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Education

M.F.A. 1993 Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis  

Post-Baccalaureate studies 1988-1990 Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis  

B.A. 1985 Art, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas

Academic Appointments

Professor of Art and Art Department Chair, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, 2017-present  Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, 2014-2017  Associate Professor of Art, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, 2003-2014  Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1996-2003  Adjunct Instructor, Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas, 1996

Grants, Fellowships and Awards

Faculty Research Grant, Bridgewater College, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2003,  Sabbatical Leave, Bridgewater College, 2017, 2010,  Creative Inspiration Grant, Arts Council of the Valley, 2017  Faculty Scholarship Award, Bridgewater College, 2016  Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Maurice L. Mednick Memorial Fellowship, 2013,  Arts Council of the Valley Individual Artist Grant, 2002,  Eastern Mennonite University Course Development Grant, 2002, 2000, 1999,  Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Release Time Grant, 2001, 1998,  Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Mini-grant, 2000, 1997,  Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship, 1997

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016  

  • Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay’s Watershed from Headwaters to Bay, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited  
  • Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Watershed from the Potomac to the Patapsco, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia

2014  

  • Selected Photographs from Shenandoah Valley Apples, R.R. Smith Center for History and Art, Staunton, Virginia, Invited  
  • Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay’s Susquehanna River, Juniata River and Eastern Shore Watersheds, Art Gallery, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, Virginia, Invited

2013  

  • Featured Artist Exhibit, Lexington Artist Coop, Lexington, Virginia, Invited 

2011  

  • The Great Valley Road of Virginia, R.R. Smith Center for History and Art, Staunton, Virginia, Invited 

2010  

  • Selections from Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited  
  • Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia  
  • Chesapeake Bay Watershed Confluences, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited  
  • Teaching through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited

2009

  • Selections from Shenandoah Valley Apples, 41 Court Square, Harrisonburg, Virginia 
  • Teaching Through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia 

2007

  • Blacks Run: An American Stream, 150 Franklin Street Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

2006

  • Valley Apples, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia, Invited 

 2005 

  • Reflections on Blacks Run: An American Stream, Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, Virginia, Invited 
  • The Valley Road Today: Photographs by Scott Jost, Hardesty-Higgins House, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

2004

  • Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, Sterling, Virginia, Invited 

2003

  • Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia 
  • Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 

2002

  • Blacks Run: An American Stream, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia, Invited 
  • Blacks Run: An American Stream, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, Invited 

2001

  • Blacks Run: An American Stream,Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Invited 
  • Blacks Run: An American Stream,Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University,
    Harrisonburg, Virginia 

2000

  • Meditations on Dust, Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas, Invited 
  • Blacks Run: An American Stream, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

1999

  •  Blacks Run: An American Stream, Sycamore House Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

1998

  • Meditations on Dust, Sycamore House Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

1997

  • Meditations on Dust, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 

1995

  • A Book of Nine Februarys: A Landscape Book Installation, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Curator, Saralyn Reece Hardy

1994

  • A Book of Ruins, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, Invited 
  •  Ruins and Mirages, The Land Institute Gallery, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, Invited 

Selected Multi-Person and Group Exhibitions

2022

  • On Seeing and Remembering: Nan Covert, Scott Jost, Eric Kniss, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juried 

2019

  • Waterscape: Picturesque Views of Hampton Roads, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Curator, Corey Piper 

2018

  • Confluences: Sabbatical Work, Marketplace Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2-person exhibit with Nan Covert 

2017

  • First Night Invitational Exhibition, Marketplace Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

2013

  • Conversation XV: Dust, The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Curator, Kate Meyer 
  • Passages: New paintings and photographs by Nan Covert and Scott Jost, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia 

2012

  • College Educator’s Exhibit, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited

2011

  • Leaf. Flower. Spiral: The Flow of Energy in the Natural World, 3-person exhibit with Steven Johnson and Howard Zehr, State Arboretum of Virginia, Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Virginia  
  • The Good Old Summer Time: Beverley Street Studio School Summer Faculty Exhibit, Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, Virginia, Invited 
  • Down to the River: Steven Johnson, Scott Jost, Howard Zehr, Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited 

2010

  • Site Specifics, The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Curator, Susan Earle
  •  Confluence: 2010 Season of Color Exhibit, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, Virginia, Jurors, Mary Chappell and Jeff Davis 

2009

  • Bridgewater College Faculty Exhibit, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, Virginia, Invited  

2008

  • Artists Who Teach, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Curator, Nan Covert 
  • Winter Trees: Drawings and Works on Paper, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, Virginia, Curator, Cleveland Morris 

2006

  • Pickers and Potters: Cynthia Connolly, Scott Jost, Rudy Tucker, Staunton-Augusta Art Center,
    Staunton, Virginia, Juried 

2005

  • Shenandoah Photography II: New Directions, Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, Virginia, Curators, Geraldine Kiefer and Bruce Kiefer 
  • Virginia On Paper, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, Virginia, Juried

 2004

  • International Photography Exhibition, Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Curator, Ray Dirks

2002

  • The Valley Road at the Millennium, Photographs by Scott Jost and EMU Photography Students, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

2000

  • 10th Annual New Images Exhibition: A Juried Photo Competition for the Mid-Atlantic States, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Jurors, Janet Sirmon, Gallery Director and Alan Klotz/Photocollect, New York

1999

  • Juried Exhibition 1999, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Director, Studio Museum in Harlem, Award of Recognition (Brochure)
  •  Juried Regional Exhibit 1999,Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juror, James Miller, Professor of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University 
  • Americas 2000: All-Media Competition,Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, Juror, Laurel J. Reuter, Director, North Dakota Museum of Art, Work Recommended for Purchase (Catalog) 

1998

  • Juried Exhibition 1998, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror, Eleanor Heartney, Independent Critic and Author, Award of Achievement (Catalog)
  • Regional Juried Exhibit, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juror, William Barnes, Professor of Art, College of William and Mary, Second Place
  • Select: A Regional Juried Exhibition,Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University,
    Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juried 

1995

  • An Exhibition of Artists’ Books by Scott Jost and Gordon Sherman, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Two-person exhibition, Saralyn Reece Hardy, Curator

1994

  • Central Kansas Artists Coalition Exhibit,Carnagie Library, Goodland, Kansas, Invited

1993

  •    Text and Image, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Curated
  • Time, Texture and Tapestry, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, Juried three-person exhibition 
  •  Through the Looking Glass: Drawing Ourselves With Light, pARTs Photographic Arts,
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Curator, Colleen Mullins 

Collections, Commissions and Portfolios

  • Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Permanent Collection, 2020
  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Commission, 2014
  • Packing Corporation of America, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Collection, 2012
  • Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Permanent Collection, 2009
  • Border to Border III, Faculty/Graduate Student Print portfolio including University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, University of Colorado, University of Nebraska and University of South Dakota, 1992

