VITAE

DOUGLAS ALLEN ECKHEART

Professor

Department of Art

Luther College

508 Day Street

Decorah, Iowa 52101

Phone-Resident: (563) 382-4768

Email: douglas@eckheart.com

Web Site: www.eckheart.com

PERSONAL DATA:

Birthdate: November 6, 1943

Birthplace: Fargo, North Dakota

EDUCATION:

M.F.A. Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1968

B.A. Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1965

ADDITIONAL STUDY:

Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Resident Fellow, Mt. San Angelo, Virginia, 1991

Vermont Studio Center, Resident Fellow, Johnson, Vermont, 1991

Instituto Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, 1976

Art students League with Robert Beverly Hale, New York City, 1975

Watercolor Study with James Pinto, Instituto Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, 1973

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Malta, Mdina, Malta, Visiting Lecturer / Artist in Residence, Spring 1997

Luther College

Professor, 1985-present

Associate Professor, 1978-1985

Assistant Professor, 1971-1975

Instructor, 1968-1971

South Bear School, Co-Director and Instructor, Highlandville, Iowa 1971-1975

Waldorf College, Instructor, Forest City, Iowa 1967-68

Bowling Green University, Teaching Assistant and Fellowship, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1965-67

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

Hamar Kuntesforening, Hamar, Norway: “An American Paints Norway,” April 2006.

Center for Faith and Life, Mezzanine Gallery, Luther College: “An American Paints Norway,” June/August 2006.

Arts on Grand, Spencer, Iowa: “My Journey, World Travels,” March/April 2005.

Center for Faith and Life, Mezzanine Gallery, Luther College: “My Journey, World Travels,” June/August 2005.

Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, Illinois, “The Great River Road,” with Larsh Bristol, January/February 2005.

Wrigley-Flemming Gallery, Luther College: “The Great River Road,” with Larsh Bristol, September/October 2005.

Union Gallery, Luther College, “Norway Seasons,” June/August 2004.

East Room Gallery- Nob Hill Supper Club- Decorah, IA, 2005.

“Norway: Landscape seasons in Watercolor.” Centennial Union Gallery. Luther College, 2004.

East Room Gallery- Nob Hill Supper Club. Decorah, IA 2004.

Art House Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, August 2003

Perfect Edge Gallery and Frame, Decorah, Iowa, April 2003

St. James Center for Creativity, Valetta, Malta, January 2003

Lakeview Road Gallery, Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, August 2002

Art House Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, October/ November 2001

Operagalleriet, Brumunddal, Norway, October / November 2000

“Arts on Grand”, Spencer, Iowa, August / September 2000

Percival Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, April / May 2000

Vitterbo College Gallery, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, January 1999

Waldorf College Gallery, Forest City, Iowa, October 1998

University of Malta Art Gallery, “Pinzellati ta' Malta,” May 1997

Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July 1996

Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct / Nov 1995

Agora, Artisans Marketplace, Decorah, Iowa, Sept / Oct 1995

Union Gallery, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, Sept / Oct 1995

Henry W. Myrtle Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa, July / Aug 1995

Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa, July / Aug 1995

Rivertrace Galleries, Galena, Illinois, June 1995

Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa, May 1995

Clinton Art Association Gallery, Clinton, Iowa, April 1995

Keokuk Art Center, Keokuk, Iowa, March 1995

Burlington, Art Guild, Burlington, Iowa, Feb1995

Fairfield Art Center, Fairfield, Iowa, Dec / January 1995

Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa, November 1995

Heartland Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, October 1994

Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center, Belmond, Iowa, Aug / Sept 1994

Arts on Grand, Spencer Arts Council, Spencer, Iowa, July 1994

The Art Center, Le Mars Art Gallery, Le Mars, Iowa, June 1994

Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa, May 1994

Fisher Community Center Art Gallery, Marshalltown, Iowa, April 1994

Wartburg College Gallery, Waverly, Iowa, February / March 1994

Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, January 1994

Worthington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1992

Perfect Edge Gallery, Decorah, Iowa, Summers of 1991, 1992, 1994, and 1995

Mayor’s Choice award exhibit sponsored by the Hearst Center, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa

Western Wisconsin Regional Gallery, LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Cedar Rapids/Marion Arts Council Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Upper Iowa River Arts Gallery, Decorah, Iowa

Clinton Art Association Gallery, Clinton, Iowa

Waterloo Art Association Gallery, Waterloo, Iowa

Callaway Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota

Kent Galleries, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Central College, Pella, Iowa

Oscar Howe Cultural Center, Mitchell, South Dakota

Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, Minnesota

Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Avanti Gallery, New York City, New York

Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

Cedar Valley Art Association Gallery, Waverly, Iowa

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa

Red River Art Center, Moorhead, Minnesota

Gallery I, Findley, Ohio

Corridor Gallery, Centennial Union, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Soul Searching: An Exhibition of Private Lutheran College Faculty, Concordia College, Fall 2006

Sanctuary Invitational Exhibition, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, March 2003

“Skyscapes and Landscapes: The Everchanging Loess Hills”, Invitational Exhibit, 2002

N.E. Iowa Artists Studio tour, Decorah, Iowa, October 2001

Art House Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, May/June/July 2001

“Skyscapes and Landscapes – The Everchanging Loess Hills”.

Exhibition on tour during 2000 – 2001 in Iowa, (One of 25 Iowa Artists selected)

Loess Hills exhibition, Department of Interior, Washington D.C, 1999

Des Moines Art Center, “Iowa Artists 1999”, May to July 1999

(One of 35 Artists selected for exhibition).

Iowa Artists in Time & Spaces, Octagon Center, Ames, Iowa, 1998

Juror: Bernice Steinbaum, Steinbaum Kraus Gallery, New York City

“The Land of Fragile Giants”, a touring exhibit in Iowa, 1994-95 - (Book and catalog available)

Small College Faculty Art Exhibition, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, 1991

“Works in Progress” group exhibit, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, Fall 1991

MacNider Museum Competitive Area Artists Exhibit, Mason City, Iowa, 1991

Hearst Center Competitive Spring Exhibit, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1991

Concordia College Celebrates 100 Years, Alumni select group exhibit, Moorhead, Minnesota, October 1991

Luther College Art Faculty Exhibit, Theatre Lounge Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

“Paul Running and His Circle”, Lima Art Association, Lima, Ohio, 1990

Joseph A. Sittler Symposium, Faculty/Student Art Exhibit, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Twentieth Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Butler Institute of American Art 37^th Annual Mid-Year Show, Youngstown, Ohio

Del Mar College 6^th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture, Corpus Christi, Texas

Minot State College 5^th National Print and Drawing Competition, Minot, North Dakota

Des Moines Art Center May Show, Des Moines, Iowa

Bowling Green State University Alumni Exhibit, Bowling Green, Ohio

Davidson College National Print and drawing Competition, Davidson, North Carolina

Northeast Iowa Artists Invitational Exhibit in Governor’s Suite, Capital Building, Des Moines, Iowa

Clinton Art Association, Clinton, Iowa

Tri-State Exhibition, Platteville, Wisconsin

Red River Annual, Red River Art Center, Moorhead, Minnesota

Luther Faculty Exhibit at St. Olaf College, Steensland Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota

Eight Annual Waterloo Municipal Galleries Exhibition, Waterloo, Iowa

Fourteenth Annual National Exhibition, Fall River, Massachusetts

Concordia art Alumni Exhibit, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota

Second Annual National Print and Drawing Exhibition, DeKalb, Illinois

6 x 6 Exhibit, Iowa College Faculty Touring Show

Collectors/Private and Corporate. Civic Fine Arts Museum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Iowa Artists Equity – Invitational Exhibition, Des Moines

Cresco Art Show, Cresco, Iowa

MacNider Museum Art Exhibition, Mason City, Iowa

Faculty Art Exhibit, Colleges of the A.L.C., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota

Cedar Valley Art Association Competitive Art Show, Waverly, Iowa

Luther College Faculty Exhibitions, Decorah, Iowa

All Ohio Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dayton, Ohio

Annual Northwestern Ohio Art Show, Toledo, Ohio

Cleveland Museum of Art may Show, Cleveland, Ohio

Toledo Museum of Art May show, Toledo, Ohio

Port of Toledo Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio

GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS:

Iowa Humanities Evaluator for Vesterheim Museum exhibition “Native Americans as portrayed in Norwegian-American Art works”, March 2001.

Reproduction of 12 original paintings on the 2^nd Iowa State Education Association art calendar, 2000

Ylvisaker faculty growth award for exhibition in Norway, Fall 1999

Sesquicentennial Committee Selection of Original Oil to Commemorate 150 years of Decorah history.

Selection of Artwork by Iowa governor Terry Branstad Christmas card, 1994

Iowa Humanities Board (N.E.H.) major grant award to sponsor touring exhibit “Seasonal Sonnets” and workshops throughout Iowa, 1994-1995

Ylvisaker faculty Growth award for exhibit of “Seasonal Sonnets”, 1994

Iowa Arts Council mini-grant: “Vermont to Virginia to Iowa: Sabbatical reflections, an Exhibit of Recent Works,” 1992

Resident Fellowship award to attend and work at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Virginia, Fall 1991

Resident Fellowship award to attend and work at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, Fall 1991

Iowa Arts Council mini-grant: Travel to Artistic Residencies in Vermont and Virginia, Fall 1991

Iowa Arts Council grant – Oral History project “Behind the Object” – Gerhard Marcks Collection, Luther College, 1989

Faculty Research Grants – Luther College, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000

Travel Grant Award –Upper Midwest Consortium Colleges(U.M.A.I.E.) January 1988 to travel Europe

Art work selected for Jeanne Dobie’s (A.W.S.) book: “Color Design, Painting to Win.” Watson-Guptill Publication

Purchase Award, National Calendar Competition, McCleery-Cummings Company, Washington, Iowa, 1986, 1989, 1991

Purchase Award, N.W. Bell calendar Regional Competition

Purchase Award, Traveling Exhibition Regional library System, Waterloo, Iowa

SPEAKER, VISITING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/WORKSHOP LEADER:

Watercolor Workshop Leader, Arts on Grand, April 2005

Watercolor workshop,“Painting Water Reflections”Arts on Grand,Spencer,Iowa,April 2005

Artist in Residence / Watercolor-Drawing Workshop,

St. James Center for Creativity, Valetta, Malta, January 2003

Arts Panel Presenter, Midwest Rural Art & Cultural Forum & Convention, Decorah, Iowa 2002

Presenter, Arts Educators of Iowa Convention, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 2002

First education Artist in Residence awarded by The Norman Borlaug Foundation,

May to September 2001.

Workshop Leader at Northeast Iowa Community College “Kids on Campus” program,

July 2001

Workshop Leader at Cresco community schools, September 2001

Workshop Leader at Youth Institute, World Food Prize, Cresco, Iowa, August 2001

Speaker at Youth Institute, world Food Prize, Des Moines, Iowa, October 2001

Visiting Artist/A.E.A. Workshop Leader: Burlington Center for the Arts, Burlington,

Iowa, July 2001

Visiting Artist/Workshop Leader, “Arts on Grand”, Spencer, Iowa, August 2000

Visiting Artist/A.E.A. Workshop Leader: Burlington Center for the Arts, Burlington, Iowa July 2000

Visiting Artist / Speaker, Vitterbo College, Lacrosse, WI, February 1999

Visiting Artist / Speaker, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, October, 1998

Visiting Artist / Lecturer, University of Malta, 1997

Visiting Artist, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 1995

Visiting Artist, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa August 1995

Visiting Artist, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, Iowa, June 1995

Visiting Artist, Clinton art Association, Clinton, Iowa, May 1995

Visiting Artist, Keokuk Art Center, Keokuk, Iowa, April 1995

Visiting Artist, Burlington Art Guild, Burlington, Iowa, March 1995

Visiting Artist, Jenison-Meacham Art Center, Belmond, Iowa, September 1994

Visiting Artist, Arts on Grand, Spencer, Iowa, August 1994

Visiting Artist, The Art Center, LeMars, Iowa, July 1994

Visiting Artist, Witter Gallery and Art Center, Storm Lake, Iowa, June 1994

Visiting Artist, Fischer Community Art center, Marshalltown, Iowa, April 1994

Visiting Artist, Simpson College, January 1994

Visiting Artist in residence, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1988

Visiting Artist, Oelwein Amateur Art Association, Oelwein, Iowa, 1987

Visiting Artist in Residence, Charles MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa, 1984

Visiting Artist, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, 1983

PUBLICATIONS, TELEVISION & RADIO INTERVIEWS:

Fine Arts program, Augustana College, Radio, 2005.

