Education
Southern Methodist University, M.A., 1978
University of North Texas, B.S., 1973

Additional Studies
University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Adam State College, Alamoso, Colorado

Teaching Experience
St. Mark's School of Texas 1969 - present
Visual Arts Instructor - drawing, painting, sculpture,
printmaking and ceramics

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 1978
Ceramics Instructor for SMU art program in
Taos, New Mexico

Professional Honors
Recognized for work as an art educator by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts; 1993, 1995, 1996.

Received the John H. Murrell Excellence in Teaching Award awarded by the faculty of St. Mark's School of Texas

Solo Exhibitions
Annual Ceramics Show and Sale at Kysor Studio, 1978 - 1996

Group Exhibitions
10th Annual Eight-State Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1968.

Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, 1968. Juried.

Whittle Museum, San Antonio, Texas, 1968.

Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas, 1969.

Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Dallas, Texas, 1971.

Tarrant County Annual, Fort Worth Contemporary Museum
Fort Worth, Texas, 1975.

Ceramics USA, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas, 1996.

Art Craft 2000 Competition and Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas, 2000.

Commissions in Clay
Periodic Table of Elements - Mural, 12' x 38'
Commissioned by St. Mark's School of Texas
Responsible for the design, production, execution and installation of ceramic tile mural located in the Green-McDermott Mathematics and Science Quadrangle, 1991.

Professional Organizations
Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Member, American Craft Council

Gallery Representation
Dearing Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
La Paloma Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, Texas

E-Mail Bill Kysor

Mission Statement
The North Dallas Artist Studio Tour is an educational art event that invites the public into working studios of North Dallas artists, allowing an intimate view of the creative process. The Tour seeks to raise public awareness of the quality and diversity of artwork being produced by local artists and to demonstrate that art adds meaning and richness to community life.