Selected Bibliography

  • Ryan Cornell, “Shooting the Source: BC Exhibit Features Chesapeake Bay Watershed Photos,” Daily News Record, February 6, 2016, B1. 
  • Matt Gonzales, “On the Record: Oral Histories Add Layers To Past,” Daily News Record, July 15, 2014, A7. 
  • Hannah Pitstick, “Local Landmarks Stand Out at Larkin Arts,” Daily News Record, July 10, 2014, B6. 
  • Deona Landes Houff, “On the Watershed: Photographs of Chesapeake Bay Tributaries on Display At BRCC,” Go! An Edition of The News Leader, January 30-February 5, 2014, 1, 6-7. 
  • “Images of the Land,” Sunflower Living, Winter 2014, 6, 46. 
  • “Art Professor to Exhibit at Lexington Artist Co-Op,” The News Gazette, September 4, 2013, B6. 
  • McKinsey Harris, “Bridgewater Art Professor Presents Chesapeake Bay Gallery,” WHSV Television, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 5, 2010.
  • “New book features Bridgewater professor's photography,” The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia, September 23, 2010. 
  • “A Teacher’s Eye View: Scott Jost Shares His Academic Life in Photographic Project,” The Daily News Record, January 14, 2010, A7.
  • Stephanie Mangino, “All About Valley Apples,” The Winchester Star, November 7, 2008.
  • Florence Barrett, “Kids with Cameras,” The Shenandoah Journal, July 22-28, 2008, 3+.
  • Maria Longley, “Exhibit Captures Music of Old Virginia: ‘Pickers and Potters’ exhibit continues through Feb. 17,” Go! An Edition of The News Leader, January 19-25, 9.
  • Maggie Wolff Peterson, “Exhibit, Lectures Featured,” The Winchester Star, October 5, 2005, B7.
  • Geraldine Kiefer, “SU Welcomes Guest Speaker, Artist,” The Shenandoah Sun, September 28, 2005, 4.
  • Jenny Brockwell, “Photographer Documents Evolving Turnpike,” The Daily News Record Escape, July 21-27, 2005, 3.
  • “House Grand Reopening,” Daily News Record, July 21, 2005, 1.
  • Maggie Wolff Peterson, “From Apples to Architecture: 4 Photographers Featured in Art Council’s ‘New Directions II’ Show,” The Winchester Star, June 3, 2005, B3-B6.
  • Bersson, Robert. Responding to Art: Form, Content and Context. Boston: McGraw-Hill
    Higher Education, 2004, 182, 183, 629.
  • Luginbuhl, Gregg, “Mennonite College and University Faculty Artists Picture Peace”
    Public lecture. 
  • Jessica Clarke, “Paint the ‘Burg Green” The Daily News Record Skyline Extra, January 8-21, 2005, 6-7.
  • Dirks, Ray. In God’s Image: A Global Anabaptist Family. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2003, 90-92.
  • Virginia Tonight, WVPT Public Television, March 6, 2003.
  • “How ‘Bout Them Apples? Eastern Mennonite University Photo Exhibit Looks at Fruit’s Industry,” The Daily News Record, March 27, 2003, 17-18.
  • “Route 11 Photos On Display At Eastern Mennonite University,” The Daily News Record Skyline Extra, March 7, 2002, 7.
  • Jessica Clark, “See How It Runs: Such Stuff as Streams are Made Of,” The Daily News Record, December 10, 1999, 25-26.
  • Nancy Bondurant Jones, “The ‘Babbling Brook’ Seen Through the Artist’s Eyes,” The Daily News Record, December 7, 1999, 10.
  • Deona Houff, “The Book on Blacks Run,” Eightyone, December 1999, 4-5.
  • Jessica Clark, “Saddling the Wind: Dust Bowl Photos in Bridgewater College Exhibit,” The Daily News Record, March 9, 1999, 9-11.
  • Leland E. Warren, “Contemporary Kansas” The Manhattan Mercury, August 10, 1995, A7. Review.
  • Scott Williams (producer), “A Book of Nine Februarys: Scott Jost’s Landscape Installation”
    Access to Art #10, Salina Community Access Television, August 1995.
  • Rick Mach, Interview with Scott Jost, KSAL Radio, Salina, Kansas, July 17, 1995.
  • Lillian Zier, “A New Chapter: Artist Goes by the Book in Exhibit at Salina Art Center”
    Salina Journal, June 23, 1995, 1D+. 

