Department of Art - Valparaiso University

: Michele Corazzo Nina Corazzo Kevin Firme Gregg Hertzlieb Sarah Jantzi Jane Lohmeyer Esther Sparks Aimee Tomasek Elizabeth Wuerffel Pat Dwyer-Administrative Assistant Robert Sirko-Department Chair

FACULTY PROFILE

Esther Sparks, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Professional Background

Art Institute of Chicago, Curatorial positions, Department of Prints & Drawings,1970-86

W. Graham Arader III Gallery, Director, 1986-70

Northwestern University, Curator of Art Collection 1968-70

Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Exhibitions, 1960-65

Teaching Experience

Valparaiso University 1996-2007

University of Mississippi 2004-8

Northwestern University 1974-7, 1989-90, 2005-8

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1977-84

Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL 1965

Selected Lectures

Valparaiso University

Art Institute of Chicago

Arts Club of Chicago

Southern Graphics Council

Columbia College, Chicago

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Terra Museum of American Art

Ph.D. - Northwestern University 1971
M.A. - Northwestern University 1968
BA - University of Chicago 1951

American art, Chicago artists, American folk art

Ellen Lanyon: A Wonder Production, Exhibition Catalogue, Valparaiso University & traveling 2007-8
Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago & Traveling Exhibition, 1978
Painters & Sculptors in Illinois, Illinois Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, 1976-7
Universal Limited Art Editions, Harry Abrams, New York, 1989
Prints and Multiples, Art Institute of Chicago & Traveling Exhibition, 1981-3
American Folk Painters (2 articles), Whitney Museum, 1979