RICHARD L HIGGS

Curriculum Vitae

Current: 1855 East Main Street

Suite 14, Box 306
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Future: 869 W 17th Ave
Eugene, OR 97402
Tel: (Cell) 262 271-2555
Email: richard.higgs@converse.edu
Email: rlhiggs7734@gmail.com

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Effective executive-administrative level leadership in student centered, higher education with proven performance in the
design & implementation of leading-edge curriculum, adoption of professional standards in digital technologies; creation
of academic & corporate learning partnerships, community / client based strategic planning, and development of resources
to fund broadly based transformation. Extensive, successful history of teaching transferable skills at the foundations
fundamentals - studio practice levels & management of professional / academic exhibition & performance facilities
CAREER OVERVIEW Thirty plus years of successful, progressive academic service with private, public,
proprietary, liberal arts and professional institutions of higher education within modular-based, competencybased, professional-career focused, and traditional university/college structures.
LEADERSHIP at the executive and administrative levels as provost / vice president, dean, program director,
department chair, gallery manager; Have proven achievements in partner building with faculty, peers, external
communities, organizations, & accrediting bodies; Curricular, scholarship, & outreach fundraising; Assessment &
accountability; Financial stability / turnaround; and Digital transformation of learning environments
ACCREDITATION oversight for successful self-study application & reauthorization of regional, disciplinary, &
trade focused accrediting body documents with HLC-NCA; WASC; NASAD; CIDA (formerly FIDER); AACSCT
(formerly NATTS)
TECHNOLOGY & FUNDRAISING performance success in excess of $5 million leading to implementation of
private donor, foundation & government agency support for digital and integrated curricular programming,
technology training, faculty development, distance learning, exhibition & performance sponsorship, student
scholarship and external curricular & corporate partnerships
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT success in adapting traditional skill & knowledge to address contemporary
and corporate careers; creation of new programs, enrollment expansion, and adoption of digital technologies into
studio and distance programming; recent expansion into music, theatre, & dance curriculum development
TEACHING experience in studio arts; foundations / first year study; online learning; painting; drawing; design;
color theory; the theory & professional practice of contemporary art & design, use of technology and graduate
student education

Leadership & Management Style

My working process is one of inclusion, empowerment, and advancement. I am hands-on, detail oriented, fiscally
effective, and student achievement focused. I am a listener that tends to the short-term student, faculty, and programmatic
needs while positioning the institution/college/department/program for long-term growth and recognition. I am a tireless,
somewhat workaholic problem-solver with a long record of achievement in building internal working relationships that
link to supportive partnerships with external community groups, peer institutions, professional associations, accrediting
agencies, and funding organizations. My primary strategy is guiding the development and implementation of learning
initiatives that focus on meeting student personal/professional career goals. As a leader I emphasize sound fiscal
responsibility through targeted enrollment growth and financial projection; monitoring student/faculty satisfaction for
effective allocation of resources; and providing resources for focused curricular renewal to ensure long-term stability.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2010-Present

