Luther Smith’s VITA
LUTHER A SMITH JR.
8355 Denali Dr.
Fort Worth, Texas 76137
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Photography 1974
Bachelor of Arts, Photography
1972
Born: 1950, Tishomingo, Mississippi
[email protected]
Rhode Island School of Design
University of Illinois, Urbana
Positions Held:
1991-
Professor of Art, Texas Christian University, Department of Art and Art History
1983-
Associate Professor of Art, TCU, Department of Art and Art History
1981- 83
Associate Professor with tenure, Head of Photography, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, Illinois
1975-79
Assistant Professor of Art, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
1974-75
Visiting Instructor of Art, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, Illinois
Gallery:
William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Photographic Archives, Dallas, Texas
Public Collections:
Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Fidelity Investments corporate collection, Texas,
Harry Ransom Resource Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Illinois State Museum Springfield, Illinois
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
LaGrange College Art Department, LaGrange, Georgia
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Longview Museum of Art, Longview, Texas,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Pacific Telesis Collection, San Francisco, California
Phoenix Arts Commission, Phoenix, Arizona
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Tarrant County Junior College Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
One and Two Person Exhibitions:
2010
“WaterWays 2010,” The University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Eagle Exhibit Hall in the
Environmental Science Building (EESAT) Feb 22-Mar 22, An exhibition of my photographs as
part of the Conference
2007
UNT/TCU: Dornith Doherty and Luther Smith: Landscape Photographs, UNT FTW Space, Fort
Worth, Texas, Sept 1-Oct 20
2006
'The Land: Photographs by Luther Smith," Ida Green Gallery, Austin
College, Sherman, Texas, Sept
2004
Fine Arts Gallery, North Harris College, Houston, Texas
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2002
University Art Gallery, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
2001
Betty Warmack Branch Library, Grand Prairie, Texas
Fort Worth Country Day School, Fort Worth, Texas.
1999
Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas,
Fort Worth International Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1998
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
1997
Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
Plano Art Center, Plano, Texas
Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, Texas
William Campbell Contemporary Art
1995
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
Image Gallery, Longview, Texas
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
1994
University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas
1992
University of Oregon Museum of Art
1991
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990
Dept. of Journalism, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Tarrant County Junior College, Northeast Campus, Hurst, Texas
1988
Brown Lupton Gallery, Texas Christian University, Ft Worth, Texas
1987
Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
1986
Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
Tarrant County Junior College, Northeast Campus, Hurst, Texas
1985
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
1984
Tarrant County Junior College, Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
1983
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas
1982
Parkland College, Art Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
1981
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
1980
J. A. Logan College, Carterville. Illinois
Rend Lake College, Ina, Illinois
1979
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
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1978
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
1978
Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1977
Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, Virginia
Tarrant County Junior College, Hurst, Texas
1973
Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
1972
"Depot Theater," Urbana, Illinois
Invitational Group Exhibitions:
2009
“High Modernism: Alfred Stieglitz and His Legacy,” Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX,
March 7- June 28, one photograph from trinity River series
2009
“Trinity Perspectives: Views of an Urban River”, Fort Worth
Community Arts Center, September 1-28, Organized by Streams and
Valleys, A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation , planning
and coordination of the beautification an recreational development of the
Trinity River. Invitational exhibit
2009
“Mentors and Muses”, Nave Art Museum, Victoria, Texas, June 11- August 30,
Organized by: Debora Chronister
2008
“Masterworks of American Photography”, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort
Worth, Texas, May-November. Celebrates recent acquisitions and their
contributions to the collection. One photography included, Dead Horses, grassfire
near Carbon, Texas 2006
2008
“Thirty Year Selected Retrospective: Midwestern State University Art Gallery, October 31, 2008January 9, 2009, Two photograph exhibited from Photographs of the American South series.
Catalogue
2008
“Experiencing Perspectives: 2008-2009 Forth Worth Art Exhibition”,
Daimler Financial Services, Fort Worth, Texas, three works exhibited from the
“Landscape Photographs of the American South” series.
2007
“local_e”: An exhibition of photography and video, Visual Arts Gallery, The University of Texas,
Dallas, Texas, Oct, 5- Nov 10, five photographs included.
2006
The Herd, Fort Worth Public Library Gallery, Jan 18- Feb 22, 10 photographs exhibited. A
commission from the City of Fort Worth documenting the Fort Worth Herd.
2006
"100 Great American Photographs," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, July1 to August
20, one photograph included
2006
"Past Meets Present, SPESC Faculty Exhibition, September 11 to October 8, Ingram Studio
Arts Center Gallery, Vanderbilt University, One photograph included.
