Education
EdD expected graduation 2024 Education for Sustainability University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
MFA 1999 Printmaking Illinois State University – Normal, IL
BFA 1995 Printmaking Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville – Edwardsville, IL
Experience
Professor of Art - Fort Hays State University – Hays, Kansas 2000 - present
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 “Caim”, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University – Wichita, KS
2019 “Caim”, EB White Art Gallery, Butler County Community College - Eldorado, KS
“Circumference”, Clay works - Hutchinson, KS
“The Collaborative Art Project”, Hays Public Library – Hays, KS
2018 “Special Rugs: Collaborative Weaving with Developmental Service of North West Kansas”, Hays Public Library – Hays, KS
2017 “Finding Balance”, 5.4.7 Gallery – Greensburg, KS
“Weaving Connections: A Community Weaving Project”, Hays Public Library – Hays, KS
2016 “CAIM”, Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University – Hays, KS
2011 “Spaces”, SNAP: Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers – Edmonton - Alberta, Canada
2010 “Melt”, TIME: Temporary Installation Made for the Environment – Santa Fe, NM - Time based installation sponsored by New Mexico Arts
“Space Between”, 5.4.7 Gallery – Greensburg, KS 2008
“Touch”, Charleston Heights Gallery – Las Vegas, NV
“The Spaces Between: Sabbatical Exhibit”, Moss Thorns Gallery, FHSU – Hays, KS
“Goosebumps”, Dodge City Community College – Dodge City, KS
2005 “Textures”, McPherson College – McPherson, KS
2003 “Touch”, Kansas City Artist Coalition – Kansas City, MO
“Amy Schmierbach-New Work”, Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College – Salem, VA
“blue”, The Old Philip Hardware Building, - Hays, KS – Installation
Selected Group Exhibitions (* indicates 3/4 person exhibits)
2020 Fiber, Feminine Exhibit at Lux Center for Art in Lincoln, NE – group invitational exhibit
2017 “Wichita National All Media”, Mark Arts – Wichita, KS “12 x 12”, Lawrence Art Center – Lawrence, KS
34th Annual Five State Photography Exhibition, Hays Arts Council - Hays, KS
2016 “Transgressing Traditions”, Scwheinfurth Art Center - Auburn, NY – juried by Dorie Millerson
“Vision Makers 2016”, 108 Contemporary - Tulsa, OK – juried by Namita Wiggers
“Material Mastery”, Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Exihibition – juried by Julia Galloway
“The Mindful Drawing Project”, Hays Public Library - Hays, KS
2015 “Exploring and Expanding: Fiber Invitational” - Curated by Betsy Morris, St. Louis Community College - Meramec 4 Person Invitational Exhibit*
“WE ALL DRAW: THINKING DRAWINGS – THE SHOW”, Bargehouse - London, England
“Fiber Focus”, Art St. Louis – St. Louis, IL
2012 “Pretty Tough: Gender in 21st-Century Artmaking”, Eileen Braziel Art Advisors - Santa Fe, NM
“Market Value”, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”, LUX Art Center - Lincoln, NE
“January Blues”, Dickenson State University Gallery – Dickenson, ND
2011 “Celebrating Design, Creativity and Culture in 2011”, Eileen Braziel Fine Arts - Santa Fe, NM 2010 Aqua Art Fair, Satellite Fair of Art Basel, Miami Beach – Miami, FL
Red Dot Art Fair Miami, Satellite Fair of Art Basel, Miami Beach – Miami, FL Represented by Eileen Braziel Gallery – Miami, FL
2009 “Print National”, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts - Pagosa Springs, CO
“No, Seriously: Humor and Happiness in Contemporary Arts”, Space 301 - Mobile, AL
“National Invitation Postcard Exhibit”, City Hall Bridge Gallery – Las Vegas, NV 2008 “Textures”, Lincoln Center – Fort Collins, CO*
“No Where Close to Normal”, Arts Café at the Figge Museum – Davenport, IA 2007 “…..i am blue….”, McLean Art Center – Bloomington, IL
“A Progressive Proof: Illinois State University Printmaking Alumni Exhibition”,
McLean County Arts Center – Bloomington, IL 2006
“Reclamation”, Zg Gallery – Chicago, IL
“Many, Many”, Majestic Gallery – Nelsonville, OH 2005 “Fiber Focus 20005”, Art St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
“Aesthitica”, Wichita Center for the Arts – Wichita, KS
“Topeka Competition 27”, Sabatini Gallery – Topeka, KS – Juror’s Award “Five State Photography Competition”, Hays Arts Council – Hays, KS
2003 “Home”, Snap Gallery – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002 "The 33rd Annual Smokey Hill Art Competition", Hays Art Center – Hays, KS
“Print Invitational”, Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University – Hays, KS
“River Market Regional Exhibition”, Kansas City Artist Coalition – Kansas City, MO
“The 32nd Annual Smokey Hill Art Competition”, Hays Art Center – Hays, KS
2000 “The Smokey Hill River Festival” - Salina, KS – Commission for Installation in the Landscape
Selected Grants/Awards
2020 Integrative Arts Grants, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission - awarded for “The Collaborative Arts Project - Expanded” a collaboration to create a collaborative art experience with individuals served through Developmental Services of North West Kansas.
2020 Undergraduate Research Experience Grant – Fort Hays State University - awarded for “The Collaborative Arts Project - Expanded” a collaboration to create a collaborative art experience with individuals served through Developmental Services of North West Kansas.
2019 Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, Master Educator Award
2018 Integrative Arts Grants, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission - awarded for “The Collaborative Arts Project” a collaboration to create a collaborative art experience with individuals served through Developmental Services of North West Kansas.
2018 Undergraduate Research Experience Grant – Fort Hays State University - awarded for “The Collaborative Arts Project” a collaboration to create a collaborative art experience with individuals served through Developmental Services of North West Kansas.
2017 Social Practice Grant, Surface Design Association - awarded for “Special Rugs” a collaboration weaving project between myself and Developmental Services of North West Kansas DSNWK
2015 Undergraduate Research Experience Grant – Fort Hays State University - awarded for “The Mindful Drawing Project”, research in meditation and drawing.
2014 Summer Research and Creative Activity Project Grant – Fort Hays State University - research in using natural dyes on hand spun wool and alpaca yarn.
2011 Fort Hays State University Presidential Scholar Award - premiere award at FHSU for outstanding scholarly and creative creativity.
Midwest Energy Inc. – Midwest Energy Community Fund - awarded for “Art Experiences”, art workshop for USD 489 special education students
Undergraduate Research Experience Grant – Fort Hays State University - awarded for “Green”, research in using water based inks and mono-printing techniques.
2010 TIME: Temporary Installation Made for the Environment - New Mexico Arts awarded for “Melt”, an outdoor time-based installation on a Pueblo reservation north of Santa Fe, NM.
2008 Kansas Arts Commission’s Arts in Community Grant for FHSU Department of Art and Design Visiting Artist Program
2007 Kansas Arts Commission’s Arts in Community Grant for Creative Arts Society’s Visiting Artist Program
2003 Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship
2000 Artist in Action Grant - The Salina Arts and Humanities Commission 2000 – Salina, Kansas This commission entailed an outdoor installation at The Smokey Hill River Festival.
1999 Book Grant and Hands-On-Art Residency – Women’s Studio Workshop - Rosendale, NY
Publication
Schmierbach, Amy (2021), ‘Shift: Moving art classes into rural America’, Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art,
10:1, pp. 149–161. https://link.growkudos.com/1bui1eqwgzk.
Available to read at https://scholars.fhsu.edu/art_facpubs/1/.
Scholarly Presentations/Conferences
2022 Mid America College Art Association, “The Collaborative Art Project”, presenter, online conference
2020 Collage Art Association, “The Collaborative Art Project”, Presenter – Chicago, IL
2018 Mid America College Art Association, “The Mindful Drawing Project”, presenter – Lincoln, NE
2017 FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education, “Cultivating Mindfulness”, Co-Chair of Panel and Presenter – Kansas City, MO
2016 Regional FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education KANSAS, Presenter “Beautiful Faces”, Wichita State University
2015 FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education, “Group Projects in Foundation Courses”, presenter – Indianapolis, IN
2014 Regional FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education KANSAS, organizer of conference at FHSU, Hays, KS.
Think Tank 8 Integrative Teaching International – Bozeman, MT, participant.
2013 FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education, “Documenting the Ineffable: Assessment as Creative Activity”, Chair of panel – Savannah, GA
2012 Mid America Print Conference, “The Beauty of Internships: The Women’s Studio Workshop”, Chair of panel and presenter – Cape Girardeau, MO
Think Tank 7 Integrative Teaching International – Chicago, IL, participant.
2011 FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education, “Writing Across Foundations”, Chair of Panel and presenter – St. Louis, MO
2010 Think Tank – Integrative Teaching International Mini Workshop 2010 547 Art Center, Artist Lecture – Greensburg, KS
College Art Association, “Touched” presented at “Touching in Contemporary Art” panel - Los Angeles, CA
FATE: Foundation in Art: Theory and Education, “Finding Yourself in Service Learning”, Chair of panel and presenter - Portland, OR
SNAP Gallery, Artist Lecture – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2008 Dodge City Community College, Artist Lecture and Screen Printing Workshop - Dodge City, KS
2006 Mid America Print Conference, “The Multiple in Printmaking” presenter- Athens, OH
2005 Ohio University, Artist Lecture – Athens, OH
Hutchinson Community College, Artist Lecture and Creativity Workshop
2004 Wichita County High School, Fabric Printing Workshop
Women’s History Month Faculty Panel, “3 Women Artists”
FHSU FHSU Leaderville Series, “Creativity”
2003 Roanoke College, Artist Lecture – Roanoke, VA
1998 Women's Studio Workshop, Artist Lecture, Rosendale, NY
Selected Bibliography
Lippard, L. R., “Busywork”. Textiles, Community and Controversy. ch-004, Bloomsbury Press, 2019.
Cutler, Tess, “Knit Wits”, Santa Fe Reporter, Jan. 29, 2013.
Jervis, Carolyn, “Order and Chaos: Exhibition draws an abstraction”, Vue Weekly.com, March 23, 2011. Pappas, Jennifer, “TIME: Installations Made for the Environment”, Planet, September 22, 2010.
Jarret Keene, “Touch Me I’m Art”, Las Vegas City Life, Jan. 31, 2008.
Collections that have acquired my prints and artist books
Indiana University Vassar College
Virginia Commonwealth University Savannah School of Art and Design Ohio University
University of Delaware
Rochester Institute of Technology Bucknell University
Duke University
Yale Artist Book Collection Women’s Studio Workshop Freeburg Public Library
Bone Student Center – Illinois State University Normal Editions Workshop – Illinois State University
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville