Edouard L. Crago

Mr. Crago earned a BFA/Sculpture and Ceramics from Tulane University, New Orleans and holds a MFA in Sculpture from the University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN. He has attended National Science Foundation workshops for Chemistry and Art and Advanced Chemistry and Art.

His areas of art specialization include: sculpture, ceramics, installation and performance art with additional experience in glass and printmaking. His research interests in materials and techniques used in ceramics and sculpture include but are not limited to glaze formulation and foundry casting procedures. He also has comprehensive experience in classical mold making and casting technologies, as well modern materials and technologies (rubber molding etc.).

He is presently a Technical advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola, and an Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry teaching Chemistry and Art (Honors and non-honors).

He has previously served as an Instructor of Metal Foundry and a Teaching Assistant of  3D Foundations at the  University of Notre Dame Du Lac. He has served as a Ceramics Instructor at St. Martin’s Episcopal School Summer Camp, Metairie, LA. and an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of Sculpture Foundations at Tulane University.

Some of his awards include:

Top Merit Award -Tulane University 2002 Juried Art Show

2002 Juanita Gonzales Prize in Ceramics (awarded to outstanding undergraduate).

He is a member of the College Art Association (CAA), Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society - Tulane University Chapter and National Society of Collegiate Scholars-Tulane University Chapter

He has been involved with the Greater New Orleans Regional Science & Engineering Fair for many years as a Regional, State and International Science Fair student winner and serving as Grand Award Sweepstakes Judge in 2010.

Some of his work at Loyola includes: Helping develop, review, enforce, and document curricular requirements and academic regulations. Assisting in the coordination of fall, spring, and summer course-schedules with academic departments and the Registrar; training faculty and staff on ERP procedures, and resolving issues for and with same; training faculty, staff, and students to utilize degree-tracking software, as well as resolving issues for and with same; researching and articulating transfer credits for prospective students, as well as study-abroad credits for current students; assisting with on-boarding of new students; participating in retention and persistence initiatives; approving and processing requests for Minors and for 2nd Majors; coordinating dual-diplomas with other colleges; reviewing and approving cross-enrollment requests and study-abroad course-selection; auditing students' records and recommending successful candidates for certification of graduation.

PUBLICATIONS

Crago, Edouard L. "The Never-ending Saga of The Ever-Winding Strip." (1990). Abstracts: 41st International Science and Engineering Fair Tulsa, Oklahoma 41, Science Service Washington D.C. (1990): 225.

Crago, Edouard L. “It Just Won't End, Four years Of the Moebius Strip.” (1991). Abstracts: 42cnd International Science and Engineering Fair Tulsa, Oklahoma 42, Science Service Washington D.C. (1991): 246.

Crago, Edouard L. "A New Twist to The Moebius Strip, A Five-Year Study." (1992). Abstracts: 43rd International Science and Engineering Fair Tulsa, Oklahoma 43, Science Service Washington D.C. (1992): 243.

Crago, Edouard L. "The End of The Beginning…… The Beginning of The End???- A Six Year Study of Experimentally Derived Algebraic Formulae." (1993). Abstracts: 44th International Science and Engineering Fair Tulsa, Oklahoma 44, Science Service Washington D.C. (1993): 247.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2013-Present Adjunct (Primary Instructor): Chemistry and Art Studio (Z246)(Y246)(H295) Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.

2010-2013 Adjunct (Co-Instructor and Co-Author): Chemistry and Art (H295)(T194)(Z245) and Chemistry and Art Studio (Z194) Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.

2007-2008 Instructor of Record: Metal Foundry (Arst 21603) University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN.

2006-2007 Instructor of Record: Metal Foundry (Arst 21603) University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN.

2005-2006 Teaching Assistant: 3D Foundations (Arst 11601) University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN.

2006 Ceramics Instructor - St. Martin's Episcopal School Summer Camp, Metairie, LA.

2005 Ceramics Instructor - St. Martin's Episcopal School Summer Camp, Metairie, LA.

2002 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Sculpture Foundations (ARST-149) Tulane University New Orleans, LA.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education -Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Aug 3- 7, 2014 "An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching the Chemistry of Artist's Materials" Edouard L. Crago (presenter) and Kathleen T. Crago

66th Southwest and 62nd Southeast Regional Meetings of the ACS -New Orleans, Louisiana (2010 SERMACS and SWRM joint regional meetings) Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2010 Presented at The Undergraduate Symposium Program/The Art of Chemistry - Presentation 1 “Chem H295 CHEM AND ART – An Interdisciplinary team-taught course” Kathleen T Crago(presenter) and Edouard L. Crago (presenter), Presentation 2 “Ceramics – An Ancient Material” Edouard L. Crago (presenter) 

EXHIBITIONS

Juried Shows

2004 9th Annual No Dead Artist Show -New Orleans, LA Sept 11-29, sponsored by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery and Gambit Weekly (1 of 25 selected from more than 200 competitors).

2002 Tulane University Juried Art Show, top merit award, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department / Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

1998 Tulane University Juried Art Show, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department / Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Group Shows

2015 GMO: Grotesquely Macabre Organisms, by Invitation of Tarrant County College Northwest Lakeview Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2008 Annual MFA/BFA Exhibition / Sculpture: End of Nature, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN

2006 Second Year Show: 6 Old Faces, Crossroads Gallery, South Bend, IN

2005 New Faces Show: 6 New Faces, Crossroads Gallery, South Bend, IN

2004 Annual BFA Exhibition / Sculpture: Something Here Is Terribly Wrong, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department / Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

WORKSHOPS SYMPOSIUMS CONFERENCES

2015 Presenter Workshop February, Material Demonstration on Multimedia and Thermoplastics in Contemporary Sculpture (Super sculpey and Latex Foam), Hosted by Tarrant County College

2012 Participant, National Science Foundation Sponsored Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences Chemistry and Art Advanced Workshop 2012 Hosted by Villanova University Chemistry Department,

2009 Participant, National Science Foundation 2009 Hosted by Patricia Hill Professor of Chemistry, Millersville University, Millersville, PA.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Caddo Parish Magnet Talented Art Program-supplied information and options about the needed equipment and upkeep and repair of the present equipment

St. Catherine of Siena Parish-supplied information and options concerning the condition of the bronze bells and the actions that needed to be taken prior to repair of the bells.

AFFILIATIONS                                

2018- present Member NACADA (National Academic Advising Association)

2015-2018 Member NAAHP (National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions)

2008- 2012 Member of the College Art Association (CAA)

2008- Present Member Louisiana Craft Guild