Marissa Saneholtz

Abridged Curriculum Vitae

email: saneholtzm@gmail.com

website: marissasaneholtz.com

EDUCATION

2011    MFA, East Carolina University: Metals and Jewelry Design

2008    BFA, Bowling Green, State University: Three-dimensional Studies

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Instructor of Jewelry and Metals I, Jewelry and Metals II, Jewelry and Metals III, Drawing and Color Workshop, and Media Studio: Time and Space. (Fall 2016-Present)
• Visiting Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Instructor of Metals I, Hollowware, Independent Study, Enameling, Advanced Metals and Foundations II. (Fall 2015-Spring 2016)
• Instructor of Art Appreciation, Studio Manager, Administrative Assistant, and Tour Guide for the East Carolina University’s Italy Intensives Program, Certaldo, Italy (Summer Semester 2013)
• Instructor of Metals Design Survey and Metal Design Studio I, Studio Manager, Administrative Assistant, and Instructor Assistant for the East Carolina University’s Italy Intensives Program, Certaldo, Italy (Spring Semester 2013)
• Instructor of Survey Metals, Studio Manager, Administrative Assistant, and Instructor Assistant for the East Carolina University’s Italy Intensives Program, Certaldo, Italy (Fall 2011- Fall 2012: including Summer 2012)
• Assistant to Linda Darty, Enameling I (Intermediate Course) at East Carolina University Study Abroad Program, Certaldo, Italy (Graduate Assistantship- Spring 2011)
• Instructor of Survey Metal Design (Introductory Course) at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Graduate Assistantship- Fall 2010)
• Assistant Instructor to Mi-Sook Hur, Jewelry I (Intermediate Course) at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Graduate Assistantship- Spring Semester 2010)
• Instructor of Design II (3-D Foundations Course) at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Graduate Assistantship- Spring Semester 2010)
• Assistant Instructor to Linda Darty, Enameling I (Intermediate Course) at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Graduate Assistantship- Fall Semester 2009)

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LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

• Instructor Strange Bedfellows: Combining Champlevé and Decals, Center for Enamel Arts, Radical Enameling Workshop Series, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (Nov 18-20, 2017)
• Artist Talk and Instructor Brooches: They’re Not Just for Grandmas, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (Sept 2017)
• Instructor Wet, Hot American Narrative: Champelvé Enamel, Penland School of Crafts, NC (August 2017)
• Artist Talk and Instructor Saw and Solder Champlevé, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (Sept 2017)
• CollaboNation, Lecture at The 37^th Annual Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ (Feb 25, 2017)
• Presenter Pin Back Perfection, Keystone Metals Forum, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA (Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2016)
• Artist Talk and Instructor All Fired Up: Torch Firing Enamels, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC (April 2016)
• Presenter Pin Back Perfection, Material Topics Symposium: In Flux, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (January 2016)
• Instructor Saw and Solder Champlevé Workshop, Pitt Community College, Winterville, NC (Dec. 14-15, 2015)
• Showing Up, Lecture at SNAG Conference 2015, Impact: Looking Back, Forging Forward, Professional Development Seminar: The Hustle. Boston, MA (May 22, 2015)
• Instructor Sprued Up: An Introduction to Lost Wax Casting at Pitt Community College, Winterville, NC (March 20-21, 2015)
• Instructor Collect, Cut, Collage: A Tin Assemblage Workshop at Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO (April 12, 2014)
• Instructor Conversational Jewelry, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (Oct. 24-27, 2013)
• Assistant to Bob Ebendorf, Lost and Found: Exploring Ideas for Personal Adornment, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (July 14-26, 2013)
• Visiting artist at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX: technical demonstration and slide lecture  (July 11, 2012)
• Visiting artist for Bob Ebendorf, Jewelry as Personal Adornment, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (June 24-July 7, 2012)
• Instructor of one day powder coating workshop, Delia DeLapp Studios, Boise, ID (June 2012)
• Assistant to Bobby Hansson and Marlene True, Penland School of Crafts (August 2011)
• Assistant to Jim Cotter and Bob Ebendorf, A Potluck of Materials and Ideas, Penland School of Crafts (May 2011)
• Assistant to Marlene True, Designing with Color & Narrative, Penland School of Crafts (July 25- August 10, 2010)
• Visiting artist for Bob Ebendorf, Jewelry as Personal Adornment, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (June 27-July 10, 2010)

