H. Jewel Clark

Education

1995
M.F.A. University of North Texas- Denton, TX
Major: Metals and Jewelry
Specialization in enameling and jewelry fabrication
Minor: Computer Graphics

1990
B.F.A. University of Texas- Austin, TX
Major: Metals and Jewelry
Minor: Ceramics/ Art History

Current Positions

2007-
Artist in Residence in Metals, Mesa Art Center- Mesa, AZ

2006-
Adjunct Faculty, South Mountain Community College- Phoenix, AZ
Teaching (Teacher of Record): Art History Survey, Art Appreciation, Drawing 1 and 2, Two Dimensional Design and Computer Graphic Arts (www.classinfoonline.org)

Designer/ Webmaster, MAKER (Metal Art worKshops and Educational Retreat)- Loma Mar, CA

Madmaudlin Designs, freelance web and graphic design (website in progress)- Phoenix, AZ

Most Recent Positions

2004- 2007
Artist in Residence, Phoenix Center for the Arts- Phoenix, AZ
August 2004- August 2007
Teaching: Metals and Jewelry
Duties included teaching beginning to advanced metals and jewelry and special topics workshops, creating semester schedules, coordinating other metals instructors, maintaining the studio and equipment and sharing curatorial duties of monthly exhibits including an annual metals show.

2005- 2006
Webmaster/ technician, Carol and Jay Rosenblatt, owners of www.artisticgallery.com, www.carolbrookspostergallery.com, and www.oleg-zhivetin.com
Duties include photographing artwork, correcting color, etc. in Photoshop, integrating images into the websites as needed and posting art and poster auctions on Ebay using Dreamweaver and hard coding in HTML.

2001- 2002
Assistant Professor of Art, Tennessee Technological University- Cookeville, TN
Teaching: Art Appreciation
Teacher of record for 2 Art Appreciation classes (120+ students). Duties included preparing and giving lectures, creating syllabi and tests and grading tests and research papers.
Curator: Art Slide Library
Through a special grant created to comply with NASAD accreditation, I re-organized and re-catalogued 20,000+ slides using FileMaker Pro. Extensive research was required along with my existing knowledge base to accurately label mislabeled, partially labeled, un-translated foreign and unlabeled slides, which comprised a significant percentage of the collection. I was also responsible for augmenting the collection where I deemed necessary with a purchase grant of $15,000.

Teaching Experience

2008
Workshop: “Cloisonne Enamel ” Mesa Arts Center- October 22- November 26- , Mesa, AZ
Workshop: “Fused Link Chains ” Mesa Arts Center- October 14- Novermber 4, Mesa, AZ
Workshop: “Woven Chains ” Mesa Arts Center- November 18- December 9, Mesa, AZ
Workshop: “Fused Link Chains ” Phoenix Center for the Arts- April 24- May 5, Phoenix, AZ
Demonstration: "Hammered Stone Setting" for Metalink- April 12, ASU Metals Studio, Phoenix, AZ

2007
Workshop: “Intro to Jewelry ” Appalachian Center for Crafts (ACC)- June 18- 22, Smithville, TN
Workshop: "Solder 911" Phoenix Center for the Arts- October 11- November 15, Phoenix, AZ

2006
Workshop: “Woven Chains” Mesa Arts Center March 25-26 Mesa, AZ

2005
Visual Arts Instructor- "Beginning Enameling" Mesa Arts Center- June 9- July 28, Mesa, AZ
Workshop: “Fused Link Chains ” Mesa Arts Center- October 6- 27, Mesa, AZ
Workshop: “Byzantine Chains ” Mesa Arts Center- November 3- December 1, Mesa, AZ

2004
Artist in Residence- MAKER 2004 “Fibers Techniques in Metals” June 12- 17, Loma Mar, CA

2002
Workshop: “Jewelry Playhouse” Appalachian Center for Crafts (ACC)- April 13- 14, Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Jewelry Making: In the Beginning…” ACC- June 10- 14, Smithville, TN

2001
Substitute Faculty: Beginning Drawing, Painting, Art and Music Appreciation. TTU- Cookeville, TN
Workshop: “Enameling: Color Your World” John C. Campbell Folk School- March 4- 10, Brasstown, NC
Workshop: “Basic Jewelry Making” ACC- June 11- 15, Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Chain Making” ACC- October 13-14, Smithville, TN
Educational Outreach: “Making Copper Boxes” High School Arts Program- ACC- Smithville, TN

2000
Substitute Faculty: Beginning Drawing. TTU- Cookeville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Jewelry” ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Enameling” ACC- May 29- June 2, Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Jewelry” ACC- June 5- June 9, Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Beginning Jewelry” workshop ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Educational Outreach: “Art comes to Schools” TACA grant- hand spinning demo- Feb. 2, Hermitage, TN
Educational Outreach: “Chain Making- demo”- Nat’l Assoc. of Fleet Administrators Conv.- April 18,
           Ridgetop, TN
Educational Outreach: “Spin a Tale, Weave a Story”- hand spinning demo- May 1 Cookeville Public Library-
           Cookeville, TN
Educational Outreach: Hand spinning demo, Homestead Elementary School- May 5, Crossville, TN
Educational Outreach: “Art Comes to Schools” State grant April 12- May 11 Demo- spinning, hands on-
           straw weaving

1999
Adjunct Faculty: (Teacher of Record) Art Appreciation. Motlow Community College- McMinnville, TN
Workshop: “Beginning Enameling” workshop ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Beginning Bead Weaving- Peyote Stitch” ACC- April 10-11, Smithville, TN
Workshop: "Art Comes to School” State grant- April 20-May 13 hands on- Peyote stitch bracelets-
           Upper Cumberland Region

1998
Adjunct Faculty- (Teacher of Record) Art Appreciation. Motlow Community College- McMinnville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Enameling” ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Enameling” ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Educational Outreach: “Art Comes to Schools” State grant April 20- May 14
           demo- forged copper bracelets- Upper Cumberland Region

1996-1997
Adjunct Faculty- (Teacher of Record) Art Appreciation and Art Education. Motlow Community College- McMinnville, TN
Workshop: “Fiber Techniques in Metal”, ACC (semester 8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Enamel- Color Your World” ACC (one week)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Enameling” ACC (4 Saturdays)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Basic Jewelry and Enameling” ACC (4 Saturdays)- Smithville, TN

1995- 1996
Artist in Residence in Metals- ACC- Smithville, TN
Instructor: Children’s summer art camp ages 9-12 ACC- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Rings and Things” art camp- grades 4-8- Cheekwood (one week)- Nashville, TN
Workshop: “Champlevé” - adult workshop- ACC (4 Saturdays)- Smithville, TN
Instructor: Children’s crafts- regional schools grant- ACC- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Enameling”- ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Chain, Chain, Chains” ACC (2 days)- Smithville, TN
Workshop: “Enameling” ACC (8 week course)- Smithville, TN

1994-1995
Teaching Fellow- (Teacher of Record) Computer Graphics. University of North Texas- Denton, TX
Teaching Fellow- (Teacher of Record) Beginning Metals. University of North Texas- Denton, TX

1993-1994
Teaching Fellow- (Teacher of Record) Beginning Metals and Intermediate Metals. University of North Texas- Denton, TX
Teaching Assistant to Harlan Butt- Advanced Metals. University of North Texas- Denton, TX
Workshop: “Casting for Enamellists” - Assistant to instructor Peter Hechtman
           Sponsored by North Texas Enamellists Society- Denton, TX
Workshop: Jewelry making presentation to secondary art education class- Texas Christian University-
           Fort Worth, TX

1992- 1993
Teaching Fellow: (Teacher of Record) Beginning Drawing- University of North Texas- Denton, TX

1991
Substitute Teacher: Ceramics- Country Day School (high school level)- Fort Worth, TX
Workshop: jewelry making for ISAS Fine Arts Festival- Country Day School (high school level)-
           Fort Worth, TX

Other Art related Positions

1998- 2000
Sales and Exhibitions Staff- ACC Gallery- Smithville, TN
Duties included assisting customers, creating sale displays, preparing the exhibition space and pedestals, hanging and taking down exhibitions, packaging and shipping artwork, inventory maintenance, writing press releases and creating advertising material.

