Jean F. Ross 3624 Bryant Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A. 55409-1018 612-824-2080
 
     
OBJECTIVE:
  To gain more experience as a university level instructor of art and design, and fiber techniques and to extend my career as a fiber artist, textile designer, and exhibit designer.  
       
MEDIA:
  Painting and drawing; Printmaking: screen-printing, intaglio, lithography, relief printing, and monoprinting; Fiber: quilt making, needlepoint, coiled basketry, weaving, resist dyeing, and surface fabric design; Computer assisted design; Photography  
       
EDUCATION:
 
M. A. University of Minnesota 1991
  Major: Design Collateral: Studio Arts G.P.A.: 4.0
B. F. A Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1976
  Major: Painting G.P.A.: 3.5
 
       
WORK EXPERIENCE:
 

University of Minnesota, Research and Land Grant University (1987 -present)

Lecturer. Have taught undergraduate and graduate students in three-dimensional design, surface,fabric design, quilting, non-loomed fiber techniques, and drawing. Have developed syllabi, handouts, and project assignments to assist students' understanding of the course material.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Public Art Museum (1974 - 2001)

Security Personnel. Involved with various aspects of the museum's security. Have supervised security staff and dealt effectively with a diverse public patronage.

Cold Side Silkscreening, Commercial Screen Printing Shop (1980 - 1981)

Darkroom Technician / Screen Prep Person. Dealt with all aspects of black and white photography work involved with getting camera ready art work prepared for screen printing; including shooting and developing negatives and transparencies, as well as, coating, shooting, and developing screens.

 
       
COURSES TAUGHT:
 

Through Continuing Education and Extension:

Winter Quarter 1987 through Winter Quarter1992 - 9 sections of Dsgn 3527: Design Process: Three-Dimensional Design

Spring Quarter 1990 through Spring Quarter 1991- 2 sections of Dsgn 1523: Visual Presentation: Drawing

Winter Quarter 1992 through Spring Quarter 1999 - 14 sections of Dsgn 1531: Surface Fabric Design I

Winter Quarter 1992 through Fall Quarter 1998 - 5 sections of Dsgn 3531: Surface Fabric Design II

Winter Quarter 1993 through Winter Quarter 1994 - 2 sections of DHA 5337: Quilting

Spring Quarter 1994 - 1 section of DHA 3337: Fiber Structure Design I

2nd Summer Session 1996 through 2nd Summer Session 1997 - 2 sections of DHA 5170: Silk Painting Spring Quarter

1997 through Fall Quarter 1998 - 2 sections of DHA 5331: Surface Fabric Design III

Through Day School:

Winter Quarter 1992 through Spring Quarter 1999 - 15 sections of Dsgn 1531: Surface Fabric Design I

Spring Quarter 1995 - 1 section of DHA 5323: Design Process: Drawing III

Fall Semester 1999 through Spring Semester 2001 - 4 sections of DHA 3312: Color and Form in Surface Design

Spring Semester 2000 through Spring Sememster 2001- 2 section of DHA 4330: Surface Design Workshop

 
       
WORKSHOPS:
  Taught block printing at Minneapolis College of Art and Design March, 1994  
       
PRODUCTION:
 

1998 Exhibition design for The Indian Sari: Draping Bodies, Revealing Lives, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota

1997 Exhibition design for Coming Apart at the Seams: Style and the Social Fabric in the 1920s, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota

1996 Exhibition design for Contemporary Irish Textile Art: The Women of Anneghmakerrig, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota

1994 Co-curator and exhibition designer for QUILTDESIGN: 18 Years of Design Excellence at the University of Minnesota, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota

1993 Exhibition design for Merging Paths, the Recent Work of Bhakti Ziek, Goldstein Gallery

1991 Exhibition design for Muses Works Show, Wilensky's Arts

1987 Edited an instructional video on 2- and 3-dimensional design at the University of Minnesota

Published in Graphic Production '73 - '83

Published in Art Police Magazine

 
       
EXHIBITIONS:
 

Minnesota Contemporary Quilter, Bloomington Art Center 2001

Quilts Midwest, Minnetonka Lutheran Church Gallery, 2000

May Baskets, Gallery 702, St. Cloud, Minnesota 2000

Contemporary Quilt and Textile Art, Jax Studio Gallery, Minneapolis 1999

Quilts and Textiles, Anderson Corporation Lobby Gallery, 1999

Contemporary Quilters Exhibit, Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis 1999

A Common Thread: Minnesota Textile Center Exhibit, Phipps Center, Hudson, Wisconsin 1995

National Surface Design Conference Regional Exhibit, Portland, Oregon 1995

American Craft Council Craft Show, St. Paul Civic Center 1995

HGA travelling Small Expressions Show, Pacific Cultural Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 1995

QUILTDESIGN: 18 Years of Design Excellence at the Univ. of Minn., Goldstein Gallery 1994

HGA travelling Small Expressions Show, Textile Museum in Taichung, Taiwan 1994

HGA Small Expressions Show, Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1994

American Craft Council Craft Show, St. Paul Civic Center 1994

Make Your Bed!, Javier Puig Gallery, Minneapolis 1992

Points of Departure, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota 1991

Muses Works Show, Wilensky's Arts, Minneapolis 1991

The Other Foot in the Door Show, Minneapolis Institute of Arts 1990

Inside Out Show, Minneapolis Institute of Arts 1990

Reflection and Inspiration, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota 1990

Design '89 Graduate Exhibit, Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota 1989

Elements and Illusions: Fiberscapes, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery,University of Minnesota 1989

Design '87, International Design Center, Minneapolis 1987

 
     
   

Main - Resume - Quilts & Needlepoint - Screen-printed Fabrics - Halftone Fabrics - Baskets - Silk Wall Hangings - Lithographs

Please contact Jean Ross, 3624 Bryant Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55409-1018 USA
email: jfross@tc.umn.edu