2015     

                 

MFA in Art, Emphasis Sculpture - University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

 

2011      

                

BFA in Art, Emphasis Sculpture - Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

BS in Education, Art Education - Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

Present

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Instructional Associate Professor of Art, Sculpture, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Courses taught: Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design, Art 331 Beginning Sculpture, Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture, Art 490 Independent Study

• Instruction of graduate student teaching assistants in preparation for their teaching assistantship.

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2022 - 2024  

        

Instructional Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture and Foundations, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Courses taught: Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design, Art 331 Beginning Sculpture,  Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture, Art 490 Independent Study.

• Instruction of graduate student teaching assistants in preparation for their teaching assistantship.

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2019 - 2022   

       

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture and Foundations, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Courses taught: Art 101 Two-Dimensional Design, Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design, Art 331 Beginning Sculpture, Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture, Art 490 Independent Study

• Instruction of graduate student teaching assistants in preparation for their teaching assistantship. 

 

2020     

     

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art - Interim Sculpture Program Head, Sabbatical Replacement Fall 2020, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Courses taught: Art 331 Beginning Sculpture, Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture, Art 431 Advanced Sculpture, Art 531 Graduate Sculpture and Art 405 Pre-Thesis Forum.

• Full administrative responsibilities for the sculpture program, including management of the sculpture facilities, materials, supplies, and tools, direct supervision of the Shop Technician and other sculpture instructional faculty, delegation and oversight of graduate assistantship duties and undergraduate shop monitors, and guidance of sculpture MFA and BFA students.

 

2015 - 2019

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Adjunct Instructor of Art, Sculpture and Foundations, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Courses taught: Art 101 Two-Dimensional Design, Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design, Art 331 Beginning Sculpture, Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture, and Art 410 Art Internship.

• Instruction of graduate student teaching assistants in preparation for their teaching assistantship. 

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2013 - 2014     

     

Instructor of Record, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design.

 

2013      

    

Teaching Artist, St. Louis Artworks, St. Louis, Missouri.

• Six-week program with 17 student apprentices, ages 14 – 18

• Designing, fabricating, and installing one commissioned bicycle rack for a private client and three commissioned park benches for the Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, Illinois.

• Overseeing the completion of various artworks for sale for fundraising event.

 

2011 

         

Student Teaching: Ellis High School/Washington Elementary School, Ellis, Kansas.

• Instruction of four high school art classes and multiple elementary classes for 16 weeks as part of degree fulfillment.  

2025-Present  

 

UM Arts Scholarship Committee, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Music, and Department of Theatre and Film, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. 

 

2024-Present  

 

Student Art Awards Committee Member, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Organization and implementation of carnival themed retention event in conjunction with student recognition for departmental and College of Liberal Arts awards.

 

NASAD Self Study Collaborator, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Providing information relating to Sculpture Discipline and department recruitment efforts, collection, contribution, and organization of student artwork examples for Art 103 Three-Dimensional Design, Art 331 Beginning Sculpture, and Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture.

 

2023-Present  

 

Academic Board – The Institute for the Arts, Department of Music, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Theatre and Film, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. 

 

2022-Present  

 

Recruitment Committee Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Organization and delegation of committee responsibilities, attendance at on-campus and regional recruitment events, organization and implementation of departmental scholarship application and selection process, departmental visit/portfolio days, departmental tours, department open house, marketing and promotional materials.

 

Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree and Pumpkin Carving Contest, Department of Art and Art History, UM Sculpture Society, and UM Sculpture, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Student retention event including pumpkin carving, carved pumpkin contest, costume contest, games, and activities.

 

Mississippi Day/Junior Preview Day, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Recruitment and community outreach event open to prospective students, alumni, and families.

 

2017-Present  

 

Freshmen and Transfer Student Orientation Advising, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2015-Present  

 

MFA Candidate Semester Reviews, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Transcribing faculty feedback for student use and offering personal feedback based on visual, written, and oral presentations for graduate students in all disciplines.

 

BFA Candidate Portfolio Reviews and Semester Reviews, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Transcribing faculty feedback for student use and offering personal feedback for undergraduate BFA students in all disciplines.

