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Anthony's InformationLocation: DULUTH, MNTitle: Tony Ferguson.net - Artist, Photo, Online Training, EducationExperience: 12+ yearsWork Types:
Willing to Relocate: YesWilling to Travel: Love travelling for workCareer Level: DirectorWork Status: U.S. CitizenInterests:
Member Since: 2009-02-03 Helpful Links
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ANTHONY FERGUSON
315 N. Lake Ave. Apt 312
Duluth, MN 58806
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EDUCATION
M.A. Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin Superior, August 2005, 54 Graduate Credits, 3.8 gpa
K-12 Wisconsin Department of Instruction Student Teaching completed January 2001
B.A., English, Philosophy minor, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire (December, 1995, Honors)
Independent Study Abroad: Korean Art, Korea (September - December 1995)
Study Abroad: Wisconsin in Scotland Program in Dalkeith, Scotland (January - May 1992)
Study Abroad: King Alfred’s College in Winchester, England (September - December 1991)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Digital Technologies
Best Buy Corporation, Duluth, MN Oct '08 – present
-Responsible for acquiring and maintaining knowledge of digital media and software not limited to: digital cameras, digital photography, video cameras, film making, digital editing systems, software and peripherals, computer media, computer software and hardware systems and their successful integration.
-Teach team members current trends in education and business regarding industry standard software/hardware for digital editing in every platform: PC, windows, Macintosh, Linux.
Online Art Instructor
Lake Superior College Duluth, MN Jan '07 - Dec '07
-Responsible for developing online curriculum course materials for digital photography including step by step video tutorials, still imagery, supportive text and transferring those into the online content delivery system (D2L)
-Teach and instruct students online on a multi-weekly asynchronous basis.
-Correspond with students using the discussion lists, email, etc.
-Assess student performance through the grading of assignments, interaction, discussion contribution, postings, etc.
Sabbatical Replacement Art Department
Hibbing Community College Hibbing, MN Aug '06 - May '07
-Responsible for developing curriculum and instruction for ceramics, 2d/3d design, and drawing courses for in the classroom.
-Teach, instruct and assess students on a multi-weekly basis.
-Assess student performance through the grading of assignments, interaction, discussion contribution, etc.
-Responsible for the maintenance of the Art Studio materials, glazes, clay, etc.
Online Art Instructor
Hibbing Community College Hibbing, MN May '00 - Aug '00
-Responsible for developing curriculum and instruction for Introduction to Art / Art Appreciation
-Teach, instruct and assess students on a multi-weekly basis.
-Assess student performance through the grading of assignments, interaction, discussion contribution, etc.
Art Instructor
Lake Superior College Duluth, MN Jan '00 - Dec '00
-Responsible for developing curriculum and instruction for Ceramics in the classroom.
-Teach, instruct and assess students on a multi-weekly basis.
-Assess student performance through the grading of assignments, interaction, discussion contribution, etc.
-Responsible for the maintenance of the Art Studio materials, glazes, clay, etc.
Studio Artist – Full Time
Tony Ferguson Duluth, MN Jan '00 - Present
Conception, design, creation, marketing and distribution of art work via galleries and the internet.
-Ceramics, photography, web design, high definition video, digital arts utilized in small business and business to business interactions and transactions through national workshops delivered to professional artists in a variety of mediums as well as student artists.
1999 to 2000 Co-Editor/Designer, Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, UW Superior, Superior, WI
1999 Art/Dance Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Superior Youth Summer, Superior, WI
1999 Fellow, Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, UW Superior, Superior, WI
1998 American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference Co-Coordinator, Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, UW Superior, WI
1998 Career/Pre-college Instructor, Native American Youth Summer, UW Superior, Superior, WI
1997 to 1998 Art Instructor, Lester Park Family Resource Center, Duluth, MN
1997 to 2001 Ballroom Dance Instructor, Washington Studios, Duluth, MN
1996 to 1997 Graduate Assistantship, Art Department, UW-Superior, Superior, WI
1995 English as a Secondary Language Instructor, Private Tutoring, Iri City, South Korea
1995 Asst. Camp Supervisor, TRIO Pre-College Camps, American Ethnic Office, UW Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
1993 to 1995 Composition Tutor English/Academic Skills, UW Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
1993 Teacher Assistant, Upward Bound Program, UW Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
1988 to 1994 Director/Computer Administrator/Consultant, TV-10 closed circuit TV/Housing Dept., UW Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
AWARDS
2006 ARAC McKnight Artist Fellowship, Duluth MN
2004 Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Collaboration Fellowship, partners NYS & Woodland Hills, Duluth, MN
2003 Madison Art Fair on the Square, Invitational Award, Madison, WI
2003 100 Best American Artists Merit Award, Taste of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2003 United States Pottery Olympics 2nd place award, Cambridge, WI
2003 The Aesthetics Award, Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, WI
2002 ARAC McKnight Artist Fellowship, Duluth MN
2000 Career Development Grant, ARAC, Duluth, MN
1999 Cambridge Pottery Festival 2nd Place Invitational Award Winner, Cambridge, WI
2000 Kruk Gallery Exhibition, 2nd Place award winner, Superior, WI
1998 The Aesthetics Award, Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, WI
1998 Cambridge Pottery Festival 1st Place Invitational Award Winner, Cambridge, WI
1995 American Multi-cultural Student Leadership Conference 2nd place winner in poetry, La Crosse, WI
1995 Student/Faculty Undergraduate Collaborative Research Grant – Ceramics, Eau Claire, WI
1995 Graduation with Honors--B.A. Cum Laude, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1995 Henry Aaron Graduate Academic Merit Scholarship award winner
EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Don't Fire Me” Short film, Duluth Playhouse Film and Free Range Film Festivals, Duluth, MN
2007 The 2nd International Nanfeng Kiln Invitational International Exhibition, Foshan, China
2006 Percent for Art, Mesabi Range Technical College Exhibition, Virginia, MN
2006 Vasefinder Nationals
2006 Sixteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas
2006 “Tea Time The Art of the Teapot,” Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2005 St. Croix Valley Fine Art Tour, Seasons on the St. Croix, Hudson, Wisconsin
2005 “Triptych” Washington Galleries, Duluth, MN
2004 Minnesota Craft Council/ Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
2004 Madison Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2004 Ami-Machi Festival, Ami-Machi Japan
2003 “Found Objects” Washington Galleries, Duluth, MN
2003 Japanese Lantern Festival, St. Paul, MN
2003 Madison Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2003 Taste of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2003 Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, WI
2003 “Elements” Art Collective, Minneapolis, MN
2003 “Down & Dirty” a ceramics invitational, Siverston’s Gallery, Duluth, MN
2003 Art Resources Gallery Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
2003 “La Piedra Comunica” – The Stone Communicates, Washington Galleries, Duluth, MN
2002 Minnesota State Fair Juried Exhibition, St. Paul MN
2002 “Tony Ferguson, Exhibition” Waters of Superior Gallery, Duluth, MN
2002 Cambridge Pottery Festival Exhibitor, Cambridge, WI
2002 Washington Studios Group Spring Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
2002 Aquarius Art Gallery, Virtual Exhibit, World Wide Web
2001 Midwest Salute to the Masters Festival of Fine Arts, St Louis, IL
2001 Exhibition of Anagama Wood fired Works, Washington Galleries, Duluth, MN
2001 Madison Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2001 Cambridge Pottery Festival Exhibitor, Cambridge, WI
2001 Washington Studios Group Spring Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
2001 Aquarius Art Gallery, Virtual Exhibit, World Wide Web
2000 Pottery For all Kind of Places, Solo Exhibition, Washington Studios, Duluth, MN
1999 Washington Studios Fall Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
1999 Duluth Depot Art Fair, Duluth, MN
1999 Powder Horn Park Festival of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Cambridge Pottery Festival Exhibitor, Cambridge, WI
1999 Kruk Gallery Spring Juried Art Exhibition, 2nd Place award, Superior, WI
1999 “Contents Hot” 1st Annual Washington Studios Tea Pot Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
1999 Washington Studios Spring Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
1998 Cambridge Pottery Festival Exhibitor, Cambridge, WI
1998 Powder Horn Park Festival of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Chef John Folse Culinary Institute National Juried Utilitarian Ceramics Competition
1998 Washington Studios Fall Art Exhibition, Duluth MN
1997 Fred Wells 21 National Juried Exhibition
1996 Glen Sheen, Exhibitor, Duluth, MN
1995 Marine on the St. Croix Harvest Fest, Scandia, MN
1995 “Cult of Clay” Art exhibition, Eau Claire, WI
1993 Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Raku Stoneware “Nanak”, Eau Claire, WI
RESIDENCIES
2001 '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08 Aug, Camp Miller YMCA, (1 week, pottery & sculpture, Raku firing)
2004 Freund Studios, 10-day creative development, glaze application, and firing residency, Miami, Florida
2004 Neighborhood Youth Services, East Central Hillside Clay Project, Duluth, MN 55806
2003 Oct/Nov, Lac Courte Oreilles Native Indian Reservation (1 week, raku workshop), Hayward, WI
2003 Feb – July, UDAC, Special Needs Artists, Duluth, MN 55806
2001 June/July, Duluth Art Institute Summer Camp, Duluth, MN
WORKSHOPS DELIVERED/PRESENTATIONS
2008 Photography, 1 day, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Harrisburg, PA
2007 Photography/Pottery, 2 day, Dale Neese Studios, San Antonio, Texas
2007 Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy, Throwing Demonstration, Guangzhou, China
2006 Photography/Pottery, 2 day, University of Wisconsin Lacrosse, Lacrosse, WI
2005 Photography/Pottery, 2 day, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
2005 Photography/Pottery, 2 day, Donna Potter Studio, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2003 Pottery, Antioch Pottery Workshop, Springfield, IL
2003 Raku Firing Demonstration, Japanese Lantern Festival, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Raku Firing Demonstration, Art Collective Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Raku Firing Demonstration, Osceola, WI
2002 Pottery/Sculpture, Washington Studios Artist’s Cooperative, Duluth, MN
2001 to 2003, International Folk Festival, Duluth, MN
2001 Portable Raku Kiln Building Workshop, Washington Studios Artist’s Cooperative, Duluth, MN
2001 Anagama Glazing, Firing and Single Firing Workshop, Osceola, Wisconsin
2000 Portable Raku Kiln Building Workshop, Washington Studios Artist’s Cooperative, Duluth, MN
1999 “Trip to Korea 1995” slide presentation to 1st Lutheran Church, Duluth
1998 “Survey of Onggi Pottery,” slide presentation, Washington Studios
1997 Minnetonka Art Center Anagama Firing Workshop, Osceola, Wisconsin
1996 “Building an Anagama Kiln,” slide presentation, University of Wisconsin-Superior
1996 “Building an Anagama Kiln,” slide presentation, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1995 “American Forming Techniques” Demonstration--Chonju Art Exhibition, Iri City, South Korea
1995 Slide Presentation: “Anagama Wood fire with Mike Weber,” WoN Kwang University, South Korea
ARTICLES INCLUDED IN/PUBLISHED IMAGES
2005 “Seeing Double and Triple at Washington Galleries,” MN-Artists.org
2005 “500 Cups” Lark Publishing, 3 Publications
2003 to 2004, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Sunshine Artist Magazine, Pottery Making Illustrated, G. Grip Ad.
2003 Ceramics Today, Raku Firing on the Web: http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/hb_raku.htm
2003 Clay Times, September/October, “Cambridge Pottery Festival”
2003 Pottery Making Illustrated, July/August, “Teaching By Choice”
2003 Ceramics Today, "Mystery Maker" http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/ferguson.htm
2002 Smart Conseil, "Raku Kiln Building Workshop," France
2002 Singapore Fourwalls Essential Home Guide of Singapore, Keypoint, Singapore
INTERNSHIPS
1995 Independent Internship in Art, South Korea - Study of Korean Ceramic Arts and Techniques
1993 The Wisconsin English Journal, Eau Claire, WI
MUSEUM/UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS
Nanfeng Kiln Contemporary Museum, Foshan, China
Mesabi Range Technical College Collection, Virginia, MN
Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
University of Wisconsin Superior Multi-Cultural Center Art Collection, Superior, Wisconsin
Ami-Machi City Museum, Ami-Machi, Japan
MAJOR MULTIPLE WORKS COLLECTIONS Partial Listing
Jim Schultz, New York, NY; Hill Irving, Hummelstown PA; John Carl Brown, Matawan, NJ
William Morgan III, Superior, WI; Mitchell Wirth, New York, NY; Jerry Warvi, Crescent City, CA
Kathy Ogrodnik, London, England; Lisa Obrecht, West Chester, PA; Romeo J Boulet, Queensbury, NY
Bruce Shewitz, Cleveland Heights, OH; George Trail, Houston, TX; Dennison Lee, New York, NY
Kelvin Yew, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; R.H. VanDusen, N. Saanich, Brit. Columbia
Terry Hsu, Nantou, Taiwan; Ernie Smith, Portland, OR; Sidney Swidler, West Bloomfield, MI
Dale Neese, San Antonio, TX; Yung-Hui Wu, Ann Arbor, MI; Pam Benson, Duluth, MN
Jane H. Hammerstein III, Washington; CT Phylomed Corp., Miami, Florida
VOLUNTEER-Partial Listing
1998 “Visiting Artists Workshop Coordinator,” University of Wisconsin-Superior
1996 Assistant Ballroom Dance Teacher, Grandma’s Sports Garden, Duluth, MN
1995 NCECA Korean Wood fire Smoke Kiln building, University of Minnesota
1995 Study Abroad Panelist for International/Multi-cultural Leadership Retreat
1994 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation Alumni Tele-fund
1993 to 1995 Poetry Readings: Cafes, Earth Day and Multi-cultural Celebrations
COMMITTEE-Partial Listing
1999 UW-Superior Multi-Cultural Art Committee, Superior, WI
1997 Art Student League, UW-Superior, Superior, WI
1994 - 1995, President of the Latino-Hispanic Student Association, UW-Eau Claire
1993 - 1994, Art Student Association, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
SOFTWARE USE--Partial Listing
Adobe Master Collection: Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Illustrator, Premiere, Flash, On Location, Ultra...
Sony: Sony Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect 4.5, Sony Acid Pro...
Microsoft Products: Office Suite...
Open Source: Open Office...
Apple: Safari, QuickTime Pro...
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