EDUCATION:
1979 MFA (Painting), University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1976 BFA (Painting), BA (Art History), cum laude, Southeastern Massachusetts University,
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts (name has since been changed to the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth)
1968 BA (Sociology), Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2015 - Present Associate Professor of Painting, Coordinator of Undergraduate Drawing and both Undergraduate Painting and Graduate Painting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
2006 - 2015 Associate Professor of Painting, Director of Undergraduate Drawing, Undergraduate Painting and Graduate Painting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1997 - 2006 Associate Professor of Painting/Head of Drawing Program, University of Miami,
Coral Gables, Florida
1991 - 1997- Associate Professor of Painting/Coordinator of Foundations Program,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1985 - 1991 Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Studio Foundations Program, University of Miami,
Coral Gables, Florida
1984 - 1985 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
1980 - 1983 Assistant Professor, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
1980 (spring) Lecturer, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1976 - 1979 Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
GRANTS/AWARDS:
2015 Nominated for Foundations in Art Theory and Education (F.A.T.E.)
Master Educator Award
2014 Faculty Fellow, Faculty Learning Committee: Information Technology Literacy,
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
2012 Dean's Research Leave, Spring 2013, College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Juror's Merit Award: SECAC Members Exhibition, Durham Arts Center,
Durham, North Carolina
2011 Nominated for Foundations in Art Theory and Education (F.A.T.E.)
Master Educator Award
2003 Nominated for University Excellence in Teaching Award
Instructional Research Grant, Instructional Advancement Office, University of Miami,
Miami, Florida
2002 Two Purchase Awards, "Contemporary Realism," Mesa Contemporary Art Center,
Mesa, Arizona
General Research Support Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs
Finalist, San Francisco Art Institute’s Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship
Provost’s Technology Grant, Office of the Provost, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
2001 General Research Support Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs
Instructional Advancement Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs
1999 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award: College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Miami
Finalist: 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award, Instructional Advancement Center,
University of Miami
1998 Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs
Instructional Research Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs Provost's
Technology Development Grant, Office of the Provost, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
1997 Instructional Development Grant (with Tomas Lopez), Instructional Development Office, Polaroid LC10 Projector $3,000.00, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Provost’s Technology Development Grant (with Tom Lopez) State of the art computer lab ($70,000.000
(14 G3 Power Mac 266 w/128MB RAM, Scanners, Printers, CD burners, External removable hard drives,
multi-media software, and a 36”x108” color plotter) for advanced undergraduate, graduate, and faculty use)
1993 Merit Award: Artstravaganza National ‘93, Chattanooga, Tennesse
1992 Merit Award: Lake Worth National, Lake Worth, Florida
Merit Award: UND National, Grand Forks, North Dakota
1991 Merit Award: Dakotas National, Vermillion, South Dakota
Purchase Award: Works on Paper, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Merit Award: Inner Meanings National, Mesa, Arizona
1990 Honorable Mention: Florida Arts Council, Tallahassee, Florida
Merit Award: 55th Annual National, Cooperstown, New York
Merit Award: Stretch a Sketch National, Mesa, Arizona
Finalist: SAF/NEA Regional Fellowships in Painting and Drawing
Merit Award: Artstravaganza National ‘90, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Merit Award: Art ‘90, Hollywood, Florida
Merit Award: Artists View the Human Form, Buffalo, New York
Merit Award: Midwest International #5, Warrensburg, Missouri
Merit Award: Charlotte National, Charlotte, North Carolina
1989 Merit Award: Washington and Jefferson National, Washington, Pennsylvania
Merit Award: Dakotas 100th International, Vermillion, South Dakota
Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant: University of Miami Sponsored Programs
1988 Best in Show Award: San Diego National, San Diego, California
Merit Award: New American Talent, Austin, Texas
1987 Merit Award: 29th Hortt Memorial, Ft, Lauderdale, Florida
Merit Award: New American Talent, Austin, Texas
Max Orovitz Summer Research Grant, University of Miami Sponsored Programs
1986 Research Support Grant: University of Miami Sponsored Programs
Best in Show,Thomas Center Biennial, Gainesville, Florida
1984 Best in Show, Autumnfest ‘84, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Merit Award: ARTRAIN Traveling Exhibition Ann Arbor, Michigan
1981 Merit Award, Ann Arbor Artists ’81, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1980 Purchase Award, Michigan Art Faculty, Flint, Michigan
1979 Merit Award, JCC Exhibition, Houston, Texas
1978 Graduate Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1976 Full Graduate Assistantship, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Reflections of the Infinite in the Realm of Space and Time, IWU Gallery, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
2015 Works on Paper, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland
2014 Stonehenge Series I, II, & II, Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts,
Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
2013 Stonehenge Series I & II, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Stonehenge Series II, UM Project Space, Wynwood Arts District,
Miami, Florida
2012 Stonehenge Series I, Apex Gallery, South Dakota College of Mines and Technology,
Rapid City, South Dakota
2011 Selected Works from the Stonehenge Series, enFAMILIA Gallery, Homestead, Florida
Stonehenge Series I, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina
2001 Urban Street Games, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
1991 UAH Gallery, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Alabama
1989 Works on Paper, Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
1986 Frieze of Life, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1985 Recent Paintings, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1984 Painting into a Corner, Detroit Institute Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1981 Recent Works, Albion College, Albion, Michigan
1979 MFA Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Lise Drost / Brian Curtis (Occulta Romana), Wesley Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1991 Rhoda Hepner / Brian Curtis (Dance of Life), Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1990 Brian Curtis (painter) / Carmen Lopez-Torres (sculptor), Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center,
Government Center (West Lobby), Miami, Florida
1987 South Florida Artist Series #3 (brochure), Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Frieze of Life, Ann Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2016 The Real Sh*t Show, Flowerbox Projects, Little Haiti, Miami, Florida
2015 BFF, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina
Annual Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2014 Annual Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida,
2013 Annual Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2012 Annual Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Incognito II, Friends of Art, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
2011 Incognito, Friends of Art, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
Works on Paper, Project Space, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2009 Faculty Past and Present, Sage Center for the Arts Gallery, Hillsdale, Michigan
The Vault Show, Museo Vault Gllery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
2008 Real Painting, Garage Temporary Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
2007 Painting Show, Wynwood Project Space, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
2006 Teapot Show, The Arts and Sciences Gallery, Coral Gables, Flordia
2005 Cup Show, The Arts and Sciences Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2004 Pieces from the Permanent Collection, Mesa Art Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
2003 Tasmania Print Exchange, University of Tasmania, Australia
2001 Exchange Down Under, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
2000 Ink Different Print Portfolio, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
1999 SGC Print Exchange, Arizona State University, Arizona
1996 Faculty Exhibition, New Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1995 Becalmed in Miami, Main Public Library, Miami, Florida
In the Landscape, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Artcars, Main Public Library, Miami, Florida
