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Andrea H. Garland
https://www.andreagarlandfineart.com
MFA, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
BFA, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Experience
Lander University Department of Art 2024 – Present
Visiting Lecturer of Fine Art
I teach Art and Design foundations, including Two-Dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design, and Drawing. Starting with provided accredited curricula, I design and deliver lectures and lead studio projects that establish the building blocks of color theory, value study, line weight, mark-making, and an understanding of how form activates space. The full scope of the instruction includes attention to craftsmanship, the correct use of art terminology, the principles of art and design, and the practice of studio etiquette. Through in-class critiques, I offer guidance and encourage students to engage in respectful dialogue and constructive feedback. Students are encouraged to explore the use of new media, to conduct independent research and experiments, and to demonstrate a willingness to risk unexpected outcomes to learn something new. I also engage non-art majors through instruction in Art 102, a studio class that explores the fundamentals of art making through projects in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Students are introduced to media and processes that they may have never encountered before. All courses are managed through Blackboard to record assignments, post syllabi, communicate with students, track attendance, and record grades. I actively participate in student recruitment and department promotion through Lander University’s Open House events and the ‘ARTrageous’ biannual workshop for students from local high schools. I served as the faculty coordinator for Art 101, Introduction to Art, a general education course for non-art majors and AP High School Students. In this capacity, I mentored adjunct professors in their first semester of teaching. To show respect and support for the work of our Art and Design students and visiting artists, I attend all gallery events and department activities, both on campus and within the community. I actively participate in training opportunities offered by the Lander Center for Faculty Excellence. Additionally, I am pleased to serve the Art and Design Department and the University as a member of the Lander Faculty Senate, and I serve on the department's Scholarship Committee.

Lander University Department of Art 2019 – 2024
Adjunct Faculty
Over eleven semesters, I taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level in-person studio classes and asynchronous online art classes. In this role, I built and delivered lectures and discussion forums for art history courses and developed a studio class that investigated drawing techniques through various traditional and non-traditional media and materials. Feedback and guidance were provided to students through written essays, projects, and critiques. Students were encouraged to explore alternative approaches to artmaking through research, experimentation, and a willingness to take risks and learn from failure. In addition, I developed a series of lectures and discussion exercises for a graduate-level forum. Courses were tracked through Blackboard and the Lander faculty platform for assignments, attendance, and grades. I regularly taught Art 101, an introduction to art and art history online, at times to over 100 non-art majors per semester, including AP high school students. The format for this class comprised recorded lectures, graded discussion boards, essays, and weekly reading and quiz assignments through the Pearson Revel digital textbook and Blackboard. I completed the COIL Online Instruction Certification in 2021.

Bob Jones University Department of Art and Design Spring 2022
Adjunct Faculty
I taught a class of eleven undergraduate art students the basics of three-dimensional design and composition. Through four projects, students demonstrated an understanding of the design principles of line, plane, volume, balance, and mass. Additionally, they participated in class discussions of the reading assignments from the text and learned to present their own work and offer feedback to their peers through critiques. The semester culminated in a final project and examination. Assignments, attendance, and grading were tracked through Canvas.

Clemson University Department of Art 2017 – 2021
Gallery Assistant
I helped design exhibits and assisted with the installation and deinstallation of artwork. I made condition notes before and after display and unpacked and repacked art pieces for shipment. Additionally, I composed and edited articles and press releases for local art newsletters and magazines and exhibit materials. As part of a cohort, I visited the studios of professional artists to collect their work for presentations in the gallery. In an independent project, I was entrusted by the director with cataloging, organizing, and inventorying the art in the Clemson Architecture Foundation’s extensive collection, which included numerous rare and valuable works of art.

Clemson University Department of Art 2017 – 2018
Teaching Assistant
While in the MFA program, I assisted Professor Kathleen Thum in the Intermediate and Advanced Drawing Class, instructing 18 undergraduate students. I mentored the students individually, led active in-class critiques, and helped seniors make crucial decisions about the presentation of their final portfolios.

Other Work Experience
Clemson University AFROTC 2013 – 2021
Assistant to the Department Chair
In this multifaceted role, I supported the Department Chair for the Air Force ROTC. Responsibilities included budget planning and tracking, handling confidential information, maintaining a schedule of appointments, and ensuring active communication. I was the primary point of contact for the public and the university with the department. I planned and coordinated special events, including training activities and formal ceremonies. I prepared the department for visits from high-ranking military personnel, arranged travel, conducted procurement of goods and services, and provided mentoring and support to 160 student cadets per year.

Artist Exhibitions and Participation

Solo Exhibitions:
Remnants of Existence, 50 works presented at Pickens County Museum of Art and History, Pickens, SC, May – August 2025
Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC
Coffee Underground, Greenville, SC

Gallery Participation
13th Annual Collegiate Invitational Exhibition, Spartanburg County Library, Art in the Library Program
Roots, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH December 2024 – January 2025; Juror: Jason Franz, Executive Director
Annual Faculty & Alumni Exhibit, Lander University, Greenwood, SC December 2024 – February 2025
42nd Annual Juried Arts Competition, Pickens County Museum of Art and History, October - November 2024, Curator, Fleming Markel, Director of Riverworks Gallery, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
As Good as Gold, MFA 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Clemson, SC October 2023 – November 2023; Juror: Harriett Green, Former Director of Visual Arts, South Carolina Arts Commission
11th Annual TAPPED Exhibit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH December 2020 – January 2021; Juror: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Curator ~ Manifest Gallery, A Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
38th Annual Juried Arts Competition, First Prize Winner - Pickens County Museum of Art and History, October 27, - December 18, 2020, Curator, Edith McBee Hardaway, Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council
Made in the Belly of the Whale, Sojourn Arts, Louisville, KY August 30 – October 11, 2020, Curator, Annie Lee-Zimerle, Assistant Professor & Program Director of the Kate Cheney Chappell '83 Center for Book Arts at University of Southern Maine
A Local Look, Arts Center Greenwood, Greenwood, SC June 13 – August 15, 2020. Curator, Jennifer Smith, Gallery Director.
CreateHer, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA March 13, 2020 –
A Drawn Conclusion, Greenwood Arts Center, September 23 – October 31, 2019. Curator: Jennifer Smith, Gallery Director. Participation by invitation of the Gallery
SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Exhibit, Greenwood Arts Center, June, 2019, Juror: Kara Blanken Soper, Independent Curator and Critic, Greenville, SC
The Subjective South, Greenville, SC, 2019, Curator: Denise Ayers, June, 2019 – Participation by invitation of the curator
Art Fields, Lake City, SC, 2019, Jurors: Michaela Pilar Brown, Artist in Residence, ARTSeen, Guerneville, California; Farzad Kohan, Artist, Los Angeles, California; Holly Koons, Executive Director, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA; Daniel Stetson, Executive Director, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA; Lilly Wei, Independent Curator, Writer, Journalist, New York, NY; Paul Barrett, Independent Curator, Birmingham, AL; George Blakely, Professor Emeritus, Department of Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; S. Marquette Folley, Content Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C.; Brian Lang, Chief Curator and Windgate Foundation Curator of Contemporary Craft, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; Pam Wall, Independent Curator, Charleston, SC.
Remnants of Existence, an MFA Exhibit, Lee Gallery, Clemson University March 25 - April 5, 2019
Reconstructing Potential: A Study of Landscape, Nature, and the Built Environment, The Gunnin Architecture Library, Clemson University, November 21, 2018-Feb 26, 2019
RADIATE : A 10 Year Anniversary, November 16, 2018 - January 4, 2019 Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
5th Annual Abstract Catalyst Exhibit, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR, August 18 – September 20, 2018. Jurors: Jennifer Cutshall, Executive Director and Curator
12th Annual Master Pieces Exhibit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, August – September, 2018. Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Curator
The New South III, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA, June 2018, Jurors: Justin Rabideau, Director of The Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum at Kennesaw State University ~ Larry Jens Anderson, Professor of Art at The Atlanta College of Art & SCAD-Atlanta
SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Exhibit, Greenwood Arts Center, June, 2018, Juror: Jonell Logan, Founder and Curator ~ 300 Arts Project, LLC, Charlotte, NC
5th Annual Drawn Exhibit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Curator
Art Fields, Lake City, SC, 2017, Jurors: Cora Fisher, Curator ~ Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, SECCA; Lauren Haynes, Curator of Contemporary Art ~ Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Sarah Higgins Curator ~Zuckerman Museum of Art Kennesaw State University, Katherine Jentleson, Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, High Museum, Atlanta, GA, Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art ~ Speed Art Museum, Sara Estes, Writer and Critic ~ Burnaway, Tosha Grantham, Curator ~ Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, Angela Mack, Executive Director and Chief Curator ~ Gibbes Museum of Art, Karen Patterson, Curator ~ John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Marshall N. Price, Nancy Hanks Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art ~ Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Exhibit, Greenwood Arts Center, June, 2017, Juror: Jennifer Smith, Gallery Director
Food for Thought, High Point University, High Point, NC, 2016, Juror: Greg Shelnutt, Department Chair, College of Architecture, Art and Humanities, Clemson University
The 2016 Members’ Exhibition, ATHICA, (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art), Athens, GA
Art Fields, Lake City, SC, 2016, Jurors: Bradford R. Collins, Professor of Art History ~ School of Visual Design, University of South Carolina; David Houston, Director, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University; Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art, High Museum, Atlanta, GA.
Out of the Park 2: Bases Loaded, Greenville, SC, 2016 An Out-of-the-Park/’SmART Series’/Art Travels Event

Bibliography:
As Good as Gold, MFA 50th Anniversary exhibit Catalog, Clemson, SC, October 2023
Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 17, February 2023
Cliffs Living Magazine, “Artful Living, Beautiful scenery, fellow creatives inspire The Cliffs artists, Page 65, Fall/Winter 2022
Creative Quarterly Issue 62 (CQ62), May 2021, an international journal focused on promoting the best in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. Five works are included in the online gallery.
Art in Isolation, A Call to Camera, Episode 4, YouTube installation by Philip Mould, Gallery Owner, London, England, May 2020.
14th Annual International Drawing Annual (INDA), published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2019
ArtFields Catalogue, 2019, 2017, 2016
Carolina Arts Magazine " Clemson University in Clemson, SC, Features Works by Angel Estrella and Andrea Garland”, March, 2019, Vol 23, No. 3, Page 14
Carolina Arts Magazine, “Clemson University in Clemson, SC, Offers National Print and Drawing Exhibit”, by Andrea Garland March, 2017, Vol 21, No. 3, Page 20
The Clemson Chronicle, Visual and Literary Magazine, Fall 2019 and Fall 2018
MFA Thesis Remnants of Existence; Discovering Value in Loss, Clemson University Press, May, 2019
Manifest Gallery, ‘Drawn’ Exhibit Opening Announcement on Instagram, 2018
Carolina Arts Magazine, “Clemson University in Clemson, SC, Offers National Print and Drawing Exhibit”, by Andrea Garland March, 2017, Vol 21, No. 3, Page 20
JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, Volume 11, February 2017, Cover Art Contest, Honorable Mention
JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, Volume 10, December 2016

Awards:
First Place, 38th Annual Juried Arts Competition, Pickens County Museum of Art and History, October - December 2020
Honorary 2d Lt, USAF, Clemson University, 2019
College of Business Award for Student Service 2018
JuxtaProse Literary Magazine February 2017, Cover Art Contest, Honorable Mention
Commander’s Public Service Award, Clemson University Air Force ROTC, 2016
Clara Barrett-Strait Scholarship for Outstanding Female Art Student, Winthrop University