Fine Arts: Steven Sellars




Steven Sellars
Studio Art, Painting, Drawing, Foundations, Graduate Thesis
Associate Professor

.::. Contact .::.
Call: 414-410-4677
Message: sesellars@stritch.edu
Visit: Blog


.::. Bio .::.

Steve Sellars holds a B.F.A.  from Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri and an M.F.A. from the University of Texas at San Antionio.  Sellars began teaching as a graduate student at UTSA and at the San Antonio Art Institute, and the Southwest Craft Center. Sellars moved to Dallas Texas and taught at East Texas State University and Mountain View College in Dallas. Moving to Milwaukee in 1992, Sellars has taught classes at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, UWM, and at Cardinal Stritch University since 1993.

Steve has been exhibiting his artwork for over thirty years nationally and internationally. Exhibitions include The Alternative Museum in New York, L'Artisan d Savier in Paris, France, The San Antonio Museum of Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, FOTO Gallery, New York, Dallas Museum of Art, The Spokane Museum of Art, The Ukrainian institute of Modern Art, Chicago, The Kansas City Art Institute, The Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, The Firehouse Gallery in Houston, Washington Center for Photography in Washington D.C., Dallas Museum of Art, The Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Contemporary Museum of Art Baltimore,  The Marcuse Pfieffer Gallery in New York and in over one hundred exhibitions.
Sellars has also been working with Three Holy Women Parrish to produce religious artwork for exhibition in their three churches, Saint Rita's, Saint Hedwig's and Holy Rosary.

.::. Artist Statement .::.

Sellars has always been interested in Art education at all level's and has participated in the regional 'Visual Arts Classic' for the last 12 years. Sellars was 'artist in residence ' at Lake Bluff Grade School in Shorewood in 2003/4 and he has created many collaborative workshops with local schools over the years, the most recent were with Ronald Reagan High School and Shorewood School District. Working with the Education department since 2006 setting up 'Art Clubs' in public schools each year. Usually three schools would be selected to spend a day on campus after meeting with Steve for weeks at their home school. On campus students visit the "Cincinolla Collection" and view artwork created by illustrators from the collection, students then create artwork of their own and have an exhibition of their artwork.
The 'Workshop' experiences include Cardinal Stritch University students who work with the visiting students in an environment that allows them to pass on some of their knowledge to the next generation of artist and teachers. Making art is a balance of passing on traditions of art and inventing the art of the future.

The faculty and students in the department of Visual Arts at Cardinal Stritch University are creating a platform for engaging students more fully in the real world. This effort involves real-world experiences from within and outside of the University setting. This innovative project is exploring improving a student’s education experience taking the typical classroom experience one-step further and transforming higher education itself.



.::. Fall 2012 Course Schedule .::.
ART147 Foundation Seminar (MW 2:40-4:00)
ART125 Painting I (TR 10:00-11:50)
ART344 Modern Art History (TR 1:10-2:30)
ART503 Art History & Criticism (Every other Saturday 8:00-12:30)
 

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