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Erin Tapley
School of Art and Design
Associate Professor, Art Education
Fine Artist, Dreamer
Associate Professor, Art Education
Fine Artist, Dreamer
Phone: 828-227-3598
Email: ETAPLEY@wcu.edu
Office Address: FAB 225
Education:
- B.S., Skidmore College
- M.F.A., University of Alabama
- Ph.D., University of Iowa
Publications & Presentations:
One-person exhibitions include:
- McHenry County College, IA
- Gail Steinfloether Gallery, WI
- 7621 Gallery, FL
- Davis Community College, NC
- Hopkins Art Center, MN
- Muskegon Community College, MI
- Sinclair Community College, OH
- Cape Girardeau Art Center, MO
- Tennessee Technical University, TN
- Madison Botanical Center, WI
- Living Arts Center, OK
- Wausau Arts Center, WI
- Hothouse Gallery, Chicago
- Marshfield Art Center, WI
- Cazenovia College, NY
- Cornell College, IA
- Buchanan Art Center, IA
- Keokuk Art Center, IA
- Iowa Wesleyan College, IA
- Southeastern Community College, IA
- Burlington Arts Center, IA
- Drewelowe Gallery, IA
- Ferguson Gallery, AL
- University of Alabama Birmingham, AL.
Publications Include:
- Community Connections (NAEA anthology)
- Video Art in Art Education (NAEA anthology)
- Women Art Educators (NAEA anthology)
- School Arts, Teaching Artist's Journal, NAEA Advisory
- Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, Art Education
Awards / Grants:
- NEH Summer Institutes: Rome, Mexico
- Fulbright Institute: Brazil
- Ford Fellowship- Botswana
- MacDowell Art Colony
- Ragdale Foundation
- Centrum Residency for Arts
- Atlantic Center for the Arts
- Valparaiso Fundacion por Artes
- Faculty Development Research Grants (various)







