Resume

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Education

1996 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1994 Masters of Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Summer Session.

1992 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art, Stephen F. Austin State University,

Nacogdoches, TX.

Teaching Experience

2009-10 Faculty , Sculpture, Video, Ceramics, Sierra Nevada College . Incline Village, NV.

2005-2008 Sculpture Program Coordinator, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO. College

Credit Coordinator

*Programmed classes

*Taught classes

*Facilitated workshops

*Oversaw university transfer credit

*Developed curriculum

*Developed course syllabi

2001-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Ceramics, Colorado Mtn. College Aspen, CO.

Wheel throwing, ceramic sculpture, glaze chemistry, and glaze application techniques.

2000 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Taught Graduate Seminar, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics and 3D Design

Related Teaching Experience

2008 Instructor, Advanced Sculpture: Ideas and Solutions, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

Taught one week lecture series designed to help intermediate students think conceptually about art.

2007 Instructor, Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Helen Escobedo and Pam Joseph, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,

Snowmass Village, CO. Provided the framework for intermediate artists to deepen their artistic practice and develop

a specific dialogue about their work Managed workshops technical demonstrations

2007 Instructor, Basic Sculpture: Ideas and Solutions, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,

Snowmass Village, CO. Introductory level course covering 3D foundation techniques

2006 Instructor, Sculpture Intensive, Team taught with Judy Onifrio and Nathan Carter, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,

Snowmass Village, CO.

Teaching Assistant, Shapes and Forms, Robert Brady and Sandy Simon, ARAC Good Hope, Jamaica.

2005-2008 Selected list of programmed and facilitated classes, Anderson Ranch, CO.

Jim Campbell, Anat Pollack and Mark Koven, Organic Motion, Kinetic and Interactive Sculpture

Robert Ebendorf, Small Scale Sculpture and Wearable Art

Robin Lasser, Sculpture Sound and Image

Jesus Morales, Exploring Public Sculpture and Model Making

Robin Hill, Materials in Process: Alternative Approaches to Sculpture

Lawrence LaBianca, Basic Welding for Sculptors

Tracy Krumm, The Found Object and Various Experiments

James Surls, Line in Space

David Kimball Anderson, Small Scale Bronze Casting

Patrick Dougherty, Natural Materials Sculpture

John Grande and Alan Sonfist, Environmental Art

Jesse Lott, The El Pinatero Method: Paper Construction

Jim Cole, Sculptural Furniture

Arthur Simms, Creating Sculptural Forms in Space: Found Objects

Tracy Hicks, Studies in Preservation and Collection: Alternative Processes

Terry Allen, Building on Ideas, Looking for Source

Stephen Siegel, Sculpture: Small Things Add Up

2005 Instructor, Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Lynda Benglis and Garrison Roots, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,

Snowmass Village, CO.

2004 Instructor, Basic Sculpture Techniques, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

Instructor, Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Rico Eastman and Laura Thorne, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,

Snowmass Village, CO.

2002 Instructor, Workshop for Jamaican Art Teachers and School Children

(K-12), Facilitators: Rick Parsons, John Scott, Doug Casebeer and David Pinto, Jamaica.

2000-01 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture/Ceramics, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

Teaching Assistant, Mixed Media Sculpture and Small Scale Casting with John Scott and

James Surls, ARAC Good Hope, Jamaica.

1998 Instructor, International Art Center of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

1996-99 Ceramics / Sculpture Instructor, Ursuline Academy, Dallas, TX.

1994-99 Ceramics Instructor, Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX.

1995-96 Ceramics Instructor, Summer Scholars, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1994-95 Ceramics Instructor, Continuing Education, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1993 Graduate Assistant to Cameron Scheopp, Sculpture Professor, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Visiting Artist

2007 Visiting Artist, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.

Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

Visiting Artist, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.

2006 Visiting Artist, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Visiting Artist, University Texas Pan-America, Edinburg, TX.

2003 Visiting artist with Doug Casebeer, Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL.

Professional Experience

2008-2005 Sculpture Program Coordinator, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

*Facilitated visiting artist program

*Oversaw residency program

*Served on governance committees

*Managed all technical demonstrations

*Led studio orientations and safety demonstrations

*Managed and maintained studio equipment

*Trained/supervised technical staff

*Trained/supervised teaching assistants

*Managed budget

*Ordered studio supplies and equipment

*Fundraising

2008 Assistant to Artist James Surls, Carbondale, CO.

Assist with engineering, fabrication, transportation, and installation of large-scale metal and wood sculpture.

2008 Board Member, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO.

2005-2002 Studio Manager, Sculpture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Vlg. CO.

*Assisted faculty in instruction of summer workshops

*Oversaw teaching assistants

*Maintained shop equipment

*Assisted with maintenance and repairs of ceramic studio and equipment

*Built kilns (wood, soda, down-draft, up-draft)

*Gave technical demonstrations

*Ordered materials

2004 Panelist, Under the Influence: Digital/Elemental, NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

2001 Juror, Stretch Invitational, African American Museum, Charlotte, NC.

Co-Organizer, First Annual K-12 Ceramics Exhibition, Juror Don Reitz

Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX. Coinciding with NCECA Arts.

1997 Slide Lecture, Excavation of Local Clays: K-12 Curriculum,

NCECA Conference, Fort Worth, TX.

Workshop, Raku Techniques ISAS, St. Marks Academy, Dallas, TX.

Graduate Assistant to Dan Hammett, Ceramics Professor, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1994 Workshop, Construction Techniques, Sleeping Bag Weekend, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Workshop and Lecture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, Rick Parson and Helen Otterson, Show College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN.

2005 Charles and Dorothy Clark Gallery, The University of Texas Pan-America, Edinburg, TX.

2002 m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, NJ.

1999 Big House Gallery, Big House, Galveston, TX.

1996 Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, New Talent

Gallery, Irving, TX.

1994 Masters of Art Thesis Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Group Exhibitions

2009 Spoon It, Fork It, Cut It Up, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD.

Elements of Time, Mertz Project, curator Helen Otterson, Phoenix, AZ.

2008 Artist in Residence: Anderson Ranch, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.

Imaginary Things, Aspen Museum of Art, guest curator Peter Eleey of the

Walker Art Center, Aspen, CO.

Object- Based, Gallery at Carillion, Charlotte, NC.

Transformation 6x6, Clay Arts Center, Port Chester, NY.

Extending Boundaries, Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO.

Erudite Lunacy, 3^rd Street Gallery,curator Tony Moreno Carnegie, PA.

2007 Seeing Red, Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO.

In search of Duende, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO.

Line and Volume, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN.

2006 Alterior Motives, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD.

The Teapot Exhibition, The University of Miami, Wesley Foundation Gallery

Miami, FL. (Invitational show celebrating the history of tea and tea culture)

Alchemy of Fire and Ash, Commonwheel Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO.

Zibaldone di pensieri (casual thoughts), Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, CO.

2005 Echoes, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

Another Mish Mash, Chesapeake Arts Center, Baltimore, MD.

Texas National, Juror: James Surls Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.

2004 The Ranch at UM, The University of Miami, Wesley Foundation Gallery

Miami, FL.

Texas and Beyond, The University of Texas-Pan America, Edinburg , TX.

Mish Mash Redux, The Midland Arts Building, Indianapolis, ID.

2003 Anderson Ranch Resident Artist Show, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL.

Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO.

High Altitude Currents, Laramie County Community College, Laramie, WY.

Faculty Show, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO.

Continuance, Galeria JAN, La Jolla, CA.

2002 Texas Mud, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX.

Another Mish Mash, Hobb's Building Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

2001 Anderson Ranch Ceramics/Sculpture, Public Library of Charlotte, NC.

Emergence Theory, Public Library of Charlotte, NC.

Mish Mash, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC.

2000 Holiday Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

Anderson Ranch Assistant Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass

Village, CO.

2000 Four at 414, 414 Gallery, Ft.Worth, TX.

1999 Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.

1999 NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.

1998 UTPB Invitational, University of Texas at Permium Basin, Odessa, TX.

To Have and to Hold: Vessel Making by Texas Artist, Invitational, Irving Arts Center, Main Gallery, Irving, TX.

Texas Technical University Invitational, Fort Worth, TX.

Alumni Show: Juried Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1997 Membership Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX.

1996 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX.

Exchange Show, University of Iowa, IA.

Texas Clay Today, Slide Show Presentation, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX.

Mysterious Worlds, Collaboration with Mary Hood Center for Book Arts, New York, NY.

1995 Five Views, Brookhaven Community College, Farmers Branch, TX.

In One Room, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Process, Material, Intent, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX.

Rimichrodi, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1993 Chridonariís, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Art Alliance Spring Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX.

1992 Art Alliance Spring Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX.

Things in Cages, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.

Publications

2008 Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic, Judith S. Schwartz, University of Pennsylvania Press,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008.

