Barbara Koerble
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Barbara Koerble grew up in Northwest Missouri. After completing a B.F.A. in ceramics at Northwest Missouri State University, she moved to Texas to pursue graduate studies in studio art and art history, and completed an M.A. in art history at UNT in Denton. She has been an adjunct art professor at Tarrant County College since 2012, and currently teaches art history survey and art appreciation courses at TCC’s Trinity River campus. She also works at the Afterimage Gallery in Dallas, and is active as a freelance writer and independent curator. Barbara previously collaborated with ExhibitsUSA to curate a national traveling exhibition on the architecture of ballparks, which toured the U.S. for two years. In 2017, Barbara curated two art exhibitions in Fort Worth: Hightailing It: Artists Look at the Landscape for the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, and Recombinant Abstraction for the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. In 2018, she curated Centering Abstraction for Gallery 414, Fort Worth, and Portraits: Masked/Unmasked for the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. She has published articles about art and architecture for more than two decades, and most recently she has become a Contributor to Glasstire: Texas Visual Art. Barbara pursues photography in gentrifying neighborhoods, making sculpture and art collecting. She has exhibited her sculpture in the 5th Annual Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition and her photographs in group exhibitions at Artspace111, Fort Works Art, ART7, the Fort Worth Community Arts Center and Shipping and Receiving.
CV Education Master of Arts, Art HistoryUniversity of North Texas, Denton, TX Master of City and Regional PlanningUniversity of Texas at Arlington, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Arlington, TX Bachelor of Fine Arts Ceramics Major and Metalsmithing MinorNorthwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO Associate of Applied Science, Horticulture MajorTarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX Professional Experience 2018 2017 Assistant, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX. Greet visitors and assist with sales, provide art information, edit and maintain website art listings, matt and frame artwork to museum standards, hang exhibitions, securely pack artwork for shipping and unpack art shipments. Adjunct Professor of Art, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX. Teach several sections of Art Appreciation and Art History Survey courses. Prepare and present lectures to students, prepare and grade assignments and tests, keep attendance records, calculate and post grades, attend faculty meetings and professional development training Extended Education Instructor, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. For “Nights at the Museum,” lead class on introductory tours of area art museums. Gallery Attendant, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX. Monitor museum galleries, greet visitors and provide art information, ensure safety of artworks in special exhibitions and the permanent collection. Freelance Writer, Editor (self employed) for Words in Sync, Fort Worth, TX. Contributor to Glasstire, complete other freelance writing and editing Independent Curator, Fort Worth, TX. Curated art exhibitions Portraits: Masked/UnMasked for Fort Worth Community Arts Center and Centering Abstraction for Gallery 414 during 2018. Curated selection of artists and artwork, installed or assisted with installation of artwork, wrote curatorial statements, compiled label information, sent out press notices and posted on social media. Extended Education Instructor, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. Adjunct Professor of Art, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX. Assistant, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX. Gallery Attendant, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX. Freelance Writer, Editor (self employed), Contributor to Glasstire, and Words in Sync, Fort Worth, TX. Independent Curator, Fort Worth, TX. Curated art exhibitions Hightailing It and Recombinant Abstraction during 2017. 2016 Gallery Attendant, Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (through 11/15/2016) Freelance Writer, Editor (self employed), Words in Sync, Fort Worth, TX 2015 Gallery Attendant, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX Curatorial Intern, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Worked on researching and writing catalog entries for Alison Hearst. 2014 Assistant, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX Art Installer (temporary), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. Assisted with installation of complex Damian Ortega artwork and the deinstallation of Mexico Inside Out exhibition Modern Counselor/Photographer for Spring Break Art Camp, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. Assisted in monitoring behavior and interacting with children during art camp, photographed sessions with artists 2013 Gallery Attendant, Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Monitored museum galleries, greeted visitors and provided art information, ensured safety of artworks in special exhibitions and the permanent collection 2012 Adjunct Professor of Art, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX 2011 Freelance Writer, Editor for Words in Sync, Fort Worth, TX Wrote and proofread for various publications, took photographs for publication Ambassador, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2011-2013 Gave tours of the building and related art exhibitions to visitors, and performed other volunteer work 2010 Administrative Assistant, U.S. Census Bureau, Fort Worth, TX Handled file creation, file maintenance and other record keeping duties. 