Resume
I am currently retired, but I continue to create in my private Santa Rosa studio. The information below summarizes my professional history.
Education
Master of Fine Arts degree with studio concentration in Metalsmithing
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with studio concentration in Metal Design
Postgraduate work/Advanced Independent Study with studio concentrations in Drawing, Design, Color Theory, and Art History
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with studio concentrations in Drawing & Painting and Metalsmithing.
Teaching Positions
Art Department Instructor: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry, Introduction to Art and Design
Instructor: Jewelry Arts and Small Metal Sculpture
Instructor: Holloware and Metal Fabrication
Extension Instructor: Designing Jewelry for Casting
Visiting Artist/Professor: Jewelry and Holloware Design
Instructor: Linda has also offered private instruction in her studio in Sonoma County, CA. She created an instruction plan customized for each student.
Workshop Presentations (partial listing)
Workshop Instructor: Successful Silver Soldering
Workshop Instructor: Metal Forming Fundamentals
Workshop Instructor: Mastering Metal
Artist Presentation: “DIVERSITY – A Personal Career Synopsis” sponsored by the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco, CA
Workshop Instructor: Mastering Metal II
Visting Artist and Guest Lecturer
Artist Presentation/Guest Lecturer: "Health & Safety Concerns in the Metal Arts Studio" sponsored by Society of North American Goldsmiths
Workshop Instructor: Mastering Metal - Beyond Basic Coercion
Guest Lecturer: "Health Hazards Encountered by Metalsmiths and Enamelists"
Guest Lecturer: "Design, Rendering, and Presentation Skills for the Artist Goldsmith"
Guest Lecturer: "Angle Raising and Holloware Techniques"
Guest Lecturer: "Health Hazards in the Arts"Visiting Artist: Jewelry Department
Coordinator: "Health Hazards Encountered in the Field of Metalsmithing"" for the "Health Hazards in the Arts" Conference with Chrysler Corporation Industrial Hygienists
Guest Lecturer/Visiting Artist: "Health Hazards Encountered in the Field of Metalsmithing" for the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department
National & Regional Invitational Exhibitions (partial listing)
Pathways, Bay Area Jewelry/Metal Arts Educators
Art Dept Faculty Show
Diversity In Metal
The Art Of Gold, National Invitational that traveled to other museums in the U.S.
The Art Of Gold: Beyond The Mines, California Invitational exhibit that ran concurrently with The Art of Gold
Art Dept Faculty Show
The Functional Vase Project. This show opened at SOFA in NY City, NY in April. The show then traveled to several museums and galleries in the U.S.
Metals Now
California Metal Forms 1990, juror and invited participant
Society of North American Goldsmiths Exhibit
Three and One-Half Decades: Metalsmithing at Cranbrook
Metal Arts of the 80's
One-Person Show: Jewelry and Holloware
National Metalsmithing Invitational
The Art of the Silversmith
California Craftsman Exhibition
Young Americans - Metal
California Craftsman Exhibition
Statements in Sterling '77
Copper, Brass and Bronze
Awards, Grants, & Recognitions (partial listing)
Featured Artisan
Holloware Category
Society of North American Goldsmiths - Workshop Presentation Grant
Merit Award: The California Craftsman
Publications (partial listing)
Lark Books, Sterling Publications, NY, NY, 2007
Lark Books, Sterling Publications. NY, NY, 2007
Vol. 17, No.4, 2005
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2005
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2003
Brynmorgan Press, 1986
Journal of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1983
J"Amerikanische Schmuckkugstler", June 1983
Bovin Publishing, Forest Hills, NY, 1979
Written and researched by Ms. Weiss and published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths in conjunction with the 1978 S.N.A.G. Annual National Conference in St. Louis, MO.
Organizations & Professional Affiliations
Collections (partial listing)
