,
Crafts, Design Award 2014 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
2013 Doris Alexander Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts
3-year appointment and funding for research
Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts & Humanities
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX
2012 The Golden Nail Award – Awarded for the greatest
service to the fine arts in NW
Texas and high plains
region
Golden Nail Committee/Amarillo Globe - Amarillo, TX
Amarillo Magazine – Cover Article Amarillo Globe Newspaper - Amarillo, TX
Acquisition of work, “Skala Series for IGS”
Museum of Applied Arts - Prague, Czech Republic
Acquisition of work, “Skala Series for IGS”
Glass Museum Novy bor – Novy bor, Czech Republic
Acquisition of work, “Skala Series for IGS”
Ajeto Factory Museum - Novy bor, Czech Republic
2011 Greatest Intellectual Contributions Award
Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University - Canyon TX
2010 Acquisition of work, “Radiant Uran”
Museum of Applied Arts – Prague, Czech Republic
Greatest Intellectual
Contributions Award
Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University - Canyon TX
FDSCA (Faculty
Development, Scholarly/Creative Activities) Grant
location: Schott Crystal, Artist: Christopher Ries
Sybil B. Harrington, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX
2009 Glass Art Society Annual
Conference - Corning
Presenter: “The Final Polish: A Peek into the Czech Glassmaker’s Education”
American Style Magazine - Featured Emerging Artist – August 2009
Glass Art Society
Journal - “The
Final Polish: A Peek into the Czech Glassmaker’s
Education” Juried submission
2008 Artist in Residence Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
Acquisition of work, “Rising Division - Red” - Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
2007-08 Fulbright Fellow 2007-2008 – research traditional
techniques and history of
teaching of glass cutting and design
Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic
2001 Artist in Residence - Grand Crystal Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2000-01 Graduate Scholarship – School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of
Technology Rochester, NY
New Glass Review 22 – New Glass
Niche Student Awards – Finalist
1999 Student Ambassador: Kansas Board of Regents
Art Department – Emporia State University - Emporia, KS
1997-98 Scholarship – Student Exhibition Award
Art Department – Emporia State University - Emporia, KS
Affiliations
2009-2011 International Glass Alliance – Advisory Board
2007-present College Art Association – Member
2001-present International Sculpture Conference - Member
1998 – 1999 Glass Art Society – Student Representative
1996–present Member Glass Art Society
1996 – 1999 Emporia Glass Guild – President, Vice President, Voted Most Outstanding Student Organization
Gallery Representation
AiBo Gallery - Purchase, New York
American Fine Art – Dallas, TX
Coast Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
Traver Gallery - Seattle, Washington
Pacific Sculpture Gallery
Exhibition History
2019 Texas Contemporary Glass Touring
Exhibition -
Curated by Eric Hess
Shreveport Regional Arts Council - Shreveport, LA
"Art Happening
Here" - 3-person
evening
Artists: Chad Holliday Chloe Rizzo, Jenna Myrland, Eddie Estrin
Here Gallery - Saint Paul, MN
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX 79015
2018 2 Person Exhibition - w/ Chloe Rizzo University of Wisconsin - River Falls, WI
Minnetonka Art Walk Exhibition - Hosted by Trish Gardiner Minnetonka, MN
2017 “AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Duo – Exiting Exhibition” – work made over last 10
years, Chad Holliday &
Chloe Rizzo
Creative Research Lab Amarillo – Amarillo, TX
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX 79015
“Texas Contemporary Glass
Exhibition” –
Curated by Eric Hess
Nave Gallery, Victoria, TX
“Grand Opening Exhibition” Pacific Sculpture Gallery – Newport Beach, CA
2016 “AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX 79015
2-Person
exhibition –
Chad Holliday & Chloe Rizzo – invitation
Gallery on 7th - Amarillo, TX
Art, Crafts, Design
Award 2016 –
nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
All Things Artful – Invitational exhibition & sale Amarillo Arts Institute – Amarillo, TX
Art at Wildcat Bluff - Invitational exhibition &
sale
Wildcat Bluff Ecological Reserve – Amarillo, TX
2015 “Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX
Art, Crafts, Design Award 2015 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
Glass Weekend – represented by Morgan
Contemporary Glass
Wheaton Arts – Creative Glass Center of America
Wheaton, New Jersey
Panhandle Invitational
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Annual Faculty
Exhibition” –
Formal Gallery - Mary Moody Northen Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
“AC/WT Faculty Student
Exhibition”
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
2014 “Ideas of New Dimensions” - invitational solo Exhibition
Bender Gallery - Asheville, NC
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX
“Target
Texas – Contemporary Glass of Texas” - Juried exhibition
Art Museum of South Texas - Corpus Christi, TX
“AC/WT Faculty Student
Exhibition”
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
Art, Crafts, Design Award 2014 – nominee, online juried competition by nomination
www.acd-award.com
Istria, Croatia
“Annual Faculty
