William Lasansky
210 Schoolhouse Lane
Lewisburg, PA 17837
(570) 524-2085 (h); 577-1307 (o)
lasansky@bucknell.edu
EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1964
B.A. University of Iowa, 1961
TEACHING POSITIONS
Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist/Teacher - Carleton College, Fall 1985
Professor, Bucknell University, 1983-present
Art Department Chairman 1982-1984; 1989-1991;1996-1998
Associate Professor, Bucknell University, 1975-1983
Assistant Professor, Bucknell University, 1968-1975; established sculpture area in the Art Department
Instructor, Ohio University, 1967 |
| AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, GRANTS |
| 2002 |
Best Sculpture Award for granite sculpture Site Specific 2002, Vinalhaven, ME |
| 1993-1995 |
Three figure commission in bronze and steel |
| 1992 |
Finalist with granite piece for national sculpture commission at Messiah College |
| 1988 |
Portrait commission of William Bucknell bronze, Bucknell University |
| 1987 |
Large granite monolith, Warwick Stone, purchased by the Arts in Public Places Committee of State College |
| 1986 |
Summer research grant, Bucknell University |
| 1983 |
Nomination for Pennsylvania's Hazlett Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts |
| 1982 |
Full figure commission in bronze |
| 1980 |
Finalist for bronze sculpture commission for Reading Redevelopment Authority |
| 1979 |
Two full-figure commissions in bronze. |
| 1978 |
Large cast bronze commission, The Four Muses, for Waterloo Municipal Gallery, Waterloo, Iowa; exhibited prior to installation at Bucknell University |
| 1977 |
Three full-figure commissions in bronze |
| 1975 |
Summer research grant, Bucknell University |
| 1974 |
Central College, national sculpture competition, major purchase prize of Diana bronze figure |
| 1971 |
William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania '71, 'Best of Show' award for Untitled bronze - Materials grant, Bucknell University |
| 1969 |
Summer research grant, Bucknell University |
| 1968 |
Two major bronze commissions |
| 1965, 1964, 1963 |
Des Moines Art Center, Annual Iowa Artists' Exhibition, three 'Best Sculpture' awards |
| 1964 |
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, Ford Foundation purchase prize for Sleep bronze
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| 1961 |
Des Moines Art Center, Annual Iowa Artists' Exhibition, 'Best of Show' award for Head of Girl bronze |
| SHOWS
Invitational |
| 2002 |
New Era Gallery Vinalhaven, Maine |
| 2000 |
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland, 20th Anniversary Sculpture Invitational Exhibition
Heart-in-Hand regional exhibition at the Packwood House Museum |
| 1999 |
Vinalhaven Press Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine, Transforming Material
Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine, Opening Group Exhibition |
| 1996 |
Kauffman Gallery/Huber Art Center. Shippensburg University, Fashioned by Fire |
| 1993 |
The Davenport Museum of Art, The Midwestern Connoisseur |
| 1991 |
Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Recent Pieces by Bucknell Faculty |
| 1989 |
Gettysburg College, 2nd Annual Painting and Sculpture Survey
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland, 10th Anniversary Invitational Sculpture Exhibition |
| 1984 |
Millersville University, Bronze Sculpture Invitational |
| 1983 |
Wilkes College, Bucknell Art Faculty's Recent Work |
| 1980 |
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Lasansky and Lowe Sculpture Invitational |
| 1979 |
William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Four Sculptors |
| 1977 |
Oklahoma Art Center, Tulsa, Mid-America Collects |
| 1974 |
Penn State University Museum, national painting and sculpture invitational,Living American Artists and the Figure |
| 1973 |
Millersville State, sculpture invitational, Plain Wrappings |
| 1971, 1970 |
Kent State University, 4th and3rd National Invitational Sculpture Exhibitions |
| 1967 |
Ohio University, New Faculty Show |
| 1966 |
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Invitational Exhibition
Neville Public Museum, Greenburg, Wisconsin, The States-Iowa |
| 1965 |
Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Exhibition for Society of Contemporary Art |
| 1964 |
Gilman Galleries, Chicago, Five Sculptors |
| 1963 |
University of Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture |
| 1962 |
Gilman Galleries, Premiere Exhibition
University of Kansas, 2nd National Sculpture-Casting Conference Exhibition |
| One-Man |
| 1997 |
Weis Center, Bucknell University, Carving in Context: Granite Sculpture by William Lasansky 1985-1997; major catalog |
| 1988 |
Bucknell University, William Lasansky-Recent Sculpture 1981-1988 |
| 1985 |
Carleton College, Lasansky Retrospective 1961-1985 |
| 1984 |
University of Virginia, William Lasansky |
| 1980 |
Bucknell University, William Lasansky - Recent Sculpture 1973-1980 |
| 1974 |
Lehigh University, Lasansky 1961-1974
Gettysburg College, Lasansky 1961-1974 |
| 1973 |
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Lasansky 1961-1973
Bucknell University, William Lasansky - Recent Sculpture 1969-1972 |
| 1969 |
Bucknell University, William Lasansky, 1961-1968; major catalog |
| Competitive |
| 1986 |
Penn State University, Sculpture and the Sculpted Object
Beaver College, Sculpture |
| 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970 |
Marietta College, Mainstreams (painting and sculpture) |
| 1966, 1964 |
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Biennial of Painting and Sculpture |
| 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959 |
Des Moines Art Center, Annual Iowa Artists' Exhibition |
| 1966, 1964 |
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture |
| 1965, 1963 |
National Academy of Design, New York, Annual Exhibition of Painting in Oil, Sculpture, Graphics and Watercolor
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Mid-West Biennial |
| 1960 |
Wichita Art Association, Kansas, Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition |
| RELATED ACTIVITIES |
| 2001 |
Sabbatical |
| 1996/97 |
Rooke Chair Search Committee |
| 1995 |
Sabbatical |
| 1994, 1992 |
Center Gallery search committee |
| 1990 |
Study trip to Salerno, Sorrento, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum, Perugia, and Florence, Italy and Belgium |
| 1989 |
Development of new sculpture facility at Bucknell |
| 1988 |
Sabbatical
Study trip to London
Organized an exhibition of seven former sculpture students and a one-day sculpture symposium at Bucknell University |
| 1985 |
Study trip to the Southwest - Hopi, Navajo and Anasazi sites
Juror for the Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland |
| 1984 |
Juror for national metal sculpture show, Millersville University
Study trip to London |
| 1983 |
Study trip to England's megalith sites |
| 1981 |
Sabbatical |
| 1980/1981 |
Collaboration with Washington D.C. architect, Ralph Bennett, on Vietnam War Memorial proposal |
| 1978 |
Study trip to Florence, Italy |
| 1975 |
Juror, national painting and sculpture competitive show, Marietta College,Mainstreams '75
Sabbatical
Study trip to Central Mexico for Toltec, Zapotec and Olmec sites |
| 1965 |
Study trip to Rome, Paris and London |
