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Christopher Morse
8 James Way, Grafton, NH 03240
EDUCATION:
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, M.F.A., Major: Printmaking, Minor: Photography, 5/17/1986.
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, B.S., Major: Art Education, Painting concentration, Cum Laude 5/22/1982.
Saint Paul's School, Concord, NH. High School, Honors in Art, 6/76.
MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Experienced Educator Certification for Art Education, NH, valid 03/11/82 to 6/30/2012.
College Board approved curriculum, Advanced Placement Portfolios in Drawing, 2-D Design, 3-D Design 2009-2010 The Society of American Graphic Artists,
The League of NH Craftsmen.
The Albany Print Club.
EMPLOYMENT:
Mascoma Valley Regional High School, Canaan, NH, Art Teacher, Director, Experiencing the Arts program, 2002-10. The Oculus Press, Fine color etchings and aquatints celebrating our public lands and landmarks, Established 6/1987.
The Cardigan Mt. School, Canaan, NH: Art Teacher, Dorm Master, Coach. Employed 1987/88 through 1991/92.
The Selwyn School, Denton, TX: Art Teacher, Department Head 86/87, Dorm Master, Coach. Employed: 1983/84 - 1986/87.
The University of North Texas, Denton, TX: Teaching Fellow, 2-D and 3-D Design. Employed: 1984/85 through 1985/86
Andover Elementary School, Andover, NH: Art Teacher 1st-8th grade. Employed: 1982/83.
AWARDS, MERIT AWARDS & PURCHASE PRIZES:
$10,000 Grant Award, NH Charitable Foundation, Walker Fund, Experiencing the Arts program, 11/24/2009.
NH State Council on the Arts, $3300 Artlinks Grant Award, Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2009.
NH State Council on the Arts, $6600 Artlinks Grant Award, Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2008.
NH State Council on the Arts, $10,000 Artlinks Grant Award, Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2007. $15,000 Grant Award, The Byrne Foundation, Experiencing the Arts program, 3/2007. $10,000 Grant Award, NH Charitable Foundation, Walker Fund, Experiencing the Arts program, 2/2007. $2450 Artlinks Grant Award, Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2006.
NH State Council on the Arts, $5000 Artlinks Grant Award, Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2005. The Byrne Foundation, $10,000 Grant Award, cross curricular & community development Experiencing the Arts, 2005. The Byrne Foundation, $5000 Grant Award, cross curricular & community development Experiencing the Arts, 2004. Mascoma Savings Bank Foundation, $1000 Grant Award, cross curricular & community development Experiencing the Arts, 2004. NH State Council on the Arts, $10,000, Grant Award, cross curricular & community development Experiencing the Arts, 7/2004.
NH State Council on the Arts, $2500 Artlinks Grant Award, for 3rd year of the Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2003.
NH State Council on the Arts, $5000 Artlinks Grant Award, for 2nd year of the Experiencing the Arts program, 7/2002.
Best Educational Booth Award, 69th League of NH Craftsmen's Fair, Mt. Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH, August 2002.
Purchase Prize, 2001 North American Print Biennial, Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA, 2001.
Juror: David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY.
Honorable Mention, Schoharie County Arts Council, 2000 National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY, 2000.
Juror: Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor to "Art in America."
Purchase Award, Prints U.S.A. 1999, Springfield Art Museum, Biennial National, Springfield, MO, 1999-2000.
Juror: David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY.
Merit Award, Janet Turner National Print Competition, Janet Turner & CSU, Chico Art Galleries, Chico, CA, 1999.
Juror: Janice Driesbach, Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Winner: Rembrandt Materials Award, 43rd Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 1999.
Juror: Starr Figura, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY.
Honorable Mention, Mayfair's 1999 National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA, 1999.
Winner: $150, 67th National Members Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY, 1999.
Winner: 2nd prize prints/graphics, 71st Annual Juried Exhibition 1999, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA, 1999.
Juror: Fereshteh Daftari, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY.
Winner: P.T. Buonocore award, 1999 National Small Works Exhibition, Canton Artists' Guild, Canton, CT, 1999.
Purchase Award, National Printmaking 1999, The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing, NJ, 1999.
Permanent Collection, The College of New Jersey.
Booth Award for Mini Print Museum, 66th League of NH Craftsmen Fair, Mt. Sunapee State Park, Newbury, NH, 1999.
Juror's Commendation, Albany Print Club's 20th National Print Exhibition, Turnbull Gallery, Schenectady, NY, 1998.
Winner: 2nd Place in Prints, Glastonbury Art Guild, 1997 Festival on the Green, Glastonbury, CT, 1997.
Purchase Prize, 40th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 1996.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Anne Steele Marsh Print Collection "Hear the Soaring Chuckle of a Lone and Lonely Loon."
Winner: Yankee Print Award, 18th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Paul Creative Center, UNH, Durham, NH. 1993.
Nominated by Headmaster, Cameron K. Dewer, Cardigan Mt. School: Technology/Industrial Arts Teacher of the Year, 1990-91.
Winner: Yankee Print Award, 15th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Institute of Arts & Sciences, Manchester, NH, 1989.
Winner: Yankee Print Award, 14th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Paul Creative Center, UNH, Durham, NH, 1988.
A print was purchased for their permanent collection, NH Lands and Landmarks, Concord Public Library, Concord, NH, 1988.
RECENT NATIONAL SHOWS, COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS:
The Print Club of Albany Artist Members Show, Albany, NY, 2006. Guilderland Library, The Print Club of Albany Artist Members Show, Albany, NY, 9/1-9/30/04. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 24th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/14-6/30/04. Susan Teller Gallery, Society of American Graphic Artists, 70th National Members Exhibition Small Works, NY, NY, 1/7-17/04
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 22nd Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/24-7/2/02.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 46th Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 5/5-6/23/02.
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, National Juried Print Exhibit 2002, Newark, NJ, 4/20-6/12/02.
Northern Arizona University Art Galleries, 1st Biennial National Print Competition, Flagstaff, AZ, 3-5/02. Washington Printmakers Gallery, 4th Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition, Washington, DC, 7/31-8/26/01.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 45th Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 6/10-7/22/01.
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 21st Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/25 -7/3/01.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of MN, 3rd Minnesota National Print Biennial, Minneapolis, MN, 4/28-7/24/01.
Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, 2/23-4/21/01.
Gallery at Boston University, 2001 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA, 2/18-4/8/01.Winner: Purchase Prize.
Stephen Gang Gallery, Society of American Graphic Artists 68th National Member's Exhibition, NY, NY 11/4-11/25/00.
Georgia College & State University, Blackbridge Hall, Pressed and Pulled IX, Milledgeville, GA, 10/9-11/17/00.
Barrett Art Center, Printwork '2K, Poughkeepsie, NY, 8/26-9/30/00.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, 3rd Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition, Washington, DC, 8/1-8/27/00.
Schoharie County Arts Council, 2000 National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY, 6/2 - 7/7/00. Honorable Mention.
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 20th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/8 -5/26 - 7/5/00.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 44th Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 6/25-7/30/00.
Open Space Gallery, Mayfair's 2000 National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Allentown, PA, 5/5 - 5/27/00.
University of Hawaii, 2000 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Hilo Hawaii, 3/14 - 4/15/00.
Altamira Galleries, In Dreams: The New Surrealists, Raleigh, NC, 3/3 - 5/6/2000.
Lulu Gallery, The Print Club of Albany Artist Members' Small Works Exhibition, Albany, NY, 2/29 - 4/10/00.
Springfield Art Museum, Prints U.S.A. 1999, Biennial National, Springfield, MO, 11/20/99-01/23/00, Winner Purchase Award.
Washington International Print Fair, demonstrating and exhibiting, Arlington, VA, 4/5-6/97 and 4/1 - 4/2/00.
Janet Turner & CSU, Chico Art Galleries, Janet Turner National Print Competition, Chico, CA, 8/23 - 9/26/99, Winner: Merit Award.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, 2nd Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition, Washington, DC, 8/3-8/27/99.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 43rd Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 6/13-7/18/99. Winner: Rembrandt Materials Award.
Open Space Gallery, Mayfair's 1999 National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Allentown, PA, 6/3 - 7/3/99. Honorable Mention.
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 19th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/8 - 7/7/99.
Prince Street Gallery, Society of American Graphic Artists, 67th National Members Exhibition, NY, NY, 6/11- 30/99.Winner: $150.
Art Association of Harrisburg, 71st Annual Juried Exhibition 1999, Harrisburg, PA, 5/22-6/24/99. Winner: 2nd prize prints/graphics.
Cambridge Art Association, National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA, 4/5-5/25/99.
Canton Artists' Guild, 1999 National Small Works Exhibition, Canton, CT, 4/2-4/25/99. Winner: P.T. Buonocore award.
John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel College, Innovations in Printmaking, Arnold, MD, 3/15-4/22/99.
Payne Gallery of Moravian College, 11th Biennial National Print Show, Bethleham, PA, 3/4-4/11/99.
Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, 27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, 2/26-4/11/99.
The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, National Printmaking 1999, Ewing, NJ, 1/20-2/17/99. Winner: purchase award.
COLLECTIONS:
The White House, Washington, DC, "Skating Angel," etched silver ornament, 6" x 9".
The Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife Programs, Washington, DC, "Maximum Mooseness, Luncheon at Their Pad."
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, "Hear the Soaring Chuckle of a Lone and Lonely Loon."
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Sam King collection, "Ragged Mountain Spirits."
NH State Council on the Arts, Concord, NH, "Maximum Mooseness, Luncheon at Their Pad."
NH Historical Society, " Manchester NH, Along the Merrimack," "Concord Across the Merrimack," "Ragged Mountain Revelry."
The College of New Jersey Department of Art, permanent collection, Ewing, NJ, "Lead With Readiness."
C. G. Metals, 2001 North American Print Biennial, Purchase Prize, juror: David Kiehl, Curator, Prints, Drawings, Whitney Museum.
Andover Historical Society Museum, Andover, NH, "The Potter Place Train Station."
The Concord Public Library, Concord, NH, "Concord NH, Across the Merrimack River."
The Grand Lodge of the State of NH, "The William Pitt Tavern."
The University of North Texas, Denton, TX, "I'd Rather be Fishing Series, Reflections on Dallas."
Northeast Children's Literature Collection, "Ragged Mountain Revelry." Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of CT, Storrs.
ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS:
73rd League of NH Craftsmen Fair, Mt. Sunapee State Park, Newbury, NH, 8/5-13/06. Paradise City Art Festivals, Northampton, MA, 6/5-7 and 10/10-12/98, 6/4-6/99, 5/27 -29/00, 6/1-3/01, 5/31-6/2/02.
Quail Hollow Events, New Paltz, NY, 96-98, and 2002. Great Barrington, MA, 7/23-25/99.
American Artworks Festival, Capital Expo Center, Chantilly, VA 11/10-12/00 and 11/30-12/2/01.
Monmouth Arts Festival, Monmouth, NJ, 11/9-11/01.
Guilford Handcrafts Exposition, Guilford, CT, 7/96, 97, 98, 01.
Westfield Crafts Market, Westfield, NJ 3/31-4/2/95 and 11/10-12/95, 3/9-3/11/01.
Hanover Craft & Fine Art Show, Leverone Field House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 12/1-3/00 (with a workshop).
2000 Fine Arts & Crafts Gala, QVC Studio Park, West Chester, PA, 11/17-11/19/00.
Celebrate NH Culture, Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Hopkinton, NH, 6/7-11/00. (with a workshop on 6/10/00).
Strawbery Banke Museum's Summer Crafts Festival, Portsmouth, NH, 6/3-4/00.
1997 and 2000 Washington International Print Fair, demonstrating and exhibiting, Arlington, VA, 4/5-6/97 & 4/1 - 4/2/00.
66th and 67th League of NH Craftsmen Fair, Mt. Sunapee State Park, Newbury, NH, 8/7-15/99, 8/5 - 8/13/00.
42nd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY, 7/7-8/99.
Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Shaker Heights 6/18-20, Indianapolis 11/20-21,Cincinnati 11/26-28, Columbus 12/2-5/99.
Spirit of America, Native American and Wildlife Art Festival, Atlanta, GA 3/12 - 14/99, 3/10 - 3/12/00.
Craftproducers, at many of their events in VT, NY, OH, 93-2000.
The Meredith League of NH Craftsmen's Shop, Meredith, NH, 9/5/98.
Fieldstone Shows, Bayside Expo Center, Boston, MA 94, 95, 98.
National Crafts, Frederick and Gaithersburg, MD, 95-97.
1997 Festival on the Green, Glastonbury Art Guild, Glastonbury, CT, 9/6-7/97. Winner 2nd Place in Prints..
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburg, PA, 6/16-18/95.
Strawberry Banke's Traditional Crafts, League of NH Craftsmen, Portsmouth, NH, 9/25-26/93.
Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Art and Craft Show, Rutland, VT, 10/9-10/93
56th and 57th League of NH Craftsmen's Fair, Mt. Sunapee State Park, Newbury, NH, 8/89, 90.
FULL EDITIONS & COMMISSIONS:
Private commission, "Franklin Pierce Law Center," Concord, NH, December 1998
The NH Historical Society's Hamel Center, Concord, NH, sculpture commission.
League of NH Craftsmen Foundation. An edition of sixty of the "60th Annual Craftsmen's League Fair." June 1993.
The Dartmouth Medical School. Three editions of fifteen etchings and a 2nd edition of one of the three. 1989 and 1993.
Friends of the Windham Historic Commission. A series of five editions celebrating the town's 250th birthday. 1992.
The Holderness School. Two editions of fifty etchings with aquatint. March, 1992.
The Cardigan Mountain School. Edition of fifty etchings with aquatint. Spring, 1989.
ADMINISTRATION:
Director, Experiencing the Arts -- organizing all school assemblies, field trips, artist's residencies, arts events for the general public, newsletters/website, and classroom experience, program implimented in 2002, funding secured through 2009 Directed and produced Hands On Theme Week and Open House Festival - 157 class periods of programs, and workshops Culminating at a festival which served as the Mascoma High School's Open House, April 21-26/2008 Co-directed, produced, Environment and Arts Week and Festival - 45 class periods with presenters, two all school assemblies, artists in residence, culminating in a public festival - activities, exhibitions, demonstrations, performances, educational displays, April 10-15, 2006. Sponsor/Instructor "Message of Hope," art competition/engraving workshop, a fund raiser for David's House, Hanover, NH, 12/00.
Director/Producer, D.A.R.E. Fund-raiser, Andover Elementary School, 12/92-95.
Arranged and produced a historic depiction of magician Richard Potter by Robert Olsen for 120 people in Potter Place, NH, 7/2/94.
Planning committee member for the Independent School Association of the Southwest, Arts Festival, 86/87.
The Selwyn School's annual school wide Fine Arts Festival, 12/86, Chairman, Co-Chairman, 84/85, Coordinator, 83.
4th of July Planning Committee member, Andover, NH, 82/83.
Co-Director: Oliver!, The Selwyn School, Fall, 83.
SELECTED NATIONAL SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS BEFORE 1999:
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 22nd National Print Biennial, New Canaan, CT, 10/18-11/15/98.
Turnbull Gallery, Albany Print Club's 20th National Print Exhibition, Schenectady, NY, 9/1-10/11/98. Juror's Commendation.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1st Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition, Washington, DC, 8/4-8/30/98.
The Krasdale Foods Art Gallery, The Society of American Graphic Artists, Juried Members Show, White Plains, NY, 4/16-7/15/98.
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Artlink 18th National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN, 5/7-7/9/98.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 41st Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 6/8 - 7/20/97.
Rensselaerville Institute Art Gallery, Albany Print Club Artists Member's Exhibition, Rensselarville, NY, 7/97.
Nabisco Headquarters, The Society of American Graphic Artists, 66th National Print Exhibition, Hanover, NJ, 1/13 - 2/19/97.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, 40th Annual National Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ, 6/9-7/21/1996. Winner: purchase prize.
SELECTED REGIONAL SHOWS:
Plymouth State College, "Trajectory," three prints each from 27 artists, 3/4 - 4/15/09. Franklin Pierce Law Center, Prints of the Year: What's New in NH Printmaking, Concord, NH, 1/6-4/3/09. Franklin Pierce Law Center, Prints of the Year: What's New in NH Printmaking, Concord, NH, 2-3/07. Franklin Pierce Law Center, Prints of the Year: What's New in NH Printmaking, Concord, NH, 2/24-4/1/05. Library Arts Center Gallery, "Animals: Wild and Tame," Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, 2/12-3/12/05. Sharon Arts Center, "Hot Off the Presses," Sharon, NH, 7/17-8/29/04 Plymouth State University, Silver Cultural Arts Center, Plymouth, NH, 7/12-8/18/04 Franklin Pierce Law Center, Prints of the Year: What's New in NH Printmaking, Concord, NH, 2/18-4/2/04.
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Prints of the Year: What's New in NH Printmaking, , Concord, NH, 1/10-4/15/02.
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Biennial 2001, Manchester, NH, 9/21 - 10/19/01.
Library Arts Center Gallery, Juried Regional Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, 8/17-9/22/01.
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Biennial 1999, Manchester, NH, 9/10 - 11/28/99.
Library Arts Center Gallery, Juried Regional Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, 08/20-09/25/99.
Audubon Society of NH, The "Loon Egg" Pair and 12 Years Celebrating Our Public Lands in Etching, Concord, NH, 3/7-4/18/99.
Sharon Arts Center, The League of NH Craftsmen Every Member's Juried Exhibit, Sharon, NH, 02/07-03/4/99.
4 Seasons of NH Printmaking, Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, Fall 97, League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters, 5/21-6/26/98.
The Gallery of South Orange, Baird Center, South Orange, NJ, 12/6 - 12/14/97.
Kristina's Restaurant and Bakery, 10 Years Celebrating our Public Lands, (A retrospective of 50 works) Bath ME, 2/7 - 4/6/97.
Covered Bridge Gallery, My Studio, Contoocook, NH, 1/11 - 3/22/97 (Featured on NH Crossroads NHPTV Channel 11).
North Country Center for the Arts, The Art of NH Printmakers, Lincoln, NH, 1/20 - 2/28/97.
The Kimball - Jenkins Estate, NH Printmaking Exhibit, 11/6/96 - 2/26/97 (Featured on NH Crossroads NHPTV Channel 11).
Society for the Protection of NH Forests, A Celebration of Ragged Mountain's Wilderness, Concord, NH, 6/5-6/28/96.
Library Arts Center, Multiples: Variations in Fine Printmaking, Newport, NH, 7/14 - 8/31/95.
Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, 19th League of NH Craftsmen Foundation Juried Exhibit, Manchester, NH, 1/28-2/25/93.
The Art Center in Hargate, School Ties, The Form of 1976, a 3 person show, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, 10/2/93-11/6/93.
The Libby Museum, 1993-Year of the Arts in New Hampshire, Wolfeboro, NH, 5/30-6/25/1993.
Paul Creative Center, 18th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, UNH, Durham, NH. Yankee Print Award. 2/2-4/8/1993.
Sharon Arts Center, 15th Annual Juried Show, Sharon, NH, 9/13/-10/11/92.
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Award Winners Exhibition, Keene, NH, 3/20/-4/26/92.
The Kimball-Jenkins Estate, Celebrating NH's Lands and Landmarks, Concord, NH, 11/91.
Audubon Society of NH, NH Lands and Landmarks, Concord, NH, 3/3/-4/12/91.
Society for the Protection of NH Forests, NH Lands and Landmarks, Concord, NH, 10/90.
The Horizon Gallery, Printmakers Invitational , Campton, NH, 1/6/-2/9/90.
Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, 15th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Manchester, NH. Yankee Print Award, 89.
The Horizon Gallery, NH Lands and Landmarks, Campton, NH, etchings by the Oculus Press. 3/89.
Concord Public Library, NH Lands and Landmarks, Concord, NH, 11/88. A print was purchased for their permanent collection.
Paul Creative Center, 14th League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, UNH, Durham, NH. Yankee Print Award, 10/22-12/12/88.
Kimball-Jenkins Estate, NH Lands and Landmarks, Concord, NH, 9/9-10/7/1988.
The Currier Gallery of Art, New Artists: The Gloria Wilcher Memorial Exhibition, Manchester, NH, 10/25-11/29/87.
PUBLIC READINGS OF "RAGGED MOUNTAIN REVELRY:"
Centennial Celebration of Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club, with slides, Andover, NH, 7/1/01.
25th Anniversary Celebration, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT, with slides, reading on 2/23/01.
Laudholm Crafts Festival, Laudholm Nature Preserve, Wells ME, with overhead projector, reading on 9/9/00.
67th League of NH Craftsmen Fair, Mt. Sunapee State Park, Newbury, NH, with overhead projector, readings on 8/9 and 8/12.
Chautauqua Institution, Center for the Visual Arts, reading and slide presentation (63 in attendance) Chautauqua, NY, 7/6/00.
Celebrate NH Culture, Hopkinton, NH, 6/9/00.
Strawbery Banke Museum's Summer Crafts Festival, Portsmouth, NH, 6/4/00.
Tell It Like It Is, Concord Community TV, 6/1/00.
Springtime in Paradise, Northampton, MA, 5/27-29/00.
Howe Library, Hanover, NH, 5/13/00.
Adirondack Green Mountain Crafts Show, Saratoga Springs, NY, 4/28-30.
Concord Public Library, Concord, NH, 4/25/00.
Toadstool Bookstore, Keene, NH, 4/24/00.
Earth Day Celebration, The Society for the Protection of NH Forests, SPNHF Conservation Center, Concord, NH, 4/22/00.
John James Audubon B-Earth Day Celebration, NH Audubon Center, Concord, NH, 4/15/00.
Spirit of America, Native American and Wildlife Art Festival, Atlanta, GA, 3/10-12.
Borders Books, Concord, NH, 1/22/00.
TELEVISION:
Tell It Like It Is, 30 minute show, Concord Community TV, Concord, NH, 6/1/00.
Travelog, WMURTV Channel 9, coverage of show at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 4/21/00.
Channel 51 Windham Community Television, 30 minute show The Oculus Press demonstrating all phases of the etching process.
Channel 25, Denton, TX, 19 minute presentation by Selwyn School's Advanced Photography class, 5/86.
The Step into the Third Dimension, produced by Christopher's 3-D Design students, University of North Texas, 2/86.
11 minute documentary on Christopher's Silkscreen student's design and sale of photosilkscreen art for Africa's famine relief, 2/85
SET DESIGN:
Mascoma Valley Regional High School - Spring 2002, Miracle Worker, Spring 2003, Little Shop of Horrors Cardigan Mountain School, 1988 - Winter 92, M*A*S*H, Murder, Mayhem and Mystery, Dracula Baby!, Little Abner, Grease.
The Selwyn School, A Winter's Tale, 5/87, The Pirates of Penzance, Fall 86, Macbeth, 5/86, As You Like It, 5/85,
A Midsummer's Night Dream, 5/84, Oliver!, Fall, 83.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Author, Illustrator, and Co-Desinger website: http://www.oculuspress.com launched, January 2002. Advisory board, Jobs for NH Graduates, 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years. Web Designer/webmaster, Experiencing the Arts website, lanched 2/28/2003 http://www.experiencingthearts.com
Director, Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club, 1996 - 01.
Publisher, Designer, Printer, Ragged Mountain Fish & Game Club History Update Celebrating the Centennial 1901-2001.
Author, Illustrator, Designer, Publisher, Printer, Ragged Mountain Revelry, 2000.
Chair of Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club's Waterfront Committee, 1995 - 96.
Represented artists Mathew Brown, John Downs, Betty MacDonald, William Mitchell, Washington International Print Fair, 3/97.
Dorm Parent, 83-91.
Co-Editor "The Cardigan Chronicle," in charge of lay out (working in Pagemaker), 91-92.
Head of the Instructional Ski Program over seven coaches and approximately 60 students, Cardigan MT. School, 87/88 - 91/92.
Head Sailing Coach, eight boats, (Club Juniors), Cardigan Mt. School, 88/89-91/92, also coached sailing 87/88.
In addition, has coached Soccer, Swimming, Intramurals, Weight Lifting.
The Wright Gallery, Dallas, TX, and at UNT, Denton, TX, Christopher's Silkscreen students African famine relief project.
Experiencing the Arts Performance History:
Performance History 2008 - 2009
For the entire Performance History go to http://www.oculuspress.com/stories/storyReader$727
Number attending, Event and Location, Participating classes
38 9/25/08 The Hood Museum of Art, Alma-Tadema and Antiquity: Imagining Classical Sculpture in Late-19th -Century Britain. Art 1 (3 classes ).
32 9/23, 30. 10/7, 14, 21, 11/3 Figure Drawing with Dierdre Dennis, Art Club
30 10/16 The Hood Museum of Art, Immanence and Revelation: Paintings and Drawings by Ben Frank Moss And Coastline to Skyline: The Philip H. Greene Gift of California Watercolors, 1930-1960, October 16, 10 A.M.. Mrs Wenig AP Biology and Biology 1
39 10/20 The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, What is Art?
Mrs. Grout Humanities and AP English (45) Art 2, Drawing, and Portfolio
3 11/22 Painting Competition a Toyota Tacoma Truck, Art Club, White River Junction, VT
500 11/24 African Troupe Acrobats, Mascoma High School, all school assembly.
104 12/17 Northern Stage, White River Jct. VT, Les Miserables, Dec. 17, 2008, 10 am, French Classes with Madame Beaufays and Mrs. Grout AP English
211 12/15-17 Synergy Brass Quintet residency, 211 band students Elementary, Middle, & High School
500 12/16 Synergy Assembly performance, Indian River School
750 12/16 Mascoma High School, Community Performance of all bands with Synergy Brass Quintet
300 12/17 Lebanon Opera House, Youth Education Series, Synergy Brass Quintet & Mascoma Band
100 12/17 Hanover High School, Synergy workshop and performance with aproximately 80 band students from Hanover's band and Mascoma's high school band, plus audience
12/19/08, Litterary Arts contest "Life's Lessons."
15 1/14 Educational Poster Show, reception with remarks by Interim Superintendant, Patrick Andrew.
22 Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover Jazz Reach, Stolen Moments: The First One Hundred Years of Jazz Tuesday, February 3 * 10:00 am * Spaulding Auditorium, MAP, Mr. Wilson's Jazz Band
The 200th Event!!! Capital Center for the Arts, Concord, NH, Romeo and Juliet, Tue, March 3, 2009 10:00 AM
All Freshman (112) + 10 Chaperones, 122 tickets 118 + 4 free
22 The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art March 4, 10 A.M., Mrs Grout, Humanities, Mr. Carr, AP European History
Northern Stage, White River Jct. VT , The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, April 1, 2009, 10 am, Mrs. Grout Humanities and AP English, 45 + 4 Chaperones 49 tickets
Capital Center for the Arts, Concord, NH, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Mon, April 6, 2009 10:00 AM, MAP (15) and Mrs Coons Fitness Experience (17) + 3 Chaperones 35 tickets. 34 + 1
Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 am, The Moore Theater, MAP (10) and Mrs Coons Fitness Experience (17) 3 Chapreones 30 Tickets 5/1/09, Litterary Arts contest, "Dreams."
Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover, Viva Quetzal, Tuesday, May 12, 10:00 am Spaulding Auditorium, MAP (10) New Spanish Teacher Spanish 2 (37), 3 (22) and 4 (12) 88 tickets
May 2009, "Letters Home" Griffin Theatre, Two shows, MVRHS All School Assembly, IRS 6-8 grades
For the entire Performance History see the 200 Experiences page.
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