Ana M. Lopez

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Education

1999 MFA Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1996 BFA, Studio Art: Sculpture and Metalsmithing/Jewelry, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Assistant professor of Art, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Drawing
1999-2000 Artist-in-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Children's Community Class Instructor, Metalsmithing. Arrowmont School of Arts and
Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Adult Community Class Instructor, Metalsmithing. Arrowmont School of Arts and
Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1998-2000 Summer Faculty, Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen Michigan

Selected Exhibitions

2002 Colorado Metalsmithing Association Exhibition
  Improv Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
   
  Hybrids and Hardware (solo)
  Art & Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield Missouri (Postcard)
   
  Sculptural Attitudes
  Show of Hands Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
 
Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal and Wood
The Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa.
 
2001 Metal Departures
The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, Emerson and Rose Galleries, St. Louis Artist's
  Guild, St. Louis, Missouri. (Catalog)
   
  The Breath of Nature
  Cheongju International Craft Biennial, Cheongju City, Korea (Honorable Mention)
  (Catalog)
   
  The First Ten Years: Arrowmont's Artist-in-Residence Program
  Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Pamphlet)
   
2000 Craftforms 2000
  Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
   
  Exhibition in Print 2000
  Metalsmith Magazine. SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
   
  Four Rooms
  Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
   
  Crosscurrents Arrowmont Artists in Residents
  Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
   
  Force and Fire: Old Techniques/New Technologies
  Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts (Postcard Piece)
   
1999 Pieces that Serve
  YAW Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  SOFA Exposition, New York, New York
  J. Cotter Gallery, Vail Colorado
   
  Contemporary Metalsmiths 1999
  Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont
   
  The Fine Art of Craft
  The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland (Honorable Mention)

Public Lectures

2002 Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
  Hybrids and Hardware
   
  New Mexico Highlands University
  Recent Work
   
  Presenter, Colorado Metalsmithing Association meeting
  The Work of an Altered Body
   
2001 Presenter, Art Resources of Southern Colorado Annual Conference
Biognostics: Haptic Knowledge and the Work of Ana M. Lopez
   
2000 Guest Lecturer, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee, Current Work
   
1999 Faculty Lecturer, Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, Michigan, Tacit Knowledge

Workshops Given

2002 Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, Missouri
   
  New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
   
2000 Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan

Professional Affiliations

The Society of North American Goldsmiths
The Colorado Metalsmithing Association (board member)
The American Craft Council
The College Art Association

 

 

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