Lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Education
- M.F.A. 1993 Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- B.A. 1985 Art, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas
- Post-Baccalaureate studies 1988-1990 Art ,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Teaching
2003-present
Associate Professor of Art, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
1996-2003
Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1996
Adjunct Instructor, Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas
1991-1993
Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (instructor of record)
Awards
2009
Sabbatical Leave (Interterm/Spring 2010), Bridgewater College
2008
Faculty Research Grant, Bridgewater College
2007
Faculty Research Grant, Bridgewater College
Arts Council of the Valley Mini-Grant
2003
Faculty Research Grant, Bridgewater College
2002
Arts Council of the Valley Individual Artist Grant
Eastern Mennonite University Course Development Grant
2001
Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Release Time Grant
2000
Eastern Mennonite University Course Development Grant
Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Mini-grant
1999
Eastern Mennonite University Course Development Grant
1998
Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Release Time Grant
1997
Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Research Mini-grant
Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship
1993
University of Minnesota Honors Colloquium Instructorship
1990
University of Minnesota Graduate School Fellowship
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Confluences, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Smith House, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teaching through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2009
Selections from Shenandoah Valley Apples, The Market Place/Cally's Restaurant and Brewing Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Teaching Through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
2007
150 Franklin Street Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2006
Valley Apples, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia
2005
Reflections on Blacks Run: An American Stream, Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, Virginia
The Valley Road Today: Photographs by Scott Jost, Hardesty-Higgins House, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2004
Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, Sterling, Virginia
2003
Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
Valley Apples: Color photographs and interviews exploring the past, present and future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2002
Blacks Run: An American Stream, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia
Blacks Run: An American Stream, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
2001
Blacks Run: An American Stream, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Center for American Places On-Line Gallery, www.americanplaces.org
Blacks Run: An American Stream, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2000
Meditations on Dust, Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas
Blacks Run: An American Stream, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1999
Blacks Run: An American Stream, Sycamore House Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Fusion Transfer Photography, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
1998
Meditations on Dust, Sycamore House Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1997
Meditations on Dust, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1995
A Book of Nine Februarys: A Landscape Book Installation, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
1994
A Book of Ruins, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas
Ruins and Mirages, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas
1991
Works by Scott Jost, Anderson Window Corporation, Bayport,
Minnesota
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Bridgewater College Faculty Summer Exhibit, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
Bridgewater College Faculty Exhibit, The Market Place/Cally's Restaurant and Brewing Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Invited
2009
Bridgewater College Faculty Exhibit, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, Virginia, Invited
2008
Artists Who Teach, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Curator, Nan Covert
2006
Pickers and Potters: Cynthia Connolly, Scott Jost, Rudy Tucker, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juried
2005
Shenandoah Photography II: New Directions, Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, Virginia, Curators, Geraldine Kiefer and Bruce Kiefer
Virginia On Paper, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, Virginia, Juried
2004
International Photography Exhibition, Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Curator, Ray Dirks
2002
The Valley Road at the Millennium, Photographs by EMU Faculty and Students, Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2000 10th Annual New Images Exhibition: A Juried Photo Competition for the Mid-Atlantic States, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juror, Janet Sirmon, Gallery Director, Alan Klotz/Photocollect, New York
1999
Juried Exhibition 1999, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Director, Studio Museum in Harlem, Award of Recognition (Brochure)
Juried Regional Exhibit 1999, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juror, James Miller, Professor of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
Americas 2000: All-Media Competition, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, Juror, Laurel J. Reuter, Director, North Dakota Museum of Art, Work Recommended for Purchase (Catalog)
1998
Juried Exhibition 1998, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror, Eleanor Heartney, Independent Critic and Author, Award of Achievement (Catalog)
Regional Juried Exhibit, Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia, Juror, William Barnes, Professor of Art, College of William and Mary, Second Place
Select: A Regional Juried Exhibition, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juried
1995
An Exhibition of Artists' Books by Scott Jost and Gordon Sherman, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Two-person exhibition
1994
Annual Christmas Show, Bluestem Gallery, Salina, Kansas, Cooperative group exhibition
But is it Art?, Bluestem Gallery, Salina, Kansas, Cooperative group exhibition
Central Kansas Artists Coalition Exhibit, Carnagie Library, Goodland, Kansas, Invited
Up the Creek, Bluestem Gallery, Salina, Kansas, Cooperative group exhibition
1993
Text and Image, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Curated
Time, Texture and Tapestry, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, Three-person exhibition
Through the Looking Glass: Drawing Ourselves With Light, pARTs Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Curator, Colleen Mullins
1992
Unity in Diversity, Art-I-Fex Alternative Arts Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Juried
Renewed Paper, Raymond Avenue Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, Curated
Picture Your Vote Pyxis Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, Mail art exhibition
Bookworks: An Exhibition of Artists' Books, Galleria Mesa, Mesa Arizona, Juried
1991
Headwaters National Juried Competition, Bemidji Community Arts Council, Bemidji, Minnesota, Second Prize
Recent Drawings: Works by Regional Graduate Students, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, Juried
1987
Centennial Alumni Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, Juror, Debra Emont Scott, Merit Award
1985
Smoky Hill Art Exhibition, Hays Arts Council, Hays, Kansas, Juried
Art in the Woods, Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, Kansas, Juried
1984
Wichita Art Association Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, Juried
1983
Fifth Annual Juried Show for Kansas Artists, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Juried, Merit Award
Wichita Art Association Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, Juried
1982
Wichita Art Association Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, Juried
Events
2010
May First Fridays Downtown gallery walk exhibition, Ameriprise Financial Services, Harrisonburg, Virginia
April First Fridays Downtown gallery walk exhibition, The Gaines Group, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Selected Bibliography
- “A Teacher’s Eye View: Scott Jost Shares His Academic Life in Photographic Project,” The Daily News Record, January 14, 2010, A7.
