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Jack Girard’s primary medium is collage, although he frequently works in paint, assemblage, and installation. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions and is represented in many corporate, institutional, and private collections in the United States and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work addresses a variety of topical issues, including aging, discrimination, archaeology, ordnance, and human conflict. Additionally, he has published research on the work of American assemblage artists Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Spanish artists\/writers Asensio Saez, Juan Carlos Mestre, Alexandra Dominguez, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Margarita Merino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.F.A., East Carolina University, 1976
B.F.A., East Carolina University, 1973<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Drawing
Intermediate Drawing and Printmaking
Painting I\u2013IV (Change to Painting I and II)
Printmaking
Collage\/Mixed Media Drawing
Advanced Studio Practices
Art Senior Seminar
Drawing on Ireland (May term travel course)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drawing
Painting
Collage\/mixed media
Printmaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

College Art Association of America
Lexington Art League
Who’s Who In American Art
Who’s Who Among American Teachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artwork Included in the Following Collections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

South Carolina State Museum
Berea College
Carteret Technical College
East Carolina University
Appalachian State University
Central Bank of Kentucky
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Transylvania University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David and Betty Jones faculty development grant for research on the art and poetry of Margarita Merino in Maryville, TN (2016); conference travel for presentation at the International Conference on the Image, Liverpool, England (2016); Juan Carlos Mestre in Madrid, Spain (2014); research in Ballyvaughan, Ireland (2011 and 2009); field research in Berlin, Germany (1998); collaborative installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenan\/Jones Faculty Development Grants for conception and execution of new work, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (2007, 2006, 2003, 1992, 1987)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Young Grants (2013) to support exhibition at Howard County Arts Center, Ellicott, Maryland, and presentation of paper (2012) at the 3rd International Conference on the Image, Poznan, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenan Faculty Development Sabbatical Support Grant for research and field work in Portugal and Germany, Transylvania, University, Lexington, KY (2011-12, 204-05)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lexington Arts and Cultural Council Community Arts Development Grant for collaborative installation work with artist Steve Armstrong (1995)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recent Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBathtubs Teeming with Frogs: Confluence of Form in the Multi-modal Work of Spanish Artist and Poet Magarita Merino,\u201d International Conference on the Image, Liverpool, England, September, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlexandra Dominguez: A Journey to Mythical Spaces,\u201d\u00a0International Journal for Art and Art History<\/em>, ARIPD Journals, October, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsolation and Alienation in the Art and Poetry of Juan Carlos Mestre,\u201d\u00a0The International Journal of the Image<\/em>, Common Grounds Publishing, Vol. 3, Issue 4 (electronic), 2013 (co-authored with Dr. Veronica Dean-Thacker)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Victor Hammer: Typeface Designer, Publisher, Portraitist,”\u00a0Transylvania Treasures<\/em>, Spring Issue, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Facing the Unknown in the Art and Poetry of Juan Carlos Mestre,” Third International Conference on the Image, Poznan, Poland, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The State of Drawing” (book citation), Blurb Press, Georgetown College, 2011\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horsetails 2010 (book citation), Lexington Philharmonic Foundation, Welsh Printing, Louisville, Ky., 2010″<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retributions: Elections, Floods, and Wishing Wells,” Martha Gehringer and Jack Girard, Lulu Press, Lexington, Ky., 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commentator for “Fire and Motion,” one-hour Kentucky Educational Television production on the artworks of Stephen Rolfe Powell and Steve Armstrong, KET Studios, Lexington, Ky., 2009\u201310<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Asensio Saez: A Reflection,” University of Murcia Press, Murcia, Spain, Spring 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cupolas, Domes, and Other Capitol Ideas,” Transylvania University Deans Faculty Forum, Lexington, Ky., 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Exhibitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC 2016, 2014, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocky Mount Cultural Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC 2016, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY 2015, 2013, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA 2015, 2009, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K Space Contemporary (KSC), Corpus Christi, TX 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC 2015, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ArtsPlace, LexArts Gallery, Lexington, KY 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJack Girard: Recent Paintings and Drawings,\u201d Carnegie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Covington, KY 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dead Ducks and Decoys, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky., 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Girard: Recent Work, Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, Tenn., 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retributions, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mavens, Mary Rezny Studio Gallery, Lexington, Ky., 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Girard: Recent Work, Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Girard: New Work, Illinois Central College, Peoria, Ill., 2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Girard: Recent Work, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Knoxville, Tenn., 2004<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4382,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Relevanssi image attachment filter Relevanssi index exclude","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[73,63],"class_list":["post-264","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nGirard, Jack - Website Experiments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/experiments\/faculty\/jgirard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Girard, Jack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jack Girard’s primary medium is collage, although he frequently works in paint, assemblage, and installation. 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