David Feinberg

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• MFA: Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1969 -
• BS: Art Education, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1967 -
• Certificate of Graduation: Graphic Design, Parsons School of Design, 1964 -

Specialties

• the integration of baseball,i.e. Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella
• painted sculpture
• drawing/painting
• color as a counterpoint to shape, words, and visual images
• the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald Nov. 10, 1975
• WWII
• the fatal airplane crash of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper on Feb. 3, 1959
• "Voice To Vision", Artwork concerning Genocide
• The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Member, Jewish Cultural Arts Committee, Jewish Community Center, Minneapolis, MN none - none
• Member, Advisory Board, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN none - none
• Chair of Panel, “Top Ten Art School Gripes“, SECAC / MACAA convention,: Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 25 to 29 2006.
• Panel Chair, Voice to Vision, Association of Holocaust Organizations National Convention, Minneapolis, MN 2006
• Panel Chair, Voice to Vision: How Minnesota Holocaust Survivors Heal Through Art, History Center, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN 2006
• Presentation Art of Memory: Understanding Shared Rights, Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 2006
• Juror for over 30 competitive art exhibitions from 1985 to 2008 in Colleges and Art Centers

Outreach

• ACTION (Artist/Community Teams Interpret Oral Narratives) ACTION Grant, University of Minnesota’s Office of Public Engagement 2006
• “Generations Camp“, Video Documentary commissioned by the Minnesota History Center, 85 Minutes: The project involved participants from Minnesota’s “Greatest Generation“ (born before 1929) with 1st generation Hmong middle school children to share their experiences through art, Summer 2007. Repeated 2008 with Mexican American students from Willmar MN.
• Curator: Annual art exhibition on the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894: Hinckley Fire museum, Hinckley MN. 2005 - On-going

Creative

• Voice to Vision Exhibition, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN: Invitational, 26th Annual Faith, Reason & World Affairs Symposium. September 2012 - October 2012
• Voice to Vision Exhibition, Clark University, Worcester, MA: Exhibit, documentary screenings, public lecture, workshop, and classroom visits. January 2012 - March 2012
• U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - “ART in Embassies Program“, U.S. Department of State: “LIS: Life Is Struggle“, wall construction, displayed as part of the Kinshasa Embassy exhibition Voices. 2010 - 2013
• Voice to Vision V - VI Exhibition, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN: Exhibit. January 1, 2011 - February 23, 2011
• History Theater, St. Paul, MN: wall constructions for “Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story“. April 30, 2011 - May 29, 2011
• Council on Crime and Justice, Minneapolis, MN: “True Gods of Sound and Time“ is currently on loan to the Council on Crime and Justice.. January 2010 - Present
• Voice To Vision I - IV, Gail Floether-Steinhilber Gallery, Reeve Memorial: Union, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh: Exhibit and workshops. February 19, 2009 - April 22, 2009
• Voice to Vision III and IV in conjunction with Deadly Medicine exhibition: Science Museum of Minnesota. February 27, 2008 - May 4, 2008
• Voice to Vision Retrospective, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN: Artwork, Video Documentaries 1-4, from 2002 to 2008. September 2, 2008 - October 2, 2008
• Voice To Vision I and II, Rowe Arts Gallery,: University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.. January 8, 2007 - February 9, 2007
• Voice to Vision in conjunction with Life in Shadows and Nazi Olympics 1936: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN. April 15, 2006 - October 15, 2006
• Voice to Vision I and II, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL October 30, 2005 - February 6, 2006
• Voice to Vision, Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota : 2 artworks purchased for the UND permanent collection, auditorium public lecture, gallery tour, DVD documentary, and workshop. September 2013 - October 2013
• The 20th Century: An Age of Genocide: Voice to Vision at William Mitchell College of Law. February 18, 2015 - April 13, 2015
• Contemporary Reflections On The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894: Three Person Exhibition: David Feinberg, Lynn Gray, and Peter Lommen. March 6, 2014 - April 18, 2014

Awards

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Awards

• President's Multi-cultural grant, University of Minnesota, 2001 - none
• Grant-in-Aid of Research, University of Minnesota, 2007 - none
• Outstanding Community Service Award, University of MN, 2006 - none
• 2003 CEE Distinguish Teacher Award 2003, University of Minnesota
• McKnight Special Events Grant in conjunction with Twin Cities Public Television, Airing V2V 2004
• Imagine Grants 2011 and 2013

Courses

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Courses

• ArtS 3102 - Intermediate Painting
• ArtS 3444 - Major Project
• ArtS 5120 - Advanced Painting
• ArtS 5990 - Independent Study in Art
• ArtS 8100 - Drawing and Painting: Theory and Practice
• ArtS 8990 - M.F.A. Creative Thesis
• The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894
• Beginning, Middle, and Advanced Drawing
• Dimensional Painting