Richard Hayes, Assistant Professor of Art, teaches beginning and advanced level photography at ULM. His work is exhibited in regional shows and he actively participates in the Monroe community by teaching Continuing Education classes in photography and an introduction to wooden boat building.

Hayes began his career in photography in the United States Navy where he was trained as a photographer and worked first in a sixty person photo lab and for the last two year of his enlistment he worked in a fourty person photo lab. The labs were full service labs capable of doing both still, motion picture and aerial photography in both black and white and color. He holds an M.F.A. in Photography from Indiana University  where he taught as a Graduate Assistant in the art photography program under Henry Holmes Smith. Hayes’ photography can be described as a mix of practical, documentary and public relations photography as well as photography practiced as a fine art. His art photography  is in collections as diverse as the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. His  B.A. is in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University, where  he studied under the British ceramic sculptor, Nicholas Vergette. His ceramic work is characterized by fine craftsmanship and creativity.

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1969

B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1965

United States Navy, Class “A” Schools: Photography School, Pensacola, Florida, 1956

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Indiana University at Bloomington, 1967-69 Graduate Assistant under Henry Holmes Smith

University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1971-Present

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 1969-1971

Courses taught include: Art Appreciation, Basic Design, Nineteenth Century Art History, Basic and Advanced Black and White Photography, and Color Photography

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Division of Art  Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bry Art Gallery, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1971-present

ULM Faculty Invitational Group Exhibition, Snyder Museum and Creative Arts Center, Bastrop, LA, 2007

Regional Photography Invitational, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 2006

A Regional Tale of Two Cities: Creative Photographers from Monroe and Ruston, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2003

Juried Louisiana Craftsman Show, “The Year of the American Craftsman”, exhibited 14’ redwood stripper canoe and paddle, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1993

Bastrop Fall Craft Show, awarded Best in Show  for redwood and cedar stripper canoe, Bastrop, LA, 1992

Four Person Invitational Show, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA, 1984

Pottery Invitational Exhibition, Snyder Museum and Creative Arts Center, Bastrop, LA 1984

Functional Pottery Invitational Exhibition, Rountree Gallery, Monroe, LA, 1983

La Grange National Photography Show, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, GA, 1983

Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Murray, KY, 1983

Selections: Photographic Images, E. J. Bellocq Gallery, Department of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, 1982

Annual Photographic Competition and Exibition, Honorable Mention, Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR, 1982, 1980

North Texas Annual Photographic Competition, North Texas State University, Historical Museum Gallery, Denton, TX, 1982

Annual University of Louisiana at Lafayette Photographic Competition and Exhibition, Lafayette, LA, 1982

National FestForAll, Arts and Humanities Council of Baton Rouge, Jay R. Brousard Memorial Galleries, Baton Rouge, LA, 1981

Louisiana Images IV, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1981

Photographic Educators Exhibit, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX, 1981

Photographic Educators South Central Exhibit, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, 1981

Photographic Educators Exhibit, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1981

Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance National Juried Creative Photography Exhibition, Birmingham,  AL 1980

The 4 x 6 Show, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, NY 1980

South Central Louisiana Art Association for State Photography Exhibition, Alexandria, LA, 1980

Three Person Invitational Photography Show, featured photographer, Rountree Gallery, Monroe, LA, 1980

One Person Show, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 1980

One Person Retrospective Show, Wesley Foundation, Monroe, LA 1980

One Person Show, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1973

RELATED ACTIVITIES

Adobe Photoshop Class, June 2007

University of Louisiana at Monroe, Library Committee, 2003, 2002

White Water Crafts School, Stripper Canoe Building Workshop with master canoe builder Ted Moores, Cotter, AR 2002

Guest presenter at  Twin City Camera Club in Monroe, LA 2005

Photography for the Craftsman- two day seminar, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 1986

University of Louisiana at Monroe, Sandal Library, Photographic Coordinator for the show: “Images and Emblems: Photographic Window on Morerhouse Parish History - An Interpretative Exhibit”, at the Snyder Museum in Bastrop, LA. Funded through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, May 1985 - October 1985

Ceramics Workshop with John Glick, Dallas, TX, 1984

Kiln Building Workshop, Shreveport Crafts Co-Op, Shreveport, LA, 1982

Creativity in Ceramics Seminar with Paul Soldner, Shreveport, LA 1981

Juror- Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 1978

WORK PUBLISHED

Young Photographers, University Art Museum, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, 1968

Vision and Expression, George Eastman House of Photography, Rochester, NY, 1969

Louisiana Life magazine, photographic illustrations of Poverty Point, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, 1981

Home Magazine, Cover photographs for three issues, Los Angeles, CA, 1990

Listed in The Photograph Collectors Guide, by Barbara London and Lee Witkin, 1980

ORGANIZATIONS

Masur Museum of Art, member

Society for Photographic Educators, member 

American Radio Relay League, member

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