ACADEMIC DEGREES
1997 Master of Fine Art, Jewelry / Metalsmithing, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA
1994 Bachelor of Fine Art, Metals / Jewelry, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor, Full Time, COLLIN COLLEGE, McKinney, TX, 2009-Present
Teach classes emphasizing critical skills, imagination, originality, and craftsmanship. Formulate assignments based on approved curriculum, develop grading rubrics, facilitate group critiques, raise current art issues and assess coursework to meet state criteria. Develop online class shells. Develop relationships outside of the college for recruitment purposes and build art program. Serve on committees and assist in hiring new faculty. Participate in professional development opportunities, attend relevant conferences, and deliver lectures to peers. Attend museums, galleries, and maintain a personal show record.
Spring 2020 Art Appreciation x2 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1
Winter 2019 Art Appreciation x1 section
Fall 2019 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Art Appreciation/Psychology Learning
Community x2, Drawing 1
Summer 2019 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2019 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Winter 2018 Art Appreciation x1 section
Fall 2018 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2018 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Sp 18 – Fall 17 1-year sabbatical: study abroad and developed a conceptual art class
for Estudio Nomada in Barcelona. April-June 2018
Summer 2017 Art Appreciation x2 sections
May 2017 Art Appreciation x1 section
Spring 2017 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Winter 2016 Art Appreciation x1 section
Fall 2016 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2016 Art Appreciation x2 sections
May 2016 Art Appreciation x1 section
Spring 2016 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Winter 2015 Art Appreciation x1 section
Fall 2015 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2015 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2015 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Fall 2014 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Art Appreciation/Psychology
Learning Community x2, Drawing
Summer 2014 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2014 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Fall 2013 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2013 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2013 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Fall 2012 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 2, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2012 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2012 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1, Drawing 2
Fall 2011 Art Appreciation x3 sections, Drawing 1 x2 sections
Summer 2011 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2011 Art Appreciation x6 sections
Fall 2010 Art Appreciation x6 sections
Summer 2010 Art Appreciation x2 sections
Spring 2010 Art Appreciation x6 sections
Fall 2009 Art Appreciation x5 sections
Summer 2009 Art Appreciation
Instructor, Adjunct, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, TX 2005-2009
Teach all classes emphasizing critical skills, imagination, originality, and craftsmanship. Teach design and drawing in a unique way that invests and motivates students in their projects, help students to expand basic skills and broaden creativity. Formulate assignments based on approved curriculum, develop grading rubrics, offer input and encouragement, and facilitate group critiques. Give individual attention to each student. Teach and lecture in art appreciation, develop assignments, raise current art issues.
Spring 2009 Design 1 301, Drawing 2, Sections 303 and 304
Fall 2008 Design I 303, 304, and 306
Spring 2008 Art Appreciation 005, Design 1, Sections 303 and 304
Fall 2007 Art Appreciation 007, Design 1, Sections 302, 303, and 304
Spring 2007 Art Appreciation 007, Design 1 301 and 303
Fall 2006 Design 1, Sections 301, 305, and 308
Summer 2006 Art Appreciation 001
Spring 2006 Art Appreciation, Sections 001 and 002
Fall 2005 Drawing 1
Assistant Department Chair, PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Pueblo, CO Fall 2003
Assist in maintaining the art department, formulate class schedules, review instructors, tabulate statistical information on individual programs.
Instructor, Full Time, PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Pueblo, CO 2000-2004
Teach a wide variety of jewelry and metalsmithing classes emphasizing imagination, originality, and craftsmanship. Teach painting, 2D and 3D design and help students to expand basic skills and broaden creativity. Formulate assignments based on approved curriculum, make grading decisions, offer input and encouragement, and facilitate group critiques. Instruct AVEP student. Teach and lecture in Art Appreciation, develop assignments, raise current art issues, and assign team presentations on several art topics. Give individual attention to each student.
Spring 2004 Jewelry Shop 1 and 2, Jewelry Design 1 and 2, Beg. and Adv. Stone
Setting, Adv. Wax and Moldmaking
Fall 2003 Art Jewelry, Jewelry Shop 1 and 2, Jewelry Design 1 and 2, Beg. and
Adv. Stone Setting, Adv. Wax and Moldmaking
Summer 2003 Jewelry Internship
Spring 2003 Jewelry Shop 1 and 2, Jewelry Design 1, Beg. Stone Setting, Adv. Wax
and Moldmaking, Gemology
Fall 2002 Jewelry Shop 1 and 2, Jewelry Design 1 Beg. and Adv. Stone Setting,
Adv. Wax and Moldmaking
Summer 2002 Gemology
Spring 2002 Jewelry Shop 1 and 2, Jewelry Design 1, Beg. and Adv. Stone Setting,
3D Design
Fall 2001 Jewelry Shop 1, Jewelry Design 1 and 2, Adv. Wax and Moldmaking,
Beg. Stone Setting
Spring 2001 Painting 1 and 2, Watercolor 1, Drawing 1, Art Appreciation
Fall 2000 Painting 1 and 2, 2D and 3D Design, Art Appreciation and
Art Appreciation ACE
Teaching Assistant, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA 1996
Taught basic skills in drawing and 3-D design, formulated assignments, made grading decisions, initiated group critiques and met individually for detailed input.
Winter 1996 3D Fundamentals, Sections 124B, 124C
Spring 1996 Drawing 2, Sections 122B, 122C
RESIDENCIES
Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan. June-July 2019.
Estudio Nomada. Barcelona, Spain. April-June 2018.
Airgentum. Seville, Spain. March-April 2018.
Obras Holland. Renkum, Netherlands. Oct 2017.
Shiro Oni. Onishi, Japan. Aug-September 2017.
Portales Artist in Residence. Portales, NM. May 2010.
Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT. December 2009.
Hilmsen 1 Residency. Hilmsen, Germany. Summer 2009.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Intelligence. The Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, TX. Feb 19 – Mar 18.
2019 Hiding Place. BlueOrange Gallery, 1208 W Gray St, Houston, TX. Mar 16 – Apr 26
2018 Nothing to See Here. Estudio Nomada. Carrer de Trafalgar, 55. Barcelona, Spain. May 24.
Privacy Where? Calle Santa Angela De La Cruz, Número 3, Seville, Spain. Mar 31.
2015 Privacy World: A Fun and Secure Experience!*. 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX.
Jan 2-16.
2014 Privacy World: A Fun and Secure Experience!*. The Arts Gallery, Collin College,
Plano, TX. Oct 16 – Nov 6.
2010 Preference, Cognition, and Feeling. Richland College. Lago Vista Gallery.
Nov 17 – Dec 1.
2009 Coalesce. Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX.
Oct 22 – Nov 13.
Transformations. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX.
Apr 3-24.
2007 Fortunate: Recent Works by Sue Anne Rische. Art Depot, Lubbock, TX.
Oct 1-31.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Fan Club. Studio Kura. Nijyo Masue 586. Itoshima City, Japan. Jul 20-24.
2017 Kanna Art Festival. Jyuichiya, Onishi, Japan. Sept 16-22.
2015 Always Visible. Arbeit Gallery, London, UK. Jan 7-9.
2014 Sphere. Curator: Jonathan Whitfill, STUDIO 2504, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV. Aug 1 – Sept 30.
Utopia: Can It Stay Dream? Co-curators: Brian R. Jobe and Ryder Richards.
Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN. Jul 1-31.
Lone Star State
Curators: Nino Baumgartner and Karin Lehmann. Olm Space,
Neuchatel, Switzerland, Jun 14.
2013 Flow. Curator, Sue Anne Rische. The Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, TX.
An Investigation of Extra-Terrestrial Issues for the Uninitiated. Curator, Ryder
Richards. The Cube, Roswell, NM. May 1-30.
