STUDIO & GARDEN
Bill Godfrey makes his studio in a refurbished industrial building in Western Pennsylvania near the banks of the Allegheny River. The space, considered “green”, was designed and built by Bill using recycled, vintage and found materials. The studio overlooks his beautiful ever growing flower sculpture garden. Bill considers his studio’s open loft space "ideal" for creating large-scale works of art.
EDUCATION & TEACHING
Bill received a B.A. in Art Education from Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA where he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. He also completed a year of graduate work at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Broomfield Hills, Michigan. Along with being an artist, Bill has vast experience as an art teacher. This includes teaching at the Carnegie Museum of Art where he conducted docent tours and developed museum educational curriculums.
ARCHITECTURAL SPACE
Lightweight and colorful, Bill’s banners, fabric mobiles and installations can dramatically enhance any space. He works closely with architects and designers in all phases of the design process to create “works of art” that become an integral part of the environment.
ART FESTIVAL & EVENTS
For many years, Bill has worked with Art Festivals across the United States. His services include fabricating street pole banners, entrance banners, custom tents and stage backdrops. He also designs and creates large kinetic sculptures, installations and children’s interactive activities. Festival directors call with a idea which begins a creative brainstorming session that can evolve into an artistic reality.
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
For events, Bill specializes in creating interactive children’s activities like fabric fishing ponds, butterfly trees, spinning art wheels, fantasy animal murals and walk through mazes. Working with Alcoa, he helped design and fabricate a Children's Education Maze which toured the United States, Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia.
STARTING THE PROCESS
Call or e-mail the artist with your ideas or needs then after a consulting session, he’ll provide a proposal including drawings, model and budget. Theme, insight, colors, size, blueprints or photos of the space will be helpful.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Besides an artistic vision, Bill believes that his "love of working with all types of people" is the important key to his success. He looks forward to hearing from you...
RESUME & CLIENT LIST
Bill has a long and extensive history of exhibiting his work. Clients that have commissioned work include corporations, museums, restaurants, hospitals, universities, churches, synagogues, art festivals and private collectors.
CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Acra, United Kingdom Airport Office Park, Pittsburgh, PA Alcoa, Knoxville, TN Boy & Girls Club of America, Fayetteville, AR Conair Corporation, Emford, PA Chopstix Wong, Brooklyn, NY Clearwater Restaurant, Pittsburgh, PA Edgar Snyder Associates, Pittsburgh, PA Equitable Gas, Pittsburgh, PA Fairbanks School District, Fairbanks, AK Friends of the Earth, Hong Kong Friends of the Earth, Singapore Gamma Gut, Pittsburgh, PA Greentree Library, Greentree, PA Grove City University, Grove City, PA Health Hill Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH Heinz, Pittsburgh, PA Holiday Inn, Pittsburgh, PA Hyatt Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA Icelandic Seafood, Rowayton, CT	Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA Nemacolin Woodlands, Uniontown, PA Omni International, Miami, FL Oxford Development, Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania Turnpike, Harrisburg, PA Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Corning Glass, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Housing Authority, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Steeler Andy Russell Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Blier Pittsburgh Symphony, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA Ramada Inn, Somerset, PA Rocky Reef, Toronto Taiwan Aluminum Recycling, Taiwan USX Towers, Pittsburgh, PA Visiting Nurses Association, Cleveland, OH Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
CHURCHES & SYNAGOGUES COMMISSIONS
Beth Israel Synagogues, Owings Mills, MD Blessed Sacrament, Natrona Heights, PA Ebenezer Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, PA East Liberty Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA Franklin Regional High School Murrysville, PA	Jewish Community Center, Orange, NJ Pilgrim Lutheran, Saint Paul, MI St. Catherine of Sweden, Wildwood, PA Shadyside Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA Waverly Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA
ART FESTIVAL COMMISSIONED INSTALLATIONS
Artisphere, Greenville, SC Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival, Sate College,PA Cherry Hill Arts Festival, Cherry Hill, CO CitiParks, Pittsburgh, PA Clarion University Arts Festival, Clarion, PA Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH First Night, Pittsburgh, PA First Night, State College, PA Florida Festival of the Trees, Lake Worth, FL	Frederick Festival of the Arts, Frederick, MD Frick Environmental, Pittsburgh, PA Lakefront Festival of Art, Milwaukee, MI Mt Greta Arts Festival, Harrisburg, PA Smokey Hill Arts Festival, Salina, KS Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Westmoreland Arts & Heritage, Latrobe, PA
SELECTED SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA Carole Rae Fiber Center, San Francisco, CA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD Iowa State University, Ames, IA	Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, PA Julies Artisan Gallery. New York, NYC University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA