Nicholas Hill, Chairperson
Department of Art
Otterbein College
Westerville, Ohio 43081 USA
614-823-1258
Nhill@otterbein.edu
Panel Proposal: “Crossing Borders and International Exchange”
I have been fortunate to receive residencies in the Columbus, Ohio/ Dresden, Germany artists exchange from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council and Grafikwerks/ Dresden printmaking exchange. The latter exchange has led to two subsequent projects in Dresden working with German printmakers. The projects have included an international exhibition of work by printmakers form both countries, the production of a bilingual catalogue by the Ohio Arts Council to accompany the exhibition, the production of an exhibition poster in Dresden for the exhibition in the USA created in collaboration with a German artist and a German print studio.
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Nicholas Hill CV
Address: 4676 Granview Rd., Granville, Ohio 43023
Telephone: (740) 587-3849 (home), (614) 823-1258 (work)
E-Mail: nhill@otterbein.edu
Administrative Experience
1997 to present Chairperson, Department of Art Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
Responsibilities:
Oversee hiring, evaluation of five full-time and seven part-time faculty
Direct curricular development for art program with approximately 100 majors
Oversee student recruitment and scholarship program
Direct Dunlap Gallery in the Battelle Fine Art Center, Fisher Gallery in Roush Hall and the Frank Museum of Art
Manage planning and installation of approximately 10 exhibitions each year.
Plan and implement department budget
Oversee development of studios and museum
Spokesperson in various public venues including development presentations for the new Frank Museum of Art
1994 to 1997 Program Director, "Children of the Future"
A citywide multi-arts education program of the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH, employing 20-25 artists at 7 sites, annual budget of approximately $500,000
Responsibilities:
Hired and directed 20-25 artists annually, offering arts programming at 7 sites
Wrote and administered federal grants
Planned and administered annual budget
Oversaw curricular development and implementation for year round program
Planned and implemented evaluation designs for Children of the Future
Directed weekly training sessions for artists
Planned and implemented exhibition and performance opportunities for Children of the Future
Spokesperson for program at state, regional, and national conferences
1982-87: Art Department Chair, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
Responsibilities:
Directed four full-time and three part-time faculty members
Directed curricular development for studio art program with approximately 40 majors
Oversaw art education majors and program evaluation
Planned and implemented departmental budget
Oversaw development and maintenance of studios, gallery, and slide library facilities
Art department spokesperson in various public venues including scholarship development
1982-87: Gallery Director
Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
Responsibilities:
Planned ten to fifteen temporary exhibitions annually
Oversaw exhibition installations
Planned publicity and publication for exhibitions
Planned and directed exhibition related educational programs: lectures, demonstrations, and residencies
Teaching Experience:
2000- present Professor of Art, tenured, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
1997-2000 Associate Professor of Art, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
1991-present: Selected Visiting Artist Residencies & Workshops:
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Lake Art Center, IA
Union College, Schenectady, NY Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Bethel College, North Newton, KS Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH
University of Akron, Akron, OH Murray State University, Murray, KY
1989-90: Visiting Artist
Union College, Schenectady, NY
1987-88: Visiting Associate Professor of Art
The State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY
1985-87: Associate Professor of Art, tenured
Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
1982-87: Chair of the Art Department
Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
1979-84: Assistant Professor of Art
Bethany College, Lindsborg KS
1980-81: Acting Chair of the Art Department
Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
1977-79: Lecturer
The State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY
1976-77: Teaching Assistant
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1973: Student Teacher
Feltwell School, Feltwell, England
Nicholas Hill
Address: 4676 Granview Rd., Granville, Ohio 43023
Telephone: (740) 587-3849 (home), (614) 823-1258 (college)
E-Mail:nhill@otterbein.edu
Education:
M.F.A. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Emphasis: Drawing
Minors: Printmaking and Painting
M.A. The University of Iowa, IA Emphasis: Drawing
Minors: Painting, & Printmaking
B.F.A. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Honors College)
Emphasis: Painting
Professional Accomplishments
Residencies/Grants/Commissions
Commissioned by the Ohio Arts Council to create a series of works to be presented as the awards for the 2005 Ohio Governor’s Arts Awards
2004 White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
Ohio Arts Council Project Grant, award for exhibition, workshop and production of new work
2003 Ohio Arts Council, International Residency, Grafikwerkstatt, Dresden, Germany
Ohio Arts Council Grant, coordination of “Foreign Affairs: The Ohio and Dresden Residency Exchange, A Retrospective Exhibition” at Fisher Gallery, Otterbein College. Grant also funded travel to Dresden, Germany to create an original print and poster for the exhibition
White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
2002 White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
2001 White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
2000: Ohio Arts Council Project Grant, solo exhibition and printmaking demonstration, Zanesville Arts Center
White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
1999: Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant to support solo exhibition in Dresden, Germany
White Fund Grant, Otterbein College, Printmaking research, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York City
Otterbein College Research Grant to support solo exhibition in Dresden, Germany
Columbus Foundation Grant, art workshop for inner city youth at Otterbein College
1998: Greater Columbus Arts Council Exchange Residency in Dresden, Germany sponsored by the state of Saxony and the Greater Columbus Arts Council
Ohio Campus Compact Grant, for hand-made book project with inner city youth at Otterbein College and exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art
1997: Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1991: Individual Grant, Artists Space, New York City, NY
1990: Individual Grant, Artists Space, New York City, NY
Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant
1989: New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant
1988: New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant
1986: Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Residency: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1984: Semi-finalist Mid-America Art Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
1983: Residency: The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Awarded residency: The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1981: "Assistantship in Collaborative Lithography" Grant from the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts
Publications
2003: “Foreign Affairs: The Ohio and Dresden Residency Exchange A Retrospective Exhibition” group exhibition catalogue
1998: Cover illustrations for two books published by Prentice-Hall Co.
1994: Cover illustrations for two books published by Macmillan Publishing Co.
1993: Cover illustrations for three books published by Macmillan Publishing Co.
1992: Illustrated Intensive Care, by Lucia Cordell Getsi, Capricorn Poetry Prize Winner, New Rivers Press, MN , cover and interior illustrations
1990: Illustrated: Borrowed Voices: A Collections of Stories, by Roger Sheffer, Minnesota Voices Project Winner, New Rivers Press: MN, cover and interior illustrations
1988: Illustrated: In the Longboats with Others, by Susan Sonde, Capricorn Poetry Prize Winner, New Rivers Press. MN, cover and interior illustrations
Exhibition History
Commercial Gallery Exhibitions
2003 Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, solo exhibition
1998-2002 Lanning Gallery. Columbus, Ohio, group exhibitions
1997: Lanning Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, solo exhibition
1996: Images Gallery, Toledo, OH, group exhibition
1986-present: Printworks Ltd., Chicago, IL, multiple group exhibitions
1989-94: Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT, four solo & seven group exhibitions
1993: Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA, two-person exhibition
1984-87: Batz-Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO, solo & group exhibitions
1981-89: Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS, solo & group exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2004 “Dresden Journal: Recent Intaglio Works by Nicholas Hill,” The Works, Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology, Newark, Ohio
2003 “Indelible Impressions: The Dresden Journal”, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
“Recent Works on Paper”, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001 “Dresden Images: Recent Prints,” Fairfield Library, Lancaster, OH
2000-2001 "Dresden-Columbus: recent prints", Zanesville Arts Center, Zanesville Ohio.
Funded by the Ohio Arts Council and Otterbein College
1999: "Dresden Journals", Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, Dresden, Germany
1998: Battelle Fine Arts Center Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
1995: Battelle Fine Arts Center Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
1994: Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
FAVA, Oberlin, OH
Worthington, Art Council, Worthington, OH
1993: Alma College Art Gallery, Alma, MI
Franklin Conservatory, Columbus, OH
Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
1992: Denison University, Granville, OH
The Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
Bethel College, North Newton, KS
Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH
1991: Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
1990: Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1989: Featured Artist, Beaux Arts, Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1988: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
1987: Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Hutchinson Art Association, Hutchinson, KS
Hesston College, Hesston, KS
1985: Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
Union Memorial Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1984: Thornhill Art Gallery, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
Quincy College, Quincy, IL
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
1983: Mount Scenario College, Ladysmith, WI
Whittier Fine Arts Center, Friends University, Wichita, KS
1982: Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL
1980: University Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Columbia College Art Center Gallery, Columbia, MI
Selected National & International Juried Exhibitions
2002: “ 9/11: Commemorative Works by Members of the Manhattan Graphic Center,” New York, NY
“Impressions of Dresden: Recent Intaglio Prints,” Birger Sandzen Memorial Art Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2001: Manhattan Graphic Center Juried Print Exhibition, Galerie Delta, Paris, France
“29 Grafikow,” Galeria Slad, Elk, Poland
Exhibition of Newly-Acquired Works for the Permanent Collection, American Council on Education, Washington, DC
2000: Juried Print Exhibition (6 artists selected), Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
1999 "Contemporary Works of Faith", 16th biennial national juried exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
1998: Ragdale Foundation Juried Exhibition at the Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
"Feed the Body, Feed the Soul", Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
"Images of the Human Form", Artlink, Ft. Wayne, IN
"Alternatives National", Ohio University, Athens, OH
1996: Printmakers '96, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1991: Small Work Salon, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Juried Group Exhibition, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
1990: 7th Annual National Small Impressions 1990, Printmaking Council Gallery, Somerville, NJ; Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ; the Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1989: Two-Person Juried Exhibition, Charter Oak Arts Gallery, Hartford, CT
16th Annual Albany Print Club Exhibition, Albany, NY
54th Annual National Art Exhibition Cooperstown, NY
1988: National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
National Works on Paper, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
International Prints II, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
53rd Annual National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
1987: Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA (traveling exhibition throughout the Pacific Northwest)
39th North American Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Danforth Museum of Art, Farmingham, MA
National Small Works Exhibition, SCAC, Cobleskill, NY
1986: Somertown Gallery First International Biennial Print Exhibition, Somers, NY
1985: Woodstock School of Art National Painting Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
1984: Rutgers National '83-84' Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
30th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Woodstock School of Art National Painting Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
1983: All on Paper National Exhibition, AAO Gallery, Buffalo, NY
10th Colorprint U.S.A.., Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
National Drawing '83', Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
National Small Print and Drawing Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
Second Annual Artlink National, Ft. Wayne, IN
Woodstock School of Art National Painting Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
1982: Shreveport Biennial National Juried Exhibitions, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
Wisconsin-National Print and Drawing Show, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
11th National Prints and Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
10th Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper, 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
16th National Potsdam Prints Exhibition, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
38th Annual Painting Exhibition, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX
1981: Rutgers National '81 Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Spokane National 1981, Spokane, WA
"Paper in Particular" National, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
LaGrange National IV, LaGrange, GA
Marietta 14th National, Marietta, OH
First Birmingham Biennial, Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1980: 23rd Chautauqua National, Chautauqua, NY
36th Annual Painting Competition, Abilene, TX
Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Boone, NC
National Print Competition, San Diego State University, CA
1979: Rutgers National '79, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
17th National Print and Drawing, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
13th National Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Chisti, TX
