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DAVID
SLAWSON
991 Ridgeview Drive, Seven
Hills,
OH
44131
david@slawsoncreations.com
EDUCATION
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1985 |
Ph.D., East
Asian Languages and Cultures (specializing in Japanese garden
aesthetics), Indiana University |
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1980-1981 |
Fulbright
Fellow, landscape garden dissertation research, Kyoto, Japan |
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1971-1972 |
Apprenticeship, Japanese landscape garden design and maintenance, under
the noted Kinsaku Nakane, Kyoto, Japan |
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1971 |
M.A., Asian
Studies (Eastern Philosophy and Art), University of Hawaii |
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1969 |
B.A.
(Philosophy), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |
TEACHING
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2001 |
One-semester interdisciplinary seminar (Art/East Asian Studies),
"Japanese Landscape Garden Design," Visiting Professor, Smith College |
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1991 |
"Japanese
Aesthetics and the Environment," Murray State University |
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1985 |
Visiting
Assistant Professor in Asian Studies, Carleton College |
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1985 |
Instructor,
6-day workshop, "Japanese Garden Design: Working with a Master," Harvard University Graduate School of Design |
MAJOR LANDSCAPE
GARDENS
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2006
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Falls, stream course, and pools,
Celebration Garden, Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, AR |
| 2006 |
Dry landscape evoking
seacoast, Blessings Golf Club, Fayetteville, AR |
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2000-2005 |
North Shore-inspired
dry landscapes, Hoeschler residence, St. Paul, MN |
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2004 |
Dry landscape front garden, Sonny’s Ice Cream,
Minneapolis, MN
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2004 |
Design evoking stream
valley nestled in hills, site on Lake Winona, City of Winona, MN |
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2000-2004 |
Garden of the Pine Wind, Entry Garden, Promenade
Garden, Bonsai Garden: Garvan
Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, AR |
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2002 |
Redesign
of Japanese-style
stroll garden, Furman University,
Greenville, SC |
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1999 |
Dry landscape courtyard
garden, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR |
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1996 |
Memorial Woodland Garden,
St. John's Episcopal Church,
Murray, KY |
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1996 |
Woodland stream garden, Heinzelmann residence, Fayetteville, AR |
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1994 |
Dry landscape with brook,
The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO |
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1990 |
Hillside dry landscape for F. L. Wright-designed residence,
Barrington Hills, IL |
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1987 |
Design for TRW Corporate
Headquarters, Cleveland, OH |
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1986 |
Stroll garden and tea hut,
Smith College,
Northampton, MA |
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1976 |
Japanese-style dry landscape garden, Carleton College,
Northfield, MN |
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1975 |
Hillside dry landscape and
stroll garden, Cleveland Botanical Garden, OH |
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
| 1985 |
Ester L. Kinsley Ph.D.
Dissertation Award, Indiana University |
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1980-1981 |
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad Fellowship |
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1975-1978 |
NDEA Title VI Foreign Language and
Area Studies Graduate Fellowship |
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1969-1971 |
East-West Center Graduate Fellowship,
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| 1975 |
Environmental Improvement Award,
Associated Landscape Contractors of America, for Japanese Garden at the
Cleveland Botanical Garden |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2005 |
DVD, “In Full Circle: The
Japanese-Style Garden As a Work of Art in Progress” |
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2004 |
“Striking a Chord,” (at Garden of the
Pine Wind, Garvan Woodland Gardens), WaterShapes, June 04 |
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2001 |
“Authenticity in Japanese Landscape
Design,” Japanese-Inspired
Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
handbook, 21st-Century Gardening Series |
| 1997 |
"Gardener's Journal," episode #219,
Home & Garden TV, featuring the Japanese Garden at the Cleveland
Botanical Garden |
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1996-2006 |
Numerous articles in Journal of
Japanese Gardening |
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1990 |
"Shaping a Pine Tree: A Traditional
Japanese Pruning Technique Creates a Picturesque Tree,"
Fine Gardening (May/June) |
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1987 |
Secret Teachings in the Art of
Japanese
Gardens: Design Principles,
Aesthetic Values
(Kodansha) |
david@slawsoncreations.com
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