Lynn Cool

www.lynncool.com

lynn.cool.metals@gmail.com



 

EDUCATION

2010         Master of Fine Arts

Kansas State University, Metalsmithing & Jewelry

2000         Bachelor of Fine Arts

University of Kansas, Design (with highest distinction)
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002-on    Owner/Operator, Cool Haven Studio, Lawrence, KS

2012-on    Adjunct Faculty Lecturer, Metalsmithing & Jewelry,

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2007-10    Instructor of record, Metalsmithing/Jewelry,

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2009         Instructor of record, 3D Design,

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2008         Graduate Teaching Assistant, 3D Design,

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2006         Instructor, Metals/Jewelry Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS



 

HONORS & AWARDS

2013         First Place Award. Material Mastery: KACA National Juried

Exhibition,  Carnegie Arts Center, Dodge City, KS

(juror, Ted Adler)

2013         Honorable Mention Award

Wichita National All Craft Media Exhibition.

Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

(juror, Harlan W. Butt)

2010         Best-of-Show Award. Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics,

Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS

(juror, Karla Prickett)

2010         Student Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths

2008         Visiting studio artist, Lahti Institute of Design,

University of Applied Sciences, Lahti, Finland (August-October)

2007-09    Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kansas State University

2000         Undergraduate Research Award

University of Kansas Honors Program

2000         University of Kansas Design Department Awards:

                     -Travel Scholarship (study in Italy) Award,

                     -Exhibition/Scholarship Competition Award,

                     -Bill Seeley Competitive Metalsmithing Competition Award

1999         University of Kansas Design Department:

                     -Exhibition/Scholarship Competition Award,

                     -Design Department, Higdon Scholarship Award


PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

“Remains of the Day: Contemporary Reliquaries”

Metalsmith  34:5 2014

“Functions: Haley Bates, Sun Kyoung Kim, and Myra Mimlitsch-Gray”

Metalsmith 34:2  2014

“Reinterpreting the Vessel”

Metalsmith 27:1 2007

“Resources: Steel, Rubber, Coal & Salt"

Metalsmith 26:1  2006

“Emerging Asian & American Goldsmiths”

Metalsmith 25:2  2005

“Paulette Myers: Journey of the Soul”

Metalsmith 25:1  2005

“Melissa Lovingood: Metalwork”

Metalsmith 23:5  2003

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Steele, Valerie. “Gothic Jewelry: Sinister Pleasures.”

             Metalsmith 34:4  2012

Brown, Glen R. “Sister Cities: The Lawrence-Eutin Connection.”

             Metalsmith 29:2  2009

Welch, Nancy. The Creative Art of Tassels.

             (New York: Sterling Pub, 1999), 102-3

Hertenstein, Barbara. “Fringe Benefits.”

             St. Louis Post Dispatch, September 10, 1995



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011     Synthesis. New Wagner Gallery,

             Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, IL

2010     Amalgamation. Chapman Gallery,

             Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

We Are SNAG: Identity

    Society of North American Goldsmiths  Online Exhibition

   (international; jurors, Tim McCreight, C. James Meyer, Stacey Lee Weber)

Fire from the Forge: A Tribute to Komelia Hongja Okim

    VisArts Gallery at Rockville, MD (invitational)

Kansas Artists Craftsmen Association Members Exhibition

    Moss Thorns Gallery, Hays, KS (juror, Paul Andrew Wandless)

Annual Faculty Exhibition

    Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence

2013

Topeka Competition 31. Alice C. Sabatini Gallery,

    Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS (national; juror, Sarah Perkins)

2012-13

Contemporary Gothic Jewelry. Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith 32:4

    (international; curator, Valerie Steele). Traveling to

    Sculpture/Objects/Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL, and

    National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN

2012

The Body Adorned. Society of North American Goldsmiths Online Exhibition

   (international; juror, Gail M. Brown)

Crafts National Exhibit. Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS

   (national; juror, Gail M. Brown)

2011

Material Mastery: KACA National Juried Exhibition.

    Eppink Gallery, Emporia, KS (juror, Elaine O. Henry)

Topeka Competition 30. Alice C. Sabatini Gallery,

    Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS

    (national; juror, Richard Notkin)

2010

Material Mastery: KACA National Juried Exhibition.

    Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

    (jurors, Glen R. Brown & Dylan Beck)

Materials Hard & Soft.  Greater Denton Arts Council,

    Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX (national; juror, Jo Lauria)

2009

Topeka Competition 29. Alice C. Sabatini Gallery,

    Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS

    (national; juror, Joyce Jablonski)

Wichita National All Craft Media Exhibition.

    Wichita Center for the Arts,  Wichita, KS

    (juror, Kathleen Royster Lamb)

2008

Kunsthandwerk im Museum.

    Ostholstein Museum, Eutin, Germany  (international invitational)

Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association Members Exhibition.

    Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS (juror, Bruce Hartman)

Metals in the Sister Cities: The Lawrence-Eutin Connection.

    Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS (international invitational)

Cresting: National Juried Student Show.

    Society of North American Goldsmiths Convention,

    Savannah, GA (juror, Mary Hallam Pearse)

2007

Wichita National All-Media Craft Exhibition.

     Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (juror, Bede Clarke)

Topeka Competition 28. Alice C. Sabatini Gallery,

    Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

    (national; juror, Robert Ebendorf)

2006

The Art of Metal. Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL (invitational)

2003

Topeka Competition 25. Alice C. Sabatini Gallery,

    Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

    (seven state regional; juror, Elaine Coleman)

2001

Topeka Competition 23. Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University,

    Topeka, KS (seven state regional; juror, Seo Eo)

Baker Arts Center 4th National Juried Art Exhibition.

    Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS (juror, Andrea Norris)

2000

Kunsthandwerk im Museum. Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin, Germany (invitational)

SNAG Student Slide Exhibition. Society of North American Goldsmiths Convention,

    Boston, MA  (national, jurors, Cynthia Eid & John Heller)

 

1999

In the Palm of Your Hand. SNAG Student Exhibition,

       Maryville University, St. Louis, MO (national, juried)

1998

Juried Craft Exhibition/Scholarship Competition.

       Design Department, Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas

New Voices, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO (invitational)

1997

Charm Exhibit. Society for Midwest Metalsmiths,  Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO



PRESENTATIONS

2011   Synthesis. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL

2011   Amalgamation. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2008   Journey. Lahti Institute of Design,

           University of Applied Sciences, Lahti, Finland

1998   Alma Eikerman: Uncommon Vision.

           Honors Program Symposium, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS


RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013  Exhibitor, 3rd Annual Trunk Show

           Society of North American Goldsmiths

Meta-Mosaic Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Juror, Fusion: SNAG Student Exhibition.

Society of North American Goldsmiths

The Heat is On Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

2012  Coordinator, Raffle and Silent Auction.

Society of North American Goldsmiths

The Heat is On Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

2012  Exhibitor, Annual Trunk Show.

           Society of North American Goldsmiths

The Heat is On Conference, Phoenix, Arizona


TRAVEL RESEARCH

2010  London: Goldsmiths Fair, Victoria & Albert, British Museum

2009  Seoul: Kookmin, EWHA Universities, National Museum

2008  Helsinki: Kiasma, National Museum, Design Museum

          Turku: Aboa Vetus Museum

          Tallinn: History museum

          Nuremburg: Germanisches National Museum

2005  Stockholm: Gold Room, History museum, Ethnographic Museum

2000  Hamburg: Design Museum

2000  Italy & France, Art & Architecture, Study abroad