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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art/Art History
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Assistant Librarian, Marriott Library
Professional Service
- College Book Art Association.
Role: Member.
Anti-racism Change Team (ACT).
10/2020 - present
- College Book Art Association.
Role: Member.
Board.
01/2020 - present
- College Book Art Association.
Role: Chair.
Awards Committee.
01/2020 - present
- College Book Art Association.
Role: Member.
Communications Committee.
08/2016 - 12/2017
- College Book Art Associations.
Role: Member.
Awards Committee.
03/2015 - present
Internal Service
- University Studies Committee.
Member,
07/01/2021 - present.
University service.
- Inclusive Design and Design Justice Community .
06/2021 - present.
University service.
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Member,
04/2021 - present.
College service.
- Fine Arts, Architecture, Planning, & Humanities (FAAPH) College Interdisciplinary Team.
Member,
10/2020 - present.
College service.
- Academic Appeals and Misconduct Committee.
Member,
07/30/2020 - present.
University service.
- Assistant Professor in Graphic Design (Lecturer) Search Committee.
Search Committee Member,
01/2019 - 04/2019.
University service.
- Senate Advisory Committee on IT.
Member,
09/2018 - 06/2021.
University service.
- Curriculum development for new course: ART/BART 4080 Book Design & Production.
This course has been approved for the Fine Arts Exploration General Education Designation.
01/2018 - 02/2020.
University service.
- Marriott Library Development Officer Search Committee.
Search Committee Member,
08/2017 - 10/2017.
College service.
- Curriculum development in collaboration with Graphic Design, Department of Art.
11/15/2016 - present.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Your Place, Your Pace Bookmaking Series: Coptic Binding. Virtual community workshop for the Book Arts Program (asynchronous).
06/2021 - 08/2021
- Your Place, Your Pace Bookmaking Series: Long-Stitch with Leather Binding. Virtual community workshop for the Book Arts Program (asynchronous).
06/2021 - 08/2021
- Summer Bookmaking Series: Japanese Stab Binding. Virtual community workshop for the Book Arts Program.
07/29/2020 - 07/29/2020
- Summer Bookmaking Series: Coptic Binding. Virtual community workshop for the Book Arts Program.
07/27/2020 - 07/27/2020
- Valenteenies: Love Notes and Calling Cards. Community workshop for the Book Arts Program.
02/08/2020 - 02/08/2020
- Making the Rounds, Daredevil Style. Community workshop for the Book Arts Program. I acted as TA for visiting national artist, Jessica Spring.
10/04/2019 - 10/05/2019
- Edge Painting Training. Community training for the Book Arts Program.
08/24/2019 - 08/24/2019
- Call it Business or Pleasure. Business card design and printing, community workshop for the Book Arts Program.
08/10/2019 - 08/10/2019
- DE|MARCATION: A survey of contemporary photography in Utah exhibition catalogue. Design work completed with Marnie Powers-Torrey for Amy Jorgensen and Granary Arts.
06/04/2019 - present
- Let's Get Digital: Lasers + Letterpress. Community workshop for the Book Arts Program.
06/04/2019 - 06/08/2019
- Letterpress Makeshop. Community workshop partnering the Book Arts Program with the Salt Lake City chapter of the AIGA.
02/09/2019 - present
- Let's Get Digital. Community workshop for the Book Arts Program on letterpress printing from photopolymer plates.
09/07/2018 - 09/08/2018
Outreach
- Table representing Book Arts Program at CODEX 2017, 6th Biennial International Book Fair & Symposium.
02/05/2017 - 02/08/2017
Honors & Awards
- Faculty Small Grant Program award.
FSGP,
05/03/2022
- Selected for a residency May–June 2022 at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France.
Cité Internationale des Arts,
06/22/2020
- Selected for a residency in December of 2020 at In Cahoots Residency in Petaluma, CA (postponed, due to Covid-19).
In Cahoots Residency,
10/2019
- Selected Durations, by David Abel, was placed in 20+ public collections in 2018. Collections include Amherst College; the University of Southern California; the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University; Butler Library, Columbia University; California Polytechnic State University; Central Library, Baylor University; Colorado College; Fine Arts Library, Harvard University; Green Library, Stanford University; Haas Arts Special Collections, Yale University Library; John Hay Library, Brown University; Letterform Archive; Otis College of Art & Design; Wellesley College; Vanderbilt University; Olin Library, Washington University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Spencer Collection, New York Public Library; Emory University; University of California, Irvine; University of Texas, El Paso; University of Wisconsin; William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
10/2019
- Selected Durations was awarded the first runner-up for the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design by the University of Texas, El Paso (purchase award).
University of Texas, El Paso,
12/2017
- LOUIE Award Finalist.
National Greeting Card Association,
05/2013
- Creative Stimulus Project Award, St. Louis, MO.
Critical Mass,
05/2012
Affiliations
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American Printing History Association
(APHA),
Member,
01/2015 - 12/2015
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College Book Art Association
(CBAA),
Member,
12/01/2013 - present
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Ladies of Letterpress
(LOLP),
Member,
01/2009 - present
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Southern Graphics Council International
(SGCI),
Member,
01/2006 - present
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Seattle Print Arts
(SPA),
Member,
01/2005 - present
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