Cavani String Quartet Collaboration interview

Mercyhurst art department chair Dan Burke speaks about his artistic contribution to the upcoming collaboration project with the Cavani String Quartet.

EDUCATION

MEd in Art Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro 1972
BA in Art Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA 1969
-- Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH 1960-62

GRANTS

2008 -Visual Arts Fellowship, Painting, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2003 -Visual Arts Fellowship, Installation/Sculpture, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2001 -Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1992 -Visual Arts Fellowship, Painting, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1988 -NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Works on Paper
1986 -Visual Arts Fellowship, Painting, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1973 -Artist Fellowship/Residency, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1970 -Artist Fellowship/Residency, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012​ -“Repurposed” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
​-“Reclaimed” Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
​-“Unframed” Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
2010​ -Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
2008 -Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
2006 -Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2003 -Urraro Gallery, Erie, PA
2001 -Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
1998 -Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA
1996 -Gallery 937, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA
1993 -Rosewood Arts Centre gallery, Kettering, OH
1992 -Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
-Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
-Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
-Quincy College Art Gallery, Quincy, IL
1986 -Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA (Brochure)
1984 -Megahan and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA (Brochure)
1983 -Rike Center Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (Brochure)
-Sanford Gallery, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Brochure)
1982 -Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (Brochure)
1981 -Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA (Catalog)
-Schuster Gallery, Gannon University, Erie, PA
1974 -Fox-Richmond Gallery, Keuka College, NY
-Skylight Gallery, Erie, PA
1972 -Bates Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

2014​ -Juror’s Award, 78th National Midyear Exhibition of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2010​ -Best of Show, 87th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2009 -Juror’s Award, 73rd National Midyear Exhibition of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2008 -Best of Show Bellinger Memorial Award, 51st Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, NY
2005 -Best of Show Award, 82nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2002 -Best of Show Award, 79th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
1999 -Honorable Mention Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ‘99
1998 -Honorable Mention Award, 24th Annual Meadville Arts Council Show, PA
1996 -Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’96 (Cash Award)
1995 -Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay Award, Carnegie Museum of Art, Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh 85th
Annual Exhibition (Cash Award)
-Best of Show, Images 95, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (Cash Award)
-Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’95 (Cash Award)
1994 -Joseph M. Katz Memorial Award, Carnegie Museum of Art, Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh 84th
Annual Exhibition (Cash Award)
-Juror’s Award, 71st Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum (Cash Award)
1993 -Abraham C. Frank Memorial Award, Carnegie Museum of Art, Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh 83rd Annual Exhibition (Cash Award)
-People’s Choice Award, 36th
National Chautauqua Art Association Jury Show
(Cash Award)
-Best of Show, Images 93, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (Cash Award)
1992 -Directors Award, 35th National Chautauqua Art Association Jury Show (Cash Award)
-Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’92 (Cash Award)
1991 -Juror’s Award, 68th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum (Cash Award)
-Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’91 (Cash Award)
1990 -Juror’s Award, 67th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum (Cash Award)
-Best of Show Award, 16th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts (Cash Award)
-Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’90 (Cash Award)
-selected for traveling show from the 79th
Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibition
1988 -Friends of the Arts for the Pittsburgh Public Schools Purchase Award, Carnegie
Museum of Art, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 78th Annual Exhibition
-Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Award, Erie Art Museum, 65th
Annual
Spring Show (Cash Award)
1987 -Juror’s Award for a Body of Work, Adams Memorial Gallery (Cash Award)
-Joseph M. Plavcan Award, Erie Art Museum, 64th Annual Spring Show (Cash Award)
-Juror’s Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’87 (Cash Award)
-Juror’s Award, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Hoyt National Drawing and Painting Show
(Cash Award)
1986 -Juror’s Award for a Body of Work, 12th Annual Meadville Arts Council Show
(Cash Award)
1985 -Best of Show Award, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Panorama ’85 (Cash Award)
-Purchase Prize, Artlink Contemporary Artspace, 5th
Annual National Print Competition
(Purchase Award)
1981 -Best of Show Award, Panorama ’81, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts (Cash Award)
1979 -Juror’s Award, Panorama ’79 (Cash Award)
1978 -Best of Show Award, Panorama ’78 (Cash Award)
1977 -New Expressions (Cash Award)
1976 -Best of Show Award, 53rd
Annual Spring Show (Cash Award)
-Honorable Mention, 35th Annual National Art Exhibition
1975 -Expressions (Cash Award)
-Selected for Traveling Exhibit, 64th Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
-Chautauqua Art Association Award, 18th
National Chautauqua Art Association Jury
Show (Cash Award)
-Purchase Award, Appalachian National Drawing Competition
1974 -Honorable Mention, Greater New Orleans International Exhibition
-Purchase Award, 63rd
Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
-selected for traveling exhibit, 63rd Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
1973 -Second Place, 33rd
Annual Cedar City Invitational (Cash Award)
-Purchase Award, 62nd Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
-selected for traveling exhibit, 62nd
Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
-Best of Show Award, 50th Annual May Show (Cash Award)
1972 -Second Place, 32nd
Annual Cedar City Invitational (Cash Award)
-Selected for Traveling Exhibit, 61st Annual Texas Fine Arts Association
-Purchase Award, Del Mar College 6th
Annual National
-selected for traveling exhibit, Del Mar College 6th Annual National
1971 -Honorable Mention—Graphics, Edinboro Summer Gallery
-First Place, Greater New Orleans National Exhibition (Cash Award)
-48th
Annual May Show (Cash Award)
1970 -Award of Excellence, Mainstreams ’70 (Cash Award)
-16th
Annual Ball State (Cash Award)
-Selected for Traveling Exhibit, Louisiana Watercolor Society 1st Annual
-47th
Annual May Show (Cash Award)
1969 -Second Place, 5th Annual Edinboro (Cash Award)
-Second Place, Exhibition, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts (Cash Award)
-Two Purchase Awards, Gallerie 8 National Watercolor Show
-Third Place Award, 5th
Annual Winter Show (Cash Award)
1968 -Honorable Mention—Oil; Juror’s Award—Graphics, 4th Annual Edinboro
-Honorable Mention, 45th
Annual May Show
-Best of Show, 4th Annual Winter Show (Cash Award)
1967 -Honorable Mention—Graphics, 3rd
Annual Edinboro
-Second Place, 3rd Annual Winter Show (Cash Award)
1964 -Second Place, 41st
Annual May Show (Cash Award)

