Carmon Slater Resume

ONE, TWO and THREE ARTIST EXHIBITIONS:

• National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, April 2007
• Evergreen Art Center, Summer 2005
• Materials Speak, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, CO—Oct. 27-Dec. 5, 2003
• Gropius Master Exhibition: Carmon Slater Quilts, Huntington Museum of Art--April 2001
• Quilts of Social Commentary, Gallery in the Round, Ames, IA--April 2001
• Surface/Resurfaced SD and Furniture, MacNider Museum, Mason City--January 1997
• Narrative Quilts, Gallery in the Round, Ames, IA--February-April  1996
• Acrylics on Canvas: Unconventional Fascination, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI, July 1995
• Surface/Resurfaced Painted Canvases, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, IA--May 1994
• Randall Story State Bank--October, 1994
• Surface/Resurface, Flat Earth Gallery, Ames, IA--December 1992
• Carmon Slater: Prairie Fire Surface Design, Waterloo Museum of Art--May 1991
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Carver Pavilion, February-June 1990
• Imaged Spaces: Slater, Seamonds, Bahr; Blanden Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, IA--August 1989
• Slater Exhibits, Fischer Theater, Iowa State University, Ames, IA--September 1988
• Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, IA--July 1988
• FIBER TO GLASS: Blomdahl, Rivers, Slater, Brunnier Museum, ISU, Ames, IA--Fall 1987
• Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO--March 1987
• Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Keystone, CO--July 1986
• "Crosswinds," Lincoln Gallery, Ames, IA--November 1986
• Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO--March 1985
• Denver National Bank, Denver, CO--October 1984
• Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, UT--1984
• Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO--January 1984
• Carnac and Paris, France, with Paule Praud--September 1983
• New Fiber Works: Margot Strand Jensen, Debra Millard, Carmon Slater;
• Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO--December 1982
• Cohen Gallery, Denver, CO--December 1982
• Schwayder Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO--August 1982
• Jan's Gallery, West Des Moines, IA--1980

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Gilpin County Arts, Summer 2005
• Men of the Cloth, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Nov. 2005-Jan 2, 2006
• “Jonah”—Men of Biblical Proportion, traveling U.S. for two years, opening at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Fall 2005
• “Innovations in Fiber”, Evergreen Art Center, Summer 2005
• The Spirit of the West, Rocky Mtn. Weaver’s Guild, Golden, CO, July, 2004
• New Works by Invited Artists, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Apr.-May, 2004
• Merry Magnificent Miniatures, K.D. Moore Gallery, Inc., Evergreen, CO, Nov.-Dec. 2003
• Man Made, Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, Mar. 15-July 12, 2003
• “In Some Ways However Small and Secret”, travels around U.S. for two years
• The Fabric of Their Lives, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, Oct. 13-Jan. 3, 2004
• “Dragonfly Dreaming”
• Rainbow Palettes-Alternative Views, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO, Aug. 2003 “Hate”
• Floorcloths: Art for the Floor, Salem College Fine Arts Galleries, Salem College, NC, 1999
• Men in Cloth, Loveland Museum, traveling U.S., 1999-2001
• 110 In The Sun: Fabric by the Yard, curated by Lloyd Herman, traveling U.S. , 1997-1999
• Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, INCA Fall 1995, Fall 1996
• Arts on Grand Invitational, Spencer, Iowa -- January-February 1995
• Artisans Gallery, Great Neck, NY--November-January, 1993
• White House Christmas Tree, Dec.  1993 (invitational)  
• Cedar Rapids Art Museum IDCA Traveling Show -- 1992
• "Quilts: Contemporary Voices From the Plains," invitational, Gallery 181,
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa--November 1994
• "Made of Fiber: Art to Wear," traveling invitational originating
• Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA--April 1986
• "Crafts 18" through A Crafts 28": MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA-- 1987 thru 1997
• (First Award Winner 1996) (Second Award Winner 1997)
• "Sixth Annual Smoky Mountain Quilt Competition and Show,"
• American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge, TN--April 1986
• "Art in Fibers: Works of Artists of the Iowa Designer Crafts Association," the Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA--September 1985
• "The Quilt as Art," Colorado Gallery of Art, Arapahoe Community College--July 1984
• "The Leading Edge: Frontiers in Craft," Santa Fe Festival of the Arts--October 1983
• "New Movements: Contemporary Quilting," national invitational, Iowa State University, College of Art and Design--July 1983
• "Festival of Quilts '83," National juried exhibition, Santa Rosa, CA--May 1983
• CSPS Home Show, CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA--Sept.  1993
• "Fiber and Fabric," invitational, The Colorado Graphic Arts Center, Denver--July 1983
• National Craft Exhibition, Galveston Arts Gallery, Galveston, TX--June 1983
• "Wearables," Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Keystone, CO--March 1983
• Horizons Gallery, invitational, Fort Collins, CO-May 1983
• "Colorado Crafts Biannual," Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--July 1982 and June 1984
• "Colorado Artists Craftsmen 1982," Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
• "Colorado Artists Craftsmen 1983," Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
• "Colorado Artists Craftsmen 1984," Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
• "Own Your Own," Sangre de Crist Art Center, Pueblo, CO, November 1983 (BEST OF SHOW)
• 13th Biennial National Exhibition, 2nd Crossing Gallery, Valley City, ND, April 1983
• "Artist-Craftsman `82," The Cedar City Art Committee Forty-First Annual Art Exhibition,
• Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, UT
• "Recollection," an exhibition of small quilts, Bethesda, MD--March 1982
• Crafts in Colorado, in conjunction with the National Crafts Planning Congress, May 1981,
• Arvada Arts Center, CO (invitational)
• Invited Guest Artist, Australia-New Zealand Bank Art Exhibition at the New Zealand Fine
• Arts Academy, Wellington, Sept. 1981, June 1981, June 1983
• "Knotting-Weaving-Dyeing," (traditional technique, new style), July 1981, an international invitational exhibition originating in Hanover, Germany, traveling throughout Europe-- work selected for the poster
• 12th Biennial National Exhibition, 2nd Crossing Gallery, Valley City, ND, April 1981
• Fiber Arts '81, Cedar City Arts Exhibition, Cedar City, UT, April 1981
• Iowa State University Faculty Show, Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University
• Evergreen Artists Association Winter Show, Lookout Mountain Nature Center, Golden, CO, November 1980 (AWARD WINNER)
• "2 Honest Pieces," Iowa Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, The Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA
• "Clay/Fiber/Glass 1980," The Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA
• "Tradition and Change," Houston Designer Craftsmen, April-May 1980
• Iowa State University College of Art and Design North Central Surface Design Association exhibition, April 1979

ART WORKSHOPS:

• Lenore Davis dye and fabric construction workshop, Iowa State University, 1979
• Chunghi Choo tie dye workshop, Iowa State University, 1979
• Lynn Mauser-Bain papermaking workshop, Iowa State University, 1978
• Twinrocker papermaking workshop with Kathryn Clark, National Surface Design Conference, Purdue University, 1978
• M. Joan Lintault Kwik-Print on Cloth Workshop, National Surface Design Conference, Purdue University, 1978
• Roberta Kramer basketmaking workshop, Iowa State University, 1978
• Roberta Kramer indigo dye workshop, Iowa State University, 1978
• Victoria Z. Rivers, Photo Silkscreen, Summervail, 1983
• Victoria Z. Rivers, Layered Textiles, Summervail, 1984
• Shudji Asada, Japanese paste resist, Iowa State University, 1979 

GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS:

• Synergen, Boulder
• U.S. West collection, Denver
• The Carmon Slater Quilts, UU Fellowship of Ames, 1996 dedication
• Manipulations, Dance CoMotion, Costumes & Set 1988
• "The Octagon," The Octagon Art Center, competition winner, Ames, IA, 1986
• "Cretaceous Fluvia," Australia-New Zealand Bank, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
• Designer and construction of costumes for numerous theatrical and dance performances including a work premiered at Minneapolis, MN; the Laura Glen Dance Company,
• New York City, 1979; and Bill Evans, "Comes Winter," Salt Lake City, 1985
• Adolescent Psych Wing (all works) St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA

JUROR AND SPEAKER:

• Clay/Fiber: New Directions, lecturer June 8, 2006, Evergreen Art Center
• “Fiber”—Evergreen Arts Center 2005
• Gilpin County Arts, Summer 2005
• Glass at the Gardens, Denver Botanic Gardens, July 23-Aug. 1, 2004
• Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage Grove, Evergreen, CO, August 2004
• Mountain Clay Exhibit, Evergreen Art Center, January 2004
• Featured Speaker, Sawtooth Center for the Visual Arts, Winston-Salem, NC Apr. 1999
• Evergreen Fine Arts and Crafts Show, Awards 1998 and Exhibitors 1999, 2002
• Minnesota Crafts Council 25th Anniversary Festival, 1997 A Hands on the Arts@ Festival, Iowa Central Community College, March, 1996
• Curator: A6 x 10 Contemporary Iowa Wood,@ Brunnier Museum, ISU, 1995
• 19th Annual Crafts Festival, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, 1995
• Juror Fourteenth Annual Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, 1994 Octagon
• National Planning Conference for Year of American Craft, Racine, WI 1990 Delegate
• Juror: College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, IA Summer 1992
• Show Juror: Ringling Crafts Festival, Sarasota, FL 1990
• Curator: BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE, Enigmatic Clay--Brunnier Museum, Iowa State
• University, Jan. 1989 in conjunction with a conference, March, 1989
• Keynote speaker, Iowa Talented and Gifted Conference, October, 1987
• Keynote speaker, Colorado Artists Craftsmen, March 1988
• Advisory Committee "Legends in Fiber", Octagon Art Center, 1986
• Maui County 6th Annual Fiber and Ceramics Show, Maui, HI October, 1982
• Evergreen Artists' Association Youth Show, November, 1982
• Exhibiting Membership Status, Iowa Designer Craftsmen, December, 1982
• Colorado Artists Craftsmen Invitational, Breckenridge Mountain College, March, 1983
• People's Fair, Capitol Hill, Denver, CO, March 1984
• "Threads Unlimited," Foothills Art Gallery, Golden, CO, March, 1984
• Art Wearables, Cohen Gallery, April, 1984
• Wyoming State Fair, August, 1984
• "Own Your Own," Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO, October, 1984
• Visual Arts Grants, Iowa Arts Council, February, 1986
• "Perceptions and Conviction: Letting Art Enrich Your Life," annual meeting Friends of the Octagon, April, 1986
• Keynote speaker for the New Zealand National Crafts Council meeting at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, January 1982
• Kiwi II Arts support as writer-in-residence in the Tokomaru Bay Schools in New Zealand to work with Maori children
• Reviewer, "Beds, Sweet Dreams and Other Things," a national juried exhibition, Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, 1979
• Awards Chairman, North Central Surface Design Association meeting, ISU, 1979

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES, and AWARDS

• Trustee Emerita, American Crafts Council, New York, 1998
• AMES TREASURE AWARD, ACAC ArtsQuest, 1998
• President, Iowa Designer Crafts Ass=n, 1995-1997
• Iowa Arts Council, Governor appointment 1988-1991, reappointed 1991-1993
• Chair: Creative Arts/Visual Arts Pilot Grants, Artists in the Schools, Individual
• Artists, Vice-Chair for the Council 1992-1993.
• President and Vice-President, Colorado Artists Craftsmen, 1982-1984
• Regional representative (SW and NC) to the national Surface Design Association, Education Director
• Newsletter Editor and Board of Directors, Evergreen Artists' Association, 1982-1985
• Elected to the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1982
• Craftsman-Trustee and Program Chairman for the American Crafts Council, New York, 1984-1988
• Delegate to World Crafts Council in Vienna, Austria, summer of 1980
• Vice-President and Board of Directors, Iowa Designer Craftsmen
• President and Board of Directors, Ames Community Theater
• Secretary and Board of Directors, Ames International Orchestra Festival Association
• Board of Directors, Central Iowa Symphony
• President and Board of Directors, Ames Chamber Artists

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• Rocky Mountain Energy;
• L'Abbaye de Lanvaus, France;
• Australia-New Zealand Bank, Wellington, NZ;
• Southern Utah State University;
• Amoco; Syngergen, Boulder, CO;
• St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA;
• Homeland Bank Corp.;
• ISU Credit Union;
• Iowa State University;
• UU Fellowship of Ames

EDUCATION:

B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, The University of Iowa, 1963, 1968, 1976