LARITZA GARCIA CV EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Masters of Fine Arts East Carolina University 2012 Metal Design Greenville, North Carolina Bachelor of Fine Arts Texas State University 2008 Metal Design San Marcos, Texas UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Lecturer, Studio Art Texas State University 2013-Current San Marcos TX School of Art and Design COURSES TAUGHT AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY Advanced Metals 2017 Metals I 2-Design Art Foundations 3-D Design Art Foundations 3-D Design Art Foundations 2016 Metals I Advanced Metals 3-D Design Art Foundations 2015 Metals 1 Advanced Metals Design Graphics Interior Design 2-D Design Interior Design Fibers 1 2014 3-D Design Art Foundations Metals 1 Metals 1 2013 Advanced Metals PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Studio Jeweler Laritza Garcia Jewelry 2006-Current Austin TX Youth Arts Instructor Dougherty Arts School 2013-2015 Austin TX Symposium co-chair Material Topics Metals Symposium 2011& 2012 East Carolina University Instructor of Record East Carolina University 2010-2012 LARITZA GARCIA CV 1
School of Art & Design LARITZA GARCIA CV Metals Studio Tech East Carolina University 2010-2012 School of Art & Design Public Arts Instructor Pitt County Council for the Arts 2010-2011 Youth Arts Counselor City of Decatur 2009 Decatur GA Parks and Recreation Dept. Bronze Casting Assistant Beverly Penn 2008 San Marcos TX Arts Outreach Instructor Totally Cool, Totally Arts 2006-2008 Austin TX City of Austin Parks and Recreation WORKS IN PRINT Society of North American Goldsmiths 2017 Maker Profile Metalsmith Magazine Vol. 37 No. 1, No. 3 Voices American Craft Magazine Vol. 76 No.1 2016 Material Complexity 2013 Metalsmith Magazine Vol. 34 No. 1 by Michael Dale Bernard Showcase 500 Art Necklaces 2013 Publisher Lark Books by Ray Hermachandra New Earrings 2013 Publisher Thames & Hudson by Nicolas Estrada INVITED TALKS, LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS: Art Jewelry Forum Hangouts 2017 Ambassadors program, North America, Southern Region National Student Slide Presentation: The Big Reveal Society of North American Conference Nexus, New Orleans LA National Student Slide Presentation: Faces of Change 2016 Society of North American Conference SNAGNeXT Asheville NC LARITZA GARCIA CV 2
LARITZA GARCIA CV Champlevé Workshop- Creative Side Jewelry Academy, Austin TX Humboldt State University- Artist lecture 2015 Yuma Art Symposium- Presenter Western Arizona College- Artist lecture Creative Side Jewelry Academy- Invited talk 2014 University of Texas at Austin- Artist lecture 2013 EXHIBITIONS Joya Barcelona 2017 Barcelona, Spain Earrings Galore Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rohoboth DE Traveling: SNAG NO LA, Washington DC Drawing the Line Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle WA Texas State Faculty Exhibition, San Marcos TX Spectrum, Contemporary Artist in Color 2016 Racine Art Museum Racine, WI, Curated-Lina Vigna Color Me This Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Appalachian State University Curated-Mary Anne Redding Texas State Alumni Exhibition, San Marcos TX Gallery I&II TSU Invitational-Mary Mikel Stump Bright Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond VA 2015 Curated-Maggie Smith Angles Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond VA Curated-Maggie Smith LARITZA GARCIA CV 3
Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery Society of North American Goldsmiths, Traveling, DE, MA Curated-Heidi Lowe LARITZA GARCIA CV American Craft Council St. Paul RiverCentre MN Juried Market Place, HIP-POP Invited artist New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry Racine Art Museum Racine WI Curated-Lina Vigna Yuma Symposium Presenter Exhibition, Yuma AZ Yuma Art Center, Curated- David Woodward Texas State Faculty Exhibition, San Marcos TX Gallery I&II TSU Invitational-Mary Mikel Stump Jewelry Edition, ECU Symposium, 6 th Annual Bracelet Show, Kathleen Sommers Gallery 2014 San Antonio TX Invitational-Kathleen Sommers Jewelry Edition, Creative Side Jewelry Academy, Austin TX Jewelry Edition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma AZ Jewelry Edition, S.N.A.G. Conference, Minneapolis MN Jewelry Edition, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth DE Corazon de Melon, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio TX Invitational-Alejandro Sifuentes Chroma, Jewelry in Color, College of The Albemarle Gallery NC Invitational- Katheryn Osgood Detritus, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX 2013 Curated by Ashley Powell Due East, Big Medium: Austin TX LARITZA GARCIA CV 4
Invitational, East Austin Studio Tour LARITZA GARCIA CV Variable Proximity, Austin International Airport Austin TX, Invitational- Liana Tomchesson Bracelet Show, Equinox Gallery: San Antonio TX Invitational-Kathleen Sommers Coated, The Studio: Brooklyn NY Juried by Stephanie Voegele & Christina Rinaldi Art Divas, Women and Their Work, Austin TX Invitational-Debe Bentley Keep it in the Can, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio TX Group, Invitational-Laura Wood Group, Invitational-Equinox Gallery Formed by Desire, Gray Gallery, 2012 MFA Solo Exhibition American Craft Today, The Bascom, Highlands NC Juror-Mark Leach Greenville Museum of Art Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Juror-Adam Cave Screenplay, Mendenhall Center, Juror- Lanny Berger Friends Exhibit, Caldwell Arts Center, Lenoir NC Curated- Jane Wells Harrison & Robert Ebendorf Amalgamation, Graduate Artist Forum, Art Avenue, Curated- Laritza Garcia Art of Influence, Gray Gallery, Invitational- Joshua Craig and Tina Lazzarine, National SCHWA, Pitt County Council for the Arts at Emerge Heidi Lowe Multiples Exhibition, Rehoboth DE Juror-Heidi Lowe LARITZA GARCIA CV 5
LARITZA GARCIA CV Emerging Artist Showcase, Light Art + Design 2011 Chapel Hill NC, Invitational- Leigh Suggs Arizona Intercollegiate Exhibition, Arizona State University Phoenix AZ Cupcake Jungle Collaborative with Josh Craig and Kyle Rees 2010 Mendenhall Center ISE Cultural Foundation Exhibition, New York NY Curated by ISE Foundation Sojourn, Senior Thesis Exhibition 2008 Texas State University San Marcos TX Surge, Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Exhibition Juried by Kathleen Browne: Harlan Butt: Marilyn da Silva Gallery S.P.A.C.E.: Savannah GA COLLECTIONS, GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Arkansas Art Center, Contemporary Jewelry Permanent Collection Little Rock AK Racine Art Museum, Contemporary Jewelry Permanent Collection, Racine WI Porter Price Private Collection WORKSHOPS: Champlevé Enameling Creative Side Jewelry Academy 2016 All About Stones Creative Side Jewelry Academy Powder Coat Techniques Pocosin Arts Center NC 2015 Drawing in Space Material Manipulation Exquisite Corpse Emerging Teaching Artist Fabrication and Surface Mind Pop, Ausitn TX Arizona Western College Yuma Art Symposium Dougherty Arts Center Creative Side Jewelry Academy Powder Coat for Jewelry Creative Side Jewelry Academy 2014 Powder Coat for Jewelry Metals Department, 2013 LARITZA GARCIA CV 6