Wayne E. Potratz

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• B.S.: Art Education, Macalester College, 1964 -
• M.A.: Sculpture, University of California, 1966 -

Specialties

• ancient metal casting techniques
• metal casting of bronze, iron, and alumninum
• sculpture
• Steelmaking using the Japanese Tatara; Steelmaking using the Wootz Process

Publications

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Publications

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• President: Mid-America College Art Association. 2002 - 2004
• Advisor: 4th [2002] and 3rd [1998] International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art none - none
• Advisor: 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, 2006: Founder of the Conference [with Prof Em. Thomas Gipe, SIUE Edwardsville IL] in 1988. none - none
• Vice President for Continuity, Mid America College Art Association 2004 - 2006
• Iron Panel Chair: Mid America College Art Association Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. October 2, 2002 - October 6, 2002
• Chair: Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 1985 - 1998
• Distinguished Teaching Award Committee CAA 2003 - 2006
• Chair: Steering Committee, "Interplay" Conference. October 6, 2004 - October 9, 2004
• Scholar of the College 2008 - 2011
• Steering Committee, 7th International Comnference on Contemporary cast iron Art: Pedvale, Latvia. July 2012 - June 30, 2014

Outreach

• Minnesota Citizen for the Arts none - none
• Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts none - none
• International Sculpture Center none - none

Creative

• "Iron Tribe": Invited national group exhibition, New Mexico Highlands University Gallery, Las Vegas, NM. February 28, 2003 - March 31, 2003
• "On Site at Sloss": Invited national group exhibition, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL. January 2004 - August 2005
• Fusion of East and West“ invited International group exhibition: Luxun Academy of Art, Shenyang, China. May 15-22, 2006 - none
• “Another Keen Idea“ invited group exhibition, Art Car Museum,: Houston, TX. October 11- Decembe - none
• “Kettles- Japanese Artistry and American Artists“, invited international exhibition: Carleton College Art Gallery, Travels to Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN, University Gallery, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, and The Metals Museum, Memphis, TN,. January 16 - March 30
• International group exhibition, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea: Work from Korea, China, and USA. January 7-13, 2005 - none
• "Iron 2006" and "Cupola Aesthetics" invited international group exhibitions: Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Ironbridge, Telford, UK. April 4-9, 2006 - none
• “Iron Olympics“, invited national group exhibition, SAW [Salem Art Works], Salem, NY, June 23- August 1,. 2012
• “Post Industrial Iron“, juried national group exhibition, [Juried by Vaughn Randell], AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA, June 2-25; Traveled to Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland, Aug 29-Oct 14, 2011
• “National Exhibition of Cast Iron Art“, juried national group exhibition, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, May 7th –August 29th, 2010 [in conjunction with the 2nd Western Iron Art Conference]
• : “Umha Aois“, invited international group exhibition, Ad Lab, Dingle, Ireland, May 2-6, 2012.
• : “2011 NCCIA Exhibition“ juried group exhibition [in conjunction with the National Conference on Cast Iron Art] juried by Leila Hamden, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL, April 12-16, 2011.
• : "Noreaster", invited national group exhibition, Burchfield Penney Art Center from November 9, 2012 - January 29, 2013..

Research

• Grant-in-Aid of Research, University of Minnesota Graduate School: Tatara Project, research visit of Akira Kihara. 2004 - none
• Metal casting: Metal casting of sculpture; patination of metals; ancient, historical, and low-tech methods of metal casting. none - none
• Metal Casting: Imagine Grant for Bronze Age Research in Ireland, $5000. April/May 2012 -
• Metal Smelting: Imagine Grant for travel to and particpation in the Niimi City Medieval Tatara Festival, U of MN, $5000. November, 2011 -
• Copper Ingot Reeseach: Imagine Grant for travel to Bodrum, Turkey, U of MN, $4000. April 2010 -
• Iron Smelting: Traditional Japanese Tatara Iron Smelting; Steelmaking using the Indian Wootz process. 2001 -

Awards

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Awards

• McKnight Summer Research Fellowship and Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship for Tatara Project, 2002 - none
• McKnight Photography Fellowship Program, 1995 - none
• Asian Cultural Council, award for Tatara Project, 2000 - none
• Office of International programs and McKnight International Travel Grant for Research in India, February 25, 2006 - April 11, 2006
• Office of International programs and McKnight International Travel Grant for presentation at "Fusion of East and West" symposium and exhibition, Luxyun Academy, Shenyang, China, May 4, 2006 - May 21, 2006
• Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2008
• Outstanding Committment and Service Award, Mid-America College Art Association, 2012
• International Sculpture Center, 2013 Outstanding Educator Award

Courses

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Courses

• ArtS 1301 - Sculpture
• ArtS 3303 - Sculpture: Metalcasting
• ArtS 3444 - Major Project
• ArtS 5330 - Advanced Sculpture: Metal Casting
• ArtS 5441 - Professional Practices
• ArtS 5990 - Independent Study in Art
• ArtS 5490 - Workshop: Visiting Artists
• ArtS 8300 - Sculpture Seminar
• Arts 5570 - Advanced Sculpture: Traditional Approaches
• Artts 3307 - Sculpture: Traditional Approaches
• Arts 5490 - Workshop: Low Tech and Traditional Metalcasting of Sculpture
• Arts 3390/5390 - Sculpture Methods and Practice
• Arts 3390/5390 Sculpture Methods and Practices
• Freshman Seminar