Leonard Dowhie:  

Life Professor of Art- University of S. Indiana (Retired-Professor Emeritus-2011). Partner, The Art Fair Company, producers of Chicago Int'l. Art Expo; EXPO Chicago- I have done many International travel/residencies in my spare time and work as a professional artist. Currently: Returned from a 3 month Residency in China (Jingdezhen and Taiwan) making art, lecturing and enjoying the entire experience. Working on commissions, large public piece and series of bench structures for New Harmony, Indiana and Jeffersonville, IN. Planning 2014 and 2015 residencies and in general have a ball. Also partner in Art Chicago, the new expo of art in the world held at Navy Pier, Chicago. In other news, the University of Southern Indiana renamed the Ceramics Art Studio. It is now the Lenny and Anne Dowhie Art Studio. (story here) >>( Dowhie's give $1 million to support ceramics education at USI So that was rather cool. Of course, we need food tasters now. Anne also made a major donation to the EVSC Foundation for art students at Central High School where she taught and they too named the classroom after her. Who'd a thought--40 years ago,,,lol. The coming year is filled with public art commissions at USI, more work for the community of New Harmony, IN and we are in the running for new commissions for Jeffersonville, IN. (<<We got them all) Later in the Fall, I will be going back to Jingdezhen, China for 3 months, then back home for 5 or 6 m...Expand for more