Darcy Meeker
3452 Spur St.
Blacksburg VA 24060
(540)951-0108
darcy.meeker@gmail.com

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Sculptor of copper, stone, aluminum, silk, clay, mixed media, and light for public and residential spaces, galleries and festivals, plus give lessons and workshops to children and adults, and speak, write and give workshops on the healing power of making art. My work is known in the mid-Atlantic region and the Pacific Northwest, and has been shown in DC, CO, KS, AZ, FL, IL, PA, NC, SC, TN, OR, WA, WY, NJ and NY, as well as in the New River Valley and elsewhere in Virginia. My works are also in collections in England, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Commissions
- Flower of Power, 24 x 36x 2 inches, Virginia Tech Connections Collection, 2010
- Sunny Day for Mary, 15 x 45in., residence, Blacksburg, VA, July 09
- Brook Trout, 48 x 15 in., residence, Cheyenne ,WY, and July 08
- Tilefish Taxi, 60 x 15 in., residence, Blacksburg VA, May 08
- Shall We Gather, for 26 x 13 foot wall, Lutheran Church, Blacksburg VA, Nov. 06
- Moon, Tree, and Thee, 6 x 7 feet, flamed copper, paint, residence, Blacksburg VA, Jan 07
- Shifting Sun with Birds, 8 x 8 feet, flamed copper, home, Seattle WA, Feb. 05
- Square Dance, 5 x 5 feet, flamed copper and paint, residence, Portland OR, Dec. 04
- Mountain Spirit, home, Fincastle VA. Feb. 03
- Elephant Vine, GE Building 40, Schenectady NY. March 2000
- Salamander, 3x7x4in, fossil alabaster
- Wedding Present, 4x4x4 in., dendritic soapstone,

Galleries
- Bronze Coast Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR 503-436-1055 since 02
- Gallery 108, Roanoke, VA 540-982-4278. Co-op member since 01, featured artist Dec. 09, Sept. 06
- Miller-off-Main Gallery, Blacksburg, VA 540-552-6969
- Main Lee Arts, Blacksburg, VA 540-961-0754
- Butterfly Fine Arts, Red Bank NJ , 732-650-936
- The Pines Vineyard Art Gallery, Hood River, OR, 541-490-7901

Selected Juried Shows, Books
- International Contemporary Masters, 2011, 2010, book and exhibit at Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Apr.-May 10
- Sugarloaf Craft Festival, Chantilly, VA, Dec. 10
- Art View, International exhibit, Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, VA, Nov. 10
- Art Ability Exhibit and Sale: Nov. 6, 2010 – Jan. 16, 2011, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Whatmore Art Museum, Andrews, NC, summer 10
- Andrews (NC) Museum of Art, summer 10.
- Downtown Living Tour, Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, VA May 10
- YMCA Art to Go, Blacksburg, May 10
- Fork and Cork, Blacksburg, VA, May 10
- Guild Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art, vols. 20, 21, 23
- ARC Gallery, Chicago, Materiality, spring 10
- Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC, spring 10
- Women’s Work 2009, Woodstock, IL, spring 09
- Images 2008, 2009, Penn State University
- The Best of America Sculpture Artists & Artisans, 07
- Roanoke City Show, Art Museum of Western VA, 06, 05; Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Biennials 02, 00, 98, 96
- Sculpture Now‘98: The figure, Washington Square, DC, 98
- New River Art, Blacksburg Regional Art Assn., 99, 97, 95; Creature Feature, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, Dec. 98; Touchable Art, Artists Unlimited, Tampa, FL, 97; Westmoreland Community College National Art Competition, Youngwood, PA, June 93; Atalaya Festival, Huntington State Park, SC, Sept. 92
- YMCA Craft Show, Blacksburg, VA, 10, 09, 08, 07

1-person shows
- Textures, Stellar One Bank, July-Oct 10; Blacksburg Municipal Offices, Oct 10-Jan 11
- “Missing”, 20 original ink drawings, Mish Mish Gallery, Apr. 10
- Winter 2009: Perspective Gallery vitrines, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Star City Playhouse, Roanoke, VA
- Winter 2008 shows: Zeppoli’s restaurant, See Mark Optical, First National Bank, Shear Artistry (until present), all in Blacksburg
- “Bumps and Grinds: Tooled Copper and Carved Stone,” Gallery 108, Roanoke, VA, Sept. 07
- “Earth and Fire: copper and stone,” The Gallery, Radford VA, spring 07
- “Through the Flame,” mostly copper, Virginia Tech Research Park, VTLS winter 07, NRVCS fall 06
- “Mostly Faces: Stone, Copper & Clay,” Southwest VA Community College, Mar. 02
- “Masks: A Collaboration,” Clay Corner Inn, Blacksburg, July-Oct. 02. Blue Ridge Arts Council window, Roanoke, Mar. 02. Glade Baptist, Blacksburg, summer 01. Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, summer 97. Studios on the Square, Roanoke, VA, Oct. 97.
- “Light in Stone,” “Masks,” and “Hit Rocks not People,” Bondurant Gallery, Radford (VA) Univ., July-Oct. 97
- “Hit Rocks not People,” Women's Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Oct. 97
- “Copper Wonderings,” Corporate Research Center, Apr.-July 99; “Waste Not, Want Not,” Waste Policy Institute, Blacksburg, VA, Jan.-Apr. 99
- Perspectives Gallery spotlight, VA Tech, April 92, 95; Wharf Gallery, Staunton, VA, Nov. 94; Mitchell College, Statesville, NC, March 94; New River Valley Community College, Dublin, VA, March 93