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Facility Support, Sculpture Program, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Assisting with general inventory and ordering materials/tools/equipment, maintaining classroom and studio spaces and material/tool/equipment use and storage, maintaining and building equipment.

• Inventory, ordering, and maintenance of First Aid consumables and First Aid kits. Repairing leather safety equipment.

• Maintenance of blacksmithing space/tools/equipment

• Maintenance of sewing machines

• Collaborative direction of graduate student shop monitors in weekly clean up and facility improvements.

 

2025-2026      

 

Thesis Committee Member – MFA Candidate Wesley Rankin – Sculpture Emphasis, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Thesis Committee Member – MFA Candidate Ellis Barber – Sculpture Emphasis, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

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2025               

 

Search Committee Member – Administrative Assistant and Financial Coordinator, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2024-2025      

 

Thesis Committee Member – MFA Candidate Breanna Bercegeay – Sculpture Emphasis, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Search Committee Member – Department Chair Search, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2024               

 

Search Committee Chair – Instructional Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Big Print Steamroller Printmaking Event, Pixel Press and UM Sculpture, Department of Art and Art History.

• Collaborative facilitation of work space and printing process for event.

 

UM Ambassador Tour, UM Admissions, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Collaborative tour of the sculpture area and informational session for university student ambassadors, providing material for future campus tours.

 

2023 – 2024   

 

Departmental Strategic Planning, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Participation in two faculty retreats to develop a strategic plan for the department, aligning with department, college, and university goals.

 

Ad Hoc Committee – Class Length and Course Load, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2022-2023      

 

Search Committee Member – Department Chair Search, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Thesis Committee Member – MFA Candidate Christopher Latil – Printmaking Emphasis, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2021-2022      

 

Thesis Committee Member – MFA Candidate Ashley Smith – Sculpture Emphasis, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. 

 

2021               

 

Summer College Program Experiential Activity Coordinator, The Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, College of Liberal Arts, and Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Arranged and executed supplemental activities for high school students involved in the month-long Summer College program. These activities included printmaking and bookbinding workshops, blacksmithing and painting demonstrations, and studio visits facilitated by graduate students and faculty in the Department of Art and Art History. Number of participants in the activities ranged from six to seventeen.

 

2020               

 

Interim BFA Coordinator – Sabbatical Replacement Fall 2020, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Conception and implementation of digital application, interview, and review processes, as well as advising students in the creation of portfolios, artist’s statements, and presentation preparation for all BFA disciplines.

 

2017               

 

Spring Visit Day, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Portfolio review for scholarships and department tours.

 

Girl Scouts of America STEAM Event, College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Aluminum relief workshop and pour.

 

2016               

 

Spring Visit Day, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Portfolio review for scholarships and department tours.

Present           

 

Steering Committee Co-Chair – National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Conference planning and organization, theme selection, keynote, opening ceremony, joint-oversight of nine sub-committees, coordination with site, grant writing, etc.

 

2025-Present  

 

Midsouth Sculpture Alliance Board of Directors, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

• Scholarship Committee Chair – undergraduate and graduate sculpture/art student scholarship.

  • Organization, implementation, and delegation of responsibilities relating to scholarship call and nomination/application process, juror selection, scholarship recipient exhibition and presentations at conferences, mentorship and awards, online promotional panels and presentations, etc.

• Bylaws Committee Member

• Indoor Exhibitions Committee Member

• Ad Hoc Committee – Membership Cultivation – examination of membership fee structure and benefits of membership in the organization, investigating recruitment and retention challenges and strategies.

 

2018-2019      

 

Steering Committee – National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Workshops Committee Chair – application and selection process for conference workshops, material/supply solicitation and organization, on site organization and facilitation of workshop instructors, workspaces, and conference attendee participation.

• General contributions to full conference planning

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2017-2018      

 

Steering Committee – 8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

• “Melt-Zone” Mentor/Mentee Program Chair

• Organization and implementation of pre-conference workshop, pairing novice iron castors with experienced iron artists to create personal works of art.