Publications

  • “Eyes on the South: Stream Origins,” Oxford American Online, May 19, 2015, curated
    by Jeffrey Rich.
  • “Scott Jost,” 10 Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, 2015, pages 12-17, published by Nate Abramowski.
  • Shenandoah Valley Apples (Chicago: Columbia College Chicago Press, 2014, distributed by University of Virginia Press)
  • Contributing photographer to The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present, edited by Warren Hofstra and Karl Raitz (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010).
  • Photographs in Kansas Murals: A Traveler's Guide, by Lora Jost and Dave Loewenstein (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006, 8, 161, 167).
  • Photographs in In God's Image: A Global Anabaptist Family, by Ray Dirks (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2003, 90-92).
  • Blacks Run: An American Stream (Staunton, VA: Center for American Places, 1999).
  • The Land Report, No. 65, Fall 1999, 2, 20-21. 
  • The Land Report, No. 64, Summer 1999, 2,16.
  • The Land Report, No. 65, Spring 1999, 2, 7, 12, 14-15, 28.
  • “The Campus as Teacher, EMU Crossroads, Winter 1998, 7-8.
  • “The Art of Ruin,” The Land Report, No. 50, Summer 1994, 10-12. 

Artist Lectures and Presentations

2019 

  • Society for Photographic Education Southeast Chapter Conference, Richmond, Virginia, “The Importance of Place in Photobooks” Slide presentation and panel (with John Gannis and William Wylie)

2016

  • New Image Gallery, James Madison University, “Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed” with Prof. Corinne Diop, School of Art, Design & Art History, Dr. Daniel Downey, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Dr. David Ehrenpreis, School of Art, Design & Art History and Institute for Visual Studies, and Dr. Carole Nash, Department of Integrated Science and Technology
  • New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
  • James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Undergraduate photography class slide lecture 

2015 

  • New Market Historical Society, New Market, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Apples,” Slide lecture and reading
  • Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, “Black and White Photography,” Slide lecture, guest critique
  • Beverley Street Studio School, Staunton, Virginia, “Conversations” series artist talk and discussion 

2014 

  • Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, Staunton, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Apples,” Slide lecture and reading
  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Apples,” Convocation series slide lecture
  • Augusta County Historical Society, Staunton, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Apples,” Slide lecture and reading 
  • Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Apples,” Slide lecture and reading
  • Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, “Photographing the Virginias” author panel and “Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The Cultural History of Things” author panel

2013 

  • Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, Virginia, “Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed,” Slide presentation 
  • Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas, visiting artist, including class presentations, portfolio critiques and public lecture
  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, “Passages,” Slide presentation (with Nan Covert) 

2012 

  • Augusta County Historical Society, Staunton, Virginia, “The Great Valley Road of Virginia”, Slide presentation (with Warren Hofstra and George F. Thompson)
  • Virginia Forum, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Source and Confluence: Virginia Waterways and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”, Slide lecture (as part of the “Geography and Environment” panel with Chris Bolgiano, Geraldine Kiefer, and William Wooldridge; Christina Wulf, moderator) 

2011 

  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Cultural Geography course guest lecture, “Photographing The Great Valley Road of Virginia” 
  • Beverley Street Studio School, Staunton, Virginia, “Shenandoah Valley Landscapes”, Conversations series slide talk
  • Newtown Neighborhood Association, Staunton, Virginia, “The Great Valley Road of Virginia”, Slide presentation (with Kenneth Keller and George F. Thompson)
  • Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Historical Society, Dayton, Virginia, “The Great Valley Road of Virginia”, Slide presentation (with Warren Hofstra)
  • Augusta County Historical Society, Staunton, Virginia, “The Great Valley Road of Virginia”, Slide presentation (with Warren Hofstra, Kenneth Keller, and George F. Thompson) 

 2010 

  • Shenandoah Regional Studies Seminar, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”, Presentation
  • James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Visiting artist (Graduate seminar presentation, individual graduate student studio critiques, undergraduate photography class slide lecture)
  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Contemplative Photography course (graduate), Guest instructor
  • Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Art as Learning, Knowing, Telling”, Research Methods course (graduate), Guest lecture 

2009 

  • Shenandoah Photographic Society, Winchester, Virginia, “Collecting Images and Stories from the Valley and its Communities”, Slide lecture
  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, “Teaching through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor”, Convocation lecture 

2008 

  • The Creative Mind Conference, sponsored by the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education, Staunton, Virginia, “How You See Me, How I See Me,” Conference presentation (with Dr. Douglas Ball)
  • Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, “Apples and Orchards,” Slide talk

2007 

  • Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, “Digital Exposure and White Balance,” Lecture and demonstration

2006  

  • Frederick County Fruit Growers Association Annual Meeting, Winchester, Virginia,
    “Valley Apples,” Slide talk
  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “Documentary Photography,” Slide lecture

2005 

  • Southeast College Art Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, “Community Conversation as Map: The Healing of Blacks Run” included in Mapping the Landscape: Readings of Surfaces, Stratigraphies and Narratives from the Renaissance to the Present, Presentation 
  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “Community Conversation and the Healing of Blacks Run,” Public lecture
  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “Landscape, Ecology and Land Use”, Slide lecture
  • Regional Studies Seminar, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Valley Apples,” Presentation

2004  

  • College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, Washington, “Meet the
    Candidates Forum”

2003  

  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Slide lecture 
  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk

2002  

  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
  • Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, Visiting artist, Gallery talk

2001  

  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gallery talk
  • College Art Association National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, “Community Conversation and the Revitalization of Nature” included in Nature Nurtured and Nurturing: Art to Restore and Enliven Nature, Presentation and substitute session chair
  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk

2000  

  • The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, “Communicating Art with Nature as the Measure,”
    Slide lecture and panel discussion
  • James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Slide lecture

1999  

  • Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Slide lecture

1997  

  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk

1996  

  • Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Slide lecture

1995  

  • Salina Art Center, Reading/performance
  • Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Gallery talk

1994  

  • Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, Public lecture
  • The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, Gallery talk 

Residencies and Workshops

2018 

  • Creative Still Life, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor

2015 

  • Photographing Light and Land in Highland County, Virginia, Highland County Arts Council, Instructor

2012 

  • Macro Photography, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor

2011 

  • Creative Still Life, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor

2010 

  • Panoramic and Multiple Image Photographs, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor

2009 

  • Creative Still Life, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor

2008 

  • Exploring the Light and Color of Rockbridge County, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor
  • How You See Me, How I See Me, children’s photography workshop for Rockingham County Public Schools students, John Wayland Elementary School, Bridgewater, Virginia, Instructor (with Douglas Ball and Kim Floyd)

1991  

  • Artist in Residence, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas

Professional Service

2019 

  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Portfolio reviewer

2018 

  • Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, 2018 National Juried Art Competition, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juror
  • Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, 2018 Art in the Park, Juror
  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Portfolio Reviewer

2017 

  • Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, 2017 Art in the Park, Judge 
  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Orlando, Florida, Portfolio reviewer

2015 

  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, Portfolio reviewer

2014 

  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Baltimore, Maryland,
    Portfolio reviewer 

2013 

  • Annual MFA student reviews, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia,
    Guest critic 

2011 

  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
    Portfolio reviewer

2010-2014 

  • Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Secretary, Executive Committee,
    Board of Directors

2009-2010 

  • Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Board or Directors

2009 

  • Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Guest critic

2004-2007 

  • Society for Photographic Education national conference, Portfolio reviewer

2004  

  • College Art Association, National board of directors candidate

2003 

  • Central Shenandoah Arts, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Guest critic

1999  

  • National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, Museums and Visual Arts Education/Access Review grants panelist

1997  

  • Rockingham Fine Arts Association, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juror

1996  

  • Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Design Advisory Group

1995-1996  

  • Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Exhibitions Committee

1995  

  • Salina Arts and Humanities Council, Salina, Kansas, Juror

1994-1995  

  • Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Instructor 

Professional Organization Memberships

  2022-present

  • Professional Photographers of America

2006-2011 

  • AIGA / The Professional Association for Design 

2005-2006 

  • Southeast College Art Conference

2002-2019  

  • Society for Photographic Education

1996-2002  

  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education 

1994-1995  

  • American Institute of Architects

1994  

  • Central Kansas Artists’ Coalition

1993-2006  

  • College Art Association 


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