Exhibition” –
Formal Gallery - Mary Moody Northen Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
2013 “Passages & New Dimensions: A Culmination of Glass
Sculptures”
Solo Exhibition
Process Art House - Amarillo, TX
“VIP Glass” - IGS 2012 – International
Glass Symposium
juried exhibition - Juror: Milan Hlaves,
Museum of Applied Arts - Prague AND
Glass Museum Novy bor - Novy bor, Czech Republic
“AC/WT Faculty Student
Exhibition”
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX
“Annual Faculty Exhibition” – Formal Gallery - Mary Moody Northen
Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
“Glass Now 2011” – Auction/Exhibition
National Liberty Museum - Philadelphia, PA
2012 IGS 2012 Exhibition – International Glass Symposium
juried
exhibition - Juror: Milan Hlaves
Museum of Applied Arts, Prague AND
Glass Museum Novy bor - Novy bor, Czech Republic
Solo Exhibition – Formal Gallery - Mary Moody
Northen Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition at Neiman
Marcus
Sinaca Glass School - Ft. Worth, TX
“AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Annual Faculty Exhibition” – Formal Gallery - Mary Moody Northen
Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
2011 “AC/WT Faculty
Student Exhibition”
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Glass
Now 2011” -
Auction/Exhibition
National Liberty Museum - Philadelphia, PA
“Vitro Moda” – Auction/Exhibition at Neiman Marcus
Sinaca Glass School – Ft. Worth, TX
“Art Palm Beach” - Representation: Prism Contemporary Palm Beach, FL
“MIA International Art Fair” - Representation: Prism Contemporary Miami Beach, FL
2010 “Catalyst” – juried, group exhibition Amarillo, TX
“SOFA Chicago” – Representation: Prism Contemporary Chicago, IL
“Tantamount Journey” – Solo Exhibition Traver Gallery – Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
“Prism at Lekae” – Representation: Prism Contemporary & Lekae
Gallery
Lekae Gallery - Scottsdale, AZ
“Annual Faculty Exhibition” – Formal Gallery - Mary Moody
Northen Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
“AC/WT
Faculty Student Exhibition”
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
2009 “Glass Now 2009” – Auction/Exhibition
National Liberty Museum - Philadelphia, PA
“Faculty Two-Person Show” – Chad Holliday & Marcus Melton
WTAMU Experimental Gallery - Amarillo, TX
“AC/WT Faculty Student Exhibition” Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Panhandle Hanging” - Invitational Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“Amarillo Biennial:
Glass 600” – Juror:
Dante Marioni
Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, TX
“SOFA Santa Fe” – Represented by Prism
Contemporary Glass
Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago - IL
“Vision Realized” - group exhibition, invitational
Morgan Contemporary - Pittsburgh, PA
“Looking Forward” - group exhibition – selected
by Paul Marioni
Traver Gallery - Tacoma, WA
“Annual
Faculty Exhibition” – Formal Gallery - Mary Moody Northen Hall
Dept. of Art, Theatre & Dance
West Texas A&M University - Canyon, TX
“Trans Atlantic Ties” – two-person exhibition – Chad
Holliday & Tomas Brzon
Prism Contemporary Glass - Chicago, IL
2008 “SOFA Chicago” – Represented by Prism
Contemporary Glass
Prism Contemporary Glass - Chicago, IL
“Eastern Exposure” – juried exhibition
Prism Contemporary Glass - Chicago, IL
“Visiting Artist Solo
Exhibition”
Secondary School of Glassmaking - Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic
2007 “Group Exhibition” - group exhibition
Pacini Lubel Gallery - Seattle, WA
“Small Works Exhibition” - group exhibition
Habatat Galleries - Royal Oaks, MI
“The Vessel Explored” - group exhibition
Habatat Galleries - Florida
2005 “Pratt
Instructors” - Juried Exhibition
Solomon Fine Art Gallery - Seattle, WA
Pratt
Fine Art Center Annual Auction - Juried/Live
Pratt Fine Art Center - Seattle, WA
2003 “What It Takes” - Solo Exhibition
Mellenic Glass Gallery - Kansas City, MO
“COEUR” – Juried Exhibition
Core Gallery - Seattle, WA
2002 “Cold”, by A.S. Byatt –
Performance at Museum of Glass – glass props created
Museum of Glass – Tacoma, WA
Capper
Foundation – Annual Auction for Handicapped Children
Capper Foundation - Topeka, KS
2001 Architectural installation at public school – Collaboration with Cheng I-hsin & Taipei
Grade School Students
Taipei, Taiwan
“Fingerlakes Annual Area
Exhibition”
Memorial Art Gallery - Rochester, NY
“Materials and Understanding”
Gallery R, Rochester, NY
“Fingerlakes Glass Artists”- G.A.S 2001 - Corning, NY
“Renwick
Gallery Charity Auction”
Renwick Gallery - Washington D.C.
“Filtration of Thought,” Thesis Exhibition Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
2000 “G.A.S. Student Exhibition” G.A.S 2000 - Brooklyn, NY
“People, Places, Art” - Public Art Proposal Exhibition – Professor:
Roberley Bell
Gallery R - Rochester, NY
“Niche Student Awards” Exhibition - Finalist Philadelphia, PA
1999 BFA Exhibition Emporia Arts Council - Emporia, KS
“G.A.S. Board of Directors Exhibition” G.A.S 1999 - Tampa, FL
“G.A.S. Student Exhibition” G.A.S 1999 - Tampa, FL
“Invitational Exhibition” Romeo Gallery - Ybor City, FL
1998 “8 1/2 Hours of Art” Emporia Arts Council - Emporia, KS
“Emporia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition” - Juror: Fritz Driesbach
Emporia State University Gallery - Emporia, KS
“Juried Student Exhibition” Emporia State University Gallery, Emporia, KS
“G.A.S. Student Exhibition” G.A.S 1998 Seto City, Japan