Dale Divoky

• Associate Professor of Art
• Dale Divoky has taught at  Maharishi University of Management for thirty-three years

“Maharishi University of Management students have a genuinely receptive attitude to the learning process. This promotes an unrestricted flow of knowledge and experience.”

 Education:

• 1973 – BFA (painting/sculpture) Alfred University
• 1976 – Became a teacher of Transcendental Meditation
• 1978 to 1980 – Studied sculpture with John Clague: Cooper School of Art
• 1980 to 1982 – Studied privately and assisted w/ John Clague

Teaching Experience:

• 1984 to Present – Assistant Professor of Art, teaching courses in: Sculpture, 3-D Design, Drawing, Art and Nature, Environmental Art, Art of the Self and the BFA Studio/ Seminar Undergraduate Advisor Director of the BFA Studio/Seminar
• 1997 – Outstanding Teacher Award
• 2002 – Outstanding Teacher Award
• Sculpture Workshops: 1990 to 1993 – Taught sculpture courses in portraiture for the National Foundation for Ceramic Education in:
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Louisville, KY
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Anaheim, CA

Selected Works:

Commissions/Work in Public Places:

• Meredith Building (Better Homes and Gardens), Des Moines, IA
• New York State Capital, Albany, NY
• Mario Lanza Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• Smithsonian Institute (Natural History Hall), Washington DC
• City of Fairfield, Fairfield, IA
• University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA

Grants:

• 1996- Iowa Arts Council for the Rose Labyrinth
• 2003- Iowa Arts Council for Ceramic Beetles and Koi

Group Exhibits: 1996 – 2012

Invitational and Juried  – Throughout the US
* artwork currently on exhibit

• Huntington Valley Gallery, Huntington, OH
• Anita Singer Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Adam Whitney Gallery, Omaha, NE
• Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists Exhibit
• Americus Diamond Gallery, Fairfield, IA
• Argo Gallery, Cincinnati, OH *
• Ceramic Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Chait Gallery, Iowa City, IA *
• Eclectic Eye, Davenport, IA *
• Figi Museum Gallery, Davenport, IA
• Icon Gallery, Fairfield, IA
• Mississippi Gallery, East Davenport, IA
• Paragon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Sally Trout Gallery, Sarasota, FL *
• Wallace Gallery of Fine Arts, Longboat Keys, FL
• Unity Gallery, Fairfield IA
• Teeple Hanson Gallery, Fairfield, IA
• Smithsonian Institute (2 Person Exhibit) – Ceramic Beetles

Solo Exhibits: 1996 – 2012

• Argo Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
• Sally Trout Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• Teeple Hanson Gallery, Fairfield, IA
• Des Moines Botanical Garden, Des Moines, IA
• Gallery Downtown, Iowa City, IA
• Unity Gallery, Fairfield, IA

Papers Presented on Maharishi’s Consciousness Based Education and Art: (1992- 95)

• FATE (Foundations of Art Theory and Education)
• St. Louis, MO
• Richmond,VA
• Colorado Springs, CO

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