Loren Baker - Biola University

Loren Baker
550 Berry Way_______ _La Habra, California 90631______________562 310.7078
Degrees and Education:
1978 Master of Fine Art Otis College of Art & Design
1972 Bachelor of Art in Art Biola University
Professional Experience:
2004-Present Professor of Art
Chair, Department of Art
Biola University
Biola Avenue
La Mirada, California 90639
University Service
2004-present Undergraduate Chairs and Coordinators Council
2004-2008 General Education Committee
Aesthetics Committee, Chair
2005-2008 School of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Steering Committee
2007-2008 School of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Steering Committee,
Chair
2007 Vice Provost Search Committee
1980-2004 Professor of Art
1982-2004 Chair, Art Department
Roberts Wesleyan College
3201 Westside Drive
Rochester, New York
1996-2004 Director, Davison Art Gallery
Roberts Wesleyan College
1979-1980 Visiting Instructor
Asbury College
Wilmore, Kentucky
1977-1979 Adjunct Instructor
Biola University
1972-1974 Secondary School Art Teacher
Whittier Christian High School
1972 Forms 3 & 4 Teacher
Government Schools (summer program)
Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Current Professional Memberships:
Christians in the Visual Arts
College Arts Association (CAA)
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
Past Professional Memberships:
Arts for Greater Rochester, regional arts organization
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester
New York State Art Teachers’ Association
New York Arts Group, New York City
Honors and Scholarships:
2004 Sabbatical. Spring Semester. Awarded for professional development and institutional
research
2000 RWC Faculty Summer Research Award.
1996 RWC Sabbatical Spring Semester. Awarded for professional development.
1995 RWC Faculty Summer Research Award.
1994 Faculty Award for Professional Development – presented by the faculty of RWC
1993 CIVA Award of Excellence – presented by Visions Gallery, Albany, New York.
1988 RWC Sabbatical. Spring Semester, Awarded for professional development.
1984 The Integration of Christianity and the Humanities – summer institute funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Christianity and Aesthetics – workshop funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities
1987 Faculty Award for Professional Development – presented by the faculty of RWC.
1978 Summer Fellowship – Otis Art Institute
1978 Educational Grant – Ford Foundation
1977 Educational Grant – Ford Foundation
Professional Activities:
2009 Curated Morality Theatre Project: The Assemblage Art of Barry Krammes
Biola University Art Gallery, Biola University.
2004 Co-curated Vessel Invitational 2004: Contemporary Wood (National Exhibit), Davison
Art Gallery, RWC, Biola University Art Gallery, Biola University.
2002 Co-curated Vessel Invitational 2002: Contemporary Clay (National Exhibit), Davison
Art Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College.
2001 Co-curated textiles invitational: Paintings in Cloth and Thread (National Exhibit),
Davison Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College.
2000 Co-curated Vessel Invitational 2000: Metals (National Exhibit), Davison Art Gallery,
Roberts Wesleyan College.
1998 Co-curated Vessel Invitational 1998: Mixed Media (National Exhibit), Davison Art
Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College.
1997 Co-curated textiles invitational: The American Quilt—From Craft to Fine Art, Davison
Art Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College.
Evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
2000 Union University, Jackson, Tennessee
Houghton College, Houghton, New York

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2001 Columbia College, Columbia, South Caroline
2003 Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee
2004 Gordon College, Boston, Massachusetts
2006 Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania
2007 Lorain Community College, E. Lyria, Ohio
Trinity Western University,
Scheduled:
2009 Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania
2010 St. Francis University, Fort Wayne, Indiana