1997- 2002
Established private studio; “Jewel Designs”- Silver Point, TN

1996-1997
Co- founder; “Clarkenhagen Jewelry Design”- Nashville, TN

1994
Employed by commercial jeweler, David Pillow, to repair jewelry- Fort Worth, TX

Shows and Exhibitions

2007
"Resident Artists Show" March 2- 30 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
"Summer Faculty Show" June- August ACC- Smithville, TN
"Arizona Gems" April 28- October 28 Sky Harbor Airport, Terminal 3, Level 2, East End- Phoenix, AZ

2006
“Art Detour HQ Group Show” March 24- 26 Burton Barr Library, Phoenix, AZ
"Resident Artists Show" March 3- 31 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
"Resident Artists Show" September 1- 29 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
"Polished: Three Decades of Metal at UNT" November 9- December 23 UNT Art Space FW- Fort Woth, TX

2005
"Resident Artists Show" September 2- 27 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
“Resident Artists Show” March 4- 25 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ

2004
“Resident Artists Show” September 3- 24 Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ

2002
"Summer Faculty Show" June- August ACC- Smithville, TN

2001
“Spotlight 2001: American Craft Council Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition” Nov. 19- Dec. 15
          Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts- Gatlinburg, TN
“Fresh Metals”- Invitational Exhibition- August 13- September 13 ACC- Smithville, TN
“Materials: Hard and Soft” juried exhibition- January 27- March 9, Denton, TX
“The 14th Cloisonné Jewelry Contest” The Japan Shippo Conference juried exhibition- March-April
           Syosenkyo Rope- way Shippo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Summer Faculty Show” June- August ACC- Smithville, TN

2000
“Best of Tennessee Crafts” Tennessee Assoc. of Craft Artists Biennial- Kenneth Trapp- juror
           Venues: Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN- Christian Brothers Univ. Art Gallery, Memphis, TN-            McMinn Co. Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN
Exhibitor- River Gallery Oktoberfest Art Market- Chattanooga, TN
“Annual New Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild Exhibition”- August 26- November 12,
           Asheville, NC
Tennessee Assoc. of Craft Artists- Highland Rim Chapter Exhibition, Cookeville Arts Center- August 6-27
           Cookeville, TN
“Summer Faculty Show”- June 1- August 5 ACC- Smithville, TN
Exhibitor- Buyers Market 2000 Wholesale Craft Show- Feb. 18-21, 2000, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Exhibitor- Detroit Artist’s Market Holiday Festival- Detroit, MI
Exhibitor- River Gallery Octoberfest Art Market- Chattanooga, TN
Exhibitor- River Gallery July 4th Art Market- Chattanooga, TN
“The Allure of Lures” ACC- Smithville, TN
Exhibitor- Tennessee Association of Crafts Artists Spring Crafts Fair- Nashville, TN

1997
Japan Enameling Artists Society Juried Show- Tokyo, Japan
Exhibitor- Holiday Festival- ACC- Smithville, TN

1995-1996
“Brooch- The Subject” 2-year traveling exhibition Southwestern states
“Banking on the Arts” art exhibition- Cookeville, TN
“Collect All Six” Emerging Professional Artists group show ACC- Smithville, TN
Japan Enameling Artists Society Juried Show- Tokyo, Japan
ACC Faculty Show- Nashville, TN
Voertman Art Competition Juried Show- Denton, TX
University of North Texas Juried Student Show- Denton, TX

1994
“Brooch- The Subject” Juried Show- Tempe Arts Center- Juror’s Award- Tempe, AZ
Voertman Art Competition Juried Show- Denton, TX

1990
“Imagine Metal” group student show- University of Texas- Austin, TX

Professional Activities and Service

2007
Donator- “Autumn Bacchanal” Tennessee Tech Univ. arts scholarship auction, Cookeville, TN

2006
Curator- "Annual Metals Show"- October 6- 26, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ

2005
Co-Curator- “Annual Student Show ”- December 2- 16, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
Curator- “All the Small Things- Juried Metals Show ”- October 7- 28, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery-
           Phoenix, AZ
Curator- “Draw the Line”- June 3- 24, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ
Curator- “Best of Show”- February 4- 25, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery- Phoenix, AZ

2004
Juror- “Precious Metals, Precious Objects”- September 3- 24, Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery-
           Phoenix, AZ

2000
Donator- “Autumn Bacchanal” Tennessee Tech Univ. arts scholarship auction, Cookeville, TN
Juror- “Eyes of Diversity” Elementary and Secondary Art and Literature Competition sponsored by Fleetguard
           Cookeville, TN
Juror- Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Fall Fair Nashville- Chattanooga, TN
Juror- Webb School Fair- Bell Buckle, TN

