Christopher Willard
Encyclopedia
Christopher Willard is an American
-born novelist, critic
, short story writer and visual artist. He currently lives in Calgary, Canada and teaches at Alberta College of Art and Design
.
Born in Bangor
, Maine
, Willard was raised in Vermont
. He attended the Portland School of Art, renamed the Maine College of Art
, and completed his education at Hunter College
.
and his Masters of Fine Art from Hunter College
. His art is associated with neo-op art and neo-conceptualism. Willard is also known as a writer, expert in color theory, and critic. His art is held in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art
. He is currently the Head of Painting at Alberta College of Art and Design
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born novelist, critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
, short story writer and visual artist. He currently lives in Calgary, Canada and teaches at Alberta College of Art and Design
Alberta College of Art and Design
-History:The Alberta College of Art & Design is a Canadian degree-granting, publicly-funded art and design college located in Calgary . It was known as the Provincial Institute of Technology and Arts, which was part of SAIT until 1985...
.
Born in Bangor
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
, Willard was raised in Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. He attended the Portland School of Art, renamed the Maine College of Art
Maine College of Art
The Maine College of Art is a fully accredited, degree-granting art college in the city of Portland, Maine. It should not be confused with the Art Institute of Portland which is located in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1882, the Maine College of Art is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine...
, and completed his education at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
.
Fiction
- Garbage Head. Willard, Christopher. Garbage Head.Vehicule Press/Esplanade Books, 2005.
- Sundre. Willard, Christopher. Sundre. Vehicule Press/Esplanade Books, 2009.
Non-Fiction
- Watercolor Mixing: The 12-Hue Method. Willard, Christopher. Watercolor Mixing: The 12-Hue Method. Rockport Press, 2000.
Garbage Head
- Shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award, 2006
- Shortlisted for the Expozine Award, 2006
- Selected for Take a Joy Read Canada, 2006
- Longlisted for the ReLit Award, 2006
- Longlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, 2006
Visual Art
Willard received his BFA in Painting from the Maine College of ArtMaine College of Art
The Maine College of Art is a fully accredited, degree-granting art college in the city of Portland, Maine. It should not be confused with the Art Institute of Portland which is located in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1882, the Maine College of Art is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine...
and his Masters of Fine Art from Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
. His art is associated with neo-op art and neo-conceptualism. Willard is also known as a writer, expert in color theory, and critic. His art is held in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
. He is currently the Head of Painting at Alberta College of Art and Design
Alberta College of Art and Design
-History:The Alberta College of Art & Design is a Canadian degree-granting, publicly-funded art and design college located in Calgary . It was known as the Provincial Institute of Technology and Arts, which was part of SAIT until 1985...
.
External links
- Vehicule Press,Garbage Head
- Vehicule Press, Sundre
- Meghan Fish Contemporary
- Shotgun Review
- Alberta Biennial, Art Gallery of Alberta
- Faculty Focus, Reconsidering Grading Students on Class Participation, February 22, 2010.
Citations
- http://www.vehiculepress.com/titles/393.html
- http://www.acad.ab.ca/extended_studies_faculty.html#willard
- http://www.acad.ab.ca/faculty_profiles.html?page=19&i=W