2004 Senior Planner and Current Planner, City of Arlington, Community Development Department, Arlington, TX. Project Manager, prepared staff reports on development applications, made presentations to city commissions. 2001 Planner I, City of Keller, Community Development Department, Keller, TX. Project Manager, prepared staff reports on development applications, made presentations to city commissions. 1990 Curator/Slide Librarian, Visual Resources Collection, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Art and Art History, Arlington, TX. Collection Manager, prepared budgets, trained and supervised staff, maintained collection database, oversaw lending policies. Contributing Editor, Texas Architect, 1990-2002. Researched and wrote articles focused on architects and architectural subjects, both contemporary and historic. Provided news updates to editorial staff. 1985 Library Assistant, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX. Assisted public with appointments to access library materials, created and maintained artist files. Freelance Writer, Editor for various architectural journals, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Morning News. Curatorial Experience 2018 Portraits: Masked/UnMasked, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX, July 6--July 27, 2018. I curated this group show of 19 photographers as a multi-generational survey of portrait photography. Centering Abstraction, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX, January 27 -- February 25, 2018. I curated this group show of four artists who specialize in multi-media drawing, painting and sculpture: Lael Burns, Sophia Ceballos, Gwen Meharg and Adam Palmer. 2017 Recombinant Abstraction, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX, July 7 – August 30, 2017. I curated this group show that features eight local and regional artists who specialize in multi-media abstraction. Hightailing It: Artists Look at the Natural World, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, March 3 - April 13, 2017 I curated this exhibition of 19th, 20th and 21st century landscape artists who work in painting, sculpture and photography, selected from the holdings of Afterimage Gallery, David Dike Fine Art and William Campbell Gallery. 2014 Permutations of Water in the Landscape, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX. July 11 - September 19, 2014. Co-curated this group exhibition of gallery artists with Ben Breard, Gallery Director 1993-1996 Fields of Dreams: Architecture and Baseball, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO. I curated this national traveling exhibition for ExhibitsUSA. Generated original content for the exhibition, including the brochure essay and the descriptive text panels. Also made grant request. Group Exhibitions (Participating Artist) 2018 2017 2016 Chaos!!!!! Ro2Art’s 6th Annual Small Works Spectacular, Ro2Art, Dallas, Texas, opens August 4, 2018. Fifth Annual Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, Texas, June 22 -- July 28, 2018. Juried by Christina Rees. Bring It! Group Show, The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, May 12-June 3, 2018. ART7 Small Works Show, ART7 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, March 3 – March 31, 2018 These Are My Friends, group exhibition organized by ArtTooth, Shipping and Receiving, Fort Worth, TX, August 12, 2017 Paper Works, juried group exhibition, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX, June 6 – June 24, 2017 (juried by Alison Hearst, Assistant Curator, MAMFW) The 33%, The Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, March 25-31, 2017 2016 FWCAC 9x12 Works on Paper Show, December 2-28, 2016, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy, Fort Worth, Texas. Small Works Exhibit at Art7 2016, November 12 – January 2, 2017, 820 Currie, Fort Worth, Texas. Exhibited 3 photographs. Don’t Call Me Baby: All-Female Punk Art Show, August 13, 2016, at Shipping and Receiving, 201 Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Exhibited photographs. 100 Artists Under 100: FAMfest: Food, Art and Music Festival 2016 at Shipping and Receiving, 201 Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Exhibited 8 photographs. 2016 FWCAC Biennial, March 5-29, 2016, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Exhibited photograph titled Gentrification Series, #4, Merrimac Avenue, Fort Worth 2015 Exhibitionists: a Pop-up Art and Music Event, September 26, 2015 at Shipping and Receiving, 201 Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Exhibited two photographs and a plaster multi-piece sculpture. Artspace 111's 2nd Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, June 26 - August 7, 2015 at 111 Hampton Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Vernon Fisher, Juror. Exhibited photograph, Infraform #4 (for Matta-Clark). 