Bruce Allen lives in Shreveport, Louisiana and currently is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, where he has taught studio arts since 1983. In addition, he has been Art Show Consultant for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale in Cheyenne, Wyoming every summer for the past 27 years. He was Special Advisor to the Shaanxi Institute of Chinese Art in Xian, China from 2000-2005 and Guest Artist at St. Hellen’s College of Art in St. Hellen’s, Great Britain. He has served as Juror for Visual Arts and Crafts Panel and Presenter Panel for the Louisiana Division of the Arts; Bossier Arts Council; the Wyoming State Fair; and Red River Arts Festival. He has participated in numerous artists’ workshops in iron casting, bronze casting, collaborative sculpture and performance, Chinese painting, and film and video production. His community involvement includes membership on the boards of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council; Robinson Film Center; and A Visual Sound & Movement, Co. He is also a member of several arts groups, and the Steering Committee of the Shreveport/Bossier City Regional Arts Congress. Prof. Allen received his BA in Art and BS in Math from Centenary College of Louisiana. He was a Guest Student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany and received his MFA in Sculpture and Printmaking from University of Wyoming.

Studio Arts, Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting Techniques, Ceramics, Study in Paris

Sculpture, Contemporary Ideas in Art, Multi Media, Film

Sculptural Display, Gallery/Museum Perparator, Curatorial, Commercial Sculpture