BRUCE WEST 1672 East Belmont Springfield, MO 65802 Phone: (417) 866-6280 Email: BruceWest@missouristate.edu www.BruceWestPhotography.com PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS, 2014-2005 2014 Artist Presentation, Missouri Fine Arts Academy Missouri State University 2014 Featured Speaker, The Unburied Treasures Series Mississippi Museum of Art 2013 Featured Speaker, Artists Lecture Series Springfield Art Museum 2012 Featured Speaker, The God Factor Project Braga, Portugal 2011 Featured Speaker, Mississippi Folk Art Symposium Lauren Rogers Museum of Art 2011 Panelist, Photographing the American South National Conference of the Popular Culture Association of the South 2009 Instructor, Digital Photography Workshop University of the United Arab Emirates 2009 Artist Lecture: Photographs by Bruce West University of the United Arab Emirates 2009 Gallery Lecture: Spiritual Advisor to the World Springfield Art Museum 2008 Panelist, Perception and Portrayal A Mississippi Celebration, The Mississippi Museum of Art 2006 Visiting Artist San Francisco Art Institute 2006 Lecture, Provost Research Forum Missouri State University

Bruce West Page 2 PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS, 2014-2005, cont’d 2005 Visiting Artist

The University of Mississippi

COLLECTIONS The Ogden Museum of Southern Art The Library of Congress Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England The Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany Munchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark Centro Internationale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas The Mississippi Art Museum, Jackson, Mississippi The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland New Mexico Museum of Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Paine-Webber Corporation, New York, New York A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc; St. Louis, Missouri The Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri The Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri The Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri The Plaster Student Union, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri The Antonio Racela, Jr. Collection, Kansas City, Missouri John Shubin Collection, Miami Beach, Florida

AWARDS, 2014-2005 Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2013 Exhibition Fellowship, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 2010 Sabbatical Leave, Missouri State University, 2009-10

Bruce West Page 3 AWARDS, 2014-2005, con’t Third Place Photography Award, Slow Exposures Juried Exhibition, 2009 First Place Photography Award, Slow Exposures Juried Exhibition, 2008 Faculty Research Grant, Missouri State University, 2008 Samuel O. King Award, Springfield Art Museum, 2006 Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2006 PUBLICATIONS and ARTICLES, 2014-2005 The True Gospel Preached Here, The University of Mississippi Press, 2014

The True Gospel Preached Here (book review), Raw Vision, Autumn/Fall, 2014, p. 83

The True Gospel Preached Here Documents Fast-Fading Way of Life, The Springfield Newsleader, (Springfield, MO), The Weekend Section, May 22, 2014 Photos Put MS Legends in Spotlight, The Clarion Ledger, (Jackson, MS), The Family Section, May 18, 2014

Endpapers: Memphis Books for Summer Reading, The Memphis Flyer, July 10, 2014

New Photo Book Captures Creative Souls of Believers, The Columbia Tribune (Columbia, MO), Ovation, June 8, 2014

Photographer Captures Spirit of a Southern Landmark in New Book, The Columbia Tribune (Columbia, MO), Ovation, June 1, 2014 Slow Exposures Catalog, Pike Preservation, Inc, 2013, 2009 and 2008 The God Factor Catalog, 2012 (http://issuu.com/godfactor/docs/godfactor_2012/1?zoomed=&zoomPercent=&zoomX=&zoomY=&noteText=&noteX=&noteY=&viewMode=magazine) Moon City Review, Moon City Press, 2011

Bruce West Page 4 PUBLICATIONS and ARTICLES, 2014-2005, cont’d Home of the Double Headed Eagle; The Visionary Vernacular Architecture of Reverend HD and Margaret Dennis, Southern Cultures, Winter, 2010, University of North Carolina Press, pp 95 and 105 For From About James T. Whitehead Poems, Stories, Photographs, and Recollections, Michael Burns, Moon City Press, 2009 Take Time to Appreciate, The Mississippi Delta Region, 1994-2002, Southern Cultures, Spring 2009, University of North Carolina Press, pp 48-57 Myst, Mistica e Mistero di una Collezione Fotografica , Cramtemporanea Photographia, 2008 Act of Faith (Stichting Aurora Borealis), 2007 The Four Dog Blues Band, or How Chester, Boy, Dog in the Fog, and Diva Took the Big City by Storm (Mississippi Museum of Art), 2007 5th Annual Image Biennial Exhibition Catalog, East Carolina University, 2007 Mississippi’s Creative Vision: Mrs. L.V. Hull, Visualize: Mississippi Museum of Art News, November, 2006—March, 2007 Exhibitions, Springfield News-Leader, Weekend Section, Nov 17, 2006, MOAK 2006 Catalog, Springfield Art Museum, 2006 7. Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen (Edition Panorama), 2005 7. Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen (exhibition guide), 2005 Delta Blues, Foto Magazin, Hamburg, Germany, Number 8, August 2005, pp124-129 The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith, Patricia C. Pongracz and Wayne Roosa, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co; 2005 Two Local Photographers Recognized in Germany, The Community Free Press, June 29, 2005 Three Artists’ Works Shown in Germany, Springfield News-Leader, June 11, 2005 Bruce West Exhibition at Gammill Gallery, The Southern Register, The Newsletter of the Center for Study of Southern Culture, Winter, 2005 (page 7)

