Cosmo Barbaro
12001 Skyview Dr.
Edinboro,
PA 16412
270 873 9901
cab4358@yahoo.com
www.cosmobarbaro.com |
| EDUCATION |
| Rochester Institute of Technology, M.F.A. furniture
design, 1999. |
| Edinboro University of PA, B.F.A.
Woodworking, 1996 |
| EXPERIENCE |
| Murray State University |
| Assistant Professor in furniture design at Murray
State University. Responsibilities teaching furniture classes,
research, serving on appropriate committees, advising students, shop
safety budgeting, machine maintenance. |
| Terrence Hunt Studio |
| Project manager for nationally recognized furniture
designer Terry Hunt. Responsibilities include producing all
prototype furniture prior to being manufactured. This work
ranges from office swivel chairs, outdoor furniture, one of kind
furniture, and two Steinway Art Case Pianos, 2006-2008. |
| Buffalo State College |
| Coordinator and professor of furniture design program.
Responsibilities include teaching two furniture design classes and
one 3-D class per semester, implementation of shop safety policies,
managing shop budget, ordering all necessary materials, evaluating
curriculum, advising students, receiving and implementing new equipment
through scientific grants, and machine maintenance, 2005-2006. |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Wood shop coordinator, responsibilities included designing
new safety policies for shop use, machine maintenance, training all
studio monitors, applying for and receiving several scientific grants
for machinery, ordering all materials and maintaining studio budget. In
addition I was Adjunct professor teaching furniture teaching furniture
design. 2003-2005. |
| Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Studio manager for the furniture design department. Responsibilities
included machine maintenance, shop safety policies, ordering all
necessary materials for the shop, assisting professors and advising
all students technically while working on their projects 2002-2003. |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| 500 Cabinets, Lark Books, spring 2010. |
| The 4th International Exchange Exhibition Publication, 2009. |
| Burchfield Penny Art Gallery Publication, 2006. |
| Furniture Studio 4, 2005. |
| Fine woodworking, 2005. |
| Tampa Bay Illustrated 2005. |
| Woodwork Magazine, 2004. |
| The Crafts Reports, 2003. |
| House trends, 2003. |
| Woodwork Magazine, 2002. |
| New York Times, 2002. |
| New Jersey Herald, 2002. |
| AWARDS/HONORS |
| Best of Show, Eastern Tennessee
Woodworking Guild, 2009. |
| Nominated for the NICHE magazine
2009 art educator of the year award. |
| Featured artist through Crafthaus,
July, 2009. |
| EXHIBITIONS |
| Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, NY 14623,
2010. |
| Sitting Pretty, Crafthaus on line exhibition,
2010. |
| Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh,
PA, December, 2010. |
| Upstream Peoples Gallery, 8th Annual Juried Online Exhibition, 2009. |
| Crafthaus Gallery, Wood Table Exhibition,
September 2009. |
| Veneer Craftsman Challenge, Las Vegas, NV July 17-20, 2009. |
| International Design Exhibition in China,
Daegu University, Tshingwha University, Spring 2009. |
| Faculty Show, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, Nov. 2008 |
| Burchfield Penny Art Gallery “Craft Art from Western New York, 2006. |
| “Show us your drawers”, Furniture
Society, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 2006. |
| Faculty show, Buffalo State College, 2005. |
| Curv-iture, furniture society traveling show 2004-2005. |
| The Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art
and Design, Savannah, GA, |
| The Coe Gallery, The Hickory Museum of
Art, Hickory, NC, 2004-2005. |
| The Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC,
2005. |
| Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX, 2005. |
| Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg,
FL 2005. |
| Exploring Digital Technologies, online show Furniture Society, 2004. |
| Embryo Gallery, Savannah GA 2003. |
| Faculty show, Raritan College, 2002. |
| New Jersey Craft Exhibitions,2002. |
| Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, 1999. |
| Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville,
VA 1999. |
| Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK, 2000. |
| Invited to “Contemporary Crafts
of New York State” Exhibition at New York State Museum, 1999. |
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