Terry has made art his career. For the past 50 years he has been involved in the arts as a professor, arts board member, curator, director and artist. After receiving a Bachelor’s and Master of Fine Arts Degree he was a professor of fine Arts at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, New Mexico for 18 years. In 1995 he assumed the role of Curator/Director for the Governor’s Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico and retired in 2001. In those 8 years he curated and installed 60 exhibits in the Governor’s Gallery. After retiring from the Museum of New Mexico he served on the New Mexico Humanities Council from 2007 thru 2015. Terry served as Chair of the NMHC from 2013 through 2015. While Governor’s Gallery director, he joined the Capitol Art Foundation (CAF) and has been a board member for the past 26 years. While serving on the CAF Terry was Vice President for 10 years and in 2019 was elected President of the CAF. Terry and his wife Tami live in Raton. Their home is a remodeled 1940 church. The church has been a “work in progress” and serves as home and studio for ceramics, jewelry and mixed media/assemblage.
