Welcome to Hildebrandt Art
Will Hildebrandt
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There are many ways to communicate in art. My work communicates symbolically, with both the subject and materials I use. I use a variety of drawing media. I use colored pencils, pastels, pen and ink, and watercolor. I also use mixed media collage, and assemblage techniques. My images are representational and have elements of mystery, symbolism, and the human condition. My subjects vary from a collapsing farmhouse to the despair and injustice suffered by people around the world. A recurring theme in my work could be labeled, “discards”, or an empathetic view of the subjects upon which society has placed little value.”
Born November 28, 1952. Waverly, Iowa. Attended Tripoli Community Schools, Tripoli, Iowa, Wartburg College, and University of Northern Iowa. Art Teacher at all levels for 33 years. Retired. I have lived in LeGrand, Iowa for 30 years as a teacher of Art. I have been married for 36 years. My wife Doris is a special education teacher. I have two children, Megan, working as a certified music therapist and Matthew as an architect.
University of Northern Iowa MA, Drawing, 1979
Wartburg College BA Art/Art Education 1975
IOWA EXHIBITED 2023 , Polk County Heritage Art Gallery , Des Moines, IA, June 22-August 10. JUROR, Brenda Jones, Brenda Jones has taught at Iowa State University for the past three decades. Over the last twenty years, she has spent half of her time in Ames, Iowa, and half in Rome, one of the oldest and richest cultural centers of the Western World.
IOWA EXHIBITED XXV, Polk County Heritage Art Gallery, Des Moines, IA , June 7th-July 29th. 2010, JUROR, Jack Wilkes Is a painter and educator. He has taught at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, Simpson College, and the Des Moines Art Center.
AREA SHOW 41, Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, June 19- August 31, 2008. JUROR, John Siblik, Associate Professor of Art, Director of Bing Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette.
EXPRESSION OF GRIEF, Solo Exhibit Ray Frederick Gallery, Marshalltown Community College, February 13-March 7, 2008.
AFTERNOON WITH THE BLUES, Sanford Museum, Cherokee, January 5 - February 3, 2007. JUROR, Mary Mello-Nee.
IOWA EXHIBITED 18, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, October 6-November 21, 2003.
JUROR, Ms. Letitia Kenemer, Arts Program Advisor, Iowa State Memorial Union, Iowa State University.
WIND and WATER: Iowa’s Evolving Landscape. James and Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, September 21st-November 16th, 2003. JUROR, Sheila Perry, director of the Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa.
THE PRESIDENTS BEST, The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association Juried Exhibition, West Branch, August 1-3, 2003. JUROR, Jane Milosch, Curator, collections and exhibitions at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
CHARLES H. MACNIDER MUSEUM 35TH ANNUAL AREA SHOW, Mason City, May 12-July 9 2000. JUROR, Charles P. Helsell, Director, Blanden Memorial Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
IOWA EXHIBITED XIV, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, May 23-June 27, 1999. JUROR, Jeff Flemming , Curator, Des Moines Art Center
ART SHOW XI, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, June 5-Aug1, 1999. JUROR, Dean Schwarz
HOLIDAY BIENNIAL 1998, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, December 2 - January 2nd. JUROR, Dan Siedell, Curator of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
SIOUX CITY ART CENTER 54TH JURIED EXHIBITION, Sioux City, September 20 - November 9, JUROR, Tom Butler, Director of the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ohio
MIDWEST COLOR 2010, Regional Colored Pencil Exhibit, New Union Center for the Arts, Favagallery.org. Oberlin, Ohio October 16-November 3. Judge, Cecile Baird.
DC103 10TH ANNIVERSARY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT, Herbert J. Aigner Gallery, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL, October 4-31, 2003.
ELECTRONIC GALLERY, National Art Education Association’s annual member juried exhibit. Minneapolis, MN. April 2003.
MIDWEST COLOR EXHIBITION, Colored Pencil Society of America, Fine Arts Building Gallery, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, March 5- March 29, 1999. JUROR, Allan Servoss
INTO THE MILLENIUM, Exhibit sponsored by the Art Education Association of Indiana, University of Indianapolis, Christel DeHaan fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. November 10 - December 12, 1997. JUROR, Dr. Robert Gambone, Deputy Director of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
COLORED PENCIL IN COLORADO, Westminster, Colorado, September 5-25, 1997. JUROR, Vera Curnow, founder and past President of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
NATIONAL DRAWING, College Art Gallery, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey, February 21 - March 27, 1996 JUROR, Hiroshi Murata, graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, and Yale University School of Art and Architecture, MFA.
RENAISSANCE IN PASTEL, The Connecticut Pastel Society, 2nd Annual Open Exhibition, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, Connecticut, June 25 - July 22, 1994 JUROR, Joe Hing Lowe.P.S.A.
BEST IN SHOW, IOWA EXHIBITED 2023, Des Moines, IA. JUROR, Brenda Jones
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD, IOWA EXHIBITED XXV, 2O10, Des Moines, IA, JUROR, Jack Wilkes.
2ND PLACE”, Afternoon With the Blues, Sanford Museum, Cherokee, Iowa
“HONORABLE MENTION AWARD”, Iowa Exhibited 18, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa JUROR, Letitia Kenemer.
“ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS AWARD”, Midwest Color Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, JUROR, Allan Servoss
“JUDGES HONOR AWARD”, Holiday Biennial, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa, JUROR, Dan Siedell
“AWARD OF EXCELLENCE”, Into the Millenium, Christel DeHaan fine Arts Center , Indianapolis, Indiana. JUROR, Dr. Robert Gambone
“1ST MERIT AWARD” ,Iowa Exhibited, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, JUROR, Richard Leet.
National Art Education Association / Marie Walsh Sharpe Fellowship Award, 1995
Selected to write technology curriculum through the Star Schools Program
Artwork published in the Art Calendar Magazine book “Getting Exposure, The Artist’s Guide to Exhibiting the Work”.
Selected for “Showcase on Technology” grant, University of Northern Iowa, 1999
Selected as Secondary Art Teacher of the Year by the Art Educators of Iowa, 2000
Selected to participate in the 2002 Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art and Design, Painting and Drawing session at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Born November 28, 1952. Waverly, Iowa. Attended Tripoli Community Schools, Tripoli, Iowa, Wartburg College, and University of Northern Iowa. Art Teacher at all levels for 33 years. Retired. I have lived in LeGrand, Iowa for 30 years as a teacher of Art. I have been married for 36 years. My wife Doris is a special education teacher. I have two children, Megan, working as a certified music therapist and Matthew as an architect.
University of Northern Iowa MA, Drawing, 1979
Wartburg College BA Art/Art Education 1975
IOWA EXHIBITED 2023 , Polk County Heritage Art Gallery , Des Moines, IA, June 22-August 10. JUROR, Brenda Jones, Brenda Jones has taught at Iowa State University for the past three decades. Over the last twenty years, she has spent half of her time in Ames, Iowa, and half in Rome, one of the oldest and richest cultural centers of the Western World.
IOWA EXHIBITED XXV, Polk County Heritage Art Gallery, Des Moines, IA , June 7th-July 29th. 2010, JUROR, Jack Wilkes Is a painter and educator. He has taught at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, Simpson College, and the Des Moines Art Center.
AREA SHOW 41, Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, June 19- August 31, 2008. JUROR, John Siblik, Associate Professor of Art, Director of Bing Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette.
EXPRESSION OF GRIEF, Solo Exhibit Ray Frederick Gallery, Marshalltown Community College, February 13-March 7, 2008.
AFTERNOON WITH THE BLUES, Sanford Museum, Cherokee, January 5 - February 3, 2007. JUROR, Mary Mello-Nee.
IOWA EXHIBITED 18, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, October 6-November 21, 2003.
JUROR, Ms. Letitia Kenemer, Arts Program Advisor, Iowa State Memorial Union, Iowa State University.
WIND and WATER: Iowa’s Evolving Landscape. James and Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, September 21st-November 16th, 2003. JUROR, Sheila Perry, director of the Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa.
THE PRESIDENTS BEST, The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association Juried Exhibition, West Branch, August 1-3, 2003. JUROR, Jane Milosch, Curator, collections and exhibitions at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
CHARLES H. MACNIDER MUSEUM 35TH ANNUAL AREA SHOW, Mason City, May 12-July 9 2000. JUROR, Charles P. Helsell, Director, Blanden Memorial Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
IOWA EXHIBITED XIV, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, May 23-June 27, 1999. JUROR, Jeff Flemming , Curator, Des Moines Art Center
ART SHOW XI, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, June 5-Aug1, 1999. JUROR, Dean Schwarz
HOLIDAY BIENNIAL 1998, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, December 2 - January 2nd. JUROR, Dan Siedell, Curator of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
SIOUX CITY ART CENTER 54TH JURIED EXHIBITION, Sioux City, September 20 - November 9, JUROR, Tom Butler, Director of the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ohio
MIDWEST COLOR 2010, Regional Colored Pencil Exhibit, New Union Center for the Arts, Favagallery.org. Oberlin, Ohio October 16-November 3. Judge, Cecile Baird.
DC103 10TH ANNIVERSARY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT, Herbert J. Aigner Gallery, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL, October 4-31, 2003.
ELECTRONIC GALLERY, National Art Education Association’s annual member juried exhibit. Minneapolis, MN. April 2003.
MIDWEST COLOR EXHIBITION, Colored Pencil Society of America, Fine Arts Building Gallery, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, March 5- March 29, 1999. JUROR, Allan Servoss
INTO THE MILLENIUM, Exhibit sponsored by the Art Education Association of Indiana, University of Indianapolis, Christel DeHaan fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. November 10 - December 12, 1997. JUROR, Dr. Robert Gambone, Deputy Director of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
COLORED PENCIL IN COLORADO, Westminster, Colorado, September 5-25, 1997. JUROR, Vera Curnow, founder and past President of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
NATIONAL DRAWING, College Art Gallery, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey, February 21 - March 27, 1996 JUROR, Hiroshi Murata, graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, and Yale University School of Art and Architecture, MFA.
RENAISSANCE IN PASTEL, The Connecticut Pastel Society, 2nd Annual Open Exhibition, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, Connecticut, June 25 - July 22, 1994 JUROR, Joe Hing Lowe.P.S.A.
BEST IN SHOW, IOWA EXHIBITED 2023, Des Moines, IA. JUROR, Brenda Jones
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD, IOWA EXHIBITED XXV, 2O10, Des Moines, IA, JUROR, Jack Wilkes.
2ND PLACE”, Afternoon With the Blues, Sanford Museum, Cherokee, Iowa
“HONORABLE MENTION AWARD”, Iowa Exhibited 18, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa JUROR, Letitia Kenemer.
“ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS AWARD”, Midwest Color Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, JUROR, Allan Servoss
“JUDGES HONOR AWARD”, Holiday Biennial, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa, JUROR, Dan Siedell
“AWARD OF EXCELLENCE”, Into the Millenium, Christel DeHaan fine Arts Center , Indianapolis, Indiana. JUROR, Dr. Robert Gambone
“1ST MERIT AWARD” ,Iowa Exhibited, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, JUROR, Richard Leet.
National Art Education Association / Marie Walsh Sharpe Fellowship Award, 1995
Selected to write technology curriculum through the Star Schools Program
Artwork published in the Art Calendar Magazine book “Getting Exposure, The Artist’s Guide to Exhibiting the Work”.
Selected for “Showcase on Technology” grant, University of Northern Iowa, 1999
Selected as Secondary Art Teacher of the Year by the Art Educators of Iowa, 2000
Selected to participate in the 2002 Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art and Design, Painting and Drawing session at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
