KEN GUENTER
email: kguenter@island.net
EDUCATION
British Columbia Institute of Technology (PVI), Apprenticeship in Bench work and joinery, 1976 –1980.
University of Victoria, Bachelor of Arts (with distinction)
Major: History in Art, Co-op Accreditation, 1987-1993.
Emphasis: Studies in architectural interiors and furniture design, museum and heritage studies, cultural policy.
University of California, Berkeley, Art history and architecture courses, 1991-1992.
Vancouver Community College, Provincial Instructor Diploma Program, completed Elements of Instruction (part A), 2000
University of Victoria, Master of Education
Major: Art Education, 2004 – 2006.
Graduate project: Referent Works: Strategies for Effective Design
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Employed as an instructor in the Fine Furniture Program at Camosun College since September 2000. Teaching responsibilities include joinery techniques, design, furniture history, business and CAD.
Employed as a sessional instructor in the Department of Curriculum Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria 2007 - 08. Courses include Sculpture in the Studio Environment and Applied Design.
Served as guest instructor for the Fine Furniture Program at Camosun College for one month in each of 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Since 1982 I have designed curriculum and delivered the following courses and workshops covering various aspects of woodworking and design.
Camosun College
· Basic Cabinet Making (30-hour lecture/demonstration)
· Intermediate Cabinet Making (30 hour’s skills development).
· Beginners Furniture Making (30 hour skills development)
· Intermediate Furniture Making (30 hour skills development)
· Hand Joinery (30 hour skills development)
· The Router: How to use it (6 hour workshop & 30 hour)
· Veneering and Inlay (12 hour workshop)
· Furniture of the Arts and Crafts Movement: A hands on approach. (one week summer workshop)
· Veneers and wood bending (one week summer workshop)
North Island College
· Hands on Joinery (30 hour demonstration / skills development)
Pacific Woodworkers Guild
· Veneering and Inlay (6 hour workshop)
Craigdarroch Castle Lecture Series
· Furniture of the Arts and Craft Movement , 1994
· The Design Process in Furniture Making, (Industrial Education Teachers Conference), 2000
· Furniture of the Arts and Craft Movement, 1999
Vancouver Island Woodworkers Guild
· Wood Moves: A Discussion on Wood Technology , 1988
· The Anatomy of a Design: The Design Process, 1994
· The Collaborative Process: Artists Sharing Mediums, 1998
· Furniture of the Arts and Craft Movement , 2002
· Studio Furniture: A New Look at Furniture Making, 2003
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Twentieth Symposium
· West Coast Contemporary Furniture, 2003
· West Coast Contemporary Furniture, 2003
GALLERY AND CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
Co-curator “They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To”, Furniture exhibition, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, 2003.
President of the Board of the Comox Valley Art Gallery 1997
Craft Gallery Curator for the Comox Valley Art Gallery, 1996-1997
Coordinated five juried gallery exhibitions for the Vancouver Island Woodworkers Guild Explorations in Wood series, 1984 –1994.
Archives/Gallery Assistant for the Emily Carr Gallery of British Columbia. 1990. Coop work term.
Show Assistant for Fine Arts '89 sponsored by the Sooke Region Museum. Coop work term.
Collections Technician for the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, 1988. Coop work term.
Co-chair of “Cultural Mosaic: Reflections from the Coastal Rain Forest”, The Furniture Society’s 11th annual conference,
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. June 20-23, 2007
AWARDS
2007 – Award for Teaching Excellence, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
2007 - Nomination - Lieutenant Governor's Silver Medal Award for Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
Regional Winner (Design), Beyond Boards: Value Added Wood Contest Nov 1996. Forest Renewal BC
Honourable Mention (Indoor Furniture), Beyond Boards: Value Added Wood Contest Nov 1996. Forest Renewal BC
Artistic Merit, Explorations in Wood 1996, Victoria, BC
Best in Show, Explorations in Wood 1993, Victoria, BC
The Martlet Chapter, IODE, Prize for Scholarship in History in Art,
University of Victoria. July 1990
Honourable Mention, Explorations in Wood 1987, Victoria, BC
Best in Show, Explorations in Wood 1985, Victoria, BC
Second place, Provincial apprenticeship competition (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners). 1978, Vancouver, BC
PUBLICATIONS and COLLECTIONS
The Furniture Society: A Community at Large, BCATA Journal For Art Teachers, Volume 48, Number 1, 2006
A Guide to the Chart Collection of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Maritime Museum of British Columbia Press, Victoria. 1993
Furniture included in The Cabinetmaker/Designer: Furniture Makers of the Victoria Region, The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, 1982
Furniture included in the permanent collection of The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria.
Furniture included in private collections throughout North America.