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Many of our patrons and students want to know about our backgrounds and experiences. Here we will tell you a little more about ourselves.

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JAMES E. KLINGER

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ceramic Studio Coordinator and Artist-in-Residence, Rosewood Arts Centre, City of Kettering, OH: kiln firings for all clay classes, ordering of materials, studio and equipment maintenance, 1990-present

Architectural Designer/Draftsman: Paul J. Striebel and Associates, Dayton, OH, 1988 - 1991; Donnell Design Group, Dayton, OH, 1986-1988; Levin-Porter Associates, Dayton, OH, 1985-1986

Art Department Chair, Carroll High School, Dayton, OH, 1977-1985

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH, 1990-present

Carroll High School, Dayton, OH, 1977-1985

 EDUCATION

Sinclair College, Dayton, OH, coursework in Architectural Technology, 1983-1985

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, coursework in Music Studies, 1983-1985

Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1971-1976, Bachelor of Science, Art Education, 1976

 AWARDS AND GRANTS

Recipient of Individual Fellowship Grant from Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District (Culture Works), 1999 and 2003

 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Scheduled for one-man exhibition, Edison College, Piqua, OH, 2008

Rosewood Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Retrospective, invitational exhibition, 2007

Earth in Balance, A Regional Clay Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2002-2006, (awards 2002 - 2005)

 “Featured Artist,” Dayton Visual Arts Center’s Dayton Clay II exhibit, 2005

University Hall, University of Cincinnati, OH, “Elements of Nature,” invitational, mixed media exhibition by Art Design Consultants of Cincinnati, 2004  

Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH, three-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 2004

The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky, one-person exhibition, clay sculpture, 2002

One Dayton Centre, Dayton, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 2001

Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, one-person exhibit, mixed media clay sculpture, 2001

Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio, Hypotenuse Gallery, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1999

Colonel White Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1999

Stivers Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, two-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1998

Edison Community College, Piqua, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1997

 SELECTED JURIED ART FAIRS

Coconut Grove, FL, 2007 and 2006

Naples National, Naples, FL, 2006

Bonita Springs (FL) National Art Fest, 2006, 2007

Las Olas Art Show, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2006, 2007

Summerfair Cincinnati, OH, 2002-2006

Cain Park Art Festival, Cleveland, OH, 2002-2006

Art and Apples Art Festival, Rochester, MI, 2006 and 2007

Brookside Art Festival, Kansas City, MO, 2005

Winterfair Columbus, OH, 2002-2005

East Lansing (MI) Art Festival, 2002, 2003

Crosby Gardens, Toledo, OH, 2002-2003

Sugarloaf Novi (MI) and Gaithersburg (MD), 2002-2006

 

 

 

CHRISTINE A. KLINGER

 

EDUCATION

Painting studies: Robert Burridge, in California and North Carolina, 2006, 2008; Jean Koeller, New Carlisle, Ohio, 2009-

Sculpture workshops: Debra Fritts, Arrowmont, Tennessee, 2007; Cheryl Tall, California, 2006; California Sculptors’ Symposium, Cambria, 2004 - 2006; Master New York sculptor Philippe Faraut, Ohio, 2005; Ohio University Emeritus Art Professor Joe Bova, Ohio, OH, 2005; and at Savannah (Geogia) College of Art & Design, 2001

Coursework in Creative Writing and Sculpture, Sinclair College and Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, Ohio, 1997 - 2001

Documentary photography workshop with renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark, Boca Raton, FL, 1988

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, M.S., Journalism, Concentration in Photography, 1987

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, B.A., Psychology, 1979

 

  WORK EXPERIENCE

Art curator/writer, Wright State University Multicultural Center, Dayton, OH, 11/06 - present

Assistant Director, San Luis Obispo (CA) Arts Center, 10/05 – 6/06

Gallery Coordinator, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, Ohio, 8/96 - 10/05

Freelance Writer, Photographer, 11/80 - present

AV/PR Specialist, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Dayton, Ohio, 5/95 - 5/96

Staff Photographer, “The Sun News,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 6/87 - 11/90

