The Kentucky Museum
of Art and Craft and the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program will honor
professional jeweler and metalsmith Tim Glotzbach of Hindman, Kentucky, with the eighth annual Rude Osolnik
Award for 2003. The award honors its namesake, Rude Osolnik, the nationally
acclaimed wood turner from Berea, Kentucky, who devoted his life to the
development of his craft and teaching. This prestigious award recognizes artists
for their contributions to the craft community, preservation of craft traditions
through teaching and sharing, and exemplary workmanship. Previous recipients are
Alma Lesch, Emily Wolfson, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Homer Ledford, Joseph
Molinaro, Stephen Rolfe Powell, and Bryon Temple.
Tim Glotzbach has served as an
educator for more than 20 years. After receiving
his B.S. in Art from Indiana State
University in 1974 and his
Masters of Fine Art Degree from Southern Illinois University in 1977, he spent
the next three years as an assistant professor at the State University of New
York. In 1980 Mr. Glotzbach came to Kentucky
and became a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. He has also served as a
consultant for various art projects throughout the area. Mr. Glotzbach was instrumental in securing the Steele
Reece Foundation grant, which was used for hiring a full time director for the
Kentucky Guild of Artists. He also contributed to the planning of the
Kentucky Artisans Center at Berea and Kentucky Artisan Heritage Trails
project.
In
1998, he was appointed to the board of the Kentucky Appalachian Artisan Center
in Hindman, Kentucky. Soon after, he accepted the position
of Academic Dean for the Division of Heritage and Humanities at Hazard Community College. He also helped to found
and direct the Kentucky School of Craft in Hindman, Kentucky. The schoolÂ’s mission is to encourage
innovative teaching strategies, while providing strong ties to the community and
the Appalachian region. The KSoC offers training to students in the technical
aspects of craft while preparing them with the entrepreneurial skills of a craft
professional.
Meanwhile, he continues with his own art; his work
has been exhibited every year since 1975 in noted museums, galleries, and
traveling exhibits across the United States. Over the last 28 years, Glotzbach has conducted numerous
workshops, lectures, seminars and conducted research, secured grants/awards,
served on national and state art and business boards aiding communities, artists
and educational institutions in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, California,
New York, Montana, Arkansas, Texas, West Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana. As an
author and co-author, he has produced eight publications and filled 28 private
commissions of work for clients across the country.
Mr. Glotzbach will be honored at a dinner, Friday, July 25,
2003.