 

2016-2017      

 

Steering Committee – National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Workshops Committee Co-Chair – application and selection process for conference workshops, material/supply solicitation and organization, on site organization and facilitation of workshop instructors, workspaces, and conference attendee participation.

• General contributions to full conference planning

2025               

 

There’s No Place Like Home Reimagined, Atchison Art Association and the Cultural Center for the Arts, Atchison, Kansas. (solo, 8 month)

 

2017               

 

Ferrous Arthives: The Process and Tradition of Cast Iron Art, Community Supported Art Program, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Powerhouse, Oxford, Mississippi. (solo, small group)

 

2015               

 

There’s No Place Like Home, MFA thesis exhibition, Department of Art and Art History, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. (solo)

 

2014               

 

26 Objects of Obsession, international juried exhibition at the Mini Museum, It’s All About Things Gallery, Port Chester, New York. (solo, small group)

 

2012               

 

Old Jefferson Town Featured Artist - June, John Steuart Curry Museum, Old Jefferson Town, Oskaloosa, Kansas. (solo)

 

Birds with Wings and Sculptural Things, Sculpture and Ground Beef by Stacey Rathert, BFA solo show, Spring Gallery Walk, Hays Arts Council Outdoor Space, Hays, Kansas. (solo)

2024-2025      

 

ArtVillage Foundation Sculpture Park - Public Sculpture Exhibition, ArtSculpt International, Fairview Heights, Illinois. (invitational)

 

2023-2024      

 

Sculpture Downtown 2023, Sixmile Sculpture Works and Alfresco Productions, Granite City, Illinois. (juried)

 

St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri. (juried)

 

2021-2023      

 

Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi. (juried)

 

2021-2022      

 

Industry on Track: A Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Opelika Main Street, Opelika, Alabama.

 

2021-2022      

 

St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri. (juried)

 

2019-2021      

 

Sculpture Garden Invitational, St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

2017-2018      

 

St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri. (juried)

 

Out of the Box, juror Jean Shin, Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

 

2017               

 

Art on the Green Sculpture Garden Invitational, 100th Anniversary Celebration, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas.

 

Granite City Sculpture Park, Sixmile Sculpture Works and Alfresco Productions, Granite City, Illinois. (invitational)

 

2015-2017      

 

Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi. (juried)

 

2016-2017   

 

Art on the Green Sculpture Garden Invitational, curator Jeffie Brewer, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas.

 

2016               

 

Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art Second Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (juried)

 

2014               

 

Powerhouse Sculpture Park, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi. (juried)

 

2013               

 

Sculpture Downtown, Sixmile Sculpture Works and Alfresco Productions, Granite City, Illinois.

2026               

 

Art Faculty Exhibit, University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi. (invitational)

 

2025               

 

The Spaces We Inhabit, juror Isaac Duncan III, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama. 

 

Collections Interventions: 2025 Mississippi Collegiate Art Faculty Invitational, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi.

 

2024               

 

Solidarity, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, Alabama. (juried)

 

Tiny Iron at WCIAC, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, El Cajon, California. (invitational)

 

Full Circle, Western Cast Iron Juried Exhibition, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, California. (juried)

 

Adorned Spaces: Tiny Iron at SNAG, Society for North American Goldsmiths Conference, Montezuma Hall, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. (invitational) 

 

Teeny Tiny Print Exchange Exhibition, University of Mississippi Department of Art and Art History, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

6th Annual Spring Honors Art Showcase – Faculty & Staff, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the University of Mississippi, Powerhouse, Oxford, Mississippi.  

 

The Iron Show, Dane Ledet Gallery, Nichols State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana. (invitational)

 

2023               

 

Holiday Miniature Show, Bozarts Gallery, Water Valley, Mississippi.

 

Sanctuary Arts Festival Featured Artists Exhibition, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Mississippi Arts Commission, Campbell Clinic, and Oxford Magazine, The Graduate Hotel, Oxford, Mississippi. (juried)

                       

MSA Select, juror Melissa Vandenberg, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, Kentucky.