2014 2014 Art Faculty Biennial, October 16 - November 20, 2014 at Tarrant County College Southeast Campus. Exhibited photograph, For all flesh is as grass. Fall 2014 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, August 29 - September 30, 2014 at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus. Exhibited photograph, For all flesh is as grass. 2013 Fall 2013 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, August 29 - September 27, 2013 at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus. Exhibited photos, For Corbu: Primary Forms #4, #5.. Fall 2013 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, August 29 - September 27, 2013 at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus. Exhibited photos, For Corbu: Primary Forms #4, #5. Books, Monograph: Contributing author, American Architecture of the 1980s, “Design Clarity and Urban Synthesis: The Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis,” Washington: AIA Press, 1990 Contributor, The International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture, London: St. James Press, 1993 ed. Vol. 1; Edward Larrabee Barnes: biographical essay, chronology of works and bibliography. Vol. 2; Essays on Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine [architect: Edward Larrabee Barnes], and Mummers Theater, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [architect: John M. Johansen] Contributor, Contemporary Masterworks: Art, Architecture, Photography, Design, London: St. James Press, 1991 edition. Essays on Mummers Theater, Oklahoma City [architect: John M. Johansen], and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis [architect: Edward Larrabee Barnes] Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: an Architectural Design Development Study, Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1990 [Master's thesis] Selected Journal Articles: Published numerous articles in professional journals including Glasstire, The Architectural Review [London], A+U [Tokyo], Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Texas Architect, Inland Architect, Urban Land and CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston since 1989. 2018 2017 2017 2016 “Terry Hays: Irreversible Change and Selective Memory,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 2-20-2018, http://glasstire.com/2018/02/20/terry-hays-irreversible-change-and-selective-memory/ “A New Look Back on McKie Trotter III,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 2-01-2018, http://glasstire.com/2018/02/07/a-new-look-back-on-mckie-trotter-iii/ “Byrd Williams IV: Memory, Imagery, Mortality,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 1-30-2018, http://glasstire.com/2018/01/30/byrd-williams-iv-memory-imagery-mortality/ “Glasstire’s Best of 2017,” [contributor], Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 12-22-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/12/22/glasstires-best-of-2017/ “Two Shows: Hillary Dohoney and ’40 Under 40’ in Fort Worth,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 10-27-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/10/27/two-shows-hillary-dohoney-and-40-under-40-in-fort-worth/ “John Hartley at Artspace111,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 10-20-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/10/20/john-hartley-at-artspace-111/ “Jeff Kellar at William Campbell,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 10-13-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/10/13/jeff-kellar-at-william-campbell/ “SEVEN: FIBERS at the Art Room, Fort Worth,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 9-11-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/09/11/seven-fibers-at-the-art-room-fort-worth/ “Crystal Wagner at Fort Works Art,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 6-24-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/06/24/crystal-wagner-at-fort-works-art/ “Luther Smith and Jason Lee in Fort Worth,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 6-16-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/06/16/luther-smith-and-jason-lee-in-fort-worth/ “Fabiola Valenzuela at Gallery 76102, Fort Worth,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 5-29-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/05/29/fabiola-valenzuela-at-gallery-76102-fort-worth/ “Frank X. Tolbert: Texas Bird Project at William Campell,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 4-26-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/04/26/frank-x-tolbert-texas-bird-project-at-william-campbell/ “Peter Hiatt at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 4-04-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/04/04/peter-hiatt-at-the-oak-cliff-cultural-center/ “Still Life in Fort Worth: Artspace111 and William Campbell Contemporary Art,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 3-14-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/03/14/still-life-in-fort-worth-artspace111-and-william-campbell-contemporary-art/ “Stephen Battle and Layla Luna at Gallery 414,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 1-7-2017, http://glasstire.com/2017/01/07/stephen-battle-and-layla-luna-at-gallery-414/ “The Fort Worth Art Collective at Gallery 76107,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 12-14-2017, http://glasstire.com/2016/12/14/the-fort-worth-art-collective-at-gallery-76102/ “Jim Malone at Artspace111,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 11-21-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/11/21/jim-malone-at-artspace111/ “Steve Murphy at William Campbell Contemporary Art,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 10-18-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/10/18/steve-murphy-at-william-campbell-contemporary-art/ “Amuse-Bouche at Gallery 76102,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 10-13-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/10/13/amuse-bouche-at-gallery-76102/ “Dan Lam at Fort Works Art,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 9-13-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/09/13/dan-lam-at-fort-works-art/ “The Art Room’s THREE,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 7-27-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/07/25/the-art-rooms-three/ “Riley Holloway at Fort Works Art,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 5-28-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/05/28/riley-holloway-at-fort-works-art/ “OPEN RANGE at deadWEST,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 5-11-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/05/11/open-range-at-deadwest/ “Carol Ivey and Deborah Mersky at The BRIT,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 5-06-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/05/06/carol-ivey-and-deborah-mersky-at-the-brit/ “Harmony Padgett at William Campbell, Fort Worth,” Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 3-11-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/03/11/harmony-padgett-at-william-campbell-fort-worth/ “'Nature's first green is gold' at Artspace111," Glasstire: Journal of Texas Visual Arts, 3-05-2016, http://glasstire.com/2016/03/05/natures-first-green-is-gold-at-artspace111/ 2014 “The Kimbell’s new sustainable addition plays to park lovers,” GeenSourceDFW.org (April 23, 2014)http://greensourcedfw.org/articles/kimbell-s-new-sustainable-addition-plays-park-lovers 2005 “Trinity Uptown Gains Federal Funding; Will Double Fort Worth’s Urban Area,” Texas Architect (January/February 2005): 9, 58 [Texas Society of Architects] 2000 “Art in the open: Renzo Piano and Peter Walker design a sculpture center for Dallas,” CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 49 (Fall 2000): 7. http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/ArtInTheOpen_Koerble_Cite49.pdf 1997 “Monet’s Mediterranean,” Texas Architect 47 (July/August 1997): 58 [art exhibition review] “Harmonic Progression: Fort Worth’s New Modern Art Museum by Tadao Ando,” CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 38 (Summer 1997): 22-25. http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/HarmonicProgression_Koerble_Cite38. 1996 "Buy Design: Stanley Marcus on the Architecture of Merchandising," CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 35 (Fall 1996): 28-30. http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/BuyDesign_Koerble_Cite35.pdf 1993 "Patricia Johnson's Environmental Sculpture, Dallas," CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 29 (Fall 1982/Winter 1993): 27- http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/CreatureFromBrownLagoon_Koerble_Cite29.pdf 1990 "A Mummer's Tale," CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 25 (Fall 1990): 14-17 [renovation of John Johansen's Mummers Theater, Oklahoma City]. http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/AMummersTale_Koerble_Cite25.pdf "Pipe Dream: Bruce Goff's Ad Hoc Oil-Patch Teepee Church," CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston 24 (Spring 1990): 19- http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/03/PipeDream_Koerble_Cite24.pdf 1989 "Design Clarity and Urban Synthesis: The Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis," Architecture 78 (February 1989): 64-67 Selected Newspaper Articles: 1990 "Wanderers' Triumphant Paintings of the Masses," Dallas Times Herald, 1 November 1990, p. G-3 [art exhibition review] "Architect Builds Images from Elemental Forms," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 March 1990, p. 1 (sec. 2) [Aldo Rossi drawings exhibition review] Workshops 2017 Attended “From Plant to Print” an experimental printmaking workshop led by Deborah Mersky and Carol Ivey, August 18-20, 2017, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX 2014 Attended Examining the Work of David Bates: A Workshop for Teachers with Jules Buck Jones, February 15, 2014, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Attended Texas State of Mind, a workshop for teachers on David Bates and other Texas artists, February 22, 2014, Meadows Museum and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX 2013 Attended Summer Teaching Institutes, July 2012 and July 2013, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX Attended Summer Teaching Institute, June 25-28, 2013, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX 2012 Attended Summer Teaching Institute, July 2012, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX |
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