Mr. Russell Weedman
Associate Professor of Art


Mr. Russell Weedman, a native of Williamsburg, Kentucky, earned a B.A. in Art from Centre College in 1985. Four years later, he completed an MFA in Painting and Drawing at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stonybrook.

Since joining the Cumberland College faculty in 1991, Mr. Weedman’s work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia. He was presented with the Mildred and David Ward Art Prize at Centre College in 1985, the Thayer Award from SUNY in 1989, and has received a Professional Assistance Grant and the Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council.

Courses Taught

ART 131 Art Appreciation

ART 230 Computer Imaging I

ART 231 Drawing II

ART 330 Relief Printmaking

ART 332 Watercolor Painting

ART 333 Computer Imaging II

ART 335 Oil Painting

ART 337 Acrylic Painting

ART 338 Intaglio Printmaking

ART 433 Lithography

ART438 Advanced Painting: Encaustic Painting

Selected Solo Exhibitions

"The River Group" The Carnegie Center, Covington, KY 1999

"Confluence" Artspace, Richmond, VA 1997

"Selection of New Works" Pamela Brown Lobby, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY 1997

"Grit & Bliss" Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY 1996

"Works on Paper" Cumberland College Art Gallery, Williamsburg, KY 1996

Selected Group Exhibitions

"Water" Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY 2000

"Senses of Place" Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY 1999

"American Visions: Current Visions" Web Exhibit sponsored by PBS, WNET and NASSA in conjunction with American Visions series 1998

"Land and Body" University of Florida Gallery, Gainesville, FL 1997

"Invitational: New Works" Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY 1997

"Drawing" Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY 1997

"Mouinon" Ervin C. Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green, KY 1997

"Two Person Exhibit" with Peggy Shaw, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN 1996

"Landscapes" Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY 1996

 


Dr. Russell Weedman
Phone: 606.539.4499
Email: rweedman@ucumberlands.edu


Art by Russell Weedman


Fertile Substance
Oil/acrylic on panel
69"x78"
Over the Mudsoaked Leaf
Oil/acrylic on panel
72"x24"

Mercury Ridge
Oil/acrylic on panel
18"x12"
Correspondence III
Oil on panel
17"x12"
The Moth
Mixed media on paper
15"x11"

Weather Vein
Mixed media on paper
15"x11"
The Zero Voice
Charcoal/pastel on paper
16"x18"

 

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