1994 Momento Mori, Art Factory, Miami Beach, Florida
Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Inaugural Exhibition, International Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1993 The Florida Figure, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida
Self-Portraits, Main Library, Miami, Florida
1992 Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Artists For AIDS, Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Angry Love, Art Festival Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 Anniversary Exhibition, Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Art Against AIDS, MDCC Gallery, Miami, Florida
Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Artists Pro Genesis, Metropolitan Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Harrisburg Invitational, Art Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
ArtWest touring Exhibition, Wyoming State Museum, Casper, Wyoming
Miami Art Expo, Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Three From South Florida, Stetson University, Deland, Florida
ArtWest Touring Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
1990 Group Show, Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Group Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
CMU Invitational, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
1989 New American Talent Tour, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Art Against AIDS, MDCC, Miami, Florida
Group Show, Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Grant Recipients, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
1988 New American Talent Tour, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
Group Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
New American Talent Tour, Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas
Couples, North Miami Museum, North Miami, Florida
1987 New Age Art, North Miami Museum, North Miami, Florida
Figuration in the Eighties, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Figuration in the Eighties, Hodgell/Gillman Gallery, Tampa, Florida
New American Talent Tour, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
1986 Thomas Center Biennial, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainsevile, Florida
Granted (four person show), Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
Artcars, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida
Artcars, Main Library, Miami, Florida
1985 Group Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
New Realism, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1984 Faculty Exhibition, University Fine Arts Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Opening Statement, DeGraff Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Market Selections, Detroit Artists‘ Market, Detroit, Michigan
1983 Group Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Realism, Rubiner Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1982 Individuals, Detroit Artists‘ Market, Detroit, Michigan
1978 Group Show Gallerie sur la Terre, Houston, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas
Drawing Show, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2015 SAiH Exhibition, UH Hilo Art Department, Hilo, Hawaii
2012 SECAC Membership Exhibition, Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina
2011 Night of a Hundred Angels, Cottage Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery,
Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2010 MACAA/SECAC Membership Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2006 MACAA/SECAC Membership Exhibition, Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2002 Contemporary Realism, Mesa Art Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
1995 "Orlando National",Gaier Gallery, Orlando, Florida
1993 All Florida, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
Artstravaganza ‘92, AVA, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1992 Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
Chautauqua National, CAA Galleries, Chautauqua, New York
UND National, Wilmer Art Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Angry Love, Festival Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia
Graceland National, Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa
Florida National, FSU Museum, Tallahassee, Florida
1991 All Florida ‘91, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
Dakotas International, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Artstravaganza National, AVA, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Works on Paper - 4th Annual McNeese National, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
W&J National, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
NMSU National, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri
Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
"Dakotas International", University of North Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota
Inner Meanings, Mesa Art Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
1990 International Exhibition - Artists View the Human Form, Clary-Milner Gallery, Buffalo, New York
ArtWest National, ArtWest Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming
Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
First Street National, First Street Gallery, New York, New York
55th National, Cooperstown Art Association, Medford, New York
Artstravaganza National, AVA, Chattanooga, Tennessee "LaGrange National",
CVAA Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia
Drawing National, Mesa Art center, Mesa, Arizona
Art 90, Art Institute, Hollywood, Florida
American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia
Human Image, Broward Art Guild, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
State of the Arts, SFSC Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Paper National, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri
Charlotte National, Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
Midwest International, CMSU, Warrensburg, Missouri
1989 51st National, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
Hudson Valley National, Mid-Hudson Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Drawing 1989, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
53rd National, Butler Institute of Contemporary Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Dakotas 100, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota
Dakotas 100, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
W&J National, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
Greater Midwest International, CMSU, Warrensburg, Missouri
1988 Dimensions National, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hortt 30th Memorial, Ft Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
San Diego National, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
Hoyt National, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, Pennsylvania
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas
Tampa Triennial, (catalogue) Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
1987 Florida Creates, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
Hortt 29th Memorial, Ft Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas
1986 Hortt 29th Memorial, Ft Lauderdale Museum, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Loch Haven Annual, Loch Haven Museum, Orlando, Florida
Florida Creates, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
Thomas Center Biennial, State Capital Building, Tallahassee, Florida
1984 Autumnfest ’84, Alcove Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Ann Arbor Artists.’84, Temp Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
State of the Art, ARTRAIN traveled throughout Michigan
1983 Painting and Drawing, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Juried Annual, Detroit Artists’ Market, Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Annual, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan
Anniversary Exhibition, Detroit Artists’ Market, Detroit, Michigan
1981 Ann Arbor Artists ‘81, The Station Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1980 Michigan Artists ‘80/81, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Michigan Art Faculty, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan
1979 Annual Exhibition, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas
1978 Annual Exhibition, JCC, Houston, Texas
PUBLICATIONS:
2017 The Bicameral Brain and the Primacy of Perception, As It Is: The Proceedings of the Representational Art Conference, 2015, ed. Michael Pearce, Ph.D, MFA, Create Space Independent publishing Platform, California Lutheran University, 2017
2015 DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION 2/e was translated into Portuguese and published by McGraw-Hill - Sao Paulo (Desenho de Observacao 2/e)
2014 Leonardo's Legacy: A Defense of the Educational Value of Perceptual Drawing in an Increasingly
Postmodern World, Open Inquiry Archive, A peer reviewed independent journal of scholarly
papers on culture, http://openinquiryarchive.net/2012/02/16/leonardos-legacy/
2009 DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION 2/e (An Introduction to Perceptual Drawing)
published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, NY. 2009. Currently used as a
text at over 250 colleges, universities, and art schools in the United States and a handful of schools abroad.
