Resume
Here is a shortened version of my Resume. You can view a full version of my Curriculum Vitae here.
J. Bruce Bobick
Professor and Chairman Emeritus,
Department of Art, State University of West Georgia
201 Habersham Place, Carrollton, Georgia 30118
Phone: 770: 834-2380, bruceandsally@bellsouth.net
EDUCATION
M. F. A. University of Notre Dame, Painting and Drawing, 1968
M. Art Ed., B.S., Art Ed., Indiana University of Pa., 1967, 1963
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
State University of West Georgia, 1976- 2005, retired 2005.
NASAD-accredited Department of Art, 1998.
Initiated and Developed:
Summer Art Program: Bayeux and Paris, 1998- 2006 with Professor Dorothy Joiner
Faculty Exchange: South Carelia University, Imatra, Finland, 2003-05
University of Pittsburgh, Semester-at-Sea, Summer, 2003.
Guangxi Teachers University, Guilin, China, Summer 1993
University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy, Summer 1980
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois 1968-76, Tenured
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, California
Watercolor USA Honor Society, Springfield, Missouri
Professional Practices Committee: College Art Association of America,
1999-2001
Watercolor Society of Alabama
Georgia Watercolor Society: Board of Directors, 1979-2006
SELECTED AWARDS
“Watercolor USA.,” Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Purchase Award, 1975; Honorable Mention, 1971
National Watercolor Society Awards, Los Angeles, California:
Purchase Award with Silver Star, 2010, Purchase Award, 1973; Cash Award, 1972
Georgia Watercolor Society Awards:
First Prize Gold Awards, 1991; 1986;
Signature Member Peach Award, 1993
Watercolor Society of Alabama Awards: 2008; 1977; 1976; 1970
Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Awards: 2009; 2004; 1985; 1978; 1974; 1972; 1970
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
2010; 2006; 1993; 1990; 1989; 1977; 1975; 1973; 1971; 1969; 1968
National Watercolor Society Exhibitions:
National Watercolor Society Gallery, San Pedro, CA 2010
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California 2004
Brand Art Galleries, Glendale, California 2004
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
1979; 1972; 1971; 1969
California State University, Northbridge, California, 1977
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California 1973
Oakland Art Museum Kaiser Center, Oakland, California 1970
National Academy of Design Exhibitions:
National Academy Galleries, New York, NY 1971; 1970
164th Annual American Watercolors, Prints and Drawings,
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. 1968
Watercolor Society of Alabama National Exhibitions:
Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL 2008
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL 2003
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL 1994.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1999, 1982, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1969
Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibitions:
Bowen Center for the Arts, Dawsonville, GA 2006
Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, GA 2004
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 1993, 1986, 1985.
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA 1991.
Memorial Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 1979.
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA 1995
Southeastern Watercolorists
Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL, 1985, 1984.
San Diego Watercolor Society National Exhibition
San Diego, CA, 1982, 1980.
Hunter Annual Painting and Drawing Exhibition
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN, 1978.
National Watercolor Biennial, Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Scottsdale, AZ 1978.
Joslyn Art Museum Midwest Biennials; Omaha, NE, 1976, 1972.
Indiana Artists Exhibition
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1973, 1968.
35th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
Palm Beach, FL 1973.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA 2010
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 2009
University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, 2008
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama 2007
Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2007
Dorothy McRae Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1994
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 1990
Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia 1990
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida 1987
American Cultural Center, U.S. Embassy, Brussels, Belgium 1984
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
USA Mission to the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2010-2014.
US Embassy, Singapore, 2010-2014
From Sea to Shining Sea, US Embassy, Singapore, 2006-2008
" Summer Watercolor Invitational"
Art and Design Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
June 5- July 17, 2009
"20th Anniversary Exhibition, Part I"
Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL 2007
"Atlanta: Amerikkalaista Nykytaidetta"
Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland 2002
Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland 2002
"American Visions"
Jokoby Gallery, Koscise, Slovakia 2000
Gallery Z, Bratislava, Slovakia 1999
“From the Avant-Garde to the Present Day”
Union of Artists Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia 1996
“Watercolor, Now”
Slater Memorial Park Gallery, Pawtucket, RI, 2010
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri 2008, 1997
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, 2006
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee 1995
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1994
"Watermedia 2000"
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama 2000
“Southern Quilts: A New View” 1990-1992
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Folk Arts Center, Asheville, North Carolina
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Museum of American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, Kentucky
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary
SELECTED PAPERS AND LECTURES PRESENTED
CAA Professional Practices Committee: “Has the M.F.A. Outlived Its Usefulness
as a Terminal Degree?” Session Chair, Part I and II.
89th Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2001
90th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002
A two-year examination of the history of the M.F.A. and its current
status at the university level in the United States and other English-
speaking nations
“A Chinese University’s Approach to the Teaching of Drawing,”
Southeastern College Art Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
October 27, 1994.
“Evaluating the Creative Performance of Artist-Teachers: A Chairman’s View,”
Southeastern College Art Conference, Memphis, TN
November 1, 1991.
“Ethics and Advertising: The Role of the University,”
Fourth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY, October 25, 1990.
“Samuel F. B. Morse and the U.S. Congress: A Chronology of Documents
Relating to Commissioning Paintings for the U.S. Capitol,”
Southeastern College Art Conference, Knoxville, TN, October 16, 1987
PUBLICATIONS
“Professional Practices Committee Reexamines M.F.A. Standards.”
CAA News, Volume 27, Number 6, November 2002, p. 3-4.
Book Review, Markings: Aerial Views of Sacred Landscapes,
Photographs by Marilyn Bridges; Essays by Maria Reiche, et al.,
“Visual Resources,” Vol. V. pp. 347-50 (1989).
"Images Upon the Subconscious," The Flying Needle, May 1986: 8 -9. (photos)
