| EXHIBITIONS | |
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Visit Saunders' events calendar for the artist's most recent exhibitions.
HEAT A. Salon,Wilson Center Gallery, Jurried Show, August 3-25, 2000, Washington, DC Annual Faculty Exhibits, School of Art and Design, the Department of Theater and the Department of Cinema and Photography, University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL.
Arts in Celebrations '90, Fine Arts Competitive Exhibition, Carbondale, IL SIUC Carbondale Faculty Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science,Evansville, IN US NOW, Juried Show, South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL Black Creativity 1990 Exhibition, Annual Juried Show, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL |
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| FINE ARTS PERMANENT COLLECTIONS | |
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Public Collections Southern Illinois University Foundation, Carbondale, Illinois, 1990.
Private Collections |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| AWARDS AND HONORS | |
| 1992 | Teaching Award for Gilbert's Great Student Design Competition
2nd Place |
| 1985 | CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Gold Award for an Individual Recruitment Publication, 1985, Summer Times, an annual course catalogue and registration publication, Division of Summer, Sessions Syracuse University. |
| 1982-83 | Syracuse University Graduate Fellow, College of Visual and Performing Arts |
| 1981 | Graduate Teaching Assistantship, by invitation - Freshman Core Art Program, Syracuse University. Taught: Foundations Design, Assisted and taught in General Drawing Program, 1981-82. |
| 1980 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Second Place for Public Awareness Promotion. |
| 1979 | National Association of Educational Broadcasters Certificate of Recognition, Graphic Design, for Patterns, WILL AM-FM-TV Monthly Guide. |
| 1969 | Junior Scholastic Gold Key Award for Art |
| TEACHING, LECTURING AND ART RELATED EXPERIENCES | |
| August 1992-May 1997 | |
| Associate Professor, (tenured) School of Art and Design, College of Communications and Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Duties include: - teaching courses in undergraduate art and design degree programs, - participating in program development of the visual communications area, - on-going research and professional practice which follow as detailed under similar headings, - full participation in educational and professional duties and services within the University and the School of Art and Design, - Serving on Master of Fine Arts Degree Committees. | |
| August 1986-August 1992 | |
| Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, College of Communications and Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Duties include: - see previously mentioned duties; in addition, - preparation of reports and documentation for 1987 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) program review, - Serving on Master of Fine Arts Degree Committees. 1989 - 1992. Faculty Sponsor, American Center for Design, Southern Illinois University Student Chapter, | |
| August 1994-May 1995 | |
| August 1988-May 1989 | |
| Program Head of Design Programs, Visual Communications and Product Design; School of Art and Design, SIUC. | |
| 1995 | |
| Faculty Sponsor and Workshop Coordinator, Design Alumni (Muse Group) from the Class of 1991, Experiment In Creative Construction, a free workshop open to students in the school of Art and Design and any other interested members of the campus community, Carbondale, Illinois. | |
| 1991 | |
| Judged the 16th Annual District High School Art Show, John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois. Directed the `Design Activities Workshop' for `New Arts Basic' Program\Participants. Sponsored by the Iowa State University College of Design's\`New Art Basic' Research Project, Ames, Iowa. | |
| Jan. 1984-July 1986 | |
| Promotions Coordinator, Division of Summer Session, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Directed, designed, and promoted the image of the Division. Developed, coordinated and managed the annual promotions budget and all promotional activities including printing and publishing schedules for the entire division. | |
| June 1983-Dec. 1983 | |
| Community Arts Workshop Instructor and Coordinator, Community Folk Gallery. Development, coordination and instruction of a variety of courses for students of all ages. Concurrent to completing MFA degree, Syracuse, New York. | |
| June 1983-Oct. 1984 | |
| Design Partner, Studio 318, Solicited, serviced and designed for accounts at firm specializing in the design and fabrication of promotions portable displays and exhibitions. Concurrent to completing MFA degree, Syracuse, New York. | |
| May-August 1982 | |
| Assistant Art Director, Johnson Publishing Co., Designed and implemented publication layouts and promotional materials for Ebony magazine, Jet magazine, and the Ebony Fashion Show, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| August 1981-May 1982 | |
| Graduate Assistant, Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Taught General Drawing, Figure Drawing, 2&3-D Design Fundamentals in the Freshman Core program over a two semester period, Syracuse, New York.. | |
