Kathleen K. Strother
Art Education and Book Arts
Education
1971 Master of Fine Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1967 Bachelor of Science, Frostburg State University, Maryland
Professional Experience
2003-Present
Adjunct Professor, Art Department, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
1984-Present
Owner/Partner, Strother Bookbinding, Creates one of a kind books, repairs Bibles and restores old books.
1974-2001
Art Teacher, Greenville County Schools, Greenville, South Carolina
1971-1972
Art Teacher, Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Maryland
Selected Exhibitions -- Juried and Invitational
2013
First Annual Southeastern Guild of Book Workers Juried Exhibition, Bookworks Gallery, Asheville, NC
2012
Bind-O-Rama 2012 Online Juried Exhibition - The Bone Folder, The Book Arts Web
2011-2012
One Book, Many Interpretations, National Juried Exhibition, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
2011
Interactive Artifact, Invitational Book Arts Exhibition, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
The Celebration of the Book, Invitational Exhibition, University of South Carolina McMaster Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2010
Bookopolis National Juried Exhibition, Bookworks Gallery, Asheville, NC
Book Artist Invitational with Dolph Smith, Penland Gallery, Penland Craft School, Penland, NC
2009-2011
Guild of Book Workers, Nationally Touring Juried Exhibition, Marking Time
2009
Trillium Gallery, Melange Invitational, showing with Alice Schlein and Terri Goddard
South East Association of Book Arts, National Juried Exhibition, University of South Carolina, McMaster Gallery
2008
Paper and Book intensive 2008 Invitational, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2002
International Marblers' Juried Exhibition, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg Tennessee
1997
International Marblers' Invitational Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
1996
North Greenville College, Joint Invitational Exhibition, Kathy and Bob Strother
1994
Upstate Visual Arts Exhibition
1990
First International Marblers' Juried Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Collections
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
Governor's Palace, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oconee County Library, Walhalla, South Carolina
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland
Publications
2012
1000
Artists’
Books,
Exploring
the
BOOK
as
ART,
by
Sandra
Salamony
with
Peter
and
Donna
Thomas,
Quarry
Books
2011
Exhibition Catalog, One Book, Many Interpretations, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
Exhibition Catalog, The Celebration of the Book, McMaster Gallery, USC, Columbia, South Carolina
Exhibition Catalog, interactive Artifact, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2010
Exhibition Catalog, Bookopolis National Exhibition, Asheville, NC
2009
Exhibition Catalog, Marking Time, The Guild of Book Workers, New York, NY
1986
Greenville News Piedmont, Feature Article, Bookbinding
Selected Honors and Awards
2011
Best Binding Award for the title A Mercy, One Book, Many Interpretations juried exhibition, Chicago Public Library
1998
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
1997
Target 2000 Arts in Education Grant
1986-1987
Teacher of the Year at Wade Hampton High School
1982-1983
South Carolina Secondary Art Educator of the Year
National, State, and Regional Service
2010
South Carolina Arts Commission Artist in Residence, Blythe Academy
2009
Presenter, South East Association for Book Arts, Columbia, South Carolina
2008
Presenter, South Carolina Art Education Conference
2006
Presenter, South Carolina Art Education Conference
2004
Presenter, South Carolina Art Education Conference
1998
Presenter, South Carolina Art Education Conference
1997
Presenter, South Carolina Art Education Conference
1996-1999
Fine Arts Department Chair, Wade Hampton High School, Greenville, South Carolina
South Carolina Arts Commission, Explore the Arts Specialist, summer program
1996
Assessment Specialist, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Art, San Francisco, California
1995
Speaker, Gifted and Talented Seminar, South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, South Carolina
1994
Master Teacher, Advanced Placement Art institute, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
1992-1997
Assessment Specialist, Advanced Placement Studio Art Portfolios, The College Board, Princeton, New Jersey
1980-1982
Communications Coordinator and Newsletter Editor for the South Carolina Art Education Association
Board Member, South Carolina Art Education Association
Related Experiences
Travel and Cultural Experiences in the following countries: Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Turkey, Spain, Morocco, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Great Britain, and Mexico.