JOE ALLGEIER 1999

Joe Allgeier 1999

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, OH

BFA Sculpture

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

MA Art Education

While at Mercyhurst Prep, Joe was deeply involved in the visual arts as part of the IB-Art Seminar program. He also served as president of the National Art Honor Society and he was the Circle of Mercy Award winner for the Arts in his senior year. He continued to pursue his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he began to focus on sculpture in the traditional techniques of stone and wood. In his fourth year, Joe received the Consortium scholarship to study abroad. He spent a year at the Studio Arts Center International in Florence Italy. He began to explore combining wood and stone in his work at this time. After graduation, Joe continued his studies at Case Western Reserve. There he received his Master's in Art Education and began his teaching career. He has taught in high schools in North Carolina and New York and he has also served as a teacher in the Pennsylvania Governor's School of the Arts.

Joe currently resides in Rochester, NY where he shares a studio with his wife and produces works for private and public spaces around the country. You can see some of the beautiful and complex sculptures he has created on his website at http://www.finewoods.net/ . Joe continues to be active exhibiting his works and he also continues his art studies.