ccounard@edinboro.edu
Department of Art, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444
814.732.1165
Education
1999 ------------M.F.A. in Metals. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
1992 ------------B.S. in Art. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Recent Exhibitions
2006-09 CHALLENGING THE CHATELAINE. Invitational Exhibition. Design Museo, Helsinki, Finland.
----- --------------Estonian Museum of Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia. Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens,Greece.
----- ----------- --Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium. Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
----- ----------- --Kunstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, United States.
2007----- -------84th ANNUAL SPRING SHOW. Juried Exhibition. Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.
2007----- -------LIGHTING THE FLAME: Metalwork by Edinboro University Students and Faculty. Group Exhibiton.
----- ------------ -Society of Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
2007----- -------NEW. Invitational Exhibition. Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2006----- -------PENNSYLVANIA CRAFT. Juried Exhbition. The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
2006----- -------REINTERPRETING THE VESSEL. Juried Exhibition. Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2006----- -------EDINBORO UNIVERSITY FACULTY: PRINT AND METALS. Group Exhibition. Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts,
--------------------Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL.
2004-05 -------IN OUR OWN BACK YARD. Pennsylvania Council on the Arts traveling invitational exhibition. Lancaster Museum of Art,
--------------------Lancaster, PA. Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA. Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,
--------------------Johnstown, PA. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA. Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.
2003-05 -------THE ART OF GOLD. Traveling invitational exhibition. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. University of Richmond
--------------------Museums, Richmond, VA. Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS. The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR.
_-----___--------The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC. J. Wayne Stark University Ctr Galleries, College Station, TX.
--------------------Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK.
2005----- -------MADE IN AMERICA. Invitational exhibition. Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
2005----- -------EMBRACING THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR: RELIQUARIES IN CONTEMPORARY METALS. Invitational exhibition.
--------------------Heights Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2005----- -------CRAFT ALLIANCE FACULTY AND VISITING ARTIST INVITATIONAL. Invitational exhibition.
--------------------Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
2005----- -------CRAFTSUMMER FACULTY EXHIBITION. Invitational exhibition. Hiestand Galleries,Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH.
2005----- -------WORKING DRAWINGS. Invitational exhibition. Biggin Gallery, Auburn University,Auburn, AL.
2004----- -------EMERGING ASIAN AND AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS. Invitational exhibition. Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
2004----- -------CRAFTSUMMER FACULTY EXHIBITION. Invitational exhibition. Hiestand Galleries,Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH.
2003----- -------CONTACT. Group exhibition. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
2002----- -------NIAGARA INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT 2002. Invitational exhibition. Erie Maritime Museum, Erie, PA.
2001------------ INVITATIONAL CONTAINER SHOW. Invitational exhibition. Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2001------------ THE METALWORK OF AMENDOLARA, WOLF AND ZETTLE-STERLING. Invitational exhibition. Elzay Gallery, Northern
--------------------Ohio University, Ada, OH.
2000 ------------READING VISUAL/TEXT: REGIONAL VOLUMES. Invitational exhibition. Brew House SPACE 101, Pittsburgh, PA.
2000------------ ADORNMENTS FOR THE MILLENIUM. Invitational exhibition. Images Friedman Gallery,Louisville, KY.
Selected Professional Experience
2004-Present Associate Professor: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. Metalsmithing and jewelry design.
2005 ------------Juror for "Resources: Steel, Rubber, Coal and Salt": Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH.
1999-2004 ----Assistant Professor: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. Metalsmithing and jewelry design.
2000 ------------Co-Curator of "Marked by Media; an exhibition of contemporary jewelry": Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
--------------------Edinboro, PA.
Lectures, Demonstrations and Workshops
2007 ------------Favori Design Academy, Istanbul, Turkey. Lecture.
2007 ------------Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. Lecture.
2007-------------Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Two week summer workshop.
2007 ------------Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO. Lecture and two day workshop.
2006 ------------Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. Lecture and one day workshop.
2006----- -------Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Lecture and two day workshop.
2005 ------------CraftSummer, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH. One week summer workshop.
2005 ------------Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Lecture and two day workshop.
2005 ------------Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Lecture.
2004 ------------Harrisburg Community College, Harrisburg, PA. Lecture and Demonstration.
2004 ------------Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Lecture and Demonstration.
2004 ------------CraftSummer, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH. One week summer workshop.
2003 ------------Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Lecture.
2002 ------------Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ. Three day summer workshop.
2001 ------------Grand Valley State University, Grand Valley, MI. Visiting Artist/Critic.
2001 ------------Touchstone Center for the Crafts, Farmington, PA. One week summer workshop.
2000 ------------Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Lecture and Demonstration.
2000 ------------Brew House SPACE 101, Pittsburgh, PA. Lecture.
1999 ------------Pittsburgh Metals Society, Pittsburgh, PA. Lecture and Demonstration.
Awards and Honors
2003, 07--------Individual Artist Fellowship. Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA.
2000, 02, 03 -Faculty Senate Grant for Research. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA.
Publications
2007 ------------Revere, Alan. 500 Earrings: new directions in contemporary jewelry. Lark Books, New York, NY.
2007 ------------Cool, Lynn. “Reinterpreting the Vessel.” Metalsmith, Winter 2007
2004 ------------Cool, Lynn. "Emerging Asian and American Goldsmiths." Metalsmith, Spring 2005
2004 ------------The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Fellowship Recipients 2003. Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA.
2003 ------------Monroe, Michael and Simon, Marjorie. The Art of Gold. Richardson Printing, Inc.
2001 ------------Cogswell, John and Gralnick, Lisa. "If I Had a Hammer: Diverse Approaches to Holloware Today."
--------------------Metalsmith, Exhibition in-Print: 2001
2000 ------------Thomas, Mary. "CMU’s Miller Gallery debuts with trio of provocative exhibits." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 26, 2000
1999 ------------McCreight, Tim. The Metalsmith’s Book of Boxes and Lockets. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