Interview – Culture and Arts Program for Voice of Mediterranean Radio,

Valetta, Malta, January 2003

International Directory of Artists Who Painted Malta by Nicolas Depiro,

ISBN: 99932-646-0-1

“An American in Malta,” Malta Independent News, 1997

Pinzellati ta’Malta, The Sunday Times, Malta, 1997

Super 1 TV - Sfera Program with George Glanville, Malta, 1997

Malta Public Television interview with artist D.Eckheart, Malta, 1997

Radio Interview – Channel 4, Malta University Radio, 1997

“Living in Iowa,” Iowa Public Television interview, 1995

American Artist magazine, “Getting Your Show on the Road,” February, 1995, pages 65-70

“Land of the Fragile Giants: Landscapes, Environments and Peoples of the Loess Hills,” Mutel and Swander, 1994

Appearance on three television interview programs, February and March, 1983 – KTTC, Rochester, Minnesota; KCRG, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; KWBT, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Topic: “Artist and Athlete, Stereotypes”

Speaker, Luther College Board of Regents spouses, Decorah, Iowa

Speaker, Art Educators of Iowa (A.E.I.). Topic: “The Organization and Design of a Touring Exhibit and Community Workshop.”

Speaker, N.E. Iowa Art League, Mason City, Iowa

Film: “South Bear School,” Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, Iowa

JUDGE:

Cresco Arts Festival, Cresco, Iowa, August 2006

Art Guild of Burlington, 7^th annual juried show, Burlington, Iowa, October 2001

Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa, July 2001

Vesterheim – Annual Nordic Fest Competition for Norwegian Arts and Crafts, July 2000

University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse Annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition

25^th Annual Art in the Park, Great falls, Montana

“Un Ange Passe” (“An Angel Passes”) exhibition at Reynolds Gallery of Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Summer Arts festival, Charles MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa

19^th Annual Galena arts Festival, Galena, Illinois

College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, Iowa

N.E. Iowa Regional Amateur Art Exhibit, Waterloo Art Association, Waterloo, Iowa

Central Iowa Regional Amateur Art Exhibit, Fischer Community Center, Marshalltown, Iowa

17^th Annual Rughookers National Exhibit, Nordic Fest, Decorah, Iowa

Iowa 4^th Annual Banc Iowa Street Fair, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

29^th annual Art Fair on the Green, LaCrosse, Wisconsin

22^nd Cresco art Fair, Cresco, Iowa

Nordic Fest Arts and Crafts Competition Exhibition, Decorah, Iowa

PREVIOUS LEAVES:

1. 2000 – Spring Term

Travel to American Southwest, New Mexico and Arizona to study collections and study libraries at the Georgia O’ Keefe Museum, Santa Fe and others in Albuerque, Taos, Phoenix and Tucson. Thirty-two new works prepared for exhibitions at Percival Gallery in DesMoines. April / May and Operagalleriet, Brumunddal, Norway, October / November.

2. 1991 – Fall Term

Study and travel to Eastern and Northeastern United States, residency as a Fellow at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont and Virginia Center for Creative Arts, MT. San Angelo, Virginia

3. 1983 – Spring Term

Travel to Europe for study and research in museums and painting

4. 1975 – 1976 – full year

Travel to Maine, New England, Boston and New York – fall 1975

Travel to San Miguel de Allende Mexico to study at The Instituto Allende, Spring 1976.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Public Library of Des Moines FundRaiser, Auction and Donation of Artwork,

Des Moines, Iowa, 2002

Commission by The World Food Prize to paint a work which depicts The Norman Borlaug

Farm, unveiled at Des Moines Art Center, World Food Prize reception, Des Moines, Iowa,

October 2001

60’ x 15’ Redesign of Messiah murals, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1986 and 1990

90’ x 15’ Mural Commission, Moorhead Senior High School, Moorhead, Minnesota

60’ x 15’ Mural Christmas Concert, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa

Three Altar Paintings (5’ x 7’) and Interior design of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa

Design for poster and program of Luther College music department choir, orchestra and band

Centennial plate design for Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa

60’ x 15’ Messiah mural Design, Luther College

Film: “South Bear School”, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, Iowa

Lenten brochure designs, First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa

Art work commissioned by Luther College Development Office as gifts-in-kind to contributors, Decorah, Iowa

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

World Food Prize, Des Moines, Iowa

University of Malta Permanent Collection, Mdina, Malta

Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Securities Corporation of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Growth design Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

National Bank Artists of Iowa Collection, Waterloo, Iowa

Northeast Iowa Regional Library System, Waterloo, Iowa

McCleery-Cummings Corporate Collection, Washington, Iowa

Mercy Hospital Permanent Collection, Mason City, Iowa

Northwest Bell Telephone Corporate Collection, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Kansas City, Missouri

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

Sovick, Mathre, Madsen, Architects, Northfield, Minnesota

Luther College Permanent Collection, Decorah, Iowa

Moorhead State Bank, Moorhead, Minnesota

Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital Permanent Collection, Decorah, Iowa