In second Edition I added a new 30 page chapter on pictorial composition, designed new cover,
added over 200 new student and technical illustrations, revised layout, prepared 600 PowerPoint
slides to accompany lessons in text (downloadable from publisher’s site), and constructed a 31
page promotional website at:
http://www.brian-curtis.com/text/dfo_second_edition/bc_book.html
2006 DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION 1/e was translated into Short-Form Chinese and
published by McGraw-Hill Singapore.
2001 Wrote, designed and illustrated DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION 1/e: An Introduction
to Perceptual Drawing, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, New York, 2001.
http://www.brian-curtis.com/um_webpage/dfo_first_edition/web-content/dfodata/bc_book.html
BOOK REVIEWS:
2015 The Key Point: Drawing from Observation Book Review, http://thekeypoint.org/2015/01/01/drawing-from-observation/
2006 Book Review - Drawing from Observation, Helen South, Drawing from Observation,
2005 Lari Gibbons, Book Review - Drawing from Observation, F.A.T.E. in Review, Volume 26, 2004-2005
2002 April Flanders, Book Review - Drawing from Observation, Graphic Impressions -
newsletter for Southern Graphics Council, Fall 2002
ARTICLES, REVIEWS, REPRODUCTIONS, and CITATIONS (print and online):
2017 Letter to Editor, Art Lesson, Miami Herald, June 6, 2017
2015 Brody, David , How to Draw: Course Guidebook, The Teaching Company: The Great Courses, Chantilly, Virginia, 2015, pgs. 24, 28, 32, 42, 46, 55
Gibson, Lois, Forensic Art Essentials: A Manual for Law Enforcement Artists, Academic Press; 1 edition, December 20, 2007, p. 12
2014 The Duncan Trussell Family Hour Center for Self Optimization, Books to Get You Drawing, http://duncantrussell.com/forum/discussion/12684/books-to-get-you-drawing-instructional-inspirational/p1
Art Students League Summer Schedule, Brian Curtis Drawing from Observation –
Introduction to Perceptual Drawing - http://theartstudentsleague.org/workshops.aspx#CurtisJune
Tara O'Neil, Thinking in Color, Coastal Breeze News, Friday, April 25,
http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2012/11/01/thinking-in-color/
AP studio Art: Drawing, Summer Assignments,
http://mps.millvillenj.gov/cms/lib07/NJ01912810/Centricity/Domain/55/AP_Studio_ArtSummer_
assignments.pdf
Scott Nelson Foster, From Structure to Expression, Rethinking Gesture Drawing within Foundations Life Drawing, FATE in Review, Volume 34, 2012-2013 p. 4
http://www.academia.edu/5689145/Art_and_Social_Justice_Education_Culture_as_Commons_-_
Reviewed_by_Lori_Kent
Art Deadlines, Books for Artists: Drawing, http://artdeadlineslist.com/artbooks/#drawing
Avery Martin, Sketchbook Assignments, http://room1005.weebly.com/sketchbook-assignments.html
(unauthorized page scans and list of exercises)
Artavita, Brian Curtis, https://artavita.com/artists/4245-brian-curtis
Frederic Kaplan, Picture Making, A Golden Idea, Bibliography,
http://kaplanpicturemaker.com/archives/golden_rectangle
Jean Wilkey, Studio Views, William Kentridge inspired drawings & fantastic birdhouses,
http://www.jeanrwilkey.com/william-kentridge-inspired-drawings-fantastic-birdhouses/
Course Materials, (unauthorized use of text passages)
http://www.utdallas.edu/~melacy/pages/Drawing/01_class/HO_1.pdf
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life,
http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-post_21.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life,
http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/gesture-drawing-2.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life,
http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/gesture-drawing-3.html
Ralfdraw (blog, England), Drawing on my Life,
http://ralphdraw.blogspot.com/2014/02/study-perceptual-grid-perceptual.html
Blaffer Art Museum, Brian Curtis: Master of Fine Art Exhibit
http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/exhibition/umfaculty-curtis.html
2013 Sketching: Drawing from Observation, http://www.janehannah.com/books-theories/
William Mark Coulhard and Ana Bicik, Stonehenge I & II, Miami Art Review,
http://miamiartreviews.com/2013/08/11/stonehenge-by-brian-curtis/
WUM An Online Journal for the Arts, Closing Reception of Brian Curtis's Stonehenge Exhibition
at UM Gallery Wynwood Building
http://whatsupmiami.blogspot.com/2013/08/closing-reception-of-brian-curtis.html
Recommended Text, Resources for students learning how to draw, BYU Idaho Library,
UM Faculty Exhibit, http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/exhibition/umfaculty-curtis.html
Brian Curtis Exhibition Preview,
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151667392934453.1073741829.60569649452&type=3
Exhibition Preview Photo of Brian Curtis,
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151667395029453&set=a.10151667392934453.10737
41829.60569649452&type=3&theater
Exhibition Preview Photo of Opening,
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151667394629453&set=a.10151667392934453.1073741829.
