Lisa Gralnick

 

Education

1980                        Master of Fine Arts, State University of New York,New Paltz        Major Professors: Kurt Matzdorf and Robert Ebendorf

1977                         Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kent State University                             Major Professors: Mary Ann Scherr  and James Someroski

                                                                        

Teaching Appointments

2007- present           Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004-2007                Associate Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2001-2004                Assistant Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1991-01                    Full-Time Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York                                 ( Chair of  Metals /Jewelry Design Program)

1982-83                    Visiting Assistant Professor, Head of Jewelry Department,                                 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax

1980-81                    Visiting Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

                                         

 

Grants, Awards, Fellowships, and Honors

2012                        Kellett Mid-Career Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2012                        Faculty Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2010                        Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Fellowship

2010                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2009                        Rotasa Foundation Grant to fund exhibition catalog at Bellevue Arts Museum

2009                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2008                        Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Oral Interview (available online)

2008                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2007                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2006                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2005                        Graduate School Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2004                        Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004                        Eli Lilly Foundation Grant to fund exhibition at Ball State University

2004                        Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison

2003                        Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2001                        Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison grant

1999                        New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1998                        Peter Reed Foundation Grant

1995                        New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1994                        Oral Interview, Columbia University Archives of American Art, Avery Art and Architecture Library, New York

1993                        Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

1993                        Summer Residency and Fellowship, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts

1992                        National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1991                        New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1991                        Award for Artistic Excellence, Mobil Corporation

1990                        Empire State Crafts Alliance Artists' Grant

1988                        National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1987                        New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

 

Public Collections,

2012                        Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2010                        Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

2009                        Philadelphia Museum of Art

2008                        Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Donna Schneier Collection)

2006                        Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

2006                        Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (seven works, Daphne Farago Collection)

2006                        Rotasa Foundation, San Francisco

2005                        Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

2004                        Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY at New Paltz (gift of the artist)

2003                        Houston Museum of Fine Arts (eight works, Helen Drutt Collection)

2002                        Museum of Arts and Design, New York

2000                        Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI (gift of Robert Ebendorf)

1997                        Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1996                        Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY (three works, gift of Robert Ebendorf)

1995                        Decorative Arts Museum, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK

1994                        Boston Museum of Fine Arts

1991                        American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1990                        American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1989                        Mizuno College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan

1988                        Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1979                        Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY

 


Exhibitions:  Solo and Small Group

2011                        The Gold Standard, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (solo,catalog)

2010                        Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA (solo, catalog)

2008                        The Gold Standard, Ornamentum Gallery, NY (shown at SOFA Chicago)

2007                        The Gold Standard, Parts I, II, and III, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University,                       

                        Oxford, Ohio

2006                                    Lisa Gralnick :Works in Gold,  Huroung Lou Gallery, Philadelphia

2005                        New Work: Lisa Gralnick, Pacini-Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)

2005                        The Gold Standard, Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University (solo)

2004                        The Gold Standard, Ball State University Atrium Gallery, Muncie, IN (solo)

2002                        Artspace, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI  (with Prof. Fred Fenster and four graduate students)

2000                        Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (solo)

1999                        Beyond the Obvious:  Rethinking Jewelry, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum ( six artists, catalog, traveling )

1999                        Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, D.C. (solo)

1997                        Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley CA (solo)

1998                        M.C. Ginsberg Gallery, Iowa City,IA  (with Bruce Metcalf and Donald Friedlich)

1996                        Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh (solo; brochure)

1995            Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, New Jersey (with  her Parsons students)

1994                        Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, D.C. (solo)

1994                        Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley CA (solo

1993                        Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts (four artists)

1992                        State University of New York at New Paltz (six artists; catalog)

1991                        Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, D.C. (solo)

1990                        Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley CA (solo)

1989                        CDK Gallery (Garth Clark), New York, N.Y. (solo; catalog)

1988                        Galerie RA, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo; catalog)

1987                        VO Galerie, Washington, DC(solo)

1987                        Sculpture to Wear, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1987                        Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY(solo)

1986                        Artwear, New York, NY(solo)Adorn

 

 

Exhibitions: International

2012            The Tool at Hand, Milwaukee Art Museum

2012            Schmuck, Mueum of Modern Art, Valencia, Spain

2011            Schmuck 2012, International Handwekmesse, Munich Geremany

2010            Ashutan, World Craft Council Conference, New Delhi, India

2007            Jewelry by Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2007      Avant Garde Jewelry from the Helen Drutt Collection, Museum of  Fine Arts, Houston

2005            Juxtapositions, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY at New Paltz

2002             Zero Karats, American Crafts Museum, New York (accompanying  book)

2001            Markers in Metal, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY at New Paltz, NY

1996      New Times, New Thinking: Jewellery in Europe and America, British Crafts Council Gallery, London, and traveling throughout Europe (accompanying book)

1993      Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland

1992      Sieraden in het Palthe-Huis, Museum Het Palthe-Huis, Oldenzaal, Netherlands

1992            Design Visions: The Second Perth International Crafts Triennial,

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Australia (catalog)   

1992      Schmuckszene '92, International Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany (catalog)  

1991      Sperk, Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum, Prague, Czechoslovakia (catalog)  

1991            For the Tabletop, Galerie RA, Amsterdam (catalog)  

1990      Body Art, international jewelry exhibition sponsored by Security Pacific Corporation and held at their corporate galleries in Los Angeles,  (catalog)

1989      Craft Today USA, sponsored by American Craft Museum, European tour, (catalog)  

1989      Ornamenta, international jewelry exhibition, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany (catalog)  

1989      American Enamels:  A View from the West, Aoki Metal Co., Tokyo, Japan

1982            Jewellery Redefined, British Crafts Museum, London (catalog)  

                       

Exhibitions: National

2009            Adornment and Excess, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio

2008            Form and Content , Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (catalog)

2008            Women in Metal, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (catalog)

2006      Process and Promise: Art, Education, and Community at the 92nd St. Y, Weill Art Gallery, 92nd St Y, NYC (accompanying book)

2006            Recent Acquisitions, Racine Art Museum, WI

2006            RAM Tales :Women Jewelers, Racine Art Museum

2006            Metalsmiths and Mentors, Chazen Museum , University of Wisconsin-Madison (catalog)

2005            Jewelry from Europe and USA,  Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2004            Treasures from the Vault, Museum of Art and Design, NY, NY

2003            Jewels and Gems, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

2003            Evocative Objects, Rhode Island College, Pawtucket, RI (catalog)

2003      The Art of Gold, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (traveling, catalog)

                               Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

                               Syracuse University Art Gallery

2003                  International Ring Exhibition, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 03

2001            The Ring, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin (traveling, catalog)

2000      Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference,  Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, NY (accompanying book)

2000      Marked by Media: Contemporary Jewelry, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

2000      A Closer Look: Contemporary Metalwork and Jewelry, Kean University, Union, NJ

1996      Signals: Late Twentieth Century American Jewelry, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (traveling )

1995      Contemporary Metalsmiths, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN

1995      Objects Invitational, Decorative Arts Museum, Arkansas Arts Center (catalog)

1994      Individual Objects, Haynes Fine Arts Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman,

1993      Contemporary Jewelry, 1964-1993, Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum

1992      More than One: Studio Production Now, American Craft Museum, New York (catalog)  

1992            In the Vicinity, Johnstown Art Museum, Johnstown, PA

1992            Gold, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1990      Building a Permanent Collection: A Perspective on the 80's, American Craft Museum, New York

1990            Jewelries/Epiphanies, Artist Foundation Gallery, Boston (catalog)             

1989      National Metals Invitational, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa (catalog)   

1989            National Metals Invitational, University of Texas, El Paso

1988      The Stonington Enamelists, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (catalog)  

1987      Artquest, Art Institute of Boston and University of California, (catalog)

1986            The Wichita National, Wichita Art Center, Wichita, KS

1984            Emerging Artists, Artwear, New York

1981            Enamels '81, Venture Gallery, Lathrup Village, MI

1980            Flux, Fusion, Fireworks, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

1980            Statements in Sterling, Lever House, NY (catalog)

 

 

Exhibitions: Other (selected)

2012            Compendium 2012, Chazen Museum, Univesity of Wisconsin-Madison

2010            Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum o0f Contemporary Art, WI

2010            Selected Visions: Arts Board Fellows, Watrous Gallery, Overture Center, Madison, WI

2008            Faculty Exhibition, Chazen Museum of  Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2006            Re-Pair, Chicago Cultural Center and Palo Alto Art Center

2003            UW Faculty Quadrennial, Elvehjem Museum, University of Wisconsin-Madison (catalog)

1991            Double Take, The YMCA of the City of New York

1989            Form and Function, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA

1988            Sculptural Jewelry, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA

1988            Inaugural Exhibition, CDK Gallery, New York, NY

1987            Masterworks, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY

1987            The Singular Brooch, Sculpture to Wear, Los Angeles

1986            Evolutions: Seven Artists, American House Gallery, Tenafly, NJ

1986            Sculptural, Functional, Wearable, Cusano Gallery, South Norwalk, CT

1985            Sculpture to Wear, Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA                       

1981            May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Publications: Single Authored by Gralnick

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Kurt Matzdorf (1922-2008), Metalsmith, 2009, Vol. 29. No.5 (peer-reviewed)

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Start with the Wound: The Work of Iris Eichenberg; Metalsmith, 2008, Vol. 28, No. 5, (peer-reviewed journal, pp. 34-43)

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Jewelers on Jewelry, Metalsmith, 2006, Vol. 26 No.5. p.20 (peer-reviewed journal)

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Making Sense; Proximity, The Sensory and Displacement, exhibition catalog essay, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, 2005

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Botanica: Marjorie Simon; exhibition catalogue essay, , 2003, Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY

 

Gralnick, Lisa, , Thickening the Edge: Contemporary Hollowware in an Age of Pluralism, Metalsmith 2001, Vol. 21, no. 4 (peer-reviewed journal, pp. 8-13)

 

Gralnick, Lisa, Semblance of Measure: Jiwon Han,; exhibition catalogue essay, May 8-28, 1997, Ludmilla Baczysky Gallery, New York

 

Gralnick, Lisa,  Otto Kunzli :The Great American Neckpiece, Art Aurea, Fall, 1990 (peer-reviewed journal, published in English and German)

 

 

 

Publications: Monographs on Lisa Gralnick

 

Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard. Atkinson, Nora, ed; Bellevue Arts Museum, WA, 2010, pp. 82 (Essays by Michael Monroe, Michael Jay McClure, Nora Atkinson and Tacey Rosolowski)

 

Lisa Gralnick. Galerie Ra, Amsterdam and CDK Gallery, New York, 1988( Essays by Henry P. Raleigh and Michael Dunas/Sarah Bodine)

 

 

 

Publications: Feature Articles on Lisa Gralnick

 

Lisa Gralnick: The Gold StandardOrnament, Updike, Robin; 2010, Vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 80 (pp. 44-49)

 

Artifacts of our Time: The Jewelry Art of Lisa Gralnick, Metalsmith Kuhn, Roger; 1992, Vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 64 (pp. 14-19)

 

 

Publications: Books in Which Lisa Gralnick’s Work is Included (pages cited)

 

Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Kolplos, Janet and Metcalf, Bruce eds;  The University of North Carolina Press, 2010, pp.. 529 (peps. 436-37)

 

Inspired Jewelry: From the Museum of Arts and Design. Ilse- Neuman, Ursula,  Museum of Arts and Design and ACC Editions, UK, 2009, pp. 234 (pp. 13, 94-95)

 

Masters: Gold, Major Works by Leading Artists. Le Van, Marthe; Lark Books and Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, New York, 2009, pp. 330 (pp. 248-255)

 

The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008: Vol. I.. Lim, Andy, ed. Darling Publications, Cologne, 2009, pp. 1200 (pp. 747-748)

 

