Mark Parmenter
The Artist and Owner of White River Foundry
Resume
Education
- B.A. Fine Arts, Indiana University 1974
- M.F.A. Indiana State University 1977
- A.A.S. Electro-Optics, Vincennes University 1980
Teaching and Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Indiana State University 1975-1978
- Associate Professor, Vincennes University 1978-1980
- Research and Development: Researcher, Optical Physics Group, Battelle
Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 1980-1984
Optical and Process Engineering: Senior Engineer, Galileo
Electro-Optics, Sturbridge, Mass. 1984-1988
White River Foundry: Owner and Artist, 1989 to Present
Selected Exhibitions
- John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, In 1993
- Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, In 1993
- John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, In 1994
- Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN 1994
- 51st Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN 1995
- 71st Hoosier Saloon, Indianapolis, IN 1995
- American States Art Exposition, Indianapolis, IN 1995
- Ohio Northern University, One Man Show, 1996
- Paris Bicentenial Art Center, One Man Show, Paris, IL 1996
- Wassenburg Art Center, One Man Show Van Wert, OH 1998
- Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH ,One Man Show 1998
- ArtSource, Indianapolis, IN 1998
- Longstreath and Goldberg Fine Arts, Naples FL.1999
- Indiana State University Alumni Show, 2001
- John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN, 2002
See it here
- Indiana Arts Commission Grant , 2002
Works In Collection of: Indiana State University, Rose Hulman Polytechnical, Sheldon
Swope Art Museum and numerous private collections.
Visiting Artist and Seminars
- Southern Indiana Arts Center 1993
- Indiana University, 1993,1994
- Ball State University, 1994
- Northern Ohio University, 1995
- Ball State University, 1999
Publications
- "Lithium Niobate and Their Susceptibility To Optical Damage",
Holman,
R.,Parmenter,M.,Busch, J.,Ferroelectrics, Vol. 50,1983
- "Fabrication of Titanium-In-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguides by Laser Annealing
at 10.6 Micrometers", Parmenter, M.,Holman, R.,et.el; Seventh Topical Meeting on
Integrated and Guided Wave Optics, Proceedings,1984
- "How to Choose A Foundry", Parmenter, M., Art Calendar,August, 1995,Vol.9 No.9
- "How to Choose A Foundry", Parmenter, M., Art Foundry Journal, 1998
- "Making "Birdform 1" A 5 part series run in 1999 Art
Foundry Journal
Professional Associations
- American Vacuum Society
- American Foundrymen's Society
