John Warren Oakes

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Juror

John Warren Oakes says of the Mark Oval Black Juried Art Exhibition:

"The International art festival juried exhibition presents a wide diversity of media and subject matter. All the images are dynAMic and relate to the contemporary trends in art."

John Warren Oakes is a professor of art at Western Kentucky University. He has exhibited in 332 exhbitions and had 32 one man shows. He has served as a juror for numerous exhibitions in the region.

Oakes exhibited two prints in the Women at the Mellenia international exhibition at the University of California at Berkely, 2000.

He has taught a section on women artists in art appreciation Art 100 classes. Oakes was asked to join the Woman's Studies faculty in 2000 to teach a class on the history of women in art.

He prepared 30 lectures and the syllabus for a History of Woman Artists course in 2000. He taught the course in the fall of 2000 which was crosslisted with the Women's Studies program and the Department of Art.

www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/Art/OakesHOME.html

Recent activities:

Oakes exhibited two prints in the Women at the Millenia international exhibition at the University of California at Berkeley, 2000.
He has taught a section on women artists in art appreciation Art 100 classes.
Oakes was asked to join the the Womens Studies faculty in 2000 to teach a class on the history of women in art.

He prepared 30 lectures and the syllabus for a History of Women Artists course in 2000, He taught the course in the fall of 2000 which was crosslisted with the Womens Studies program and the Department of Art.

Committee Member At Home: A Kentucky Project with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman 1998-2001.

Participant: At Home: A Kentucky Project with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman 1998-2001.

Researched Kentucky Women Artists working 1850-1970. Discovered over 750 women artists and presented documentation supporting that the State of Kentucky was unique in the number of women artists and quality of art produced during the period. Curated Women Artists, 1950-1970 Exhibition Kentucky Museum 2001, Owensboro Museum of Art, 2002. Funded in part by the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Wrote essay for the catalog of Kentucky Women Artists, 1850-2000 for Owensboro Museum of

Art 2001. Exhibition received state and regional coverage and was on the cover of the Arts section of the Courier - Journal, the first time that newspaper has ever reported an exhibit at Western on the front page of this section. Exhibition received favorable review from Diane Heilenman, art critic for the Courier - Journal.
Presented lecture on "Is It an Issue in Art?" For WKU Art Guild. 2001.

Wrote article on Women Artists, 1850-1970 for "Across Kentucky". 2001.

Appeared in University Journal with David Lee, a video interview which was aired on KET.

Lecture for Womens Studies Colloqua at the Kentucky Museum. 2001.

Lecture at the Owensboro Museum of Art on Kentucky Women Artists. 2001 and a second lecutre in in 2002 on the exhibition given for Professor Paula Quinn's journalism, class 2001.

Received a $5000.00 summer scholarship to complete research on Kentucky Women Artists and is writing a history and directory of these women artists which will be a record of their accomplishments.

Creating a touring lecture and exhibition of the AT HOME models, Powerpoint presentation, slide show and website of the AT HOME project which will tour several states in the region. Upon completion of the tour the models will be housed at the Flower" in New Mexico, an organization which will provide storage in perpetuity for scholars of the work of Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman and the participants of the AT HOME project.

Oakes has made a collection of slides of women artists' work from all periodsof history which will be available at Womens Studies for use by faculty andstudents.

Personal Information:

Address: 1315 Lois Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Telephone: Work: (270) 745-3944 Home: (270) 781-3900
E-mail: john.oakes@wku.edu
Birthdate: February 26, 1941
Marital Status: Married, three children

Education:

1975 Harvard University, Certificate in Arts Administration.
1973 University of Iowa, Master of Fine Arts/terminal degree Major Area: Painting; Minor Area: Creative Photography. 1966 University of Iowa, Master of Arts degree Major Area: Painting; Minor Area: Creative Photography.T 1964 Western Kentucky University, Ogden Scholarship, Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude Major Art: Minors: English, Economics and Sociology.

Employment:

1987- Professor of Art, Western Kentucky University, Department of Art.
1976-86 Associate Professor of Art, Department of Art, Western Kentucky University.
1975-85 Assistant Dean for Administration, Potter College of Arts and

Humanities
1973-85 Chairman, Fine Arts Festival Committee, Western Kentucky University Concert Series.
1966-85 Gallery Director, Western Kentucky University Gallery.
1984 Acting Head, Department of Journalism, Western Kentucky University

(March 13-June 22,1984).
1980 Acting Dean, Potter College of Arts and Humanities, Western Kentucky University, (summer).
1977 Acting Dean Potter College of Arts and Humanities, Western Kentucky University.