Shaping the Future of Craft: 2006 National Leadership Conference. Hampton, Monica, Lily Kane, ed; American Craft Council, New York, 2007, pp. 191 (pp. 119-125, 181)

 

Ornament as Art: Avant Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Strauss, Cindy; Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2007, pp. 528 (pp. 20-21, 148-151, 371, 452-453, 457, 460, 476)

 

Process and Promise: Art, Education, and Community at the 92nd Street Y. Oliver, Retha, ed; 92nd Street Y, New York, 2006, pp. 160 (pp. 33, 49)

 

Metalsmiths and Mentors, Javid, Christine and Powell, Patricia, eds., Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005, 125 pp. (pp.110-111)

Division of Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 2005, pp. 360 (pp. 12, 144)

 

Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design. Stewart, Mary; McGraw Hill, New York, 2002, (ch. 5, pp. 19)

 

Zero Karat: the Donna Schneier Gift to the American Craft Museum. Prue, Nancy, ed; American Craft Museum, New York, 2002, pps.155 (pp., 70-73, 143)

 

Women Designers In the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference. Kirkham, Pat, ed; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2001, pp. 462 (pp. 396)

 

Jewelry in Europe and America: New Times, New Thinking. Turner, Ralph; Crafts Council of Great Britain and Thames and Hudson Inc, New York, 1996, pps.144 (pp.. 74, 95, 132)

 

Jewelry of Our Time: Art, Ornament, and Obsession. English, Helen W. Drutt, Peter Dormer; Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York, 1995, pp.. 352 (pp.. 17, 28, 71, 77, 101, 233, 302)

 

One of a Kind: American Jewelry Today. Lewin, Susan Grant; Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1994, pp. 224 (pp. 13, 106-108)

 

The Best in Contemporary Jewelry. Watkins, David; Watson-Guptill Publications, New York  1993, pp. 224 (pp. 68-69, 204)

 

Design Visions. Bell, Robert; Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA, 1992, pp. 179 (pp. 98, 164)

 

Ornamenta 1.Von Michael Erlhoff, ed; Munchen: Prestel, 1989, pp. 320 (pp. 112-113)

 

Craft Today USA. Smith, Paul J.; American Craft /Museum, New York, 1986, pp. 130 (pp. 125)

 

The New Jewelry: Trends and Traditions. Dormer, Peter, Ralph Turner; Thames and Hudson Inc, New York, 1985, pp. 192 (pp. 86)

 

 

Publications: Exhibition Reviews

 

Women of Metal, Metalsmith, Lewis, Frank, 2009, Vol. 29, No.3, p. 61

 

Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard, Metalsmith, Adams, Ellen A., 2008, Vol.28, No.3, p.43

 

The Art of Gold, Metalsmith, Simon, Marjorie, 2003, Vol.23 No.3, pp. 39-45

 

Marked by Media, LaRoche, Lynda, Metalsmith, 2001, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 48

 

American Craft, Beyond the Obvious: Rethinking Jewelry. Santiago, Chiori; American Craft , 2000, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 106-107

 

Signals: Late Twentieth Century American Jewelry, Mensing, Margo, Metalsmith 1998, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 16-23

 

The Body as the Ultimate Medium of Worldly Exchange, Cranbrook Art Museum, Mannisto, Glen, American Craft, 1997, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 52-55

 

Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith,  Jocz, Daniel, curator; 1995, peps. 56 (pp. 36-37)

 

Lisa Gralnick: Jewelerswerk Galerie, American Craft,  Tamulevich, Susan; Dec. 1994, pp. 68-69

 

Multiples: A Generous Proposition, American Craft, Busch, Akiko; Dec. 1993, pp. 30, 34

 

Jewelry, American Style, DiNoto, Andrea, American Craft, 1989, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 46-53

 

Lisa Gralnick: CDK Gallery, New York, Metalsmith, Slosburg-Ackerman, Jill , 1989, vol. 9, no. 4

 

Lisa Gralnick: VO Galerie , Metalsmith, Ward, Nicholas;, Fall 1987,  Vol.7 No.4, pp. 5)

