CONTACT
INFORMATION:

Studio: 270.792.3332
email: haggbloom@gmail.com
Web Site: www.weepingwillowstainedglass.com

EDUCATION:

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

2001 - present: Artist/Owner, contractor, and stained glass artisan, Weeping Willow Stained Glass, Bowling Green, KY. Stained glass window and panel construction, installation, and restoration.
 
Exhibit oil paintings at local and national galleries.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

1994-2001: Owner, contractor, and stained glass artisan, Glass Concepts, Jonesboro, AR. Stained glass window and panel construction, restorations, and installations for private homes, churches, businesses, libraries and museums; classes; retail supplies.
1999-2001: Owner, Glass Concepts II, Little Rock, AR. Classes and retail supplies.  Sold both businesses 2001.
Pre '94:  Athletic Facilities/PBS/FBI/MOM

JURIED SHOWS 
AND EXHIBITIONS:

2011, Aug - Duncan Hines Art Festival, KY Museum. 1st Place Sculpture: "Black Gold" (Kiln-fired glass)
2011, June - ArtWorks 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition. 4th place sculpture: "Jester Deconstructs" (Kiln-fired glass)
2011, 21st Annual Women in the Arts Juried Exhibition - HONORARY WINNER:  "Lake Powell" (Oil on canvas)
2011, Mar - US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum.
2010-11 Presbyterian Gallery Exhibition
2010-11 Public Theatre of Kentucky's Curator and Exibitor.
2010, Nov - All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts.
2010, Oct - ArtsACCESS Juried Exhibition.
2010, Sept - 20th Annual Scottsville Guild Juried Exhibition - 3rd Place: "Follow Me" (Monotype, watercolor, & ink.)
2010, Apr - 20th Annual Women in the Arts Juried Exhibition. MERIT WINNER: "Road to Fargo II" (Painted and kiln-fired stained glass).
2010, Mar - June, Duo Exhibition, Goodnight Library, Franklin
2010, Mar - US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum.
2010, Feb - ArtWorks 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition. 
2009,  Dec/Jan - Presbyterian Gallery Exhibition.
2009, Nov - All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts.
2009, Nov - World's Greatest Studio Tour.
2009, Aug - Duncan Hines Juried Art Exhibition.
THIRD PLACE: "More Tree Passion I" (oil on board).
2009, May - Houchens/ArtWorks Juried Exhibition. 
2009, Apr - 19th Annual Women in the Arts Juried Exhibition.
2009, Mar - US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhitibion, Kentucky Museum.
2009, Feb - ArtWorks 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Chair.
2008, Dec/Jan - Presbyterian Gallery Exhibition.
2008, Nov/Dec - All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition.
2008, Nov - Solo Show, Warren County Library, Bowling Green, KY
2008, Apr - 18th Annual Women in the Arts Juried Show:  SPECIAL PURCHASE AWARD for "Watching Life Flow By" (painted and kiln-fired glass).
2008, Mar/Apr -US Bank Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhitibion, Kentucky Museum.
2008, Feb - Artworks Members First-Annual Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Chair.
2007, Nov/Dec - All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition.
2007, Oct/Nov - Solo Show, Capitol Arts Alliance, Inc., Health and Wellness Gallery.
2007, Sept/Oct - Janice Mason Art Museum, Juried Show.
2007, Aug - Duncan Hines Family/Bowling Green Junior Woman's Club Juried Art Exhibition. MERIT AWARD for "Destruction of the Small-Minded Village"  (oil on canvas).
2007, June - Featured artist at The Gallery 916, Bowling Green, KY.
2007, Apr - 17th Annual Women-in-the-Arts Exhibition, Bowling Green, KY. MERIT AWARD for "Serenity" (monotype, oil on arches).
2007, Mar/Apr - US Bank Celebration of the Arts, Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum.
2006, Nov/Jan - Solo Show, Medical Center Cancer Center, Bowling Green, KY.
2006, Nov/Dec- All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition. Cornelius Martin MERIT AWARD for "Mended Lives" (painted and kiln-fired fused glass bowl).
2006, Nov - Bowling Green Studio Tour, BG, KY. 
2006, Mar/Apr - US Bank Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky  Museum.
2005, Nov/Dec - All Kentucky Fine Art Juried Exhibition.
2005, Nov - Bowling Green Studio Tour, BG, KY.  Featured in the Bowling Green Daily News.
2005, Mar/Apr - US Bank Celebration of the Arts, Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum.
2004, Nov - World's Greatest Studio Tour.
2004, Nov -  Ivan Wilson Gallery Juried Exhibition, Western Kentucky University.
2003, Nov -  Ivan Wilson Gallery Juried Exhibition, Western Kentucky University, 1ST PLACE for "You’ve Got Mail" (three-d sculpture).
2002, Nov - Ivan Wilson Gallery Juried Exhibition, Western Kentucky University. 
2002, Oct - Public Exhibition, Spencer’s Gallery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. 
2000, Spring - Jonesboro, Arkansas’ Deer on Parade (ala Chicago’s Cows on Parade). 
1999, Dec - Invited exhibit, Jonesboro Sun Gallery, Jonesboro, AR.
1998, Dec - Invited exhibition, Jonesboro Sun Gallery, Jonesboro, AR.
1997, Dec - Invited exhibition, Jonesboro Sun Gallery, Jonesboro, AR.

