Art Department - Joe Kagle
Biography
Joe Kagle has exhibited in over 600 national and international exhibitions. From 2000 to 2006, he has been asked to come to the Republic of Georgia and Mongolia as Artist in Residence and as Professor in Residence as a Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Senior Specialist. The American Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia has purchased two large paintings from Mr. Kagle and asked him to represent the United States at an International Plenary of Artists in Kutaisi, Georgia. As many as 20 other artists from Europe have also been asked to participate. Mr. Kagle headed and directed two university museums and four public museums from 1961 to 2000 and consulted foreign national museums on collecting and fund-raising. He has taught all the standard art and art history courses as well as special courses in world architectural history and Chinese art. In 1966 he was awarded a Fulbright to the Palace Museum.
His honors include Who's Who in American Arts, since 1965; Artist of the Year for the Pacific Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1976; Who's Who in America, since 1980; John C. Gowan Award for Research from the National Gifted and Talented Association, 1982; Kellogg Educational Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, 1980 and 1983; Who's Who in International Art, since 1990; National Advertising Award for Non-Proft Video, Writing and Directing, 1993; Who's Who in American Business and Finance, since 2003; and Who's Who in the World, since 2004. His major work on the island of Guam received recognition in the National Works in Public Places, an exhibit at the Smithsonian in 1975. He was voted Outstanding Educator on World Campus Afloat at Chapman College in 1968.
Mr. Kagle has held the position of chairman of fine arts at Washington and Jefferson College, Keuka College, and the University of Guam. He has directed the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Brockton Art Museum and the Art Center Waco. He was artist in residence for Washington State University and is an honorary professor in the Republic of Georgia and Mongolia. His educational belief is: "If education is the fuel that fills and stirs the mind and spirit, then art is the flame that sets the mind and spirit ablaze."
Through all his 50 years of creative, administrative, curatorial and academic pursuits, his credo has been: "May the beauty we love be what we do."
Mr. Kagle is currently teaching Art Appreciation and Art History at Lone Star College - Kingwood.