 

2023 Juried Exhibition NCCCIAP, juror David Lobdell, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

Iron Tribe Exhibition 2023, national exhibition, Burris Hall Art Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. (invitational)

 

2023 Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of Mississippi Department of Art and Art History, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2022               

 

Holiday Miniature Show, Bozarts Gallery, Water Valley, Mississippi.

                       

Western Cast Iron Art Conference Exhibition, national exhibition, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, University Art Galleries, Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. (juried)

 

MSA Select, juror Leticia Bajuyo, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.

 

Potluck, group exhibition, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

 

2021               

 

Answering Earth, juror Jason Brown, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, virtual exhibition, Instagram.

 

Homegrown, group exhibition, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

 

Flyover, group exhibition, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, The Hub Arts and Cultural Center, Rushville, Illinois.

 

Segmented 2021, International Sculpture Day virtual group exhibition, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, Website.

 

Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

 

Collective Memory, virtual exhibition, Alzheimer’s Glass and Iron, Alzheimer’s Glass and Iron website. (invitational)

 

Fiber on the Square, Oxford Fiber Arts Festival and Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi

 

2020               

 

Situational Invitational, virtual exhibition, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, WCIAA website.

 

2019               

 

Steering Committee Exhibition, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Back Forty Beer Company, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

2018               

 

Professional Exhibition, national exhibition, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Studio B, Granite City, Illinois. (juried)

 

Intent: A Tool Show, juror Miranda Kyle, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, The Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania. (juried)

 

The Railroad Exhibition, juror Durant Thompson, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Selected Exhibitions cont.

 

Ferrous Wheel: Steering Committee Exhibition, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, The Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

 

Size Matters: Small Iron Works Exhibition, participant exhibition, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, The Mall at Steamtown, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

 

FHSU Alumni Invitational, Fort Hays State University, Sculpture Gallery, Center for Applied Technology and Sculpture, Hays, Kansas.

 

Chancellor’s Skybox, Vaught Hemingway Stadium, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi. (invitational)

 

2017               

 

Carrier House, Chancellor’s Guest House, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi. (invitational)

 

Steering Committee Exhibition, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Trim Tab Brewing Co. Birmingham, Alabama.

           

Leftovers VII Print Exchange, international print exchange and traveling print show, Wingtip Press.

 

2016               

 

Concept to Completion: Student and Professional Exhibition, jurors Mary Bates Neubauer and Wendy Raisanen, national exhibition, Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, The Gallery at the Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

Flare: Iron Through the Lens, AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania. (juried)

 

5th 12x12: A National Exhibit of Small-Scale Works of Art, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (juried)

 

Habitat For Humanity Birdhouse Exhibition and Auction, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Powerhouse, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Leftovers VI Print Exchange, international print exchange and traveling print show, Wingtip Press.

 

UM Art Department Faculty Exhibit, Southside Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2015               

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices Juried Exhibition, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

New Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Department of Art and Art History, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Iron Tribe Exhibit 2015, national exhibition, Burris Hall Art Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. (invitational)

2025

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Greenfield Farm Invitational, The Mississippi Lab and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• One-day, "plain air" art making event, open to public viewing.

• One of 10 invited artists.

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2023                

 

Artists for the Next 50 Years and Sanctuary Arts Festival, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Mississippi Arts Commission, Oxford Magazine, South Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Oxford, Mississippi. 

• Selected as one of 13 artists to be featured in a documentary film, various publications and on social media platforms, and two-day arts festival to include an Art Crawl, Studio Tour, Art Slam, and Art Disco. 

 

Self-Imposed Residency and Collaborative Project, with Jillian Springer, Lancaster, Kansas.

• Five-day, intensive art production and collaboration resulting in the completion of two collaborative sculptures for submission to public sculpture exhibitions. 

Commissions, Residencies, and Special Projects cont.

 

2018              

 

 Grassroots Art Center Pole Art Commission, Lucas, Kansas. 

• Fabricated and smithed steel sculpture for main street light pole. 

 

2015              

 

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Commission, Nortonville, Kansas. 