Inaugural Dean, School of the Arts (SOA): Converse College, Spartanburg, SC (early
retirement - 2015)
Responsibilities: Strategic Planning and School-Community Partnership Building; Personnel &
Program Budget Alignment; Expanded Faculty involvement in Decision-making, Development,
Enrollment & Fundraising; Led Faculty-Staff Healing Process following Institutional Realignment;
Curricular Review & Implementation of Studio-Based Assessment; Developed Student & Professional
Exhibition Facilities; Expansion of Student Scholarship Funding; Implementation of Technology
Usage in Education; Implementation of Student Exhibition, Scheduling & Professional Practices
Program; Teaching Senior Seminar / Senior Exhibition, Intermediate and Advanced Painting
(Department of Art & Design)
Accomplishments:
o Member of State of South Carolina Arts Commission Task Force on Education 2014-2015
o Created & Implemented Cross-Departmental Arts Foundations Program focused on building Individual
Student Web Sites for Marketing & Assessment and Experiential Learning 2014-2015
o Created & Implemented Digital Media degree program; Cross-departmental Communications Design, Arts
Business, and Arts Cognition Certificate programs 2014-2015
o Eliminated $600K Annual operating deficit for combined programs of SOA 2013-2015
o Created & Implemented Conversion of Traditional Recital Hall to Dual Purpose Acoustic & Digital Projection
/ sound facility and staged first computer mapped scenic digital design opera 2013-2015
o Created & Implemented Faculty Student Safe Shop Practices, Training, Oversight and Funding of New Safe
Use Power Tools 2013-2015
o Member, Board of Advisors; Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg SC 2013-2015
o Created & Implemented Cross-Departmental Arts Management program of study
o Implementation of 3-year $250K technology grant from J.M. Smith Foundation to support all SOA
departments (Art & Design, Theatre & Dance and Music) & secured additional 3-year, $250K funding to
support digital network & infrastructure 2011-2015
o Secured in excess of $250K in small facility, scholarship, technology and equipment grants 2013-2015
o Member of College Strategic Enrollment Planning Council 2012 - 2015
o Co-Chair College Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP) Noel-Levitz Process (Enrollment Development)
leading to 40% Tuition Reduction Reset 2012 2014
o Developed Campus Arts Policy (currently under review by college legal counsel) 2014
o Developed & Implemented 1 new Student Gallery and 1 new Professional Gallery 2012-2-14
o Chair of School of the Arts (SEP) Strategic Enrollment Planning Work Group 2012-2014
o Embedded Consensus Decision-Making in Planning Process and in School of the Arts Practices
o Embedded Faculty need-based Collaborations Processes in Curriculum, Marketing, and Professional Activities
o Embedded Open Records policy in School of the Arts for budgeting, staffing, recruiting & information sharing
o Conducted Comprehensive Curricular, Staffing, Traditional/Digital Technology Needs & Alignment Review
o Shifted Decision-making Authority Downward to Appropriate Organizational Levels
o Conducted Comprehensive Review of Faculty Workload & Salary Equity leading to Load Realignment
o Created and Implementing BA Degree in Musical Theatre (faculty collaborations initiative) 2012-2013
o Managed Oversight for CIDA Accreditation (reauthorization achieved) 2012-2013
o Initiated NASAD Self-Study for Department of Art & Design (reauthorization achieved) 2013-15
o Chair of College Assessment Program Development, Implementation, & Review Committee 2013-2015
o Implemented new Mac Lab for Art & Design Department to Expand Technology beyond Interior Design
Program labs 2012-2013
o Implemented Music iPad Pilot Program with Faculty 2013
o Implemented Review of Community Outreach program: Lawson Academy of the Arts serving 1500
community youth & adult students 2011-2013
o Member of Presidents Cabinet with role in Advisement and Decision-making
o Chair of College Budget Committee & Chair of College Integrated Curriculum Committee 2011-2013
o Member of Converse College 5th Year Review Committee for Southern Association of Schools & Colleges
(SACS) 2012-2013
o Led Successful Strategic Planning Process for Music Foundation of Spartanburg (non-profit lead of the
Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra) 2012-2013
o Created and Implemented Partnership between SOA School of Music and Spartanburgs Chapman Cultural
Center for Opera, Arts, Dance & Theatre Production & Performance 2011-2013

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2008-2010

Developed and Implemented Curricular Performance/Exhibition Partnership with the Spartanburg Day School
(large K-12 Charter School building programs in the Arts) 2011-2014

Community Volunteer: The Womens Center; Waukesha, WI

Activities: Research and Development of Foundation & Public Grant Opportunities to support the
activities of the organization and mission of providing shelter, training and job assistance for women
& children who have experienced domestic violence.

2000-2008

Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dean of Graduate Studies; Asst to

