FACULTY  SPONSOR:  Julia  Galloway  

Please  submit  the  following  information:  

_X_This  form  filled  out  completely;  paper  copy  and/or  CD  

__X__  Description  of  this  artist’s  work,  professional  accomplishments,  and  experience  in  working  with  students,  narrative  format,  max.  1  page  paper  copy  and/or  CD    

__NA_Artist  CV  and  web  page  address;  paper  copy  and/or  CD  

_NA__3-­‐5  images  of  artist  work,  high  resolution  suitable  for  publicity  approx.  1600  pixels  longest  side;  CD      

 __X__Brief  Bio;  paper  copy  and/or  CD  _X__Proposed  Schedule  for  visit  including  all  activities;  paper  copy  and/or  CD      

 Name  of  Visiting  Artist(s):  Robert  Shay  

Address:  coming  soon  

Phone  number  &  email  of  Artist:  coming  soon  

DATES  (confirm  with  artist  in  advance):  

Preferred  Dates  of  Visit:  June  29  –  July  19  

Alternate  Dates  of  Visit    

COMMITMENTS  (activities  the  Artist(s)  will  be  performing  during  visit,  please  check  all  that  apply):  

____Public  Lecture  (please  list  date):       __X__Workshop  or  demonstration  

__X__Graduate  Student  Critiques     _____Lecture  or  Seminar  

____Undergraduate  Critiques     _____Other:  

BUDGET  (please  read  budget  section  of  sponsor  responsibilities  carefully)  

Travel  Cost:     Honorarium:  

Airport  transport:     Materials  needed  for  workshop:  $200  for  clay  and  glazes  

Hotel  Per  night:    Hotel  total:  

Publicity  Cost  

Meals  ($100  max):       Other  Needs:    

Total  of  All  Expenses:  $200      

School of Art

Visiting Artist Proposal Form

Proposal Due Date: March 1st

 

Description  of  Bob  Shay  ‘Visiting  Artist  Residency”:  

Bob  Shays  three-­‐week  visit  to  the  School  of  Art  at  the  University  of  Montana  would  be  three  fold:    

• First,  Bob  would  be  a  role  model,  mentor  and  professional  contact  for  the  graduate  students  working  in  the  studio  over  the  summer.    He  would  be  available  for  studio  visits  and  critiques  and  being  community  minded  he  would  encourage  this  dialogue.    Bob  would  work  along  side  of  the  graduate  students  sharing  his  considerable  experience  as  a  long  time  artist  and  one  of  the  last  of  the  original  abstract  expressionist  generation.  Bob  is  also  known  for  developing  rather  exceptional  ceramics  glazes  and  surfaces  –  this  information  would  be  extremely  helpful  for  our  current  graduate  students  in  clay.    Though  Bob’s  studio  practice  and  reputation  is  just  about  exclusively  in  clay,  he  was  the  Chair  of  the  School  of  Art  &  Visual  Studies  at  the  University  of  Kentucky  for  many  years  and  is  well  versed  in  studio  art  in  all  mediums.    

• Second,  Bob  would  work  in  the  ceramics  studio  developing  his  own  body  of  work.  The  current  ceramics  facilities  can  support  his  techniques  and  studio  needs.  Working  outside  of  ones  own  studio  is  a  unique  time  for  an  artist,  it  allows  a  different  kind  of  focus,  and  this  is  the  root  of  Bobs  visit.    

• Third,  the  national  ceramics  community  is  still  deeply  informed  by  word  of  mouth.  Montana  has  a  strong  ceramics  history  and  community.  Bob  Shay  would  be  supportive  of  our  School  of  Art  after  his  ‘visiting  artist  residency’  and  would  send  us  transfer  undergraduate  students  as  well  as  MFA  applicants.    

The  requested  funding  of  $200  would  pay  for  Bob’s  material:  clay,  special  glazes  and  colorants.  He  does  not  need  a  stipend  and  will  stay  in  my  guest  room.  Basically,  Bob  would  come  to  Missoula  for  three  weeks  in  the  summer,  make  great  work,  speak  with  students  about  art  and  life,  and  spread  the  word  about  Arts  in  Montana  when  he  leaves.    

 

Bob  Shay:    Biography,  Accomplishments:  

“Bob  Shay  is  an  artist  who  has  always  been  obsessed  with  the  material  quality  of  clay.  Originally  from  Brooklyn  New  York,  Shay  grew  up  with  a  backyard  of  apartment  buildings  and  city  street  grids.   It  was  only  when  Shay  moved  away  from  the  city  and  saw  the  world  through  travel,  that  he  began  to  fall  in  love  with  the  landscape  (and  the  anthropology)  of  rural  America.  His  current  work  reflects  the  dissimilarity  (or  rift)  between  these  two  experiences  and  ways  of  seeing.  

In  his   ceramic  platters,   Shay   captures   the   feel   of   landscape   through  a   connection  with  a   sense  of  place,   the  passing  time  of  geology,  and  the  beautiful  fragility  of  the  environment.      It  is  important  to  him  that  the  objects  he  makes  connect  with  people  on  an  intuitive  level  especially  those  who  have,  lived  their  lives  with  an  honest  and  perhaps  intimate  connection  to  the  planet.”  

His  work  is  held  in  the  permanent  collections  of  Museum  of  Decorative  Arts,  Prague,  Czech  Republic,  the  Ceramics  Research  Center,  Arizona  State  University,  Tempe,  Taideteollisuus  Museo,  Helsinki,  Finland  and  numerous  other  public  and  private  collections.”          -­‐Sheri  Leedy  Gallery  

 

Bob  Shay  has  just  returned  to  working  full  time  in  the  studio  after  24  years  in  arts  administration.  Since  2010,  he   has   been   artist   in   residence   at   numerous   residencies   including   the   International   Ceramics   Symposium,  Czech  Republic,  Red  Lodge  Clay  Center,  Montana,  and  the  Archie  Bray  Foundation,  Helena,  Montana.  

Bob  Shay  Artwork: