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Academics - Art Faculty & Staff

Douglas P. Calisch

Professor of Art Emeritus

CONTACT:


calischd@wabash.edu
Curriculum vitae

Picture of Calisch, Douglas P.

Teacher and artist Doug Calisch has recently completed his thirty-third year of teaching at Wabash College. He received his M.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Minnesota in 1979 and his B.F.A. in 1976 from the University of Illinois. He regularly teaches 3-D Design Foundations and all levels of sculpture, ceramics and photography. In recent summers Doug has traveled to the American Southwest with student photographers teaching nomadic courses in black/white photography. Other field experiences have taken him to the Ecuadorian Rain Forest where he has taught Photography and “Field Observation,” and to Mexico to teach Sculpture and Environmental Awareness. In 2004, Doug received the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award.
 
As a professional artist, Doug continues to create public commissions and both sculpture and photographs for exhibition. He exhibits his work throughout the country and has over 25 solo exhibitions since 1990. His work can be found in over 50 public and private collections. Noted public commissions include, an installation for Purdue University, a work for Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie Indiana, and an outdoor sculpture for the city of Osaka, Japan. He continues to work on an ongoing series of wall-relief constructions using found and collected materials to create shrine-like assemblages. Concurrently, he photographs the locations where he scavenges the materials for his constructions. He has received four Indiana Arts Fellowships, a Lilly Open Faculty Grant, a McLain/McTurnan Research Fellowship and numerous awards for his sculpture. He has been the keynote speaker at the Art Education Association of Indiana and continues as an active juror for local and regional exhibitions.

Professor Calisch's Personal Web Page

EDUCATION

B.F.A. University of Illinois, 1976
M.F.A., Sculpture, University of Minnesota, 1979

RECENT COURSE OFFERINGS

Art 121 Introduction to Studio: 3-D Design
Art 123 Ceramics
Art 124 Photography
Art 227 Sculpture
Art 330/331 Advanced Studio
Art 432/433 Senior Studio
Freshman Tutorial: Fathers and Sons

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

The Box Factory Gallery–Michigan Invitational Exhibition May 2012

Edington Gallery, Three Oaks, MI – July 2012  Group Exhibition

Low Road Gallery Greencastle, IN December 2012  2-Person Exhibition (with Stefani Rossi)

Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN, December 2012-- Invitational Exhibition

Gallery 924, Indianapolis Arts Council – February 2011 (Solo)

Hendrix College, Conway, AR – October 2011 (Solo)

Urban Elements, Indianapolis, IN – June, 2010 (Solo)
Jasper Art Center, Jasper, IN - April 2009 (2 Person)
Knox College, Galesburg, IL - January 2009 (Solo)
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN - January 2009 (Invitational)
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN - September 2008 (Solo)
Wiessman Gallery, Chicago, IL - November 2007 (Solo)
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN - January 2007 (Group)
Wiessman Gallery, Chicago, IL - November 2006 (Group)
Featured Artist: Montgomery Co. Art Exhibition - September 2006 (Invite)
Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN - August 2006 (Invite)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lost and Found: Again Published Monograph, July 2009
Article: The Journal Review (Crawfordsville, IN); Friday, January 7, 2005
Article: The Muncie Star Press (Muncie, IN); Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Review: The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH); Sunday, August 19, 2001
Review: Nuvo Indianapolis Arts Weekly (Indianapolis, IN); July 2001
Article: Arts Indiana; June 2001; by Julie Pratt McQuiston
Cover Story: The Lafayette Journal & Courier Sunday Arts; March 2000

HONORS AND AWARDS

Honorary Artist of the Montgomery Co. Art League, October 2006
McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award, May 2004
Public Commission: The Cancer Center, Muncie, IN, Fall 2004
Public Commission: Kawachinagano, Japan, 5-week residency August 1999
Public Commission: Art in the Classroom, Purdue University, April 1999
Juror's Award, Indiana Art Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN July 1994
Juror's Award, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN October 1992
1st Place Sculpture Award: Indiana Arts Exhibition, June 1989

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