• Concrete and steel sculptures for outdoor sanctuary.

 

2013                

 

Six Mile Sculpture Works Summer Residency, Alfresco Productions, Granite City, Illinois. 

• Public sculpture designed, fabricated, and installed in downtown Granite City.    

 

2009-2011      

 

Fort Hays State University Traveling Aluminum Furnace Crew

• Colby Community College, Colby, Kansas; Felton Middle School, Hays, Kansas; Vanguard School, Colorado Springs, Colorado; La Junta High School, La Junta, Colorado; Kennedy Middle School, Hays, Kansas; Ellis High School, Ellis, Kansas.

 

2010                

 

Pour Crew for Matthew Barney Film River of Fundament, Detroit, Michigan. 

• Preparation work on five large blast furnaces and site, charge crew for performance and filming. 

2025               

 

Home for the Holidays: Gingerbread Houses, Charcuterie Chalets, and the House as a Symbol, Lectures on Tap, College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi, Circle and Square Brewery, Oxford, Mississippi. 

 

Guest Lecturer, Freshman Honors 101, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Gallery Talk – There’s No Place Like Home Reimagined, Atchison Art Association and the Cultural Center for the Arts, Atchison, Kansas.

 

Gallery Talk – Collections Interventions, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi.

 

2024               

 

Fire Arts + Placemaking Redux Panel, MSA Conference 2024, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, Birmingham, Alabama.

• One of five participants

 

What Art Is – Guest Lecturer, Freshman Honors 101, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Lecture, group discussion, and hands-on activity, encouraging students in the course to think critically about art and form their own opinions about what art is. Non-majors.

 

2023                

 

Mississippi Outreach to Scholastic Talent Reunion - College of Liberal Arts Panel Discussion, Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement, College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• MOST is a recruitment, retention, and student success program for rising high school seniors, focusing on community, mentoring, and personal development.

• One of eight faculty/staff/student panelists discussing classroom expectations, opportunities and resources, and the college experience.  

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Methods to the Madness, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Presentation on pedagogy used to teach cast iron and sculpture mediums.

• Subtopics included: attitude and engagement, community building, safety, organization and signage, assignment sheets, handouts, and illustrations, demonstrations, physical examples, sketchbooks and research, learning from failure, hands-on experiences, pedagogy to practice, and archive systems.

 

2022                

 

Visiting Artist, Decatur Community Schools, Oberlin, Kansas. 

• Workshop with three high school classes, portfolio visits with high school students, visits in 7th grade and elementary classrooms, and public lecture.   

 

2021                

 

Demonstration/Workshop - Blacksmithing, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi. 

• Three-day demonstration of basic blacksmithing techniques and application of those techniques in the creation of a functional object. Participants forged a “hotdog fork” at the conclusion of the workshop portion. 

• Undergraduate and graduate student participants enrolled in Advanced Sculpture Art 431/531. 

 

Cast Iron Cooking, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, virtual conference.

• Workshop Instructor

• Taught participants how to make pizza in their cast iron skillet, compared the process and science of baking to cast iron. 

 

Workshop - Soft Sculpture/Sewing, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi. 

• Workshop covering the basics of sewing with a machine and hand stitching. Participants sewed, stuffed, and closed a small pillow. 

• Undergraduate and graduate student participation from multiple disciplines.  

 

2019                

 

Demonstration - Blacksmithing, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• UM Sculpture Society Outreach and Fundraiser

 

Visiting Artist, Osage City Elementary School, Osage City, Kansas. 

• Found object sculpture workshop with 58 Fourth Grade students.  

 

Montessori STEAM Summer Camp, Magnolia Montessori School, Oxford, Mississippi. 

• Found object sculpture with 16 elementary age children.

 

2018                

 

I Am For An Art, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Granite City, Illinois. 

• Presentation prompt – Claes Oldenburg’s I am For… written in 1961

• One of six invited presenters 

 

Visiting Artist, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

• Studio visits in sculpture and ceramics classes, three demonstrations of mold making techniques with resin-bonded sand and greensand, and public lecture.

