Henry Dean
Foundation studies professor
Education
- M.F.A., painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
- B.A., fine arts, geography, University of St. Andrews
Credentials
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Coordinator SCAD Drawing Minor, 2017–present
Professor, foundation studies, 1999–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Sabbatical Award: Savannah College of Art and Design, Isle of Skye, Scotland, June 2014
- Artist residency: Deep Creek, Colo., sponsored by Arizona State University (Tempe location), with the Telluride Institute. Telluride, Colo., July-August 2011
- Artist in Residence sponsored by The Low Country Institute, Spring Island, GA, 2004
- Guest critic: Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, “Open House” Skowhegan, Maine, 2004
- Artist in residence sponsored by Daniel Tucker, Norwood, Colo., 2000
- New Jersey New Arts in Education Award co-recipient with Bret Harte Elementary School, Cherry Hill, N.J., 1999
Publications and presentations
Exhibitions
- Open House, HAZA, group exhibition, Savannah, Ga. 2018
- Making Waves: A Collective Perspective on the Pollution of Our Waterways, group exhibition, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Savannah, Ga., 2018
- Drawn to Macon, group exhibition, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, Ga., 2018
- Margins, solo exhibition, Sulfur Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2018
- Crescent Sun. August 21st. 5:55 video capture (real time): Path of totality passes over site-specific installation of two panels situated on the verge of a back road outside town, Elloree, S.C., 2017
- Tilt. Site-specific installation. Harbor Creek, April –July, near Spring Island and Callawassie Island, Okatie, S.C., 2017
- Longleaf Regenerated, group exhibition, 11th Longleaf Biennial Conference: “Growing a Legacy: A Working Forest for the Long Run,” Savannah, Ga., 2016
- Inner Sound: SLUICE, solo exhibition, Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, Port Royal, S.C., 2015
- = C r e e k s +F o l d s = From the Low Country to the Isle of Skye, solo exhibition, Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2015
- Sluice, site-specific installation on the Chechessee River, sponsored by the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, Port Royal, S.C., 2015
- WET & DRY, solo exhibition, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2012
- Diverse Works, group exhibition, DeSoto Row Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2012
- Atlas of the San Miguel, group exhibition, Depot Gallery, Telluride, Colo., 2011
- Artists for Haiti, group show, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2010
- Georgia Green: Eco-Artists of the Peach State, group exhibition, Georgia College and State University Art Museum, Milledgeville, Ga., 2008
- Seeing Sounds, collaborative sculpture installation and performance work by CFAC (Creative Force Artists Collective), S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2008
Publications
- “Applicability of Sketching Within Integrative Teaching and Learning Methodologies,” Foundations NOW, ThinkTank “Future Forward,” Integrative: Teaching International. Nov. 1, 2012.
- “Trifold: History Trail,” creative director, author, co-editor (with David Kaminsky), Spring Island, S.C., April 2011
Presentations
- “Swimming in the Current,” Spring Island Land Trust, Spring Island, S.C., 2017
- “Sluice,” Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, Port Royal, S.C., 2015
- “Art of the Twenty-Teens: Environment & Processes,” SCAD, Savannah, Ga., 2015
- “The Art of the Working Sketch,” ONSTREAM 2011, 2011 FATE Biennial Conference, St. Louis, 2011
- “Curriculum Ideation Forum,” May 1 lecture, SCAD, Savannah, Ga., 2010
- “Uncertainty and Practice in Painting,” Art First lecture series, SCAD, Savannah, Ga., 2008
- “Wetlands Celebration,” Oatland Island Education Center, Savannah, Ga., 2002