Brief CV (long CV attached) Dr. Lin A. Hightower (Zsedely) Art Professor (and Art Administrator) Emeritus Practicing Fine and Applied Artist and Art Product Designer [email protected]
EDUCATION Ed. D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Art Education Doctoral Degree Focus-Arts Administration
Master of Fine (Visual) Arts, Textiles, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
SKILLS Fine Artist-Fiber Sculpture, Installation
Applied Artist/Designer-Textile Apparel and Home Goods
Resume & Grant Writerand Career CoachEffective written communication , attention to detail, editing, proofreading and research.
Researcher-Art Entrepreneurship, Artisan Cooperatives, Fair Trade, World Craft
CAREER Hightower Fine and Applied Art Studio
Professor Emeritus, tenured, Director and Professor, School of Art and Design, College of Arts, Kennesaw State Un. (KSU) GA
Associate Director and Associate Professor, Design, School of Fine and Applied Arts and Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) NY
Head and Associate Professor, Department of Art, Mississippi State Un. (MSU) MS
Director and Assistant Professor Chair, Shorter College (SC) GA
Spruill Art Center Gallery-Founder, Dunwoody, Atlanta, GA
Ariel Art Gallery-Founder, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED AWARDS Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Thailand, US Government Award Mahasarakham University and Artisan Cooperatives
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Nepal, US Government Award Katmandu University and Association of Craft Producers
Fulbright Specialist Award, Thailand, US Government Award Textile Museum Interior Design, Historical Weaving Pattern Documentation, Art Product Design
Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth University Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement, Kennesaw State Un, GA-45,000 student body
University Outstanding Research and Creativity Award, Artistic and Creative Pursuits, Kennesaw State Un, GA-45,000 student body
ARTISAN & STUDENT GROUPS ARTS CONSULTANT, REVIEWER AND/OR DESIGNER (each group that I worked with below had between 100 to over 2000 artisans, artists or students)
Turkey Gölcük Belediyesi artisan groups Kocaeli University (presentations on establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Adin University (presentations on establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Nepal Association of Craft Producers (ACP) and Dhukuti, Artisan Group Katmandu University Art Students Semester long (establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Fair Trade Nepal Organized Umbrella for all individual artisan groups Katmandu Crafts Business Owners Organization Pashmina Business Owners Organization India Destiny Reflection Artisans (previously trafficked women) Kolkata, India The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) student course in designing for artisans) Jaipur India Thailand Baan Pla Boo Artisan Group Mahasarakham University Art Students Semester long (establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Mahasarakham Professor’s Groups Preserving the Indigenous Crafts King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang presentations (establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Egypt Kahila Handcrafts Morrocco Asila and Anarouz Coop-femmes Marrakesh Names of other groups I worked with Peru Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) USA Kennesaw State University (KSU) Tifton Women’s Textile Project Kennesaw State University (KSU) presentations (establishing, business skills and designing for artisan groups) Ariel Art Gallery, Atlanta GA Spruill Art Center Galleries, Dunwoody GA Kennnesaw State University Art and Crafts Students Atlanta GA Rochester Institute of Technology Art and Crafts Students Rochester NY Misssissippi State University Art and Crafts Students Starkville MS Shorter College Art and Crafts Students Rome GA Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Atlanta GA Southeastern Fiber Alliance Atlanta GA
Long CV
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