Translatory Motion. Curator: Dryden Wells. NCECA Conference, Houston, TX.
2012 Land Portrait. Curator: Brian Jobe. Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN
Land Portrait Curator: Brian Jobe. UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX.
Response with Noah Simblist and Ben Lewis. Curator: Ryder Richards,
Coordinator: Ian F. Thomas, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Translatory Motion. Curator: Dryden Wells. Pottery Workshop Gallery C2 Gallery,
Jingdezhen and Two Cities Gallery, Shanghai, China.
2011 Response II with Noah Simblist. Curator: Ryder Richards. Coordinator: Piotr
Chizinski. Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Co+Modify. Curator: Shreepad Joglekar. Nave Museum, Victoria, TX. 2011-2012
Response II with Noah Simblist. Curator: Ryder Richards. Box 13 Artspace,
Houston, TX.
Response I with Ben Lewis. Curator: Ryder Richards. Brazos Gallery, Richland
College, Dallas, TX.
2010 The End of Commerce. Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX. Oct 14-28.
Exhibition 1: The Faculty. Collin College Visual Arts Gallery. Plano, TX.
Aug 27 – Sept 21.
No Rhyme or Reason. Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX. Aug 21 – Oct 2.
2010 Inaugural Artist in Residence Program. Runnels Gallery, ENMU-Portales,
NM. May 27 Jul 27.
Persistent Breach. Shirley Pogue Gallery, East Central University, Ada, OK.
Mar 1-30.
Art in the District. Presented by RO2 Art at the Fairmont, Dallas, TX.
Feb 1-28.
2009 No.3: What you do After No.2. RJP at the Waypoint Gallery, Marfa, TX.
Word Works. Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Mar 6 – Apr 18.
Compact. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Plano, TX. Feb. 12.
Moment’s Notice. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX.
Jan 29 – Feb 3.
2008 Innovation by Limitation. Nau Haus Gallery, Houston, TX. Dec 6 – Jan 4.
No. 2: At Your Doorstep. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Marfa, TX. Oct 10-12.
Annual Faculty Art Exhibition. Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Sept 5 – Oct 5.
U-Turn. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, San Antonio, TX. Jul 18-19.
The New Wave. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Apr 30 – May 2.
Door to Door. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, San Angelo, TX. Apr 18-19.
Transparent/Opaque. Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Apr 4-26.
2007 Drive in Theatre. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Houston TX. Nov 9-10.
Maiden Voyage. Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Marfa TX. Oct 5-7.
Annual Faculty Art Exhibition. Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Sept 7-24.
2006 Annual Faculty Art Exhibition. Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Sept 1-30.
Relative Fusion. Gallery E1, Lubbock, TX. Spring.
Femoirs. Art Depot, Lubbock, TX. May 1-31.
2005 Day of the Dead. Art Depot, Lubbock, TX. Nov 1-30.
2002 Steel City. Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO. Jun – Aug.
2000 Better Than Nude. Business of Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO. December 1-30.
2000 Pikes Peak Community College Faculty Art Show. Downtown Studio Campus
Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO. Sept 8 – Oct 13.
1999 Carapace. Project 416, Seattle, WA. May 6-31.
1998 Encasements, Out of Body Experiences, and Affordable Comforts. UMC Art Gallery, Boulder, CO. Apr 6 – May 15.
Kink: A Woman’s Perspective. Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago, IL.
Aug 9 – Sept 30.
SOIL. SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Jul 2 – Aug 14.
1997 New Works by New Members. SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Nov 6 – 30.
Ephemeral Trappings. Metropolis Contemporary Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Jul 3-25.
4th Annual Erotic Art Show. Metropolis Contemporary Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
June 5 / 27.
Killing Shame. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
May 24 – Jun 15.
1996 Works in Progress. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Jan 10-30.
1994 1994 National Student Sterling Design Competition. (“Cafe au Lait” /
Honorable Mention) Jun 20 – Dec 30. Traveling Show.
