EDUCATION

1969-1970

Part-time silversmithing and jewelry making student, Pforzheim, Germany

1967-1969

Full-time silversmithing and jewelry making student, Schwabisch-Gmund and Pforzheim, Germany

1949-1953

Diploma, silversmithing and jewelry making (graduated with honors), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1958-present

Self-employed designer/silversmith working in studios throughout New England and Pforzheim, Germany since 1958. The West Warwick, RI studio has been maintained since 1987.

1956-1957

P.J. Gill, ecclesiastical silversmithing, Woburn, MA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1978-1987

Professor, silversmithing and jewelry making, Maine College of Art, Portland

1972-1974

Professor, silversmithing and jewelry making, Rhode Island School of Design extension school, Providence

1971-1972

"Teacher Innovations '73," Eastern Connecticut State College.

Instructor of metals program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Gem setting construction and design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

AWARDS & GRANTS

1966

Traveling scholarship for further studies in Europe (School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)

1963

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)

1956

Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship (School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)

1953

Rebecca Joslin Scholarship (School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)

1949

Three year scholarship to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

SELECTED SHOWS

1997

Artisans In Silver: Precious Illumination," an exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN

1996

"Shreve's 200th Anniversary Artisan Silver Exhibition," produced by the Society of American Silversmiths

1995

"Artisans In Silver: The Vase," a traveling exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR; The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

1994

"Artisans In Silver 1994," a traveling exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA; Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA

1993

"Artisans In Silver 1993," a traveling exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta

1992

"A Sterling Exhibition," a traveling exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, Worcester Center for Crafts, MA. Artisan show organized by the Society of American Silversmiths

"A Sterling Exhibition," National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN. Artisan show organized by the Society of American Silversmiths

"A Sterling Exhibition," Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY. Artisan show organized by the Society of American Silversmiths

1991

"The Age of Chivalry," The Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, AK

1990

"Reflections of the Past and Present Contemporary American Silver," the premier exhibition of the Society of American Silversmiths, The Society of Arts Crafts Boston, MA

1967

Conference on Art & Architecture for Worship sponsored by the American Society for Church Architecture, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

1965

Ecclesiastical Art Exhibit (Honor award)sponsored by the American Society for Church Architecture, Chicago, IL

1964

"The Crafts and Worship," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX

Religious Art Exhibition, City Art Museum of St. Louis, MO

American Society of Church Architecture annual conference (Award for excellence in religious art), Philadelphia, PA

1963

New England Invitational Crafts Exhibition, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

1962

Exhibition of Contemporary Liturgical Art (First prize for crafts), Philadelphia, PA

National Silversmithing and Jewelry Competition at the Rhode Island Arts Festival (First prize), Providence

17th National Decorative Arts, Witchita, KS

Society of Connecticut Craftsmen (First prize for silversmithing).

1960

1st Biennial Conference (Member on lecture panel), Religious Art Center of America, Seaton Hall College, Greensburg, PA

1959

Traveling Scholars Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Boston Arts Festival, MA


Harold Schremmer
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