Douglas Holmes
Résumé of Douglas Holmes, Sculptor
part 1: education, teaching,
guest lectures, community service

 

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•the WORK

•Belfast Series

•the Memorials

•DERRY suite

•Early WORK

 

•e-mail

•Home Page

•Part 2
Education
•M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, 1970
•B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, 1964
•Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1961
•Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1961
•Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1958-61

Teaching •San Francisco State University, Art Department, Instructor in Sculpture, 1997-98 •Menlo College, Atherton, California, Instructor in Visual Literacy, a course offered jointly by the Departments of Humanities and Communications, 1993 •San Francisco State University, Art Department, Instructor in Sculpture, 1980-82 •Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Assistant Professor in Sculpture, 1972-74. Chair, Sculpture Department, 1973-74 •Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Instructor in Sculpture, Related Arts Institute. (Summer Session Interdisciplinary Program), 1973 •Tyler School of Art, Instructor in Sculpture, Summer Session, 1972
Guest Lectures •California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department. "Industrial Materials and Methods Appropriated for Sculpture." Four lecture demonstrations: "Mechanical Fastening and Building Systems," "Glues and Adhesives," "Tools," "Hybrid Systems for Joining Dissimilar Materials", 1989-1990 •California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department Guest Artist: Slide lecture, individual student studio critiques, 1989 •San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, "Metal, Method and Manifestations: Bay Area Artists," slide lecture, 1989 •Menlo College, Atherton, California. History Department. "Political Oppression, Art and Artists in Northern Ireland", 1988 •Stanford University, Values in Science, Art, and Technology Program. Two lectures on "Visual Arts and Technology," Part 1: Historical Perspectives, Part 2: Social and Philosophical Influences, 1986 •Menlo College, Atherton, California. History Department. "Art in Public View," slide lecture, 1985 •San Francisco State University, Art Department, Art History. "Assemblage into Sculpture," slide lecture, 1981 •San Francisco State University, Cinema Department. "Electrical Survival for Filmmakers," "Small Format Video for Artists." Workshop classes for graduate students. Both classes given biannually, 1979-91 •California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department. A series of lecture demonstrations given over five semesters addressing advanced problems in sculpture fabrication using contemporary industrial technology, 1977-79 •Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Guest Artist. Slide lectures, individual student studio critiques, 1974 •Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania. Artist in Residence. Slide lectures, classes, individual studio critiques, 1973
Community Service •Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco. Board of Directors, 1987-1994 (Vice-President, 1989-90, President, 1990-1994 Search Committee for Executive Director, Search Committee for Gallery Program Director, Visual Arts Selection Panel, Long Range Planning Committee.) •Arts Policy Plan Project, San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Planning Commission. Focus Group Member, 1989 •National Educational Film Festival, "Film As Fine Art," Juror, 1988 •Philadelphia Art Alliance, Sculpture Board (policy, acquisitions, exhibition), 1973 •Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Expanded Photography Annual Exhibition, Juror, 1973 go to part 2