about the artist

william snyder III

wsnyder@kayinamurafound.org

1.   William Snyder III

    P.O. Box 10416
    State College, PA   16805
    814 - 880 - 9933

2.   Education

  2006 MFA in Printmaking. Penn State University. University Park, PA
  2003 BA In Integrative Arts. French minor. Penn State University. University Park, PA
  2000 - 2001 1 year of general study at Allegheny College of Maryland Everett Branch Campus. Everett, PA
  2000 1 semester of general study at Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO
  1998 - 1999 1 year of fine art study at Carnegie Mellon University. Pittburgh, PA
  1997 - 1998 Rotary Foreign Exchange Program. Chateau du Loir,France

3.   Professional Experience

  2006 - present Founder and Director.
The Kayinamura Foundation. State College, PA
  2006 - present Founder and Director.
The SOZO Institute of the Arts. State College, PA
  2005 - present Lead Designer.
Waterstreet Designs. State College, PA
  2005 - 2006 Zoller Gallery Coordinator.
Penn State University. University Park, PA
  2004 - 2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Penn State University. University Park, PA
    (instructor of record). Art 020: Introduction to Drawing for Non-Majors.
(instructor of record). Art 110s: Ideas as Visual Images.

4.   Grants / Awards / Recognition

  2007 PA Council of the Arts. Individual Creative Fellowship
  2006 one of 300 named to list of Famous Penn Staters
    Nominated for the Penn State Graduate School Alumni Society's Humanitarian Award
    1st Prize. 21st Annual Graduate Exhibit. Penn State University.
  2005 Graduate Assistantship. Penn State University.
  2004 Travel Grant. Penn State Graduate School.
    Travel Grant. Penn State School of Visual Arts.
  2003 Graduate Assistantship. Penn State University.
    Runner-up. Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Penn State University.
  2002 Juror's Award. "Art in Common." Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Altoona, PA.
    Merit Scholarship. Penn State University.