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Ron Longsdorf

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., fine arts, sculpture, University of Delaware
  • B.F.A., art, Penn State University

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of foundation studies, 2016-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Visiting assistant professor, Art Education and Crafts Dept., 2011-2016, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
  • Instructor, 2015, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
  • Collaborative instructor, 2011 winter interim, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
  • Adjunct faculty, fall semester 2008
    Adjunct faculty, summer session 2007
    Instructor of record, spring semester 2006
    Instructor of record, fall semester 2006
    Instructor of record, winter session 2006, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Professional

  • Artist-in-residence/community outreach, 2010, HUB-BUB.COM, Spartanburg, SC
  • Curator, 2010, SIMULACRA, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
  • Curator, 2010, New Triumph of Painting, The Showroom, HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, SC
  • Curator, 2009, Language of Line, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
  • Curator, 2009, bodies/words/sounds, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
  • Curator, 2008, Absurd Situations, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
  • Curator, 2008, Transcendence: Object, Culture and Technology, New Wilmington Art Association
  • Exhibition coordinator, 2008-2010, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
  • Security manager, 2007-2010, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
  • Graduate shop technician, 2006, sculpture department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Travel Assistance Grant, Professional Development, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pa., 2015
  • Educator Scholarship, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, N.J., 2015
  • Individual Artist Opportunity Grant, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, Del., 2010
  • Artist Honorarium, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., 2010
  • Established Individual Artist Fellowship, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, Del., 2009
  • Artist Honorarium, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Ky., 2008
  • Individual Artist Opportunity Grant, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, Del., 2008
  • First-place Award, Too Real Is Too Real, RRCA, Millville, N.J., 2008
  • Artist Stipend, Tyler Arboretum, Media, Pa., 2008
  • Artist Residency Partial Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vt., 2007
  • Higher Education Teaching Certification, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Delaware, 2007
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 2006
  • Block Grant, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 2005

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • A Sense of Home, Boxed In/Break Out, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Ga., 2018
  • Fabricated Environments, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio, 2017
  • Everything Comes Alive When Contradictions Accumulate, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla., 2011
  • Nie Struktur, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, Del., 2010
  • Domestic Artifacts, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., 2010
  • I Can't Help Looking to the Past, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, Del., 2009
  • I Tried to Build Us a Home, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Ky., 2008
  • Conversations, Gallery Penn State, State College Theater, State College, Pa., 2007

Articles, reviews, publications of artist

  • Kristopher Monroe, "Savannah Artist Shares Definitions of 'Home' in Jepson Windows," Do Savannah, April 10, 2018
  • "On Common Ground: The Public Art of Spartanburg," Hub City Press, 2015
  • Franz Juarez, Ron Longsdorf, 365 Artists, 365 Days Project, Nov. 20, 2014 https://365artists365days.com/2014/11/20/ron-longsdorf-reading-pennsylvania/
  • Philip A. Hartigan, "A View from the Easel," 67th installment, Chicago, Hyperalleric, May 29, 2014
  • Mark Jenkins, "Lorton Workhouse Art's 'Creature Comforts' Emphasizes Creation, Building," The Washington Post, May 17, 2012
  • Darren White, "Domestic Spaces Challenge the Concept of 'Home,'" Philadelphia Weekly, May 2, 2012
  • Margie Fishman, "Machines Triumphant," The News Journal, March 1, 2012
  • Kim Kimzey, "Statue Unveiled to Mark Flood Along Pacolet," Spartanburg Herald Journal, Nov. 15, 2011
  • Donald Munro, "Recapping 'East of Fresno.'" Fresno Bee, Sept. 28, 2011
  • Kari Jackson, "Spartanburg's Hub Bub Project Celebrates Five Years," Herald Journal, May 29, 2011
  • Kim Kimzey, "Dance, Music, Visual Arts Collide as Ballet Signs Off," Herald Journal, March 17, 2011
  • Gary Henderson, "Artist Cooks Up 'Meals with Ron,'" Spartanburg Journal, Vol. 6, No. 45, Nov. 5, 2010
  • Cindy Landrum, "Hub-bub Welcomes New Artists-in-residence," Spartanburg Journal, Vol. 6, No. 28, July 9, 2010
  • J. Susan Isaacs, Ron Longsdorf, Mezzanine Gallery, Delaware Division of the Arts, Sculpture, May 2010
  • Libby Rosof, "Artist-Friendly Wilmington-Michael Kalmbach Helps It Happen," The Art Blog, April 1, 2010
  • Rebecca Dimling Cochran, "Elsewhere Collaborative: Community, Dispersal, and Reciprocity," Art Papers, January/February 2010. http://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/article2.htm
  • Brian Citino, "Biggs Kicks Off Award Winners Exhibit with First Look Party," The Dover Post, July 1, 2009
  • Wes Doyle, "Artist Highlight: Ron Longsdorf," The Paper Machine, Issue #3, August 2009.