PROFESSIONAL:

Stained Glass Association of America
2010 Affiliate

ARTWORKS: A Visual Arts Coalition 
Founding Member - Wrote Articles and ByLaws
2010-11 Board of Directors, Webster, PTK Curator
2008-present Webster
2007-2009 Board Member/Membership Chair
2007-2008 Secretary

Retailers of Art Glass Supplies (RAGS). RAGS has emerged as the industry’s leading stained glass retailer’s association.
1998-present: Founding and Honorary Member/Retail Retiree
1998-1999: Vice-President
1998-2001: Board of Directors
1998-2001: Membership Committee
1999-2001: Elections Commissioner

Art Glass Society of America
Capitol Arts Alliance/World's Greatest Studio Tour 
Public Theatre of KY gallery curator
Developed web sites for Glass Concepts and Weeping Willow Stained Glass
Arkansas Racquetball Association, President, 1993

PUBLISHED
ARTWORK:

2009, Feb - SOKY, Art and Culture
2008, Nov - SOKY, Art and Culture
2008, Spring - Commonwealth Health Corp, Vol 25, No 5
2007, Oct - SOKY, Art and Culture
2007, Dec - Soky, Art and Culture
2005, Nov - Daily News Featured Artists

PRESENTATIONS
AND LECTURES:

2004 (Spring Semester): Invited lecturor to WKU art education classes on Louis B. Tiffany.
1994-2001: Numerous talks for civic groups on the history of stained glass and techniques of working with glass.

CONTINUING
EDUCATION AND
CONFERENCES:

2006, Aug - Attended Vitri-fusaille glass workshop presented by Stan Price, past Pilchuck Glass School instructor, Ragsfest 06,  Omaha, NE.
2001-2007 - Attended majority of WKU Department of Art colloquia on painting, sculpture, and ceramics, including those by prospective art faculty.
2004, Aug - Glass Blowing Workshop sponsored by Retailers of Art Glass and Supplies. Pane of Glass Studio, Asheville, NC
2003, July - Art Glass Society of America convention, Chicago, IL. Participated in various workshops.
2002, July - Art Glass Society of America convention, Nashville, TN. Participated in various workshops.
2000, July - Art Glass Society of America convention, Chicago, IL. Participated in various workshops.
1999, Jan -  Art Glass Business Conference, Orlando, FL. 
1998, July -  Art Glass Show Association convention, Long Beach, CA. Participated in various workshops.
1997, July -  Art Glass Society of America convention, Houston, TX. Participated in various workshops.
1996, July -  Art Glass Show, Las Vegas, NV. Participated in various workshops.
1995, July - Kiln and Glass Blowing Workshop. Galveston, TX. (Private workshop).

Favorite Pastimes: Family/Skiing/Racquetball/Motorcycle Riding

Favorite Quotes: 
Life is Short, Art is Long.                     
Don't allow your life to devour your dreams,       allow your dreams to devour your life.