Amy Wendland Professor of Art and Design 970-247-7469 wendland_a@fortlewis.edu View Amy's Portfolio Expertise Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Drawing Illustration Mixed media sculpture (wood, bone, stone) Works on paper Education Master of Fine Arts, Graphics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000 M.A., Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design, 1990 About Professor Amy Wendland Amy Wendland joined the college in 2000 and served as chair of the department from 2007 to 2010. Ms. Wendland has a background in commercial art and design and worked for a decade as a freelance illustrator and designer before returning to graduate school. Her artwork utilizes a combination of humor, offbeat materials and craft. Ms. Wendland’s drawings, sculptures and artist’s books have been exhibited nationally, most recently in Maryland, Kentucky, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Ms. Wendland was awarded Fort Lewis College’s Alice Admire Outstanding Teaching Award in 2009. She has received numerous awards for her artwork, including the Farmington Museum Purchase Award at the Northern New Mexico Arts Council National Juried Art Show in 2011. Ms. Wendland served as the faculty representative to the FLC Board of Trustees from 2012 to 2014. In the Media “Art and the Zen of Social Media,” National Public Radio, Women’s Resource Center/KSUT Public Radio, Panelist, 2011 Recent Exhibitions “Heroes & Villains: Exploring Archetypes through Art,” Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, In association with the Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD, 2015 “The Essential Figure," Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, 2015 “Toys: Re-Invent, Re-Imagine, Re-Discover,” Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, In association with the Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD, 2011 “Down to the Bone,” Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs, CO, 2011 “Love and Things Like Love,” Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY, 2011 Northern New Mexico Arts Council National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum Purchase Award, 2011
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