Education
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters of Fine Arts Degree, Metalsmithing Department, 9.98 to 5.00
Electives: 3D Design, Ceramics
Machine Shop Technologies Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Machinist Certificate, 1.95 to 11.96
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 9.89 to 5.93
Major: Sculpture, Minor: Graphic Design
Professional Experience
Penn State University, University Park, PA
Assistant Director, School of Visual Arts, 7.02 to present
Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, 8.00 to present
The Glassell School, Musuem of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Visiting Faculty: Advanced Jewelry Studio, 7.08
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Pre-College Metal Sculpture, 9.95 to 7.98
Artist Assistant: Joseph Mannino, 1.93 to 7.98
Woodshop/Metal Sculpture/Ceramic Studio Monitor, 9.90 to 5.93
Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Exhibitions Designer and Fabricator, 2.97 to 7.98
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Adult Education Instructor: Jewelry-Making, 7.96 to 5.98
Outreach Program Instructor: Metalsmithing, 2.96 to 5.98
Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist-in-Residence: Community Outreach Project, 7.97
Thurman Unlimited, sole propietorship specializing in commissioned artworks
President/Owner, 1.94 to present
Workshops (by location)
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
“Impressive Die Forming,” 3.31 to 4.4.08
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
"Metalspinning,” 10.30-31.08
Georgia Musem of Art, Athens, GA
“Quick Rings ,” 10.13 .08
The Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
"Advanced Jewelry Studio," 6.9-7.3.08
“Mokume-kami” (laminated paper wearables), 10.27.07
Heights Arts, Cleveland, OH
“Wearable Text,” 9.6.08
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
“Mokume-kami” (laminated paper wearables), 10.14.08
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
“Cold Joining is Hot: Connections Hot, Cold, and Conceptual,” 4.26-27.08
Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, University Park, PA
“Upwardly Mobile ,” 7.19.08
School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Mokume-kami” (laminated paper objects), 11.19.07
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
"Multiplicity: Die Forming for Metalsmiths," 8.11-15.08
"Quick Rings," 5.2-4.08
"Quick Rings," 10.07
"Connections--Hot, Cold, and Conceptual," 7.07
"Making Connections--Chains, Clasps, and Rivets, Oh My!" 6.06
"Precious Metal Clay," 9.97
"Jewelry-Making & Hydraulic Die Forming," Assistant Instructor, 6.95