Bruce West Page 5 ARTICLES/REVIEWS on web, 2014-2005 http://www.amazon.com/The-True-Gospel-Preached-Here/dp/1617039586 http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1688 http://upmississippi.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-conversation-with-bruce-west-author.html#more http://southphotography.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-true-gospel-preached-here.html http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/not-just-another-roadside-attraction http://news.missouristate.edu/2014/04/24/photography-book-bruce-west/ http://vimeo.com/97167016 http://aintbadmagazine.com/filter/The-American-South

http://imagejournal.org/imageupdate/288_140619.html

http://aintbadmagazine.com/filter/The-American-South http://imagejournal.org/imageupdate/288_140619.html https://www.spenational.org/news-and-events/the-true-gospel-preached-here-published-by-university-press-of-mississippi https://www.spenational.org/news-and-events/member-work-featured-in-acac-950-summit http://aintbadmagazine.com/acac http://www.wiljaxgallery.com/all-exhibits?tag=Bruce%20West http://designobserver.com/feature/book-review-the-true-gospel-preached-here/38556 http://www.msmuseumart.org/index.php/events/event/unburied-treasures-cover-to-cover1 http://www.southernspaces.org/2008/katrina-one-year-later-three-perspectives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w4dxXLBjdw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LibH_5jG088

Bruce West Page 6 EXHIBITIONS, 2014-2005 Solo and two person exhibitions (peer reviewed) Photographs by Bruce West, Wiljax Gallery, Cleveland, Mississippi (September-October, 2014) Take Time to Appreciate: Photographs by Bruce West, Rosenzweig Art Gallery, Columbus, Mississippi (February, 2013) Take Time to Appreciate: Photographs of Mrs. LV Hull and Reverend HD Dennis, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi (December, 2010 – February, 2011) Take Time to Appreciate, Gallery 305A, Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois (August – September, 2010 Spiritual Advisor to the World, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (December, 2009 – January, 2010) A World of Wonders: Photographs by Gwen Walstrand and Bruce West. PEO Foundation Gallery, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri (November – December, 2007) A World of Wonders: Photographs by Gwen Walstrand and Bruce West. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California (September – October, 2007) Take Time to Appreciate, The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi (January – March, 2005) International Exhibitions (peer reviewed) Days of War, Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium (January – May, 2014) 1-100-1000 Visions: Photographs from an Artist's Collection, OOOH! Gallery, Verona, Italy (October, 2013 - January, 2014) The God Factor Project, Mosteiro Sao Martinho De Tibaes, Braga, Portugal (November-December, 2012 Act of Faith, Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen, Koksijde, Belgium (March-May, 2010) Myst, Mistica e Mistero di una Collezione Fotografica, Centro Internationale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy (November, 2007-January, 2008)

Bruce West Page 7 International Exhibitions (peer reviewed), cont’d Act of Faith, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, The Netherlands (September – October, 2007) Portrat der Strasse, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany (November, 2006 – April, 2007) TPS 15 International Exhibition, The Texas Photographic Society, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas (September, 2006) and Abilene Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, Texas (December, 2006 – January, 2007) Contemporary American Photography, Internationale Fototage, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany (June – July, 2005) Curated Museum/Gallery Exhibitions (peer reviewed) The South, Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia, Sept-Oct, 2014 The South, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 2014 The Friends of the Art Museum, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (September, 2013 - March, 2014) The Dissolute Household, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (August, 2013 - February, 2014) Masterpieces from the J. Armin Rust Collection, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri (March- May, 2013) Playing House, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (July, 2012 – February 24, 2013) New Acquisitions, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana (August, 2012) Through the Lens of the Camera, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (May - June 2012) From A to Z, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (April - May. 2012) Selections from the Permanent Collection, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (August – November, 2011)

Bruce West Page 8 Curated Museum/Gallery Exhibitions (peer reviewed), cont’d Mississippi Photographs, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana (August – September, 2011) Recent Acquisitions 2010, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (January – March, 2011) Appalachian Photographers Project, The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee (October, 2010 – January, 2011) Preserving Memories; Photographs from the Past, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (October - December, 2010) Katrina, One Year Later, The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi (September, 2007) The Mississippi Story, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi (June-December, 2007) Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri (January – July, 2007) The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith, The Museum of Biblical Art, New York, New York (August – November, 2005) Picture Show: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi (November, 2004 – March, 2005) Juried Exhibitions (peer reviewed) Slow Exposures, Pike County Historical Association, Zebulon, Georgia (September; 2013; September, 2011; September, 2009, September, 2008, September, 2006) Gesturing into Consciousness, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (April, 2013) MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (November, 2010 - January, 2011; November , 2008 - January, 2009; November, 2006 - January, 2007, November, 2004 - January, 2005)

Bruce West Page 9 Juried Exhibitions (peer reviewed), con’t The American Dream, New Orleans Photography Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (March, 2010) Portraits, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado (November, 2009) 5th Annual Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina (January – February, 2007) Invitational Exhibitions Insight Exhibition, The Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont (October, 2014; October, 2013; October; 2012; October, 2011; October, 2010; October, 2009; October, 2008; October, 2007; October, 2006; October, 2005) Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September, 2012; September, 2010) Art by Choice, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi (August – September; 2011, August - September, 2010) Faculty Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri (October, 2008; October, 2006; February, 2005)

Workload Matrix

Teaching

Advising BFA Reviews Senior Exhibit Reviews

Maintenance of Photo Facilities

Committee Activities

Workload per semester, 2005-2014

3 classes per semester 15 to 18 hours, depending upon scheduling and supervision of photo internships

5 hours per week

10-12 hours per semester

10-12 hours per semester

3 hours per week

3-5 hours per week

Sabbatical Leave, Missouri State University, 2009-10 Missouri-London Program, Spring, 2009 Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2013 Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2013

Teaching Matrix: “Faculty member demonstrates a mastery of subject matter, clear, effective pedagogical strategies, the ability to formulate goals and strong pedagogical methods, leadership within curricular matters and the ability to innovate.”

Courses Taught

Art 255, Beginning Photography; Art 354, Medium Format Photography; Art 356, Color Photography; Art 358, Studio Photography; Art 387, History of Photography; Art 399, Independent Study; Art 407, Art Internship; Art 455, Advanced Photography Seminar

Student Evaluations Consistently high student evaluation scores; average of 4.22 on iGrade Instructor Evaluations Please see distribution of iGrade Instructor Evaluations grades in attached materials

Annual Faculty Evaluation Consistently excellent annual teaching evaluations, average of 4.6 on a 1-5 point scale

Art 407 Photo Internship I initiated, maintain, and supervise the internship program in photography, providing opportunities for our students to work with successful commercial photographers in the four-state region.

Participation in Study Abroad Taught in Missouri London Program in spring, 1996, summer, 2004 and Spring, 2009

Curricular Development Throughout my time at MSU, I have initiated a number of new courses to assure a viable photographic education for MSU students: Art 354 (Medium Format Photography), Art 355 (Large Format Photography), Art 358 (Studio Photography), Art 455 (Advanced Photography Seminar), Art 454 (Digital Photography II). These courses provide a balance of fine art and applied skills, assuring an awareness and command of technical, formal, and conceptual concerns. Within the 2014-05 time frame, I initiated the newest of these courses: Art 454.

The Photography Area is one of the largest fine arts areas in the Department of Art and Design at MSU and one of the largest and most comprehensive photo programs in the state, currently serving 35 majors and a total enrollment of 95-100 students each semester.

Additional: Instructor, Digital Photography Workshop at the University of the United Arab Emirates, 2009 Developed curricular recommendations for a fine arts program at the University of the United Arab Emirates, 2009 Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, 2006 Visiting Artist, The University of Mississippi, 2005

Mentoring Matrix

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

BFA Reviews 11 9 15 11 8 * 14 13 15 12

Senior Exhibition Reviews 6 4 5 15 5 * 5 8 4 15

*Sabbatical & Mo-London program

Additional mentoring activities: Providing reference letters for students (job applications, grad school applications, grant applications, etc.) Assisting students as they research grad school possibilities Assisting students with grad school applications Encouraging and assisting students to pursue exhibition/publication opportunities Supervision of photo internship program Securing funding (curricular development grants, COAL funding proposals, etc.) for additional photographic equipment to enhance student learning (cameras, scanners, printers, etc.) Securing community donations of additional photographic equipment to enhance student learning Initiating/organizing various exhibitions in MSU galleries such as the Robert E. Smith retrospective, Todd Bertolaet and David Wharton: Photographs from the American South and Partial to Home, Photographs by Birney Imes Assisting with all aspects of visiting photographers program, enabling our students to participate in annual workshops with noted American photographers such as Melissa Ann Pinney, Mark Steinmetz, Deborah Luster and Alex Webb Hiring students to assist me with various aspects of my professional practice (matt cutting, framing and shipping of art work, scanning images, etc.); providing valuable role model for students

