LINDA GANSTROM
Professor of Art - Ceramics
Fort Hays State University

Art Department - Rarick Hall 123          Home and Studio
600 Park Street                       206 West 26th Street
Fort Hays State University          
Hays, KS 67601    
785-628-4273

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Degree, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 1990, Major in Ceramics
Master of Arts Degree, Fort Hays State University, 1986, Major in Ceramics
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Fort Hays State University, 1980, Summa Cum Laude, Art Education
St. John High School, Valedictorian, 1976

EXPERIENCE
Professor of Art, Ceramics,
Fort Hays State University, 2005 to present
Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics, Fort Hays State University, 2000 to 2005.
Assistant Professor of Art, Fort Hays State University, 1994- 2000
President's Distinguished Scholar, 2002
Art Instructor, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS, 1987 to 1994.
Distinguished Instructor Award, 1992
Taught courses in ceramics, sculpture, art history and various other art courses.
Art Teacher, Unified School District #350, St. John - Hudson, KS, 1982 to 1987.


SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

Mish Mash Redux,  NCEC
A, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2004
Kansas Artist Craftsman Membership Exhibition, Emporia (1999), KSU (2000)
Spiva's National Contemporary Crafts Competitive, Joplin, MO, 1999.
The Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts National Ceramic Competition, 1999, Florence, AL
Baker Arts Center National Exhibition. 1999 - 2004. 1st place in Sculpture. Liberal, KS, 1999, 2003
International Ceramist Juried Biennial Exhibition, 1998, Zanesville, OH
Crafts National 32, 1998, University Park, PA
1998 International Orton Cone Box Show, Baldwin City, KS
USA Craft Today '97, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
The Wichita National 1997, 2001, 2003 Wichita, KS
Planetary Rennaisance International Art Spectacular, 1997, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
The Octogon's Clay, Fiber, Glass, Metal and Wood Exhibition, 1997, Ames, IA
8th Annual Teapot Goes on the Road, A. Houberbocken, 1997, Oconomowoc, WI,  Chicago, IL
Platters: Functional and Decorative, 1996, Norman, OK
1996, 1998, 2000, 2004 International Orton Cone Box Shows, Baldwin City, KS
Feats of Clay, Merit and Purchase Award, 1996, Lincoln, CA
11th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, 1996, Toronto, Canada
Topeka Competition 20, 21 and 22, Merit and Purchase Awards, 1996, 1997, 1998, Topeka, KS
National Teapot Show III, 1996, Creedmoor, NC
No Body's Perfect National Exhibition, 1996, Milwaukee, W
I

SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Pygmalion's Gaze Re-Imagined: The Figure in Contemporary Ceramics,
NCECA,
The Creative Alliance, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland
Body Book: Marria
ge, Hesston College, 2004, Hesston, KS
Body Boo
k, Pittsburg State University, 2003, Pittsburg,  KS
Deeply Rooted,
Bethany College, 2003, Lindsborg, KS
Sabbatical Exhibition - Body Boo
k, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State Univiersity, 2003
Bodytex
t, New Works Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, 2002, Kansas City, MO
Sculptural Clay Invitati
onal, Daum Museum of Art, 2002, Sedalia, MO
Out of Academe:Clay Artists Who T
each, Manhattan Arts Center, 2002, Manhattan, KS
2001 a Rendez
vous, Museum of Nebraska Art, 2002, Kearney, NE
Kansas Clay Connect
ions, University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery, 2002, KS
Once Upon a
Time, Craft Alliance Gallery, 2002, St. Louis, MO
Through Women's
Eyes, Mulvane Art Museum, 1996, Topeka, KS
Handle, Spout, Story, Shrine: Ceramic Art Profes
sors, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln Art Gallery, 1996, Lincoln, NE
Metals/Ceramics Invitati
onal, Southwest Missouri State University, 1997, Springfield, MO

PUBLICATIONS
500 Figures,
Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 2004
500 Bowls,
Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 2003
500 Teapot
s, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 2002
"BodyText,
" Ceramics Monthly, October 2002,  pp.35 - 37
"Body and Text,"
Ceramics Technical, 2002
"Deeply Rooted,"
Ceramics Monthly, June, July, August, 2001, pp. 80 - 84
"Stained Surfa
ces," ClayTimes Magazine, Volume 6, No. 2, March/April, 200
The Ceramic Design Boo
k, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 1998
The Best of Potte
ry II,  Quarry Books, Rockport Publishers, Glouster, Massachusetts, 1998
The Studio Pott
er, June 1999, vol. 27, No. 2, p. 81

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
"Linda Ganstrom - Sabbatical Exhibition of BodyBook"  Kansas Arts Today,
2003
Beauty and the Figure,
Hays, KS, 2003
Distinguished Scholar Presentation on the Art of Linda Ganstro
m, Hays, KS, 2002
Contemporary Ceramics and the Art of Linda Ganstr
om, 2002,
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, N
E
Kansas Arts Toda
y, Jan. 1997, No. 38 TV Station KOOD, 30 minute program
Keynote Speaker for the Kansas Art Therapy Associatio
n, 1998
Keynote Speaker for the Kansas Art Educators Associatio
n, 1998
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