President for Research, Assessment & Accreditation; Professor: Milwaukee Institute of
Art & Design; Milwaukee WI (early retirement 2008)
Responsibilities: Curricular, Academic Support, Fiscal, Assessment, Academic Partner Relationships,
& Accreditation Health of the College; Oversight for Exhibitions Policy & Practices
Accomplishments:
o Eliminated $3,000,000 annual operating deficit (2003-05) and balanced all subsequent operating budgets for
the academic & academic support departments; restored faculty/staff salary & benefit cuts previously
implemented
o Wrote & received the nations first ever curricular based $1,750,000 Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant
awarded to an independent art college
o Developed additional curricular, scholarship, & technology grant funding approaching $1,000,000
o Created & implemented college strategic plan as a component of financial turn-around
o Created & implemented the colleges first new BFA degree programs in 15 years (Time Based Media &
Integrated Studio Arts)
o Created award winning Writing & Service Learning Programs for undergraduate study
o Created & implemented the colleges first ever faculty-staff technology training program; digital training lab;
funded laptop computers & digital access for all full-time faculty; expanded student computer access from 1017 labs (170 stations); smart classrooms & portable smart classroom carts
o Implemented digital optical fiber and wireless network, multi-blade digital storage capacity, streaming servers,
digital VOIP phone & email systems, digital assessment data base and Internet2 ready capabilities
o Wrote the colleges Assessment Program Focuses Response Report that received approval for exceeding
standards of compliance
o Created the colleges first set of Graduate Programs (MA & MFA) targeted for implementation in 2009-2010
o Developed & maintained strong supportive relationships with regional (HLC-NCA) & discipline based
(NASAD) accrediting bodies
o Created & implemented eight new, and upgraded three existing academic articulations with regional colleges
& universities, implemented one new international articulation to support enrollment growth
o Implemented new corporate partner contracting system to support academic projects yielding ($20,000 per
academic class project for scholarship funding; revenues exceeding $500.000 over past 7 years)
o Developed and Implemented 3 new Student and 1 Professional gallery (Design Programs Galleries, Student
Union Gallery, and Senior Exhibitions Gallery) as complements to 2 existing professional galleries.
o Implemented a multi-tiered academic community outreach program (Future Designers Institute-Grades 4-8;
Pre-College-Grades 9-12; and Creative Educators Institute K-12 teachers) to support enrollment growth
o Expanded financial support for Academic Support areas: Library, Student Counseling/Tutoring/ESL
o Conducted comprehensive review of Faculty Handbook yielding expanded involvement of Faculty in
decision-making for Evaluations, Rank-Promotion, Sabbaticals & Professional Development funding
o Increased minority student population from 7% to over 18%; minority faculty population increase from 9% to
over 15%
o Standardized required documented reporting for accrediting bodies, department of education, professional
associations, and college guide surveys
o Expanded faculty professional recognition & support through college Rank & Performance System,
Professional Development Funding, & Increased Sabbatical Standards

1994-2000

Coordinator of Foundations Programs; Director of Student Union Student Gallery;

Associate Professor: University of Idaho, College of Art & Architecture; Moscow ID
(early retirement 2000)
Responsibilities: Curricular, Assessment, Digital Technology Adoption, & Fiscal Health of the
College Foundations Program; Accreditation for the Department

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Accomplishments:
o Elevated College of Art & Architecture foundations program to university-wide core general study option
establishing departments major revenue stream; increased annual enrollments from 500 to over 700 providing
fiscal stability & expanded graduate student financial support
o Expanded scope and scale of traditional 2-D, 3-D, & Color Design curriculum to include Architecture,
Landscape, Video, Web-Design, Photography & on-campus / off-campus Distance Learning options
o Led & wrote successful Art Department first-time application for National Association of Schools of Art &
Design (NASAD) accreditation
o Co-Authored & successfully implemented Art Department, Foundations component of University of Idaho, 5Year Strategic Plan
o Wrote & successfully implemented $220,000 State of Idaho Learning with Technology Grant trial activity to
develop distance learning versions of foundations courses for HS student Advanced Placement Study
o Implemented successful summer teaching with technology workshops for HS teachers involved with
Technology Grant; and funded HS teacher & student technology labs (Sandpoint HS & Twin Falls HS)
o Participant in implementing successful $200,000 State of Idaho Instructional Technology University of IdahoBoise State University Web Based Curriculum Partnership
o Wrote two successful University of Idaho Seed Grants for Drawing Studio Controlled Lighting System &
Foundations course web-site design & implementation
o Chaired College Committee for Planning, Design & Development of College Design Technology Center;
Proposal was Approved and Placed among the Top 3 State of Idaho University Construction Project Priorities
o Created & Implemented (2) Student Art Galleries for the University of Idaho Student Union and the New
University of Idaho Student Union Commons; Served on Student Union & Commons Exhibitions Committee
as Faculty Mentor for Student Gallery Committee
o Served on numerous Art and other Department MA & MFA Graduate Committees as Committee Chair or
Committee Member; Successfully led implementation of cross-registration agreement between University of
Idaho Art Department & Washington State University Art Department for MA & MFA Graduate Students
o Developed & Implemented University of Idahos First On-line, Real-time Conferencing, International
(Denmark) Thesis Defense (successful) for MFA Program Candidate
o Developed & Delivered Lecture & Studio Curriculum for 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Color Theory, Electronic
Design (received highest student evaluations in department); also taught all levels of Drawing, Painting,
Professional Practices, and Graduate Student mentoring
o Successfully trained, monitored, & evaluated an 8-member adjunct faculty & graduate student teaching
assistant staff; and 2 web design, distance learning research assistants
o Successfully served as Chair or Member on department, college & university Curriculum Committees,
Campus Art Committee, Faculty Search, Sabbatical & Tenure, Graduate Review & Acceptance, Scholarship,
& College Design Technology Committee
o Conducted national public presentations/publications of research & exhibitions of personal studio work
1993-1994

Faculty Appointment as Assistant Professor: Yellowstone Baptist College; Billings, MT

Responsibilities: Limited Term Appointment to Develop & Teach Arts Sequence to New Student Cohort
Accomplishments:
o Created and taught all sections of Art Appreciation; Art History Survey; Foundations Design/Drawing for
College; Developed College Slide Library
o Exhibited Studio Work & Provided Public Presentations on Arts & Studio Learning Regionally & Nationally

1992-1993

Faculty Appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor: Montana State University;

Billings, MT
Responsibilities: Limited Term Appointment as Sabbatical Replacement
Accomplishments:
o Taught Foundations Design, Painting, Drawing, Contemporary Art Theory & Professional Practice; Provide
Public Lectures on Contemporary Art & Teaching
o Created New Student Art Gallery and Served as Faculty Mentor for Student Art Gallery Committee
o Served as Self-Study Team Member on Successful NASAD Self-Study Reauthorization Committee; Art
Department Curriculum Committee; Dean of Arts & Humanities Arts Advisory Committee; Visiting Member
Program / Exhibitions Advisory Board for the Yellowstone Art Museum
o Exhibited Studio Work & Provided Public Presentations on Arts and Studio Learning Regionally & Nationally

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1983-1992

Richard L Higgs

Assistant Director: San Francisco School of Art (for Profit Educational Institution) ; Director
SFSA Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Advise on Curriculum, Accreditation, Fiscal Policies; Faculty Recruiting, Marketing, & Facilities
Planning & Development; Teach in Studio and Art History Programs
Accomplishments:
o Successfully Assisted President in Developing Strategies to reposition the School from an studio tutorial
program to a degree granting educational institution resulting in increased enrollment from 60 to 270 Head
Count Students
o Created & Implemented SFSAs First Comprehensive Certificate Program Curriculum linking Contemporary
Studio Practice to Traditional Techniques
o Successfully Developed and Implemented SFSAs First Digital Student Records Data Base
o Successfully Expanded Certificate Program to 180-Credit Professional BFA in Studio Art (Quarter System)
and subsequently wrote Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT
formerly NATTS) Accreditation Application; Graduated first BFA Cohort in 1988
o Created & Implemented First Comprehensive Studio Based Art History Curriculum
o Designed & Implemented Relocation & Expansion of School Facilities to (2) Downtown San Francisco
Campuses adjacent to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; increasing facilities from two residential
storefronts to a comprehensive facility consisting of extensive gallery space, offices, and 5 multi-use
classroom studios
o Designed, Implemented and Managed 2 Student and 1 Professional Gallery
o Member of SFSA Advisory Board; Curriculum Committee Chair
o Taught all levels of Design; Color Theory; Contemporary Painting; Art History Survey
o Exhibited studio work nationally

