SCOTT BENEFIELD
941 Passage Lane , Camano Island, WA 98282
T: (360) 387-8357 • E: isola@whidbey.net

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2007"Unprecocious," Vetri, Seattle, WA. (one-person show)

2005“Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2004“Get Rhythm,” Royal Cameo Glass, New Orleans, LA.

2003“Crafts National 2003”, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA. Juror: Holly Hotchner.
“20/20 Vision,” Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ. Curator: Suzanne Frantz.
“2001-2002 Fellows,” Gallery of American Craft at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ.

2002"Contemporary American Glass,” Art Forms, Woodstock, NY.
“The Art of Fine Craft,” University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE.

SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES

2006Artist-in-Residence, Vrij Glas, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2005Tower Residency, Cushendall, Northern Ireland.

2004Artist-in-Residency, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.

2002Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ.

1996Louisiana Division of the Arts Project Grant.

1992Louisiana Purchase Award, City of New Orleans.

1987Fulbright-Hayes Grant, studies with Ann Wolff and Channa Bankier.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006Faculty, Penland School, Penland, NC.
Visting Artist, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.
Visiting Artist, Cal State San Bernadino, San Bernadino, CA.
Visiting Artist, San Bernadino Valley College, San Bernadino, CA.

2005Faculty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Visiting Artist, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.
Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Demonstrating Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma. WA.

2004Lecturer, “A Survey of Contemporary North American Blown Glass Production,” Glass Art Society annual conference, New Orleans, LA.
Lecturer, National Museum of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.

2003Workshop teacher, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
Panelist, “Professional Practices,” Glass Art Society annual conference, Seattle, WA.

2002Visiting Artist, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
Demonstrating Artist, ‘The Art of Fine Craft,” University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE.

2001President, Glass Art Society.

1998Vice President, Glass Art Society.
Editor, GAS News.

1996Founder, Isola Glass, Camano Island, WA.

1995Board of Directors, Glass Art Society.
Presenter, “New Orleans Overview,” Glass Art Society annual conference, Asheville, NC.

1992Founder and partner, Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA.

1990Founder and Educational Director, New Orleans School of GlassWorks, New Orleans, LA.

EDUCATION

1990MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

1978BA, College of William &†Mary, Williamsburg, VA. Interdisciplinary studies in East Asian culture.

PUBLICATIONS

2006"25 Years of the New Glass Review," Corning Museum of Glass, Tina Oldknow, ed.

2005Gloine, (Ireland) “The Emerging Irish Studio Glass Scene,” May, 2005.(author)
Gloine, (Ireland) “Time to Touch the Green,” October, 2005. (author)

2004Glass Art Society Journal, “A Survey of Contemporary North American Blown Glass,” (author)
Gloine, (Ireland) “Glass Art in America,” December, 2004. (author)

2003Glass, “Sustaining Stained Glass,” Fall, 2003.

2002Vetro, “Fritz Dreisbach, a Lifetime in Studio Glass,” November, 2002 (author).
Glass Art Society Journal, “Letter from the President” (author).

2001Glass Art Society Journal, “Letter from the President” (author).

2001Vetro, “GAS in Corning”, September 2001 (author).

1998American Craft, Portfolio, February-March, 1998.

1997Glass, “New Orleans Glass: Third Coast,” July, 1997.

1996New Glass Review 17, Corning Museum of Glass.
Glass Art, “Studio Inferno, New Orleans Hot Spot,” June 1996.

1995Glass Art Society Journal, “New Orleans Overview,” (author).

1994New Glass Review 15, Corning Museum of Glass.

1987New Glass Review 8, Corning Museum of Glass.