- Stephanie Mangino, “All About Valley Apples,” The Winchester Star, November 7, 2008.
- Florence Barrett, “Kids with Cameras,” The Shenandoah Journal, July 22-28, 2008, 3+.
- Robert Igoe, “Kearns to Head Fruit Growers; Speaker Addresses Apple Culture,” The Winchester Star, April 8, 2006, B8.
- Maria Longley, “Exhibit Captures Music of Old Virginia: ‘Pickers and Potters’ exhibit continues through Feb. 17,” Go! An Edition of The News Leader, January 19-25, 2006, 9.
- Maggie Wolff Peterson, “Exhibit, Lectures Featured,” The Winchester Star, October 5, 2005, B7.
- Jenny Brockwell, “Photographer Documents Evolving Turnpike,” The Daily News Record Escape, July 21-27, 2005, 3.
- Maggie Wolff Peterson, “From Apples to Architecture: 4 Photographers Featured in Art Council's ‘New Directions II’ Show,” The Winchester Star, June 3, 2005, B3-B6.
- Bersson, Robert. Responding to Art: Form, Content and Context. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004, 182, 183, 629.
- Dirks, Ray. In God's Image: A Global Anabaptist Family. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2003, 90-92.
- Virginia Tonight, WVPT Public Television, March 6, 2003.
- “How ‘Bout Them Apples? Eastern Mennonite University Photo Exhibit Looks at Fruit's Industry,” The Daily News Record, March 27, 2003, 17-18.
- “Route 11 Photos On Display At Eastern Mennonite University,” The Daily News Record Skyline Extra, March 7, 2002, p 7.
- Jessica Clark, “See How It Runs: Such Stuff as Streams are Made Of,” The Daily News Record, December 10, 1999, 25-26.
- Nancy Bondurant Jones, “The ‘Babbling Brook’ Seen Through the Artist's Eyes,” The Daily News Record, December 7, 1999, 10.
- Deona Houff, “The Book on Blacks Run,” Eightyone, December 1999, 4-5.
- Jessica Clark, “Saddling the Wind: Dust Bowl Photos in Bridgewater College Exhibit,” The Daily News Record, March 9, 1999, 9-11.
- Leland E. Warren, “Contemporary Kansas” The Manhattan Mercury, August 10, 1995, A7. Review.
- Scott Williams (producer), “A Book of Nine Februarys: Scott Jost's Landscape Installation” Access to Art #10, Salina Community Access Television, August 1995.
- Lillian Zier, “A New Chapter: Artist Goes by the Book in Exhibit at Salina Art Center” Salina Journal, June 23, 1995, 1D+.
- Ann Bittinger, “Young Artist Leaves Print on Salina” Salina Journal, July 19, 1991 p.1+.
- Donald Hoffmann, “Art Journal,” Kansas City Star, May 27, 1985. Review.
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Publications
- Contributing photographer to The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present, edited by Warren Hofstra and Karl Raitz (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010).
- Photographs in Kansas Murals: A Traveler's Guide, by Lora Jost and Dave Loewenstein (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006, 8, 161, 167).
- Photographs in In God's Image: A Global Anabaptist Family, by Ray Dirks (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2003, 90-92).
- Blacks Run: An American Stream (Staunton, VA: Center for American Places, 1999).
- Graphic design by and photographs in The Land Report No. 65, Fall 1999, 2, 20-21.
- Graphic design by and photographs in The Land Report, No. 64, Summer 1999, 2,16.
- Graphic design by and photographs in The Land Report, No. 63, Spring 1999, 2, 7, 12, 14-15, 28.
- “The Campus as Teacher,” Crossroads, Winter 1998, 7-8.
- “The Art of Ruin,” The Land Report, No. 50, Summer 1994, 10-12.
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Portfolios
1992
Border to Border III, Faculty/Graduate Student Print portfolio including University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, University of Colorado, University of Nebraska and University of South Dakota
Selected Presentations
2010
Shenandoah Regional Studies Seminar, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”, Presentation
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Visiting artist (Graduate seminar presentation, individual graduate student studio critiques, undergraduate photography class slide lecture)
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Contemplative Photography course (graduate), Guest instructor
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Art as Learning, Knowing, Telling”, Research Methods course (graduate), Guest lecture
2009
Shenandoah Photographic Society, Winchester, Virginia, “Collecting Images and Stories from the Valley and its Communities”, Slide Talk
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, “Teaching through the Lens: Glimpsing My Life as a College Professor”, Convocation lecture
2008
The Creative Mind Conference, sponsored by the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education, Staunton, Virginia, “How You See Me, How I See Me,” Conference presentation with Dr. Douglas Ball
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, “Apples and Orchards,” Slide talk
2007
Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, “Digital Exposure and White Balance,” Lecture
2006
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association Annual Meeting, Winchester, Virginia, “Valley Apples,” Slide talk
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “Documentary Photography,” Slide lecture
2005
Southeast College Art Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, “Community Conversation as Map: The Healing of Blacks Run” included in Mapping the Landscape: Readings of Surfaces, Stratigraphies and Narratives from the Renaissance to the Present, Presentation
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “ldquo;Community Conversation and the Healing of Blacks Run,” Public lecture
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, “Landscape, Ecology and Land Use,” Slide lecture
Shenandoah Regional Studies Seminar, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Valley Apples”, Presentation
2004
College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, Washington, “Meet the Candidates Forum”
2003
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Slide lecture
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
2002
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, Visiting artist, Gallery talk
2001
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gallery talk
2001
College Art Association National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, “Community Conversation and the Revitalization of Nature” included in Nature Nurtured and Nurturing: Art to Restore and Enliven Nature, Presentation and substitute session chair
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
2000
The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, “Communicating Art with Nature as the Measure,” Slide lecture and panel discussion
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Slide lecture
1999
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, Slide lecture
1997
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Gallery talk
1996
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Slide lecture
1995
Salina Art Center, Reading/performance
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Gallery talk
1994
Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, Public lecture
The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, Gallery talk
Residencies and Workshops
2009
Creative Still Life, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor
2008
Exploring the Light and Color of Rockbridge County, Rockbridge Camera Club, Lexington, Virginia, Instructor
How You See Me, How I See Me, John Wayland Elementary School, Bridgewater, Virginia, Instructor (with Douglas Ball and Kim Floyd)
1991
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Selected Professional Service
2010-present
Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Secretery, Executive Committee, Board or Directors
2009-2010
Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Board or Directors
2004-2007
Society for Photographic Education national conference, Portfolio Reviewer
College Art Association, Candidate, national Board of Directors
2003
Central Shenandoah Arts, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Guest critic
1999
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, Museums and Visual Arts Education/Access Review Panel
The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, Graphic designer for The Land Report
1997
Rockingham Fine Arts Association, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juror
1996
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Design consultant
1995-1996
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Exhibitions Committee
1995
Salina Arts and Humanities Council, Salina, Kansas, Juror
1994-1995
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Instructor
Selected Community Service
2010
"Source and Confluence: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed," Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Slide talk
2009
Career Day, Keister Elementary School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, “Art Professor!”, Slide talk and photography demonstration
2008-2009
Reflections Art Program, Thomas Harrison Middle School, Photography Juror
2007
Reflections Art competition, Keister Elementary School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Juror
Professional Organizations
2009-present
Student Photographic Society (Faculty Member)
2006-present
AIGA: The Professional Association for Design
2005-2006
Southeast College Art Conference
2002-present
Society for Photographic Education
1996-2002
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1994-1995
American Institute of Architects
1994
Central Kansas Artists' Coalition
1993-2006
College Art Association