1986-1990

Assistant Director School of Professional Arts; Chair Department of Design &

Interiors; Manager Student-Professional Gallery; Assistant Professor: John F. Kennedy
University; Orinda/San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Budget Development & Management, Curriculum Development; Accreditation Review, Faculty
Hiring, Scheduling, & Evaluation; Student Advising & Internship Placement; Exhibitions Program
Accomplishments:
o Successfully Developed & Managed Budget for Design & Interiors Program, Monitored Budgets for Programs
in Museum Studies & Fibers (Fiber Works)
o Successfully Merged Modular Based Cohort Curriculum for Design BFA Program (Program Structured
Around 10-Day Intensive Sequential Courses) into John F. Kennedy University Academic Calendar
o Developed Successful Final Year Internship Program (Placements within Working Design Studios)
o Developed Successful Final Year Design Business Program (Requiring Business Start-Up as Capstone
Activity)
o Program Effectiveness Demonstrated by Student Designers Regularly Receiving High Honors & Awards in
Regional & National Design Competitions
o Managed Student & Professional Galleries
o Coordinated Student and Faculty Participation Sales Program with Design Industry Merchandise Markets
o Created & Implemented Successful MFA Graduate Program in Design Structured for Working Professionals
o Wrote & Successfully Implemented $5,000 JFK University Grant for Faculty Development Workshop Series
o Served as Lead for Design Program Self-Study during Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC)
Comprehensive Reauthorization
o Coordinator for and Wrote Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA formerly FIDER) Accreditation
Application (Withdrawn Following 1989 San Francisco Earthquake)
o Successfully Facilitated 100% Transfer of Design & Interiors students to other Colleges prior to closing
program following 1989 San Francisco Earthquake Facility Damage
o Taught Design, Color Theory, Perspective, & Rapid Visualization Courses; Chaired all MFA Graduate
Committees
o Exhibited studio work nationally

1984-1990

Assistant Director Art-O-Mat Gallery; San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities: Budget Development & Management, Artist Contact & Contracting, Exhibition Calendar
Development, Installation & De-Installation of Exhibits, Marketing & Publicity, Train & Manage Interns,
Accomplishments:
o Staged and Marketed 10 solo exhibitions annually and 2 group exhibitions annually

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1982-1984

Sales in excess of $400K annually

Assistant Director CNA Gallery; San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities: Budget Development & Management, Artist Contact & Contracting, Exhibition Calendar
Development, Installation & De-Installation of Exhibits, Marketing & Publicity, Train & Manage Interns,
Accomplishments:
o Staged and Marketed 6 solo exhibitions annually and 6 group exhibitions annually, Managed Gallery Store
o Sales in excess of $250K Annually

1980-1986

Chair Department of Design & Interiors. Assistant to Owner/Director; Assistant

Professor: Western Design Institute; San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Managed Budget, Curriculum, and Advised Owner-Director of School on Accreditation and
Merger with John F. Kennedy University; Taught in Design Program; Developed & Managed Student Gallery
Accomplishments:
o Successfully Assisted Director in Merger of Western Design Institute (WDI) Curriculum with John F.
Kennedy University; WDI became the Design & Interiors Department of the College of Professional Arts;
Assumed Administrative Responsibilities on Retirement of Owner-Executive Director following Merger
o Managed Department Budget; Scheduled Program Course Calendar when Recruiting Cohort Met Critical
Start-Up Enrollment Levels (Open Start Date System)
o Created & Implemented WDI Professions Gallery Partnership with the San Francisco Merchandise Mart &
Scheduled Exhibition Calendar of Shows by Local & Regional Design Firms (Lighting, Furniture, Surface
Materials, Working & Perspective Drawings, Bath & Kitchens etc.)
o Scheduled Adjunct Faculty for the Teaching Calendar (System Focused on Engaging Working Professionals
Engaged in Intensive 10-Day Courses of Study; WDI utilized no Full-Time Faculty)
o Successfully Developed Extensive Cohort of Professional Designers / Companies to Support Internship
Program and placed Upper Level Undergraduates in Studio Internships
o Taught Design, Color Theory, Perspective & Rapid Visualization Courses
o Exhibited studio work nationally

(1976-1980)

CEO/Proprietor of Personal Freelance Illustration & Design Business; San Francisco, California
Managed all phases of Freelance Business: Client Development, Project Contracting, Design, Pre-Press & Printer
Relations; Billing & Collections; Sold Business to Assume Full-time Appointment with Western Design Institute

