Vitae

Education

1998

MFA, Intermedia & Video Art, Photography, University of Iowa

1995

MA, Intermedia & Video Art, Photography, University of Iowa

1991

BFA, Intermedia & Video Art, Photography, University of Iowa

Present college teaching positions and related experience

2006

• Lecturer in the Department of Art, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA, 2000-present
• Professional Photographer, Photography by Sandy, 1976 to the present

2001

• Instructor of Video, in collaboration with WRAC, U of Iowa, and PATV, recipient of a MacArthur Grant, Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

2000

• Adjunct Professor of Art, University of Iowa, Intermedia I, Introduction to Intermedia and Video Art, Iowa City, IA Spring '99-present
• Instructor of Video, in collaboration with WRAC, U of Iowa, and PATV, recipient of a MacArthur Grant, Fall 2000 - Spring 2001
• PATV Workshop Instructor, Public Access Television, 1996-'00

1999

• Adjunct Professor of Art, Iowa State University, Photography, Ames, IA, Fall

1997

• Instructor of Intermedia II, University of Iowa, Art & Art History, Iowa City

1996

• Instructor of Intermedia I, University of Iowa, Art & Art History, Iowa City
• Photography Instructor, University of Iowa Summer High School Workshop
• Computer Lab Assistant, College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1995

• Instructor of Photography, College of Education, University of Iowa, 1992-1995

Exhibits

See the Exhibit Archive

Publicity & Publications

2007

• University of Iowa Press, Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians — Monograph of musician portraits, publish date: Spring '07

2006

• No Depression Music Magazine, Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Sept.)
• Bo Ramsey CD, "Stranger Blues," cover photo
• No Depression Music Magazine, Greg Brown, photographs with interview by Mike Perry

2005

• PDN (Photo District News) 50 States Issue - Selected as the Iowa Photographer
• Glamour Magazine, portrait for "Man Message", August 2005
• Columbia College, Chicago, Invitational Lecture/Visiting Artist
• Guitar Magazine, photograph of Bo Ramsey
• No Depression, photograph of Kelly Pardekooper

2004

• Columbia College, Invitational Lecture/Visiting Artist
• BUST Magazine, portrait for article (December)
• No Depression, photographs for magazine
• Thisbe Nissen, author photo for Osbrey Island, Random House
• Ben Ramsey and David Huckfelt, Trailer records CD and publicity photos
• Greg Brown, publicity photos, Trailer Records

2003

• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, "Art Sandwiched In" series, lecture
• Faulconer Gallery, Choices and Challenges - Conversations with Midwestern Artists, Sandy Dyas, John Shimon and Julie Lindemann
• Buffalo Carp, art & literary magazine, Quad City Arts, cover image, feature article
• Angle-A Journal of Arts & Culture, Cleveland, OH, Sept. 2003 - Featured Portfolio of work
• Joe Price and Bo Ramsey, photographs for National Reso-Electric Guitars, Inc.

2002

• Chris Offutt, cover photo for No Heroes, Simon & Schuster USA & Methuen Publishing Ltd, England. Publicity, author photos
• Chris Offutt, cover photo for Same River Twice (2nd edition), Penquin Books USA
• Thisbe Nissen, author photo for soft cover of The Good People of New York, Random House

2001

• David Zollo, photos for The Big Night CD (Trailer Records) and publicity
• GUITAR MAGAZINE, Greg Brown photos - January issue
• VOGUE MAGAZINE, Thisbe Nissen publicity photos - May issue
• NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE, Gillian Welsh, Junior Brown - September
• PUREMUSIC.COM, featured artist, Bo Ramsey video released - September
• Eric Straumanis, portraits for CD, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA
• Dick Prall, portraits for CD

2000

• ICON, April 13, 2000 Music Edition - cover and featured artist
• JANE MAGAZINE, images commissioned for Thisbe Nissen feature - October
• Joe Price, publicity and CD, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA
• Chris Offutt, cover and inside photos, ACE Weekly, Lexington, KY

