RESUME

• EDUCATION
• CREDENTIALS
• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
• WEB SITE DESIGN
• PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• VISITING ARTIST/WORKSHOPS/LECTURES
• RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS/COLLECTIONS
• SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• 1985-Present Associate Professor of Art, Full-time, Fine Arts (Studio)
  English & Humanities Division,
  Anne Arundel Community College
• 2000-Present Part-time, Loyola College, Modern Studies Program
  (Art Forms in the Computer Age)
• 1996 - 2000 Part-time instructor, Loyola College, graduate course for
  Modern Studies Program (Ways to See)
• 1982-1985 Part-time Instructor, Anne Arundel Community College
• 1981-1983 Part-time Instructor (Studio), Friends School of Baltimore
• 1980-1981 Part-time Instructor, Tulane University (Ceramics)

• Maryland Art Place
• National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
• Southern Graphics Council
• Maryland Printmakers

• QuarkXpress
• Adobe PageMaker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe GoLive
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Flash
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• HTML
• Bbedit

• Full Circle-Portfolio, Personal Web Site
• Lang Bonsai, Artisit's Portfolio and Sales
• Baltimore Bonsai Club, community organization
• Mayfield Inprovement Organization, community organization
• Bonsai inSites, Exhibition Catalog and Collaboration site for exhibition artists
• ART100, Fundamentals of Design (teaching site)
• ART101, Two Dimensional Design (teaching site)
• ART287, Computer Art Forms (teaching site)
• AACC Art Department Web Site
• ReMax Classic, Realty Company, Severna Park, MD (in progress)

• 2004- (Spring) 4-day national conference, National Council on Education for the Ceramic
  1978 Arts, held in a different US city each year. (Charlotte, Columbus, Denver, New Orleans, Minneapolis,Kansas City, Philadelphia, Boston, Asheville, Wichita, Ann Arbor, Phoenix, San Antonio, Columbus, Charlotte, San Diego, Indianapolis)
• New Media Consortium Conference, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Blacksburg, VA., June 2003
• Print Gumbo, Southern Graphics Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002

• 2005 Exhibition and Residency: Severn School, Severna Park MD
  Visiting Artist, March 2 and 3, 2005
• 1994 Lecture and Exhibition: Frostburg State University, gallery talk
  Feb. for "Icons and Archetypes" exhibit
• 1991 Maryland Institute College of Art
  Baltimore, Maryland
  Visiting Critic, 3 Dimensional Studies Program
• 1986 Anne Arundel Community College Senior Lecture
  Series: "Contemporary Ceramics"
• 1984 Maryland Center for the Arts
  Sculpture Session, Instructor
  Goucher College
  Towson, Maryland
• 1983 Maryland Institute College of Art
  Summer Studio at Friends School
  Baltimore, Maryland
• 1982 Mayor's Advisory Council on Art and Culture
  Ceramics Workshop, School #33 Art Center
  Baltimore, Maryland
• 1982 Maryland Institute College of Art
  Arts and Aging Program
  Community Workshops
  Baltimore, Maryland
• 1982 Cloisters Children's Museum Workshop
  "Clay as a Recording Device"
  Brooklandville, Maryland
• 1982 Tulane University, University College
  Summer Session
  Taught: Ceramics I, II, & III
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1981- Tulane University Alumni Association
  1980 Children's Art Enrichment Program

• Power Point Slide Documentation/ Presentation: Wood Kiln Building, Reedsville, PA.
• Research, Built 80 cubic foot wood firing kiln in Reedsville, PA.
• From Another Dimension, Works on Paper by Sculptors, New Orleans Museum of Art,
  http://www.noma.org/html_docs/sp_dimension.html

• Ceramic Art and Perception, Fall 2003, Bonsai inSites (work included in article)
• Web Designer, author, Art Department Web Site AACC,
  http://www.aacc.edu/hum/art/index/default.html

2002

2002- 1995

• Ceramics Monthly, summer issue 2002, Bonsai inSites (work included in article)
  New Orleans Museum of Art, print collection acquired (2 digital prints)
  From Another Dimension: Works on Paper by Sculptors, prints will be displayed in exhibit linked to dedication of the museum’s sculpture garden, Spring 2004
• Maryland Printmakers Newsletter, Dec. issue, Points of Discovery, Rays of Inspiration, An Exhibition at Cade Gallery, artist’s statement, author article
  http://www.marylandprintmakers.org/newsletter.asp?id=128
• Web designer, Bonsai inSites, http://www.langbonsai.com/insites/insitesindex.html
  (website for Baltimore Clayworks exhibit)
• FULL CIRCLE WEB SITE, http://fullcircle-portfolio.com (six version revisions since 1995)
  2002 Teaching Materials for ART101, ART100, and ART 287 respectively
  http://ola3.aacc.edu/sledwards/101/101/101.html
  http://ola3.aacc.edu/sledwards/100/100/100.html
  http://ola3.aacc.edu/sledwards/287/287/287.html
  Includes all current teaching materials

• Power Point Slide Documentation/ Presentation: Wood Kiln Firing, New Abbey, Scotland

• Three-week trip to Japan visiting potteries, temples, and museums in Tokyo, Nagano,
  Kyoto, Kanagawa, Mashiko, and Chiba

• Four-week trip in Spain visiting potters, museums, prehistoric sites and observing
  the use of tile in architecture Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Maneses and Rhonda.
• Two-day visit to Craftsman Farms in Parsippany, New Jersey

• Juried Alumni Exhibition", in coordination with NCECA 2005, "Tour de Clay"
  Maryland Institute College of Art
  Baltimore, MD
  February 19 to March 27, 2005
• "Linear", in coordination with NCECA 2005, "Tour de Clay"
  SevernSchool,
  Severna Park, MD
  February 26 to March 20, 2005
• "International Ceramic Art Competition"
  Gallery International (Purchase Prize)
  Baltimore, MD
  March 8 to 24, 2005

• "In the Company of Beauty", new art and aesthetics from AACC art faculty
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, MD
  September 3-24, 2004
• "48th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition"
  Juror, Sergei Tsvetkov
  Hunterdon Museum of Art
  Clinton, New Jersey
  May 23 – July 18, 2004
• New Orleans Museum of Art
  "From Another Dimension: Works on Paper by Sculptors"
  New Orleans, Louisiana April 1 - May 30, 2004

• "Maryland Printmakers Exhibition"
  Stephanie Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University
  Frostburg, Maryland
  October 3 -26, 2003
• "AACC Art Faculty Show",
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  October 2003
• "Bonsai inSites", http://www.baltimoreclayworks.org/bonsai/insitesindex.html
  National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.; (second venue)
  May 3 – 11, 2003
  http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/exhibits.html
• "Smalls", ceramic sculpture under 6 inches
  Glasgow School of Art
  Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  Spring 2003
• "Digital Links – A Survey of Digitally Enhanced Art" (digital prints)
  Montgomery College, Gallery of Art
  Rockville, Maryland

• "Points of discovery, Rays of Inspiration", AACC Faculty Exhibition,
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  September 2002
• "Bonsai inSites",
  Baltimore Clayworks Gallery (first venue)
  Baltimore, Maryland
  May 2003

• Chronologue, AACC Faculty Exhibition,
  Anne Arundel Community College, Cade Gallery
  October 3 - October 31, 2001

• Mutual Fun(ds), (two person exhibition of sculpture and digital prints)
  Elzeard Gallery
  Baltimore, Maryland
• "Colorworks", Art by AACC Art Faculty"
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, Maryland
• "Mill River Gallery Presents: Anne Arundel Community College, Faculty Art"
  Curated by Marie Linnekin
  Ellicott City, Maryland

• "The Laurel Art Guild 30th Annual Juried Exhibition" (digital prints)
  Juror: Doreen Bolger, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art
  Merit Award
  Montpelier Cultural Arts Center
  Laurel, Maryland
• "Drawings by AACC Art Faculty" (digital prints)
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, MD
• Paper Rock Scissors Gallery
  Gallery Affiliation (ceramic sculpture)
  Baltimore, Maryland

• "Art Maryland ’98", (ceramic sculpture)
  Juror: Doreen Bolger, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art
  Howard County Center for the Arts
  Ellicott City, Maryland

• "AACC Faculty Exhibition"
  Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, MD

• "Il museo che non c'e' -
  The Museum Which Does Not Exist"
  www invitational online exhibition
  http://www.seisnet.it/tron.htm

• "Abstractionists and Esthetes" Arnold, MD
  AACC Faculty Art Exhibit
  Pascal Center Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, Maryland
• Icons and Archetypes, Invitational Exhibition
  Frostburg State University
  Frostburg, Maryland

• "Depiction/Prescription", Invitational Group Exhibition
  Prince George's Community College
  Largo, MD
• "Written in Stone", One Person Exhibit
  Pascal Center Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College
  Arnold, Maryland

• "Objects D' Art", Juried Group Exhibition
  Maryland Federation of Art Gallery
  Annapolis, Maryland

• Perspectives in Clay, Invitational Group Exhibition
  Eubie Blake Cultural Arts Center
  Baltimore, MD

• "10 from AACC", Invitational Exhibit
  Maryland Federation of Art
  Annapolis, Maryland

• Studio Artists Exhibit, Invitational Exhibit
  School #33 Art Center Gallery
  Baltimore, Maryland

• Contemporary Expressions in Traditional Media,
  Juried Exhibition
  Delaware Center of Contemporary Art
  Wilmington, Delaware
• Artscape '82, Juried Exhibition, Decker Gallery
  Maryland Institute College of Art
  Baltimore, Maryland
• Studio Artists Exhibit, Invitational Exhibition
  School #33 Art Center
  Baltimore, Maryland
• Butler Institute of American Art
  34th Annual Ceramic, Sculpture, and Craft Show,
  Juried Exhibition
  Youngstown, Ohio

• The Rabbit Died, Graduate Thesis Exhibition
  Tulane University
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• New Louisiana Clay Artists, Invitational Exhibition
  Louisiana Crafts Council Gallery
  New Orleans. Louisiana
• Tradition in the Making, Juried Exhibition
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta College of Art Gallery
  Atlanta, Georgia
• Contemporary Clay and Glass,
  Invitational Exhibition
  Tulane University
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• St. Tammany Art Association
  Covington, Louisiana
• Tulane Ceramics and Glass Exhibition, Invitational Exhibition
  Austin College Gallery
  Sherman, Texas
  

• Ceramics Invitational
  Louisiana Crafts Council Gallery
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• Two Person Show
  Women's Center Gallery, Tulane University
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• Louisiana Women, CAA Juried Exhibition
  Juror Lucy Lippard, Hanson Gallery
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• Graduate Student Show, Invitational Exhibition
  Tulane University
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• Push-Pin Invitational
  Contemporary Arts Center
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• One Person Show
  Fells Point Gallery
  Baltimore, Maryland