Curriculum Vitae 2020

Education

2017-2019 MFA Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY.

2003-2007 BFA Ceramics, Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing art, Syracuse, NY.

Residencies // Scholarships

2020-current Artist in Residence, The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA.

2019-2020 Artist in Residence, Office of the Arts, Ceramics Program at Harvard University, Allston, MA.

2020 NCECA Emerging Artist, Richmond, VA

2016      Artist in Resident, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

2015      Summer Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, instructor Josh Deweese.

2014      Scholarship/Work-study, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, spring concentration with instructor David Eichelberger.

2007    Scholarship/Work-study, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC, instructor Chris Staley.

Teaching Experience

2019-2020

  • Instructor of Combined Methods and Introduction to Wheel at Office of the Arts Ceramics Program at Harvard University, Combined Methods and Introduction to Wheel. Allston, MA.

  • Adjunct Professor at Lesley College of Art and Design, Fall Semester Introduction to Wheel. Cambridge, MA.

  • Instructor for multi-level classes at The Clay School, Lynn, MA.

  • Teaching assistant to Bill Carty for Chemistry for the Ceramic Artist, summer intensive. New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, School of Ceramic Engineering, Alfred, NY.

  • Teaching Assistant to Shawn Murrey for Sophmore Handbuilding, Spring 2019. School of Art and Design in New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University. Alfred, NY.

2018

  • Teaching Assistant to Jason Greene for Sophmore Throwing, Fall 2018. School of Art and Design in New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University. Alfred, NY.

  • Teaching Assistant to Matt Kelleher for Junior Pots, Spring 2018. School of Art and Design in New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University. Alfred, NY.

2017

  • Liberal Arts Beginning Ceramics, School of Art and Design in New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University. Fall Semester. Alfred, NY.

2011

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Pensaris, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Ingles X Nativos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Demonstrations/ Lectures

2020

  • One day workshop: Demonstration of hand-building and mapping of glazes, slide presentation and hands-on assistance to participants. At the Office of the Arts, Ceramics Program at Harvard University, Allston, MA.

  • Glaze workshop: Demonstration of mapping out glazes, slides and hands-on assistance to participants. The Clay School, Lynn, MA. 

2019

  • Demonstrations for the general public at the Harvard Holiday Ceramics Sale. Demonstrating on the wheel, handling and trimming.

  • HAA 138 From Byzantium to the British Isles: The Materiality of Late Antiquity. Demonstration of throwing, trimming and assembling Oil Lamps and drinking Vessels, with hands-on carving of stamps, learning to throw and assemble by the Harvard undergraduate students.

  • GEN ED 1105 Anthropology Harvard University. Assisted with hands-on experience of throwing for Harvard Undergraduate students. 

  • EASTD 152: Tea in Japan/America. Demonstrated pinching a teabowl from a solid ball of clay. Assisted Harvard undergraduates with trimming, decorating and building tea bowls.

  • HIST 1056 Science of the Human Past, Throwing demonstration and making ‘blanks’ for students to add lips and feet to a bowl form. Assisted students with their hands-on portion of the workshop.

  • Six-week Substitute MassArt Junior Seminar. Professional practices, artist statements and preparation for after graduation. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.

  • Visiting Artist Lecture at Hopkinton High School Ceramics and Chemistry Class. Lecture on the basics of applying chemistry to clay and glaze. Hopkinton, MA.

  • Visiting Artist Lecture as the Artist in Residence at the Harvard Ceramics Program. Office of the Arts at Harvard University. 

  • Presenter at the Cultural Exchange Presentations and Discussion Panel at the Archaeological Museum Casa del Marqués de San Jorge. Bogota, Colombia.

  • Presenter at the Cultural Exchange Presentations and Discussion Panel at Museo de Arte Moderno. Medellin, Colombia.

2018

  • Presenter at the 10th Grand Valley State University Ceramics Forum. GVSU Ceramics department, Allendale, MI.

  • Guest Demonstrator Junior Advanced Sculpture, School of Art and Design in New York School of ceramic art at Alfred University. Alfred, NY. Instructor Linda Sormin.

  • Demonstration/presentation, Summer School at the School of Art and Design in New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University. June-July. Alfred, NY.

2017

  • Visiting Artist Demonstration, Marin Academy, Senior class, San Raphael, CA.

2015           

  • Visiting Artist Demonstration, Ojai Pottery and Clay School, Ojai, CA. 

Exhibitions

2020

  • ·Strictly Functional Pottery National, Presented by the MArket House Craft Center Lancaster, PA. Juror Julia Galloway 

  • Summer Clay Jam 2020, Invited artist in a summer showcase. Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL.

  • Delec-table, 2020 National Juried Show at The Arts Students League of Denver. Juror Liz Zlot Summerfield.

  • Small Favors, Small works juried show. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA.

  • Eight Fluid Ounces 2020, Invitational Cup Show, curated by Mike Helke. Glassell Gallery, LSU College of Art and Design. Baton Rouge, LA.

2019

  • The juror for the Studio 550 Arts Center 7th Anual Cup Show. December 2019.

  • 2019 Juried National V, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT. Juror Mike Helke.

  • Pitcher Perfect, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Washington. Juror Deborah Schwartzkof.

  • Efflorescence, MFA Thesis Exhibition. Robert C. Turner Gallery, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY.

  • Clay as Foundation/La Arcilla como Fundamento, Campos de Gutiérrez,           Medellin, Colombia. International Show.

2018

  • Trestle Draw, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA. Student-organized, Faculty Juried.

  • Small Scale Bake Scale, Shipping Container University Show at Standard Ceramics, NCECA. Pittsburgh, PA. Student-organized, Faculty Juried.

  • Painting <3 Ceramics, Robert C. Turner Gallery, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Organized and Juried by the Alfred Painting Club.

2016

  • Ceramic Intern Exhibition: Mentoring Artistic Excellence at Anderson Ranch Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO, Curated by Doug Casebeer, July 2016.

  • At Your Service, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD. Juror Linda Arbuckle.

Apprenticeships // Assistantships

2016           

-Fall Intern. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Make.Eat.Think with Allegany Meadows. Snowmass, CO.

-Summer Artstream Intern and Harvey/Meadows Gallery Assistant, Aspen, CO.

2015           

-Summer and Fall Ceramics Studio Intern. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

2009-2010  

-Studio Assistant, Whitney Smith Pottery, Oakland, CA.

2006-2009  

-Apprentice: Throwing, glazing and kilns, Hoyman-Browe Studios, Ukiah, CA.

 

Published Writing:

“Ceramic Watercolor Surfaces”, Pottery Making Illustrated, Nov/Dec. 2015.

 “9 Makers Share Secrets for Staying Creative on the Daily” Brit+Co, By Cortney Cliff, Sep, 16 2014.

 “Ruth Easterbrook’s New Love”, The Penland Sketchbook, blog-post May 2014.