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2014​ -78th National Midyear Exhibition of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
2013​ -56th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
​-77th National Midyear Exhibition of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2012​ -Biennial 2012, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
​-55th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
​-89th Annual Spring Show, Erie art Museum, PA
2011​ -Sculpture X: Six sculptors of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2010 -74th National Midyear Exhibition of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2010 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 100th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
2009 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 99th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
2008 -Biennial 2008, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
2008 -Hoyt Mid Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
2008 -51st
Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
2008 -Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition, University of Mary Washington Galleries,
Fredericksburg, VA
2007 -84th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2006 -49th
Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-83rd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2005 -82nd
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2004 -81st Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2003 -80th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
2002 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 92nd Annual Exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh, PA
2001 -65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
-Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 91st Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, PA
2000 -43rd
Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
1999 -63rd Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
-42nd
Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-76th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1998 -41st Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 88th
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, PA
1997 -Associates Artists of Pittsburgh 87th
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, PA
-74th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1996 -73rd
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1995 -Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, ND
-Images 95, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, HUB Galleries,
Pennsylvania State University, PA
-Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 85th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Painting Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1994 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 84th
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-71st Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Creative Synectics National Juried Exhibition, Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1993 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 83rd
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-36th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-Images 93, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, HUB Galleries,
Pennsylvania State University, PA
-Personal Visions, Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
-Westmoreland Art Nationals, PA
-70th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
1992 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 82nd Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-35th
Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-4th Annual Northeast Missouri State University National Art Competition,
Kirksville, MO
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1991 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 81st
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Painting Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
-68th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
-17th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
1990 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 80th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Painting Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
-67th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-16th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1989 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 79th
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-Access Annual, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
-15th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
-Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1988 -Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 78th
Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
-Hoyt National Painting Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
-14th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
-Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Painting Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
-65th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
1987 -Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Painting Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
-Access Annual, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
-Associated Artists of Pittsburgh “Low Art” Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
-64th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-Panorama ’87, 20th Annual Competitive Fine Arts Show, Erie Summer Festival of the
Arts, PA
-Hoyt National Painting Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
-13th
Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
1986 -12th Annual Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
-Panorama ’86, 19th
Annual Competitive Fine Arts Show, Erie Summer Festival of the
Arts, PA
1985 -Panorama ’85, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
-62nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, PA
-4th
Biennial Edinboro National Print Competition, Bruce Gallery, PA
-5th Annual National Print Competition, Artlink Contemporary Artspace, Ft. Wayne, IN
1984 -7th
Annual Eastern U.S. Print Exhibition, Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, NC
1983 -Panorama ’83, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1982 -Panorama ’82, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1981 -Panorama ’81, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
-Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Boone, NC
1979 -56th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
1978 -55th
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
1977 -54th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-20th
National Chautauqua Art Association Jury Show, NY
1976 -53rd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-4th
Annual Juried National Print, Drawing and Photography Show, 2nd
Street Gallery,
Charlottesville, VA
-22nd
Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1975 -52nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-Drawings/USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
-18th National Chautauqua Art Association Jury Show, NY
-Appalachian Corridors Biennial Art Exhibition 4, Charleston Art Gallery, WV
-Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Boone, NC
-7th
Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, Washington, PA
1974 -51st Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-Grand Galleria 3rd
Annual National, Cascade Gallery, Seattle, WA
-50th Annual National, Springville Museum of Art, UT
-4th
Greater New Orleans International Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
-63rd Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, TX
-16th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
1973 -50th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-Grand Galleria 2nd Annual National, Cascade Gallery, Seattle, WA
-62nd
Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, TX
1972 -49th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-15th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, NY
-36th
Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
-61st Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, TX
-Del Mar College 6th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Corpus
Christi, TX
1971 -Edinboro Summer Gallery, PA
-48th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-American Drawing 24th Biennial, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, VA
-Greater New Orleans National Exhibition, Metairie, LA
-15th Annual National Sun Carnival, El Paso Museum of Art, TX
1970 -47th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-6th Annual Winter Show, Ashtabula Arts Center, OH
-Mainstreams ’70, 3rd
Annual Marietta College International Competitive Exhibition,
Marietta, OH
-16th
Annual Ball State University Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Muncie, IN
-1st Annual Exhibition, Louisiana Watercolor Society, Louisiana Art Commission
Gallery, Baton Rouge
1969 -5th Annual Edinboro State College Summer Gallery, PA
-Exhibition, Second Annual Summer Festival of the Arts, Erie, PA
-46th Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-5th
Annual Winter Show, Ashtabula Arts Center, OH
-Gallerie 8 National Watercolor Exhibition, Erie, PA
1968 -4th
Annual Edinboro State College Summer Gallery, PA
-First Annual Summer Festival of the Arts, Erie, PA
-45th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-4th Annual Winter Show, Ashtabula Arts Center, OH
-Juried Arts Fifth National Exhibition, Tyler, TX
1967 -3rd Annual Edinboro State College Summer Gallery, Edinboro, PA
-44th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
-3rd Annual Winter Show, Ashtabula Arts Center, OH
-32nd
Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1964 -41st Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA
1963 -40th
Annual May Show, Erie Art Center, PA

SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 ​-“Biennial 2010,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
2007 -Group Show, Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007- -“Outside the Centers/On the Edge Touring Exhibition,” Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown
2006 University, PA; Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster; Erie Art Museum;
Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto
(Catalog)
2005- -“State of the Art Touring Exhibition,” Lancaster Museum of Art, PA; Mainline Art
2004 Center; Erie Art Museum; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown;
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona; Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown
University
2004 -Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2003 -“Painting Beyond Convention,” Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA
2000 -“8-Hour Drawings, Part II,” Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA
-“Images for the Millenium,” Meadville Council on the Arts, PA
1999 -“Printing Technologies,” Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
1994 -“Hard Choices III Touring Exhibition,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at
Johnstown, PA; Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh; Nexus gallery, Philadelphia;
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre; Pennsylvania State Museum,
Harrisburg
1993 -“Four Artists,” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
1992 -“The Black and White Show,” Greenview Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 -Two Person Exhibition, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
1991 -“Artists Respond to the Gulf War,” Erie Art Museum, PA
1991 -Two Person Exhibition, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
-Two Person Exhibition, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
1990 -“Disconsolate Revelations,” Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
-“Selections from the 1989 Carnegie Touring Exhibition,” Kipp Gallery, Indiana, PA;
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA; and Steiffel Fine Arts Center,
Oglebay, WV
-Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Exhibition, Cummings Gallery,
Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
1990 -Two Person Exhibition, C.A.G.E. (Cincinnati Artists’ Group Effort), OH
-Two Person Exhibition, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
1989 -90
th
Anniversary Exhibition, Erie Art Museum, PA
1989 -Two Person Exhibition, The Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1988 -Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania
1987 -Two Person Exhibition, UP Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, PA
-Two Person Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
1986 -Pennsylvania Painters and Printmakers Invitational, State College
1985 -“Return to the Figure,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA (Catalog)
1984 -“Five Painters,” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro
(Brochure)
-“Ten From NPAA,” UP Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, PA
1983 -“Art as the Image of America,” First regional Invitational Show, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania Museum, Indiana, PA (Citation)
1982 -Three Rivers Salutes Three States curated by Dr. Paul Chew of the Westmoreland
Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
1981 -Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Show, Chautauqua Art Association
Galleries, NY
1979 -Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Show, Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
1978 -Panorama ’78, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
-Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Show, Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA
-Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association Show, Thiel College, Greenville, PA
1977 -New Expressions, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
1976 -35th
Annual National Art Exhibition, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah State
College, Cedar City
1975 -Expressions, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, PA
-Erie Art Center, PA
-64th
Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, TX
1974 -Skylight Gallery, Erie, PA
-34th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT
1973 -33rd
Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT
1972 -William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA
-32nd
Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT
1971 -Gallery 8, Erie, PA
-Upstairs Gallery, Erie, PA
-Members Gallery, Chautauqua Art Association, Chautauqua, NY
1970 -Erie Art Center, PA
1969 -National Design Center, New York, NY
-Lakeview Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY
-Cooper Gallery of Art, Cooper Art School, Cleveland, OH

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

​-Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
​-Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
​-Erie Art Museum, PA
​-IBM Corporation, Austin, TX
​-Blue Cross, Pittsburgh, PA
​-North Carolina National Bank, Boone
​-Del Mar College, TX
​-Southern Utah State College, Cedar City
​-Clarion University of Pennsylvania
​-Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
​-Bayfront Convention Center, Erie, PA
​-Erie Public Library, PA
​-Martin Luther King Center, Erie, PA

REFERENCE BOOKS (Initial Year of Listing)

1976 -International Who’s Who in Art and Antiques (2nd ed.)
-International Who’s Who in Community Service (2nd ed.)
-Notable Americans of the Bicentennial Era
1975 -International Who’s Who in Art and Antiques
-International Who’s Who in Community Service
-Who’s Who in the East
-Community leaders and Noteworthy Americans
1973 -Who’s Who in American Art
-Dictionary of International Biography
1972 -Biographical Directory of American Artists
-International Directory of the Arts
1971 -Outstanding Young Men of America

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

​-Continuing as Professor of Art Mercyhurst University
​-Continuing as Research Fellow at Mercyhurst University since 2010
​-Continuing as Member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
​-Continuing as Member of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists’ Association
2013​ -Curator, “Reused, Reclaimed, and Repurposed: Eight eco-friendly artists” Cummings ​ Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
2008​ -Chair, Art Department, Mercyhurst University until 2013
2001​ -Named a Distinguished Alumnus in Art by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
1999​ -Curator, “Printing Technologies Exhibit,” Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College, ​ Erie, PA
1998​ -Visiting Examiner in Art and Design for the International Baccalaureate Organization, ​ Wales, United Kingdom; served for four years
1997​ -“Featured Artist” presentation and workshop, 87th Annual Associated Artists of ​ Pittsburgh Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittburgh, PA
1994​ -Completed and installed a 13’ by 25’ color laser photo copy collage billboard titled ​ “Censored Brown Trout” for Artscape, an outdoor invitational exhibition of works by ​ regional artists, Erie, PA
1992​ -Juror, Eastern Lake Erie Regional Scholastic Art Awards
1984​ -Juror for Panorama ’84, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts Regional Art Exhibition, ​ Erie, PA
1982​ -Slide juror for the 14th Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, ​ Washington, PA
1978​ -Director, Department of Art, Mercyhurst University until 1988
1975​ -Founder member; and elected Co-executive Director of the Northwestern Pennsylvania ​ Artists’ Association; served as Co-executive Director until 1990