Michael Wayne Conner, PhD., ISA-AM

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Michael W. Conner, PhD, ISA-AM EDUCATION International Society of Appraisers, Accredited Member 2007- Indiana University M.A., Ph.D. Art History 1991 Fulbright-Hays Research Fellow 1984-85 University of Ile-Ife, Nigeria 1978 Wichita State University B.A., B.F.A. 1976 Early education abroad (Europe, Asia, Africa) EXPERIENCE ArtConsul Collections Management and Appraisal Services. Owner 2007- Amerinvest International, Inc., Rantoul, IL. Director, Art Programs 2005-

Union Institute And University, Cincinnati, OH. Faculty consultant 2005-7

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Curator 2003-2005

Southern University at New Orleans. Assoc. Prof., Curator, and Interim Dir. of Mus. Studies Graduate Program 1999-2002 Ohio University Athens, Ohio. Assist. Prof. 1998-1999

Indiana University School Of Continuing Studies, Bloomington 1990-1999

Collections consultant 1985-1998

University Of Malawi, Malawi, Africa. Assist. Professor 1984 - 1985

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE) Board of Directors

Adjunct Research Associate, Illinois State Museum, Springfield

PUBLICATIONS (partial)

"Highlights of the Asian and African Collection." In Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Selected Works. Urbana, IL: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 2008.

"African Earth: A recent donation of Pan-African Ceramics to the University of Illinois." Spurlock Museum Bulletin, Champaign, IL 2006

Eye, Form, Symbol: The Liebman Collection of Contemporary Glass Sculpture. Exhibition catalog. Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum 2005

Before Recognition: Experiments in Art and Science at the Threshold of Perception. Exhibition catalog of recent work by Pamela Davis Kivelson. October 22, 2004-January 2, 2005. Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum 2004

Southern Folk Art: Fourteen African American Artists. Catalog of an exhibition held December 20-30th in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Southern University at New Orleans 1999

"Figurative Sculpture of Malawi, S. E. Africa." In Africa: The Art of a Continent, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Ed., Tom Phillips, 167-9. New York: Prestel 1995

Cutting to the Essence Shaping for the Fire: Yoruba and Akan Art in Wood and Metal. Catalog of an Exhibition of the Permanent Collection of Lakeview Museum of Art and Science, Peoria, Illinois 1994

The Art of the Jere and Maseko Ngoni of Malawi, 1818-1964. Vol. 1, #1. African Studies Series, New York: Man's Heritage Press, Ltd. 1993

"Tsonga-Shangana Art." In Expressions of Belief: Masterpieces of African, Oceanic and Indonesian Art from the Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, Ed., Suzanne Greub. New York: Rizzoli 1988

The Geometric Vision: Arts of the Zulu. Exhibition and Catalogue, West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Galleries; and Bloomington: African Studies Program, Indiana University 1983

EXHIBITIONS (partial)

Eye, Form and Symbol: The Contemporary Glass Collection of Jon and Judith Liebman, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois 2006

Before Recognition: Experiments in Art and Science at the Threshold of Perception, Recent Artwork by Pamela Davis Kivelson. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois 2004

Opulent Display: Textiles of Gold from S.E. Asia. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois 2004

American Studio Glass: The Early years. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois 2003

LOUISIANA/CONGO: The Bertrand Donation. Inaugural exhibition of the permanent collection. New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History, and Culture. The Meilleur Goldwaite House, Treme. September to present 2003

AFRICA Here, Now: Highlights from the SUNO Collection. Southern University at New Orleans 2002

African Clay: New Acquisitions. Southern University at New Orleans 2001 Memories of Africa: Objects and Artifacts Collected by Peace Corps Volunteers - In Celebration of 40 Years of Service. September 15-March 1, 2001. New Orleans African and African American Museum of Art, History and Culture 2001

PAPERS/TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS (representative)

"Challenges in Collecting and Assigning Monetary Value to Traditional African Art." Talk and Chair for panel exploring the theme: African Art/Visual Studies: State of the Field for the 34th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Art History Society, Indianapolis, IN. 2007

The Glass of Lino Tagliapietra: Through the Eyes of a Non-Western Art Historian. Curators Program, 20th Ann. GlassWeekend '03, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ 2003

How to Construct a Frustrated Icosahedron. QuickTime movie for the exhibition, Before Recognition: Experiments in Art and Science at the Threshold of Perception, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign. Available at Cornell Atomic and Solid State Physics website: http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/FrustrationCurvature/PDKIcosaWebS.mov 2004

Remnants of Ritual: The African Context. QuickTime movie for the exhibition Remnants of Ritual: The Gelbard Collection. Krannert Art Museum, Champaign 2003

Judy Chicago: Press Preview "Trials and Tributes". New Orleans Museum of Art, February 2. Digital documentation. LSU/SUNO multimedia exchange project 2001

The African Collection at Illinois State University. CD-ROM Edward S. Meckstroth, Linda Giles, and Allan Richards, Michael W. Conner 1996

Cutting to the Essence Shaping for the Fire: Yoruba and Akan Art in Wood and Metal. Touch screen kiosk. Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois 1994

The Living Art of Africa. Orientation video, and interactive kiosk, Indianapolis Museum of Art 1990

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