EDUCATION
1995 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, concentration metalsmithing & sculpture, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1986-88 Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY
1981 & 85 University of Maine, Gorham, ME
1977-79 Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990-present Owner/Designer of William Charles Schaefer Design, a design and fabrication firm specializing in interior and architectural metalwork, jewelry and historic restoration consulting and construction
1988-present Interior and exterior sculpture, design and custom metalworking for private residences and public buildings in New York City, New York State, New Jersey, New England and Canada
1987-present Custom designed, one-of-a-kind jewelry, hollowware, ritual and religious objects
1988-90 Welding Technician, Albert Paley Studio, Rochester, NY
1987-89 Chief Metalworker in Furniture and Sculpture, Wendell Castle Studio, Rochester, NY
1987-89 Jeweler and Metalsmith, Leonard Urso Studio, Rochester, NY
1995 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, concentration metalsmithing & sculpture, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1986-88 Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY
1981 & 85 University of Maine, Gorham, ME
1977-79 Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990-present Owner/Designer of William Charles Schaefer Design, a design and fabrication firm specializing in interior and architectural metalwork, jewelry and historic restoration consulting and construction
1988-present Interior and exterior sculpture, design and custom metalworking for private residences and public buildings in New York City, New York State, New Jersey, New England and Canada
1987-present Custom designed, one-of-a-kind jewelry, hollowware, ritual and religious objects
1988-90 Welding Technician, Albert Paley Studio, Rochester, NY
1987-89 Chief Metalworker in Furniture and Sculpture, Wendell Castle Studio, Rochester, NY
1987-89 Jeweler and Metalsmith, Leonard Urso Studio, Rochester, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 – present Adjunct Faculty, 2D Fundamentals of Art; 3D Design, Sculpture; Painting I & II, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Program, University of Maine, Machias, Maine
1999-2001 Visiting Professor, Metals/Jewelry Department, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1999 Artist in Residence, large-scale sculpture project, Southern Cayuga High School, Poplar Ridge, NY
1999 Artist in Residence, Child/Adolescent Day Treatment Program, Auburn, NY
1998 Artist in Residence, New York Mills Elementary School, New York Mills, Minnesota
1998 Instructor, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY
1997-98 Artist in Residence, Courtyard Sculpture Project, Genesee Elementary School, Auburn, NY
1995 Instructor, Jewelry/Metalworking/Sculpture, Summer Session, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1995 Visiting Artist, Welding and Fabrication for Sculpture Workshop, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988-92 Chairperson of Metalworking Department & Instructor, Metalworking and Furniture Design, GENOA Furniture School, Genoa, NY
AWARDS
1998 Cash Award, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Visual Artist Residency, Minneapolis, MN
Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (2), NY
1993 Excellent Maquettes, Fujisankei Biennale, JAPAN
1990 Award of Merit, Skaneateles Art Expo, Skaneateles, NY
1983 First Prize, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Westfield Arts Festival, Westfield, MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Group Painting Exhibition, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
2007 Group Painting Exhibition, Mulholland Market Gallery, Lubec, ME
2006 Group Faculty Exhibition, University of Maine, Machias, ME
2005 Sphere with Indented and Protuberant Surfaces, sculpture installation, University of Maine, Machias
2002 One Person Exhibition, Wilburton Inn, Manchester, VT
1998 Brick City Fall Festival, group invitational exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood: “Abstraction in Nature and Nature in Abstraction,” guest curator, Roberta Bernstein, Stockbridge, MA
Maps and Angles, two-person exhibition, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
Visualizations In A Plastic Medium, one-person exhibition, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
1994 Invitational Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ
1993 Prairie Sculptors Association - Sculpture Symposium Invitational Site-Specific Installation, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1992 The Fujisankei Biennale, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Ninotaira, Hakone-machi, JAPAN
1990 Images & Objects, The Armory, Boston, MA
1989-90 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1985-87 Invitational Exhibitions, Hitchcock Gallery, Portland, ME
1985 Group Exhibition, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
1984 1984 New England Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Ogunquit Art Association, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1983 Invitational Group Exhibition, Portland Pier Gallery, Portland, ME
Maine Art Today, juried exhibition, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
Group Show, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, The Living Gallery, Westfield, MA
One Person Show, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
1982 One Person Show, Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA
National Juried Exhibition, George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, MA
1981 Invitational Group Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
1980 Invitational Group Show, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1991 Cast Iron Workshop, Clifton Prokop, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1996 Blume, Dick. “Sphere of influence.” Syracuse Herald-Journal 25 April 1996: 3.
1996 Michalowski, Jim. “At Schweinfurth the Exhibit Is Large.” The Citizen 25 April 1996: 3.
1996 Messina, Anita. “Art and Unexpected Things.” (Feature article) The Citizen 22 February 1996: C1.
1995 Louie, Elaine. “Interior Design, Idea by Idea by Idea.” New York Times 16 March 1995: C6.
1994 Wasserman, Burton. “Back to Nature: Burlington Sculpture Garden a Joy to Behold.” Art Matters. July - August 1994: 6.