Waukesha National, University of Wisconsin
1978: 19th National Juried Exhibition, Fall River, MA
12th Dulin National Competition, Knoxville, TN
1977: "Drawing/U.S.A. 1977", Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN (traveled to 9 other midwestern sites)
Rutgers National Drawing '77', Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Selected Invitational and Regional Juried Exhibitions
2003 Jean Albano Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
“Life Force”, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
“Foreign Affairs: The Ohio and Dresden Residency Exchange, A Retrospective Exhibition” Cleveland State University and Otterbein College
Spring Juried Exhibition of the Ohio Art League, Acock Building, Columbus, OH
2002 Ragdale Invitational Exhibition, Lake Forest College Art Gallery, Lake Forest, IL
Two-Person Juried Exhibition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
“Seeing the Forest Through the Trees,” group juried exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
“AXIS: Fine Arts,” group exhibition, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
“The Painted Surface,” juried group exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
2001 “Crosscurrents,” group exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
“Waterworks,” group juried exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital university, Columbus, OH
2000: “The Collagists,” Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Ohio Art League, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
“Dresden-Columbus Artistic Partnership,” Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH
‘Things,” group still-life exhibition, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
Ragdale Foundation Invitational Exhibition, Lake Forest, IL
Faculty Exhibition, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1999 57th Annual State Juried Exhibition, (first place award in printmaking/photo category), Zanesville Arts Center, Zanesville, OH
Ragdale Foundation Invitational Exhibition, Lake Forest, IL
1998: Faculty Exhibition, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Ragdale Foundation Invitational Exhibition, Lake Forest, IL
1996: Columbus Art League Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1994: Anniversary Exhibition, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
The Print's Appeal, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
18th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, OH
Lancaster Art Guild Juried State Exhibition, Award Recipient, Lancaster, OH
1993: Small Group Exhibition, Ohio State University, Newark, OH
Contemporary Landscapes, Franklin University, Columbus, OH
1991: Two-Person Exhibition, Center for Arts in Southern New Jersey, Marlton, NJ
1990: Small Group Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
1989: Three-Person Exhibition, Cooperstown Arts Association, Cooperstown, NY
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Art Exhibition, Schenectedy, NY
1987: New Prints Northeast, Rosendale, NY
"Recent Acquisitions, Exhibitions Hall of the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
"A Kansas Collection" Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
S.U.N.Y.-Plattsburgh Faculty Exhibition, Plattsburgh, NY
Group Print Exhibition, Rockwell Kent Gallery, S.U.N.Y.- Plattsburgh, NY
Group Show, SCAC Gallery, Cobleskill, NY
1986: Group Exhibition, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
"A Kansas Bestiary", Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
1984: Indianapolis Art League Small Group Painting Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
1983: Kansas City Artists' Coalition, St. Louis Community College, Forest Park MO
l980: 8-West Biennial, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Five-Person Print Invitational, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Selected Public Collections
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The New York Historical Society, New York, NY
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
American Council on Education, Washington, DC
Artbank Program, The State Department of the United States, Washington DC
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
Grafikwerkstatt, Dresden, Germany
City of Dresden , Germany
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Chicago, IL
Shapkin Trading Company, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, IL
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
California State University, Chico, CA
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Prince Mohamed Bokiah, Brunei, Island of Borneo
DST Systems, Inc, Kansas City, MO
Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS
Birger Sandzen Memorial Art Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH
Bethel College, Newton, KS
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Ohio State University, Newark, OH
Figliulo & Silverman Law Firm, Chicago, IL
All of these activities have aspects that are worthy of a panel discussion. Examples include: The roles of artists, sponsors, collaborations, common and differing expectations, on-going relationships, artists’ individual initiatives, building new partnerships, funding and continuing exchanges, common challenges for artists.
If I were invited to participate, I would work with the Ohio Arts Council to present information that addresses these questions and others related to them. Tapping the resources of the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council would enable me to present both my first-hand experiences and data collected from multiple exchanges that could contribute to a matrix of data helpful to the largest possible audience.
Certainly, images of works created by American and German artists as well as comments from them would complement the presentation.
I hope to return to Dresden in December of 2005 for my sixth grant-funded visit since 1998. These on-going collaborations, have afforded me a wealth of lessons-learned both by my peers in the exchange programs and me.
I have attached my CV. If you have additional questions or need additional information please contact me at: Nhill@otterbein.edu