60569649452&type=3&theater
Brian Curtis, Stonehenge Series,
http://www.mutualart.com/Exhibitions/Brian-Curtis--Stonehenge-Series-I---II/326C51997E877CAB
2012 Arts Book Review: Drawing from Observation by Brian Curtis, Brian Curtis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_HaVoZlsDA)
Wei Xu, Ph.D., Drawing in the Digital Age: An Observational Method for
Artists and Animators (Google eBook) p. 63,
http://books.google.com/books?id=ShvrJ0He3ocC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=brian+curtis,+artist,
+drawing&source=bl&ots=Ch2SUi5Z8&sig=kVF3gmZVsNH1rKl86kOhw_Qv_hw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=
uZFJU6r2NJHH0AHpwoC4Cw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwATha#v=onepage&q=brian%20curtis%2C%20artist%2C%20
drawing&f=false
Frederick C. Kaplan, A Golden Idea, Aesthetics and Theory Archive,
http://kaplanpicturemaker.com/archives/at_golden_rectangle
Linda Hutcheon, Cover Art, Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafiction Paradox,
Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Narcissus Narrative catalogue listing: http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/General/hutcheon-linda_mockup_2.pdf
Brian Curtis, Perceptual Drawing Textbook, Textbook Authors Wiki,
http://textbookauthorswiki.com/brian-curtis-perceptual-drawing-textbooks
Elizabeth Gumport, What Are You Looking At Blog, Brian Curtis, Urban Street Games (Street Shoot), http://andwhatdoyousee.tumblr.com/post/31149350518/brian-curtis-urban-street-games-street-shoot
Night of a Hundred Angels Catalogue, The Cottage Gallery. Laguna Beach, California
Jessica Burke, ART 1010: Drawing I, Books To Read,
http://burke1010.blogspot.com/2010/05/master-study-images.html
Abstract Painting, Naples Philharmonic Lifelong Learning,
http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Abstract_Painting/1121335/119323/article.html
Exhibition at Boca Raton Museum of Art, April 24-May 19, 1987
http://books.google.com/books/about/Brian_Curtis_Laurie_Julia.html?id=YGdjHAAACAAJ
2011 SECAC Conference Program – Savannah, Georgia, Session Abstracts, A House Divided:
Examining the Conflict Between Sensory Aesthetics and Concept Driven Cultural Practice
Johny ML, By All Means Necessary (blog), http://johnyml.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html
Carla Krige, Open Your Eyes to Art (blog), http://carlakrige.blogspot.com/2011/03/charcoal-drawings.html
Maraco Eagle News, Art Instructor to lead landscape Workshop at the Phil,
http://www.marconews.com/news/2011/mar/04/higher-education-briefs-week-march-6/?print=1
Chris Miller, Artist-Writers Part 1, Mountshang Art Blog,
http://mountshang.blogspot.com/2011/07/artist-writers-part-i.html
Ft Meyers Florida Weekly, Painting Workshop - Brian Curtis,
http://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/news/2009-03-11/what_to_do/067.html
Chris Miller, Review: 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition/Zhou B. Art Center,
New City Art (online),
http://art.newcity.com/2011/07/25/review-7th-annual-national-self-portrait-exhibitionzhou-b-art-center/
Lise Schwall, Brian Curtis: Reviving the Perceptual Platform, Thirteen page paper submitted as part of Lisa’s
MA in Art Education at Boston University
CAA 100th Annual Conference Program, Duchamp’s Legacy: The De-skilling and Dematerializing
Promotion of Concept Driven Cultural Practice
Integrative Think Tank International, FATE @CAA, http://integrativeteaching.org/news/tag/duchamp
CAA 100th Annual Conference Program, Roundtable participation: Studio Art in CAA’s Next Century
CAA 100, Free and Open, http://conference.collegeart.org/2011/freeandopen.php
SpyFu Classic, Duchamp Contemporary, http://65.39.72.142/Term.aspx?t=482589&org=50
Margaret Davidson, drawing in depth, Online book reviews,
http://www.margaretdavidson.com/book/reviews.html
Mary Murphy, Mary’s Landscape art Info, Drawing,
http://www.maryslandscapeartinfo.com/landscape-art/1789-drawing/
A Time of Protection, Drawings by Katherine Liontas Warren,
http://www.arts.ok.gov/Art_at_the_Capitol/North_Gallery/2010/Katherine_Liontas-Warren_North_Gallery_2010.html
Beached Miami, Miami Art Walk,
http://www.beachedmiami.com/2011/09/07/miami-art-walk-guide-september-2011/
Eduardo Fernandez, Mentored Drawing Studio, Required Text,
http://www.eduardofernandez.com/S/Syllabus_%26_Materials.html
Victor Sandblom, Beginning Drawing, Text,
http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/materials/art/Sandblom/Fall06/120/120supplyListF06.htm
Mondrian Homages p. 4, Brian Curtis, http://www.snap-dragon.com/homage4.html
Chicago Art Magazine, 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition at 33 Contemporary,
http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2011/07/7th-annual-national-self-portrait-exhibition-at -33-contemporary/
2010 Citation in Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master, Suzanne Brooker,
Techniques and Contemporary Applications, Watson-Guptill, Crown Publishing, New York, New York
January Calendar, Lectures and Learning, Gulfshore Life, January,
http://www.gulfshorelife.com/August-2010/January-Calendar/
March Calendar, Lectures and Learning, Gulfshore Life, August,
http://www.gulfshorelife.com/August-2010/March-Calendar/
Google Books, Suzanne Brooker, Domenic Cretara, Portrait Painting Atelier,
http://books.google.com/books?id=q8Llv6Rjk78C&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=brian+curtis,+drawing+
from+observation&source=bl&ots=zVDsTqIceb&sig=CWhgLN82Z3y9h9_Abmqn0C0bZ0U&hl=en&ei=y
YiETtP1J4e3tweqmNBG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBDj6AQ#v=
onepage&q=brian%20curtis%2C%20drawing%20from%20observation&f=false
