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Lori's artist's statment:
I received my degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois
and have been working with design and communication of ideas ever since.
As I’ve moved into creating art for self—rather than for clients—I’m still using
those ideas of design and communication but in ways that are more
veiled, loose and playful.
Rob's artist's statement:
I think of my stone carving as a sort of slow-motion version of the
Surrealists' Automatic Writing, wherein the Surrealist writer would
attempt to write down (quickly), whatever presented itself.
In an analysis of my method of stone carving, the process seems
similar to that described above, not in the sense of doing it quickly,
but rather in trying to tap into a source outside of the conscious state.
This process is an uneven and mostly constant struggle between a kind of
not-thinking state where an intuitive process can manifest itself, and a more
self-aware state wherein conscious design decisions are made.
The goal is to "not over-think" the process, perhaps even to not "think" at all.
This is a bit difficult, and involves releasing control and focusing on process
instead of outcome which, it seems, is a good way to conduct one's life as well.
Drummer Matt Wilson has said, "The more I play improvised music the less I want
to understand it". That is the way I am feeling about the process of stone carving at
the moment . . .
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resume for Lori A. Reed
Education
B.F.A. in Graphic Design, University of Illinois, 1981
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty—Graphic Design—Knox College departments of Art and Journalism, Galesburg, Illinois 2003-2006
Publications
Technical editing of QuarkXPress 6: Creating Digital Documents, published by Against the Clock, Inc., 2003—the official book for Quark-endorsed training programs
Work Experience
Owner - Reed Studios Inc., Galesburg, Illinois, 1985-present
Offering graphic design, illustration, photography and copy writing. Reed Studios has provided services for a variety of accounts including: higher education, game publishers, mail order, financial services, retail, healthcare, consulting, manufacturing, publishing, and tourism.
Graphics Coordinator - Tucker Prairie Printing Co., Galesburg, Illinois, 1984-1985
Graphic Designer - Dick Blick Co., Galesburg, Illinois, 1983-1984
Graphic Designer - Hult Fritz Goehausen & Matuszak Inc., Peoria, Illinois, 1981-1983
Professional Involvement
Exhibited at Art-in-the-Park, Galesburg, Illinois, September 2007; received 1st Place in
Two-Dimensional Art
Exhibited mixed media piece “88 Stars” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2007
Exhibited mixed media pieces “On Paper, She had a Happy Childhood,” “View-Master: in the National Parks of Utah” and “It Was Too Hot” at Venus Envy Quad Cities, Bucktown Center for the Arts, Davenport, Iowa, April 2007
Exhibited mixed media piece “St. Martin’s in Cologne” in GALEX, 41st national juried show at Galesburg Civic Art Center, March 2007
Exhibited mixed media piece “She hoped he would remember flowers” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2006, received Juror’s Choice Award
Exhibited Paper Collages, Chez Willy’s restaurant, Galesburg, April-May 2006
Exhibited in two-person show Rock-Pixel-Scissors, Monmouth College Len G. Everett Galleries, February-March 2006
Exhibited mixed media pieces in the Knox Art Faculty Show, Knox College, January-February 2006
Awarded first place at the 18th Annual Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism for the design of the 2005 Visitor’s Guide produced for the Galesburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Exhibited mixed media fabric piece “Oral Family History” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2005
Awarded first place at the 17th Annual Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism for the design of the 2004 Visitor’s Guide produced for the Galesburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Exhibited mixed media fabric piece “Pay Attention This is Key” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2004
Exhibited an untitled collage in Art-to-Art Exhibit, Knox College, October 2003
Created one page of a multi-page, limited-edition book made by graphic design alumni and awarded to Herman Zapf at the University of Illinois School of Art and Design graduation in May 2003
Exhibited mixed media fabric piece “Trees” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2002
Organized “Art Tiles” permanent art display at the Galesburg Welcome Center comprised of over forty 10-inch square canvases made by local and visiting artists, October 2002
Featured Artist at the Creative Expression of the Arts in Aledo, Illinois, November 2002
Exhibited mixed media fabric piece “Tibetan Dreams” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2001
Nine of my promotions for four different banking clients were featured in Financial Advertising Review magazine in the mid 1990s
Participate every year in the Galesburg High School Job Shadow program
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resume for Robert J. Reed
Education
M.F.A., Sculpture, Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma 1968
B.F.A., Studio Art, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 1966
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty—Graphic Design and Ceramics—Knox College departments of Art and Journalism, Galesburg, Illinois 2003-2006
Guest Lecturer—One-day Workshop in Adobe Photoshop—Colorado College, September 2000
Instructor—Ceramics—Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Heights, Illinois 1973-74
Teacher—Art—Huth Upper Grade Center, Matteson, Illinois 1970-74
Teacher—All Subjects—Tinley Park School System, Tinley Park, Illinois 1968-70
Teaching Assistant—Art—Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma 1968-69
Work Experience
Graphic Designer, Reed Studios Inc., Galesburg, Illinois 1996-present
V.P./Advertising, Dick Blick Co., Galesburg, Illinois 1974-1996
Professional Involvement
Exhibited sculpture “Stereo: Wow and Flutter” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2007, received the Sculpture Award
Exhibited stone sculpture “One Thing Leads to Another” in 2007 GALEX, national juried art exhibit, Galesburg Civic Art Center, March, 2007, received the Sculpture Award
Exhibited sculpture “Voyages of Ra” in Members & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August 2006, received Best in Show
Exhibited in two-person show Rock-Pixel-Scissors, Monmouth College Len G. Everett Galleries, February-March 2006
Exhibited digital prints in the Knox Art Faculty Show, Knox College, January-February 2006
Awarded first place at the 18th Annual Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism for the design of the 2005 Visitor’s Guide produced for the Galesburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Exhibited stone sculpture “Ship” in 2005 GALEX, national juried art exhibit, Galesburg Civic Art Center, February, 2005
Was awarded first place at the 17th Annual Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism
for the design of the 2004 Visitor’s Guide produced for the Galesburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Featured Artist at the Creative Expression of the Arts Program, Aledo, Illinois, November 2002
Received Juror’s Choice award for digital art print “Going Postal” in Member’s & Friends Show, Galesburg Civic Art Center, August, 2002
Exhibited stone sculpture “Gia” in 2001 GALEX, national juried art exhibit, Galesburg Civic Art Center, February, 2001
Exhibited in two-person show, “Digital Art,” January 2002, Galesburg Civic Art Center
Participated as a judge in the annual Scholastic Print Competition, annually, Peoria, Illinois, 1992-94
Exhibited in four-person show, paintings, 1988, Galesburg Civic Art Center
Board member, Galesburg Civic Art Center, 1977
Constructed and operated catenary arch, gas-fired stoneware kiln, 1972-74
Exhibited sculpture in group show at “Live From Chicago” Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1970
Exhibitor in and co-organizer of the “Two-foot Cube” sculpture exhibition, Norman,
Oklahoma 1968
President, Alpha Pi chapter of Delta Phi Delta, National Art Honorary Fraternity, 1965-66
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