Maureen Garvin

EDUCATION

  • Master of Fine Arts - Painting, 1978, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting/Illustration, 1976, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.

TEACHING / ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

  •  Dean of the School of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, July 2008- present
  •  Dean of the School of Fine Arts (including the department of Foundation Studies), Savannah College of Art and Design, July 2003-July 2008. Dean of the School of Foundation Studies and School of Fine Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design March 2017- Fall 2021
  • Director of Academic Services - SCAD Lacoste campus, Spring 2004
  • Chair, Foundation Studies - Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA. July 1991 - July 2003
  • Professor - Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA. September 1988 - July 1991
  • Assistant Professor - Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA. September 1987 - May 1988
  • Assistant Professor - Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA. September 1986 - May 1987
  • Assistant Professor - Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, Philadelphia, PA. September 1986 - May 1987 (Adjunct)
  • Assistant Professor - The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. September 1980 - Summer 1986
  • Instructor - Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ. September 1978 - May 1980 (Adjunct)
  • Instructor - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. September 1979 - December 1979 (Adjunct)
  • Instructor - Arcadia University, Glenside, PA. Spring 1979 (Adjunct)

COMMITTEE/ COUNCIL SERVICE

  • FPE Committee - Faculty performance review committee. Spring 2011.
  • Administrative Redesign Committee - Redesigned scheduling process. Spring 2009 - Winter 2010.
  • Administrative Redesign Committee - Redesigned hiring process. Fall 2008 - April 2009.
  • Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment Council - Demonstrated compliance with SACS Core Requirement 2.5. Fall 2008.
  • Curriculum Council - Savannah College of Art and Design. 2003 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Council - Savannah College of Art and Design. 1994 - 2000.
  • Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment Council - Headed subcommittee. 2000 - 2001.
  • Service to the College - Various roles in admissions and recruitment at SCAD. September 1988 - Present.
  • Fundraising Service - Developed fundraising plans and organized workshops. January 1994.
  • Exhibitions - Organized and assisted with various exhibitions. 1988 - 1998.
  • Publicity / Recruitment Committee - Revised and made recommendations for the catalogue of the School of Visual Arts. 1982 - 1983.
  • Student Advisory Committee - Revised advising procedures. 1982 - 1983.
  • Exhibition Committee - The Pennsylvania State University. 1981 - 1984.
  • Program Director - Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. November 1977 - December 1979.
  • Coordinator - Women's Festival of the Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University. October 31 - November 13, 1977.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • SECAC Conference Fall 2011 - Presented paper on teaching research and ideation strategies to first-year students.
  • Think Tank June 6, 2011 - Invited to moderate panel on curricular models for Integrative Teaching.
  • FATE Conference March 30 – April 2, 2011 - Presented paper on building visual, conceptual, and creative abilities.
  • FATE Conference March 2011 - Facilitated discussion for ITI pre-conference intensive.
  • SECAC Conference Fall 2010 - Chaired panel on cultivating a new foundation.
  • Think Tank June 5, 2010 - Participated in “Leading Change” session.
  • Juror, South Carolina State Fair - Professional and amateur division Oct. 22-23, 2005.
  • Nomination for Professor of the Year Award - Nominated by Savannah College of Art and Design 1997, 1998.
  • Lecture/Papermaking workshop, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater - April 6 & 7, 1998.
  • FATE Conference - Presented slide lecture "Staging a Still Life to Teach Drawing Concepts", March 1997.
  • FATE Conference - Chair of panel “Introducing Conceptual Processes in Foundation Drawing", March 1995.
  • Juror, Arts Explosure, Raleigh, N.C. - April 1996.
  • Juror, Savannah Art Association, Members Show, Savannah, GA. - August 19, 1995.
  • Juror, Coastal Carolina Fair, Exchange Club, Charleston, S.C. - October 1995, 1996.
  • Lecture/Oil Pastel Workshop, Florida State Art Education Conference, Boca Raton - October 1994.
  • Lecture/Papermaking Workshop, Florida State Art Education Conference, Daytona, FL. - October 1992.
  • Lecture/Papermaking Workshop, In-Service Day, Spartanburg School District, Spartanburg, SC - August 1990.
  • Lecture/Papermaking Workshop, South Carolina Art Education Conference, Spartanburg, SC - October 1990.
  • Lecture/Papermaking Workshop, Georgia Art Education Conference - November 1990.
  • Artists in Education Program, Ohio Arts Council - Two-week residency, January 1987.
  • Visiting Artist/Slide Lecture, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA - Fall 1986.
  • Visiting Artist/Slide Lecture, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA - Spring 1986.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • FATE Conference - Attended March 2009 conference in Portland, Oregon.
  • Summer Institute on First Year Assessment - Attended conference with the focus of "Understanding and Strengthening the First Year of College" sponsored by the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina.
  • Sabbatical - Savannah College of Art and Design, traveled to New York to research contemporary artists influenced by outsider art. June 2003.
  • Sabbatical - Savannah College of Art and Design, traveled to Barcelona, Rome, Lausanne, Switzerland to research outsider art 1995.
  • First Year Seminar Conference - Attended conference in preparation of new course offered for first-year students. July 1994.
  • Papermaking in Depth - Attended a two-week course covering a range of papermaking techniques Carriage House, Boston June 1994.
  • Residency - Byrdcliffe Arts Colony Woodstock, New York summer 1993.
  • Residency - Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1985.
  • Residency - Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, May 1984.
  • Color Mixing Workshop - Attended a one-day workshop using dyes and pigment to color paper pulp. Carriage House, Boston Summer 1990.
  • Eastern Papermaking - Attended a one-day workshop in eastern techniques and fibers, Pyramid Atlantic July 1988.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • School of Foundation Studies faculty show, Spring 2011, SCAD, Wallin Hall.
  • Foundation Faculty Drawing exhibit, Winter 2010, 2011, SCAD Anderson Hall.
  • Capital State Gallery, Group show, Atlanta, GA, Fall 2001 (Invitational).
  • Small Works Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Exhibit A Gallery, Fall 2001.
  • 98 China Art Expo, Beijing, China, Summer 1998 (Invitational).
  • Arts on the River Juried Show, Savannah, GA, Summer 1998 (Juried).
  • Georgia Arts 96, Jordan Hall, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA, Summer 1996 (Juried).
  • More Fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Gallery in Cork St. London, England, Summer 1996 (Invitational).
  • Institute Gallery, Group Show Chicago, IL, Spring 1996 (Invitational).
  • First Annual Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA, Oct. 13 - 15, 1995 (Merit Award).
  • Hilton Head Art League's Sixth Juried Show, Hilton Head, SC, February 26 - March 30, 1995 (Merit Award).
  • Arts on the River Annual Juried Show, Savannah, GA, May 1994.
  • Summer 91, National Affiliate Members Exhibition, Soho 20, New York, NY, July - August 1991.
  • Aliya Gallery, Group Exhibit, Atlanta, GA, March 1991.
  • Summer 90, Gallery Group Exhibit, International Oasis Gallery, Savannah, GA, July 1 - September 13, 1990.
  • Two-Person Show, Savannah International Airport, Savannah, GA, May 15 - July 15, 1990.
  • Selected Faculty Work, London Institute, London, England, April 1988.
  • Historic Rittenhousetown Paper Project Expedition, Philadelphia, PA, September 1988.
  • The Art of Collecting, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, March 1989.
  • Faculty Show, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, September 1988 - 2001.
  • Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA, March 1988.
  • The Emerging Collector, New York, NY, October 1987.
  • Tyler Alumni Association, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, October 1987.
  • Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, December 1, 1986 - January 5, 1987.
  • "Let's Play House", Invitational Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY, May 1986.
  • Non-Wovens: Paper as a Modified Fiber Medium, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, Phil., PA, January 1986 (Invitational).
  • "Artist's Toys for Small Children and Grown-ups", Please Touch Museum, Phil., PA, Nov. – Dec. 1985 (Juried).
  • Four-Person Show, "Femmage Invitational," Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, March - April 1985.
  • Two-Person Show, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, February - March 1985 (Juried, Review).
  • "Southern Alleghenies Triennial", Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Summer 1985 (Catalogue).
  • Fall 1982 Two-Person Show, Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, February 1984.
  • Cheltenham Art Center Annual Award Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, February - March 1984 (Juror - Arnold Lehman, Director of Baltimore Museum of Art).
  • "21st Biennial Art Exhibition", University of Delaware, Newark, DE, February - March 1984, Merit Award, (Juror - Ann Percy, Curator of Drawing, Philadelphia Museum of Art - Catalogue).
  • Four-Person Show, "Four Sensibilities, Four Media," Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, June 1984 (Invitational).
  • "Women in the Arts" William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Dec. 1983 – Jan. 1984 (Juror - Richard Mayhew).
  • Group Sculpture Show, Roger la Pelle, Philadelphia, PA, summer 1984 (Juried).
  • Group Show, Kling Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, December 1984 (Juried, Curator - George Young).
  • "New Directions in Paper", Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA, Extensions, summer 1983, (Invitational).
  • "Painters of Central Pennsylvania", Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Summer 1982, 1983 (Invitational).
  • "Women: Self-Image", Women's Causes for Art Show, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, January - February 1983 (Juried, Catalogue).
  • "Great American Fan Show", Lerner Heller Gallery, New York, NY, May 1981 (Catalogue - Curator, Virginia Butera, Philadelphia Museum of Art).
  • "Great American Fan Show", Reynolds Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA, May 1981.
  • "Muse Invitational", (Muse Cooperative Gallery, Philadelphia, PA) at Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY, June 1982.
  • "Hera-Muse Exchange", Hera Cooperative Gallery, Wakefield, R.I., November 1979 (Muse Cooperative Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Invited) (Review, Catalogue).
  • "Muse Group Show", Museum of Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, Invited) (Review, Catalogue).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • Spartanburg Art Center, Spartanburg, SC, April 1990 (Invitational).
  • Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, November 1985 (Juried).
  • Gallery 20, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, May 1985 (Juried, Review).
  • Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA, March 1985 (Juried, Review).
  • Kling Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April 1983 (Juried, Alternative Space, Curator - George Young).
  • Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA, February 1982 (Juried).
  • Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, November 1980, June 1978 (Cooperative Gallery - Member 1978 - 1980).

REVIEWS

  • New Art Examiner, summer 1985.
  • The Review, University of Delaware, May 14, 1985.
  • Sunday News, Mt. Pleasant, MI, March 15, 1985.
  • Mt. Berry News, Mt. Berry, GA, March 1985.
  • The Hudson Valley News, Hudson, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1985.
  • Center Daily News, State College, PA, October 20, 1983.
  • Art News, January 1980.

REFERENCES

Professor Jerrold Maddox
School of Visual Arts
The Pennsylvania State University

Diane Pepe, Adjunct Professor
University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

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