Background
Richard Mawdsley was born in 1945 at Winfield, Kansas.
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Richard Mawdsley
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He attended Emporia State University from 1963 to 1967, majoring in Art under instructors Don Hazelrigg and Ron Hickman. Upon graduation, he entered the University of Kansas and studied Jewelry and Silversmithing from 1967 to 1969 as a graduate student under the tutelage of Carlyle Smith.
Career
He stumbled up metalsmithing almost accidentally as he could not get into a printmaking class and opted to take metals instead. After this introduction, Mawdsley majored in metals and began to make works inspired by People’s art After obtaining his Master of Fine Arts, Mawdsley taught at Illinois State University from 1969 to 1978.
He then joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in 1978 and taught there for the rest of his teaching career, retiring in 2004 after teaching for 36 years at the university level
Achievements
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Mawdsley has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowships and three Illinois Arts Council Fellowships. Other honors given to Mawdsley include the arts award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, North Central Regional for the 2001-2004 Triennium. Outstanding Scholar Award for 2003 from SIUC"s College of Liberal Arts. Elected to the American Craft Council"s College of Fellows in 1998. And the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Emporia State University, Kansas, in 1993.
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Awards
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Mawdsley has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowships and three Illinois Arts Council Fellowships. Other honors given to Mawdsley include the arts award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, North Central Regional for the 2001-2004 Triennium; Outstanding Scholar Award for 2003 from SIUC's College of Liberal Arts; elected to the American Craft Council's College of Fellows in 1998; and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Emporia State University, Kansas, in 1993.Mawdsley has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowships and three Illinois Arts Council Fellowships. Other honors given to Mawdsley include the arts award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, North Central Regional for the 2001-2004 Triennium; Outstanding Scholar Award for 2003 from SIUC's College of Liberal Arts; elected to the American Craft Council's College of Fellows in 1998; and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Emporia State University, Kansas, in 1993.