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Glen Blakley completed a Master of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University,
Provo, UT in 1973. He taught at the Oregon City (Oregon) High School (1973-74), Brigham
Young University (1974-76), and has been at Dixie College since 1976. Professor Blakley's past positions include first director of the St. George Arts Festival (1979), President of the Southwest Utah Arts Council (1979), and as a member of the Board for ten years. He has served on the St. George Arts Commission, and was the Director of the St. George Art Museum for six years. He has also served on the board of the Utah Year of the American Crafts (1992). Currently, he is serving as a member of the Utah Art Council Advisory Board, and the National Council of Education for the Ceramic Arts. He has written articles for the council's journal and newsletter, Clay Times, and has been the Council's official photographer for four years. His photos have been published in numerous national magazines. In an effort to broaden his students' understanding and appreciation of the many faces of art, he has organized and directed over fifty travel study programs. In the last twenty years, students have visited museums in Los Angeles, San Francisco and most recently, Europe. |
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Del Parson |
Del Parson is a successful
portrait and religious painter who "paints people with a style and emotion that
is loved by those who see his work". After receiving his Master of Fine Arts from
Brigham Young University, he began working as a gallery artist. He has entered and won juried art shows from New York City to the West Coast. His work has been displayed in galleries in Arizona and Wyoming, Texas, California, and as far away as Alaska and New Jersey. His pieces grace the walls of the Morrison-Knudsen Corporate Headquarters, LDS Church Art Museum, and the National Center for Constitutional Studies. Del is a noted teacher, having received the Teaching Excellence Award from the Utah College Council in 1990. His busy schedule includes being an associate professor of art at Dixie College. He and his family live in the colorful mountains of Southern Utah. |
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Currently teaching drawing, watercolor, basic design and upper
level art history at Dixie College, Dennis says, "I like to express diversity." His
philosophy is that, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton in 1986 and continued his studies at the University of New Mexico, where he received a Master of Art and Art History degree in 1990. He taught at the community college in Pueblo, CO, as well as at the art center, and was awarded a teaching fellowship at the University of Colorado where he taught introductory art classes. During this time, he also earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Arts from the University. Dennis' favorite period of art is post-impressionist, most specifically characterized by the works of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Dennis is an active member of the College Art Asssociation and is listed on their National Artists of Color Registry. His visual work is a combination of figurative study and expressive mark-making. |
Dennis Martinez |
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