Doug Westendorp

Home address:
723 Washington St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

612-251-8586

dougwestendorp@msn.com


SUMMARY

    I taught art in higher education for over 26 years, over half of that time at the Art Institutes, Minnesota in Minneapolis. I retired in 2016 as a Professor of Foundation Studies, specializing in Color and Design.

    My focus as an artist is on Contemplative Art, a topic on which I have also lectured in various venues. In recent years I have also translated Chinese poetry, written my own poetry, and designed books that I have self-published.

    Currently I am writing a book on non-linear perspective in the history of Western Art, entitled Full Circle. I presented the thesis of this book at a conference in Rome, June 2014, for The Arts in Society.

EDUCATION

            1992       MFA  Drawing and Painting
                                     University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

            1989       BFA   Summa Cum Laude
                                     University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

            2002-2017          Faculty
                                       Art Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN

            1999-2003         Adjunct Faculty
                                      College of Visual Arts, St.. Paul, MN

            1994-1999          Affiliate Faculty, Art Department
                                       University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

            1993-1999          Faculty, Museum School
                                       Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

            1989-1992          Teaching Assistant, Studio Arts Department
                                       University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

             2015                  "Full Circle: Ontological Perspective in Western Art"
                                       The International Journal of Arts Theory and History
                                       Volume 11, Issue 1, 2015 ISSN 2326-9952

GUEST LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS

                2015                Ontological Perspective in Religious Art
                                        Visual Arts and the Liturgy seminar of the North American Academy of Liturgy,      
                                        Minneapolis, Minnesota

                2014                Non-linear Perspective in the History of Western Art
                                        Ninth International Conference, The Arts in Society
                                        Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

                2010                 Contemplative Art in Disquieting Times           
                                         University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

                2007                 Modern Day “Masseboth”
                                         Bethel Christian Reformed Church,
                                                Princeton, MN

                2005                 Contemplative Aspects of Ontological Perspective
                                         St. Clare's Monastery, Bloomington, MN

                2004                 Aesthetics and Ontological Perspective
                                         College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

                2003                 Mental Health, Spiritual Development and The Arts
                                         Hamm Clinic Conference, St. John’s Abbey,
                                                 Collegeville, MN

                 2002                Contemplative Art in Disquieting Times    
                                         Lunch Time Lecture
                                                College of Visual Arts, St. Paul     
        
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED

              2014                The Arts in Society Annual Conference
                                       Rome, Italy

              2007                 Dallas Society of Visual Communications
                                       Annual National Conference, Dallas, Texas

              2005                 Edward R. Tufte Seminar on
                                       Envisioning Information, Minneapolis

            2003, 02             Mental Health, Spiritual Development and The Arts
                                       Hamm Clinic Conference, St. John’s Abbey
                                            Collegeville, MN

SELECTED RECENT ART EXHIBITIONS

            2016                "Intervals and Intersections"
                                    Solo Exhibition, Taraccino Coffee, Minneapolis, MN
                                   
                                    "Scythes and Whispers"
                                    Solo Exhibition, Ai, Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

            2015                Faculty Exhibition
                                    Art Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN

            2014                Art-A-Whirl Exhibition, Featured Artist
                                    Tea Leaf Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

            2012                Faculty Exhibition
                                    Art Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN

           2012                 “Celebration of the Arts”  
                                    Second Prize   (collaboration with my father)
                                    39th Annual Juried Art Spiritual Art Competition
                                           Grand Rapids, Michigan

           2007                  Faculty Exhibition
                                     Arts Institutes International, Minneapolis, MN

           2006                  Into/Out of Nature
                                     The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

BOOKS, SELF PUBLISHED

           2016                   There is a Story Here
                                       coloring book

                                       Who Lives Here
                                       coloring book
     
           2013                   Chinese Gate
                                      translations of poems
                                      from T’ang Dynasty, China

           2013                   I Take Your Poems to the Mountains
                                            translations of ancient Chinese poems paired with original poems
            
           2012                   Stone Poems
                                            images with quotes

           2011                    Still Life Gestures, Volumes, 1 and 2
                                            selections from my Disappearing Journal series

           2010                    Bamboo Cottage, Poems and Translations
                                             translations of ancient Chinese poems paired with original poems

BOOKS, DESIGNED FOR OTHERS

            2016                        Taken
                                            poetry by David Westendorp

            2012                        Apostrophe
                                            poetry by David Westendorp

            2011                        A Way With Words
                                            poetry by C. Westendorp

            2010                       The House Will Not Be Quiet
                                            poetry by David Westendorp

            2009                        Funding for the Arts
                                            poetry by David Westendorp

RELATED WORK

            2014        Five of my poems (2 translations and 3 original) were used by David Evan Thomas as the libretto for his composition for Soprano and Classical Guitar, Bamboo Cottage. The five poems are:

            Mountain Conversation, by Li Bai
            My Heart’s Tongue
            Bamboo Cottage, by Wang Wei
            Indulgence
            End Over End

This piece was premiered on January 17, 2014 by L’Etoile du Nord, Alyssa Anderson, Mezzo-Sopraino and Joeseph Spoelstra, Guitar at Fallout Arts Initiative, Studio 3, in South Minneapolis.

CLASSES TAUGHT AT Ai Minnesota

        Drawing and Perspective
        Intermediate Drawing
        Fundamentals of Design
        Color and Design
        Design Layout
        Illustration
        Advanced Illustration
        Art History
        Contemporary Art
        Design History