1998
Juror- Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree Crafts Fair- Smithville, TN
Donator- “Autumn Bacchanal” - Tennessee Tech Univ. arts scholarship auction- Cookeville, TN

1997
Juror- Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree Crafts Fair- Smithville, TN
Donator- “Autumn Bacchanal”- Tennessee Tech Univ. arts scholarship auction- Cookeville, TN

1995-1996
Juror- ACC Juried Student Show- Smithville, TN
Donator- Denton Arts Guild Auction- Denton, TX
Donator- “Autumn Bacchanal”- Tennessee Tech Univ. arts scholarship auction- Cookeville, TN

Publications

Lifestyle Crafts Buyer’s Guide: Winter 1999, Summer 1999, Winter 2000
Metalsmith, Winter 1995- “Brooch- The Subject” review
SNAG News September/ October 1995- Emerging Professional Artist residency article
Ornament, Autumn 1994, “Contemporary American Brooches.”
Oak Ridger newspaper, Dec. 1, 2000- Eun- Sook Kim Studio Show
Artlink, October 2004- interview on the metals program at the Phoenix Center for the Arts

Professional Organizations

Member: Southern Highland Craft Guild 1999- 2002
Enamellist Society 1997- 2002
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (TACA)- 1997- 2002
1998-1999 Vice President- Highland Rim Chapter
1999- 2001 President- Highland Rim Chapter
1998- 2001 Board Representative- Highland Rim Chapter
Friends of the ACC (FACCT) 1996- 2002
Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) 1995- 1999
ACM/Siggraph Professional Member 2004-

Professional Conferences Attended

2004 SIGGRAPH- Los Angeles, CA
2003 SIGGRAPH- San Diego, CA
1999 Enamellist Society- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1998 Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)- Seattle, WA
1997 Enamellist Society Conference- Gatlinburg, TN/ Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)- Albuquerque, NM
1996 Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)- Washington, DC
1995 Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)- New Orleans, LA

Continuing Education/ Workshops taken

2008
"Mass Finishing" Instructor: John Tzelepis. Phoenix Center for the Arts- Phoenix, AZ
"Clasps" Instructor: Michael David Sturlin. Mesa Arts Center- Mesa, AZ

2007
"Pave and Stone Setting" Instructor: Shayne Bonher. Phoenix Center for the Arts- Phoenix, AZ

2006
"Electroforming" Instructor: Hyun Jee Suh. Phoenix Center for the Arts- Phoenix, AZ

2004
“Beginning Spinning” Instructor: Ellie Weidel. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ
“Knotted Netting” Instructor: Albert Abril. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ
“Space Dyeing” Instructor: Colleen East. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ

2003
“Beginning 4 harness loom weaving” Instructor: Charles Chapuis. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ
“Weaver’s Choice” Instructor: Charles Chapuis. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ
“Space Dyeing” Instructor: Colleen East. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ
“Knotless Netting” Instructor: Albert Abril. Fiber Factory- Mesa, AZ

2001
“Introduction to 3-DS Max 4” 17-week night class- Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN
“Stone Setting for the Studio Jeweler” Instructor: Howard Thompson. ACC- Smithville, TN

2000
“Booth Design, Sales and Trends” Speaker: Bruce Baker. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Bench Tips”, “Stone Setting” Instructor: Alan Revere. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Granulation: Methods and Techniques” Instructor: Douglas Harling. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Fiber Techniques in Metal” Instructor: Susan Wood. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Inlay” Instructor: Don Stuart. ACC- Smithville, TN

1999
“Small Scale Cloisonné Enamel” Instructors: Irene McGuckin and Susan Wood. University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario, Canada
“Mechanisms and Hinges” Instructor: Susan Wood. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Marketing Workshop” Instructor: Alan Revere. ACC- Smithville, TN

1998
“Bead Weaving” Instructor: Joyce Scott. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Alternative Materials in Jewelry” Instructor: Diane Falkenhagen. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Rag Rug Weaving” Instructor: JoEl Loguidice. ACC- Smithville, TN

1997
“Basic Knitting” Instructor: Bo Breda. ACC- Smithville, TN
“Weaving on the Floor Loom” Instructor: Bo Breda. ACC- Smithville, TN

1995
“Basic Blacksmithing” Instructor: Charlie Fuller. ACC- Smithville, TN