James Harmon Vredevoogd
8835 SW 196th Ave. Rd.
Dunnellon, FL 34432
phone: (352) 362-1338
E-mail: acrylicman1956@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Mott Community College, Flint Michigan, Assoc. Degree, 1961
Michigan State University, BA art education, 1963
Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA painting, 1966
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Flint Michigan Public Schools, elementary art, 1963-64
Walled Lake Public Schools, adult school art, 1964-66
Edinboro University of PA, Professor of art (Emeritus), 1966-98
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL, drawing instructor , 2006-07
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Professor of drawing, design, painting, performance art, illustration,
member of the graduate painting faculty
Fine Arts area chairman (twenty faculty)
Assistant chairman of Art department (forty-five faculty and 500 student enrollment in department, seven degree programs)
Assistant director, Edinboro Summer Academy for gifted children and teacher of drawing in the program
Art coordinator for Project Enhance, a program for gifted middle and high school students during the school year and teacher in the program for twelve years. Contributed to the grant that began the program.
Coordinator, Edinboro Biennial Art Educator’s Conference
Featured speakers: Dr. Betty Edwards, Roy Behrens, Myron Helfgott, Dr. Mary Erickson etc.
Professor for Elder Hostel program “Drawing: from Mystery to Mastery”
Professor for “Edinboro at Oxford” program.
Taught for three summers at Exeter College, Oxford England.
The course included a two-week residence and study covering primarily the Pre-Raphaelite movement in England, which began at Exeter College, Oxford. Field trips included museums in London, etc.
EXHIBITIONS
Chatauqua National exhibition of American Art, 1965
Wichita National Drawing Competition, 1966
One Man Show, Seton Hill college, 1969
National Invitational Drawing and Print Show, Albion college, 1970
Panorama 80 (best of show award), 1980
Panorama 84, 1984
Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum (annual juried competitions)
(purchase prize: permanent collection), 1986-89
One Man Show, Ohio Weslyan University, 1985
Access to the Arts Invitational, Flint, Michigan, 1988
Hoyt National Exhibition of painting and drawing, 1988
Westmorland Nationals (painting), 1989
M.C.A Gallery Regional Competition , Meadville , PA, (Best of show award), 1996
62nd Annual National Exhib. of Contemporary American Paintings, Palm Beach , FL,
(two paintings chosen), 2001
63rd Annual National Exhib. of Contemporary American Paintings, Palm Beach, FL,
(two paintings chosen), 2002
1st Biannual Juried Art Exhibition, Ocala, FL, (featured artist: seven paintings), 2004
Performance Art, 1971-81
Art Festivals in PA, IND, OH, RD ISLD, NY, MI
Founder: Edinboro Performance Ensemble
Developed and taught a course in four dimensional art:
Time/ Space Workshop from 1971-81
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Mott Community College, Flint Michigan (sculpture)
Michigan State University (painting)
Edinboro University of PA (paintings)
Erie Art Museum (painting)
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala FL (painting)
Various private collections
James H. Vredevoogd holds a BA from Michigan State University and an MFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His paintings are in the permanent collections of two museums, two universities, and various private collections. An Emeritus professor of Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, he taught painting, drawing, and performance Art for thirty-two years.