Education
2010 M.A.T., Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1996 M.F.A., University of Idaho. Thesis: "Manifesto of a Postconsumer Artifactist Artist"
1992 B.F.A., Alfred University, Major: sculpture, Minor: Environmental Studies
Additional Certifications / Teaching Endorsements
2014 Endorsement: Educational Technology
Licensure: Level 2 Endorsement, Secondary Visual Art
2012 Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) trained mentor
2011 Licensure: Level 1 Endorsement, Secondary Visual Art
Teaching Experience
2011- present Art Faculty, Granger High School, West Valley, Utah.
2010 Student Teacher, Art and Integrated Science, Bennion Junior High, Taylorsville, Utah.
2010 Art & Science Education Coordinator, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT.
2008- 2011 Continuing Education Faculty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2007- 2009 General Manager & Sustainability Art and Design Workshop Coordinator, The Green Building Center, SLC, UT.
2005- 2007 Youth and Family Programs Environmental Arts and Sciences Manager, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
2003- 2004 Youth Environmental Arts and Sciences Programs Coordinator, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
1997- 2002 Adjunct Art Professor, Western Oregon University (WOU), Monmouth, OR.
Selected Exhibitions
2014 Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
2013 Porchfest, Salt Lake City, UT.
Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
Known, Group Exhibit, Abode Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT.
SOLO Exhibit: Transitions, Western Nevada College, Carson, NV.
Face of Utah Sculpture 8, West Valley City, UT.
2012 Face of Utah Sculpture 8, West Valley City, UT.
Art Educator Exhibit, Art Institute of Salt Lake City, Draper UT.
Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
2009 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. 2006
Recycled Art Show, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
2003 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
2002 Show 2002, Alpha Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Recalled Assemblages, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY.
WOU Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Hall Gallery, WOU, Monmouth, OR.
2001 SOLO: Landscape Forms/ Formed Landscapes, Western Nevada Community College (WNCC), Carson, NV.
60th Annual National Art Exhibition, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT.
6 Women, Newport Fine Arts Gallery, Newport, OR.
A Celebration, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
Exhibition 2001, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY.
2000 Dreamscapes/ Landscapes, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ.
WOU Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Hall Gallery, WOU, Monmouth, OR.
WOU Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Sunderland University, England
1999 Installation for City Sanitary, McMinnville, OR. Ongoing
Commission for collector, Kathie Kelly, Portland, OR.
Earth Day Exhibition, Artistree Gallery, McMinnville, OR. April.
1998 Ana 27, juried exhibition. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
Artistree Gallery, Ongoing gallery exhibits McMinnville, OR.
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Residents exhibition. Otis, OR.
1997 Global Warning, juried exhibition. Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ.
1996 SOLO: Images of a Post-consumer Artifactist Artist, MFA solo exhibition
Union Gallery, UI, Moscow, ID.
Detritus II, juried exhibition. National Recycler Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.
Great Garbage Binge Art Show, juried, traveling exhibition.
Pend Orielle Arts Council, Sand Point, ID.
Boise State University and Inkvision Gallery, Boise, ID.
Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT.
Idaho Group Show, group exhibition.
Gallery III, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Honors and Grants
2015 Utah Art Education Association Scholarship to attend NAEA Conference in New Orleans, LA.
2013 Sorenson Legacy Awards for Excellence in Arts Education Nominee, Salt Lake City, UT.
2009 Salt Lake City School District Art Grant, for collaboration with Wasatch Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT.
2007 Environmental Educator of the Year, Utah Society for Environmental Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
2003 Invited Participant, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
2002 Western Oregon University Foundation Grant, for the continued development of a bronze casting facility, Monmouth, OR.
2001 Certificate of Merit, cash award for juried exhibition: 60th Annual National Art
Exhibition, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT.
Certificate of Merit, cash award for juried exhibition: A Celebration of Women's Courage and Vision, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
Western Oregon University Foundation Grant, for Post-consumer Earth Day Art Installation completed on Earth Day 2001, April 22,
Monmouth, OR.
1997 Juror's Award, Global Warning Exhibition, Mesa, AZ.
Bibliography
2012 Art Immersion Project Takes Students Through Utah History, Article featuring collaboration with Center for Documentary Expression and
Arts and my Granger High school students. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT. September.
2009 Earth Day Green Guide, Artist profile concerning the use of post-consumer materials in artwork. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT. April.
2002 “WNCC Landscape Show” Article about solo exhibit at WNCC’s Bristlecone Gallery in Encore, Sierra Arts Magazine, Reno, NV. December.
“Sculptures Explore Interaction of Humans and Environment”, Article about solo exhibit at WNCC’s Bristlecone Gallery in WNCC’s newsletter,
West Winds, Carson, NV. November.
2001 Western Presents #1, Western Oregon University, University produced interview show featuring artwork and techniques. Televised multiple
times.
2000 W•E•A•D Women Environmental Artists Catalogue and website, listed artist.
http://wead.dreamfish-creative.com/heidinger/heidinger.html
1999 "The Artists of Yamhill County", artist directory, listed artist. McMinnville, OR.
W•E•A•D, Women Environmental Artists, listed artist.
1998 Ana 27, Catalogue of exhibition. Helena, MT. October.
"The Artist As Recycler" Article and cover picture of The News Guard's
"Coast Tidings", Lincoln City, OR. April.
1998 "Post-consumption Art" Article and cover picture of Headlight-Herald's Preview magazine, Tillamook, OR. March.
W•E•A•D Women Environmental Artists, listed artist.
1997 "Award Winner…" caption under published picture of artwork, Waste News, Detroit, Michigan, month.
"Art responds with 'Global Warning" Article in The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ.
Global Warning, Catalogue of exhibition. Phoenix, AZ, spring.
1996 "The Beauty of Garbage" Article in Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID.
Great Garbage Binge Art Show, Catalogue of traveling exhibition.
1996 The Tower of Babel (Babel, Babble, Rubble, Rabble): KUOI televised video of Earth
Day art collaboration with Al Wildey, broadcast approximately 30 times in Moscow, ID.
The Tower of Babel: Two televised news reports showing progress of Earth Day sculpture composed of 100,000 milk jugs. Spokane, WA. April.
1995 Detritus II, Catalogue of traveling exhibit.
Publications, Invited Lectures, Presentations and Workshops
2014 Collecting Visual Data, Rio Mesa Field Station, University of Utah, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Capstone Course, April.
Perspectives on the Spiral Jetty, Curriculum Designer, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, March.
2014 Perspectives of the Spiral Jetty II, Guest Lecturer/workshop, Utah Museum of Fine arts, March.
2013 Perspectives of the Spiral Jetty I, Guest Lecturer/workshop, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, July.
2012 Collecting Visual Data, Art in the Sun, Utah Art Education Association, St. George, Utah. February
2011 Indoor Air Quality, educational lesson plan unit designed in collaboration with Utah
Society for Environmental Education. April.
Jasmine Sidewinder #91, Curriculum Designer, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT,month
2008 Local Living speaker, Utah American Planning Association Conference. SLC, UT. November
“Take the Live Local Challenge”, Panelist, Local First UT event. Salt Lake City, UT, August.
2007 Eat Local Challenge, Guest Speaker, Westminster College Environmental Biology students. Salt Lake City, UT, October.
2007 Bioneers Conference, Invited panelist in Eat Local Challenge Session. Salt Lake City, UT, October.
Artist in Residence
1998 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Residents exhibition. Otis, OR.
Selected Commissions
2015 Hill Boys on the Beach, post-consumer private commission in progress.
2015 Flower Shades, private ceramic commission.
2009 Desert Tortoise, Wasatch Elementary, SLC, UT. Designed & fabricated scaffold for collaborative artwork with students. Jan. - June
2007 Bat and Sea Turtle, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT. Designed scaffold for two collaborative art pieces to make with children during Artful
Afternoon event. July
2010 M.A.T., Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1996 M.F.A., University of Idaho. Thesis: "Manifesto of a Postconsumer Artifactist Artist"
1992 B.F.A., Alfred University, Major: sculpture, Minor: Environmental Studies
Additional Certifications / Teaching Endorsements
2014 Endorsement: Educational Technology
Licensure: Level 2 Endorsement, Secondary Visual Art
2012 Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) trained mentor
2011 Licensure: Level 1 Endorsement, Secondary Visual Art
Teaching Experience
2011- present Art Faculty, Granger High School, West Valley, Utah.
2010 Student Teacher, Art and Integrated Science, Bennion Junior High, Taylorsville, Utah.
2010 Art & Science Education Coordinator, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT.
2008- 2011 Continuing Education Faculty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2007- 2009 General Manager & Sustainability Art and Design Workshop Coordinator, The Green Building Center, SLC, UT.
2005- 2007 Youth and Family Programs Environmental Arts and Sciences Manager, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
2003- 2004 Youth Environmental Arts and Sciences Programs Coordinator, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
1997- 2002 Adjunct Art Professor, Western Oregon University (WOU), Monmouth, OR.
Selected Exhibitions
2014 Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
2013 Porchfest, Salt Lake City, UT.
Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
Known, Group Exhibit, Abode Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT.
SOLO Exhibit: Transitions, Western Nevada College, Carson, NV.
Face of Utah Sculpture 8, West Valley City, UT.
2012 Face of Utah Sculpture 8, West Valley City, UT.
Art Educator Exhibit, Art Institute of Salt Lake City, Draper UT.
Granite Art Faculty Show, Salt Lake City, UT.
2009 Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. 2006
Recycled Art Show, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT.
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT.
2003 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
2002 Show 2002, Alpha Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Recalled Assemblages, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY.
WOU Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Hall Gallery, WOU, Monmouth, OR.
2001 SOLO: Landscape Forms/ Formed Landscapes, Western Nevada Community College (WNCC), Carson, NV.
60th Annual National Art Exhibition, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT.
6 Women, Newport Fine Arts Gallery, Newport, OR.
A Celebration, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
Exhibition 2001, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY.
2000 Dreamscapes/ Landscapes, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ.
WOU Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Hall Gallery, WOU, Monmouth, OR.
WOU Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Sunderland University, England
1999 Installation for City Sanitary, McMinnville, OR. Ongoing
Commission for collector, Kathie Kelly, Portland, OR.
Earth Day Exhibition, Artistree Gallery, McMinnville, OR. April.
1998 Ana 27, juried exhibition. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
Artistree Gallery, Ongoing gallery exhibits McMinnville, OR.
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Residents exhibition. Otis, OR.
1997 Global Warning, juried exhibition. Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ.
1996 SOLO: Images of a Post-consumer Artifactist Artist, MFA solo exhibition
Union Gallery, UI, Moscow, ID.
Detritus II, juried exhibition. National Recycler Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.
Great Garbage Binge Art Show, juried, traveling exhibition.
Pend Orielle Arts Council, Sand Point, ID.
Boise State University and Inkvision Gallery, Boise, ID.
Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT.
Idaho Group Show, group exhibition.
Gallery III, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Honors and Grants
2015 Utah Art Education Association Scholarship to attend NAEA Conference in New Orleans, LA.
2013 Sorenson Legacy Awards for Excellence in Arts Education Nominee, Salt Lake City, UT.
2009 Salt Lake City School District Art Grant, for collaboration with Wasatch Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT.
2007 Environmental Educator of the Year, Utah Society for Environmental Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
2003 Invited Participant, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
2002 Western Oregon University Foundation Grant, for the continued development of a bronze casting facility, Monmouth, OR.
2001 Certificate of Merit, cash award for juried exhibition: 60th Annual National Art
Exhibition, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT.
Certificate of Merit, cash award for juried exhibition: A Celebration of Women's Courage and Vision, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
Western Oregon University Foundation Grant, for Post-consumer Earth Day Art Installation completed on Earth Day 2001, April 22,
Monmouth, OR.
1997 Juror's Award, Global Warning Exhibition, Mesa, AZ.
Bibliography
2012 Art Immersion Project Takes Students Through Utah History, Article featuring collaboration with Center for Documentary Expression and
Arts and my Granger High school students. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT. September.
2009 Earth Day Green Guide, Artist profile concerning the use of post-consumer materials in artwork. Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, UT. April.
2002 “WNCC Landscape Show” Article about solo exhibit at WNCC’s Bristlecone Gallery in Encore, Sierra Arts Magazine, Reno, NV. December.
“Sculptures Explore Interaction of Humans and Environment”, Article about solo exhibit at WNCC’s Bristlecone Gallery in WNCC’s newsletter,
West Winds, Carson, NV. November.
2001 Western Presents #1, Western Oregon University, University produced interview show featuring artwork and techniques. Televised multiple
times.
2000 W•E•A•D Women Environmental Artists Catalogue and website, listed artist.
http://wead.dreamfish-creative.com/heidinger/heidinger.html
1999 "The Artists of Yamhill County", artist directory, listed artist. McMinnville, OR.
W•E•A•D, Women Environmental Artists, listed artist.
1998 Ana 27, Catalogue of exhibition. Helena, MT. October.
"The Artist As Recycler" Article and cover picture of The News Guard's
"Coast Tidings", Lincoln City, OR. April.
1998 "Post-consumption Art" Article and cover picture of Headlight-Herald's Preview magazine, Tillamook, OR. March.
W•E•A•D Women Environmental Artists, listed artist.
1997 "Award Winner…" caption under published picture of artwork, Waste News, Detroit, Michigan, month.
"Art responds with 'Global Warning" Article in The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ.
Global Warning, Catalogue of exhibition. Phoenix, AZ, spring.
1996 "The Beauty of Garbage" Article in Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID.
Great Garbage Binge Art Show, Catalogue of traveling exhibition.
1996 The Tower of Babel (Babel, Babble, Rubble, Rabble): KUOI televised video of Earth
Day art collaboration with Al Wildey, broadcast approximately 30 times in Moscow, ID.
The Tower of Babel: Two televised news reports showing progress of Earth Day sculpture composed of 100,000 milk jugs. Spokane, WA. April.
1995 Detritus II, Catalogue of traveling exhibit.
Publications, Invited Lectures, Presentations and Workshops
2014 Collecting Visual Data, Rio Mesa Field Station, University of Utah, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Capstone Course, April.
Perspectives on the Spiral Jetty, Curriculum Designer, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, March.
2014 Perspectives of the Spiral Jetty II, Guest Lecturer/workshop, Utah Museum of Fine arts, March.
2013 Perspectives of the Spiral Jetty I, Guest Lecturer/workshop, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, July.
2012 Collecting Visual Data, Art in the Sun, Utah Art Education Association, St. George, Utah. February
2011 Indoor Air Quality, educational lesson plan unit designed in collaboration with Utah
Society for Environmental Education. April.
Jasmine Sidewinder #91, Curriculum Designer, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT,month
2008 Local Living speaker, Utah American Planning Association Conference. SLC, UT. November
“Take the Live Local Challenge”, Panelist, Local First UT event. Salt Lake City, UT, August.
2007 Eat Local Challenge, Guest Speaker, Westminster College Environmental Biology students. Salt Lake City, UT, October.
2007 Bioneers Conference, Invited panelist in Eat Local Challenge Session. Salt Lake City, UT, October.
Artist in Residence
1998 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Residents exhibition. Otis, OR.
Selected Commissions
2015 Hill Boys on the Beach, post-consumer private commission in progress.
2015 Flower Shades, private ceramic commission.
2009 Desert Tortoise, Wasatch Elementary, SLC, UT. Designed & fabricated scaffold for collaborative artwork with students. Jan. - June
2007 Bat and Sea Turtle, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT. Designed scaffold for two collaborative art pieces to make with children during Artful
Afternoon event. July
