Sherwood Snyder has moved freely within the art and theater worlds for most of his 85 years.  A stained glass window of his design is installed at the Kanley Memorial Chapel on the Western Michigan University Campus where he studied with John Kemper, Harry Hefner and Hazel Paden.  He was in the cast and served as assistant director for OLD FOUR EYES, the Teddy Roosevelt outdoor drama in Medora, ND after earning his Master’s at the University of Oregon.  He joined the faculty at Macalester College in St. Paul and worked with The Theater-in-the-Round and toured with The PLATFORM, THEN AND NOW with the Guthrie Theater.  His sculpture, THE GOLDEN SPIKE, was juried into Chicago’s Union League 3-D Exhibition in 1980, the same year that his scenic and costume designs were featured at the President’s Gallery at Chicago State University.  His sculpture, VICTORIAN COMPUTER was purchased for the Standard Oil Corporate Collection in 1983.  He has had two one-man exhibitions at the Ferguson Gallery in Oak Park, Il. And at the David Strawn Gallery in Jacksonville.  His Mantel Pieces sculptures have been shown at the Box Factory and the Krasl Museum in Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Michigan.  His large assemblage QUILT was shown in Grand Rapids’ ART PRIZE in its second year.