Sam Seeger, class of 2020 focused her Bachelors of Fine Arts in sculpture andminored in photography at Ringling College of Art & Design. While earning her degree, Sam worked for the college as studio monitor, mentor for rising students, teacherassistant, student ambassador and represented the Fine ArtsDepartment for several events. Aspiring to complete her Masters in Fine Arts, focused in sculpture, to teach students seeking their Bachelor Degrees.
Sam’s romance with sculpture beganby the end of her first year in college. By her second year the Fine Arts faculty, and Glass Alliance ofSarasota awarded her with a fullyendowed scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School for the summer of 2018. Which encouraged her in the Fall of 2018 to organize the first ever Glassblowing Club on Ringling’s campus.Thefollowing summer in 2019, she completed a self-directedresidency at Atlanta Hot Glass funded by thegenerous Glass Alliance of Sarasota. This residency then lead her into a 6-monthinternship with Zen Glass Studio where she served as a hot shop assistant, and an assistant instructor. During her final semester of college, Seeger achieved the Stone Scholarship, honor roll, and won the Gold Award from Best of Ringling’s first online exhibition. She was also the first student to graduate from Ringling College of Art and Design with a thesis focused in blown glass.
EMAIL : samseegerart@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM : s.n.s_art
Artist C.V. 2020
Education
Ringling College of Art and Design, class of 2020
Internship at Zen Glass Studio from June of 2019- December of 2019
Teaching Experience
Ringling College of art and Deisgn, Continuing Studies teacher assistant for beginner students in glass
Ringling College of art and Design, teacher assistant for Glass Blowing 101
Hultman Glass Studio, studio assistant for Open House
Zen Glass Studio, gaffer assistant for studio workshops with beginner students in glass
Awards
Best of Ringling, Gold Award 2020
Stone Scholarship for Ringling College from August, 2016- May, 2020
Honor roll at Ringling College of Art and Design
Best of Ringling, Honorable mention 2017
Student Liaison for Fine Art Department at Ringling College, as of 2018
Scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School summer of 2018
Art Center Sarasota, Honorable Mention 2019
2017-2021 Exhibitions: Show, “Piece/s Exhibited”, Gallery, year
Raw Foundation, “Cosmic Connection”, “Your Energy gave me life and I thank you” , “The Exchange” , Urban Loft at Manatee Central in 2021
Represent, “flow”, “SCRAP”, “Stuck”, Crosley Gallery in 2020
Open Season, “The American Dream”, Art Center Sarasota in 2019
And then there were 5, “punctuality is the biggest thief of time”, “Earth Within”, “Folded”, “Echo”, At Large Studio and Gallery in 2019
Florida’s Finest, “Earth Within”, Art Center Sarasota in 2019
All My Friends, “Time Bomb”, At large Studio and Gallery in 2019
Devolve, “we only have one Earth”, Gallery at Pilchuck Glass School in 2019
Black, “Negative Memories”, Crosley Gallery in 2019
Interstice, “Shift Happens” “Now You See” “Understood” “Time is an Illusion” “Break the Cycle”, Art Center Sarasota in 2019
Best of Ringling, “The Seed and the Pod”, Crosley Gallery in 2018
Best of Ringling, “No mo GMO”, Crosley Gallery in 2017
Collections
Represented by Boulevard Fine Art South, Nokomis FL
Made by Gallery, Sarasota FL
Carol Camiener personal collection, Sarasota FL