User:Hsoderberg13
John M. Soderberg, Ph.D. Service and Achievement
Painted and Sculpted since age five in India
Best of Show, High School, Bangkok, Thailand
Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps, 1973
One year volunteer, Arizona Family halfway house, 1974
Taught Martial Arts as therapy, no charge, challenged children, adults
Made logo jewelry for service organizations, 1974-1975
Began teaching Sculpture at no charge to individuals, groups, 1977
Resident Artist, Northern Arizona University, 1980
Sculptural Commission on Apartheid in South Africa for Amnesty International, 1985
Sculptural Commission on war atrocities targeted against children in Soviet occupied Afghanistan, 1985
Sculptural donation, re: Soviet occupied Afghanistan, Washington, D.C., 1985
Jubilee Year Distinguished Alumni Award, N.A.U., 1990
Kiwanian of the Year, Camp Verde, AZ, 1990-1991, Sculptural donation to benefit local community
President, Red Rocks Arts Council, Sedona, AZ, 1991-1992
Two year Board Member of the Verde Valley Shelter for Domestic Abuse
Supporter / Board Member of Victory Ranch shelter for at risk children
Original member and 17 years of service with Rancho Feliz, Scottsdale based non-profit support group (three orphanages in Mexico, 40 Duplex housing project, child-care center, soup-kitchen for children, medical, dental, help. Rest home, Famine relief for Tarahumara Indians in Copper Canyon, Mexico
Official Santa Claus for Rancho Feliz, thirteen years
Three Sculptural donations to benefit Rancho Feliz
Southwest Arts in Action, Sedona, AZ, donation
Ordained by Dr. Robert Schuller, 1997
Doctorate in Humane Letters, Northern Arizona University, 1998
N.A.U. Centennial Alumni Award
Sculptural donation to benefit N.A.U. education
Sculptural donation to support The Status of Women, N.A.U.
Sculptural donation to support Valley Big Brothers and Sisters
Donation of studio space, mentoring, help to benefit Sedona Buddhist Community/ 35 ft. high Stupa Project
Sculptural to benefit International Film Festival, Sedona, AZ, 2004
Sculptural donation to benefit JCS Synagogue, Sedona, AZ, 2006
12 ft. high Sculptural donation, Rancho Feliz, Agua Prieta, Mexico, 2006
Knighted by Swedish Count Ulf Hamilton and honorably inducted into the Hamilton family, 2006
Teaching at various art academies, workshops, and privately for 20+ years
Core member of The Uhuru Ascent team, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with Darol Kubacz, paraplegic, 2006
Sculptural and other donations to benefit Northern Arizona Poet's Society, and the Poet's Corner, Sedona, Arizona, 2006
Mentorship of 20 to 30 professional sculptors, also apprentices, students, protégés
Inventions and innovations to advance the state of the art of sculpture include: Classic Clay (now used by sculptors world wide,) pioneered armature concepts and working techniques for Classic Clay, multi-colored patinas with sealing techniques, fragmentation concepts, tools for sculpting the human eye, pre-cast sales technique, innovations in texture, hair, drapery techniques, etc.
Completion of many Sculptural commissions of notable historical or culturally influential persons
25 years of fine-art sculpture designed to document, encapsulate and convey the timeless power and drama of the human experience and potential