401.723.8622

Christopher J. Kane

Kane Sculpture Studio

110B Tweed St
Pawtucket, RI 02861
401-723-8622

  
Professional Experience  
RISD

 
Teaching summer youth class in sculpture
August 2005
     
The Steel Yard
Kane Sculpture Studio acquired by the Steel Yard.
Became head of foundry department. Manage commercial art foundry.
Taught adult education sculpture class.
Present
     
Recent Experience
  Commission by City of Pawtucket to create a bronze sculpture of Fanny the Elephant for Slater Park to be dedicated spring '06.
Present
     
  Taught metal casting workshop to juniors and seniors at Williams High School, CT
04/05
     
  Worked with five sixth grade classes in two schools for the "School of Fish" Sculpture project. 140-piece exhibition opened on June 10. Won Pawtucket City Arts grant to support this project. Secured additional support from PAC and Citizens Bank.
04/05
     
  Taught Comic Illustration at Goff community school after-school program. One of my students in the Goff Program won a national poster competition.
04/05
     
  Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Board member.
2003 to present
  Chair of Education Committee.
2003
     
  Metal pouring demonstration for Pawtucket Arts Festival dragon boat races.
Member executive committee, Pawtucket Arts Festival.
03 & 04
     
  Curator and coordinator of the Traditions in Sculpture show for Pawtucket Arts Festival.
03 & 04
     
  Basketball sculpture at Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket. Won City of Pawtucket Arts Grant to support this project.
02/03
     
Kane Sculpture Studio
  Founder and sculptor
1995-2004
  · Execute commissioned plaques and sculptures.
· Provide casting services for regional sculptors.
· Teach classes, workshops; make educational presentations; perform public demonstrations.
· Dedication of life-sized traveling family sculpture group at Green Airport, Warwick, RI, 2002.
· Member of the arts staff of the Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club. 03/04
     
Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT
1995-1997
  Assistant Professor
· Taught sculpture and casting classes in the degree program.
· Taught young artists sculpture class.
· Provided foundry services for students and faculty.
     
Studio of Felix de Weldon, Newport, RI
1994
  Studio Associate
· Worked on molds and restoration for de Weldon, the sculptor of the Iwo Jima monument in Washington, DC.
     
Johnson Atelier Foundry, Trenton, NJ
1992-1993
  Foundry apprentice
· Worked in all phases of production from modeling to metal finishing.
· Specialized in mold making and modeling.
  
       
Education  
  Rhode Island School of Design  
  BFA 1992
European Honors Program, Rome 1991
· Independent Study in Sculpture and Drawing.
· Apprenticed at Carrara Marble Studios.
  
       
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