Security State Bank and Trust, Decorah, Iowa

Concordia College Permanent Collection, Moorhead, Minnesota

Waldorf College Permanent Collection, Forest City, Iowa

Spectrum Corporation Collection, San Clemente, California

Suncorp Keypunch Corporation Collection, Los Angeles, California

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Mr. Bruce and Mrs. Janis Altorfer, Altorfer Machinery Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mr. Eugene F. and Mrs. Anelia R. Barth, Interwest Partners, Orinda, California

Dr. Norman E. and Mrs. Janet J. Barth, Lutheran World Relief, New York, New York

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. “Ray” Bentdahl, Americana State Bank, Edina, Minnesota

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Granrud, 3M Company, St.Paul, Minnesota

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Johnson, Charlottsville, Virginia

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell W. Larsen, IC Industries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Capt. E.C. Vanderwalker, Ranier National Bank, Seattle, Washingtom

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw, Des Moines, Iowa

Numerous private and personal collections in the U.S. and abroad

TRAVEL:

Director, Scandinavia & Baltic Program, College of Lillehammer, Norway, January-May 2006

Additional Travel to Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Germany and most of Southern and Central Norway

Tour Leader / Director, Luther College Art Department Regional Museum Tours,

2003, 2004

Residency, Exhibition and Workshop, St. James Center for Creativity, Valetta, Malta,

One month / January 2003

Exhibition and Travel, Norway, October 2000

Director, Malta Abroad Program: University of Malta, January-June 1997

Tour Leader: New Zealand, Studio Art, drawing and Watercolor Travel /Tour, 1993

Tour Leader, Luther College Alumni and Friends, France and Italy, “Art and Art History,” June 1992

Tour Leader, Nassau, Bahamas, “Watercolor and Drawing in the Bahamas,” with students, January 1992

Tour Leader, U.M.A.I.E. Consortium student groups, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Germany, January Terms of 1988, 1989, 1990

Tour Leader, Mexico and Central America with student groups, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975

Most of the Continental United States, including the Northeast, East, South, Southwest, Midwest, Montana and California

Most of Eastern Canada

LUTHER COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

International Studies Lecture: “Italy, A Treasure for Art, Landscape and People,” 1993

Presenter and Speaker, Regents Scholar Visit Day, 1993, 1994, 1995

Director, Summer Studio High School Workshops, Luther College

Elected Faculty Adjunct to Admissions, Summer 1980, January Term 1982

Instructor, Elderhostel

Lecturer on “American Art, 20^th Century,” Scandinavian Institute, summers 1983 to 1994

Consultant to Institute for European Studies (I.E.S.) regarding studio art programs in Vienna, Paris, and Nantes, 1983

Extensive work with Luther College Wildenhain collection; preparation for a major touring exhibit, seminars, film series, speakers, etc. for the Gerhard Marcks Centenary 100^th Anniversary, 1989

Participation in College Phonathons for fund raising, 1985-1990

Extensive work with admissions on campus interviews, trial-runs (Invitation to Art Day), phone calling, prospective student visits

Committee Memberships during the past ten years:

International Studies and Study Abroad Committee 2005-07

Wildenhain Collection: Gerhard Marcks Centenary Committee, 1986-88

Community Assembly, 1986-87

Community Assembly Organization Sub-Committee, 1986-87

Faculty Council, 1981-84

Faculty Council, long range planning, land use policy (chair), 1982-83

Humanities Division (chair), 1981

Elected faculty representative to Board of Regents, 1993

Faculty Council, Long Range Planning (chair), 1994

Task Force for Enrollment Study, 1994-95

Luther College faculty representative to 1^st Iowa Cultural Caucus, Des Moines, Iowa, 1990

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Charter member, Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation, 2000

Curriculum Consultant – Art Department Texas Lutheran University, Seguin – Texas,1999

President, First Lutheran Church Council, Decorah, Iowa

Chair, First Lutheran Church Pastoral Call Committee, 1989-90

Founding Board, C.R.E.W(Community Recreation Education Workshop), Decorah, Iowa 1988

C.A.D.E. (Computer Art and Design Conference), Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, 1987

N.C.G.A.(National Computers Graphic Association),Midwest Conference, Chicago, Illinois 1987

F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art and Design), emphasis on computer generated images in Design, Louisville, Kentucky, 1986

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

N.C.G.A., National computer Graphics Association

National Arts Equity

Mid-America College Art Association

National College Art Association

F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art and Design)