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Anne Bujold
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
College of the Arts
Assistant Professor of Sculpture
503-753-8715
Education
2018 MFA, Department of Craft and Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA
2008 BFA, Metals Concentration, Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC), Portland, OR
2001 BS, Social Science, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Exhibitions
International
2024 Commonalities of Difference, Ferrous 24: A Festival of Artist
Blacksmithing, Hereford, England
Girlish, juried international exhibition and catalog, Gallerium Art, online
International Exhibition on Animals in Art, juried exhibition, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
Alchemy & Sculpture, Caste Schloss Wolkenburg, Germany
Alchemy & Sculpture, Mönchskirche, Salzwedel, Germany
2023 Kingdom Animalia, juried international exhibition, Exhibizone, online
National
2025 2025 MSA Select, Gallery 130, Department of Art and Art History,
University of Mississippi, juried by Jason Kimes and Wayne Andrews, Oxford, MS
2024 Halloween Art and Nature Festival, Atelier de la Nature, Arnaudville, LA
2024 MSA Select, Vulcan Materials Gallery, Alabama School of Fine Arts, juried by Vanessa German, Birmingham, AL
Tiny Iron, "Adorned Spaces," Montezuma Hall, Society of North American
Goldsmiths Conference, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Tiny Iron, Hyde Gallery, 2024 Western Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
2023 The Close Read, 2023 OCAC Alumni Biennial, juried by Sam Hopple,
X Gallery, Portland, OR
Foundry Invitational & River Exhibition, Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
Faculty Exhibition, Moody Hall Gallery, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
2021 2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, The Art Gallery (juried by Patrick
Dougherty), online
2020 Houston Metal Arts Guild National Juried Exhibition of Metal Complexions, Jung Center, Houston, TX
Material Matters, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2019 Solo Bewilder, AFRU Gallery, Portland, OR
Deliberate Works, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
The Art of Blacksmithing, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
Arrowmont Annual Instructor Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
2018 Edgelands, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fierce and Frail, (juried) Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
New Art From an Old Craft, (juried) Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA
material, process, object, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2017 Forge, Form, Fabricate, (juried) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Create New +, juried exhibition, University of Montana, online
Critical, MFA Candidacy Exhibition, Richmond, VA
2015 Annual Instructor Exhibition, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
2013 Fire Sale! Show, AFRU Gallery, Portland, OR
Monster Mash Group Show, good: A Gallery, collaboration with Logan Hirsh, Portland, OR
OCAC 20th Anniversary Teapot Show, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of
Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2012 NW Anvil 4, Pratt Gallery at the Tashiro Kaplan Studios, Seattle, WA
AFRU Gallery Grand Opening, Portland, OR
2008 OCAC Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, Worksound, Portland, OR
2007 Cross Section, Art Adventures Gallery, Madras, Oregon
Collaborative Exhibitions
2024 Iterative Mycologies, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, LA. (Installation in collaboration with Dr. Claire Schultz (UL
Art Education, Assistant Professor), Kristie Cornell (UL School of Geosciences, Instructor), and Magdolene Dykstra (mixed media sculptor, Ontario, Canada).
2022 UFOs, Art and Nature Festival, Atelier de la Nature, Arnaudville, LA.
(Collaborative site specific installation with Chris Decoux.)
2018 Forged Bench, Cascadia Center for Arts and Crafts, Government Camp, OR. (Collaboration with Ryna Cady, Monica Coyne, Rachel David, Lisa Geertsen, Ann Klicka, Heather McLarty, Lynda Metcalf, Caitlin Morris, and Leslie Tharp.)
Artist Residencies
2025 (upcoming) The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR (June 16-22)
2024 Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Salzwedel, Germany (July 15-August 5)
2022 Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA (May 28-June 3)
2018-20 Appalachian Center for Craft/Tennessee Technological
University (TTU), Metals Area
Publications
2023 Foos, E. F. (Writer), Achee, C. (Writer), Achee, C. (Director).
(2023, November, 30). Developing Craft (Season 4, Episode 2)
[TV Series episode]. L. Midgett (Executive Producer). Ziggy's Arts Adventure. Louisiana Public Broadcasting. (Develop Craft on PBS.org)
2022 [Visionaries in Craft] Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths. July 7, 2022. American Craft Magazine. (online at American Craft Council)
“An Interview with Travis Townsend,” Drain Magazine, (un)built - Vol. 18:1, 2022.
2021 “Ziggy’s Arts Adventure,” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Season 1.
“Flamingo-a-go-go” featured in the sculpture park. 2021.
2020 “Something Rather than Nothing” podcast, hosted by Ken Volante. Episode 22, February 11. Episode description
Crafted in Carhartt Women, “The Austin Forging Competition with the Battle Belles.” September 21, 2020. Article on Crafted in Carhartt
Lopez, Ana M. “Forging Community in Austin, Texas,” Metalsmith Tech,
Fall-Winter 2020
2019 “Discover the Upper Cumberland,” WCTE Cookeville, television interview by Craig Gray Watch the episode here
2014 Crafted in Carhartt, about women who do amazing things Crafted in Carhartt Blog
2013 The Art of the Teapot: A 20 Year Retrospective, Oregon College of Art and Craft,
2013, p.22
2008 Ironwork Today 2, Jeffery B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, pg.73
Professional Experience
2023-present Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator of Sculpture, University of
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
VIAR 260: Introduction to Sculpture
VIAR 360: Intermediate Sculpture
VIAR 460: Advanced Sculpture
2021-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
VIAR 260: Introduction to Sculpture
VIAR 360: Intermediate Sculpture
VIAR 460: Advanced Sculpture
VIAR 102: Design II
2020 Pardee Metal, Sparta, TN, custom metal fabrication and blacksmithing
2019-2020 Adjunct Instructor and Artist in Residence, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Introduction to Metalsmithing
Art Appreciation (in-person and online))
2017 Instructor of Record, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Introduction to Jewelry
Forging Flatware
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA
Advanced Metal Fabrication: Forming
2013-2016 Studio Manager, Metals Area, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2012-2016 Operator, Riveted Rabbit Studio, Portland, OR, custom metal work
Awards, Scholarships, Grants
2024 Art Spark Award, Individual Artist Grant for “A Present Absence,”
Acadiana Center for the Arts, $4550
Elemore Morgan Jr Visual Arts Endowment Fund, Millermatic 252 and workshop with Martin Payton, UL Sculpture, $6304.00
Friends of Humanities, Bullseye Glass, UL Sculpture, $1087
Friends of Humanities, 8 auto-darkening welding helmets, UL Sculpture, $920
Advance Equipment Grant, UL Sculpture, $10,000
Advance Undergraduate Research Support Grant, UL Sculpture, $5000
Advance Undergraduate Research Mini Grant, UL Sculpture, $2000
Faculty Professional Development Travel Grant, UL Lafayette, $1000
Faculty Research Travel Grant, UL Lafayette, $1000
Nominee, Rising Star Award, UL COA
2023 Friends of Humanities, Ingersoll Rand Air Compressor, $1000
2022 Friends of Humanities, Grizzly belt sander, $940
Friends of Humanities, visiting artist Stacey Holloway workshop and lecture, $975
2021 Friends of Humanities, Airgas Plasma Cutter, $816
2019 Partial tuition scholarship, Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA
2018 Semi-Finalist, Fulbright Fellowship Research Grant
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the “Material Topics Symposium,” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Student Conference Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths, “Makers Across Disciplines Engage,” Portland, OR
2017 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU, Richmond, VA
Scholarship Award, Unitus Community Credit Union, Portland, OR
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the Society for North American Goldsmiths annual conference “Nexus: A Connection of Ideas,” New Orleans, LA
Student Conference Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths, “Nexus: A
Connection of Ideas,” New Orleans, LA
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, “Living with Animals” conference, Eastern
University, Richmond, KY
William B. Clopton Scholarship, VCU, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
Graduate Student Travel Grant, VCU, for travel to the “Material Topics Symposium,” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2016 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU, Richmond, VA
2013 Al Bart Educational Grant, Northwest Blacksmith Association
2006 Work-study Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, “Basic Blacksmithing”
Work-study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, “Art of Contemporary Blacksmithing”
Publications as Author
2022 “JRA Chrysalis Awardee Rachel David: A Blacksmith Breaking Stereotypes,” Craft Quarterly, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Winter 2022, p. 12-14. JRA Craft Quarterly
2019 Founding the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths. Bujold, Anne and Geertsen, Lisa. Self
published.
2018 “Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths: Forging Our Future,” Hot Iron News, The Voice of the Northwest Blacksmith Association, Fourth Quarter 2018, p. 28-32
Workshops Taught
2025 (upcoming) Touchstone Center for Craft, Foraging for Form, Farmington, PA (5 days)
2023 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Forged, Found & Feral, Gaitlinburg, TN
(5 days)
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Forged, Found, & Feral, Farmington, PA (5 days)
2022 Eureka Springs School of the Arts, Forged, Found, Feral & Fabulous, Eureka Springs, AR (5 days)
2021 Appalachian Center for Craft, Forming Fabulous Non-Ferrous Floral Forms, Smithville, TN (6 days)
2020 Appalachian Center for Craft, Forming Flowers, Smithville, TN (one day)
2019 Appalachian Center for Craft Outreach – half-day workshop for high school students;
cold-connected textured pendants
Appalachian Center for Craft, Forging Ferrous Floral Forms, Smithville, TN (five days)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Forming Floral Forms (nonferrous), Smithville, TN (one day)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Jangling Bangles, Smithville, TN (one day)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Introduction to Raising, Smithville, TN (one day)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Cabinets of Curiosity High School Intensive, Smithville, TN (2 one-week sessions)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Forming Floral Forms (nonferrous)
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Forming Non-Ferrous Flora Gatlinburg, TN (3 days)
2018 Donkey Mill Art Center, Botanical Chasing and Repoussé, Holualoa, HI (weekend)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Cold Connected Pendants, Smithville, TN (one day)
Appalachian Center for Craft, Textured Bangles, Smithville, TN (one day)
Appalachian Center for Craft Outreach, cold-connected textured pendants, Smithville, TN (half-day workshop for high school students)
2016 OCAC Art Adventures, Metalsmithing II, Pre-College Program, Portland, OR (one
week)
OCAC Studio School, Forming Flora, Portland, OR (ten weeks)
Multnomah Art Center, Chasing and Repoussé, Portland, OR (ten weeks)
2015 Multnomah Art Center, Demystifying Steel, Portland, OR (two days)
OCAC Studio School, Cold Connected Pendants, Portland, OR (two days)
OCAC Studio School, The Art of Chasing and Repoussé, Portland, OR (10 weeks)
OCAC Art Adventures, Forming Flora, Pre-College Program, Portland, OR (one week)
OCAC Art Adventures, Jewelry Basics, Pre-College Program Portland, OR (one week)
2014 OCAC Art Adventures, Direct Metal Forming: Flora and Fauna, Pre-College Program
Portland, OR (one week)
2013 OCAC, Counselor and metals instructor, Art Adventures Summer Youth Program,
Portland, OR
Professional Service
2018-present Governance Committee member, Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths, Mentorship
Committee Co-Chair, SPARC Committee administrator, newsletter editor
2019-2022 Member, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility
and Inclusion Committee
2017 Coordinator, 4th Annual Ethical Metalsmiths International Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award, “So Fresh + So Clean”
2017-2018 Chair, Ethical Metalsmith Student Committee
2016-2017 Co-Chair, Ethical Metalsmith Student Committee
2014–2016 Northwest Blacksmith Association, Board of Directors,
Vice President (2015-2016), Librarian (2014-2016)
University Service
University of Louisiana
Departmental Safety Coordinator
Advance CURE Faculty Learning Community Spring 2025
College of Visual Arts
2024-present Committee member:
Curriculum Committee
Assistant Professor of Animation Search Committee
Memberships
Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths
Mid South Sculpture Alliance
Related Activity
2022 Artist talk, Adam’s Forge, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Invited competitor, Austin Forging Competition, Austin, TX
2019 Juror, Art in the Park, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2017 Artist talk, Metals Department, Eastern Kentucky University
2008 Workshop assistant to David Clemons, “Hand Made Bar-B-Q Tools”
2007 Work-study, OCAC Metals Department, tool maintenance
Continuing Education
2025 Bullseye Glass, Evelyn Gottschall Baker, Nontraditional pâte de verre, online
2024 Shakerag Workshops, Wood & Wool Collab: Material Exploration, Texture + Play! Lisa Klakulak & Graeme Priddle, Sawanee, TN
Pittsburgh Center for Glass, Kilnin’ It!, Ashley McFarland, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Yucca Valley Material Lab, Lost Wax Glass Casting with Michael Endo, online
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Woven Steel Wire Vessels, Christine Clark,
online
2021 Shakerag Workshops, Volumetric Forms and Expressive Surfaces, Travis Townsend, Sewanee, TN
2019 Touchstone Center for Craft, Forging Sculptural Forms, Aaron DeShields,
Farmington, PA
2017 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Skin, and Bones, armature construction and sheet metal forming, Hoss Haley, Deer Isle, ME
2015 OCAC, Botanical Illustration, Janet Parker, Portland, OR
2013 New England School of Metalwork, French Repoussé, Wendel Broussard,
Auburn, ME
Clackamas Community College, Welding 102, Clackamas, OR
2012 Bridgetown Forge, Toolmaking, Arnon Kartmazov, Portland, OR
2011 Penland School of Craft, Forging Non-traditional Materials and Sheet Forming,
Meagan Crowley, Penland, NC
Mercy Corps, 8-week Small Business Development Seminar, Portland, OR
2010 Oregon Tradeswomen Pre-apprenticeship Program, Pre-Apprenticeship Certification:
including exploration of careers in the trades, basic math review, and hands-on
construction experience, Portland, OR
2007 Penland School of Craft, Basic Blacksmithing, Zack Noble, Penland, NC
2006 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Basic Forging, Marc Miaorana,
Deer Isle, ME
Penland School of Craft, Art of Contemporary Blacksmithing, Alice James,
Penland, NC
OCAC, Hydraulic Forming, Suzanne Pugh, Portland, OR
2005 OCAC, Jewelry Workshop, Robert Ebandorf, Portland, OR