 

Visiting Artist, Out of the Box Guest Artist Series, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Auburn, Alabama. 

• Classroom visits in Auburn City Schools, studio visits with Auburn University sculpture and ceramics classes, public lecture, and Family Studio artist workshop at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art. 

 

2013-2016       

 

Workshop - Cup, Saucer, Spoon Mold Making, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Art 332 Intermediate Sculpture

 

2016                

 

Visiting Artist, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

• Public lecture.

 

2015                

 

Life After Grad School, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Guest Lecturer BFA Senior Seminar Art 492

 

Workshop - Corpse in the Classroom, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Graduate Sculpture Art 631

 

Artist Lecture, University Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

Guest Furnace, production pour, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Production of iron for guest molds at conference.

 

2014                

 

Grad School: The Ins and Outs, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

• Guest Lecturer BFA Senior Seminar Art 492

 

Corpse in the Classroom: Student Response, Collaboration: Success Loves Company Panel, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas. 

• Collaborative lecture with Professor Durant Thompson.

 

Baltic Iron: Exhibition Work Abroad, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi. 

• Collaborative lecture with Seth Thibodaux.  

 

Graduate Schools Panel, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Laramie, Wyoming.

 

2013                

 

Guest Furnace Demonstration Pour, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

Artist Lecture, Sarah Isom Center Gender Conference, Art2Frame, Oxford, Mississippi.

2020-Present  

 

Collaborative Juror – Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Collaborative jurying process for selection of sculptures for inclusion on the sculpture trail.

 

2016-Present  

 

Installation Supervisor – Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Overseeing student crews, assisting visiting artists, installation and deinstallation of public sculptures, tool and equipment maintenance and transport, documentation of installations, artwork, and artists.

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2026               

 

2026 Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, virtual adjudication.  

 

2024 – 2025   

 

Site Curator – 2025 MSA Select, Oxford, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance and the Department of Art and Art History, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2025               

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

2024               

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

Catapult Competition Art and Aesthetics Judging, School of Engineering, Center for Math and Science Education, and Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• ​6th – 12th grade participants

 

2023               

 

Collaborative Juror – Greenfield Farm Invitational, The Mississippi Lab and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• One of three jurors for a plein air painting event at the location of the future Greenfield Farm Writers Residency.

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

2022               

 

Deinstallation Crew – The Other Sun Exhibition, University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Assistance with the deinstallation, preparation, and packing of Jacob Hashimoto artwork for transport.

 

Guest Juror – Metals in May Exhibition, Society of Sculptors Club, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

2021               

 

Installation Crew – The Other Sun Exhibition, University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Assistance with the unpacking and installation of Jacob Hashimoto artwork for exhibition.

 

2019               

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

Local Visiting Artist Juror – Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Contributed to the selection process of 12 public sculptures for installation on the trail.

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Catapult Competition Art and Aesthetics Judging, School of Engineering, Center for Math and Science Education, and Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• ​6th – 12th grade participants

 

2018               

 

Catapult Competition Art and Aesthetics Judging, School of Engineering, Center for Math and Science Education, and Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• ​6th – 12th grade participants

 

2017               

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

2016               

 

Site Curator – Playground: A Margin for Error Adult Interchange, artist Jillian Springer, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2015               

 

Installation Crew – Yokna Sculpture Trail, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, University of Mississippi, and University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Student installation crew, assisting visiting artists, installation of public sculptures, tool and equipment maintenance and transport.

 

Visual Arts Judging, Atchison County 4-H Fair, Effingham, Kansas.

 

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2023-Present  

 

CETL Workshops, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Getting Started with Alternative Grading Approaches

• Alternatives to Traditional Essays

• Welcome Week Workshop: Crafting Your Syllabus

• Reclaiming Joy and Purpose in the Classroom

• Understanding the ADA and Its Impact on Teaching

• Real Talk about Teaching: Normalizing Educators’ Setbacks, Struggles, and Snafus

 

2026               

 

Kudzu Basketry Workshop: Conical Tree with Nancy Opalko, Oxford Fiber Arts Festival, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2025               

 

MSA Confab 2025, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama.

Conferences and Workshops Attended cont.

 

“Iron Try,” Western Cast Iron Art Alliance pre-conference planning event, Las Vegas, New Mexico.

 

Curriculum Workshop for Expanded Media Concentration, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.

• Curriculum mapping

• IRM Analysis

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

2024               

 

MSA Conference 2024, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

8th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California.

 

Kudzu Basketry Workshop: Egg Baskets with Nancy Opalko, Oxford Fiber Arts Festival, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2023                

 

MSA Confab 2023, Midsouth Sculpture Alliance, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Production pour crew

 

Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• Production pour crew.

 

2022                

 

7th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.

• Production pour crew

 

2021                

 

Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Interdisciplinary Sculpture Conference, virtual and in-person conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, virtual conference. 

 

2019                

 

Paige Wainwright Award Workshop, Sloss Metal Arts, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Self-directed, large mold making workshop resulting in 140 pound casting of burlap sack. 

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

2018                

 

6th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Granite City, Illinois. 

• Production pour crew, exhibition installation crew

 

8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Keystone Iron Works, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

 

2017                

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

2016                

 

5th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona.

• Soup Can Cupola Contest, performance pour charge crew, Tiny Iron: “soup can” standard investment and centrifugal casting workshop.  

 

Making and Decorating a Tea Service with Amelia Stamps, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tennessee.

• Ceramics workshop

 

Fire at the Furnace, Keystone Iron Works, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

• 8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Pre-Conference Planning Session. 

 

2015                

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Production pour

 

Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• Production pour

 

2014                

 

4th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 

 

Mid America Collegiate Art Association, San Antonio, Texas.  

 

7th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Sabile, Latvia.

 

2013               

 

 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

• Production pour

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Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Granite City, Illinois. 

• Production pour crew. 

 

2012                

 

Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Granite City, Illinois. 

• Performance pour, production pour, mold-making workshop.  

 

3rd Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. 

• On-site planning and facilitating, performance pour iron production, tour guide.  

                        

2011               

 

 Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. 

• Performance pour crew.  

 

2010                

 

Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Granite City, Illinois. 

 

2nd Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. 

• Performance pour crew. 

 

2009                

 

Kansas Artisans and Craftsmen’s Association Conference, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. 

• Iron production pour and demonstration.  

 

National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama. 

2024

 

Purchase Award, St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri.

• Public sculpture purchased for permanent exhibition in the City of St. Joseph.

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Featured Artist, The Medal for the Arts, The University of Mississippi Institute for the Arts, University, Mississippi. 

 

2021 

         

First Place Winner, Industry on Track: A Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Opelika Main Street, Opelika, Alabama

 

First Place, Fiber on the Square, Oxford Fiber Arts Festival, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi

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2018  

        

Purchase Award, St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri.

• Public sculpture purchased and donated to the City of St. Joseph for permanent exhibition.

 

2017 

         

Out of the Box: Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition First Place Award Winner, Auburn, Alabama.

 

Community Supported Art Program Grant Recipient, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, Mississippi.

 

2016         

 

Cleanest Fabrication and Most Aesthetically Pleasing (Kick Ass) Furnace, Soup Can Cupola Contest, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. 

 

2015           

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Graduate Achievement Award in Art and Art History, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

 

Paige Wainwright Award, Outstanding Service to Conference, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

2014    

                   

Outstanding Studio Art Student Award, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

 

Outstanding Sculpture Student Award, Rebel Sculpture Society, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi.

