About Callie Farmer:
Artist and Printmaker
I have received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and my Master of Arts and Fine Arts in Printmaking from Bradley University in Peoria Illinois. For the last three years, I have been teaching studio and history courses at Fayetteville Technical Community College in North Carolina. North Carolina has been home for the last five years, offering my family a fun and exhilarating life. It is amazing to watch my family grow and see the new and exciting ways we inspire one another.
Over the years, I have become strongly influenced by the power of human relationships both physical and emotional. With my son growing and learning about his own personal physical self, inspired my recent body of work. I became extremely influenced by his reaction to feeling someone else's touch and seeing that emotional response. He has continued to inspire and allow this new body of work to grow and evolve as he has.
Currently, my work has taken a huge backseat and has gone all the way back to the basics. Through the current pandemic, my work has lost motivation and insight. I have started a small body of work exploring the world of still lives utilizing chalk pastel to study lighting, texture and material application.
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Artist CV
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Education
Bradley University
MA, MFA in Printmaking, 2013
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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BFA in Studio art concentration in Printmaking, 2010
Experience
Fayetteville Technical Community College
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, 2015-present
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Positions: Art Instructor for Fine Arts Department, Gallery Director
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Subject Area: Printmaking
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Responsibilities: Developed curriculum and program for printmaking, advanced drawing courses, and art appreciation. Repair, replace, and update equipment; outfit studio to revitalize a printmaking program that previously did not exist. Research safety to update all processes taught and move to 100% non-toxic studio; order supplies and maintain studio classroom; grading, administering evaluations and advising at most 50 students within the Associate of Fine Arts program. In charge of public relations and marketing for the gallery shows, artist lectures, and workshops. Developed schedules for student work-study program within the gallery; installation and deinstallation of work; community outreach for the gallery and events held on campus.
Courses Taught: Printmaking 100, Printmaking 200 level, Drawing 100, Drawing 200 level, Figure Drawing, 2-D Design, Art History Survey I & II, Art Appreciation.
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Professional Experience
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What Do We Do Now.Art - Collect-A-Vision Celebration Collective - Participant March 2021
FATE’s 18th Biennial Conference Infrastructure in Charlotte, North Carolina Session Chair April 2021
ThinkTank Board Member - VP of Programming - 2020 to current
SECAC 2020 - Virginia Commonwealth University Panelist Nov. 30th - Dec. 11th
Artist/ Instructor Collaboration with Fayetteville State University - Printmaking Department, Sondra Martin Spring 2020
SECAC 2019 - Chattanooga, Tennessee Session Chair “The Thrill of It All: The Balancing Act of Family, Life, Art, and Career” October 2019
SECAC 2019 - Chattanooga, Tennessee Panelist October 2019
FATE’s 17th Biennial Conference Foundation in Flux in Columbus, Ohio Panelist April 2019
ThinkTank Board Member - Associate VP of Programming - 2018 to 2020
Mid-America College Art Association at the University of Nebraska Panelist October 2018
ThinkTank10 2018 at the University of Delaware Participant June 2018
Writer for Thinking with Our Hands: Teaching Craft and Technique in Contemporary Art and Design
FutureForward Volume 6: April 2018
Clemson Visiting Artist Lecture Graduate Discussion and consultant March 2018
Visiting Artist at Pembroke University November 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020
Frogman’s Printmaking Workshop - 2011, 2012
Cradle Oak Printing Press, Bradley University, Peoria, IL - Assisted Printing with Oscar Gillespie, Karen Kunc, Jerry Phillips
University of Tennessee Print Club - Assisted Printing with Koichi Yamamoto, Beauvais Lyons, Karen Kunc, Daniel Maw
Skills Related to Pedagogy/ Curriculum
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Printmaking Techniques: Relief woodcut and engraving, Relief Linoleum cut, Monoprint/ Monotype, Metal Engraving, Drypoint, Acid Etching and Aquatint, Lithography, Silkscreen, Basic Bookmaking, Hand Embossing, Chine Colle’ and various hard, soft and lift ground techniques.
Drawing Techniques:Relief woodcut and engraving, Relief Linoleum cut, Monoprint/ Monotype, Metal Engraving, Drypoint, Acid Etching and Aquatint, Lithography, Silkscreen, Basic Bookmaking, Hand Embossing, Chine Colle’ and various hard, soft and lift ground techniques.
Painting Techniques: Experience painting on linen, canvas, wood paneling, and various papers, Experience with acrylic, watercolor, gouache, oil paint and various mediums and modifiers.
Color Theory: Skilled colorist with printmaking, drawing and painting disciplines and a wide variety of disciplines materials.
Landscape/ Botany: Have researched studied at various schools with Botany and Biology departments to further research towards conceptual ideas, thesis dialogues, and curriculum student projects.
Computer Skills: Well versed in Adobe suite, Audacity and film editing programs, Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Mac and Windows knowledge.
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Studio Practice/ Research
Select Exhibitions, Overview
16 total select juried invitational
13 total select juried exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibitions
WinterBloom Tearoom Fayetteville, NC
February 2021
MacPherson House Fayetteville, NC
February 2021
Art Show at Fayetteville Technical Community College
Solo November 2015
First Friday Show CBI Knoxville, TN
Solo Show August 2015
Gallery 208 Fayetteville, NC
Solo Artist Show January 2015
Select Group Exhibitions
“Color” Art Exhibition Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery
February 2021
Faculty Art Show FTCC Gallery
January 2020
Faculty Art Show Gallery 208
July 2018
Faculty Art Show Ellington White Gallery April 2018
United Way Silent Auction at Fayetteville Technical College November 2017
Roots and Wings at Silverwood Park. Saint Anthony, MN
Juried Show Oct. - Nov. 2017
15th National Prize Show Presented by Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, MA
Juried Show May 19 – June 23, 2016
National Juried Exhibition of 2016 at the Emporium Center Knoxville, TN
Juried Show February 5-26, 2016
Southern Contemporary 2016 Exhibition Visual Art Exchange Raleigh, North Carolina - Juried Show January 2016
Annual Faculty Art Show Fayetteville Technical Community College September 2015
Professional Memberships
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FATE 2021 Infrastructure - Charlotte, North Carolina - Session Chair
SECAC Conference - Richmond, Virginia 2020 - Presenter
FATE Foundations in Flux - Columbus, Ohio 2019
Integrative Teaching International ThinkTank Board Member 2018 - VP of Programming
MACAA Conference - Nebraska 2018
SECAC Conference - Columbus, Ohio 2017, Birmingham, Alabama 2018
Southern Graphics Council - 2013, 2016
Phi Mu Fraternity University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2007-Present