| Feb. 1980-July 1980 | |
| Art Director, Sunbelt Magazine, Directed all aspects of publication design for monthly regional magazine, Jackson, Mississippi. | |
| July 1978-Feb. 1980 | |
| Senior Development Designer, Division of Public Broadcasting, WILL AM-FM-TV, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Promoted from Commercial Artist I to Graphic Arts Designer, November 1978. Supervised and directed professional activities for design staff which included one commercial artist and two design-student interns; developed and implemented the design department budget; and designed and implemented print promotions for one public television station and two public radio stations. | |
| 1979 | |
| Director and Coordinator, Design Student Internship Program for WILL AM-FM-TV; Carbondale, Illinois, 1979. | |
| April 1976-June 1978 | |
| Publication Designer [Commercial Artist I], National Clearinghouse for Criminal Justice, Planning and Architecture. Designed and illustrated publications used as guidelines for the planning of criminal justice facilities, Champaign, Illinois. | |
| 1969, 1970 | |
| Production Assistant, Johnson Publishing Co.,. General pre-print production responsibilities for four magazines, Ebony, Jet, Black World, and Black Stars, including mechanicals, paste-ups, photo cropping, and some illustrating, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES | |
| 1995-98 | Reviewer and Member of Resource Faculty for the College Board/Getty Center for Education in the Arts Project, The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum, The College Board, Office of Academic Affairs, New York, NY. The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1993-95 | Member, Interdisciplinary Study Group on Education and the Arts, The College Board, New York , NY. |
| 1989-94 | Secretary and Executive Board Member, Graphic Design Education Association. |
| EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND | |
| 1984 | MFA, Advertising Design Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
| 1977 | BFA, Graphic Design University of Illinois Champaign, IL |
| 1969-71 | American College in Paris Paris, France |
| CONSULTANTSHIPS | |
| 1999-2000 | Consultant and resource faculty for Clara Muhmmad School on Arts Integration. |
| 1992-95 | Consultant to the Executive Director for Budget and Information Resources, concerning the design and implementation of the corporate image. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
| 1993 | Consultant to the publication project Education Through Design: Middle School Curriculum Teachers Workbook, by Meredith Davis and Robin Moore, with support from National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, and the School of Design, North Carolina State University. |
| 1989-91 | Consultant to Office of The Executive Assistant to the President, SIUC concerning the design of student recruitment and retention materials. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
| REVIEWS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS | |
| Feb. 2000 | Connecting the Visual Arts to Academics Part I: Introduction to Discipline Based Arts Education, Clara Muhammad School Staff Development, Washington, DC (invited). |
| Feb. 2000 | Connecting the Visual Arts to Academics Part II: Using a Museum Activity and Part III :Assessment Issues, Clara Muhammad School Staff Development, Washington, DC (invited). |
| July 1998 | Sharing Journals, Photos, and Notes: Theme Exploration and Development Through Brainstorming and Inquiry Two workshops presented at The College Board and The Getty Education Institute for the Arts, Summer Professional Development Institute. The institute was designed to share substantive arts-centered interdisciplinary instruction with teacher participants from selected highschools. The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California (invited). |
| 1995 | Reviewer of proposals for The College Board/Getty Four Year Grant Project, The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum. |
| 1994 | Reviewer of proposals for the American Institute of Graphic Arts Faculty Teaching Assistance Grant. |
| 1991 | Presenter of Adapting to Change: Design Education Abroad, Department of Art and Design at the Iowa State University. |
| 1990 | Co-Presenter Recognizing the Need for Design Education in the Development of Design Intelligence: An Introduction to Learning Through Design, SIUC, Carbondale, IL. |
| 1990 | Presenter Design Education's Role in the Quest for Visual Literacy: Learning Through Design, International Visual Literacy Association's 22nd Annual Conference, Bloomington, IL (refereed). |
| 1990 | Graphic Forms in Network Television News, Paper by Joe S. Foote and Ann C. Saunders, presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass (AEJMC) Visual Communications Division, Annual Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Presented by Joe S. Foote (refereed). |
| 1990 | Learning Through Design in the United States, Paper presented at the Designing for Children Seminar sponsored by Triangle Projects of Great Britain and The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland (by invitation). |
| Saunders complete curriculum vita may be made available upon request. | |