Gage Academy of Art, Recommended books for Beginning Drawing I,
http://www.gageacademy.org/adult/?page=supplylist&c_id=494
Oklahoma Arts Council, A Time of Protection: Lithographs and Drawings by Katherine Liontas-Warren,
http://www.arts.ok.gov/Art_at_the_Capitol/North_Gallery/2010/Katherine_Liontas-Warren_
North_Gallery_2010.html
Amazon.com, Customer Reviews
Quizlet, Flash Cards - Drawing 1 Vocabulary,
http://quizlet.com/2069367/drawing-1-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Continuous Line/Sensitive Line, Synopsis of Chapter 1 of DfO,
http://www.utdallas.edu/~mel024000/pages/Drawing/AS03-S11_
ContinuousLine/SensitiveLine_Materials.html
Krystin Hammond, eHow family, What is Observational Drawing?,
http://www.ehow.com/info_8746055_observational-drawing.html
OK, Lawton, Artist Lithography on Display at State Capital,
http://www.icapitol.net/topic_01OF0MMAHT/readstory.oki?storyid=03T0W2C5D
Squidoo, Brilliant Art Books, The Classics, http://www.squidoo.com/brillent-art-books-
13th Annual SECAC Exhibition,
http://1708gallery.org/exhibitions/exhibition-detail.php?id=28
2009 Deborah Rockman, Bibliographic Citation, Drawing Essentials:
A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Oxford University Press, NY
Citation in The Tabernacle of Exodus as a Work of Art: An Aesthetic of Monotheism,
Maurice Schmidt, Texas A&M – Kingsville, Texas, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY
http://www.kr-bn.com/news/2010-02-03/News/Lifelong_quest_turns_into_book.html
ArtBlog, Why N’art ain’t Art, http://artblog.net/extra/2009/fate/nart.pdf
CAA 97th Annual Conference Abstracts, N’art ain't Art: Critically Thinking Critical Theory
and Contemporary Cultural Practice
The Everything Project, Continuing Assignments,
http://www.theeverythingproject.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
Michael Albala, Essential Concepts, Resources, http://blog.mitchalbala.com/?page_id=1323
Abstracts, SECAC Annual Meeting, Richmond,
http://www.secollegeart.org/archive/2010_Conference_Abstracts.pdf
SECAC Annual Newsletter, News of Members,
http://www.secollegeart.org/publications/secac_Nov09.pdf
FATE Winter Newsletter, Drawing, http://foundations-art.org/images/FATE09.01.pdf
CAA 97th Annual Conference Abstracts, N’art ain't Art: Critically Thinking Critical Theory and
Contemporary Cultural Practice, 2009
2008 Yahoo Answers, Best Answer, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=
20080713163635AAlVE4z
NakedZergling, Penny Arcade, Recommended Book, http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion
/71298/the-new-guy-wants-brutal-criticism.-nsfdialup/p2
2007 Wet Canvas, If You Could Buy Only One Drawing Book…...,
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-457810.html
FATE Open Sesson Announcement, http://myweb.wssu.edu/betzs/fatecaa07.htm
Franklin Einspruch, Digital Tools, Comments on "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness", http://www.artblog.net/post/2007/04/digital/
Taking Things Apart, Handouts, http://archives.evergreen.edu/webpages/curricular/2007-
2008/apart/handouts.html
2006 Pyziual, BenderNation, Responses,
http://www.blendernation.com/2006/10/05/book-drawing-on-the-right-side-of-the-brain/
2004 Cover Photo for AGORA, the public service magazine of the Union Syndicale Federale (EU),
Brussels, Belgium
Gloss (Internet Ezine), featured artist, Premier Issue, Winter 2002 #1
(a web-based, non-profit journal of arts & ideas featuring non-fiction,fiction, and art. GLOSS is based in Las Vegas, Nevada (http://www.glosszine.org/gloss1.htm)
Rutgers University, Images of Cupid and Psyche, http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/ICP.html
2003 The Carnegie Group, Teaching Drawing: Observation and Interpretation,
http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/carnegie/PDFs/arabas.pdf
Artist Days, Art Supplies and Resources, http://artistdays.com/drawing/drawing-participants-of-all-
ages-are-invited-to-help.html
2002 Julia Morrisoe, Recommended Reading for Undergraduate Curriculum,
http://julia.morrisroe.com/assets/Templates/Recommendedreading.pdf
The Slide Finder, Cross-contour, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/07CrossContoured/25493208
Slide Finder, Biomorphic Slides, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/09BiomorphicFormIIed/09
BiomorphicFormIIed/25493191
Slide Finder, One-point Perspective Relationships, http://www.slidefinder.net/1/12
OnePointPerspectiveed/25493667
Slide Finder, The Perceptual Grid, http://www.slidefinder.net/0/03perceptualgrided/24901748
Perspecitve, PowerPoint,
2001 Keny Feijoo, Body of work: Artist Bares It All, Miami Herald, 8/9/01
1998 Historic Buildings: Ann Arbor, Michigan,
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moaatxt/anw1745.0001.001/3?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=
image;q1=brian+curtis
Cover Image, Historic Buildings: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Majorie Meade and Susan Winchberg, Ann Arbot Historic District Commission
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moaatxt/ANW1745.0001.001/1?rgn=full+text;view=image;q1=brian+curtis
1993 Helen Kohen, All Florida Exhibit Manages to Be High Quality, Miami Herald, 9/23/93
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Self-portraits Reveal Much About Our Family of Artists, 5/15/93
1992 Festival of Atlanta, Visual Arts Catalogue, 9/92
1991 Sandy Cullen, 4 Artists’ work on Display, Patriot News, 5/91
AAH News, Invitational exhibition, 5/91
McNeese State Exhibition Catalogue, Works on Paper, 1991
1990 Kiana Dicker, The Mesa Tribune, Stretch a Sketch, 12/21/90
Evelyn Cooper, The Phoenix Gazette, Exhibit of Drawings Stretches the Limits, 7/16/90
Tempe Daily News Tribune, Galleries, 6/10/90
Richard Leuhrmanm, Greater Midwest International Catalogue, Critique, 8/90
John Schnorenberg, Greater Midwest International Catalogue, Jurors Statement, 8/90
1989 Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, Works Both Artful and Fine, 12/20/89
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Floridians Shine at Four Arts, 12/3/89
Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, Curtis takes a turn toward abstraction, 9/20/89
Washington & Jefferson National Exhibition Catalogue, Cover Art 4/22/89
1988 Exhibition Catalogue for New American Talent, Juror's Statement, May '88
Couples?, Exhibition Catalogue, Artist's Statement, 2/4/88
Calendar Art, Ann Arbor Observer Annual, June '88
1987 Museum members toast new exhibit, Boca Raton News, 4/25/1987
Calendar Art, Ann Arbor Observer Annual, Illustrations for September '87
Calendar Art, Ann Arbor Observer Annual, Illustrations for December '87
Art Now/Southeast Gallery Guide, Cover Art, November '87
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Hortt 29 showcases impressive Floridians, 7/26/87
Boca Museum News, Cover Art, April '87
Roger Selby, Florida Artist's #3 Brochure, Director's Statement, 4/24/87
Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, Figuratively Speaking, 3/31/87
Kevin Dean and Ray Kipling, The Longboat Observer, Longboat Key, Florida,
Joan Hodgell Gallery, 2/16/87
Thyrza. Jacobs, Pelican Press, Sarasota, Florida, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, 1/26/87
1986 Manon Meilgaard, Birmingham Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan,
Moving Beyond Photo-realism, 11/20/86
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Strengths stand out at UM’s Lowe, 8/11/86
Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, Horrt Show Does Museum Proud, 7/20/86
Peter Cox, Miami Today, Ft Lauderdale Shows Its Artistic Spirit, 8/21/86
Women’s section, Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Florida, Thomas Cenrer Biennial, 3/86
Scene Magazine, Gainesville Sun, Thomas Center show features works
by 33 Florida Artists, 2/28/86
Calendar Art, Ann Arbor Observer Annual, August '86
1985 Autumnfest, Prospectus cover art, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Ann Arbor Observer, 10th Anniversary Calendar, August, 1985
Joy Colby. Detroit News, Art – Brian Curtis, 6/21/85
Trinita Tracy, The Arkansas Traveler, Universiry of Arkansas visiting art professor
discusses unique proportion found in nature, 1/1/85
Corinne Abatt, Birmingham Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan, A Fresh Glimpse of Reality, 1/5/85
1984 Northwest Arkansas Times, Art Show, 12/13/84
Peggy Page, Ann Arbor News, Adventure is Paramount in Ann Arbor Artists ‘84 5/6/84
Peggy Page, Ann Arbor News, Director scores with his first show, 1/21/84
Cover Art, Artrain Exhibition Catalogue, 3/84
Calendar Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 8/84
1983 Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 1/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 6/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 7/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 8/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 9/83
Brian Curtis: in pursuit of quality in a concentrated life, Martha Keller, Ann Arbor News,10/16/83
Kemph House Historical Society Poster, 11/83
Cover Art, Ann Arbor Observer, 11/83
COLLECTIONS:
Sage Center for the Arts , Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Mesa Contemporary Arts Collection for the City of Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
City of Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Hoyt Institute of Art, New Castle, Pennsylvania
University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan
Metro-Dade Central Library, Miami, Florida
Borders Books Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
Ann Arbor Observer Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan
MZM Holdings, Ottowa, Canada
Near North Insurance Inc., Chicago, Illinois
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC LECTURES, AND CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Hard Edge Miami, Organized and curated in collaboration with Kyle Trowbridge, University of Miami Art Gallery at the Wynwood Building, Miami, Florida, February 7 - 25, 2018
2017 Beauty, Quality, and the Good: Art as a Material Reflection of a Spiritual Reality, Paper and PowerPoint presentated at the Figurative Art Convention and Expo (F.A.C.E.) / The Realist Art Conference (TRAC), Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida (Accompanying PowerPoint )
Why I Have Come Here Today Not to Talk About My Paintings, Public Lecture, Closing of Solo Exhibition, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
Beauty, Quality, and the Good: Art as a Material Reflection of a Spiritual Reality, paper presented at FATE Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 CAA Roundtable co-chair, Instructors and Adjuncts: Navigating Higher Education in a Busted Economy, with Peter Kaniaris, Anderson University, Annual meeting, Washington, DC
2015 The Bi-cameral Brain and the Primacy of Perception, paper presented at TRAC (The Representational Art Conference), November 1-4, Ventura Beach, California
Art Makes Meaning: The Importance of Perception, Intuition, and Affect in Human Expression, public lecture at Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland
Perceptual Drawing Workshop, Five day segment of a two week Intermediate summer drawing course, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland
Art For Life’s Sake: Countering Popular Cultural Trends in an Effort to Re-humanize Foundations, panel presentation for sesson titled, The Contrasting Ideologies of Teaching Drawing In Foundation Studies, chaired by John Rise, Savannah College of Art and Design, Biannual FATE conference, Indianappolis, Indiana
The Bi-cameral Brain and the Primacy of Perception, for a panel titled, Learning to See Anew: Priorities in Drawing Education, Art Students League Lecture Series, organized by James McElhinney in conjunction with CAA annual meeting, Panelists: Jeffrey Carr, Dean of the Pennslyvania School of Fine Arts, Peter Kaniaris, Anderson University, Samuel Messer, Associate Dean of the Yale School of Art, John Rise, Savannah College of Art and Design, Peter Trippi, Editor in Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Flash Rosenberg, Guggenheim Fellow, held at the Art Students League, New York,
CAA Roundtable co-chair, Instructors and Adjuncts,: Navigating HIgher Education in a Busted Economy, with Peter Kanairis, Anderson University
2014 Intuition and Empathy in the Visual Arts: Painting as Visual Poetry, lecture accompanying solo exhibition of my paintings, Sage Center for the Arts, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Studio 6 Workshops, Introduction to Perceptual Drawing - one week, June 16 - 20, Art Students League, New York, New York
CAA Roundtable co-chair, The Plight of Adjuncts in the 21st Century, with Peter Kanairis, Anderson University
2013 Re-balancing the Bi-cameral Brain: A Return to Art for Life’s Sake,
panel presentation for session titled Perception Point: The Intersection of
Neuroscience and Contemporary Art, Annual SECAC Conference, Greenville, North Carolina
The Importance of Intuition in the Making and Appreciation of Art, Docent lecture
Lowe Art Museum, Florida
Lowe Museum Exhibition Preview Lecture: Why I Have Come Here To Not Talk About My Paintings,
Storer Auditorium, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Roses Are fe0000, Violets Are 0000ff: Sugar Is C12H22O11and Technological Jargon
is a Buzzkill, panel presentation for session titled What Do You Mean, Red, Blue and
Yellow Aren’t the Primary Colors Anymore?, Color Wheel or Color Won’t, Andy Gambrel,
SCAD, and Martha Horvac, University of Nebraska, Chairs, FATE Biennial Conference,
Savannah, Georgia
Chair, two sessions of Leonardo’s Legacy: the Importance of Perceptual Drawing in a
Postmodern World, eight presenters, FATE Biennial Conference, Savannah, Georgia
Expressive Painting 2 Day Workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples Florida
Portfolio Reviewer, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, New York,
2012 Making is Thinking: The Importance of Direct Sensory Experience in a Digital World,
presented at the 2012 SECAC Conference, in Raliegh, North Carolina for a panel titled
Slow media – the advantages (?) of learning to make art or design objects by hand chaired by
Maureen Garvin, Savannah College of Art and Design
Stonehenge Series I, public lecture, South Dakota College of Mines and Technology,
Visiting Artist, South Dakota College of Mines and Technology, Class presentation
and public lecture accompanying solo exhibition, Rapid City, South Dakota
Two day Expressive Drawing Workshop, Arts in Action Summer Camp of enFAMiLIA Inc.,
Everglades Community Association, Homestead, Florida
Expressive Painting, two day workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples Florida
Visiting Artist, Rio HondoCommunity College, Whittier, California
2011 Panel Chair, A House Divided: Examining the Inherent Conflict Between
Direct Sensory Aesthetics and Concept Driven Cultural Practice, 2011 SECAC Conference
Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
Two-day drawing workshop, Arts in Action Summer Camp of enFAMiLIA Inc.,
Everglades Community Association, Homestead, Florida
An Ecosystem of Interruption Technologies: The Internet as a Distracting,
Numbing, Mind-altering Substance, presented at the 2011 FATE Conference in St. Louis,
Missouri, March 31, 2011 for a panel titled Evolving Foundations in an Ever-changing Art World,
chaired by Geoff Beadle, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
A Generation Without Studio Training, Roundtable participant in discussion of "Studio Art in
CAA's Next Century,Michael Aubach, Chair, Vanderbilt University, at 100th CAA Conference in
New York, New York
B/W Landscape, two day workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
Duchamp's Legacy: The De-skilling and Dematerializing Promotion of Concept Driven Cultural Practice,
paper for an Open Session sponsored by FATE at the 100th CAA Conference in New York, New York,
Chair, Steven Bliecher, Coastal Carolina University
7th Annual Self Portrait Exhibition Catalogue, 33 Contemporary Gallery, 2011
2010 If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out, paper and accompanying
PowerPoint for a panel titledThomas Kinkade in the Classroom, chair Julia Alderson,
Humboldt State University, at SECA in Richmond, Virginia
Cezanne Still-life, two day painting workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples Florida
The Four Voices of Art, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples Florida
2009 Digital Disegno: Confessions of a Digital Addiction, for a panel titled "Bridging the Gap:
The Use of Digital Technologies in Painting," chair Heather Deyling, SCAD, at SECA conference,
Mobile, Alabama
Panel Chair, Art before N'Art: Critically Thinking about Critical Theory, at biennial FATE
conference in Portland, OR, Panel members: Darby Bannard (UM), Franklin Einspruch
(independent artist), Peter Kaniaris (Anderson University), and Brian Curtis (UM)
Leonardo’s Legacy: Lessons in Sacred Restlessness, for a panel titled Just Taze me Bro….
for Navigating the Formal Divide in a Drawing I Curriculum, at Biennial FATE conference in
Portland, Oregon
Why Art ain’t N’art: Critically Thinking Critical Theory and Contemporary Cultural Practice,
paper presented for a panel titled Toward a Pedagogy for the 21st Century, CAA Annual,
Los Angeles, CA
Non-Objective, two day painting workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
Color Landscape, two day painting workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
2008 Impressionism, two day painting workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
20th Century Mark Making, two day workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples,Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
Tropical Landscape, two day workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples,Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
2007 One-, Two-, and Three - Point Perspective, two day Workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples, Florida
How Pictures Make Meaning, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples Florida
The Tradition of Sacred Geometry, lecture, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples Florida
Panel Chair, Reflections on an Endangered Species, FATE Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, FATE Panel Open Session, at CAA Conference in New York, New York
Impressionist Painting Workshop, two day workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples Philharmonic, Naples Florida
Trompe l'oiel Drawing Workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples Florida
2006 Denuding the Curriculum, FATE panel on the Role of Figure Drawing in a Postmodern Curriculum.
at MACAA/SECA Conference in Nashville Tennessee
Perceptual Drawing, 2 day Workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples Florida
20th Century Maark Making 2 day Workshop, Lifelong Learning Institute, Naples, Philharmonic, Naples Florida
2005 Is the Technological Cart Pulling the Pedagogical Horse, F.A.T.E. panel on Innovative
Ways of Introducing Technology into Foundations Art Training at the national F.A.T.E. conference
in Columbus, Ohio
Panel Chair, The Emperor's New Clothes: Are the Recent Changes in Foundations Curricula as Silly as They Seem, CAA conference, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Is the Technological Cart Pulling the Pedagogical Horse, F.A.T.E. panel on
Innovative Ways of Introducing Technology into Foundations Art Training at MACAA Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Tradition of the Sacred Geometry in Art and Architecture, MIAMInteligence
Lecture Series, Coconut Grove, Florida
Reflections of the Infinite, Docent lecture series, Art and Culture Center of
Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2003 The Four Voices of Art, a three part Docent lecture series, Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2002 The Voices of Art, Lecture Series of the Docents of the Lowe Art Museum
Sacred Geometry in Ancient Art and Architecture, delivered at the 2002 Mid-America
College Art Association conference in Lincoln, Nebraska for a session titled 'The Artist Geometer'
Sacred Geometry in Art and Architecture, lecture for local chapter of the American
Institute of Architecture Students, School of Architecture, University of Miami
2001 Preserving the Post-medieval Mindset, for Panel titled The Role of Perceptual Drawing in Higher Education, Chair Laurie Fendrich, Hofstra University, 2001 CAA, Philadelphia
Paintings, Drawings, and Digital Prints, Artist Lecture Series, Lowe Art Museum,
Coral Gables, Florida
1997 The Tradition of the Sacred Geometry in Art and Architecture, Faculty Lecture Series,
Institute of Retired Professionals, School of Continuing Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
1996 Myth, Art, Science, and the Golden Mean, Artist Lecture Series, Naples Philharmonic,
Naples, Florida
1994 Myth, Art, Science, and the Golden Mean, Featured Speaker, Florida Pathology Association Annual Meeting, Doral, Florida
1993 The Four Voices of Art, a four part lecture series, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood,
Hollywood, Florida
1992 Reflections of the Infinite, Featured Speaker, 11th Annual Arts and Sciences Awards Night,,
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
1991 Sacred Geometry, Visiting Artist Lecture, Sampson Gallery, Stetson University, Deland, Florida
1990 The Language of Art, Lecture, Zack/Schuster Gallery, Williams Island, Florida
MUSEUM PANEL PARTICIPATION:
1988 Couples, North Miami Museum and Culture Center, North Miami, Florida
1987 New Age Art, North Miami Museum and Culture Center, North Miami, Florida
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
College Art Association (CAA)
Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC)
Foundations in Art Theory and Education (F.A.T.E)