{"id":419,"date":"2015-08-11T03:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T03:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardstarkssculptures.wordpress.com\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2019-12-13T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:54:57","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/?page_id=419","title":{"rendered":"My History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Richard Starks, Artist<br \/>8065 El Matador Dr.<br \/>Gilroy, California 95020<br \/>408-838-9428<br \/><a href=\"mailto:starksrich@yahoo.com\">starksrich@yahoo.com<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>1957-1960 \u2014Hard labor: field work picking berries, cutting apricots, and<br \/>worked in a freezer plant handling macaroni and cheese<\/li>\n<li>1961 &#8211; 1965 &#8211; Watsonville Community Hospital:\u00a0 Kitchen help and #1 dishwasher<\/li>\n<li>1966 &#8211; 1968 &#8211; Pajaro Dunes:\u00a0 Gatehouse attendant and night watchman during weekends while attending SJSU<\/li>\n<li>1967 &#8211; 1968 &#8211; Gromm Cylinder Heads:\u00a0 Porting high performance cylinder heads while attending SJSU<\/li>\n<li>1968 &#8211; San Jose State University:\u00a0 B.A. Industrial Studies with Art minor<\/li>\n<li>1969 &#8211; San Jose State University:\u00a0 Standard Secondary Teaching Credential<\/li>\n<li>1969 (Summer) &#8211; Custom Speed Marine, Watsonville, CA:\u00a0 Fabricating custom boat trailers and wet stacks for ski boats<\/li>\n<li>1970 (Summer) &#8211; Detroit Diesel San Jose, CA:\u00a0 Repair shop fabricating engine stands and misc. benches for working on diesel truck engines<\/li>\n<li>1970 &#8211; 2005 &#8211; East Side Union High School District: (Piedmont Hills, Santa Teresa, Oak Grove, and Independence):\u00a0 Industrial Studies Teacher (metals, art metals, auto, wood,\u00a0 drafting, electronics, art, math, and freshman orientation)<\/li>\n<li>1977 &#8211; 1998 &#8211; Designed and manufactured\u00a0 fitness equipment for professional and home gyms (approved vendor for the Gold&#8217;s Gym chain)<\/li>\n<li>1984 &#8211; 1995 &#8211; Custom welding business: Winfield Blvd., San Jose, CA<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01998 &#8211; present &#8211; Began creating larger welded metal sculptures<\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; Retired from teaching, full time dedicated to sculpture design and fabrication<\/li>\n<li>2005-2011 &#8211; Back to school:\u00a0 eleven semesters of advanced sculpture and public art classes at San Jose State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">Public showing of my sculptures<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>2003\n<ul>\n<li>City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Gilroy Art &amp; Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02004\n<ul>\n<li>Gilroy Art &amp; Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>East Side Union High School District Faculty Art Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2004-2008 &#8211; City of Los Altos Outdoor Public Sculpture<\/li>\n<li>2005\n<ul>\n<li>City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Rancho Soquel Art Show<\/li>\n<li>Gilroy Art and Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2006\n<ul>\n<li>Gilroy Art and Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Camden Community Center Public Art Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2006-present &#8211; Columbia Neighborhood Center Public Art Project<\/li>\n<li>2007\n<ul>\n<li>Gilroy Art and Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Carmel Art Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2007-2008 &#8211; San Jose State University Gallery Shows<\/li>\n<li>2008\n<ul>\n<li>Solis Winery<\/li>\n<li>Clos La Chance Winery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2008-2009 &#8211; Sierra Azul Nursery Outdoor Sculpture<\/li>\n<li>2008-2011 &#8211; 1st ACT Silicon Valley participant<\/li>\n<li>2009\n<ul>\n<li>Gilroy Art and Cultural Exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Silicon Valley Open Studios at SJSU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2009-2010 &#8211; SJSU President&#8217;s House<\/li>\n<li>2010\n<ul>\n<li>Silicon Valley Open Studios at SJSU<\/li>\n<li>Saratoga Art Festival<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Azul Sculpture Garden<\/li>\n<li>Gilroy Center for the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Sausalito Art Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2010-2015 &#8211; Wells Fargo Performing Arts Center, Santa Rosa<\/li>\n<li>2011\n<ul>\n<li>Lodi Community Art Center 51st Spring Art Show<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Azul Sculpture Garden, Watsonville<\/li>\n<li>Silicon Valley Open Studios at SJSU<\/li>\n<li>Midsummer Art Celebration at the Triton Museum, Santa Clara<\/li>\n<li>Sausalito Art Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02011-2012\n<ul>\n<li>Geyserville Public Art<\/li>\n<li>Gilroy Art and Wine Stroll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2011-2014\n<ul>\n<li>Ann and Mark&#8217;s Art Party, San Jose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2011-present\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Oakwilde Ranch Sculpture Show<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Yountville Public Art<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2012\n<ul>\n<li>Midsummer Art Celebration at the Triton Museum, Santa Clara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02012-2016\n<ul>\n<li>Cloverdale Public Art<\/li>\n<li>City of Los Altos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2013-2016\n<ul>\n<li>Orinda Public Arts Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2014\n<ul>\n<li>Filoli Gardens Sculpture Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2015-2018\n<ul>\n<li>Yountville Art, Sip &amp; Stroll event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2016-2018\n<ul>\n<li>Saratoga Art Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2017-2018\n<ul>\n<li>Los Altos &#8211; Art in the Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2018\n<ul>\n<li>SEMA Las Vegas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2019\n<ul>\n<li>Ruth Bancroft Gardens Sculpture show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Starks, Artist8065 El Matador Dr.Gilroy, California 95020408-838-9428starksrich@yahoo.com 1957-1960 \u2014Hard labor: field work picking berries, cutting apricots, andworked in a freezer plant handling macaroni and cheese 1961 &#8211; 1965 &#8211; Watsonville Community Hospital:\u00a0 Kitchen help and #1 dishwasher 1966 &#8211; 1968 &#8211; Pajaro Dunes:\u00a0 Gatehouse attendant and night watchman during weekends while attending SJSU 1967 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/?page_id=419\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9n1jU-6L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1586,"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}