2006
Gallery Night Group exhibition, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Sept.,
One photography included.
2006
"Man-i-Fest," William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 24- July, One
photography included.
2005
"Works on Water: An Exhibition of photography, sculpture, installation and projection,"
Environmental Education and Science Technology Bld., University of North Texas, Denton, TX,
April 4 - May 27, six photographs included from The Trinity River series
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2005
“A Focused Vision,” William Campbell Contemporary Art,
2005
“Herd 6.12.1999: Fort Worth's Last Great Cattle Drive,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center,
Jan. 2005, 10 photographs exhibited.
2005
“A Focused Vision,” William Campbell Contemporary Art, Ft. Worth, Texas,
February 12 - March 26
2004
Masterworks of American Photography from the Amon Carter Collection, Amon Carter
Museum, Fort Worth, TX, March 13-August 8, one photograph included
2004
“Recent Acquisitions; New Southern Photography,” Ogden Museum of Art, University of New
Orleans, Louisiana, March 4-
2004
“Fall Gallery Walk Exhibition,” William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas,
September 18 – October 23, 2004, one photograph exhibited
2004
“William Campbell Contemporary Art Celebrates 30 Years,” William Campbell Contemporary
Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, October 30 – December, 2004, one photograph included
2003
“City Lights,” Amon Carter Collection, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, May 24November 2,2003
2002
“The Extended View: Masterworks from the Amon Carter Collection, Amon Carter Museum, Fort
Worth, TX, June 22-Oct. 27, one photograph included
2002
“Lawrence McFarland and Luther Smith: Photography,” Baylor University, Waco, TX
2001
“Sublime: The Landscape Re-envisioned, Alan Saxe Mezzanine Gallery, Arlington Museum of
Art, Arlington, TX, December 1, 2001 to January 5, 2002, three photographs included.
2001
“Creatures,” Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX, September 15 to December 1, 2001, one
photograph included.
2001
“Comfort and Joy, “William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, December, two photographs
exhibited.
2001
“Summer Exhibition,” Gallery III, Houston, Texas, Summer, two photographs included.
2001
“Spring and Summer exhibition,” Photo Archives, Dallas, TX, March-July, three
photographs exhibited.
2000
“40th Annual Invitational Photoview Exhibition,” Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview,
Texas, May 13—June 30, Two photographs included.
1999
“Expansive Vision,” Focus Gallery, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, June 24—August 29,
Trinity River Greenway near Sylvan, Dallas, Texas, October 1990.
1999
Library Foyer gallery, Amon Carter Museum, one High School Rodeo photograph from the
Amon Carter Museum photography collection, April 24—August 1.
1999
Group Exhibition, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Two photographs
included from the Trinity River series, March 27- May 15.
1999
“25th Anniversary Celebration,’ William Campbell Contemporary Art, October 16--, Grassfire
Near Springtown, Texas February 1996.
1998
“Sacred Sites, Then and Now: The American Civil War, May--August
“Masterworks: Picturing Modern Life,” Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
“Souvenirs and Meditations,” Photographic Archives Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Sept.-- Oct.
“Texas Roots,” Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, Sept. -- Oct.
1998
“New Work/New Faces,” William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Summer
Luther Smith’s VITA
1997
"Lone Star Landscapes", University of Texas, Arlington, March--April
"Photographers of the South," Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
1996
"Photographers of the South" Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
"Photoview" at he Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas, Fall 1996
"Masterworks from the Collection," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
25th Anniversary Show," Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1995
"Recent Gifts to the Collection," Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth
"Holidays Exhibition," Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994
"North Texas Photography Invitational," Tarrant County Jounior College NW, Texas
1992
"Ways and Means, Six Contemporary Photographers," Springfield Art Museum, Missouri
"Texas Invitational," Benteler-Morgan Gallery, Houston, Texas
1991
"Rodeo Romance & Rodeo Remembered," Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Recent Acquisitions," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, October
"The Best," Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990
"Ultra Large Format," Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
1989
"Visions/Discourses," Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
1988
"Two View Texas," Austin College, Sherman, Texas
"Radiant Energy," Contract Design Center, Dallas, Texas
1987
"Introductions," Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Texas 150," Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
1986
"Permanent Exhibition," Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts
"TCU at OSU," Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
"New Texas Photography," Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
"TCU Graduate Faculty & MFA Candidates, Midwestern State, Wichita Falls, Texas
1986
1985
1985
"TCU at ETSU," Commerce, Texas
"New Faces," Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Summer Exhibition," Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1984
Panhandle Plains Museum, Canyon, Texas
1983
"University of Illinois Photo at SIU," Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
1983
"Images," Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri
1979
"Luther Smith & Dirk Park," Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington
"Alumni Exhibition," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
"Black and White and Color," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma
"Members Invitational Exhibition," West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Six Views," Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois
1978
"Group Exhibition," Olin Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington
1987
"Illinois Photographers," Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
1977
"October Exhibition," Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"Summer in the City," Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
"Photography Show," Florissant Valley Community College, St Louis, Missouri
1975
"84 Prints from 'First Light," Focus Gallery, San Francisco, California
1974
"Graduate Exhibition," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1972
"George Ringler And Luther Smith,"1007 Photography Gallery, Urbana, Illinois
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Competitive Exhibitions:
2000
“Image 2000: An International Exhibition of Photography,” Art Centre of Plano, Plano, Texas
1997
"Photograph Texas,” Texas Historical Foundation, Austin, Texas
1996
"Silver Traces," The Boston Photo Collaborative, Boston, Mass.
