Lynn Cool
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