Jeff P. Garland
email: expanimals@gmail.com
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Interim Dean | College of Education (2024-Present)
*Chief Academic and Administrative Officer: Overseeing both academic and administrative functions.
*Vision Setting: Responsible for setting the vision of the College in alignment with the University's strategic plan.
*Opportunity Creation: Establishes new opportunities for the College to grow and develop.
*Growth and Development: Directs the growth and development of the College through shared academic governance.
*Campus-Wide Planning Participation: Takes an active role in campus-wide planning activities.
*Quality Assurance of Teaching: Ensures high standards in the College’s teaching quality.
*Budget and Resource Management: Manages the College's budget and is responsible for the development and allocation of resources.
*Academic and Research Program Administration: Oversees the administration of academic and research programs within the College.
*Alumni Relations: Engages in and manages alumni relations for the College.
*Communication: Communicates official business of the College with University authorities, faculty, students, staff, and external constituencies.
*Leadership in Fundraising: Provides leadership in fundraising activities to supplement state appropriations.
Chair of the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, Georgia Southern Univ. (2018-Present)
Program Management
*Generate departmental priorities
*Increased student's language proficiency with targeted assessment
*Prepare and oversee a two-million dollar department and gallery/program budget
*Consolidated three campus programs into one innovative program
*Establish curricular programming on all three campuses
*Developed and implemented Vision 2020, the 21st century art curriculum that aligns with Universities Mission
*Manage departmental annual reports (assessment and self-studies)
*Coordinate with University recruitment functions
*Maintain NASAD accreditation and compliance
Supervision
*Evaluate full-time and adjunct professors on their teaching, scholarship, and service
*Schedule departmental courses
*Supervise and monitor Instructors
*Facilitate faculty hiring and evaluations
Instruction
*Promoted collaborative inclusive learning environment
*MFA Studio, Freshman Seminar, 3D Design, Art Pedagogy Practicum
Chair of the Art and Design in Visual Studies Department, Illinois College (2011-2018)
Program Management
*Developed and implemented an art curriculum that aligned with new college general education requirements and the changing art education landscape.
*Developed and continue to manage departmental and programmatic formative and summative assessments and applied findings to subsequent lesson planning to ensure curriculum and learning outcomes are current.
*Manage the department in a manner that promoted positive and productive collaborative relationships between colleagues, students, parents and community.
*Demonstrated a willingness to examine and implement change necessary to produce efficient and effective systems and increase student achievement.
*Manages the branding of the program to develop internal and external visibility.
*Preparing and overseeing department/program budgets and spending guidelines and regulations for a balanced budget.
*Initiated recruitment strategies in conjunction with the director of admissions to offer on-sight high school competitions.
*Represented department and program within and outside the College, at admissions events, and recruiting students.
*Commended for consistently achieving superior evaluation on my yearly reviews.
*Promoted collaborative learning environment that is student centered in IC Connections: The Illinois College First-Year Experience – Team taught Freshman Seminar Art and Oratory with Communication Department.
Supervision
*Supervise, monitor, and evaluate Instructors to ensure that the students of Illinois College receive the highest quality education in pursuit of their career goals.
*Evaluate full-time and adjunct professors on their teaching, academic advising, scholarship, and departmental service and provide summaries of those evaluations to the faculty member and to the dean of faculty.
*Facilitate faculty hiring, compensation, and evaluations for my program through classroom observations and semester evaluations.
*Implemented successful change management strategies.
Instruction
Teaches a wide range of mediums and disciplines – Foundations (Freshman Seminar, 2D Design, 3D Design, Drawing I, Painting I, Western Art History, and Color Theory) Upper Level (Drawing II, Painting II, 19th and 20th Art History, Contemporary Art History, Women’s Art History, Medium Development, Experimentation and Innovation, Sculpture, Senior Seminar)
Chair of the Humanities and Fine Art, Springfield College in Illinois (1994 - 2000)
Program Management
*Manage the department in a manner that promoted positive and productive collaborative relationships between the Humanities and the Fine Arts division(Religion, Philosophy, Music, and Art), campus colleagues, students, parents and community.
*Manages the branding of the program to develop internal and external visibility.
*Preparing and overseeing department/program budgets and spending guidelines and regulations.
*Developed and implemented an art curriculum that aligned with new college general education requirements.
*Developed and implemented a strategic recruiting plan that tripled the number of Art Majors over a three year period.
Supervision
*Supervise, monitor, and evaluate Instructors in division (Religion, Philosophy, Music, and Art) to ensure that the students of Springfield College receive the highest quality education in pursuit of their career goals.
*Built a team of professors, mentoring through training and professional development efforts in the art department.
Instruction
Teaches a wide range of mediums and disciplines – Foundations (2D Design, 3D Design, Drawing I, Painting I, Western Art History I, and Color Theory) Upper Level (Drawing II, Painting II, Western Art History II, 19th and 20th Art History, Contemporary Art History, Women’s Art History, Medium Development, Experimentation and Innovation, Senior Seminar)
ADVISORY-RELATED EXPERIENCE
*Post-Tenure Evaluation committee to the Provost (May 2023)
*NASAD Team Chair – Ball State University (April 2024)
*NASAD Visitation team member – Morehead State University (Oct 2021)
*NASAD Visitation team member – Radford University (April 2021)
*Regents Advisory Committee for Fine and Applied Arts(2019-Present)
*Advisory Committee to the Provost on Faculty Evaluations, Georgia Southern (2019)
*Sustainable Foundations Task Force (SFTF), Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*SFTF sub-committee –Growth Opportunities, Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*Public Art Committee, Illinois College (2014 – 2018)
*Teacher Preparation Committee, Illinois College (2011 - Present) – Chair
*Strategy Map - Inspiring Purposeful Teaching and Learning committee, Illinois College (2015)
Campus-wide Committee Member
Sustainable Foundations Task Force (SFTF), Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*Develop and recommend to the President a five-year financial plan
*Support student success
*Maintain and build enrollment
*Maximize revenue
*Find efficiencies and reduce expenses
*Focus on fundraising
*Achieve new revenue streams
*Limit business disruption
SFTF sub-committee –Growth Opportunities, Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*New Student Populations, Co- and Extra-Curricular Programs, and External Partnerships.
-Recommended E-Sports Program
-Recommended Dance Program
-Recommended Honors Program
Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, Illinois College (2016 – 2018)
*Focus the IC community’s agenda for change by identifying and establishing priorities for building a diverse and inclusive campus through the lens of this work being an educational imperative.
*Developed a research agenda for underrepresented populations that are thriving and those that are not.
*Created a focused and prioritized set of recommendations that address: a) campus climate, b) student experience, c) staff and faculty experience, and d) inter and intra-group relationship building.
Public Art Committee, Illinois College (2014 – 2018)
*Recommended a program for the exhibition of art in public places, to be administered by the Public Art Committee, that created a welcoming environment for someone passing through our public spaces, stimulates conversation among colleagues and community, challenges perceptions, helps reinforce our liberal arts mission, and illuminates our diverse cultures.
Teacher Preparation Committee, Illinois College (2011 - 2018)
*Monitor, adjust and implement Illinois State Board of Education’s K-12 standards for learning in the Fine Arts.
Strategy Map - Inspiring Purposeful Teaching and Learning committee, Illinois College (2015)
*Developed Assessment Retreats for campus departments.
*Created Honors Program
*Created a Center for Purposeful Teaching
Chair of Admission and Retention Committee, Springfield College in Illinois (1996 – 2000)
*Developed and implemented retention and recruiting strategies and assessment retreat.
SEARCH COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
Search Committee
*GSU School of Music Chair Search, Georgia Southern (Chair) (2023)
*Associate Dean of Student Success/Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Illinois College (2017)
*Chaplain/ Coordinator of Interfaith & Inclusion Initiatives, Illinois College (2017)
*Assistant Professor of Art (Chair) (Painting and Drawing), Illinois College (2015)
*Assistant Professor of Art (Chair) (Sculpture and New Media), Illinois College (2014)
*Director of the Diversity Center, Illinois College (2014)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture (1994), Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting (1992), Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor of Art, Georgia Southern University (2018 – Present)
MFA Studio Practice, 3D Design, Art Pedagogy Practicum
Associate Professor of Art, Illinois College (2008 – 2018)
Freshman Seminar, 2D Design, Drawing I and II, Painting I (Oils), Western Art History I and II, 19th and 20th Century Art History, Contemporary Art History, Women’s Art History, Color Theory (Water based mediums), Sculpture, Senior Seminar
Prairie Art Alliance, Springfield Illinois (2003 – 2008)
Advanced Color Theory, Advanced Figure Drawing, High School Workshops
Adjunct Professor, Triton College(2000 – 2003)
Ceramics I and II
Chair and Assistant Professor of Art, Springfield College in Illinois (1994 – 2000)
2D and 3‑D design, Sculpture, Art History I and II, Computer Art, Drawing I and II, Life Drawing, Painting I (Water based mediums) and II (Oils)
TEACHING AWARDS
2024 Nominated – ISC Outstanding Educator Award
2022 Nominated – ISC Outstanding Educator Award
2017 Illinois College Student Senate Faculty of the Month Award
2016 Charles E. Frank Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Harry Joy Dunbaugh Distinguished Professor Award – This award recognizes outstanding classroom teaching and is considered the highest honor bestowed upon an Illinois College faculty member. A student committee selects the recipient, with oversight from the dean of the college.
1996-97 Lafata Distinguished Chair - Springfield College – Recognizes outstanding classroom teaching. The highest honor bestowed upon a Springfield College faculty member
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS
2023 Curriculum Considerations: An Invitation to Explore, Create, and Implement
2022 NASAD Workshop for experienced evaluators (Chair Training)
2020 NASAD Virtual Workshop for Visiting Evaluator (Invitation)
2019 NASAD Workshop for Visiting Evaluators (Invitation)2017 Unfolding Colors Mysteries – An Imaginative Workshop
2018 Line, plane, volume - An interactive high school workshop in conjunction with site specific student sculpture installation.
2017 Beyond the Core - Foundations in Art: Theory and Education – 16th Biennial Conference
Co-presenter for the session Congratulations. It’s an onion. – Presenting a reconfiguration of the traditional language of design.
2015 Richard T. Fry Faculty Collaboration Grant – Professional development for High school teachers – Designing Assessment in the Art Curriculum.
2014 Higher Learning Commissions Annual Meeting – Presentation of Assessment - A New Way to Assess Art Foundations
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Understanding Two-Dimensional Design Aesthetics Using Polarity Gradients Companion Workbook
2015 Understanding Two-Dimensional Design Aesthetics Using Polarity Gradients
A reorganization of design language to be more memorable, accessible and purposeful. This will allow the student to be more strategic when making critical and creative design choices. Additionally this book helps teach design language and can serve as an objective assessment tool. The last chapter of this book deals with the advanced color theory of Hue Contrast.
2008 Drawing Beyond the Stick Figure – A beginner’s studio companion manual to learning to see and draw from life. A strategic step-by-step process that teaches the beginner to identify what they are seeing and to transfer that to the paper in front of them.
2008 Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln “Don’t Just Sit There Do Something” published in Bicentennial edition.
2007 Four public sculptures published in Images of America, Carl & Roberta Volkmann, Arcadia Publishing.
2003 Work published in Guerrilla Girls’ third book “Bitch’s, Bimbo’s and Ball Breakers”.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sculptor, Skyline Design in Chicago (2000 – 2007)
Chicago, IL
2007 Sculpted exterior decorations at Buffo’s restaurant
2006 Sculpted exterior decorations at La Humita’s restaurant
2004 Painted Mural for Augustino’s restaurant
2003-5 Fabricated and painted mannequins with head sculpts and sculpted relief for Portillo’s Restaurant
2003 Fabricated steel butterfly chairs and Giant Lilies for the Chicago Children’s Museum
2002 Carved Griffin and Lion relief sculpture for Hotel Intercontinental
2002 Sculpted 10ft fiberglass ice-cream cones and sign reliefs for Haagen Daaz store, Navy Pier.
2001 Sculpted Abe Lincoln, boy fishing, and four cows on couch’s for “Suite Home Chicago”
Las Vegas, NV
2003 Sculpted Large Griffin heads for Casino in Las Vegas
San Francisco, CA
2001 Sculpted a bronze relief portrait of St. Mary Potter for hospital
New Orleans, LA
2001 Sculpted eight bronze Jazz relief sculptures for the front of the Marriott Hotel
Orlando, FL
2001 Sculpted and painted Ostrich lamps and Tortoise Chandelier for Disney’s Animal Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS and GRANTS
2016 Ernest G. Hildner Jr. Award
2016 C. Reed Parker Professional Development Grant
2011 Second Place – Sunset on the Gulf – Illinois Artisans Exhibit
2005 First place sculpture - Illinois professional exhibit
COMMISSIONS
2022 Painted Eagle for Visitors Center – Statesboro Visitors Center
2011-15 Sculpture Illinois State University Botanical Garden
Sculptures for Restaurant interior – Taco Gringo
Steel Wall Prairie Memorial – Rochester Public Library
Sculpture for large edible garden – Private Commission
2005-10 Two Large Steel Prairies for entrance to the Chatham public Library –Chatham Il.
Springfield Art Council Grant - Springfield Il -
Fountain for main entrance to West Lake Health Centers.
Ed Breitung lake house – Illinois – Kinetic White Tail Deer
Private home - Florida – Kinetic Sea Turtle
Illinois Arts Council Grant – Springfield IL.
Designed Memorial with Kinetic Angel at the Illinois Mental Health Building
2000-05 Michael Vidor home Private collection – Wisconsin
Kinetic Black Bear for sculpture garden.
Benedictine University Collection – Large Prairies for main entrance walls
Private Collection of David J. Cross – Bronze figures for main entrance of Dental facility.
Horace Mann Corporate Headquarters – five large Prairie Paintings for boardroom.
Midwestern University – Chicago IL. – Main Entrance to School.
Aluminum American Flag
Philip Robinson Memorial at the Henson Robinson Zoo - Springfield IL.
Kinetic aluminum butterfly for butterfly garden.
Illinois State ArtinArchitecture Commission
Two tigers cast in fiberglass and carved relief for the Illinois School for the Deaf.
Springfield Arts Council Grant – Grandview IL
Bronze St Aloysius for St Aloysius Church and School – Collaboration with 8th graders for hands-on sculpture experience
Springfield Public Schools(District 186)Grant
Stainless steel Ostrich for bird and butterfly garden - Hazel Dell School
Henson Robinson Zoo Cheetah for 25th Anniversary
EXHIBITION RECORD
2016 - 22 Art Fields – Lake City, SC
The Painter’s Pedagogy – Bloomington IL
Georgia Southern Faculty Exhibit – Statesboro GA
Art in the Park – Highland IL
2010-15 Illinois Artisans Exhibit – Illinois State Fair
The Prairie Palette Gallery – Petersburg IL
Jacksonville Fine Arts and Craft Fair – Jacksonville IL
Old State Capitol Art Fair – Springfield IL
The Gables Fine Art Show – Springfield IL
DrUgs – One Person Show – Virginia IL
Abstractions – Process Piece – Gallery II – Springfield IL
“Art for more than just walls” – Chiaroscuro art gallery – Chicago, IL
“It’s a Meshy Business” Abstract Sculpture - Brickton Art Center - Parkridge IL
2005-10 Illinois State Professional Exhibit
Three Legged Dog- “Off The Wall” – Jacksonville IL
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit – Illinois State University – Normal IL
“Garlands Exhibit” – Gallery II – Downtown Springfield
Washington Park Botanical Garden Show – Ten new site-specific Sculptures
Original Works installed at the Illinois State University Botanical Garden
Lincolnland Gallery, One Man Show, Jacksonville Illinois
Washington Park Botanical Garden Show- sixteen site-specific sculptures
Sculpture Walk in Girard Illinois
Gingercreek Foundation Garden Party – Eight Site Specific Sculptures
Tempe Festival of Arts – Tempe, Arizona
Expanded Animals Solo Show Installation– 23 animals for Henson Robinson Zoo
Old State Capitol Art Fair
Art Walk Downtown – One Man Show
Hoogland Center for the Arts – Featured Artist exhibition
Springfield Art Association - The Modern Landscape
The Green Gallery – “Prairies of Illinois” - One man show
1999-2005 Route 66 Festival exhibition.
“Summer Exhibition” hosted by the State of Illinois
Art Center of Battle Creek- Battle Creek, Michigan- Reflect and Respond
Green Eggz Gallery- Collingswood, New Jersey- 9/11 Retrospect
Illinois Professional Exhibit- Second Place
Central Washington University- “What a Doll” exhibit
Springfield Art Association "Y2K Springfield" exhibit