Eric O’Dell 1649 Lawton Avenue 478.301.2593 (O) Macon, Georgia 31201 478.750.7561 (H) [email protected] 478.718.2306 (C) e r i c o d e l l . n e t Eric O'Dell at Liberty Hall Studios on Facebook and Tumbler Eric O’Dell (@libertyhalleric) Twitter Education 1994 M.F.A. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1992 B.A. Mercer University, Macon, Georgia Professional Experience 2013 – Present Assistant Professor of Art, Mercer University 2012 – 2013 Lecturer of Art Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts, Macon State College 2012 Artist/Entrepreneur in Residence, Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts, Macon State College *2008 – 2011 Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA Responsibilities: Plan, implement and oversee budget and schedule for all Museum exhibitions. ApproXimately 12,000 square feet of exhibitions per year with a yearly budget of up to $300,000.00. Supervise staff including the Museum Registrar, Exhibition Assistant, University Interns, hourly help, and guest curators, contractors, etc. Provide conceptual planning, designs, and necessary educational support and training for eXhibitions. Assist with fundraising and advise other departments as to the promotion, funding, eXplication and implementation of exhibitions. Provide oversight and input to Museum acquisitions and the growth and direction of the Museum’s permanent collection. Provide public lectures, appearances, oversee exhibition publications and provide text for Museum publications as needed. Design and oversee installation of all eXhibitions. 1997 – 2007 Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2007 Curator at Large 2003 – 2004 Curator of Art 1999 – 2002 Curator of EXhibition Design 2001, 2002 Attended Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries annual conference 1997 – 1999 Exhibition and Facility Manager 1998 Attended Southeastern Museum Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas *A complete list of exhibitions directly worked with or on at the Museum of Arts and Sciences is included. Exhibitions curated or co-curated are noted Teaching eXperience 2012 -2013 Macon State College 2013 Painting, Spring Drawing, Spring Drawing II (figure drawing), Spring O ’ D e l l 1 Art Appreciation, Spring (two sections) 2012 History or Art I (Renaissance – Modernism), Fall Art Appreciation, Fall (two sections) Freshman Year Experience, Macon Connections for College and Beyond, Fall (two sections) Painting, Spring Art Appreciation, Spring (two sections) 1995 – 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Macon State College 2011 Art Appreciation, Fall (two sections) 1997 Art Appreciation, Fall Art Appreciation, Summer Art Appreciation, Spring 1995 Drawing, Summer 1994 – 2013 Adjunct Instructor, Mercer University 2013 Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2012 Advanced Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer 2011 History or Art I, Fall (two sections) Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Fall Drawing, Fall 2010 Drawing, Fall Drawing, Study Abroad, Paris, France, Summer 2009 Drawing, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Fall Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2008 Advanced Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer 2007 Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2006 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Henry County, GA, Fall Drawing, Study Abroad, Paris, France, Summer First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring 2005 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Experiential, Freshman Advisor, Fall First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Henry County, GA, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Eastman, GA, Summer First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring Great Books: Classical Culture, Plato – Virgil, Spring Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Spring 2004 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Experiential, Freshman Advisor, Fall First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall O ’ D e l l 2 First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring 2003 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall 2001 Drawing, Study Abroad, Rome and Florence, Italy, Spring 2000 Contemporary Art Criticism, Fall 1995 Great Books: Homer to Socrates, Spring 1994 3D design, Fall 2007 Developed On-Line Course and was Adjunct Instructor, Middle Georgia Technical College, Art Appreciation, Warner Robins, GA, Summer 1997 Adjunct Instructor, Georgia College and State University, 2D Design, Milledgeville, GA, Fall 1997 Artist in Residence, J. Clisby Fine Arts Magnet School, Macon, GA 1993 Supervised Teaching, Life Drawing, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, Fall 1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant, teacher of record, Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Summer Lectures/Presentations/Speaking Engagements 2015 Gallery talk, Illuminated Terrain, Tallahassee, FL 2014 Talks presented as Artist in Residence for the annual meeting of the Georgia Arts Education Association (GAEA): • Inner Workings: artists and their natural habitat, a studio tour and workshop • Co-presented Philosophy and Art study abroad workshop • 20 Years Burning Down the Road, a talk and presentation given at the GAEA luncheon to 275 participants 2014 Guest speaker, Coffee Talk with the Artists for the Behind the Minds exhibit, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2014 Featured speaker for Lunch and Learn concerning work in Emerging Artists, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2013 Guest speaker, Coffee Talk with the Artists for the Behind the Minds exhibit, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2012 Guest speaker, Philosophy of Art, Instructor Dr. Rosalind Simson, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2012 Guest speaker, Fine Arts Society of Warner Robins 2012 Guest speaker, TEDX event, CoX Capital Theater, Macon, GA 2010 Luncheon presentation with Corrine Colarusso, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, for the eXhibition Painters’ Reel 2009 Guest Speaker, Philosophy of Art, instructor Dr. Creighton Rosental, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Panel discussion participant on Painters’ Reel, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 2008 The Morality of Seeing, lecture, Wesleyan College campus wide convocation, in conjunction with ‘Work/Love’ exhibition 2008 Guest speaker for ‘Work and Vocation’ senior capstone, instructor Dr. Charlotte Thomas, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2007 Introduction and discussion leader for special presentation of ‘Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century’ season four, episode ‘Ecology’, CoX Capitol Theater, Macon, GA 2007 Acceptance speech on behalf of the Contemporary Arts EXchange/Macon for the Macon Arts Cultural Arts Award for outstanding organization 2005 Painting Workshop for Mercer Art Club, March 28 2005 Address to the entering freshmen class, Pilgrimage to Penfield program for Mercer University, Penfield, GA 2001 Figure Drawing Workshop Series, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 1996 Grant Reviewer, Purchase of Arts Services, Macon Arts Alliance O ’ D e l l 3 Solo Exhibitions 2014 Incident on Second Street Featured solo exhibition in downtown Macon (exhibit for the artist in residence of the GAEA conference and held in conjunction with Macon’s annual ‘One City’ arts festival) 2012 Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA 2011 Forces at Play(with Brian O’Dell), the Firehouse Gallery, Louisville, GA 2010 Another Line in the Field of Time, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2009 Walking Dream, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA 2008 Work/Love, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 2007 Theatre Macon, Macon, GA 2007 Long Time Coming, Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL 2006 Ingleside Antique Center, Macon, GA 2006 County Line, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2005 Macon Arts Gallery, Macon, GA 1999 Middle Georgia Art Association, Macon, GA 1995 Macon Little Theatre, Macon, GA 1994 Exodus, Mercer University Gallery, Macon, GA 1992 JH Webb Gallery, Macon, GA Group Exhibitions 2015 Art of the South 2015, juried by Wayne White, Memphis College of Art – Hyde Gallery, Memphis, TN 2015 Illuminated Terrain, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 2014 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2014 Behind the Minds, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2014 Tubman Museum group show featuring artist members of the Contemporary Arts EXchange, Macon, GA 2014 Emerging Artists, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2014 Turn, Turn, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2013 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2013 Behind the Minds, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2012 Size Matters, The Gallery at Macon Arts, Macon, GA 2011 Tubman Museum group show featuring artist members of the Contemporary Arts EXchange, Macon, GA 2011 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2010 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Second Street Art Gallery, Macon, GA 2007 Smith Barney show featuring 25 invited artists to benefit Make A Wish Foundation, Macon, GA 2007 Prints, Palettes, & Pots, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2007 Douglas Theater, Macon,