Sam Olfano
Assistant Professor of Art
olfano@es.marywood.edu

Education
University of Cincinnati, Master of Fine Arts, '95
State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, BA in Art Studio '90
Southeastern Center for the Photographic Arts, Atlanta, GA. Four courses in composition, portraiture, black & white darkroom, zone system. '75 to'78
Southern Technical Institute, Marietta, GA
Courses in architectural design and drawing '78
St. John Fisher College, Santa Fe, New Mexico Eight-week pottery workshop emphasizing indigenous materials. Summer '71
 
Experience
Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate and Graduate, Photography Area Coordinator
Assistant Chair of the Art Department, September '98 to present
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Introduction to Photography, '94 to '95

Awards/Honors

Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati, '95
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, '94 to'95
University Research Council Summer Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, '94
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, '94
 
Exhibitions - Solo Shows
Views, 1406 Gallery, Honesdale, PA, February '00
Images of the Desert, By Day/By Night, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Exhibition of work done during Summer Research Fellowship to investigate photographing the desert at night and during the day, January 9 to 20, 1995
A Full Circle, Bertha V. D. B. Lederer Gallery at SUNY Geneseo , Sponsored by the President's office and the Department of Fine Art, this exhibition consisted of 76 black and white and color photographs, 43 ceramic pieces, three paintings, five three-dimensional canvases and included an 80-image slide show. December, 1995
 
Exhibitions - Group Shows
"Text as Content' Content as Text", AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA, April '00
Faculty Biennial, Contemporary Art Gallery, Marywood U, Scranton, PA, Sept. '99
Regional Art '99, Contemporary Art Gallery, Marywood U, Scranton, PA, June '99
Faculty Biennial, Contemporary Art Gallery, Marywood College, Scranton, PA, Nov. '97
Faculty Biennial, Contemporary Art Gallery, Marywood College, Scranton, PA, Nov. '95
Mélange, The Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, May '94
Photo Students Show, 840 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, April '94
 
Professional Associations have included:
Society for Photographic Education
American Crafts Council
Georgia Mountain Crafts
The Carolina Craftsmen.
Rabun County Photography Guild

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