SeanMcLaughlin

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Education

M.F.A. Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, New York.  Breevoort Eickemeyer Scholar. Student Scholarship Fund.  Student Assistant to the Provost and to the Department Head.  Painting and Printmaking.  Columbia Teacher’s College, NY. State Permanent Teacher Certification.  1983.

B.F.A. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.  Summa Cum Laude.  Evans Scholar.  Minnesota Alumni Scholarship.  Scholastic’s Department Scholarship.  Major: Visual Art, Art History.   1972.

 

Pivotal Teachers and Educational Experiences MFA+ 30

Robert Bergman, Aesthetics

Robert Blackburn, Printmaking

Joseph Campbell, Mythology

Mircea Eliade, Comparative Religion

Bill Jensen and Ronald Bladen, Painting and Sculpture

Douglas Fraser, Primitive Art

British Museum, Summa Research: Paradigms of Western Culture

 

Experience

1972-Present   Artist/ Writer/ Designer: Fine Arts, Folk Arts, and Amber.  1972-Present   Freelance Lecturer: Art, Art Criticism, Central European Folk Art and Culture.     1992-Present   Baltic Imports. Central European Folk Arts and Amber. 207 East Hennepin, Minneapolis, MN.                           Co-Owner. 1989 - 2012      South St. Paul Public Schools, South St. Paul, MN.                          Teacher, International Baccalaureate Art: Art, Art Criticism, and Art History, Secondary.

1986 - 2004      J. Paul Getty Trust Planning Grant, Minnesota DBAE Regional Institute, University of Minnesota,                          Minneapolis, MN.                          Consultant, Art Production and Criticism. Lecturer.

1985 - 1986      The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.

                         Project Director, Art and Criticism Program.

1984 - 1986      The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in conjunction with Lincoln Center,

                         New York, NY.

                         Instructor, Aesthetics in Education Program.

1982 - 1986      The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY.

                         Coordinator, Public Education Programs.

1983 - 1984      New York Board of Education and Ted Kheel, Automation House, New York, NY.

                         Consultant, Advanced Television Technologies Program.

 

Selected Visual Art Shows

1992-Present  Works of Art on Commission: Drawing, Painting, Amber and Jewelry Design.

1992                The Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia. Retrospective. "Sean McLaughlin, Grafikas Un Gleznas."

                        Drawings and Paintings.        

1987                Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY. “Drawing Black” with Paul Rotterdam, Richard Serra, Arnulf

                        Rainer, Sue Coe and Joseph Nechvatal.  Large Scale Works on Paper.

1987                Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY.  “AIDS NY. Community Benefit Show” with Paul Rotterdam, Cindy

                        Sherman and Sue Coe.

1986                St. Boniface Chapel, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY.  “Memory and Light: The Small

                        Journal.”  20 works on paper.

1986                The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY. “Aesthetics in Education

                        Instructors.”  Works on Tissue.  Large scale works on Bum Wad.

1986                Jayne H. Baum Galley, New York, NY.  “Summer Selections.”  5 Oil Paintings on the Sermon in the Deer

                        Park.

1985                301 Houston Gallery, in conjunction with Artist Space, East Village Invitational, New York, NY. 

                        “Farewell Show.” Works on paper, cloth, and clay.

1984                Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY.  “Premier Exhibit: The Opening of the New Gallery Space in

                        Tribeca."  Paintings and Drawings.

1984                The Manhattan Laboratory Museum, New York, NY.  “Time Scores.” with John Cage, Laurie Anderson,

                        and Meredith Monk.  The Small Journal; works on paper.

1984                The Nave, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY.  “The Silence.”  Twelve foot Guatemalan

                        ceremonial kite form in enamel, paper, punched metal, mirror fragments, and bamboo.

1984                301 Houston Gallery, New York, NY.  “Curator’s Selection.”  Drawings and Paintings.

1983                The Exhibition Space at 112 Greene Street, New York, NY.  Curated by Irving Sandler.

1983                Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY.  “The Black and White Show.” 

                        Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics and Sculpture.

1983                301 Houston Gallery, New York, NY.  “Curator’s Selection: 5 Young East Village Artists."

1983                The Ambulatory, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY.  “The Days of Easter Week.” 

                        Five large scale Guatemalan ceremonial kite forms in enamel, paper, punched metal, mirror fragments,

                        and bamboo.

 

Selected Commissions And Collections

American Broadcasting Corporation, New York.

Butler Merchant Association, Minneapolis.

Cole and Deitz, New York.

Citibank, N.A., New York.

City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis.

Columbia University Art Collection, New York.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation, Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Bi-Centennial, Minneapolis.

Museum of Foreign Art, Riga.

Smith, Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., New York.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

United Nations Commission on Human Settlement, Vancouver.

UNICEF, New York.

Webb Photos, Division of the Webb Company, St. Paul.

 

Selected Grants and Honors

Appointed: Advisory Panel, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul.

Appointed: Advisory Board, Minnesota Humanities Commission, St. Paul.

Appointed: International Amber Association.

Appointed: Minnesota Institute for the Advancement of Teaching.

Appointed: Consultant to the Board of Education, New York City Public Schools, New York.

Artist Space, New York.

Breevort Eickemeyer Scholar.

Center for Educational Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Citibank, N.A., New York.

Citibank Scholar Award, New York.

Criteria Foundation, Inc., Minneapolis.

Earth Awareness Project, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of MN, Minneapolis.

Excellence in Education Award(s), State of Minnesota.

Letter of Recognition, Governor Rudy Perpich, St. Paul.

Minnesota Congressional Invitation for “Art in the Schools” Residency Projects Discussion, St. Paul.

National Endowment for the Arts, Artist in Residence Program.

Representative, NGO, U.N. Conference on Human Settlement, Vancouver.

 

Selected Freelance Lectures and Intensive Classes

A Multiple Language Residency. White Bear Lake Public Schools, White Bear Lake, MN.

Art Production as a Discipline. DBAE Regional Institute, Minnesota Center for the Arts, Crystal Bay, MN.

Form and Function: The Aesthetics of Native American Art. Studio Arts Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Painting and Photography: The Visual Realities Compared. The Cooper Union in conjunction with The Lincoln Center, New York, NY.

Patterns in “Primitive” and “Modern” Art.  The Cooper Union, New York, NY.

Perceiving the Art of the Dogon People of Mali: An Introduction to Comprehending Non Western Aesthetic Systems, Scarsdale High School, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Scarsdale, NY.

The Artist and the City, The Evolution and Changes in the Conception of the City as Reflected in Visual Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries. The Julliard School, Lincoln Center, in cooperation with the Whitney Museum, New York, NY.

The Crisis of Visual Illiteracy and the Nature of Art and Criticism. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.

The Development of Landscape Painting: The Evolution and Changes in the Concepts of Nature and Space as Reflected in Art. The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, in cooperation with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Role of Art Production and the Nature of Aesthetics. The Minnesota School & Resource Center for the Arts.  Directions in Minnesota Art Education: Movement Towards Excellence. Spring Hill, MN.

The Search for Form: The Modernists’ Discovery of Primitive Art. Studio Arts Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

The Visual Language. Minnesota Cable Communications Network, St. Paul.

The World of Art. K.T.C.A. Educational Network, Channel 2, St. Paul.

To Walk in Two Worlds. Native American Heritage Committee, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, NY.

Visual Literacy: Problems and Approaches in Integrating Art Disciplines into the Curricula of the General Teacher. Art Link-a project of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.