Gustavus Adolphus
College
Minnesota Board of Teaching
Program Approval 2006

Dr. Bruce McClain

Minnesota Board of Teaching                                                                                                                             

1500 Highway 36 West, Roseville, MN 55113-4266

 

FACULTY VITA FORM

 

Name of Faculty Member:

Bruce McClain

 

Name of Institution:

Gustavus Adolphus College                    

 

Title or Rank: Professor of Art Field: Painting and Printmaking

 

Earned Degrees: List date earned, institution, and major and minor/supporting field for each degree earned.

                    

Master of Fine Arts Degree, Painting and Printmaking

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1965

Master of Science Degree in Art

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964

Bachelor of Science Degree, Art and English

                                    University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 1963

 

Professional Experience: (including preK-12 teaching or administration and college/university experience):

List name, location, dates, and field or function for each professional experience.

 

Instructorship in Drawing

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-65

Professor of Art

                                    Gustavus Adolphus College, 1965—present

UMAIE, Art History Interim in Europe, January 1969

Chairperson, Department of Art and Art History 1972-1977,

                                    1983-1986, 1990-1993, 2001-2004

Visiting Artist/Department consultant, Northeast Missouri State University 3/1988

Director of the Mellon Foundation Grant for the Art & Art History Dept. 1998-2001

Instructional Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1999-2002

Academic Operations Committee, 2002-2005

 

 

Assignment:  Fill in percentages for all that apply.

_____% Full-Time in Institution                     _____% Part-Time in Institution

_____% Assignment in Education                   _____% Assignment Outside Education

100% Undergraduate Assignment                   _____% Graduate Assignment

_____% Administration                                   _____% Other (specify)_____________________

Load: (including teaching and administrative assignments):    For Academic Year 2005-2006

List course numbers, titles, and credits for each semester.  Specify whether courses are undergraduate or graduate level.

Fall Semester:

ART 232 Painting

ART 246 Watercolor

ART 399 Senior Studio Major Seminar

 

 

 

Spring Semester:

ART 232 Painting

ART 238 Printmaking

ART 253 Twentieth Century Art History

 

Interim and/or Summer Sessions:

ART 238J Printmaking

 

 

Bruce McClain

Art and Art History Department

Gustavus Adolphus College

800 West College Avenue

St. Peter, MN 56082-1498

 

 

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WEB SITE: gustavus.edu/~bmcclain/index.html    EMAIL: bmcclain@gac.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

                     Bachelor of Science Degree, Art and English

                                    University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 1963

                     Master of Science Degree in Art

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964

                     Master of Fine Arts Degree, Painting and Printmaking

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1965

 

 

TEACHING

                     Instructorship in Drawing

                                    University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-65

                     Professor of Art

                                    Gustavus Adolphus College, 1965—present

                                    UMAIE, Art History Interim in Europe, January 1969

                                    Chairperson, Department of Art and Art History 1972-1977,

                                    1983-1986, 1990-1993, 2001-2004

                     Visiting Artist/Department consultant, Northeast Missouri State University 3/1988

                     Director of the Mellon Grant for the Art & Art History Dept. 1998-2001

                     Instructional Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1999-2002

                     Academic Operations Committee, 2002-2005

 

 

GRANTS

                     Gustavus Adolphus College Research Grants

                                    Painting, Summer 1975

                                    Painting, June-March 1977-1978

                                    Painting and Printmaking, 1985-1986

                                    Painting, 1990, 1989-1990, 1996-97

                                    Painting and digital media, 2001-2002

                     National Endowment for the Humanities Leave, Spring 1978

                     Sabbaticals, January—August 1983, 1990, 1997, 2005

 

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

                     Arts Center of St. Peter

                     Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN

                     Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

                     Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN

                     Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

                     Gallery 500, Mankato, MN

                     Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

                     International Design Center, Minneapolis, MN

                     Mankato State University, Mankato, MN

                     Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

                     Saint Catherine's College, St. Paul, MN

                     Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN

                     Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN

                     Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul, MN

                     University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

                     University Center, Madison, WI

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

                     Alexander & Alexander

                     Briggs & Morgan Law Offices

                     Curtin & Mahoney, P.A.

                     Ellerbe Architectural Firm, Bloomington, MN

                     Earl W. Madsen Memorial Collection, Mankato, MN

                     Executive Speaking, Inc., Minneapolis

                     Gustavus Adolphus College

                     Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

                     Luther College, Decorah, IA

                     Milwaukee Memorial Art Center

                     Minnegasco, Minneapolis, MN

                     Minnesota Club, St. Paul

                     Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN

                     Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing 3M Center, St. Paul

                     Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

                     National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.

                     Prudential Insurance Company of America, Minneapolis, MN

                     St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

                     Taylor Corporation, North Mankato, MN

                     Tombstone Pizza Corporate Headquarters, WI

                     Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

 

COMPETITIVE AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

                     Art Exhibition, First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee, WI

                     Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

                     Double Vision, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

                     50th /10th Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum of Art,

                     EAA 14th Annual Sport Aviation Art Competition, Oshkosh, WI

                     Hamline University Painting Invitational, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN

                     Luther College Art Festival, Luther College, Decorah, IA

                     Minnesota Biennial, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,

                     Minnesota Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN

                     Mead Painting of the Year, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

                     North Dakota Annual, University of North Dakota

                     Painting Invitational North Hennepin Community College

                     Private College Invitational, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN

                     Seven States Annual Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

                     Southern Minnesota Regional Art Exhibition, Gallery 500, Mankato, MN

                     Student Art Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Union, Madison, WI

                     Walker Biennial, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

                     Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN

                     Western Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

                     Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Biennial, Milwaukee Art Center

                     Wisconsin State Art Exhibition, Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI

                     Wisconsin Salon of Art, University of Wisconsin Union, Madison, WI