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WALT PADGETT
1763 Boundary Lane
Grants Pass, Oregon 97527 phone: 541-479-1805
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EDUCATION: Florida State University (B.F.A., M. F.A.-- sculpture), Clemson University (architecture)

workshops with Keith Howard (non-toxic intaglio printmaking), Michael Edge (bronze patination), Welton Rotz (Italian marble carving), Akira Kurosaki (Japanese woodblock printmaking), Oregon School of Design (architecture & city renewal) Nelson Sandgren (watercolor painting), Victor Morejohn (sculpture), Ted Goerschner (oil painting), Millard Sheets (watercolor painting), Robert McClain (Japanese woodblock printmaking), international bronze casting conferences /workshops (Albuquerque, Chicago, Boulder, Kalamazoo, Lawrence), Penland School of Crafts (bronze casting of sculpture: assistantship to John Acorn)

SABBATICAL STUDIES: Japan's Tokaido--two months in Japan documenting the historic sites depicted in the "53 Stations of the Tokaido" print series of Hiroshige and Sekino; Japanese woodblock printmaking --one month intensive study at the Yoshida Hanga Academy (Tokyo)Two years sabbatical experience as a full-time professional artist.

Homestays and travel in Japan with a delegation of the Eugene / Kakegawa Sister City Association
TEACHING: Rogue Community College 1971-present , Florida A & M University 1970-71 workshop teaching : Portland State University & The Northwest Print Council (Japanese woodblock printmaking), Southern Oregon University (sculpture casting), Rogue Gallery and Art Center (Japanese woodblock printmaking, watercolor painting), Coos Art Museum ( Japanese woodblock printmaking), Southwestern Oregon Community College (drawing), Central Oregon Community College (Japanese woodblock printmaking), Quinlan Art Center (Japanese woodblock printmaking), Blue Bay Press (Japanese woodblock printmaking)

Japanese woodblock printmaking demonstrations: Japanese Garden Society of Oregon (Portland), annual Asian Celebration (Eugene,OR), Redwood Art Association (Eureka, CA), Obon Celebration of the Roseburg,OR/ Shobu Sister City Association

Teaching exchange with Professor Nelson Sandgren (Oregon State University)

GUEST LECTURER on subject "Cycling Japan's Historic Tokaido": Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Umpqua Community College, Redwood Art Association, Tokuiku Health Center ( Kakegawa, Japan), The Asian Studies and Cultural Center of Dankook University, Berkeley Art Center, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Josephine County Public Library, Rogue Community College

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: Umpqua Community College, Kyoto International Woodprint Association (Kyoto, Japan), Oregon State University Library, McClain's Printmaking Supplies, City of Kakegawa (Japan), Rogue Disposal and Recycling, Inc., Suma Pacific, Pinkham Press, the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for the Graphic Arts (Portland Art Museum), Rogue Valley Medical Center, Mt. Hood Community College, Yoshida Hanga Academy (Tokyo, Japan), Blue Bay Press, Rogue Community College, Florida State University

RECENT EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS: (since 1996)
* "Directions" retrospective exhibition of work from the past 35 years (sculptures, oils & watercolors, prints, drawings): Rogue Gallery, Medford, 2006
* Japan travel & research/documentation of the historic highways, Nakasendo, Kisokaido, Tokaido and sightseeing Nikko, Japan Alps area, Kyoto, Takaoka area, 2006
* Annual Spring Membership Exhibition of the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery: Portland, 2006
* Annual Faculty Art Show(s): Rogue Community College: Grants Pass
* Commissioned to produce a limited edition print for the 7th Annual North American Sogetsu Seminar: Portland, 2005
* Commissioned to produce a limited edition print for the Norma Seibert Printmaking Scholarship program: Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2005
* "Longitude and Latitude", three-person show, Print Arts Northwest: Portland, 2005
* 8th Annual Southern Oregon Sculpture Exhibit: Grants Pass, 2005
* London Program, Oregon Consortium of Community Colleges for International Study, taugh in London for Spring term of 2004, traveled in Great Britain, France
* "Expressions West" regional painting competition, third place award winner (watercolor), Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, 2003
* Annual Spring Show, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, Best in Show award winner (watercolor), 2003
* Art of the Farm Paint-in, to benefit the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Hanley Farms: Central Point, 2002
* One-man Show (prints), Mabel Hansen Gallery, Coos Art Museum: Coos Bay, 2001
* Kyoto International Woodprint Association Exhibit: Lyoto, 1998
* "Points of the Compass", Florida State Universary Museum of Fine Arts SVAD 25th Exhibition: Tallahassee, 1998
* retrospective print show: Rogue Community College
* one-person show: New York Life
* one person show: Rogue Gallery Outreach Center
* Japanese Prints: Asian Arts Society of Southern Oregon
* Theme Invitational "Millenium Madonna": Grants Pass Museum of Art
* 6th & 9th annual Geijutsu Sai: Japanese Garden Society of Oregon
* annual Obon Celebrations: Roseburg / Shobu Sister City Association
* one-person show: Stardust Repertory Theatre
* School of Visual Arts & Dance Exhibition "Points of the Compass"
...(Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University)--alumni from 25 years
* one-person show: Japanese Garden of Portland
* one-person show: Umpqua Community College
* New Members Show: Northwest Print Council
* Annual Kyoto International Woodprint Association Show (Kyoto, Japan)
* Moku Hanga Exhibition
...(invitational travelling exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints by American and Canadian artists)
* Annual Fall and Spring Exhibits, Rental Sales Gallery of the Portland Art Museum
* Asian Celebration (Eugene), annual participation:
...display and demonstration of Japanese woodblock printmaking
* Juried All-Media Works Exhibit, eklektikos gallery of art (Washington, D.C.)
* Georgetown Annual International Exhibit, Fraser Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
* Southern Oregon Sculpture Exhibition, Grants Pass Museum of Art
* Annual Southern Oregon Artshows: sponsored by the A.A.U.W.
* Annual Faculty Artshows, Rogue Community College
* one-person show: Josephine County Public Library (Grants Pass)
* 50 Years of Winners: A.A. U. W. Southern Oregon Artshows (Josephine County Public Library)
* one-person show: Tokuiku Health Center (Kakegawa, Japan)
* two-person show: Akaiyanenoie Gallery (Kakegawa, Japan)
* one-person show: Re/Max
* one person show: Wild River Brewing & Pizza Company
* Matsukaze Japanese Restaurant
* The State of Jefferson Biennial: Rogue Gallery and Art Center
* extended exhibition history upon request

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