Ricker Winsor
West Wind Studio
PO 383
Bradford, Vermont 05033
802-222-3389
rickerw@yahoo.com

Education

Northfield Mount Hermon School 1959-1963
Brown University 1963-1967
Rhode Island School of Design 1975-1978 BFA and MFA

I am a member of the Oxbow Gallery in Northampton,Mass and work from my shop and studio in Bradford, Vermont where I paint and make furniture. Also I am the administrator in charge of the Individual Instruction Program in the Music Department at Dartmouth College.

Teaching

2002-04
I was the high school visual arts teacher at the American International School of Dhaka, Bangladesh, a K-12 school of about 650 students. I taught two sections of Foundation Art with an emphasis on drawing and painting, two sections of digital photography and video production, and Advanced Placement Art.

1994-2002

I was Art Department Chair at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington. There were six visual arts teachers in our department and during my tenure we built the 1.5 million-dollar Brown Center for the Visual Arts.

1975-1978
As a graduate student at Rhode Island School of Design I was granted a fellowship to teach photography.

1971-1974

I was a member of the Art Department at the New Hampton School, New Hampton, New Hampshire where I created and ran a photography program for three years. During this time I completely renovated an old house in Lyme, New Hampshire and began learning woodwork and building skills.

Other Experience

I am a painter and have regular exhibitions of my work at regional galleries. I also sing and play acoustic country blues on the guitar. My first CD, Mama Don't Worry, came out in 1999. The new one- Blues from Bangladesh- came out in 2004. I perform this music at local venue, coffee houses, and festivals.

1985-1994

I started and ran a woodworking business in Neversink, New York. We designed and made fine quality furniture and cabinets for such clients as Lawrence Rockefeller Jr., Louis Auchincloss, David Halberstam, Judd Hirsch and Amanda Burden. The Auchincloss house was featured in the August '92 Architectural Digest.

1985-1988

I taught at the Joan and Lee Wulff Fly-Fishing School on the Beaverkill River in Lew Beach, New York.

1985-1986

I taught Art at New Hope, a residence for mentally disabled adults in South Fallsburg, New York

1980-1985

I was Exhibits Designer at Baker Library at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire and also a photographer for the college.

1980

I designed, edited, and produced the coffee-table book, Harry Callahan: Color for Matrix Publications in Providence, Rhode Island. This book won the US Graphic Arts Association award for the Best Illustrated Book of 1980.

1979

After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design I lived in France and continued painting and studying painting.

1967-1971

I had a professional career as a photojournalist and was affiliated with Magnum Photos in NYC. I had many magazine assignments between 1967 and 1971 and was the still photographer on two feature films. In 1970 I studied with Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park.

1963-1967

At Brown University I was in the English Honors Program and was very active in the theater. I worked in summer stock for two summers and appeared in TV soap operas and commercials as an actor.

Interests:

I play squash and golf and devote a lot of time to music, painting, reading and writing.