tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53318246366062592192011-08-19T07:21:10.872-07:00Laura Blumenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184690019199228763noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331824636606259219.post-72239365803324160922009-11-12T17:38:00.000-08:002011-08-18T21:02:32.845-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Footlight MT Light&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:23.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laura Blumenberg</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">laurablumenberg@gmail.com</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://laurablumenberg.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://laurablumenberg.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Education</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2006 - 2010:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BFA, Ceramics and Art History, Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2008:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summer Study Abroad, International Ceramics Studio; Kecskemet, Hungary</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Honors And Awards</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2006 – 2010:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dean’s List, Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Merit Award Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Access Missouri Grant, Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2006:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pre-College Art Lab Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Professional Experience</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2011 - present:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Collections Coordinator, Belger Arts Center</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> -Collect and organize information regarding works in The John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> -Assist Collections Manager with all exhibition duties including conducting condition reports on works of art, creating files for organizing collection and exhibition works, and compiling information on both outgoing loans from The John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation and exhibitions located at the Belger Arts Center </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010 - 2011:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After school Ceramics Instructor, Mattie Rhodes Art Center</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Planned and executed curriculum designed to educated students aged 4 - 12 on ceramic processes and critical thinking in art</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010 - 2011:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gallery Assistant, Red Star Studios</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Catalogue new inventory, pack and unpack inventory, execute customer service, construct artist biographies</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></b></b></span></p><b><b><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Intern, Assistant to Catherine Futter, Curator of Decorative Arts, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p></b></b></b><b><p></p></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></p><b><p></p></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009 - 2010</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Intern, Dr. Catherine Futter, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Assisted Dr. Futter, guest curator for </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Re)Form, </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a national invitational exhibition of works by KCAI </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ceramics alumni from the 1960s to the present </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to be exhibited Fall 2010 at H &amp; R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Conducted correspondence with invited exhibition artists</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Compiled checklist for organization and exhibition brochure</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Designed exhibition installation</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Instructor,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Kansas City Art Institute Northland Campus, Riverside, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Art and Nature Painting</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, course for children aged 9-11</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stories in Clay</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, course for children aged 6-8</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><p></p></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009 - 2010:</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Blog Contributor, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Assisted Department Chair in composing text, compiling images and publishing </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">department blog: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://kcaiceramics.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kcaiceramics</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://kcaiceramics.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.wordpress.com</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Studio Assistant, artist Cary Esser, Kansas City, MO </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Formed and molded slabs, mixed clay and glazes, formed tiles</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Intern, Sweet Mud Clay Works by artist Cara Long, Kansas City, KS</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Formed, fired and glazed ceramic jewelry</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Media</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -1.5in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Egyptian Paste," a research paper on historical Egyptian ceramic formulas,</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">written for </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Compendium</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, a publication compiled for Art History and Creative Writing graduates at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Craft in America</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> PBS documentary; Season II, Episode V. "Process." Featured in 10-minute </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">segment in the Kansas City Art Institute Ceramics Department</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Exhibitions</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2011: </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Visual Territories</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BFA Exhibition</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, H &amp; R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">X-Factory</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Ceramics Department Fall Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Object Lessons: Recent Work from the Kansas City Art Institute</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Craft in America Study Center, Los Angeles, CA</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thermal Shock</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Ceramics Department Spring Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ebb</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Ceramics and Photography Exhibition; Photography Department Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2008:</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Where There’s Fire</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Ceramics Department Fall Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spring Ceramics Department Exhibition</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2007:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fall Ceramics Department Exhibition</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Footlight MT Light&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> <span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></o:p></span></p></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5331824636606259219-7223936580332416092?l=laurablumenbergresume.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Blumenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184690019199228763noreply@blogger.com0