Student successes: from 2005 to 2014, twelve photography majors have pursued MFA degrees in prestigious photography programs

such as Columbia College (Chicago), the San Francisco Art Institute, Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts in NYC; all have received scholarships and/or teaching assistantships

Approximately 50 to 60 of our grads are currently working commercially, or on a freelance basis, in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield. Locations include Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Ferguson Katzman Studio and Robert Bullivant Gallery in St. Louis, and Dan Rockafellow Studio, Great Outdoors Photography, and Bass Pro in Springfield. (Two of the three full-time studio photographers at Bass Pro are MSU grads). Several photo majors have established their own studios in St. Louis (Megan Hensley), Springfield (Sesha Shannon) , and Nashville, Tennessee (Michael Howard).

A small number of former students (Julie Blackmon and Cory Prahl) have secured major gallery representation (Robert Mann Gallery in NYC, Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis, etc) of their work

A number of photo grads have pursued additional degree certification in art education and are now teaching in

elementary or secondary schools…recently hired teachers include Natasha Lopez, Jennifer Cottengem, and Stephanie Burk

8 students have had their work published in the Photographers’ Forum (the premier publication for student photography) Annual Review …recently published students include Cory Powell and Cathy Davis.

MSU photography students consistently exhibit their work in Photospiva, a national juried exhibition

Service Matrix:

“Sustained leadership roles in and beyond the department, in the College, University,

profession and/or the community.”

Committee Service at MSU

Advisement/ Retention Committee, Recruitment Committee, Facilities Committee, 2014- 2013. Program Review Committee, Tenure/Promotion/Evaluation Committee, 2012 Compensation Committee and Program Review Committee, 2011-2010 Chair, Photography Search Committee, Brick City Planning Committee, Curriculum and Assessment Committee, 2008 Merit Pay Compensation Committee, Exhibitions Committee, Chair, Photography Search Committee, 2007-08 Communications Committee, Exhibitions and Workshops Committee, Chair, Photo Search Committee, Compensation Committee 2006-2007 Communications Committee, Exhibitions and Workshops Committee, 2005-2006 Exhibitions and workshops, 2005

Additional MSU Service Activities

Collaborations with Moon City Press: Cover photograph and interior portfolio of photographs for Moon City Review, 2011 and front and back cover photographs and interior portfolio of photographs for For From About James T. Whitehead by Michael Burns, in 2009 Facilitate move of photography program to Brick City, summer of 2013 Contribute to design of photo facilities in Brick City, 2011-12 Design, supervise construction of photo facilities in Pummil Hall, 2009-10 Design, supervise construction of color lab in Ellis Hall, 2006-07 Supervision/ maintenance/upkeep of photo equipment and facilities, 2005-2014

Service to the Profession Reviewer for the Society for Photographic Education: Portfolio reviewer at SPE National Conference in 2014, 2007 and, 2005 Reader Report for University of Mississippi Press: external review of a book proposal for Waiting and Wanting, 2014 External reviewer: for tenure and promotion applications for two photography faculty members at University of Central Florida, 2008 and 2010 Recommendation letter supporting the award of a NEA Medal of Honor to noted American photographer, Paul Caponigro, 2010 Donate use of image for the header of Image Magazine blogsite: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodletters, 2009 Recommendation letter supporting a teaching award from the Texas State University System for noted American photographer, Keith Carter, 2008

Research Matrix: “A sustained, cumulative record of peer-reviewed creative/professional activities at the national or international level.”

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Presentations/Lectures/ Workshops

2 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 1

Awards 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0

Publications and Articles

7 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 7

Solo/2-person exhibits peer reviewed

1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1

International exhibits peer reviewed

2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1

Museum/gallery exhibits, peer reviewed

4 2 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 2

Juried exhibitions peer reviewed

0 2 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 1

Invitational exhibitions 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2

Awards for creative work: Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2013 Exhibition Fellowship, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 2010 Sabbatical Leave, Missouri State University, 2009-10 Third Place Photography Award, Slow Exposures Juried Exhibition, 2009 First Place Photography Award, Slow Exposures Juried Exhibition, 2008 Faculty Research Grant, Missouri State University, 2008 Samuel O. King Award, Springfield Art Museum, 2006 Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Missouri State University, 2006 Future projects: Exhibition at the University of Memphis Museum of Art, November, 2015 to coincide with the annual conference of the American Folk Art Society Publication of new color photographs in Ain’t Bad Magazine, Volume 9, March, 2015 Collaboration with filmmaker in Austin, Texas; providing still imagery for documentary film about folk artist, L. V. Hull