CURRICULUM VITAE

Jeffrey Garner
400 Sureste Ermita San Isidro de San Ramón, Alajuela
Correo/Mailing: 361-4250, San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica
2445-4806 (from the U.S. 011-506-2445-4806)
E-Mail: jgarner@words-and-art.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy: History of Art 2003
Department of the History of Art and Architecture University of California, Santa Barbara
Advisor: Dr. E. Bruce Robertson
Dissertation: The Fine Arts and Hollywood Visual Culture: Art Practices and Artistic Identity in The California Southland of the Nineteen-thirties

Master of Arts: History of Art and Architecture 1998
University of California, Santa Barbara
Degree awarded with Honors
Thesis: The Astronomers Monument: Los Angeles Visual Culture - Invented National Heritage

Bachelor of Arts: Art History 1995
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Associate of Science: Ornamental Horticulture 1985
Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
Valedictorian

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Instructor of English as a Second Language
2003-Present

During 2003 and 2004 I taught English to native Japanese speakers, from pre-school to adults, while living near Tokyo. The curricula included both conversational and written instruction, including grammar, phonics, modern idiom, speaking and writing for business or scholastic presentation. I am currently working (via internet) in freelance partnership with Grace Academy, a private English Language school in Machida, Japan, as a tutor in creative writing.

Photographer
1984-present

Throughout my undergraduate studies, both in horticulture and in art history, I have taken instruction in photography. Primarily a medium for personal artistic expression, I have had numerous one-man exhibitions, and my work is in a number of private collections. I have also freelanced in portraiture, fashion, wedding, and journalism, as well as using the camera as a design tool, and in my research work in art history. My undergraduate studies in art history included, in 1994, a five month photography excursion to Europe, during which I photographed twenty-nine landscape gardens for the Western Washington University Art Department's slide library.

Architectural Designer / General Contractor
1989-1996
Bellingham, WA

As an independent designer/contractor I designed and built (or remodeled) private residential structures. As a general contractor I served a larger contracting company as manager of procurement, jobsite logistics, design and code compliance, and payroll, for both single and multi-unit residential and commercial structures.

Landscape Contractor
1983-1989
Carmel Valley, CA

As co-owner/operator of a full-service landscaping company, my responsibilities included design, installation, and management of all aspects of the landscape, including construction and automated irrigation; contract negotiation, employee management, payroll and accounting.

WRITING

Masters Thesis (unpublished): The Astronomers Monument: Los Angeles Visual Culture - Invented National Heritage.

Doctoral Dissertation (unpublished): The Fine Arts and Hollywood Visual Culture: Art Practices and Artistic Identity in The California Southland of the Nineteen-thirties.

Constructed Nature: An Annotated Bibliography. A descriptive analysis of 520 volumes (in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German) on the history and developments in landscape gardening and landscape architecture. (Currntly published on the web, http://www.words-and-art.com)

The Face of Copernicus at the William Andrews Clark, Jr. Memorial Library. West Adams Heritage Association Newsletter, No. 203, May 2003; and on the web: Van Buren Place Community Restoration Association, http://www.westadams-normandie.com/article.asp?ID=9

Dear Richman, Dear Goose: selected letters of Ward Ritchie and Lawrence Clark Powell, 1930-1933. Dr. Roger Larson, co-editor (in progress.)

Gordon Newell (working title.) In collaboration with Hal Newell, James Hunolt, and Judyth Greenburgh (in progress.)