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Co-founder of  The Bench Southwest Makers Symposium, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM ( July 2019- forthcoming)
• Co-founder of Smitten Forum: A Creative Gathering of Makers residency program. Locations: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (2014), Pocosin Arts (2015), Pocosin Arts (2016), Mendocino Art Center (2017), Ghost Ranch (2018), Mendocino Art Center (2019), Pocosin Arts (2020- forthcoming) https://smittenforum.wordpress.com/
• Editor of the Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metals Survey Volume III international juried publication. (Forthcoming 2019)
• Co-editor of the Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metals Survey Volume II international juried publication. (2018-2019)
• Editor of the Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metals Survey Volume I international juried publication. (2017-2018)
• Co-editor of Smitten Forum: A Creative Gathering of Makers Publications. Full-color publications highlighting the artists involved in the Smitten Forum and documentation of the event. https://squareup.com/market/smitten-forum/
• Co-curator of with moves like MacGyver, an exhibition in conjunction the symposium ZOOM: Examing the Future of Craft, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (May 2016), Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
• Co-curator of Smitten Forum 2015: The Exhibition, an exhibition in conjunction with the East Carolina University Material Topics Symposium (Jan 15-17, 2016) https://smittenforum.wordpress.com/
• Co-coordinator of Smitten Forum 2016, a collaborative gathering between 15 renowned and emerging metalsmiths at Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC (Jan 2-10, 2016)
• Co-curator of Smitten Forum 2015: The Exhibition, an exhibition in conjunction with the SNAG Conference Adorned Spaces Pop-Up Exhibitions (May 22, 2015)
• Gallery Director and Studio Metalsmith/Jeweler, J. Cotter Galleries and Studio, Vail, CO (Aug. 2013-July 2015)
• Co-curator of Smitten Forum: The Exhibition, an exhibition in conjunction with the East Carolina University Material Topics Symposium (Jan 16-18, 2015)
• SNAG Communications and Marketing Committee Member (2014-Present)
• Co-curator of Alloy, an exhibition at Colorado Mesa University (March 3- April 11, 2014)
• Exhibition Coordinator and Panel Discussion Leader for ECU Material Topics Symposium: Shifting Traditions (January 14-16, 2011)
• Exhibition Coordinator and Panel Discussion Leader for ECU Material Topics Symposium (January 15-17, 2010)

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019

• Alchemy 5, The Enamelist Society, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
• 40 under 40: The Next Generation of American Metal Artists, National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
• Metals 2019, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

2018

• Figurative, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
• Cold Connections, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA
• Jewelry and Gender: Challenging the Norms, Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH
• In Profile: Modern Cameos, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
• Under Fire 2, Enamel Guild North East, Worcester, NY
• Women to Watch Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
• Made in Italy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
• Beyond Ornament, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, and Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
• Spoon, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
• Vitreous Voices, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2017

• Shibumi Enamel Show: Shibumi Studio & Gallery, Berkeley, CA
• Color Me This: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• Plate Glass, Arrowmont Center for Arts and Crafts Gallery, Gatlingburg, TN, Fancy, Seattle, WA, SNAG MADE, Portland, OR
• Metals 2017, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

2016

• World Championship Belt Buckle Competition, Online Exhibition, http://www.worldchampionbuckle.com/
• Shibumi Enamel Show: Shibumi Studio & Gallery, Berkeley, CA
• Color Me This: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• SNAG Exhibition in Motion, XChange: Fashioning Intersection: Renaissance Hotel Ballroom, Asheville, NC
• Material Girls :Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA
• #ThisIsABrooch: Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO

2015

• Art Jewelry: Strong Voices: DeDee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
• Alchemy 3:  Enamelist Society’s International Exhibition: traveling exhibition
• CoOperation Garnish: Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD, and Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX
• PSA National Jewelry and Small Metals Invitational: Clemens Fine Art Center Gallery, Paducah, KY
• Four Hands are Better than Two: in conjunction with the East Carolina University Material Topics Symposium, Greenville, NC

2014

• Pretty Interesting Characters: Works from RAM’s Collection, Chapter 2: Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
• Figure It, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
• Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice, hosted by SFA at Reavley Gallery of Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
• Handcrafted 2014, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

2013

• METAL 3, LIGHT: Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
• Sup Brooch: Online Exhibition, http://www.one-wall-gallery.com
• Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook (2013/2014), Iberjoya (Madrid, Spain), Joya Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Espaijoia (Barcelona, Spain), and Inhorgenta (Munich, Germany)
• Alchemy 2: A New Global Vision for Enamel, The Carnegie, Covington, KY: Juror’s Choice Award Honoree
• 2013 Instructor Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
• Monochrome Noir, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012

• Badges & Buttons, Waistcoats & Vests, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Contemprary Craft, Pittsburg, PA and LIGHT: Art+Design, Chapel Hill, NC: Traveling Exhibition, 2012-2013
• Hot Under the Collar: A Survey of Contemporary Necklaces, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
• Humor in Craft, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
• Crush: An Invitational Showing of Contemporary Metalwork, The Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN

2011

• Alchemy: 9^th Biennial International Juried Student Enamel Exhibition. Traveling Exhibition: Juror’s Choice Award Honoree
• From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
• Radical Alchemy: Contemporary Art Jewelry from the Tiny and Shiny to the Large and Lavish, Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, VA
• Corrupt Fairytales: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo, Italy and Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2010

• An Element of Surprise: Artists Working with Tin, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
• 2010 Instructor Exhibition, Arrowmont’s School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
• Best of 2010, Ohio Designer Craftsmen: Emerging Artist Award
• A Presence of Thought: SNAG Juried Student Digital Presentation, SNAG Conference, Houston, TX
• eXtreme Tea Exhibition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2009

• Nuit Blanche, The Metals Guild of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Surfacing: 8^th International Juried Student Exhibition, Enamelist Society/The Oakland Art Gallery: June 22- August 22

2008                                                                           

• Surge: SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Gallery S.P.A.C.E.: March 1- March 28
• Arkansas Art Center’s 35^th Annual Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition: January 18- February 24

2007

• 15^th Annual Art Walk, Waddington Jewelers, Bowling Green, OH

2006

• Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Work Hardened, Student Metals Art Council Union Exhibition, Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Bowling Green, OH
• 14^th Annual Art Walk, Waddington Jewelers, Bowling Green, OH

2005

• School of Human Movement Reception, Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Bowling Green, OH

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Fenn, Mark, Tales from the Tool Box: Narrative Jewellery, Shiffer Publishing: 2017
• Author and Editor of Smitten Forum: A Creative Gathering of Makers, Indiana University Press, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. smittenforum.wordpress.com
• Joyería Contemporánea Anuario/ Contemporary JewelleryYearbook 2013-2014, GroupoDuplex™: 2013
• Art Jewelry Today 3, edited by Jeffery B. Snyder, published by Schiffer Publishing: 2012
• Humor in Craft, written by Brigitte Martin, published by Schiffer Publishing: 2012
• Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 31/ No.3/ 2011 “Graphic Content: Counterculture Imagery in Contemporary Jewelry” by Gabriel Craig (p. 31- 41)
• Art Jewelry Today 2, edited by Jeffery B. Snyder, published by Schiffer Publishing: 2008

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GALLERY REPRESENTATION

• J. Cotter Galleries, Vail and Beaver Creek, CO
• Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• The Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angles, CA
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
• Dorothy Mckenzie Permanent Collection, Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH

 

For a more detailed Curriculum Vitae and list of skills, please contact me at saneholtzm@gmail.com