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Donald Williams

2106 Edgehill Dr
San Antonio, TX 78209, U.S.A.
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Phone: 210-831-8597
Email: wswbronze@aol.com
URL: http://www.don-williams.artistwebsites.com

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Donald Carter Williams

 

2106 Edgehill Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78209

work/mobile: 210-831-8597  home: 210-432-1994  

email: wswstudio@gmail.com or wswbronze@aol.com

website: www.don-williams.artistwebsites.com

 

                       

 

                       

EDUCATION

1994

University of Missouri-Columbia

Graduate level Art History course on Modern Sculpture  

 

Columbia, Missouri

1988

B.A., Trinity University

·      Major: Religious Studies

·      21 hrs completed in Studio Arts

Mentors: Philip Evett (sculpture); Robert Tiemann (sculpture); Jim Stoker (life drawing, painting, printmaking); Elizabeth Ridenhower (design, painting); and William Bristow (drawing , historic techniques in painting)

San Antonio, Texas

1986

American University International Study Abroad Program at the University of the West Indies

Focused on International Development with Caribbean Nations as Case Studies

Kingston, Jamaica

1984

Graduated, White Station High School

Memphis, Tennessee

 

EMPLOYMENT

2005 – present

 

Earth Art Group, Founding member of conceptual art organization

San Antonio, Texas

1994  - 2012

(Consecutive with other employment)

 

Williams Sculpture Works, Owner/Artist/Art Foundry Manager and Cross -Process Technician

Columbia, Missouri

San Antonio, Texas

2008

 

The Circle School, Substitute art and after school teacher

 

San Antonio, Texas

2008

 

Witte Museum and San Antonio Museum of Art, Contract labor for exhibits departments

 

San Antonio, Texas


 

 

 

1994

 

EMPLOYMENT (continued)

 

Watlow Heater Manufacturer, Precision Slit Cutter and Milling Machine Operator

 

 

 

Columbia, Missouri

1993-1994

Heartland Art Bronze, Bronze art casting consultant, bronze sculpture welder, and bronze metal fabricator

 

Lawrence, Kansas

1992-1993

DeMoss Bronze, Bronze sculpture production manager and cross-discipline technician specialist

 

Hot Springs, Arkansas

1990 - 1992

Bronze Image Sculpture Studio, Bronze sculpture production manager and cross-discipline technician specialist

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma

1989 - 1990

Don Williams Sculpture Studio and Foundry, Built small bronze casting facility using solid investment casting similar to European method where I produced sculpture of my own and assisted ceramic artist, Vance Gibson, build a variety of kilns.

 

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

1989 - 1990

Apprenticeship to Sculptor, Patrick Synar, Assisted in the building of bronze casting facility and learned ancient art of lost-wax casting using solid investment technique. Poured 265lbs of bronze into single plaster investment mold for monumental sculpture of famous Cherokee artist.

 

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

1985

Wyandita-Ford Interiors, General labor to interior design and antique dealer while attending college

San Antonio, Texas

 

                       


 

ART EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES

Year

Gallery/Event

Location

2009-2011

LaGloria Cultural Arts Festival

San Antonio, Texas

2011

On-and-Off Fredericksburg Studio Exhibit

San Antonio, Texas

2008, 2011

La Casa De Rosa, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

2010

Williams Sculpture Works Studio Opening during Luminaria and Contemporary Art Month

San Antonio, Texas

2009

Schroeder Gallery (one man show)

San Antonio, Texas

2005

Hot Wells Invitational Sculpture Exhibit

San Antonio, Texas

2008

Arte en Guatemala

Concrete and Jade International Sculpture Workshop and Building Competition

Antigua, Guatemala

2003 – 2008

Sculptors' Dominion Show

Exhibited sculpture and conducted bronze pouring demonstrations

San Antonio, Texas

2002-2003

Manor House Gallery

Boerne, Texas

1997

Love Texas Gallery

San Antonio, Texas

1997

Red Dot Art Space

San Antonio, Texas

1997

Peep Hole Gallery

San Antonio, Texas

1997, 1999

Williams Sculpture Works Studio Opening and Display of Bronze Art

San Antonio, Texas

1997

San Antonio Art League Annual Show

San Antonio, Texas

1993, 1994, 1997  

Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show

Loveland, Colorado

1996

Keene Gallery

 

1995

Columbia Art League Annual Show

Columbia, Missouri

1992-1995

Palmer 800 Gallery

Hot Springs, Arkansas

1992

Bronze sculpture Rapunzel exhibited at Official Bill Clinton Presidential Inauguration

Washington D.C.

1991

Southwest Gallery

Dallas, Texas

1990

Texas Sculpture Society Annual Show

Dallas, Texas

1989

Tahlequah Art League

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

1988

Wood sculpture accepted into Trinity University's permanent collection

San Antonio, Texas

 


 

Sculptors who have had sculptures cast/partial-processed in bronze using

ceramic shell/lost-wax casting technique at Williams Sculpture Works

Artists

Location of Artist

Darrel DeMoss, Orlando

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Thomas Corbin

Kansas City, Kansas

Rosalind Cook, Gary Hale, Joseph and Marilyn Gibbons

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Danville Chadbournne, Donna Dobberfuhl, Winifred Barnum-Neumann, Marianne Caroselli , William Klapp, Jose Rivera-Barrera, Kate Ritson

San Antonio, Texas

Philip Evett

Blanco, Texas

Jerry McKenna

Boerne, Texas

Erik Christianson, Alberto Saucedo

Bulverde, Texas        

Sharon Ammann

Fredericksburg, Texas         

Armando Hinajosa

Laredo, Texas           

 

REFERENCES

Kate Ritson

Visual Arts Professor at Trinity University

347 Sharon Drive

San Antonio, Texas 78216

(210) 736-7684

kate.ritson@trinity.edu

Rolando Briseño

Sculptor/Cultural Adjuster

1241 French Pl #2

San Antonio, Texas 78201

(210) 738-0189

rolandobriseno@yahoo.com

Blanca Luna

Director of the Circle School

217 Pershing Ave

San Antonio, Texas 78209

(210) 822-0461

peace@thecircleschool.org

Phillip Evett

Art Professor Emeritus, Trinity University

P.O. Box 1154                                   

Blanco, Texas 78606

(830) 833-4107

Joseph Gibbons

CEO, President, Owner of Great Plains Stainless Steel

2nd Floor Bank of New Zealand Building

226 Trafalgar St

Nelson, New Zealand 7010,

(643) 539-0445

gibbons@gpss.com

Kellie Fichter

Assistant Director of Corporate Relations

and Coordinator at Texas Public Radio

8401 Datapoint Dr, Suite 800

San Antonio, Texas 78229

(210) 614-8977

kellie@tpr.org

Rosalind Cook

Sculptor for whom Williams produced cast bronze sculptures

4476 Oak Road

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105

(918) 749-2380

William Bristow

Art Professor Emeritus, Trinity University

Near McNay Museum

on Wildrose Ave

San Antonio, Texas 78209

(210) 826-XXXX