DAN SNOW Curriculum Vitae
Art-maker, sculptor, stone-worker, writer, teacher, lecturer.
Art Studies
1969-1972 Pratt Institute, Art and Design, Brooklyn, NY.
Stone Studies
2010 Master Craftsman Certificate, Dry Stone Conservancy.
2009 and 2006 Examiner Re-certification Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
2002 Standardization and Assessment (Examiner) Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
2001 Master Craftsman Certificate, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
1998 Instructor Training Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
1981 National Endowment for the Arts grant to study amphitheater construction.
1972 Stonemason apprentice on 13th century castle restoration, Tuscany, Italy.
Published Books and Articles
2008 Listening to Stone. Artisan, NYC.
2008 Stone's Flow, the past, and reshaped present, of New England's iconic stone walls, Boston Globe.
2006 Plains of Zylon, second prize, Write Action juried competition.
2003 In the Future of an Imagined Past, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT.
2001 In the Company of Stone. Artisan NYC.
Work Highlighted Nationally
2005 Subject of PBS documentary film by Camilla Rockwell, Stone Rising.
1995-2011 Work featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vermont Magazine, Vermont Life, Garden Design, book reviews, radio interviews.
2011 Wishing Wells, granite cobbles; L.E.M, stone and steel, Reikaa Avaruudessa, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Helsinki, Finland.
2011 Rock Rest, Dry laid stone, Vermont fieldstone, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
2010 Mill Foundation Reconception, Cold River Mill Ruin, Drewsville, NH.
2010 Pinnotchi, Sculpture and Terraced Gardens, Haydenville, MA.
2009 Virginia Dormire, Carved marble and fieldstone dry stone construction, Greenwich, CT.
2008 Waterfall Ball, Vermont Black Mountain granite, steel, adhesive, Dummerston, VT.
2007 Maze of Walls, dry stone construction, Cornwall, VT.
2005-2008 Sheep Fold, Stone Fences Wardsboro, VT.
2005-2008 Stone installations, Newfane, VT.
2005-2008 Environmental art, Newfane, VT.
2006 Pyramid, Dummerston, VT.
2005 Kingfisher sculpture, Newfane, VT.
2004 Secret Garden, Halifax, VT.
2003 Stone Boat, Stratton, VT.
2002-2007 Stone installations, Star Shrine, Newfane, VT.
1995-2008 Stone installations and sculptures, Black Mountain, Dummerston, VT.
1991-2009 Stone garden walls and steps, terraces, Marlboro, VT.
1987-2008 Stone installations and sculptures, Walpole, NH.
1985-2008 Stone installations, Winhall, VT.
1983-2009 Building foundation, Folly, Stone Boat, Marlboro, VT.
1981-2006 Field and garden stone installations, Newfane, VT.
1980-2010 Stone installations, Dummerston, VT.
1976-2008 Stone installations, Dummerston, VT.
1982 Stone amphitheater, Brattleboro, VT.
Artist Director - Student Collaborations
2010 Gear Box, Lithoskiff, dry stone constructions, English Harbour Arts Centre, Newfoundland, Canada.
2009 Scholar Stones, dry stone sculpture, Beach Art Museum, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
2009 Trident, dry stone construction, English Harbour Arts Centre, Newfoundland, Canada.
2007 Birch Fortress, dry stone construction, Dry Stone Environmental Art, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI.
Exhibitions
2011 Reikaa Avaruudessa, Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland. Wishing Wells, granite cobbles; L.E.M, stone and steel.
2011 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT. Rock Rest, Dry laid stone, Vermont fieldstone.
2008 Art of Dummerston, Sculpture Boulder Curl, VT.
2007 Stone sculpture installation, talk and tour, Cornwall, VT.
2006 Spheris Gallery, Sculpture Small-scale Stone and Wood Environments, Bellows Falls, VT and Hanover, NH.
2006 Stone Sculpture Tour, GRAI, various installation sites, VT.
2003 Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Spirit & Vision, In the Future of an Imagined Past, lecture Stone Unknown.
1996 Dry stone wall installation, Our Town, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT.
1992 Dry stone wall installation for exhibit Sculptor and Architect: A Collaboration Wellesley College Museum, Michael Singer, sculptor.
Teaching
2011, 2010 and 2009 Artist-in-residence, five-day environmental art workshops, English Harbour Arts Center, Newfoundland, Canada.
2009 and 2007 Artist-in-residence, sculpture installation, Beach Art Museum, Landscape Architecture students, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
2008-2009 Director for the re-creation of 1796 Town Livestock Pound, 44 participants in five workshops, Dummerston, VT.
2007 Instructor, two week-long Environmental Art Workshop, University of Art and Design, Helsinki.
2003 Fermentation, Workshop and Seminar in Environmental Art. University of Art and Design. Helsinki, Finland.
2002 - 2011 Lead instructor for numerous workshops on the technique, art and design of dry-stone construction.
2002 - 2011 Examiner, twice yearly DSWA (Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain) Craftsman Certification Exams.
1999 - 2011 Lecturer for numerous presentations on working with stone in the landscape, art-scaping, art-making, design and installation of land-made sculpture.
Web Site http://www.inthecompanyofstone.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/companyofstone
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/28730214@N07/sets/
Contact:
DAN SNOW
companyofstone@gmail.com
Art-maker, sculptor, stone-worker, writer, teacher, lecturer.
Art Studies
1969-1972 Pratt Institute, Art and Design, Brooklyn, NY.
Stone Studies
2010 Master Craftsman Certificate, Dry Stone Conservancy.
2009 and 2006 Examiner Re-certification Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
2002 Standardization and Assessment (Examiner) Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
2001 Master Craftsman Certificate, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
1998 Instructor Training Course, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
1981 National Endowment for the Arts grant to study amphitheater construction.
1972 Stonemason apprentice on 13th century castle restoration, Tuscany, Italy.
Published Books and Articles
2008 Listening to Stone. Artisan, NYC.
2008 Stone's Flow, the past, and reshaped present, of New England's iconic stone walls, Boston Globe.
2006 Plains of Zylon, second prize, Write Action juried competition.
2003 In the Future of an Imagined Past, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT.
2001 In the Company of Stone. Artisan NYC.
Work Highlighted Nationally
2005 Subject of PBS documentary film by Camilla Rockwell, Stone Rising.
1995-2011 Work featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vermont Magazine, Vermont Life, Garden Design, book reviews, radio interviews.
Installations and Projects
2011 Diamond Mines, dry laid field-stone, TICKON Art Park, Tranekær, Langeland, Denmark.2011 Wishing Wells, granite cobbles; L.E.M, stone and steel, Reikaa Avaruudessa, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Helsinki, Finland.
2011 Rock Rest, Dry laid stone, Vermont fieldstone, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT.
2010 Mill Foundation Reconception, Cold River Mill Ruin, Drewsville, NH.
2010 Pinnotchi, Sculpture and Terraced Gardens, Haydenville, MA.
2009 Virginia Dormire, Carved marble and fieldstone dry stone construction, Greenwich, CT.
2008 Waterfall Ball, Vermont Black Mountain granite, steel, adhesive, Dummerston, VT.
2007 Maze of Walls, dry stone construction, Cornwall, VT.
2005-2008 Sheep Fold, Stone Fences Wardsboro, VT.
2005-2008 Stone installations, Newfane, VT.
2005-2008 Environmental art, Newfane, VT.
2006 Pyramid, Dummerston, VT.
2005 Kingfisher sculpture, Newfane, VT.
2004 Secret Garden, Halifax, VT.
2003 Stone Boat, Stratton, VT.
2002-2007 Stone installations, Star Shrine, Newfane, VT.
1995-2008 Stone installations and sculptures, Black Mountain, Dummerston, VT.
1991-2009 Stone garden walls and steps, terraces, Marlboro, VT.
1987-2008 Stone installations and sculptures, Walpole, NH.
1985-2008 Stone installations, Winhall, VT.
1983-2009 Building foundation, Folly, Stone Boat, Marlboro, VT.
1981-2006 Field and garden stone installations, Newfane, VT.
1980-2010 Stone installations, Dummerston, VT.
1976-2008 Stone installations, Dummerston, VT.
1982 Stone amphitheater, Brattleboro, VT.
Artist Director - Student Collaborations
2010 Gear Box, Lithoskiff, dry stone constructions, English Harbour Arts Centre, Newfoundland, Canada.
2009 Scholar Stones, dry stone sculpture, Beach Art Museum, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
2009 Trident, dry stone construction, English Harbour Arts Centre, Newfoundland, Canada.
2007 Birch Fortress, dry stone construction, Dry Stone Environmental Art, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, FI.
Exhibitions
2011 Reikaa Avaruudessa, Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland. Wishing Wells, granite cobbles; L.E.M, stone and steel.
2011 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT. Rock Rest, Dry laid stone, Vermont fieldstone.
2008 Art of Dummerston, Sculpture Boulder Curl, VT.
2008 Spheris Gallery, Group Show, GRAI Instructors, Hanover, NH.
2007 Stone Sculpture Tour, GRAI, various installation sites, VT.
2007 Dummerston’s Own, Sculpture Bust of Shorty, Dummerston, VT.2007 Stone sculpture installation, talk and tour, Cornwall, VT.
2006 Spheris Gallery, Sculpture Small-scale Stone and Wood Environments, Bellows Falls, VT and Hanover, NH.
2006 Stone Sculpture Tour, GRAI, various installation sites, VT.
2003 Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Spirit & Vision, In the Future of an Imagined Past, lecture Stone Unknown.
1996 Dry stone wall installation, Our Town, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT.
1992 Dry stone wall installation for exhibit Sculptor and Architect: A Collaboration Wellesley College Museum, Michael Singer, sculptor.
Teaching
2011, 2010 and 2009 Artist-in-residence, five-day environmental art workshops, English Harbour Arts Center, Newfoundland, Canada.
2009 and 2007 Artist-in-residence, sculpture installation, Beach Art Museum, Landscape Architecture students, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
2008-2009 Director for the re-creation of 1796 Town Livestock Pound, 44 participants in five workshops, Dummerston, VT.
2007 Instructor, two week-long Environmental Art Workshop, University of Art and Design, Helsinki.
2003 Fermentation, Workshop and Seminar in Environmental Art. University of Art and Design. Helsinki, Finland.
2002 - 2011 Lead instructor for numerous workshops on the technique, art and design of dry-stone construction.
2002 - 2011 Examiner, twice yearly DSWA (Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain) Craftsman Certification Exams.
1999 - 2011 Lecturer for numerous presentations on working with stone in the landscape, art-scaping, art-making, design and installation of land-made sculpture.
Web Site http://www.inthecompanyofstone.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/companyofstone
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/28730214@N07/sets/
Contact:
DAN SNOW
companyofstone@gmail.com
