Email: steken@bethel.edu
Job Title
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University Professor of Art
Art & Design, College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight
Steinbach teaches courses in 3 Dimensional Visual thinking, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, and Creative Practices, and frequently involves students in the research and execution of his own artwork. His book "Creative Practices for Visual Artists: Time, Space Process" on how to support and enrich long term creative viability for visual artists will be published in April 2018.
Started at Bethel
2001
Education
- Bethel College - B.A. in Studio Art, 1983
- Cranbrook Academy of Art - M.F.A. in Sculpture, 1986
Awards
Selected Recent Awards and Grants
Edgren Scholars grant, with Emily Swanberg. Bethel University. 2015
Artists Initiative grant. Minnesota State Arts Board. 2015
Greenville College Schoenhals Visiting Artist 2015
Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Visual Art from the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, 2014
Bethel University, Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, 2012
Artists Initiative Grant. Minnesota State Arts Board. 2009 and 2005.
Areas of expertise
Steinbach teaches courses in 3 Dimensional Visual thinking, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, and Creative Practices, and frequently involves students in the research and execution of his own artwork. He is currently working on a research project investigating the activities that support and enrich long-term creative viability for visual artists.