Edward M. Epstein


Education

1991       Master of Fine Arts (painting), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

1988       Bachelor of Arts (fine arts major), graduated magna cum laude, with distinction in the major, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Teaching Experience

2005-               Instructor, University of Pennsylvania (Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, Graduate School of Education, Fine Arts program), Philadelphia, PA

2004                Art Instructor, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2003       Art Instructor (full-time), The Marist School, Atlanta, GA

2001                Art Instructor, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

2000-2001       Drawing & Design Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, Atlanta, GA

1997-2000       Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track,  San Antonio College, Department of Visual Art and Technology, San Antonio, TX (Developed curricula for and taught courses in drawing, digital imaging, and web design; advised students; co-chaired lecture & film, curriculum & textbook, program review committees; contributed to departmental exhibition program)

1994-1997       Computer Graphics Instructor, Ivy Tech State College, Bloomington, IN

1990-1991       Associate Instructor, Drawing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Administrative Experience

2003-               Founder & Director, 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program, University of Pennsylvania & West Philadelphia community partnership (developed program mission, organized selection process for artists, managed staff, publicized exhibitions and events, maintained web site, coordinated educational outreach projects, wrote grants, managed finances)

1997-2000       Artistic consultant & publicist for Artists-in-the-Making (AIM) program, Ella Austin Community Center, San Antonio, TX (developed program mission, designed publicity, assisted with educational outreach)

1999                Supervisor and Designer of murals for Artists-in-the-Making (AIM) program, Ella Austin Community Center & Tynan Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

Grants

For the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program:

2007       Philadelphia Cultural Fund Grant

               Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Five-County Arts Grant

               Course Development Grant, University of Pennsylvania 

2006       Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Five-County Arts Grant (funded)

Freelance Art-Related Writing

For Art Papers magazine:

“Fritha Langerman” at Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2007
“Rod Coover” at the Esther M. Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, May 2007
“Empathetic” at Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, March 2007
“Fables” at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, January 2007
“Swarm” at The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, July 2006
“MIX” at Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, May 2006
“Kathryn Smith at Standard Bank Gallery,” Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2005
“Telling Tales” at Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, March 2005
“Jean Girigori at Access Art,” Aruba, November 2004
“The Big Nothing” at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, July 2004
“Michael Gitlin and Michael Zansky at the Slought Foundation,” November 2003
“David Koloane at Goodman Gallery,” Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2003
“Robert Rauschenberg at Brenau University,” Gainesville, GA, May 2003

Selected Scholarly Publications

Epstein, Edward and Marybeth Gasman, “‘A Not-So-Systematic Way of Studying Art’: Lincoln University and the Barnes Foundation,” History of Higher Education Annual, 2005.

Epstein, Edward, “A Gift of Art: Jacob Lawrence as Philanthropist,” in Marybeth Gasman & Katherine Sedgwick (Eds.), Uplifting a People, Current and Historical Examples of African American Philanthropy (New York: Peter Lang, 2005)

Epstein, Edward & Marybeth Gasman, “Creating an Image for Black College Fundraising: An Illustrated Examination of the United Negro College Fund’s Publicity,” Educational Foundations, 2005

Gasman, Marybeth and Edward Epstein, “Modern Art in the Old South: The Role of the Avant-garde in Fisk University’s Campus Curriculum,” Educational Researcher, March 2002

 

Lectures/Papers

2006       Epstein, Edward, “Jacob Lawrence and the Color Line in Visual Arts,” Organization of American Historians

2004       Epstein, Edward, “A Gift of Art: Jacob Lawrence as Philanthropist,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History

2004       Epstein, Edward and Marybeth Gasman, “More than a Museum: Lincoln University’s Use of the Barnes Collection in the Campus Curriculum,” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

2003       Epstein, Edward, Slide Lecture, Art League of Alexandria, Virginia

               Epstein, Edward, “Research and Aesthetics,” College of Education, Georgia State University

2002       Epstein, Edward & Marybeth Gasman, “Doorways to the Academy: Visual Self-Expression among Faculty in Academic Departments,” Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting

               Gasman, Marybeth and Edward Epstein, “Crafting an Image: An Aesthetic Analysis of the United Negro College Fund’s Publicity, 1944–1960,” American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting

2001       Gasman, Marybeth and Edward Epstein, “Modern Art in the Old South: The Role of Fisk University’s Avant-garde Art Collection in Campus Curriculum,” American Education Research Association Annual Meeting

Selected Exhibitions-Solo

2008       Crane Arts Building, Hall Project

2006       Burrison Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2005       University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
aSFe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003       Eyedrum Music & Art Space, Atlanta, GA

2002       Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2000       Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1998       Visual Arts & Technology Center, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

Selected Exhibitions-Group

2007       Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Community Exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA

2006       Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Community Exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA

2005       POST Exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

Platte Clove Group Exhibition, Catskill Center for Conservation and
Development/ERPF Gallery, Arkville, NY

2004       University City Art League, Philadelphia, PA

               ISQ104, ImagineStation, Lehigh Valley, PA, www.imaginestation.net

2003       Etchings and Drawings Exhibition 2003, Maryland Federation of Art,
Baltimore, MD

Critical Moments, Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA

2002       Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Marist School, Atlanta, GA

2001       73rd Annual Juried Exhibition 2001, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA

2000       Small Works, Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Art2Kpasa: A Millennial Survey by San Antonio Artists, Airport Art Space,
San Antonio, TX

1999       National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY

               All Media Works Exhibit, Eklektikos Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

               Fifth National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, NY

1998       Twenty-third Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Smithtown Arts Council,
St. James, NY

Residencies

2004       Platte Clove Residency, Tannersville, NY

2002       I-Park Residency, East Haddam, CT

1999       VSC Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT