Richard Eric Conn
218 Northern Blvd. Wilmington, NC 28401
(cell) 864-680-4786
reconn088@mail.cfcc.edu
rickconn.net
Currently:
Department Chair, Visual Arts at Cape Fear Community College. Responsibilities include curriculum design, maintaining program and institutional standards, enrollment, scheduling, budgeting and personnel.
Full time instructor at Cape Fear Community College. Responsibilities include course design, classroom instruction and studio management.
Gallery Coordinator for Wilma W. Daniels Art Gallery on the Campus of CFCC. Responsibilities include show scheduling, curating, and exhibiting, in addition to coordinating activities with the visual arts curriculum.
Education:
MFA 2010 Sculpture
Western Carolina University
Thesis: Device, An Exploration of Interior and Exterior Space as an Aspect of Interactive Sculpture
BA 1986 Studio Art University of South Carolina
Related Study:
2009 Graduate Assistant Teaching Experience, Cullowhee NC
2005 Parthey Foundation Artist Retreat, Dole France
Penland School of Craft, Summer Sessions, Penland NC
2004 Hollow Form Steel Sculpture, Iron Studio
Instructor: Sean Coulier
2002 Sculpting in Green Wood, Wood Studio
Instructor: Howard Werner
2002 Public Sculpture, Iron Studio
Instructor: JImbo Buonaccorsi
2000 Mixed Media Wood Sculpture, Wood Studio
Instructor: Skip Johnson
1984 University of Northern Illinois, Study Abroad Program
Salzburg College, Salzburg Austria
Professional Experience:
2012 Art Faculty: Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington NC
Sculpture Instructor
Gallery Coordinator
2010 Teaching Assistant, Western Carolina University
Introduction to Sculpture, Fall 2010 (instructor of record)
Introduction to Sculpture, Spring2010 (instructor of record)
2009 Museum Assistant, Fine Art Museum
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2008 Sculpture Studio Technician, Western Carolina University
Cullowhee NC
Promotion and media technician, Visiting Artist and Lecture Series,
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee NC
Community Advisory Committee Member,
Spartanburg Arts Partnership, Spartanburg SC
2005 Project Assistance Grant Review Panel, Spartanburg Arts Partnership,
Spartanburg SC
2001-05 Conn Gallery, Co-proprietor establishment and operations,
Landrum SC
2003-05 Executive Board Vice President, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
Building Committee Chair, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
2003 Juror, Spartanburg County School District 1 Student Art Show,
Campobello SC
2002 Juror, Spartanburg County School District 1 Student Art Show,
Campobello SC
2001 Juror, Converse College Juried Student Art Exhibition,
Spartanburg SC
1995-2005 Program Coordinator, Landrum Life Drawing Group,
Landrum SC
1994-2004 Board of Directors, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
1986-95 Conn Arts (Art Supply Retail) Establishment and Operation,
Spartanburg SC
1998-2005 Program Director and Instructor, Landrum Area Fencers,
Landrum SC
EXHIBITION RECORD (* Solo shows marked by asterisk)
2010 * Device, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Western Carolina University
Cullowhee NC
Public Art 360 Conference, Crest Center, Asheville NC
Curator: Kenn Kotara, City of Asheville Public Art Board
Art in Bloom, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon NC
2009 Emerging Visions, Salem Fine Art Center Gallery, Salem College
Winston Salem NC
Art Trek Tryon, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon N C
Sculpturama 2009, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon NC
Impromptu, WCU Student and faculty invitational exhibition,
Conn Gallery Building, Landrum SC
2008 Sculpture and Paintings, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte NC
Third Annual River Sculpture Exhibition, Reynolds Mountain Communities,
Asheville NC
Spartanburg Artist Guild 35th Annual Juried Show, Chapman Fine Arts Center
Spartanburg, SC
Mountain Sculptors 2008 Annual Juried Exhibition, UpStairs Art Space.
Tryon NC
String of Pearls, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
2007 *Featured Artist, River Gallery, Chattanooga TN
*Richard Conn, Recent Works, Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg SC
Art Ability Opening Exhibition, Art Ability Gallery, Dallas TX
Full Spectrum, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte NC
Still Life Runs Deep, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
2006 Annual Landscape Show, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte NC
14th Annual Historic Shaw Art Fair, Saint Louis MO
Tennessee Association of Craft Artist 2006 Craft Fair, Centennial Park,
Nashville NC
2005 Visiting Artists Exhibition, Parthey Foundation, Dole France
*Richard Conn Landscapes, Artemisia Gallery, Asheville NC
Night and Day, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
Up the Hill, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg SC
Coast to Coast, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte NC
The French Show, Conn Gallery, Landrum SC
Space Surface Shadow, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, Converse College, Spartanburg SC
2004 * Richard Conn Recent Works, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte NC
2003 *Richard Conn, Urban & Landscapes, Rachael Thompson Gallery,
Saint Augustine FL
Doors and Other Openings, Upstairs Art Space, Hosted by Conn Gallery,
Landrum, SC
H. Goode and Friends, Gallery 5, Rockhill SC
2002 Small Works Juried Art Exhibit, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
2001 Conn Gallery Opening Exhibit, Conn Gallery, Landrum SC
The Board Goes Bananas, An Exhibition of Board Members Work,
Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
CFAC Juried Art Exhibition, Carolina Foothills Artisan Center,
Chesnee SC
MACK Annual Juried Art Exhibit, McCormick Arts Center at the Keturah,
Greenwood SC
2000 Assemblages, (An exhibition of recent works by Richard and Robert Conn)
Cannons Art Gallery, Cannons Elementary School, Spartanburg SC
Art for the Millennium, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC
Silver Anniversary Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson SC
1999 Mother and Child, (An exhibition of work by the Landrum Life drawing Group), Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC
Henderson County Art League, Guest Speaker and exhibitor, (Lecture and demonstration of mural painting techniques) Opportunity House,
Hendersonville NC
All in the Family, (An exhibition of work by families with multiple practicing artists), Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC
1995 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, Converse College, Spartanburg SC
In the Beginning ( A show of works dealing with aspects of creation by Richard Conn and Dale McEntire), Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC
1994 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, Converse College, Spartanburg SC
1993 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, Converse College, Spartanburg SC
AWARDS:
2010 Kirby Endowment Back to School Scholarship for Adults
2008 Sculpturama 2008, 2nd place Wall hung sculpture, Tryon NC
2005 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, 2nd place Professional Sculpture,
Spartanburg SC
2004 Student Mask Competition, Best in Show, Penland School of Craft
Penland NC
1995 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, 1st place Professional Sculpture,
Spartanburg SC
1994 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, 1st Place Professional Sculpture and Open Media, Spartanburg SC
1993 Annual Sidewalk Art Exhibition, 1st Place Professional Sculpture and Open Media, Spartanburg SC
COMMISSIONS:
2005 Dover Plantation, Georgetownn SC
2003 Renaissance Park Plaza Hotel, Spartanburg SC
2004 Landrum Middle School, Landrum SC
2002 Middle School Of Pacolet, Pacolet SC
Montessori Academy of Spartanburg, Spartanburg SC
1994 Milliken Inc., Spartanburg, SC
COLLECTIONS:
Carolina Alliance Bank, Spartanburg SC
Renaissance Park Plaza Marriot, Spartanburg SC
The Beacon Restaurant, Spartanburg, SC
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