Richard White, MEd MFA, (BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.: Masters inEducation, Alliant University, San Diego, Calif.: Master of Fine Arts/Painting,University of Miami) is an international artist who has taught fine arts and design at both the secondary anduniversity level in the United States, and abroad. He was a visting professior of Foundation Design for two years at RISD. He was a founder of the Intercultural Council of the Arts in San Diego,California, served on the National Bicentennial Committee and designed theFronteras Program, a cultural exchange program for high school students inCalifornia and Mexico and local Boards. While in PapuaNew Guinea, he served on the Prime Minister's Council to Preserve the NationalCulture and founded the Cultural and Contemporary Arts Museum at Balob TeachersCollege in Lae. While in the corporate world, Prof. White managed companies inCalifornia and had a successful career as a marketing and sales executive. He served as a Dean of an art and designcollege and for the past 5 years he served at Broward College teaching studio art and art history and as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. He maintainsa painting studio in Pompano Beach, Florida
COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS:
Broward County Cultural Arts Council, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Art Education Committee
4 Grants Panels
East Bay Arts Center for Teens in the Visual and Performing Arts, Board of
Directors, Richmond, California.
TransAmerica Winter Garden Community Gallery, San Francisco, California
Founded and initiated the gallery for local artists
Curated and installed shows
ProArts, Board of Directors, Oakland, California
ART AIDES ALIVE, Board Member, Sponsored by California Community
College, City College, San Diego, California
San Diego County Intercultural Council of the Arts, San Diego, California
Co-Founded
A cultural arts program serving both grassroots and mainstream arts organizations
throughout the County as an umbrella organization to provide grant writing assistance
, funding assistance, consulting, workshops, seminars, gallery and studio space
, dance space.
CETA Funding and County Funding
Founded Visiting Craftsman Program, Balob Teachers College, Lae, Papua New Guinea
Founded Contemporary and Cultural Arts Museum, Balob Teachers College, Lae, Papua
New Guinea
EXHIBITIONS:
JURIED GROUP SHOWS
BIG, Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
PORTALS, Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
WILD, Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
EARTHEN, Jenner Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
BIG, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Faculty Art Show, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Faculty Art Show, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
MFA Exhibition, University of Miami Project Space, Miami, Florida
RISD, Summer Faculty Show. Providence, Rhode Island
MFA Graduate Show, Lowe Museum of Art
Project Space Show, Wynwood District. Miami, Florida
University of Miami Project Space, Wynwood, Miami, Florida
Summer Faculty Show, RISD. Providence, Rhode Island
Lowe Museum of Art...Mixed Media Award. Coral Gables, Florida
Real Painting Show, Art Basel/Miami. Miami, Florida
MFA Student Show, Lowe Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida
Oakland Museum of Art, Local Artists Show, Oakland, California
RISD Alumni Art Exhibit, San Francisco, California
Syracuse University Faculty Show
Los Angeles County Museum of Arts
San Diego County Art on Alcoholism
San Diego County Fine Arts Museum
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
Bamboo Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Bamboo Gallery, Open Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bamboo Gallery, “Small Works” Show, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
MFA Graduate Show, Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida
ProArts Gallery, Latham Square, Oakland, California
“South American Reflections”, Winter Garden Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, California
“The Urban Abstraction”, Winter Garden Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, California
SP Gallery, Rancho Bernardo, California
California Café, Walnut Creek, California
Art Concepts, Walnut Creek, California
A.G. Edwards, Oakland, California
Open Studios, Berkeley, California
SOMA, San Francisco, California
Sherwood Gallery, San Diego, California
Coopers-Lybrand, Lae, Papua New Guinea
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Coopers-Lybrand, Sydney, Australia
Ransom-Everglades School, Coconut Grove, Florida
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Warwick Publishing, Tokyo, Japan
Windsor Development, San Diego, California
Diversified Personnel, Oakland, California
A.G. Edwards, Oakland, California
The Shorenstein Company, Oakland, California
Southern Wine and Spirits, Union City, California
Lombardi, Loper and Conant, LLP, Oakland, California
Echo Winery, Napa Valley, California
Frischer/Dambra Consulting, Boca Raton, Florida