2, 3-person shows
- Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech, summer 10
- Main-Lee Arts, Apr. 10, Blacksburg, VA
- Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, Apr.-May 10, Mar.-Apr. 08
- “Lasting Impressions,” Gallery on Merchants Square, Williamsburg, VA, Oct. 06
- “Two Friends,” with Nell Fredericksen, Ferrum College, Sept.-Oct., 04
- Women of Stone, with Sharon Dowdy, Fine Arts Center of New River Valley, Pulaski, VA, Apr.-May 02
- “Light in Stone,” with Tucker Hill, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA, Oct.-Nov. 01; with Jong Suk Doh, Gallery 10, Washington, DC, June-July 98
- “A Light Shines Through,” with Leslye Bloom, VA Tech Corporate Research Ctr, Nov. 96-Jan. 97; “Love and Logic” with Elizabeth Osiak, Altman Gallery, Vancouver, WA, Dec. 95; Taylor Gallery with Katrina McMillan-Zapf, Lynchburg, VA, Aug. 94; River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, June 94; Shenandoah Club, Roanoke, VA, July-Oct. 94; Art International, Blacksburg, fall 92

Invitationals
- Loveland (CO) Sculpture Invitational Show & Sale, Aug. 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02
- Sculpture Invitational, Cristallo Gallery, Williamsburg, July-Aug. 03, 02, 01
- From the Earth, Glade Baptist Church, Blacksburg VA, summer 01 (only solo show ever held at this venue)
- Arts Alive!, Blacksburg Bicentennial exhibit, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Apr. 98; The Figure, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, May 26-July 3, 98; Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, spring 94 and 95; North American Artists Invitational, Museum Without Walls, Bemus Point, NY, Oct. 92

Group Shows
- Art Tour 10, ten- artist studio tour, Blacksburg, Radford, Floyd, Catawba, Oct 09, 10
- Backyard Stone Carvers, Montgomery Museum, Christiansburg, VA, May-June 10; Whatmore Art Museum, Andrews, NC, summer 10
- Art at the Market, Blacksburg, VA, 10, 09 (second place), 08
- Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke VA, summer 10, 09, 08. Sculpture honorable mention
- “The Shape of Things,” Southwest VA Metalsmiths’ Guild, Studios on the Square, Roanoke, Nov.-Dec. 06
- Darcy Meeker and Friends, Millstone Gallery, Fincastle VA, May 06
- Sculpture in the Park, Lenoir, NC, Sept. 02, Aug. 96, Aug. 93
- Many themed shows since 1996, Glade Baptist Church, Blacksburg
- “Meaning and Metaphor,” Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Dec. 09, Sept. 96; Shenandoah Club, fall 96; Abingdon Depot Gallery, spring 97; Danville Museum, summer 97; Member Show I & II, Unitarian Fellowship, Blacksburg, 96-97; “Path of Light,” Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA, Aug. 96; Winterfest, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Feb. 94; “Visions of Our Valley,” Miller-off-Main Gallery, Blacksburg, Oct. 94; “Menagerie,” Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA, July 92; NRAC Member Show, Montgomery Museum, Christiansburg, VA, May 92

Organizer
- Backyard Stone Carvers, 1996-present
- Local Artists Gallery, Dec. 91-94, 96, 97
- Love Inspiration (co-organizer), Miller-off-Main Gallery, Blacksburg, VA, May 93
- Southwest Virginia Women Sculptors: Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA, July 93; Perspective Gallery, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Oct. 93; Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA, Nov. 93; James Center, Richmond, VA, Oct. 94
- Make Art, Be Happy, six workshops in Blacksburg, VA, summer 94

Teaching
- “Beginner’s Mind,” Copper, Gouache Swash, Stone Carving, Willowbank Creative Center, Blacksburg, VA, 05-present.
- “Soft Stone Carving,” Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT, June 04
- Stone carving, weekly, home studio, spring 01-present
- Stone carving (for "behavior problem" 6th grade boys), EES, Pembroke VA, spring 02
- Copper Jewelry (for "self-esteem problem" girls), Community Services, Blacksburg, VA summer 02
- Copper Jewelry, Gouache Swash, Intro. to Soapstone, Roanoke (VA) Adult Ed, 99-07
- Creativity Warm-up, 1½ day workshop, Newport VA, Nov. 98
- Magazine and Feature Writing, Technical Journalism, University of Florida, mid-80s
- English as a Second Language, Florida Institute of Technology, Mar. 74
- Freshman English, University of Florida, Ford Fellowship, 70-71

Art Writing
- "Let There Be Light," Sculptural Pursuit 2 (No.2): pp.40-42
- “Creative Healing,” 2-part series, Expressions, Arts Council of the New River Valley, spring, summer 1997
- "Disabled? Carve On," Sculpture: Online News: June Vol. 29 No. 5

Education
- M.A., University of Florida, Mar. 81. THESIS: "In the Heat of the Night: Novel to Script to Film"
- B.A., University of Florida, Dec. 69. Ford Fellowship, Phi Kappa Phi
- Stone carving workshops with Tengenenge, Zimbabwe, sculptors Bernard Matemera and Alice Musara, in the Netherlands, fall 95
- Apprentice, hard stone, wax modeling, and teaching sculpture to children with Hanneke Zwart, Veenendal, Netherlands, summer-fall 95
- Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN: stone carving Bob Lockhart, March 92, 91, 03, 06. Design, Randy Long, March 91. Clay, Jim Lawton, Virginia Cartwright, March 91, Paula Winokur, Aug. 89
- Encaustics, Acrylics, Oils, Mask Making, Studio School, Roanoke VA, 92-03
- University of Florida (clay hand building, 90, and drawing, 68)
- New School for Social Research (oils, 65)

Organizations
- Professional member: Intl. Sculpture Center, Washington (D.C.) Sculptors’ Group, Tri-State Sculptors, League of Roanoke Artists, Blacksburg Regional Art Assn., Backyard Stone Carvers
- Pres., Blacksburg Regional Art Assn 96-00
- PR chair, Newport Village Studio Board (now Backyard Stone Carvers), 96-present
- Board member, Arts Alive! Town-wide, 40+ venue Art Show, Blacksburg, VA, 97-00
- PR chair, New River Art 93 and 95, biennial juried regional show.
- Board, New River Valley Fine Arts Council, Blacksburg, VA. 90-96
- Coop member, Main-Lee Art 10; Gallery 108 1997-present

Asst Prof/Agricultural Extension Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Apr 85- July 91. Wrote and edited news releases. Handled media inquiries; directed student interns and employees; gave training in writing, communications and media relation.; Supervised production of materials to promote educational programs; guest lectured in PR, journalism and science classes, and professional organizations, such as the Florida Magazine and National Garden Writers' associations. Shot photos. Did computer graphics. Wrote and did interviews for television news.

News Bureau Director, University of Florida Information and Publication Services, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 74- Apr. 85. Supervised 3 writers, 4 to 12 graduate and undergraduate student interns, and employees. Coordinated photo support and release of stories for Associated Press and United Press International. Wrote news, research and feature articles for internal and external media outlets. Helped design and execute campaigns. Wrote television and radio scripts, voiced radio news, and edited television news tape. Started as information specialist in Sept. 74, then promoted.

Pre-art - Reviewer, University of Florida Institutional Review Board for research involving human subjects, 88-91, Chair, Writing SIG, Ag Communicators in Education (ACE), 89-91, reviewer, ACE quarterly, 87-9.;. Chair, Ag. Communications, Southern Assn. of Agricultural Scientists, 89-90. Secretary, UF Assn. of Women Faculty, 89-90, Pres., UF faculty honorary, Arts & Civilization Symposium, 89-90. Chair, Gainesville, FL Area Women's Network. Coordinator, Café Muse, City of Gainesville, FL, 90. Chair, UF Public functions committee, 84-87.

Checkered past. Bookkeeper, St. Augustine FL Record, 73-74. Computer programmer (PL/I on IBM 360) translating Shakespeare play concordances into graphs for University of Florida English professor, 71-72. Freelance editing for Virginia Tech faculty and Washington, DC international development. consultant, 91-01. Freelance writer, food promotions, Try Foods International, Orlando, FL, 90-92. Ad design and presentation freelancer for high tech clients, Gainesville, FL, 87-91. Entertainment editor, Florida Alligator, UF student newspaper, summer 68. In New York City: Writer/editorial assistant, Department Store Economist, Beauty Fashion Magazine, Cosmetic World Newsletter, 67. Reporter/photographer/feature writer, Indianapolis Today, 66. Secretary/copywriter trainee, Jane Trahey Advertising Agency, 66. Teletypist/librarian, Advertising Age, 65.

Honors
- Accredited Public Relations Professional, FL.
- Ford Fellowship at University of Florida, English 69-70.

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