Laura Goff Parham
Objective: To provide the highest quality art glass through the multifaceted use of colored and textured glass.
Employment:
| 1990 – Present |
Vice President, State of the Art, Inc. Stained Glass Studio Knoxville, TN
Responsible for pattern design, color selection, beveling, sandblasting, and painting glass, sales and marketing, project management, material acquisition, management and public relations, bookkeeping, (accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and taxes. Development of specialized techniques in the stained glass fabrication and restoration. See reference list.
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| 1989 – 1990 |
Administrative Assistant
Why Not Glass?
Memphis, TN
Pattern design, color selection and supply management.
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| 1989 |
Beveler
Laukhuff’s Stained Glass, Memphis, TN
Intensive hands on experience in custom beveling
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| 1987 – 1989 |
Apprentice/specializing in manufacture and restoration of stained glass.
Knox Glass Company, Knoxville, TN
Intensive training in the repair and restoration as well as manufacture of stained glass windows. Hands on in custom beveling, sand blasting, pattern design and color selection
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| Education: |
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| 1981 -1986 |
BA in Art History
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN |
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| 1986 |
International Student. Spent six months backpacking through Europe. It was there that I ‘discovered’ stained glass and knew that was my calling in life. |
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Continuing
Education: |
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2011
2010
2009 |
Color and Light, SGAA Conference, Syracuse, NY
A New Way….in a New Day, SGAA Conference, Kansas City, MOPainting on glass class with Kathy JordanExplorations in Change: Contemporary Glass Movement 1996 - Disaster Restorations SGAA Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
Painting on Glass class with Bob Markert. |
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| 2007 |
Jewels of Light
SGAA conference, Charlotte, NC |
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| 2005 |
Stained Glass Painting: Fusing the Old and the New
SGAA Conference, Denver, CO
Painting on Glass class with Peter McGrain
Painting on Glass class with Mominee Studios
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| 2004 |
Landscape Painting with Heather Boureland
University of Tennessee |
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| 2002 |
Life Drawing
University of Tennessee |
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| 1991 |
Painting on Glass with Walter Leiberman
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN |
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| 1988 |
Sandblasting, Sandcarving and Custom Glue Chipping
with Norm Dobbins, Atlanta, GA |
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Professional
Associations: |
Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA)
Accredited Studio member since 1999
Secretary, Stained Glass School Board (a division of the SGAA)
2009 - 2011
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| Awards: |
Excellence Award in Historic Preservation, awarded by
the Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Commission 1996 |
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Related:
Activities: |
Live at Five (news program) Expert on Stained Glass |
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| Stained Glass: |
Featured in the FYI: Stained Glass Gallery
Stained Glass Quarterly Magazine, Fall 2009
Featured in the FYI: Stained Glass Gallery
Stained Glass Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2007
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| Book: |
Creative Stained Glass by Christine Kellman Stevenson
Featured in the gallery section |
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Civic
Contributions: |
Cub Scout Assistant Leader – Pack 59, 2006 – 2007
Knoxville, TN
Secretary, United Methodist Women, 2006 – 2008
First Farragut United Methodist Church, Knoxville, TN
Vice President, 2001 – 2003
Fort West Owners Association, Knoxville, TN
Volunteer in the classroom
Farragut Primary School, Knoxville, TN
Volunteer in the classroom
Farragut Intermediate School, Knoxville, TN
Taught ‘how to make stained glass’ show and tell seminars to the students at Farragut Primary School and Farragut Intermediate School. We did this for my sons’ class from Kindergarten – 5th grades. We even let the kids cut the glass!
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| Misc: |
Model for local TV commercials and print ads
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