Professor Siblik enjoys collaborating with students on and off campus, working with local artists, and getting involved with community projects.  This includes helping students build and run their own ceramic kiln, collaborating with students on sculptural installations and performance pieces, advising the University art club, team teaching with area artists, creating community based art projects as well as providing art programs for area youth.

He has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Harrisburg, and Bristol, England.  Recent exhibits include: The Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibit, Day Into Night at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the 19th Northern National Art Competition at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and Wind and Water, Iowa's Evolving Landscape at the Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls, Iowa.  Siblik also just recently had the opportunity to present his environmental sculpture "RIVER WEAVING" at the College Art Association Conference in New York, New York.

Professor Siblik's work has been collected by a small number of private and public collections including the Somerset Paper Company in Somerset, England, Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China, The Lillie M. Kleven Print Collection at Bemidji State University in Minnesota, the Permanent Collection at Indiana State University, the Mitchell Museum in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University.

Professor Siblik lives in Fayette with his family.  In his spare time he enjoys canoeing, hiking, and gardening.  John's late summer is reserved for canning pickles and tomatoes.  To view Professor Siblik's personal web page, please click here.

Fall 2 2008 Office Hours: MTRF, 1:00  - 3:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; and by appointment