1995
"Photograph Texas,” Texas Historical Foundation, Austin, Texas
"Members Only Exhibition," Texas Photographic Society, Austin, Texas
1992
"Texas Invitational," Bentlier-Morgan Galleries, Houston, Texas
1991
"North Georgia National IV," North Georgia College, Dahlonega, Georgia
1990
"Current Works 1990," Kansas City, Missouri
1989
"Platinum/Palladium," Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
1988
"Main Street Arts Festival," Fort Worth, Texas
1987
"Photospiva '87," Joplin, Missouri
"Photographing Children," Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1986
"Works on Paper," Fort Worth, Texas
"Main Street Arts Festival," Fort Worth, Texas
1985
"Contemporary Photoworks III," Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984
"Midwest Photo Invitational," University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin
"Art in the Metroplex," Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
"First Juried Exhibition," DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Works on Paper," Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas
1983
"Photospiva," Joplin, Missouri
"Camera Movements," Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1983
"Illinois Photographers '82," Springfield, Illinois
"Between Twelve and Twenty," Windsor, Connecticut
1982
"Cal Arts Photo Competition," Valencia, California
"PhotoRegional," Louisville, Kentucky
1981
"Photospiva," Spiva Art Center Joplin, Missouri
"Springfield and Vicinity Exhibition," Springfield, Illinois
"The Finished Print," Farmington, Connecticut
"Exposure Time 5," Harrison, Virginia
1980
"First Yuma Juried Photography Exhibition," Yuma, Arizona
"Photospiva 80," Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
1980
"American Vision 1980," Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
"A Celebration Of The Human Family," John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois
COMPETITIVE EXHIBITIONS (continued)
"13th Annual Exhibition," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
"Contacts," Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
"Alternatives 1980," Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
"6th Annual Exhibition," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
"Exposure Time IV," James Madison University, Harrisburg, Virginia
"LaGrange National V," LaGrange, Georgia
1979
"Freshwork '79," Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia
"Photospiva '79," Spiva Arts Center, Joplin, Missouri
"Members Exhibition," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
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"New Talent," Center For Contemporary Art, Beverly Hills, California
"Photographic Exhibition," Allied Arts Association, Richland, Washington
"13th Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penn.