1992 Slatin, Peter D., Peter T. Joseph and Rose Slivka. Thomas Hucker. (exhibition catalog) Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY, 1992.
1990 Wolff, Caryl. “GENOA: Furniture Makers Like No Other.” Art Today IV-4, 1989-90, p 17-21.
1990 Giovannini, Joseph, Darvira S. Taragin, and Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Furniture by Wendell Castle. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2007 Northern Tides Gallery and Gift Shop, Lubec, ME
2003-04 Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Burlington, Middlebury and Manchester, VT
2002-04 Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT
COLLECTIONS
Numerous private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe
2004 – present Adjunct Faculty, 2D Fundamentals of Art; 3D Design, Sculpture; Painting I & II, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Program, University of Maine, Machias, Maine
1999-2001 Visiting Professor, Metals/Jewelry Department, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1999 Artist in Residence, large-scale sculpture project, Southern Cayuga High School, Poplar Ridge, NY
1999 Artist in Residence, Child/Adolescent Day Treatment Program, Auburn, NY
1998 Artist in Residence, New York Mills Elementary School, New York Mills, Minnesota
1998 Instructor, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY
1997-98 Artist in Residence, Courtyard Sculpture Project, Genesee Elementary School, Auburn, NY
1995 Instructor, Jewelry/Metalworking/Sculpture, Summer Session, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1995 Visiting Artist, Welding and Fabrication for Sculpture Workshop, School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988-92 Chairperson of Metalworking Department & Instructor, Metalworking and Furniture Design, GENOA Furniture School, Genoa, NY
AWARDS
1998 Cash Award, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Visual Artist Residency, Minneapolis, MN
Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (2), NY
1993 Excellent Maquettes, Fujisankei Biennale, JAPAN
1990 Award of Merit, Skaneateles Art Expo, Skaneateles, NY
1983 First Prize, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Westfield Arts Festival, Westfield, MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Group Painting Exhibition, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
2007 Group Painting Exhibition, Mulholland Market Gallery, Lubec, ME
2006 Group Faculty Exhibition, University of Maine, Machias, ME
2005 Sphere with Indented and Protuberant Surfaces, sculpture installation, University of Maine, Machias
2002 One Person Exhibition, Wilburton Inn, Manchester, VT
1998 Brick City Fall Festival, group invitational exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood: “Abstraction in Nature and Nature in Abstraction,” guest curator, Roberta Bernstein, Stockbridge, MA
Maps and Angles, two-person exhibition, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
Visualizations In A Plastic Medium, one-person exhibition, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
1994 Invitational Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ
1993 Prairie Sculptors Association - Sculpture Symposium Invitational Site-Specific Installation, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1992 The Fujisankei Biennale, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Ninotaira, Hakone-machi, JAPAN
1990 Images & Objects, The Armory, Boston, MA
1989-90 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1985-87 Invitational Exhibitions, Hitchcock Gallery, Portland, ME
1985 Group Exhibition, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
1984 1984 New England Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Ogunquit Art Association, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1983 Invitational Group Exhibition, Portland Pier Gallery, Portland, ME
Maine Art Today, juried exhibition, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
Group Show, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, The Living Gallery, Westfield, MA
One Person Show, Underground Gallery, Lenox, MA
1982 One Person Show, Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA
National Juried Exhibition, George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, MA
1981 Invitational Group Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
1980 Invitational Group Show, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1991 Cast Iron Workshop, Clifton Prokop, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1996 Blume, Dick. “Sphere of influence.” Syracuse Herald-Journal 25 April 1996: 3.
1996 Michalowski, Jim. “At Schweinfurth the Exhibit Is Large.” The Citizen 25 April 1996: 3.
1996 Messina, Anita. “Art and Unexpected Things.” (Feature article) The Citizen 22 February 1996: C1.
1995 Louie, Elaine. “Interior Design, Idea by Idea by Idea.” New York Times 16 March 1995: C6.
1994 Wasserman, Burton. “Back to Nature: Burlington Sculpture Garden a Joy to Behold.” Art Matters. July - August 1994: 6.
1992 Slatin, Peter D., Peter T. Joseph and Rose Slivka. Thomas Hucker. (exhibition catalog) Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY, 1992.
1990 Wolff, Caryl. “GENOA: Furniture Makers Like No Other.” Art Today IV-4, 1989-90, p 17-21.
1990 Giovannini, Joseph, Darvira S. Taragin, and Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Furniture by Wendell Castle. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2007 Northern Tides Gallery and Gift Shop, Lubec, ME
2003-04 Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Burlington, Middlebury and Manchester, VT
2002-04 Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT
COLLECTIONS
Numerous private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe