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Shannon Estlund

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., visual studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., art, University of Florida

Credentials

Academic

  • Professor of foundation studies, Fall 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct professor, 2014–Summer 2021, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
  • Adjunct professor, 2015–Summer 2021, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
  • Community faculty, 2020–Summer 2021, Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, MN
  • Teaching artist, 2019–21, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
  • Visiting assistant professor, 2018, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
  • Adjunct professor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
  • Visiting assistant professor, 2014, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Professional

  • Academic skills specialist, Learning Center, 2013–15
    Coordinated accommodations for students with disabilities. Support writing and conversation skills for ESL students. Provided academic counseling in the form of one-on-one meetings with students for time management, advanced writing, and professional development for artists and designers.
  • Interim Learning Center director, 2013
    Worked closely with students, faculty, and staff to design and to deliver Learning Center resources, workshops, presentations, and services. Oversaw or delivered directly reading and writing support services, as well as support and services related to digital skills, information literacy, critical thinking, independent learning, time management, English as a Second Language (ESL), and disability accommodations. Oversaw staff and hires, trained, and recruited tutors who provide support for students.
  • Public art assistant, Art in Public Places, 2012
    Assisted in the proposal, development, and installation of a major public sculptural work in the MCAD Culture Garden.
  • Career services events and development graduate assistant, 2011–12, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
    Maintained career and art opportunities database, ran the weekly Career Services newsletter, and conducted professional development class presentations and workshops.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Artist Support Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN, 2021
  • Faculty Development Grant, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN, 2021
  • Best in Show, Attending to Wonder, Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery, Gainesville, FL, 2020
  • Artist Initiatives Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN, 2019
  • Artist Initiatives Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN, 2017
  • Artist Initiatives Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN, 2014
  • MCAD Trustees Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2011–13
  • Art Ventures Grant, Community Foundation, Jacksonville, FL, 2007
  • Art Ventures Grant, Community Foundation, Jacksonville, FL, 2003
  • National Merit Scholarship, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1994–98

Publications and presentations

Visiting artist lectures

  • "Beginning Painting," presented at Advanced Painting Studio, University of Wisconsin River Falls, 2019.
  • MFA Critique Seminar, MCAD, 2018.
  • "Advanced Painting," presented at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, 2016.
  • "Ideation and Process," presented at MCAD, 2015.
  • Sophomore Seminar, MCAD, 2015.
  • Graduate Teaching Seminar, MCAD, 2015.
  • Lecture/presentation, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2011.
  • "What is Art?" presented at The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, 2011.

Selected exhibitions

  • Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
  • Plant, Animal, Growth, Decay, Potato, James May Gallery, online, 2021
  • Art Ventures 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, 2021
  • Attending to Wonder, Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery, Gainesville, FL, 2020
  • Nightfall, solo exhibition, Augsburg University Gage Family Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2020
  • Middle Ground, Vine Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2020
  • Forces of Nature, Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI, 2019
  • Magical Landscapes, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI, 2019
  • Solo exhibition, Hewing Hotel, curated by Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
  • Driving South in a Mostly Straight Line, lcosa, Austin, TX, 2019
  • From the Studios, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI, 2019
  • Night Vision, solo exhibition, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2018
  • 2018 MCAD Faculty Biennial, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN, 2018
  • Landscape: Natural Fit, Imagined Prospects, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2018
  • Low Visual Distance, solo exhibition, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2017
  • Unusual Destinations, solo exhibition, Haskell Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, 2016
  • New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, 2016
  • Between Here and There, solo exhibition, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL, 2016
  • Somewhere (Else), Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2016
  • 2016 MCAD Faculty Biennial, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2016
  • Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, RSA Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Princes Street Edinburgh, 2015
  • Terra lncognita, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
  • Midnight Shadows, Northern Spark, MCAD and MIA, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
  • In Another Voice, MCAD Concourse Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2014
  • The Wondrous, the Monstrous, and the Human: 2014 MCAD Faculty Biennial, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2014
  • Solo exhibition, Silverwood Park Annex Gallery, St. Anthony, MN, 2014
  • Hudson Hospital, curated through Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, 2014
  • Double Shifts/After Hours, MCAD Concourse Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2014

Public sculpture

  • Fertile Ground, MCAD Culture Garden, Minneapolis, MN, 2014–15
  • Diffraction, Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN, 2013–15
  • Fertile Ground, Artstreet, Hopkins, MN, 2012–14
  • Middle of Nowhere, MCAD Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, MN, 2012–14