 

Balance: Eva Eisler, Paul Opocensky, Lisa Spiros and Lisa Gralnick, Artwear Gallery, New York,

Ornament, 1987, Vol 10, No. 4, pp. 50-5           

 

 

Publications: Exhibition Catalogs

 

Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH, 2010

 

Women of Metal, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2008

 

Art, Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008

 

Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Ornamentum Gallery, 2008

 

Re:Pair and Imperfection, Kiff Slemmons, Chicago Cultural Center, 2006

 

Evocative Objects, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, 2003

 

The Art of Gold, Society of North American Goldsmiths and Exhibits USA, 2003

 

Quadrennial Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Department of Art, Elvehjem Museum, 2003

 

The Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2001

 

Beyond the Obvious: Rethinking Jewelry, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, 2000

 

Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Exposition. Navy Pier, Chicago, 2000

 

National Objects Invitational, The Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, 1995

 

Celebrating American Craft: American Craft 1975-1995. The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, 1997

 

Contemporary American, Canadian, and European Enamelists, Kent State University School of Art Gallery, OH, 1994

 

Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Exposition. Navy Pier, Chicago, 1994

 

1993 Awards Catalogue, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York

 

More Than One: Contemporary Studio Production. American Craft Museum, New York, 1992

 

Schmuckszene ’92. Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich, 1992

 

Alumni Art ‘92. College Art Gallery, New Paltz, New York, 1992

 

The Banqueting Table, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, 1991

 

Body Art. Security Pacific Corporation Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 1990

 

The Stonington Enamelists, 1969-1988. Kent State University Student Center Gallery, OH, 1988

 

Jewellery Redefined, British Crafts Centre, London, 1982

 

 

 

Lectures, Workshops, and Visiting Artist Appointments,

2011            Speaker, International Enamel Society Conference, Arrowmont School of Craft, TN

2011            Guest Artist and Critic, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana

2010            Visiting Artist, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX

2010            Lecture, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2009            Visiting Artist, Peck School of the Arts, UW-Milwaukee

2007            Speaker, Seattle Metals Guild Annual Conference, Seattle

2008            Visiting Artist, Texas Tech  University, Lubbock, TX

2008            Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy 0f Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2008            Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia

2007            Visiting Artist, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2007            Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2006            Visiting Artist, State University of New York at New Paltz,, NY

2005            Visiting Artist, Ohio Wesleyan University

2005            Workshop, Idaho Metal Arts Guild

2005            Visiting Artist, San Diego State University, CA

2005            Artist in Residence (Lecture and week long Master Class), 92nd St Y, NYC

2005            Visiting Artist, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

2004            Workshop, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Detroit

2004            Guest Artist, State University of NY at New Paltz

2004            Visiting Artist, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

2003            Visiting Artist, Massachusetts, College of Art, Boston

2003            Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art, Portland

2002            Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2002            Educators Forum, SNAG National Conference, Denver, CO (presenter)

2001            Guest Lecturer, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

2001            Visiting Artist, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

2001      Guest Lecturer, State University of New York at New Paltz, “Markers” Symposium

2001            One Week Workshop, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland,

2001            Three Week Workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine

2001            Lecture and Workshop, Kean University, Kean, NJ

2001            Lecture, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

2000            Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland

1999      Lecture, “Beauty and the Theory of Relativity,” Society of North American Goldsmiths National Conference, St. Louis, MO

1996            Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

1996      Presentation (with Parsons students), “Conversations ‘96”, SUNY at New Paltz

1995      Guest Artist and Exhibition Juror, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

1995      Guest Artist, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA

1994            Lecture, SOFA Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

1994, 87            Lecture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 

1993            Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1993      Lecture, Pratt Institute, Industrial Design Department, Brooklyn, New York

1992            Lecture,  American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1992            Guest Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1992            Lecture,  Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

1991            Guest Artist, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY

1991            Guest Artist, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

1990            Lecture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1990            Lecture, New York University School of Art History

1988            Guest Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

1987            Lecture, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY