Biography
Along with being a professional artist for over forty years, Morse spent thirty-two years as an art educator at the college level in Nebraska, Ohio, Idaho and Washington. He is Faculty Emeritus at Columbia Basin College.
In the late 1980’s Morse became intrigued with the book as a sculptural metaphor and has found infinite possibilities to explore.
Resume
| Education: | |
| 1983-84 | Central Washington State University, Ellensburg, WA |
| Post-graduate work in Art History and Northwest Indian Art | |
| 1973 | University of Idaho, Moscow, ID – Post-graduate work, Printmaking |
| 1969-70 | M.F.A. degree in sculpture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 1965 | Chadron State College, Chadron, NE – Secondary Teaching Certificate |
| 1959-62 | B.A. in art, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE |
| Teaching Experience: | |
| 1998-Present | Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA – Faculty Emeritus |
| 1973-1998 | Columbia Basin College – Faculty – Art Department |
| 1971-1973 | Marietta College, Marietta, OH – Assistant Professor of Art |
| 1970-71 | Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID – Asst. Professor of Art |
| 1969-70 | University of Idaho, Moscow, ID – Teaching Asst: design, sculpture |
| 1967-69 | The Hiram Scott College, Scottsbluff, NE – Tutor, Humanities and Visual Arts |
| 1966-67 | Crofton Public Schools, Crofton, NE – Visual Arts Instructor |
| Additional Experience: | |
| 1989-90 | Sabbatical Study – New York, LA, Washington D.C. – Ind. Study, Sculpture |
| 1986 | Individual Study – Paris and London |
| 1980 | Assistant to Philip McCracken, Sculptor – Guemes Island, WA |
| 1978 | Visit with Henry Moore, Sculptor – Hertsfordshire, England |
| Publications: | |
| 1988 | Crosscurrents, Volume G, Number 2, Washington Community College |
| Humanities Association, pp.22 & 23 | |
| 1987 | Understanding Three Dimensions, J. Block and J. Leisure, Prentice Hall, 1987, |
| Figure 81, page 86, (Bound Form, 1982.) | |
| 1981 | Woodworking: The New Wave, Donna Meilach, Crown Publishers, |
| New York. (Four works reproduced as a result of a national competition) | |
| 1979 | Wood Design Book, Number One, Taunton Press. (Two works reproduced |
| as a result of a national competition.) | |
| Selected Exhibitions: | |
| 2009 | “Journeys and Journals: One Man Show” – North Idaho College Gallery, Coeur d’ Alene, ID |
| “13 Artists on Friday the 13th” – The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’ Alene, ID | |
| 2006 | “8th Annual Small Artworks Invitational” – The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’ Alene, ID |
| “Morse Clary One Person Exhibit” – Two Walls Gallery, Vashon Island, WA | |
| “Carnegie Center Annual” – Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, WA | |
| 2005 | “Retrospective: 100 Quarters and Beyond” – Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA |
| 2004 | “Small Artworks Winter Invitational” – The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene |
| 2003 | “The Book Redefined” – Gallery 105, Sandpoint, ID |
| “Legends of the Northwest” Writers’ Conference, Sandpoint, ID | |
| 2001 | “Pleasure Craft,” Northwest Biennial Competition, Tacoma Art Museum |
| 1997 | Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR – 14 Book Forms Exhibit – April 1 thru 30 |
| “Celebrating the Book” Exhibit, Steamboat Springs Art Center | |
| Curated by Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1996 | Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, WA – (7 book forms exhibited Mar-Apr) |
| 1995 | 3-D³, Three person show – Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Tacoma Art Museum Biennial Exhibit: The Land – Tacoma, WA, | |
| Juror: Janie “Quick to See” Smith | |
| 1980-1990 | Sabbatical Exhibit – Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA |
| Mid Columbia Art Center, Kennewick, WA | |
| 3rd Biennial WA/OR Juried Exhibition – Maryhill Museum of Art, WA | |
| Northlight Gallery, Everett, WA | |
| Kittredge Gallery – University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA | |
| Washington State Juried Competition – Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA | |
| Juror: Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LA County Museum | |
| Works on Paper, Traveling Exhibit – Exhibit Touring Services of WA | |
| Art of the State Exhibit – Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, CWU, | |
| Ellensburg, WA | |
| Central WA Artists Exhibit – Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA Kokence Purchase, | |
| Award for Sculpture | |
| WA/OR Juried Competition, Maryhill Museum of Art, | |
| Juror: Laverne Kraus | |
| NW Juried Art Exhibition Cheney-Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA, | |
| Juror: Mary L. Beebe | |
| Invitational Exhibition Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID | |
| 1979-80 | Governor’s Invitational Exhibition, Traveling Exhibit, Washington State |
| Public Works: | |
| 2009 | Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington – “Tango,” “Three Sticks, Three Taps” Book forms |
| 2002 | Raymond School District, Raymond, Washington |
| “It was Written,” Fotsam-Jetsam Night & Day,” | |
| “Autumn Song” Bookforms | |
| 2000 | Seattle School District, Cooper Elementary – “Night Journey” Bookform |
| North Thurston County School District, Lydia Hawk Elementary – “Night Journal” Bookform | |
| Highline School District, Hilltop Elementary – “Golan Dialogue” Bookform | |
| Tahoma Senior High School – “Teeth & Talons” Bookform | |
| 1997 | University of Washington, Tacoma Campus Library, Washington |
| “Journey Into Night” Bookform | |
| 1996 | Davis High School, Yakima, WA – “Geography II” Bookform |
| Art in Public Places Program, Washington State Arts Commission – Yelm, WA | |
| “Journey into Night” Bookform | |
| Art in Public Places Program, Washington State Arts Commission | |
| 1995 | Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA – “Book of Grasses” Bookform |
| Art in Public Places Program, Washington State Arts Commission | |
| 1994 | Addy School, Addy, Washington- “No Way Home” |
| Art in Public Places Program, Washington State Arts Commission | |
| Skagit Valley Comm. College, Whidbey Campus – “Germination Sculpture” | |
| Art in Public Places Program, Washington State Arts Commission | |