He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts/Rockefeller Grant for Interdisciplinary Artists and has been awarded various artist grants including an Installation Grant from the Austin Museum of Art. As an artist working in Anchorage, Alaska, Webernick received an Individual Artist Grant as well as an Alaska State Travel Grant from the Alaska State Council for the Arts.
Webernick has taught at various art schools, colleges and universities in the United States. After teaching at Austin Community College, Austin, Texas for nearly 30 years and serving as Department Chair for 18 years, he recently retired from academia.
Mr. Webernick is a founding member, Vice President, Chair of Exhibits, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Sculpture Group, a non-profit statewide arts organization and affiliate of the International Sculpture Center.
Webernick attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He received an Associate of Arts degree from Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma.
