Jim A Escalante, MFA / Professor of Art
Curriculum Vitae

Department of Art
University of Wisconsin-Madison
455 North Park Street
6241 Humanities Building
Madison, WI 53706
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608 265 4593 fax
jaescala@education.wisc.edu

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Personal information
Born: 1954
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Citizenship: United State of America

Education
1978-1981 M.F.A. Typography and Photography, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1976-1977 Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Appliques, Reims, France. One year study abroad, no degree given.
1972-1976 B.F.A. Photography, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. (Cum Laude)
Academic Appointments
1995-Present Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2007 Associate Dean School of Education, Fall semester
2001-2006 Chair, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1995-1998 Chair, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1993-1995 Acting Director, Chicano Studies Program, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1992-1993 Undergraduate Chair, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1989 Associate Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1988-1989 Associate Professor of Art and Design, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
1981-1988 Assistant Professor of Art, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. Tenure granted in 1986
1979-1981 Adjunct Instructor of Photography, University of Wisconsin Extension, Madison, Wisconsin
Awards, Grants and Honors
2007 Sabbatical leave for spring semester
2001 Madison CitiArts Grant, Derrick Buisch and Jim Escalante
2000 School of Education Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award
1998 Sabbatical leave for semester 1
1998 University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Research Grant, "Exploration of digital image processing and its application to photographic alterations."
1995 Alumni Appreciation Award, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
1993 University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Research Grant, "Exploration of Abaca, Flax and Hemp Fibers in Handmade Papers"
1992 University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Research Grant, "Exploration of Handmade Paper"
1991 University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Research Grant, "The Design and Production of Two Handmade Books"
1988 Recipient of a Southwest Missouri State University Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
1987 Southwest Missouri State University Foundation Grant, "Art and Design Typesetting Workstation."
1987 AIGA Annual, Graphic Design USA Exhibition, New York City. Iguana Press book, "Scales & Weights", was included in the AIGA Annual #8
1986 Southwest Missouri State University, Summer Faculty Fellowship, "Creative Use of Personal Computers in the Design and Production of Small Press Literary Publications."
1984 Southwest Missouri State University, Faculty Development Grant to attend a six-week summer seminar on computer graphics at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
1983 Springfield Ad Club, Merit Award for catalogue design, Springfield, Missouri.
Purchase Award, Breaking the Bindings/American Book Art Now, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1981 Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grant, for the publication of a limited edition book of poems by Mary Laird Hamady.
1978-1981 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
International Exhibitions
1987 AIGA Annual, Graphic Design USA Exhibition, The Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
National Exhibitions
2007 Four Aces Large Format Print Invitational Traveling Exhibition. Exhibition travels to Autin, Texas, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Madison, Wisconsin
1998 Point of Departure II, A University of Wisconsin Alumni Print Portfolio, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Main Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
1994 Loyola Book Art Invitational Exhibition, Loyola Downtown Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fourth Annual Blue Star Red Dot, Benefit show, the Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas.
6451: Made in the Midwest: Walter Hamady's Students and the Small Press Movement, Vernon R. Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens.
1993 6451: Made in the Midwest: Walter Hamady's Students and the Small Press Movement, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.
1992 The Art and Craft of Graphic Design: Two-person exhibition of books and posters, Art Department Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.
1991 The Art of the Contemporary Book: New Works, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
Eighty from Eighties - A Decade of Fine Printing, New York Public Library, New York City.
National Broadside Print Show, UWM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
1990 The Art of The Printed Book, Central College, Pella, Iowa.
Exhibition of Artist's Books, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Michigan.
1989 Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, Center For Book Arts, New York City.
The Art of the Printed Book, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Between The Lines; Artists' Books As Visual Dialogue, touring exhibition in Montana.
1988 The Arts Of The Book; The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Between The Lines; Artists' Books As Visual Dialogue, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, Montana.
Bound To Learn, West Virginia University Galleries, Morgantown, juried exhibition of Book Arts.
1987 AIGA Annual, Graphic Design USA Exhibition, New York City.
An Iguana Press book, "Scales & Weights" was included in the "AIGA Annual #8".
Pacific Center for the Book Arts, Members Exhibition, San Francisco Public Library.
1986 Hand-Crafted Books, University of Georgia, Athens.
1985 Book Rate/Book Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York City.
Art Works/Book Works, Book Exhibition, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas.
Artist's Book Exhibition, Hand-in-Hand Galleries Ltd., New York City.
Book Arts II, Hand-in-Hand Galleries Ltd., New York City.
1984 Objects in Translation: Contemporary Book Art, Temari Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Center for Book Arts: The First Ten Years, New York Public Library, New York City.
1983 Progress Report: Advanced Opportunity Fellows, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Small Books and Broadsides Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Breaking the Bindings/American Book Art Now, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Second Annual Exhibition, The Pacific Center for the Books Arts, San Francisco Public Library.
Fourth Annual Paper in Particular, National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Columbia College of Art, Columbia, Missouri.The Devil's Work/Fine Presses from Madison, Wisconsin, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1982 Collectibles 1982, Mona Berman Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
1979 New Photographics/79, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.
Regional Exhibitions
2006 Ideas, Dialogue, Conscience: Current Work by UW-Madison Print Faculty James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy, Madison, Wisconsin
2005 Wisconsin Book Artists', Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
2003 Faculty Quadrennial, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2001 Artists' Books: Highlights from the Kohler Art Library, Memorial Library, Special Collections, Madison, Wisconsin.
1998 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
1997 Point of Departure II, A University of Wisconsin Alumni Print Portfolio, Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
1994 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
Cylinder, Sphere, Cone: A Caucus for Graphic Design Education. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fine Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1990 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
1989 University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Show, Art Department Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1988 Iguana Press Book Designs, solo exhibition, Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
1984 Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Show, Springfield, Missouri.
Computer Generated Art Exhibition, Jordan Creek Art Center, Springfield, Missouri.
Books by Iguana Press, Kickapoo Prairie Branch Library, Springfield, Missouri.
Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Exhibition, Springfield.
1983 Springfield Ad Club, Addy Exhibition, Springfield, Missouri.
1982 The Presswork of Jim and Mary Moss Escalante, Jordan Creek Art Center, Springfield, Missouri.
Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Exhibition, Jordan Creek Art Center, Springfield, Missouri.
The Making of a Handmade Book, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
1981 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Department of Art University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Exhibition, Springfield.
1980 Books, Broadsides & Folios, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Artist’s Books, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1979 Graduate Graphics Students, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Art Department Gallery.
1978 Typography & Papermaking, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.
Image of the Printed Word, Old Jail House Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa.
Reviews and Bibliography
1993 Paul F. Gehl, "Booktalk: Book arts on view" Bookways. Austin, Texas, July 1993, Number 8 pp. 2-3.
1990 James Rhem, "View from the Tower," Isthmus. Madison, Wisconsin, December 21, 1990.
1988 Steve Paul, "Missourians show talent in hard-to-find volume," Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri, August 28, 1988. Review of "Gardening the Skies" / Missouri Writers' Biennial.
1987 Ed Albin, "Portrait of an Artist: Escalante’s Preserve Art of Book Designing," Springfield Magazine, Springfield, Missouri July 1987.
1986 Ed Albin, "Artistic handwork shown in SMS classroom," Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, March 9, 1986.
Paul Metcalf, "Todd Moore: Underbelly of the Heartland," Sulfer: Literary
Tri-Quarterly, # 17, November 1986, pp. 140-41. Review of Poet Todd Moore with reference to Scales and Weights by Iguana Press.
1985 Paula Bonner Rosen, "Handmade books nourish both senses and intellect," Springfield Business Journal, Springfield, Missouri, October 14, 1985, p.12.
"The Gourmet Vandercook: Printing on a press never really designed for printing." The Devil’s Artisan, (A Journal of the Fine Printing Arts), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Volume 17, 1985, pp. 3-12. Contributor to article.
1984 Ed Albin, "Computer art show is worthwhile first for city." Leader and Press. Springfield, Missouri, November 15, 1984, p. 5D.
1983 Ed Albin, "Computers: Renaissance of the 1980s," Leader and Press. Springfield, Missouri, June 6, 1983, p. 1D.
1982 Ed Albin, 'SMS professors exhibit work at Jordan Creek Art Center,' The News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, September 26, 1982. p. 3G.
Ed Albin, "Couple's talents blend into handmade books," Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, June 10, 1982, p. 3C.
Jeanette Burney, On The Edge Of The Sky. (Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye. Iguana Press), The Pawn Review, Austin, Texas, Volume V, 1982, pp. 160-63.
Bill Henderson, ed., The Pushcart Prize VII: Best of the Small Presses. Wainscott, New York, Pushcart Press, 1982, p. 11.
William Rueter, Selected Poems 1973-1980. (Poems by Mary Laird Hamady. Iguana Press), The Devil's Artisan, (A Journal of the Fine Printing Arts), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Volume 8, 1982, p. 26.
1981 William Rueter, On the Edge of the Sky, (Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye. Iguana Press), The Devil's Artisan, (A Journal of the Fine Printing Arts), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Volume 7, 1981, p. 26.
1980 Robyn Kitson, A Lost Art Is Found-Bookmaking, Capital Times, ("Madison Confidential" supplement), Madison, Wisconsin: September 1980, p.76.
Catalogues
2003 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition Catalogue
1998 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition Catalogue
1994 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition Catalogue
1993 6451: Made in the Midwest: Walter Hamady's Students and the Small Press Movement. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine , Wisconsin. Essays by Walter Hamady, Bruce Pepich, Caren Heft, Beth Grabowski and Statements by the artists.
1992 Art of the Contemporary Book: New Works, A National Juried Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1992.
1991 Eighty from the Eighties - A Decade of Fine Printing, The New York Public Library, New York City, 1991.
1990 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition Catalogue
1994 University of Wisconsin-Madison Quadrennial Art Faculty Exhibition Catalogue
1988 The Arts of the Book, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The University of the Arts, 1988, p. 15.
Basilisk Press Catalogue 6, Hampstead, London: Basilisk Press, 1988, p.22. Bound To Learn: An Invitational Exhibit of the Book Arts, Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia Press, 1988, item #36.
Granary Books Complete Catalog, 1988, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988, items 479-486.
1987 Graphic Design USA #8, New York: The Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1987, p.153.
1984 Objects in Transition: Contemporary Book Art, Honolulu, Hawaii: TEMARI, Center for Asian and Pacific Fibers, 1984.
The First Decade, New York: Center for Book Arts, 1984, p.17.
1983 Breaking the Bindings: American Book Arts Now, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin System, 1983.
1981 Basilisk Press and Bookshop, Catalogue 3, London: Basilisk Press, 1981, pp.26-7.
Collections
University of Arizona Special Collections, Tucson, Arizona
California Polytechnic State University Special Collections, San Luis Obispo, California
University of California at Los Angeles Special Collections, Los Angeles, California
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, School Library, Chicago, Illinois
Columbia University Library, New York City
University of Georgia Special Collections, Athens, Georgia
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Mills College, Library, Oakland, California
New York Public Library Special Collections, New York City
Newberry Library Wing Collection, Chicago, Illinois
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
Scripps College, Etla Strong Denison Library, Claremont, California
Southwest Missouri State University, Special Collections, Springfield
Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Temple University Special Collections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Vermont Special Collections, Burlington, Vermont
Yale University, Library, New Haven, Connecticut
University of Iowa Special Collections, Iowa City, Iowa
University of North Texas, Willis Library, Special Collections, Denton, Texas
University of Washington Special Collections, Seattle
University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library, Special Collections
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
Consulting and Design Activity
2006 Co-planner with Tracy Honn for the Wisconsin Book Festival Book Off, A competative book making competition at the Fifth Annual Wisconsin Book Festival, Wisconsin Union Theater, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2006 Digital photography consultant to Actual Sized Artworks for their Percent for Art Program sculpture Thought Patterns in Upham Hall, at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
1995 Designer for Elvehjem Museum of Art publication Wisconsin Poets at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
1994 Appointed to serve on the Elvehjem Museum of Art's strategic planning committee. The charge for the committee was to develop a strategic plan for the next decade.
1993 Panelist for the Wisconsin Arts Board for the 1994 Artistic Program Support I. Panelist reviewed and evaluated applications for funding from fifteen arts organizations including museums and performance groups from the state of Wisconsin.
Consultant for graphic design work for the Henry David Thoreau Elementary School Mural project.
Reviewer for book project under development by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York City.
1992 Invited to include a printed edition of 100 copies of submission to A Printer's Exquisite Corps, published by The Silver Buckle Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thirty-four book artists were invited to participate.
1991 University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Art Department Gallery. Designed Streams, an exhibition catalogue of Truman Lowe's sculpture.
1990-1992 Elected to the Executive Board of Graphic Design Education Association
1987-1989 Project Director of the Missouri Writers' Biennial, co-sponsored by Southwest Missouri State University and the Missouri Arts Council. The grant's budget for 1988 was $45,000.
1985-1989 Appointed to the Literature Advisory Panel of the Missouri Arts Council.
1978-present Established Iguana Press as a private press in order to publish limited edition books by contemporary writers and illustrators. Iguana Press has published nine books and additional ephemera.
1981-1989 Southwest Missouri State University Art & Design Department: department publications and promotional materials.
English Department: supervised the design and production of promotional posters by Art and Design students.
Continuing Education: taught evening course on Desktop Publishing.
Household Hazardous Waste Project: design of Guide to Household Hazardous Wastes Disposal and text conversion between computer systems.
1987 Springfield Parents Newsletter: computer orientation.
1986-1987 Missouri Art Education Association Newsletter: design consultation for newsletter and text conversion between computer systems.
1986-1989 Southwest Missouri Humane Society: semi-annual Pet Press and monthly Newsletter.
1984-1989 Springfield Art Museum: consulting for printed materials and design of exhibition catalogue and Watercolor USA 1986 letterhead.
1978-1980 Photographer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin (summer months).
Professional Services
2007 National Association of Schools of Art and Design site team visitor for program review at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
2006 National Association of Schools of Art and Design site team visitor for program reviews at Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin.
Review for Promotion, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota and Montana State.
2005 Review for Promotion, Univeristy of Colorado at Denver.
Percent for the Arts Committee to select artwork for the Camp Randall Stadium.
Percent for the Arts Committee to select artwork for the Medical Sciences building.
2003 CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) Academic Leadership Fellow.
Review for promotion, Department of Art, University of Missouri.
Review for tenure and promotion, Department of Art, Iowa State University, Ames. Iowa.
Review for tenure and promotion, Department of Art, University of Illinois, DeKalb.
Team member for site visit of the Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
2002 Review for promotion, Department of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
Review for promotion, Senior Program Specialist, Notre Dame University, Indiana.
1997 Review for tenure and promotion, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.
1997 Program review for the Provost on the School of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
1994 Review for tenure and promotion, Communication Arts Department, Virginia Commonwealth University.
95-95 Board Member of the Midwest Consortium of Latino Research.
1992 Review for tenure and promotion, School of Art, Iowa Sate University.
1991 Review for tenure and promotion, Communication Arts Department, Virginia Commonwealth University.
1987-1989 Project Director/Managing Editor, Missouri Writers' Biennial.
1985-1989 Literature Advisory Panel of the Missouri Arts Council.
Cultural and Artistic Services
2003 Appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for the Art project committee for the Interdisciplinary Research Complex, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2002-present Dane County Cultural Affairs, Performing Arts Grant Evaluator, Madison, Wisconsin.
Madison School Foundation Grant Reviewer, Madison, Wisconsin.
2001 Appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for the Art review committee for the Camp Randall remodeling, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1999 Appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for the Arts review committee for the Pharmacy building, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1998 Appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for the Arts review committee for the Kohl Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1995 Lecture, Art Department, University of North Texas, Denton
Lecture and Workshop, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1992 Presented a paper at Cylinder, Sphere, Cone: A Caucus for Graphic Design Education. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Art Department.
1990 Presented a lecture titled “Fine Printing, Movable Type and Their Roles in Design Education” as part of a panel titled "Technology and Typography". Graphic Design Education Association, Second Annual National Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.
1988 Visiting Lectures on personal and student work, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1987 Visions Computer Conference, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield Duties included planning for the conference and hosting a panel titled "Trends and Standards in Desktop Publishing."
1983-1984 Museum Acquisitions Committee, Springfield Art Museum
1983-1984 Springfield Ad Two (advertising club) - Education Committee
1980 Photography books workshop, instructor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
1982 Photography books workshop, instructor, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Professional Organizations
Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts, Los Angeles, California (1988-1994)
Center for Book Arts, New York City (1986-1992)
Graphic Design Education Association (executive board member 1990-1992)
Midwest Center for Latino Research (board member 1993-1994)
Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, California (1983-1995)
University Governance and Service
University wide
University Committee, (Executive Committee for the Faculty Senate. Elected appointment 2004-2006
Arts Institute Executive Committee, 2001-present
Search Committee for Dean of the School of Educattion, 2005
Search Committee for Assistant Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison Admissions, 2003
Chancellor's Scholarship Student Services Coordinator Search Committee, 2002
Dean of the Graduate School Search Committee, 2001-2002
South East Campus Master Plan and Art Building Committee, 2001-2002
Chancellor's Minority Scholarship Review Committee and Mentor, 1995-present
University of Wisconsin System Institute for Race and Ethnicity Committee 1996-1999
Silver Buckle Press Advisory Committee, UW-Madison Libraries 1996-2001
New Directions-The Reaccreditation Project. Arts and Humanities subcommittee Chair, North Central Accreditation review 1998-1999
Equity and Diversity Resource Advisory Committee, 2000-2003
School of Education
Appointed by Chancellor John Wiley to serve on the Review Committee for the School of Education Dean’s Review, 2002.
Academic Planning Council, School of Education, 1995-1998, 2001-2006
Administrative Council, School of Education, 1995-98, 2001-2006
School of Education Long Range Planning Committee, 2001
Arts Consortium, Department of Art representative 1995-1998
Tandem Press Advisory Board, Department of Art representative, 1995-1998, 2001-2006
School of Education Dean Search Committee 1995 and 2005
School of Education Strategic Planning task force, 1994
College of Letters and Science
Chazen Art Museum Council, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005-present
Chicano Studies Program Advisory Committee, 1992-1998, 2001-present
Appointed by Dean Phil Certain to Internal Review Team for the ten year review of the Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2001
Elvehjem Art Museum Council, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995-2000
Arts & Humanities Division
Arts & Humanities Division Executive Committee 1998-2001. Divisional Committee Chair for academic year 2000-2001
Campus Planning Committee, Humanities representative, 1996-1999