White House Christmas Ornament. White House, Washington, DC. (Three French
Hens) Permanent Collection, Dec 1-31.
MFA Exhibition. FOVA Art Club, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Sept 16-26. Hall Gallery.
Contemporaries: VII Annual Student Competition. FOVA and Masterpiece Art
Club, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Apr 18 – May 4. Invitational.
Society of North American Goldsmiths Juried Student Exhibition. Contemporary
Crafts Association, Portland, OR. Mar 20 – Apr 23. National juried student exhibition.
Slides part of SNAG archives.
1994 Sixth Annual Metals Exhibition. FOVA Hall Gallery, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX. Feb 25 – Mar 11.
From the Fire: Recent Glass Works. FOVA Hall Gallery, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX. Feb 11-17.
1992 Fourth Annual Metals Exhibition. FOVA Main Gallery, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX. Spring.
Texas Tech University Juried Student Art Exhibition. FOVA Main Gallery, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Fall.
PRESS/REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
2015 Press: “A First in Art” by Glenys Young, Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Press: “Wonderfully Bizarre” by Kirk Dickey, McKinney Image
Press: “Sue Anne Rische” by Colette Copeland, Eutopia
Press: “Read the Fine Print” by Colette Copeland, Arts and Culture Texas
2010 Press: “Artists Moving In” by Argen Duncan, Portales News Tribune
2006 Press: “Fortunate Artist” by William Kerns, Lubbock Avalanche Journal
AWARDS AND HONORS
Sabbatical Leave. Granted leave to pursue practice and research in traditional drawing methods in Japan and Europe. 2017-2018
Scholarship in the amount of $1250.00 established in my name at Collin College. Fall 2017
Piece in the Nasher Sculpture Center Art Collection. Art Foundation’s Book Fountainhead under pseudonym “Z3r0.” 2012
March Scholarship, 1996, $500
Gonzales Scholarship, 1995, $1000
Teaching Assistantship, University of Washington, 1995, $18,000
Acceptance into Contemporaries Competition, 1994
Honorable Mention, Student Sterling Competition, 1994, $260
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Culture Laboratory Collective 2010-present
Member, chiCrits, 2005-2009
Member, Lubbock Arts Alliance, 2007-2008
Member, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 2007-2009
Club Sponsor, Jewelers Edge, 2003
Member, Society of North American Goldsmiths, 2002-2004
Member, Colorado Metalsmithing Association, 2002-2004
Member, SOIL Artist’s Cooperative, 1997-1998
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Maker Faire, NYC 2013, 2014, 2016
Maker Faire, Seattle, WA 2013
Maker Faire Tyler, TX 2013
Texas Association of Schools of Art Conference, 2010
COLLEGE SERVICE
Psychology Hiring Committee, 2020
Chair of Fine Arts Hiring Committee, 2019
Artstravaganza. Organize yearly student art show. 2011-present
Art Hiring Committee, 2015
Core Objectives Assessment Team Committee, 2011-2015
Textbook Selection Committee 2009-2011
GRANTS
Awarded 3-year funding for three campus makerspaces, supplies, and new employee hires. 2017-2019
COMMUNITY SERVICE
City of McKinney Mural Selection Committee 2014
Juror, Frisco Arts Fair 2013
Juror, McKinney Chalk Walk 2012
Recycled bead project for the Heard Natural Science Museum. 2010
Trolley Tour Guide, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts: First Friday Art Trail, 2006-2007
IN DEVELOPMENT
Fulbright Grant. Initiating application for teaching/research award in Japan for the 2021-2022 cycle.
Illustrate Your Own Book. Accredited learning community class combining Rhetoric and Composition with Drawing 1. Class will focus on science fiction.
“Your Brain on Art.” Recording podcast with psychology colleague, Michael Rose. 2018-present
Developing TED talk. Current.
Art and Stuff, a Guide for the Uninitiated. Authored book 300+ pages. Seeking publisher. 2015-present.