GLADYS BEL
Curriculum Vitae
Gladys Bel
HCCS Central College, 3517 Austin, Houston, TX 77004
713-718-6606
EDUCATION
MFA in Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Graduate Studies in English, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
BS, Art & English Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Full-time Art Faculty, Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas, 1988-present
Adjunct, Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas. 1986-88
Adjunct, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981-84
Adjunct, Mount Ida College, Newton, Massachusetts, 1982-83
ART FELLOWSHIPS
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1995
Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1992
Visiting Artist, YADDO, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1991
Visiting Artist, YADDO, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1990
Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1989
Visiting Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, North Edgecomb, Maine, 1988
Visiting Artist, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York, 1980
OTHER AWARDS
Sabbatical Award, Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas, Fall 2003
Sabbatical Award, Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas, 1997-98
Bedicheck Distinguished Service Award, 1995
Dr. Anthony Chee Teaching Excellence Award, 1994
HCCS-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
SYSTEM:
Faculty Senate Delegate, 2009-10, 2007-08
Faculty Senate Compensation Committee, 1993-2015
Faculty Senate Compensation Committee, Co-Chair, 1993-97
Chancellor's Compensation Committee, 2001-02
Faculty Senate Workload Committee, 1993-2010
Faculty Senate Workload Committee, Co-Chair, 2005-08
Vice-Chancellor's Workload Committee, 2005-06
HCCS Sabbatical Award Committee, 2006
Vice-Chancellor's Workload Committee, 2001-04
SACS Subcommittee, 2000-01
Lecture/Lab Hour Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2000-01
Central College Safety Committee, 1999-2000
Teaching Excellence Award Committee, 1995
Faculty Senate Delegate, 1993-94
Chair, Central College Faculty Senate Delegation, 1993-94
DISCIPLINE:
Art Discipline Committee, 1993-2010
Art Discipline Program Review, Chair, 2007-08
Art Discipline Committee, Chair, 2000-01
DEPARTMENT:
Art Gallery Director, 2005-06, 2001-02
Search Committee/ Art, 2006, 2002
Assistant to the Chair of Visual Arts, 1998-2000
GCIC representative, 1991-95
Tyger Art Scholarship Committee, Chair, 1994
Lead Instructor, Art Department, 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Palaver, OHT Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001
Auricle, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1999
Mute, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1998
Blindsight, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas, 1998
Gladys Bel: New Drawings, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1996
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Annual Fall Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, October 2014
Annual Fall Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, October 2013
Annual Fall Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, October 2012
Faculty Show, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, January 2011
Faculty Art Exhibit, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 2010
HCC/Central Faculty Art Exhibition, University of Houston-Clear Lake Gallery, Clear Lake, TX, 2009
Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @Central, Houston, Texas, 2008
Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @Central, Houston, Texas, 2007
Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @Central, Houston, Texas, 2006
Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @Central, Houston, Texas, 2005
Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Gallery @Central, Houston, Texas, 2004
2002 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 2002
Mad Platter Exhibition & Silent Auction, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 2001
2001 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 2001
Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition 2000, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 2000
1999 Faculty Art Exhibition, Art Gallery @ HCC.Central, Houston, Texas, 1999
Works by Former Winners: Texas Art Celebration, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1999
Organic Produce, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, 1998
Selected Drawings & Works On Paper, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997
The Big Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas, 1997
Houston Area College Faculty Art Exhibit, University of Houston, Clear Lake, Texas, 1997
The Big Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas, 1996
Ten Artists, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1996
Texas Art Celebration '96, 1600 Smith Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1996. Juror’s Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Jock Reynolds, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
1996 Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1996
Drawing From Strength, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1995
Spring Show, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1995
On Paper: Gladys Bel, Dick Davison, Sharon Willcutts, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1993
Fall Show, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1993
Texas Art Celebration ’92, 1600 Smith Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1992. Juror’s Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Allison de Lima Green, Curator/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Big Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas, 1992
The Cranbrook Connection, REF Studios, Houston, Texas, 1992
Assuming Less, Understanding More, INNOVA, Houston, Texas, 1992, Juror’s Award
Visual Arts Alliance Exhibition, East Gallery, Transco Tower, Houston, Texas, 1991
Fall Show, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1991
Texas Art Celebration '90, 1600 Smith Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1990
Faculty Show, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1990
Faculty Show, HCCS Galleries, Houston, Texas, 1989
East End Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas, 1988. Juror’s Special Recognition, Juror: Richard Marshall, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York
Small Works, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1988
Rejected: A Salon de Refuses, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, 1988
Clay Annual, HCCS Gallery One, Houston, Texas, 1987
Summer Show, HCCS Gallery One, Houston, Texas, 1987
Ceramics and Mixed Media, Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984
Skeet Shoot, Boston College Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984
Surface Dialogue, Southern Massachusetts University Gallery, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1983
1983 Young Artists Exhibition, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1983
Innovation/Craft ’82, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982
Faculty Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1982
Faculty Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
A CAID Event, Contemporary Arts Institute/Detroit and Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1981
Earthenware USA, Hand & Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1981
Michigan Ceramics ’81, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1981
Sculpture, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1981
Cranbrook Museum Summer Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1980
Current Ceramics, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1980
ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES
Gladys Bel: Auricle, exhibition catalog, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1999
"Slide Jam," slide lecture, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 1998
Gladys Bel: Blindsight, exhibition catalog, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas, 1998
Gallery Talk, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas, 1998
Anne Collins, "Gladys Bel," Art Lies, Spring 1998
Houston Area Exhibition, exhibition catalog, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1996
Patricia Johnson, "Texas Art," Houston Chronicle, March 30, 1996
Lecture, Redesign for Watershed center for the Creative Arts, Texas A & M Architecture Department, 1995
"News Briefs: Texas Art Celebration," Houston Chronicle, April, 1992
Susan Chadwick, "Two Juried Art Shows," Houston Post, March 12, 1992
Susan Chadwick, "Glory of Texas Art," Houston Post, May, 1990
Innovations Crafts 82, exhibition catalog, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982
Assuming Less . . . Understanding More, exhibition catalog, INNOVA Design Center, Houston, Texas, 1992