1999

• Greg Brown, publicity photos and CD, Redhouse Records, Minneapolis, MN
• Dave Moore, portraits for CD and publicity, Breaking it Down to 3 (Redhouse Records), Minneapolis, MN
• Thisbe Nissen, cover image for Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Night, University of Iowa Press , Iowa City, IA
• Teddy Morgan, portraits for publicity and CD, High-Tone Records
• Chris Offutt, short story for limited edition hand-made book - Photographs on cover/inside, published by Danger! Books, Los Angeles, California
• Eric Straumanis, portraits for publicity and CD, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA
• The Dick Prall Band, publicity photographs

1998

• David Zollo, portraits for publicity and CD, Uneasy Street, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA
• Bo Ramsey, In the Weeds, Trailer Records, USA and Dixie Frog Records, France
• Tom Jessen, portraits for publicity and CD, Redemption, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA

1997

• John Lake, publicity, up-coming CD
• The Dick Prall Band, publicity photos, up-coming CD
• Susan Shore, portraits for publicity, Iowa City, IA
• Soliz y Soliz, photos, cassette design. (Funded in part by the Iowa Arts Council)

1996

• David Zollo, High & Lonesome, CD and publicity, For Sale or Rent, Trailer Records, USA, Taxim Records, Germany
• Bo Ramsey, portraits for publicity and CD, LIVE, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA, and Dixie Frog Records, France

1995

• Jorie Graham, poet, Cover portrait, The Given and the Made, by Helen Vendler
• International Writing Program, 100 Words on Shame, cover art, Volume 2, #3
• Bo Ramsey and the Backsliders, LIVE CD, Trailer Records, Iowa City, IA
• David Zollo, High & Lonesome, publicity photos
• Iowa Cultural Studies Journal, Spring 1995, series of photographs

1994

• Kevin Gordon, portraits for Carnival Time, CD, Taxim Records, Germany
• Bo Ramsey, portraits for Down to Bastrop, CD, Taxim Records, Germany

1993

• Jorie Graham, poet, publicity portraits
• Kevin Gordon, Cover portrait for The Real Groove magazine, New Zealand - November
• Bo Ramsey, Cover portrait for The Real Groove magazine, New Zealand - August
• Donald Justice, poet, portrait for publicity
• Kevin Gordon, portrait for Carnival Time, CD, Maverick Music
• Chris Offutt, Cover photo and author photo for The Same River Twice, Simon & Schuster and The Same River Twice, Penguin Books, USA

1992

• Hans Breder, artist portrait, Threshold States
• Iowa Woman, magazine, photograph for a short story, Summer
• Iowa Woman, magazine, photograph for a short story, Winter

1991

• Heather McHugh, poet, portrait for publicity
• Larry Levis, poet, author portrait for Black Freckles
• The Wapsipinican Press, journal, cover photo
• James Galvin, poet, publicity portrait
• Deb Eisenberg, poet, publicity portraits
• Jorie Graham, poet, author portrait, Region of Unlikeness, Ecco Press

Grants & Awards

2005

• Recipient of Iowa Arts Council Project Grant

2004

• Nominated for Sante Fe Prize in Photography

2003

• Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant - Photography
• Honorable Mention, 3rd Annual National Photography Exhibition, Keith Carter, Judge
• Review Santa Fe, juried competition

2002

• Faculty Development Grant, for travel expenses to Prague, Cornell College
• Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant - Photography
• Iowa City Public Library Purchase Prize - China Shoes, photographs

2001

• NEA Grant, awarded to United Action for Youth, Artist in Residence, summer '01
• Iowa Arts Council Professional Development Grant, August

2000

• MacArthur Grant, Facilitator - in collaboration with PATV and WRAC, 2000-2001
• Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant, for production of artwork - Mixed-Media

1999

• Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant, for production of artwork - Photography
• Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant, in collaboration with Susan Becker

1997

• Finalist - Alliance for Community Media, Hometown Video Fest, "swimming pool blue"

1995

• University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Merit Award, "Swimming Pool" mixed media

1994

• University of Iowa Fine Arts Council Grant

1993

• Len Everett Tuition Scholarship, Academic year 93-94