Brent Skidmore
Education:
1990 MFA Sculpture, 3-Year Full Assistantship, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Area of Specialization: Sculpture
1987 BFA Sculpture, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, Cum Laude, Areas of Specialization: Sculpture and Functional Design
Studies:
1987 Kentucky Institute for European Studies, Political Science, Nimes & Paris, France
1994 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Teaching Appointments:
2017-2023 Full Professor of Art and Art History, Public Arts & Humanities Chair, Co- founder of the STEAM Studio @ the RAMP, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, Asheville, NC, Classes include: All levels of Sculpture, Art Foundations, Capstone courses, Craft History, Community Arts Service-Learning and Drawing
2011-2016 Associate Professor of Art and Art History, Director, Craft Studies, Co- founder of the STEAM Studio @ the RAMP, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, Asheville, NC, Classes include: All levels of Sculpture, Art Foundations, Capstone courses, Craft History, Community Arts Service-Learning and Drawing
2007-2011 Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Director of the Craft Campus and Craft Studies Initiative, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC, Classes include: Campus and Sustainable Design and Community Arts Service-Learning
2004-2007 Assistant Professor of Foundation/Fine Art, Woodworking/Functional Arts, Kendall College of Art and Design at Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI, Classes include: 3-D Design, All levels of Sculpture and Functional Art, Professional Practices and in charge of envisioning the redesign of the 3-D curriculum
2000 Instructor, Wood & Mixed-Media Sculpture, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
1991-1998 Instructor & Lab Facilitator Art Department Woodshop, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, Classes included: All levels of Furniture Design, Sculpture, Drawing, and 3-D Design
Professional Experience:
2014 Co-Instructor with Stoney Lamar, Sculptural Species, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2012-13 Curator, Speaking in Species: A North Carolina Perspective, the Greenhill Arts Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, exhibition opens in June 2013
2010- Present Resident Studio Artist at Grovewood Galleries, Asheville, NC
2011 Co-founder of the Asheville Community Design Lab, William, Randolph School, Asheville, NC
2010 Member Advisory Council to Asheville Area Arts Council, asked by the NC Arts Council to assist council board during probationary period
Instructor, Greenhorns in the Woodshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Co-Founder of TAPAS, Teaching Artist Presenting in Asheville Schools, Integrated Artists Residency Program in Asheville City Schools
2007 Instructor, Five Days to Furniture, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Curator, Speaking in Species: Space, Spectrum and Form, Kendall College of Art and Design,
GrandRapids, MI
1997-2004 Full-time Studio Artist, Charlotte, NC
2004 Member, Advisory Board, Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Member, Planning Board, EnergyXchange, Bakersville, NC
Instructor, Icehouse Center for Creativity, Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Instructor, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, TN
2002 Instructor, Shaping and Forming Bonanza, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Instructor, Fall Concentration (8 weeks), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Five Days to Furniture, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Participant, Emma Lake Conference on Collaboration, Saskatoon, Canada
2001 Instructor, Surface Design for Wood (Session 7), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2000 Instructor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Instructor, Introduction to Woodworking, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1999 Instructor, Introduction to Woodworking, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Instructor, Three Days to Furniture, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
1998 Instructor, Woodworking for Greenhorns, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1994 Instructor, Furniture Making (Session 6), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1993 Instructor, Woodworking for Artists (Session 2), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
For complete CV: email Brent at bhskidmore@gmail.com