Artist Statement
I
consider myself a minimalist, a modernist and a reductivist. I am a
builder of jewelry and objects for use and contemplation I construct
with frames and face them with silver and gold sheetrock. Texture is
applied as plaster is applied to a wall after the construction is
complete. I work in an additive process using stylized, abstracted
symbols for construction. A broken column may be re-presented as a
fallen column - a remnant - a fragment - a past history - a moment in
time - a stillness - a contemplative center - an object that has been or
is becoming.
Whether these personal symbols surface in my subconscious or in my
research, they are validated as elements of a language and a mode of
communication when they materialize in the final product. Each piece
becomes a record of work done, of the craftsman, on the edge of
becoming - a suggestion rather than complete statement.
Lynda LaRoche – Spring 2002
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Résumé
Education
| 1974-1976 |
MFA, Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing - Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN |
| 1969-1971 |
BFA, Painting - University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
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| 1967-1969 |
AA, Design - Montgomery College |
Teaching Experience
| 1997-Present |
Assistant Professor. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
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| 1990,1986,1978-1979 |
Visiting Assistant Professor. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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| 1975-1976, 1974-1975 |
Associate Instructor. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
| 1988-1989 |
Visiting Assistant Professor Miami University, Oxford, OH |
| 1988,1979 |
Visiting Assistant Professor. Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
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Professional Experience
| 1976-Present |
Sole Proprietor - LaRoche, LTD. |
| 1997-1998, 2002-2003 |
Director - Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
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| 1995-1997 |
Project Manager - Thomas Harley, Architects, Indiana, PA |
| 1994-1995 |
Director - Artifacts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN |
| 1987-1990 |
Director/ Jewelry Room - Artifacts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
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Grants and Awards
| Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowship 2001
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| University Senate Research Committee Award, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1998
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| South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship 1993-1994 |
| National Endowment for the Arts Visual Fellowship 1988-1989 |
| Master Summer Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission and the NEA, 1987,1984
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| First prize, Sterling Design Competition, NYC, NY, 1976.
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Non Profit Administrative Experience
| 1988-1994 |
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Chair SNAG Educational Endowment.
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Grants Coordinator
and Conference Coordinator.
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