1988-1991
Master of Fine Arts , Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1981-1988
Bachelor of Arts, Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Cum Laude - with Distinction in Art
8/94-Present
Director, Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Design, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
6/91-5/94
Instructor of Art, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
8/90-5/91
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2005 & 2004
Hallmark Enhancement Grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2005
Juror's Award , 18 th Annual Materials Hard & Soft Exhibition , Denton, TX
2001 & 1996
General Research Fund grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1999
Juror's Award, Precious Metals Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
Mid-American Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship
Discoveries Within, The Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, The Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Intimate Assemblages - Pendants in Sculptural Stands , Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1994 - The Point of Balance - Pendants and Sculptural Stands , Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
2006 - Metalisms: Signature Works in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, The Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
2005 - 18th Annual Materials Hard & Soft - A National Contemporary Crafts Competition, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2003 - Kansas Artists Craftsman Association Exhibition , juried by Jeannine Falino, Curator, Decorative Arts and Sculpture Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, an exhibition held at The Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS,
2001 - Contemporary Metalsmiths , Chris Ramsay, Curator, Gardiner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2000 - Kunsthandwerk im Museum 2000, Ostholstein Museum, Eutin, Germany
1999 - Containment , I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL, an exhibition held concurrently with SOFA; The Morris Center Art Gallery, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, an exhibition held concurrently with The Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual Conference, reviewed in Metalsmith
1997
Talismans for the Coming Millennium, Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO, The Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO, an exhibition held concurrently with The SNAG Annual Conference
Futuristic Flatware , Roseanne Raab, Curator, The G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA, an exhibition held concurrently with The SNAG Annual Conference , reviewed in Metalsmith
1990-1991 - Silver: New Forms and Expressions II , Fortunoff, New York, NY; Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Atlanta International Museum of Art And Design, Atlanta, GA; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN, reviewed in Metalsmith
Summer 2000 - Metalsmith Magazine, Review "Discoveries Within ," by Stephanie Olson, pp. 48 & 49
Summer 1998 - American Style - The Art of Living Creatively , Collectors Corner Review: "Sleek, Sensuous, Sophisticated Spoons," by Anne Childress, pp. 86-88
April/May 1997 - American Craft Magazine, Portfolio Review, page 60
Summer 1997 - Metalsmith Magazine, Review: "Intimate Assemblages, Gina Westergard," by Sharon Harker, pp. 38 & 39
Fall 1997 - Metalsmith Magazine, Review: "Society For The Midwest Metalsmiths - At The Table , " by Noel Leicht, pp. 42 & 43
Spring 1994 - Metalsmith Magazine, Review: "Gina Westergard, The Point of Balance - Pendants and Sculptural Displays," by Carolyn Springer, page 55 education
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