Department Chair, Fine Art;
Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan
email: dsemivan@madonna.edu
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EDUCATION M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1973. BA, Olivet College, Olivet, MI. 1971 RELATED EXPERIENCE Instructor in Lithography, Intaglio, Drawing and Papermaking, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1973 - 1984. Director, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1974 - 1978. Instructor in Lithography / Visiting Artist, Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1976. |
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Selected for the AAC&U
Japan Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA-
a three week research visit, July, 2001
- Project: Contemporary applications of Sosaku Hanga (17th century woodcut)
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin/ Madison, WI, 1996.
Visiting Artist, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI, 1988.
Arts Midwest Grant
Nomination, National Endowment for the Arts, 1988
Visiting Artist, Cornish College of the Arts,
Seattle, WA, 1984.
Recipient / Artist Apprentice Grant, Michigan Council of the Arts, Master Artist, 1981 - 1982, 1984 - 1985.
Artist Advisor, Graphics Art Council, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979 - 1981.
Visiting Artist, Olivet College, Olivet, MI, 1977, 1986.
Graduate Assistant in Printmaking, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1971 - 1973.
First Apprentice, Nez Perce Printmaking Workshop at Olivet College, Olivet, MI, 1968 - 1971.
PUBLICATIONS
"Sosaku Hanga," Chop, Malispina Printmakers Society Vancouver, British Columbia, Volume 2, NO. 4, 1976.
"Closing Comments / Artist's Statement," Detroit Artist's Monthly, Volume 1, NO. 4, winter 1977.
"Perspective", Detroit Artist's Market Letters, Autumn Issue, 1983.
Please proceed to the Artist's Statement for more information