 

 TEACHING

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, Ceramics, Fall Semester, 2007

Edison Community College, Piqua, OH, Sculpture, Fall Semester, 2006

Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA, Sculpture, Spring Semester, 2006

Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH: Photography/Writing Art Camp, 2004; Clay  Handbuilding/Sculpture, 2000 - 2001; Photography and Darkroom, 1996-1998

City Folk Festival, Dayton, OH, Invited Artist: demonstrated clay sculpture and handbuilding, and participated in panel: “Self-Expression through Clay,” 2003

Edison Community College, Piqua, Ohio: Photography, 1994-1996

Dayton Art Institute: Photography, 1992-1995

Riverbend Art Center, Dayton, OH: Photography, 1991-1995

 

SOLO ART EXHIBITS

* “Faces and Facades II,” exhibition at Dayton (OH) Convention Center, via Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, sculpture and photography, 2008

* Edison Community College, Piqua, OH, clay sculpture, 2007 and 2001

* Hypotenuse Gallery, Sinclair College, clay sculpture, 2005

* Gallery at One Dayton Centre, Dayton, Ohio, clay sculpture, 2005 and 2000

* Barnes & Noble Books, Dayton, OH, photography, 2003

* “Faces and Facades,” invitational exhibition via Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, black and white photography and clay masks, Downtown Dayton YMCA, 1996

* 2001 Showcase, Oakwood, OH, Polaroid transfer photography, 1995

 

SELECTED GROUP ART EXHIBITS AND AWARDS

* Gold Palette (award-winners) Exhibit, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, 2010

* “Glen Helen (Yellow Springs, OH) Nature Arts & Crafts Show,” juried art fair, painting, 2009

* “HxWxD,” regional (four-state), juried competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, sculpture, 2009

* Invited to exhibit in the “Artenade, International Art of Peace Exhibition,” hosted by the Dayton International Peace Museum, Missing Peace Art Space and the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, sculpture, 2009

* Invitational Exhibit by award winners from Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Harcum Gallery, Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington (OH) College, sculpture, 2009

* First Place, Landscape (Jack Blandford Award), Miamisburg (OH) Art Gallery Annual Juried Art Exhibition, painting, 2009

* Third Place, Landscape, Tri-Art Guild, Dayton, OH, painting, 2009

* Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) juried 18th Annual Members’ Exhibition, painting, 2009

* “The View 2009,” state-wide, juried landscape competition, Rosewood Gallery, painting, 2008

* “Chamber Pot Show,” Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce gallery, painting, 2009, 2008, 2007

* Best of Show of New Members of Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Annual “Small Works Show and Sale,” painting, 2008

* First Place, 3-D, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors Juried Fall Show, 2008

* First Place, 3-D, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors Juried Spring Show, clay sculpture, 2008

* “The View 2008,” state-wide, juried landscape competition, Rosewood Gallery, painting, 2008

* “Art on the Grand,” Juried Art Fair, Farmington Hills, MI, painting, 2008

* “Welcome to Antioch,” Casa Frela, Harlem, NYC, fundraising exhibit for Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, organized by alumni and friends of Antioch College New York, painting on clay, 2007 

* Antioch Art Department Instructors and Students Exhibit, Noyes Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, sculpture, 2007

* Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) 16th Annual Members’ Exhibition, sculpture, 2007

*”20th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition,” Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, sculpture, 2007

* “Earth in Balance, A Regional Clay Competition,” Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, sculpture, 2006

* Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art Faculty Members of Allan Hancock College, David Ryan Gallery, Orcutt, CA, sculpture, 2006

* Invitational, self-portrait exhibition, Downtown Dayton Public Library, photography, including photograph of a clay self-portrait, 2006

* “Introductions,” curated exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Art Center, sculpture and photography, 2006

* “The Demise of Democracy?” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA, juried, themed, multi-media exhibit, sculpture, 2005

* Dayton Visual Art Center's (DVAC’s) "Earthbound: Dayton Clay II," invitational clay show, sculpture, 2005

* Best of Show and First Place Awards, “Art About Town 2004,” Preservation Dayton, Inc., and Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Dayton (OH) Convention Center, sculpture, 2004

*”Elements of Nature,” Art Design Consultants’ invitational exhibition, University Hall Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH, sculpture and photography, 2004

* Honorable Mention Award, DVAC’s, “Dayton Clay,” first Dayton-area clay invitational, sculpture, 2002

* “Interiors,” Conversation Pieces Gallery, Tipp City, Ohio, sculpture, 2000

* Second Place Award, “Summer Solstice,” Seventh Sun Gallery, Vandalia, Ohio, juried, multi-media competition, sculpture, 1999

* “DVACamera,” Chemineer Building, Dayton, Ohio, juried exhibition of photographer members of the Dayton Visual Arts Center, 1995

* Exhibition by the Dayton Art Institute instructors, Kettering Towers, Dayton, Ohio, 1995

* “Light Visions - The Works of Five Photographers,” invitational exhibition at The Hyatt Gallery, Tipp City, Ohio, photography, 1994

* Second Place Awards, juried, multi-media exhibition of women’s art, Sinclair Community

College, Dayton, OH, photography; won awards 1994 and 1995

* “City Art,” Third Annual DVAC Members’ Exhibition, juried show, art displayed in storefront locations around downtown Dayton, OH, photography, 1994

* Two-person exhibition, Books & Co., Dayton, OH, photography, 1994

* “The Fragile Environment,” Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH, juried multi-media exhibition by Ohio artists on the environmental theme, photography, 1993. My work was also selected for the show’s traveling exhibition which toured the United States for one year.

* “Third Annual Dayton Area Works on Paper Exhibition,” Rosewood Arts Centre Gallery, juried, multi-media show, photography, 1993

* Three-person invitational exhibition, Sinclair Community College, photography, 1993

* First Place Award, “Art About Town,” Montgomery County Old Courthouse Museum, juried, multi-media exhibition, photography, 1992

* “In Celebration of Art, 6th Annual Art Exhibition,” Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH, juried, multi-media show, photography, 1992

* “The Landscape Show,” Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, juried, multi-media exhibition on the landscape theme, photography, 1992

* “Images of a Female Nature,” four-woman, multi-media, invitational exhibition for the Miami Valley Arts Council, at DVAC, Biltmore Hotel, Dayton, OH, photography, 1992

 

 GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS

Recipient of a Montgomery County (OH) Arts & Cultural District Visual Artist Fellowship, 2009 - 2010

 

PUBLICATIONS

*Subject of a major article in Fall/Winter 2007/08 edition of Art-to-Art Palette, a regional art magazine, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 79-82

Quoted and/or featured in the following articles:

*“20 Years Gone – The Second 10-Year Retrospective at the Rosewood Gallery,” Dayton City Paper, (DCP), 1/17/07, pp. 6

*“Super show celebrates Rosewood’s 20th/Exhibition features 20 favorite gallery artists from varied media,” Dayton Daily News, (DDN), 1/14/07, p. D10

*“Mud rises to the occasion,” DDN, 12/12/06, D10

*“Showtime for teacher – A college art exhibit finds a home in Orcutt,” The Santa Maria (CA) Sun, 4/6/06, p. 22

*“Crossing Janus,” DCP, 5/10/06, p. 12

*“They Come Bearing Gifts – Art treasures for the holidays,” DCP, 12/04

*“Look at all of the ‘Art About Town,’” DDN, 9/19/04, F1

*“Impressive under fire – A new exhibit at DVAC is an engaging testament to creativity of ceramists,” DDN, Spotlight Section, 6/9/02, p. C3

*“Earthwares – From the ‘clay’ of Ohio comes the latest DVAC exhibition, Impact Weekly, Dayton, OH, 6/02

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Artist-in-Residence, Cannery Centre for Art & Design, 2009

Gold Palette (award-winning) member, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, 2008 - present

Member, Yellow Springs (OH) Arts Council, 2008 - present

Member, Dayton (OH) Visual Art Center, 1990 - present

 

 

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