Dana Bussell

Originally from Colorado, Dana began working with metal while studying art in college. She formed an instant connection with the material, the great variety of ways it could be manipulated and the use of fire as part of its various processes. This connection with metal has lasted decades and taken her to many places. Along the way, she received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and she filled teaching positions in higher education from Pittsburgh to Hong Kong. She also began a studio practice showing her award winning work internationally. A job as an artist-in-residence at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts in Portland first brought her to Oregon. She returned in 1994, this time to live in the Rogue Valley where she taught Metalsmithing and Jewelry classes at Southern Oregon University and Rogue Community College. Her art has ranged from jewelry using mostly abstract or geometric shapes to metal dominated relief wallpieces that have often used introspective imagery.

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EDUCATION:

M.F.A. – University of Wisconsin-Madison

May, 1980. Major: Art (Art Metal)

B.F.A. -  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

June, 1975. Major: Art

EMPLOYMENT:

2011 – 2022 – Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, Instructor, Retired

1983 to Present – Self-employed Artist/Metalsmith

2002 – 2011 – Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon

Instructor, Metalsmithing

1998 – 2007 - Southern Oregon University, Extended Campus Programs

Community Education Instructor, Metalworking

2006, Fall - Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, Visiting Instructor

2001, Spring - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Visiting Faculty

1988 - 1989  - University of Hong Kong, Department of Extra-Mural Studies

Instructor, 3-D and Jewelry Design

1986 – 1987 - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Lecturer, Metalsmithing

1982 – 1983 - Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR, Artist-In-Residence

1981, Summer  - Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lecturer, Metalwork

1977 – 1981 - Wisconsin Union Directorate, Mini Course Program

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Metalsmithing Instructor

1975 – 1977 - Eight Hands Studio, Denver, Colorado, Self-employed Metalsmith

1976 – 1977 - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado, 

Instructor, Metalsmithing

COMMISSIONS:

City of Ashland, Oregon – Public Arts Commission, 2006 - 2018

2007 – 2009 – Vice Chair, 2009 - 2011 – Chair

City of Ashland, Oregon – Mayor's Downtown Task Force, 2008

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Society of North American Goldsmiths

Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS:

Rotary Club, Ashland, Oregon, Lecture, Public Sculpture, March, 2011

Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, Workshop, Enameling, October, 2011

Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon, Lecture – 3-D Objects, April, 2010

Ashland Art Center, Ashland, Oregon, Lecture - Public Art in Ashland, March, 2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lecture – Chinese Metalwork, August, 1991

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, Lecture, October, 1985

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Enameling Workshop, February, 1984

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS: (continued)

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, Etching Workshop, April, 1983

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, Mixed Materials Workshop

February, 1983

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Enameling Workshop, July, 1982

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lecture, 1979

Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities-Chautauqua Program, 

Metalsmithing Workshops, Summer, 1976

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

1996 – Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, Ashland, Oregon

1985 – Glass Gallery, Colorado State University

EXHIBITIONS:

2022 – Metalwork 2022, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, The Mansion at Strathmore 

Rockville, Maryland 

2015 – 2020 Rogue Community College Faculty Exhibitions, Firehouse Gallery and  

Wiseman Gallery

2014 - Rogue Community College Faculty Exhibition, Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon

2014 – Metalwork 2014, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, Waverly Gallery, Bethesda, 

Maryland

2012 – Metalwork 2012, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland

2010 - Metalwork 2010, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, Target Gallery,

Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia

2007-08 – The Anti-War Medals Show – Artists Respond to War

Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine

2006 – Metalsmiths and Mentors: Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty 

Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin

2005 – Metalwork 2005, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia

2002 – Metalwork, 2002, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths

Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia

2002 – Visual Rescue: Artists Respond to 9-11-01

Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon

2001 – Mastering Materials VI, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

1999 – Small Treasures, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon

1997 – Contemporary Metalwork, Pinckney Center for the Arts Gallery

Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon

1993 – Current Work by Former Residents, Hoffman Gallery

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

1992 – Master Metalsmiths III: Point of Departure

Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona

1990 – Metal Media, Sawtooth Center for Visual Design

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1987 – Enamels '87, Plum Gallery, Kensington, Maryland

1986 – First International Biennial of Enamel, Laval, Quebec, Canada

1986 – All That Glitters, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

EXHIBITIONS (continued)

1985 – Exhibition of International Enameling Art in Japan

Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1985 – Wisconsin Trends, Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1984 – Exhibition of International Enameling Art in Japan

Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1984 – Crafts 18, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania

1983 – Artist-In-Residence Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

1983 – Sunriver Annual Juried Exhibition of Oregon Art, Sunriver, Oregon

1983 – Artquake, Masonic Temple, Portland, Oregon

1983 – Craft Directions '83, Harry Nohr Gallery

University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin

Purchase Award

1983 – Metalsmithing Invitational, Crossman Gallery

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin

1981 – Japan Exhibition of International Enameling Art

Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1981 – The Enamelist's Art, Gallery of Contemporary Metalsmithing, 

Rochester, New York

1981 – Porcelain and Enamels, Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, California

1981 – Lake Superior Crafts Exhibition '81, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota

1981 – Jubilee 50 National Craft Exhibition, Currier Gallery of Art

Manchester, New Hampshire

1981 – Primary Art II, Artistic Sass Gallery, Hilton Head, South Carolina

1980 – 2nd Annual LSU Metalsmithing Invitational, Anglo-American Art Museum

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1980 – Crafts for the Elegant '80's, Cary Windsor Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1980 – American Crafts, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

1980 – Flux Fusion Fireworks, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Outstanding Merit Award

1980 – Spotlight on Crafts, Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, New York

1980 – Crafts 14, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania

1980 – Tradition and Change, Houston Designer Craftsmen

University of Houston-Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas

1980 – Old Dominion National Craft Exhibition

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

1980 – Copper 2, Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

1979 – Marriage Treasures II, Gallery of Contemporary Metalsmithing

Rochester, New York

1979 – 11th Biennial El Paso Designer Craftsmen Exhibition

El Paso Art Museum, El Paso Texas

First Prize Metal

1979 – 58th Wisconsin Designer Craftsmen Exhibition

Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

1978 – 50th Annual Art Show, Memorial Union Gallery

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

1978 – 37th Annual Cedar City National Exhibition, Braithwaite Gallery

Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah

1978 – 2nd Annual Jewelry/Small Sculpture Exhibition

Weber State College, Ogden, Utah

1977 – Lake Superior '77 International Craft Exhibition

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota

1977 – Hot Rocks In Bizarre Settings, Beaumont Gallery

Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado

1977 – Rites of Spring, Confluence Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1976 – Northwest Jewelers and Silversmiths

Seattle Center Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

1976 – Spree, Colorado Celebration of the Arts

Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado

1975 – Metals Invitational, State University of New York-New Paltz, Indiana

Virginia, Melbourne, Australia

1975 – Hot Rocks In Bizarre Settings, 1514 Blake Street, Denver, Colorado

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: 

Robert Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin

GRANT AWARDED:

2004 – Society of North American Goldsmiths Workshop Grant to bring metalsmith    

Marcia Macdonald to Southern Oregon University for a Visiting Artist Workshop

JUROR:

1996 – Student Art Exhibition – Pinckney Center for the Arts Gallery

Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon

PUBLICATION:

"M. Avigail Upin: Current Work" Exhibition Review

Metalsmith Magazine, Winter, 1984

BOOKS WITH WORK PICTURED:

"Chasing and Repousse: Methods Ancient and Modern" by Nancy Megan Corwin

Brynmorgen Press, Brunswick, Maine

"Metalsmiths and Mentors" by Jody Clowes, University of Wisconsin Press

JOURNALS WORK PICTURED OR REVIEWED:

Profiles, Who's Who in American Crafts, Rosen Publishing, Inc., 1992

Metalsmith Magazine, Winter, 1988

Metalsmith Magazine, Spring, 1986

American Craft Magazine, "Portfolio" August, 1985

The Times Newspaper, Tigard, Oregon, June 14, 1983

Metalsmith Magazine, Winter, 1981

American Craft Magazine, December, 1980

El Paso Times Newspaper, November 4, 1979

Salt Lake City Tribune, March 5, 1978

Craft Horizons Magazine, June, 1978

BROADCASTS WITH WORK PICTURED:

Tapestry: Oregon Public Broadcasting, Broadcast September 7, 1983

Artscene, Cablevision, Portland, Oregon, Interview Broadcast the Week of June 4, 1983

RELATED STUDY:

Institute of European Studies, Vienna, Austria, Art History and the Historical     Development of Metalwork, Summer, 1974 

Research Conducted on Historical Chinese Art and Metalwork, Hong Kong and China,   1987 - 1989