Felicia Glidden  

Born               1966 Minneapolis, Minnesota     
Studio:            Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 
Phone:            612 219 1992                                                    
Email:             fe@feliciaglidden.com

Education

1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Minnesota-Duluth Studio Art, Art History Minor

Professional Experience / Residencies

2008
Cast metal workshops 314 Studios St Paul. MN teach sand mold process to public, operate portable propane furnace, pour aluminum, bronze, copper
2007  
Pele Iron Pour University of Wisconsin-La Crosse guest artist, assist with 300# cupola furnace
Standard Issue Iron Pour Unnasch Farm, Lanesboro MN assist with 300# cupola furnace
Community + Collaboration Hot Metal Pour Franconia Sculpture Park, MN  100 # cupolette assist
Salem Art Works Iron Pour + Symposium Salem, NY
Common Language VI Cast Iron Residency Lakeside, WI project director, 100# cupolette operator
US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Residency Salem Art Works Salem NY mold captain;
two furnaces, ninety nine sand molds
2006
Artist Month Fulton Arts Walk Chicago Sculpture Works Chicago, IL bronze pour, iron exhibition
Franconia Sculpture Park Hot Metal Pour Shaefer, MN mold captain
Common Language V Cast Iron Residency Poplar, WI
Columbus Sculpture Invitational Columbus, IN community iron pour, curator
2005
Molten Metal: 1 Building 6 Artists Chicago Sculpture Works Chicago, IL bronze artist
Elemental IV Common Language Cast Iron Residency Poplar, WI project director
Community + Collaboration Hot Metal Pour Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
Aurora Pours Red Mug Northern Arts Superior, WI curator 20 national artists
Make it Hot Iron Pour International Sculpture Works New Orleans, LA
Iron Snowbird Iron Pour & Exhibition New Orleans Sculpture Lab New Orleans, LA
2004   
Chicago Sculpture Works: studio assistant for public art projects: metal fabrication, installation
Elemental Pour 2004 Common Language Cast Iron Residency Poplar, WI project director, source materials, pay artists to build 100# cupolette, organize iron pour, fundraising, publicity, teaching
2003
US/UK 7 Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Residency, Berrlanderi Sculpture Wales UK
2000-2004
J Pepper Inn B&B and Gallery Knife River, MN owner, curator of nine exhibitions
1992 - 2007
Minoan Painting Duluth, MN / St Paul, MN owner, restoration specialist, color consulting

Selected Exhibitions

2007
Iron Artist  Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia, MN
Cary Hill Sculpture Park Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
Ferrous Aurora Lizzards Art Gallery Duluth, MN
Art Shanty Project: mnatists.org ice shanty group exhibition Medicine Lake, MN
2006
Iron Artist: Franconia Sculpture Park Shaefer, MN
Jamie's Gallery Exhibition Fulton Arts Walk Chicago Sculpture Works Chicago, IL
Columbus Invitational Iron Exhibition: Brand's Inc. Warehouse Columbus, IN
Iron Exhibition: Common Language 5th Annual Iron Pour  Poplar, WI
2005
[ ] Body Cartography Project Choreographers Evening Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN dancer 
POHOShow  Shoebox Gallery Minneapolis, MN curator Sean Smuda
Molten Metal: Chicago Artist Month Chicago Sculpture Works Chicago, IL
Iron Artist  Franconia Sculpture Park Shaefer, MN
Aurora Pours Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition Red Mug, Superior, WI
Snowbird Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition New Orleans Sculpture Lab, LA
2004 
Element/ Balance MAC Music and Arts Collective Duluth, MN
Golau: Expressions of Light J Pepper Inn Art Gallery Knife River, MN
2003 
US/UK Cast Iron Exhibition Berllanderi South Wales, UK
Turn Up the Heat 2500 degrees  J Pepper Inn Art Gallery Knife River, MN
2002 
A Sense of Place Duluth Pottery, Superior Division Superior, WI                         
1998                                                                                                                          
Origins, Sources and Influences Invitational Common Language, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN

Publications

Venture North Elemental Pour 2004 WDSE PBS Program first aired October 2004 MN

Collections

Columbus Area Arts Council Columbus, Indiana
Tweed Museum of Art, Alice Tweed Tuohy student purchase award
Numerous private collections

Organizations

Common Language: Board Member 1992-present
Dream Circle Monthly Duluth, MN / Lakeside WI 2000-present
5th. International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art: Steering Committee 2006
Blue Water Dance Institute 1992-2000 Duluth, MN
Out of the Blue Dance Cooperative 2000-2004 Duluth, MN
Duluth Art Institute: Board Member 1993-1996 Duluth, MN