Curriculum Vitae

James Alan Edwards Artist / Educator

Education

Master of Fine Arts Department of Visual Design; College of Visual and Performing Arts: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Department of Communication Design: Massachusetts College of Art & Design.

Academic Appointments / Teaching Experience

2020-Present: Professor: Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA; Department of Art & Art History

2001-2019: Professor: College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA; Department of Art & Design

1995-2001: Professor: Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA; Department of Design

Professional Expertise

Studio Fine Arts: Specializing in oils, acrylic polymer and watercolor techniques to include; various dry media, mixed-media collage, in both traditional and contemporary visual languages.

Published Illustration & Fine Art Commissions

Providing commissioned art / illustration for book publishing, advertizing, non-profit organizations and others.

 Including:

• Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art

• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

• Heinle & Heinle / Thomson International Publishing

• Cengage Publishing

• Silver Burdett & Ginn

• G.K. Hall Publishers

• Houston Advertising

• Boston University; Center for Work & Family

• Simmons College

• Corey McPherson Nash

• U.S. Air

• Bose Corporation

• Manulife Financial

• Chiron Diagnostics Corporation

• Marriott Corporation

• Strathmore Incorporated

• Carter Rice

• Lotus Development

• Rhode Island Department of Travel & Tourism

• Akira Yamashita Architects

• Goody Clancy Architects

• Prentice Hall Incorporated

• Cognex Corporation

• Pacific Review Magazine

• The Mayor’s Office of The City of Boston