1972-1976

Chair Department of Art; Gallery Director; Assistant Professor: Alverno College,

Milwaukee, WI
Responsibilities: Budget Management; Program & Curriculum Development; Faculty Scheduling; Student
Advising; Gallery Management; Implementation of Competency Based Learning & Assessment
Accomplishments:
o Was Founding Member in Development & Implementation of Competency Based Learning Program that has
achieved National & International Recognition for Leadership in Student Centered, Learning Based Education
& Assessment
o Successfully Led Transition of Art Department Curriculum into Competency Based Learning Focus
o Developed & Successfully Implemented a Student Centered Self-Evaluation System to Ensure Student
Achievement
o Conducted Learning Workshops with Faculty on Studio Discipline Based Competencies and their Relationship
to General Studies Competencies
o Member of Alverno College Curriculum Committee; Chair of Arts & Culture Competency Committee;
Member Problem-Solving, Valuing, & Analysis Committees; Member Competency Chairs Committee
o Successfully Developed and Implemented Annual Gallery Schedule of Exhibits that received Radio,
Television, and Newspaper Reviews
o Taught Design, Color Theory; Introduction to Studio Experience, Drawing & Painting
o Exhibited studio work nationally

EDUCATION
1972

Post-Graduate Doctoral Research Vilas Fellowship, Film-Video Theory, College of Communications,

University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

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1971

Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing, School of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

1970

Master of Arts, Painting & Drawing, College of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1969

Bachelor of Science, Studio Art & Art History, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater, WI

1965

Program Certificate Study, Technical Drawing, Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI

MEMBERSHIPS & RESEARCH

Professional Organizations & Memberships
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Institutional Representative: North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC-NCA) 2002-2010
Institutional Representative: National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) 2004-2010
Academic Officer/Research/Assessment Representative: Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)
Academic Officer/Research/Assessment Representative: Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (WAICU)
Member: the College Art Association (CAA) 2004-2010
Member: Foundations Art Theory and Education (FATE) 2000-2010
Member: American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) 2002-2010
Member: Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) 2002-200=10

Personal Research
Exhibited nationally & internationally in numerous solo, group, and invitational exhibitions. Published in the area of
teaching and assessing studio art and foundations via the Internet. My personal work has focused during the past decade on
developing financial support and guidance for comprehensive institutional transformation to digital capacity; and upon
guiding the creation and implementation of effective assessment techniques.

PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL REFERENCES

A list of Professional and/or Personal References with contact information can be provided upon request.

SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH & PUBLICATION

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS
2002

College Art Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2002 This Aint no

School of Pencils, The Impact of Technology on Teacher Confidence and the Future of
Art/Design Delivery
Wisconsin Art Educators Association, Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Chair of
Panel on New Uses of Technology in Teaching Art & Design for K-12 Programs

2000

Technology Media & Design Conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Art

Education Association, Madison, WI Teaching Visual Content on the Digital Internet
Milwaukee Public Schools, Teacher Technology Center, Milwaukee, WI Healing the Ailing Web
Site: Eight Quick & Easy Things You Can do to Solve the Visual Chaos Problems on your Web Site

2000

Chronicle of Higher Education , Interview, Will the Next Picasso Learn Online?.
Fate in Review (Foundations Art Theory & Education), Published Summer Issue
Sure its Education, But is it Art? A view from the University of Idahos Department of Art, distance
Studio Program
Adapting Formal Evaluation to Non-linear Creativity in the CyberAge: Questioning as an Answer

1999

Bi-Annnual FATE (Foundations Art Theory and Education) Conference, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO Papers Presented: Sure its Education, But is it Art? A View from the
University of Idahos Department of Art, Distance Studio Program Adapting Formal Evaluation to
Non-linear Creativity in the CyberAge: Questioning as an Answer

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

1997

The Cowboy Kid, Monotypes, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Nightmare of the Son, Video 35min., Theater Artaud, Project Artaud, San Francisco, CA
Surrealist Postage Stamps, Collage, Administration Gallery, University of California Extension,
San Francisco, CA

1993

Simple Drawings, Charcoal, Campus Gallery, Yellowstone Baptist College, Billings, MT

1992

Genetic Beetle Patterns, Charcoal/Pencil, Union Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT

1991

Recent Paintings and Constructions, SFSA Gallery, San Francisco School of Art,
San Francisco, CA

1989

Portrait of an Illusion, Figurative Wall Tape Drawings, San Francisco Center Gallery, John F.
Kennedy University, San Francisco, CA (1989)

1984-89

Open Studios Annual, Current works, R. Higgs Studio, San Francisco, CA

1986

Banners, Paintings, Student Union Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Patterns of Meaning, Collage & Mixed Media, CNA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Elephant Chronicles, 3 - 16mm films, 50 min., Point Gallery, Hunters Point Shipyard Artist
Complex, San Francisco, CA

1984

Recent Works, Painting & Collage, WDI Gallery, Western Design Institute, San Francisco, CA

1982

Big Linda Steps Out, Mixed Media Paintings, Art-O-Mat Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981

Suicide Suite, Collage, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

White Cat Soup, 4 - 16mm films, 42 min, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Subliminal Politics, Collage, College Gallery, College of Art, Aix-en-Provence, FR
Subliminal Politics, College Gallery, College of Decorative Arts, Grenoble, FR

1974

Structures of Art, Wall Word Installation, College Art Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI

1973

Hard Facts, Student Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1972

Now You See it, Now You Dont, MFA Exhibit Paintings & Mixed Media, Barnhardt Gallery,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

1971

Transient Patterns, MA Exhibit, Tape Paintings, Student Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI

1970

Ready-made Prints, Billboard Panels, Art Department Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI

1970

Graduation Exhibit, BS Exhibit, Paintings & Installation, University Library Art Gallery,
Wisconsin State University, Whitewater, WI

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Veils & Falls, Silk/Organdy Installation, MASCO Gallery, Madison, WI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010-2015

Faculty Exhibition Paintings and Monotypes, Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC

2004-2006

Art Splash Invitational Charcoal Drawings, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

1996-2000

Faculty Exhibit, Paintings, Drawings, Collage, Installation, Monotypes, Prichard Gallery, University
of Idaho, Moscow, ID

1984-1992

Faculty Exhibit, Paintings & Constructions, SFSA Gallery, San Francisco School of Art, San
Francisco, CA

1991

Social Issues Invitational, Word Paintings & Stickers, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Montana State
University, Billings, MT
Faculty Exhibit, Wall Drawing, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT
Montana Artists, Charcoal Drawings, Yellowstone Museum of Art, Billings, MT

1990

Ten Views, Collage, Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT

1986-1990

Recent Works, Paintings & Collage, Roche-Bobois, San Francisco, CA

1984-1985

Gallery Artists, Paintings and Collage, CNA Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982-1984

Recent Works, Paintings, Drawings, Collage, San Francisco Artists Cooperative Gallery, San
Francisco, CA

1981

Roar-Shocking, Paintings, Art-O-Mat Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980

National Drawing Invitational, Press-Type Word Drawings, University Gallery, Central Michigan
State University, Mount Pleasant, MI

1976

Drawing Invitational, Press-Type Word Drawings, Art Department Gallery, University of

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

1972-1976

Faculty Exhibit, Installation, Painting, Performance, College Art Gallery, Alverno College,
Milwaukee, WI

1974

National Juried Film Festival, 16mm film, 12 min, I am for a film, Student Union Theater,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1971

Ceramics Exchange Exhibit, Wet Clay Installation, University Art Gallery, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
Art Exchange Exhibit, Diagrams & Installation, University Art Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Objects Invitational, Firebrick & Canteen Liner Installation, College Art Gallery, Berea College,
Berea, KY

1970

Annual Regional Juried Exhibit, Diagram Drawings, Student Union Gallery, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Artist Exchange Exhibit, Video-Light-Plant Installation, College Art Gallery, College of Art,
London, England

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Artist Exchange Exhibit, Diagram Drawings, University Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth

University, Richmond, VA
New Works-Introductions, Sound-Light-Object Installation, Center for Contemporary Arts,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Annual Juried Exhibit, Paintings, Student Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1969

Regional Juried Exhibit, Paintings, College Art Gallery, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Members Exhibit, Paintings & Drawings, Ice House Cooperative Gallery, Whitewater, WI
Annual Juried Exhibit, Paintings & Drawings, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater, WI

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