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John D. Wittersheim
Siena Heights University
1247 Siena Heights Drive
Adrian, Michigan 49221
(517) 264-7865
9/79 - Present
Present Professor of Art/Head of Metalsmithing and Sculpture
Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan
Education
and Related Experiences:
9/79 - 5/78
Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan
9/74 - 4/76
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Ceramics, Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Commissions:
Historian and
Principle Coordinator Member for Millennium Project,
Sculpture. Lenawee County, Michigan 2000
Sisters of the
Precious Blood/ Salem Heights Motherhouse; Liturgical Ornaments.
Inai Studio Project. Dayton, Ohio 1999
St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai
Studio Project. Lewisville, Texas 1997
Monroe Street
Methodist Church; Altar Cross, Toledo, Ohio 1993
Carmelite Monastery; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project.
Baltimore, Maryland 1991
Chapel of St. Catherine; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project.
Garden City, Kansas 1990
St. Perpetua Church; Altar Cross, Pontiac, Michigan 1989
Dominican Chapel/marywood; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 1985
Assisting Craftsman for Cranbrook Community Mace, (designer Richard
Thomas), 1977
Designer and
Craftsman; Bracket Fixtures For Weaving, Detroit Renaissance Center
(weaving Designer, Gerhardt Knodel), 1977
Exhibitions and Related Experience:
TAA Exhibition - Toledo Museum of Art, October 2008
Ann Arbor Street Fair Juror - Ann Arbor, MI 2007 & 2008
Aging With Attitude-Slusser Gallery U of M School of Art & Design. Ann Arbor, MI 2008
Lenawee Recycle Exhibition - Croswell Gallery -Adrian, MI 2008
Gray Temples - The work of twelve mature sculptors - Ella Sharp Museum - Jackson, MI 2007
152.99 Miles From Here - Krasl's Gallery at the Box Factory - September 2006
Wall to Wall - Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery February 2005
Perpendicular to a Point - Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery March 2004
Peninsula Art School and Gallery - Regional Sculpture Exhibit - Fish Creek, WI 2002
Koto-No-Koto interview - Published at www.kotonokoto.org - March 2002
Sabbatical Exhibition - Siene Heights University - Klemm Gallery -Adrian, MI 2002
Hillsdale College - Sculptors of Michigan - Daughtery Gallery - Hillsdale, MI 2001
Eastern Michigan University - Eastern Silversmiths Guild/Alumni Show - Ford Gallery - Ypsilanti, MI 2002
Krasl Sculpture Invitational - Regional - Krasl Gallery - St. Joseph, MI -2000
Group Exhibition - Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts. Flatlanders Gallery and Croswell Opera Theater Gallery; Blissfield, MI and Adrian, MI 1999
Suspended in Space - Paint Creek Center for the Arts Rochester, MI 1997
Professional Surveyor Magazine - Vol. 17, #1 Article Jan/Feb 1997
The Fire of Hephaistos Exhibition - Speaker - Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH 1996
The Made House: Michigan Artists Design for the Home. Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI 1996
Four for Four - Furniture Exhibition/Curator - Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI 1995
Detail of a Plumb Bob - A Solo Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery - Blissfield, MI 1995
Metalwork - Two Person Exhibition - Croswell Opera House Gallery - Adrian, MI 1995
Artists Who Teach - Flatlanders Gallery, Group
Juror
Ann Arbor Art Fair Award Winners 2007
Ann Arbor Art Fair Participants 2008
Awards
Awards, Publications, Gallery Shows:
Gray Temples: the work of twelve mature sculptors, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History. Jackson, Michigan 2007
152.99 Miles From Here, The Box Factory Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan 2006
Wall to Wall, Flatlanders Art Gallery, Blissfield, Michigan 2005
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