Exhibitions

 

2018

“Abstract
Mind
2018”

3rd
International
Exhibition
on
Abstract
Art

Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA)

Seoul,
South Korea

 

7th
Annual
National
Juried
Exhibition

Marshall University School of Art & Design,

Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery

Huntington, WV



2017

32nd
Annual
POSITIVE/NEGATIVE

National
Juried
Art
Exhibition

ETSU Department of Art & Design,

Slocumb Galleries

Johnson City, TN

 

When
the
Bell
Tolls...

Solo
Exhibition

West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, WV

An Art outreach program to bring art to alternative spaces.



2016

Detroit
Biennale

Museum of New Art

Troy, MI

 

Quotidian:
Art
of
the
Everyday

Group
Exhibition

Moon Gallery - Berry College

Mt. Berry, GA

 

Peace
Among
Savages
a.k.a.
The
Gun
Show

Amos Eno Gallery

Brooklyn, NY

 

Noticing
Nature

Foundry Art Centre 

St. Charles, MO

 

2014

Solo
Exhibition:
Raymond
Yeager
-
Recent
Works

West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, West Virginia

An Art outreach program to bring art to alternative spaces.

 

2013

Solo
Exhibition:
In
Rerum
Natura
Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA

 

Shady:
Our
Neighbors
the
Trees

Arts Monongahela, Morgantown, WV



2012   

Solo
Exhibition

Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico at Gallup

Gallup, NM



2011

Solo
Exhibition

Frankenberger Art Gallery

Charleston, WV

 

Solo
Exhibition

The William and Florence Schmidt Art Center

Belleville, IL

 

Sioux
City
Art
Center
62nd
Juried
Exhibition

Sioux City Art Center

Sioux City, IA



2010

Fuzzy
Logic

Thompson Gallery

The Cambridge School of Weston

Weston, MA

 

Solo
Exhibition
-

Raymond
Yeager:
The
Janus
Series

Edwardsville Art Center

Edwardsville, IL



2009

Contemporary
Painting

Ford Gallery at Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

 

Solo
Exhibition

Three Legged Dog

Jacksonville, IL

 

23rd
Biennial
Southern
Illinois
Artists
Exhibition

Cedarhurst Center for the Arts

Mt. Vernon, IL

 

Contemporary
Artists
Exhibit

Andrews Art Museum

Andrews, NC

 

From
Nature

The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago - 180 Gallery

Chicago, IL

 

Encaustic
Works
Biennial
Exhibition

Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle

New Rochelle, NY

 

Group
Exhibition

Three Legged Dog, Jacksonville, IL



2008 

Solo
Exhibition
-
Abstract
Realism

Kresge Gallery

Lyon College

Batesville, AR

    

KY7
Biennial

Lexington Art League
Lexington, KY

 

Painting

Foundry Art Centre

St. Charles, MO

 

Rockford
Midwestern
Biennial

Rockford Art Museum

Rockford, IL

 

Group
Exhibition
-
Corporeal
Ardor

Springer Cultural Center

Champaign, IL

 

Solo
Exhibition-Dissolution

Quad City Arts Center Gallery

 Rock Island, IL



2007 

Solo
Exhibition
-
Abstraction
of
the
Real

Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery

Jacksonville University,

Jacksonville, FL

 

 

2006

Art
St.
Louis
XXII

Art St. Louis Gallery

St. Louis, MO

 

LaGrange
National
Biennial
XXIV

Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum

LaGrange, GA

 

2005

New
American
Paintings
Midwest
Competition
No.
59

Juried Exhibition-in-Print

Juror: Dominic Molon,

Pamela Alper Associate Curator,

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL



2004

Inaugural
Biennial
Juried

Underground
Railroad
Exhibition

Northern Kentucky University

Institute for Freedom Studies

Highland Heights, KY

Juror: Michael Ray Charles



2003


Solo
Exhibition

Applebee Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

 

20th
Biennial
Southern
Illinois
Artists
Exhibition

Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL

 

2002 16th
Annual
Greater
Midwest
International
Exhibition

Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensberg, MO



2001

Solo
Exhibition

Mobil Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

 

51st
Annual
Quad-State
Juried
Exhibition

Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL



1998

Solo
Exhibition

Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College,

Buckhannon, WV

 

Artists
of
West
Virginia

Daywood Gallery, Alderson-Broaddus College,

Phillipi, WV



1996

VSU
Faculty
Emeritus
&
Alumni
Invitational

Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery,

Valdosta, GA



1995

Art
of
the
Southeast

Firehouse Center, Bainbridge, GA



1994

Florida
Biennial

Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL

Juror: Michael Auping, Chief Curator,

Modern Museum of Fort Worth

 

1993

Solo
Exhibition

Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery,

Valdosta, GA

 

Valdosta
Works
On
Paper

Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery,

Valdosta, GA

Juror: Larry Walker

 

 

Podcasts

“CAA
Conversations
Podcast”

Ray Yeager and Katherine Barnes December 18, 2017

 

“Positive
Space:
Conversations
in
Art
Foundations”

FATE Podcast Series, Ep. 5 January 2017



Conference Papers/Publications

 

2017 Who
Is
That
in
the
Mirror?

Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges (SECAC)

October 26-28
Columbus, OH

 

Facilitator
-
Society
for
Photographic
Education
(SPE)
Regional
Conference

September 29, 30, & October 1, 2017, Penland, NC

 

Readymade
Killed
the
Art
Star

Creativity
vs.
Skills
Debate

Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

Conference - Beyond
the
Core

April 6-8
Kansas City, MO

 

Mentors/Teachers:
Practice
and
Advocacy

Lead Author

Future Forward: Citizen/Artist: Education and Agency

Volume 5, Issue 1

Official Journal of Integrative Teaching International (ITI)




2016

Pain
In
The
Assessment

Panel
Chair

Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges (SECAC)

Oct. 19-22 Roanoke, VA

 

I
Feel
a
Draft
In
Here?

Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges (SECAC)

Oct. 19-22 Roanoke, VA

 

Facilitator
-
ThinkTank
9
Biennial
Conference

Session: Mentors/Teachers:
Practice
and
Advocacy

ThinkTank is a subsidiary program of Integrative Teaching International that promotes inquiry-based learning in an art and design multi-disciplinary setting through a series of workshops and conferences around the world catered to both emerging and experienced educators in secondary and higher education.

 

2015 WALK
A
LINE
OUTSIDE
THE
STUDIO:
How
Drawing
Can
Foster
Cognitive
Thinking
In
Art
and
Other
Disciplines

Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges (SECAC)

Oct. 21-24 Pittsburgh, PA

 

Measuring
Success:
Critique,
Rubrics
and
Assessment

Co-Author

Future Forward: Grounded Strategy - Volume 4, Issue 1

Official Journal of Integrative Teaching International (ITI)

 

Buy
The
Ticket,
Take
The
Ride:
How
To
Take
The
Fear
And

Loathing
Out
Of
The
Required
Art
Class

Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

Conference - Tectonic
Shifts

March 26-28
Indianapolis, IN

 

2014

ThinkTank 8 Biennial Conference-Juried Participant

ThinkTank is a subsidiary program of Integrative Teaching                   International that promotes inquiry-based learning in an art and design multi-disciplinary setting through a series of workshops and conferences around the world catered to both emerging and experienced educators in

secondary and higher education.

 

 

Grants, Awards and Residencies

 

2016

Online Course Development Grant - TITLE III Grant

Stipend and hardware to develop online courses.

 

Guest Artist and Lecturer

Jacksonville University’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts program.



2015

Online Course Development Grant
-
TITLE III Grant

Stipend and hardware to develop online courses.



2013

Guest Artist and Lecturer

Jacksonville University’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts program.

 

UC Builders Grant

$4,000 grant for updating lighting in Frankenberger Art Gallery.



2008

Visiting Artist Residency

Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas

Residency and exhibition in the Kresge Gallery.

 

Green Foundation Grant

$20,000 grant for updates to the art computer lab.

 

2007

Finalist award from the Illinois Arts Council.

The Finalist Award category recognizes and

encourages additional applicants who

demonstrate considerable talent.

 

Visiting Artist Residency

Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.

Residency and exhibition in the Alexander Brest Museum. Also included the creation of a glass

installation in cooperation with the glass studio.

 

 

Lectures

 

2016

“Creativity and Innovation in Business: An Artist’s Perspective” 
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
Annual Free Enterprise Luncheon sponsored by the Titusville Rotary Club and the Titusville Chamber of Commerce.

 

2008   

Dissolution of Realism 
Artist lecture at University of Illinois at Springfield.

 

2007  

Abstraction of the Real
Artist lecture at Jacksonville University in conjunction with artist residency.

 

2002   
Lecture and week-long seminar on how to incorporate art into MacMurray College’s General Education Curriculum.

 

1993  
Panel of selected artist from the Florida Biennial discussing and examining the state of the arts in Florida and nationally.

 

1993   
Lecture and workshop about Monoprinting given at Georgia Southern University.

 

Memberships

Vice President of Education

Integrative Teaching International (ITI) identifies innovative approaches to higher education in the arts and creative practices by linking educational theory to practice.  ITI is an advocate for progressive educational models and policies that support an environment of integrative teaching experiences across disciplines. ITI works with professionals in the field, to define cross-disciplinary partnerships required in a new millennium between knowledge, creativity, and learning. ITI provides educators with forums for exploration, elaboration, and improvement

of existing skills through new areas of collaboration and research.

 

FATE
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education

FATE is a national association dedicated to the promotion of excellence in the development and teaching of college-level foundation courses in both studio and art history.

 

SECAC
Southeastern College Art Conference

SECAC is a non-profit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. It facilitates cooperation and fosters on-going dialog about pertinent creative, scholarly and educational issues among teachers and administrators in universities, colleges, community colleges, professional art schools, and museums; and among independent artists and scholars.




Juror

 

2015

Congressman Alex Mooney 2nd District Congressional

Artistic Discovery Contest. A nation-wide high school arts competition sponsored by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

 



2013

Tamarack - Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition


Beckley Art Group Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery Juried Exhibition



2010

University of Illinois at Springfield Senior Student Exhibition



2009

Lincoln Land Community College Annual Student Exhibition



2009

Lyon College Annual Student Exhibition



2008

University of Illinois at Springfield Annual Student Exhibition



2008

Quad City Art Center 2009-10 Exhibition Committee

 

 

Education             
         
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Degree: Master of Fine Arts

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts 


Work Experience

2011-Present    Associate Professor of Art, Coordinator of Art, University of Charleston 
2000-2011    Chair of the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Associate Professor of Art, MacMurray College
1998-2000    Coordinator of Art at Darton College.
1997-1998    Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at West Virginia Wesleyan College.