2008 Questions of Art, Zach Jankovic (A documentary film on Rick

Parsons, James Surls, and Mike Lindsay). View at www.zachjankovic.com

2007 The Charlotte Observer, Everyday Shapes Turned into Art, May. 16^th2008.

2007 Art Matters: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson the Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Arts Museum

“Studio Visit With Rick Parsons”(Grass Roots TV).

2007 Sculpture Magazine, The Salient Point, Vol. 26 No.4 May. 2007.

2004 Clay Times, Anderson Ranch Artist in Residence, Vol. 10 No.1 Jan./ Feb. 2004.

2003 Cover Artist, American Literary Review, 14.2, Fall 2003.

2003 Snowmass Sun, Something for Everyone, Vol. 27, No.27 Dec. 17-23, 2003.

2003 The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, LCCC Hosting Art Center Work, Sept. 19^th2003.

2003 The Dallas Morning News, Texas Mud: Ceramic artist in Texas, Nov.8-14, 2003.

2002 The Sand Paper, Artist Works in Progress, Vol.28, No. 41.

2000 The Met, Four at 414,May 3, 2000.

1999 The NCECA Journal, A Voice of Dissent, Tony Merino, vol.19, 1999.

1998 Gulf News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 1998.

1996 Fort Worth Star Telegram (August).

1996 The Pottery Shop “Rick Parsons and Ceramic Sculpture” (PBS TV Series, April).

Awards

2001-2002 Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

2000 Field Expedition with James Surls and John Scott: Scholarship Student/Teaching Assistant, Jamaica.

1995 Full Tuition Scholarship, Master of Fine Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

1993 Full Tuition Scholarship, Master of Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

First Place in Sculpture, Art Alliance Spring Show, Juror-James Surls, artist, Stephen F. Austin State University,

Nacogdoches, TX.

1992 First Place in Sculpture and Third in Painting, Art Alliance Spring Show, Juror-Patricia Johnson, Art critic for the

Houston Chronicle, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.

Commissions/Collections

Aspen Art Museum, Imaginary Things, guest curator Peter Eleey of the Walker Art Center

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.

The Wyly Collection, CO.

The Chaffin Collection Spring Island, SC./Aspen, CO.

Ten Piece Service Set, Peace Mennonite Church, Dallas TX.

Stations of the Cross, St. Peters the Apostle Church, Fort Worth, TX.

Public Mural, Collaboration, Rapid Alternative Learning Program, Nacogdoches, TX.

Public Mural, Collaboration, National Humane Society, Nacogdoches, TX.

Professional Affiliations

International Sculpture Center

College Art Association

National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts

Artist Statment

Sun, 31 May 2009 15:27:42 -0700

I use materials as metaphor to conceptually focus on the effect of environmental pollutants on the body. My work records my thoughts and feelings on specific social or political events. This information is then filtered and distilled into a visual form that embodies the underlining emotion and tone. I see my work as a form of visual poetry that incorporates materials as metaphor.

My aesthetic draws on memories from living on the Gulf Coast of Texas and mirrors the power of that climate and region. Shapes and materials are fused together to create objects with multiple layers of visual and personal meaning. I create objects that reference my past, filtered through my present state of mind.

Materials in my work have a metaphorical significance. Clay represents the body and biology; saltwater heals, preserves and destroys; and steel is the social and spiritual structure that we build our lives around. My clay forms are first soaked in saltwater to absorb the salt, just as the body absorbs the chemicals in its surroundings. The clay objects are then placed onto steel plates where the salt causes the steel to oxidize. Steel is a material that is perceived as having great strength yet can be weakened by a material as simple as salt. The saltwater is also used as a medium with which to paint on the steel. The irony of the sculpture is that the same material that is used as the healing agent is also the catalyst for destruction.

I am at an exciting point in my work, where my use of symbolic materials is no longer limited to clay, salt and steel. I use humble domestic objects, such as the spoon, in combination with substances, to make statements about our environmental and personal health. The work explores ideas about toxins and dioxins in our environment and our food sources. I use the spoon as a metaphor for consumption, and introduce elements such as salt and heat. Heat represents an unseen catalyst, which can change our genetic coding. Heat, like salt, is a beneficial and necessary component of personal and environmental health but excess can create undesirable changes, which can speed up chemical reactions. I use tarpaper as a symbol for industry, and to represent the driving force of our current political and economic system.

The key elements in my work are the concepts of time, change, and an element of the unknown. My work comes veiled under seductive surfaces and recognizable forms that are filtered through time and distilled down to simple poetic forms.

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