"Juried Exhibition," University of South Carolina, Conway, South Carolina
"12th Annual Exhibition," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
"7th National Exhibition," Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
"5th Annual Exhibition," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
"Galex 13," Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois
"The Finished Print," Art Guild, Farmington, Connecticut
"f/o," Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1978
"Self Portrait Exhibition," Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
"Photospiva '78," Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
"Members Exhibition," Friends Of Photography, Carmel, California
1978
"Light Images," Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
"3rd Annual Exhibition," California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
"LaGrange National IV," LaGrange, Georgia
"67th Annual Exhibition," Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, Texas
'New Photographics '78," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
"34th Annual Exhibition," Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
"Illinois Photographers'78," Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
"Galex 12," Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois
"Six State Regional," Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
"54th Annual Exhibition," Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
"Survey of Illinois Photography," Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois
1977
"4/4," Arc, Artemisia, East Hubbard, and N.A.M.E.Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
"Great Lakes Regional," Inter-Media Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
"Members Exhibition," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
"Women," Southwest Center of Photography, Austin, Texas
"5th Annual Exhibition," Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
"Magic Silver Show," Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
"Images of Woman," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
1976
"E Pluribus Unum," Floating Foundation of Photography New York, New York
"Members Exhibition," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
"Invitation to Photography," Inner Visions Gallery, Westfield, New Jersey
1975
"New Photographics '75," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
"Members Exhibition," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
"First Light," Humboldt State University, Eureka, California
"5th Annual Exhibition," Octagon Art Center Gallery, Ames, Iowa
1974
"Photography Exhibition," State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York
"New Photographics '74," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
1973
"Members Exhibition," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
"Radius," Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Traveling Exhibitions:
1995
"Photograph Texas," Texas Historical Foundation Exhibition travels to:
Republic of the Rio Grande Museum, Laredo, Texas , June
Historical Museum in Buffalo Gap, Buffalo Gap, Texas, July 1-Aug. 2
Fayette Heritage Museum, La Grange, Texas Aug. 15- Sept. 30
Lubbock Christian University, Art Dept., Lubbock, Texas Nov. 13- Jan 12
1988-1991
"Visions of Texans," Traveling in Mexico
Institute Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, September, 88
University of Coahuila, Mexico, May, 89
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University of Mexico, Mexico City, August, 89
1988-1989
"Book of Days," Texas
Midland College, Midland, Texas, November, 88
Art Moderno Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, November, 88
Excucom Gallery, Austin, Texas, December, 88
Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, February, 89
Abilene Convention Center, Abilene, Texas, March, 89
1987-1988
"Road and Roadside," United States
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois July- August, 87
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Jan.- Feb., 88
1985-1986
"Midwest Photo Invitational," United States
Fine Art Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, July, 85
Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, September, 85
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Nov., 85
University of Wisconsin- Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, December, 85
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 86
Center for Creative Studies Detroit, Michigan, March, 86
1982-1983
"University of Illinois Traveling Exhibition ," Malaysia
Institute of Technology, Mara Shan Alam, November, 82
University of Malaysia, Kaula Lumpur, December, 82
National University Malaysia, Bangi Selangor, February, 83
American Embassy, Kaula Lumpur, July, 83
1982-1983
"Between Twelve and Twenty," Organized by Walter Rabetz, United States
Barns Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, April, 82
Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, September, 82
University of Connecticut, November, 82
Hotchkiss School, Lakeworth, Connecticut, January, 82
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February, 83
1980-1984
"Invisible Light," Traveled by The Smithsonian Institute, United States
State University of New York, Albany, New York, September, 80
Erie Savings Bank, Buffalo, New York, November, 80
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, March, 81
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, June, 81
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 81
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 81
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, January, 82
Traveling Exhibitions: (continued)
1980-1984
"Invisible Light," (continued)
Colegio Universitario des Turabo, Cagunas, Puerto Rico, March, 82
Discovery Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June, 82
Pasillo des Artes Gallery, Austin Texas, July, 82
University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa, September, 82
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois, November-December, 82
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, February, 83
Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, April, 83
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, September, 83
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, October, 83
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, February, 84
1980-1984
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, April, 84
1981-1983
"Second Light," Harvard University, International
Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, May, 81
University of New York at New Paltz, New York, September, 81
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, April- May, 82
Camera Work Gallery, San Francisco, California, November, 82
Burlington Cultural Center, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, May, 83
1981-1983
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1980-1981
First Annual CIAC Invitational, Central Illinois Arts Consortium, Illinois
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, September, 80
Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, October, 80
MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, November, 80
Lincoln College, Lincoln, Illinois, December, 80
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, January, 81
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois, February, 81
Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois, March, 81
Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, Illinois, April, 81
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, May, 81
Quincy Society of Fine Arts, Quincy, Illinois, June, 81
1979-1981
"Self Portrait Exhibition," Arizona State University, United States
Cochise College, Douglas. Arizona, November, 79
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February, 80
Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona, March, 80
Yauapai College, Prescott, Arizona, May, 80
Charleston Heights Library, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 80
1974-1975
"Photography as A Fine Art," Exhibited at Numerous United States Diplomatic
Missions around the world Sponsored by American Information Agency & University
of Florida
Publications:
2007
Photography 9: By London, Upton, Stone, Prentice Hall, one photograph
Included from infrared series.
2004
Photography 8: By London, Upton, Stone, Kobre & Brill. Prentice Hall, one photograph
Included from infrared series.
2004
Shambles, a novel by Debra Monroe, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, Texas, one
photograph reproduced, cover photograph, from infrared series.
2001
Photography: 7th Edition by London, Upton, Kobre and Brill,
Prentice Hall, Publication date 7/15/2001, One photograph included, full page
reproduction, “Brenda 1976”.
1998
“D” Magazine, Article on the Trinity River, May
1997
The Trinity River by Luther Smith, a monograph, published by TCU Press
"1997 Beaux Arts Ball: Fine Art Auction Catalogue," Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
1996
"The South By Its Photographers," Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
1994
Cover photograph for Lessons of the Locker Room: The Myth of School Sports,
by Andrew Miracle and C. Roger Rees, Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York
1992
"Texas Christian University, Research Bulletin," TCU, Fort Worth, Texas
1992
"New Waves," The Research Newsletter of Texas Water Institute, Texas A & M University
1989
Book of Days, Book of photographs and appointment calendar, published by Book of
Days, Inc., Austin, Texas, distributed by Texas Monthly Press
1988
Visions of Texans, catalogue of exhibition, edited by Rick Williams, Roy Flukinger,
published by Texas Photographic Society, Inc.
1986
"Fort Worth Magazine," article on High School Rodeo, June
1883
The Book of 35 mm Photography, Curtin & London
1983
"Cottonwood 30," Spring, University of Kansas
"Visual Arts Research," Vol. 9 No. 1 University of Illinois
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1982
"The village Voice," Illustration of Joell Chadabe, Aug. 10
1981
Photographing Indoors With Your Automatic Camera, Curtin & London
1980
Electronic Flash Photography, R. Carraher and C. Chartier
1979
Darkroom Dynamics, Jim Stone
"New Letters Magazine," University of Missouri
"Calendar of Poetry and Photography," Moon Pony Press, Tucson, Arizona
1978
"Chicago Magazine," December, Vol. 27, No. 12, Chicago, Illinois, Illustrations
1978
"American Artist Magazine," Oct., Vol. 42, No, 435, New York, New York
1977
"New Letters Magazine," Apr., Vol., 43, No, 3, University of Missouri, Kansas City
"Flat Land Journal," Issue No, 1, The Back Yard Press, Urbana, Illinois
1975
"Camera International Magazine for Photography," Lucerne, Switzerland
"New Letters Magazine," Mar, Vol., 41, No, 3, University of Missouri, Kansas City
"Ishmael," Spring, Vol., 3, No, 1, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1974
Photography Year 1974, Time-Life Books, Inc., New York, New York
1973
"Ishmael," Vol., 2, No, 3, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1972
"Mademoiselle Magazine," August, New York, New York
Grants:
1993
National Endowment for the Arts Regional Photographers Fellowship
1983-1991
Four TCU Research Fund Research Grants
1982
Illinois Arts Council Completion Grant for "High School," photography series
1980
1976-1979
Illinois Arts Council Completion Grant to mat, frame and crate "Highway Landscape"
Three University of Illinois Research Board Grants for materials
1976-79
Three Ford Foundation Grants, allocated by the Department of Art and Design,
University of Illinois
Awards:
1997
Cash prize, "Photograph Texas," Texas Historical Foundation
1995
Cash prize, "Photograph Texas," Texas Historical Foundation
1986
Sesquicentennial Award, Tarrant County Works on Paper, Fort Worth, Texas
1984
Best of Show, Tarrant County Works on Paper, Fort Worth, Texas
1983
Award of Excellence, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982
Purchase Prize, "Illinois Photographers '82," Springfield, Illinois
1980
Purchase Prize, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Two Purchase Prizes, "LaGrange National," LaGrange, Georgia
1979
Purchase Award, Allied Arts Association, Richmond, Washington
1979
Cash Award, "Coastal Carolina College, Juried Exhibition," Conway, South Carolina
Honorable Mention, Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
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1978
Third Prize, Gallery Art Exhibition, Galesburg, Illinois
1977
Juror's Award, "Great Lakes Regional," Ypsilanti, Michigan
Purchase Prize, "Images of Women," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
1976
Second Prize, "E Plurisbus Unum," Floating Foundation of Photography, New York
1973
First Prize, "Northeast Regional Photography Contest," Mount Holyoke College Art
Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts
1972
First Prize,” Mademoiselle Magazine Photo Competition," New York, New York
Lectures:
2006
Panel Discussion, "Beauty in Photography," Society for Photographic Education South Central
Regional Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October 6,
2006
Lecture on my photography, Texas Art Education Association
Conference, November 18, 2006, Fort Worth Convention Center, Texas
2006
Lecture on my photography, Austin College Art Gallery, Sherman,
Texas, September 25
2006
“Photography as a Discipline,” Sugimoto, Minimalism, & Japan Class, Open to the public, Fort
Worth Museum of Modern Art, October 17
2004
Staff development workshop, Digital imaging in photography, Mansfield ISD, August 4,
Mansfield, Texas, one day
2003
“Photographing the Color of Wildness,” Workshop, Amon Carter Museum, March
2002
“An Extended View: Trinity River Rt 34 Ellis County, Texas, Amon Carter Museum October 10
2001
“The Trinity River,” The Betty Warmack Branch Library, Grand Prairie, Texas, September 13.
2001
“Luther Smith’s Photography,” Austin College, Sherman Texas, April 9.
1997
"Understanding One's Identity with the Landscape: the Trinity River Project," Lecture as
part of symposium, Honoring the American Landscape: Conversations with
Contemporary Photographers, The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 8
1997
"Why I Photograph," Fort Worth Camera Club , Texas Feb. 6
1997
"Photography: a Collecting Seminar," the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Texas, April 19
1996
"Luther Smith's Photographs," Department of Art and Art History, The
University of Texas at Arlington, February 19
1995
Gallery talk, Image Gallery, at the opening of the SOLO Panoramic exhibition,
Longview, Texas, Saturday May 20
1995
"Photographing the American landscape, " Whitecliffe College of Art and Design,
Auckland, New Zealand, July 18
1994
"My Photography," Gallery Talk and Slide Lecture, Art Department, University of
Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, Sept. 29
1993
"Panorama Landscapes,” Friends of Photography, Dallas Museum of Art, October 21
1991
"My Evolution as an Artist," Slide Presentation/Lecture, East Texas State University,
Commerce, Texas, April 13.
1989
"Landscape," slide presentation/lecture, South Central Regional Conference,
Luther Smith’s VITA
1998
Society for Photographic Education, University of Oklahoma, Norman, October 19-22
1989
"North Texas High School Rodeo Association, A Rodeo Culture," slide
presentation/lecture, Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Conference, Lubbock,
Texas, February 10.
1989
Visiting Artist, Dye Transfer Workshop, Southern Methodist University, Fort Bergwin
Research Center, Taos, New Mexico, August 2
1988
"My Photographic Works, An Overview," Slide Presentation/Lecture,
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, November 30
1986
"High School, A Series of Photographs," Slide Presentation/Lecture,
Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, October 2
1985
"Photographic Portraiture," Slide Presentation/Lecture,
Dallas Center for Visual Communication, Dallas, Texas, May 22
1984
"High School," slide presentation/lecture, South Central Regional Conference,
The Society for Photographic Education, Amarillo, Texas, October 20
1982
"My Photography," Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Illinois, February 25
1980
"My Evolution as a Photographer," Slide Presentation/Lecture,
Rend Lake College, Ina, Illinois, February
1979
Visiting Artist/Lecture, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, October 1-2
1978
"Infrared Images," slide presentation/lecture, Society for Photographic Education
National Conference, Carmel, California, March
1977
Lecture/Slide presentation about my work, Bradley, University,
Peoria, Illinois, October
1977
Lecture/panel discussion, Florresent Valley College, St Louis, Missouri, January
Workshops:
2003
“Photographing the Color of Wildness, “Workshop, Amon Carter Museum, March
1999
Photography Amon Carter Museum Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14
1995
"Fine Tuning: the photographic project," one week workshop for photography
majors, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland, New Zealand, July 3-7
1993
Children's photography class, The Amon Carter Museum, May 8
Juror:
2006
Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth, Texas
2006
WishfulWings Photography Awards, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas
2003
Society for Photographic education, National Conference, San Antonio, TX
2003
“Viewpoints,” Photography Competition Clifton Texas
2002
Texas Photographic Society Completion Grant
1990-93
"Mayfest," An Exhibition of Art and Crafts, Trinity Park, Fort Worth, Texas, May
1991
"20th Annual East Texas International Photography Contest,"
Luther Smith’s VITA
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, April 13
1983
"Photography Contest, National Arts Program," Tarrant County employees, October
1982
"Fourth Annual Juried Photography Exhibition,” Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Illinois, February 25.
1982
"Photo Images," National Juried Photography Exhibition, Sponsored by Friends of
Photoimages, Springfield, Illinois, September 9 - October 21.
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1992-93
Board of Directors, Texas Photographic Society
1972- Pres.
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