jeanne marie ferraro - object maker


Education
	Master of Fine Arts Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Crafts Rochester, New York

	Continued Fine Art Studies (Audit) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

	Bachelor of Fine Arts Kent State University Kent, Ohio

Teaching Experience

2007 to Present	Adjunct Instructor Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, Washington Duties include designing class curriculum and teaching: Figure Sculpture and Figure Drawing Glass Blowing and Glass Fusing Teen Painting and Drawing

2007 to 2009	Education Department Lecturer/Interpreter Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington

2007 to Present	Adjunct Instructor Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, Washington Duties include designing class curriculum and teaching: Figure Sculpture and Figure Drawing Glass Blowing and Glass Fusing Teen Painting and Drawing
2007	Teaching Assistant to Paula Stokes Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

2005-2006	Artist in Resident and Adjunct Professor Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts Duties include designing class curriculum, budget, and teaching: Sculpture and Kiln Cast Glass High school glass blowing TAP program for Teens

2003- 2005	Head of Glass Department Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Duties include designing course curriculum and teaching: Material explorations in sculpture (3-D design) Kiln cast glass techniques Glass blowing (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) Glass and art history Manage the budget Head up Fundraising Work with Faculty Recruit Visiting Artist

1996-2003	Adjunct Instructor Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle, Washington Figure sculpture in clay Portrait sculpture in clay Color theory Glass blowing High school glass blowing and Glass Casting Pāte de Verre / Cire Perdu in glass

Spring 2002	Guest Artist and Instructor Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, Israel Taught beginning and advanced Italian techniques Lecturer on Contemporary American glass

June 2001	Visiting Artist and Instructor Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York Beginning glass blowing

2000-2003	Adjunct Instructor Uptown Glass Studio, Renton Technical College, Renton, Washington Beginning and advanced glass blowing and Design

July 2000	Teaching Staff Experience Music Project Art Camp Seattle, Washington Designed curriculum on sand casting, fusing and simplified mosaics for: Glass for Children age 7

Spring 1994	Instructor Corning Museum of Glass Corning, New York Designed curriculum for teenage students on the casting techniques of Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Zahradnikova as part of the museum’s retrospective. High school kiln cast glass

1992-1994	Instructor Studio Access to Glass Corning, New York Pāte de Verre Lost wax cast glass sculpture Beginning glass blowing

August 1993	Guest Lecturer Rockwell Museum Corning, New York Lectured on the technique of Cire Perdu in glass as related to the works of Frederick Carder

1990-1992	Teaching Assistant and Glass Shop Technician Michael Taylor, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Crafts Rochester, New York Teach Glass Blowing, Assisted undergraduate students on projects Maintained kilns, glass blowing equipment, budget repairs

August 1985	Visiting Artist Instructor in Color Theory The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Created a course of study suitable for teaching color theory to gifted high school students

1984-1985	Substitute Drawing Instructor The School of Art Institute of Chicago

1982-1983	Substitute Drawing Instructor The University of Akron, Ohio

Selected Exhibitions

Presently	Vetri Gallery, Seattle & Tacoma, Washington

Presently	Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2010	Incubator for Artists: Revitalizing the Seattle Arts Community, Seattle City Hall, Seattle, Washington

2009	Traver Salon Show, Tacoma, Washington

2009	Viscosity Gallery, Solo Show, Seattle, Washington

January 2009	Pratt Fine Art Gallery, "From the Mold", Seattle, Washington

August 2008	Glass House, Featured Artist, Seattle, Washington

2008	Traver Gallery, "World Glass Exhibition", Tacoma, Washington

2007	35th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Michigan

2006	SOFA-Chicago, Habatat Gallery

2006	Worcester Center For Crafts, The Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, MA

2006-2009	Winter Invitational, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

December 2005	Glass House, Seattle, Washington

August 2004	From Hands to Lips, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Ontario *Work is part of Permanent collection*

March 2004	Material Matters Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

November 2003	Tobin-Hewett Galley, Louisville, KY

2002 - 2010	Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, Washington

August 2003	Featured Artist – Glass House, Seattle, Washington

July 2003	Street of Dreams, Portland, Oregon

2003	Northwest Craft Gallery-Seattle Center, Festive Glass, Seattle, Washington

June 2003	Glass Art Society Shows in Seattle, Washington: Glass House, Northwest Craft Gallery, Pratt Fine Art Show Northwest Kiln Cast Glass Show

July 2002	Featured Artist – Glass House, Seattle, Washington

2001	Riley Hawk Gallery, Kirkland, Washington

October 2001	Featured Artist – Firehouse #12, Vancouver, Washington

2000	Toppers, Four Seasons Hotel, Seattle, Washington

Summer 1999	Group Show – Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington

August 1999	Invitational Group Show – Northwest Women in Glass, Tacoma, Washington

November 1998	Pratt Instructor Show, Coca Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1995-1999 & 2001-2003	Annual Glass Invitational, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

1994	Westend Gallery, Corning, New York

1992-1993	Pāte de Verre Traditional Pieces – Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York

1992	MFA Show – Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

1992, 1996, 2003	Goblet Show – Glass House, Seattle, Washington

Spring 1991	Glass Art Society Show – Erlacher Glass Gallery, Corning, New York

January 1990	No Excuses: A Response Towards Passion – Studio Four Gallery, San Francisco, California

June 1990	Essence of the Nineties – The New York Experimental Glass Workshop New York, New York

August 1989	Totems, Icons, and Artifacts – Arts and Crafts Gallery, Berkeley, California

July 1988 & 1989	Santa Clara Fine Arts Exhibit, San Jose, California

April 1989	Feet of Glass National Competition, Baltimore, Maryland

February 1989	The Masque: The Face of Women – Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

December 1986	Functional Glassware – Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1982	BFA Show – Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

May 1983	Written and Performed – Squid’s Eye Submission, Kent, Ohio

November 1982	44th Area Artist Annual Painting Show – The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

May 1980	Filmworks Presents Kiva Show: Sculptural Set for Dance – Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Awards

2009	Featured Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington

2008	Guest Lecture and Demonstrator Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, Washington

2008	Guest Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington

2005-2006	Worcester Center for Crafts, Artist in Residency, Massachusetts

2005	The George Sugarman Foundation Grant for Sculpture, Novato, California

2004	Who’s Who of American Educators, national

2002	Pilchuck Scholarship Student

1999-2000	John and Mary Shirley Scholarship, Seattle, Washington

1990-1992	Graduate Scholarship- Rochester Institute of Technology

1991	Pilchuck Scholarship Student

1989	Dr. Robert Fritz Glass Award, Santa Clara, California

Collections

	Richard Leads and Anne Kroeker Collection

	Joan Freeman Collection, Worcester, Massachusetts

	Kaminsky Collection, Denver, Colorado

	Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Museum, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

	Philip J. Guibeau, San Francisco, California

	Michael Hallinan, Washington, D.C.

	Lee E. Hill, President, Marketing Communications Inc.

	Corporate Collection, Chicago, Illinois

	William Warmus, Corning, New York

Services

1995-2000	Caregiver, private, for People Living With AIDS

1985-1987	Volunteer, Diamond Street Youth Shelter

2001	Teacher, Hilltop Art Program for At Risk Youths