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Present           

 

Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Board of Directors

 

2022-Present  

 

International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art Organization

 

2021-2024      

 

Mid-South Sculpture Alliance

           

2021-2022      

 

Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative

2024

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Fitch, Zoe. "Stacey Rathert: A Portal to Kansas in Mississippi." Oxford Magazine, 24 June 2024. (Print and Online)

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2023    

 

Terrel, Antonio. Artists for the Next 50 Years: Stacey Rathert. Vimeo, 2023, https://vimeo.com/843798056. (Mini documentary)

 

Mullen Vermilye, Laura. “Stacey Rathert : Be the Fe!” The podCAST IRON, episode 28, Feb. 3, 2023, https://castirongypsy.com/thepodcastiron. (Interview, also available on Youtube and Spotify)  

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Garrett, Erin. “Mississippi Artists to Paint Faulkner’s Mule Farm.” University of Mississippi News, University of Mississippi, 5 Sept. 2023, news.olemiss.edu/mississippi-artists-to-paint-faulkners-mule-farm/. (Interview for article)

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2018  

        

St. Joseph Downtown Partnership. “New Sculpture Art Displayed.” News Press Now, Downtown Digest, 19 June 2018, www.newspressnow.com/businessjournal/downtown-digest. (Article)

 

Main Street Pole Art. (2018, Spring). Grassroots Art Center News, 20, 2. (Photograph of artwork featured) 

 

Etheredge, Brandon. “Jule Collins Smith Museum Holds 'Out of the Box' Art Competition.” WTVM, American Broadcasting Company, 3 Feb. 2018. (Interview for news broadcast)

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Hendrix, Charlotte. “Auburn Students Network with Award-Winning Sculptors.” The Newsroom, Office of Communications and Marketing: Auburn University, 1 Feb. 2018, ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom. (Article)

 

2017

           

Davis, Virgina M. “Repair Days: Annual Fundraiser for Metal Museum.” RSVP, Nov. 2017, p. 34.

(Credited photograph)

 

McCarley, Ginny Cooper. “Reimagined.” Invitation Oxford November 2017: 62. Print and Web. (Featured artist)

 

“Out of the Box Interviews: Stacey Rathert (First Place Winner).” Youtube, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 13 Oct. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx0lmqTSDzo. (Interview)

 

Belt, Andy. “Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts Jane Chu impressed with arts scene in Oxford.” The Oxford Eagle 18 July 2017, News sec.: 1 Print and Web. (Credited photograph)

 

Posey, Reid. “Yoknapatawpha Art Council launching new program connecting local artists and those who love art.” The Oxford Eagle 16 July 2017, Lifestyle sec.: 1 Print and Web. (Interview for article)

 

Parker, Meredith. “Do Cutbacks in Funding Mean the Arts Are Under Attack?” Medium, The Oxford Crucible, 2 May 2017, medium.com/do-cutbacks-in-funding-mean-the-arts-are-under. (Interview for article)

 

2016   

       

Sweeten-Shults, Lana. “Kemp Exhibit Features Large Outdoor Pieces.” Times Record News, 20 May 2016.

Print and Electronic Article. (Credited photo and artist information)

 

McIntosh, Lizzie. “Art Department Students Get White-Hot Experience.” The Daily Mississippian [University] 2 May 2016, Volume 104, No. 132, News sec.: 5. Pirnt. (Interview for article)

 

McIntosh, Lizzie. "Art Department Hosts Iron Pour." The Daily Mississippian [University] 1 May 2016. The DM Online. Web. <http://thedmonline.com/section-um-sculpture-department-hosts-iron-pour-ri/>. (Interview for article)

 

2014           

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Barney, Matthew, and David Grimm. River of Fundament. Laurenz Foundation, 2014. (Film)

 

2012  

        

Hunninghake, Erin. "The Iron Woman." Lady A 2012: 14-16. Print. (Interview)

 

"Rathert Art to Highlight Old Settlers Event." Atchison Daily Globe 19 June 2012. Print. (Exhibition article)

 

"Sculptress to Be at Curry Museum." The Oskaloosa Independent 18 June 2012. Print. (Exhibition article)

 

“Sparks Fly Amid the Storms.” The Hays Daily News 26 May 2012. Print. (Interview for article)

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2010    

      

Yablonsky, Linda. "Crazy, Sexy, Khu." Artfourm.com/diary. 7 Oct. 2010. Web. (Un-credited photograph)

 

Khu. Director. Matthew Barney. Composer. Jonathan Beplar. Michigan, Detroit. 2 Oct. 2010. (Performance)

 

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