Education
2003University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Masters of Fine Arts
Concentration in ceramics
1996Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Cum Laude
Concentration in ceramics
1998Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA
Courses in advanced ceramics
Professional Experience
2009-presentProfessor
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
Teach Introduction to Ceramics, Mold Making and Slip Casting 1&2, Ceramics Surface Design, undergraduate and graduate Architectural Ceramics, Drawing 1 and 2, 3-D design, and 2-D design.
2007-08Lecturer
Longwood University, Farmville VA
Full time lecturer in ceramics and foundations. Taught ceramics 1, 2, 3 and 4, 2-D design, 3-D design, and sculpture
2006-07Adjunct
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold MD
Three sections of co-enrolled ceramics 2&3, three sections of ceramics 1
Instructor
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Print It: Printmaking on Clay, Intro to Clay
2006Adjunct
Community College of Baltimore County Essex Campus, Essex MD
1 section of co-enrolled Ceramics 1 and 2
2005-06Instructor
Baltimore Clayworks Community Arts Program, Baltimore MD
Teen wheel class, Pre-teen Clay, YMCA after school program children’s clay classes
2005Adjunct
Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville Campus,
Catonsville MD
Served as studio technician, mixed glazes, maintained studio, helped students.
2004-05Instructor
Muse Pottery Studio, Tucson AZ
Ceramic mosaic and tile class and beginning ceramic sculpture class.
2003-05Artists Assistant
Artist Moira Geoffrion, Tucson AZ
Technical consultant on public art tile murals, glaze and clay formulation, making and glazing of the tile
2001-03Graduate Teaching Assistant (instructor of record)
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Beginning Art Practices in Ceramics (spring semester 2001, summer session 1 2002, spring semester 2003), Intermediate Wheel Throwing (fall semester 2002)
2001-02Artists Assistant
Artist Aurore Chabot, Tucson AZ
Made, fired, and glazed tiles for Sky Harbor Airport tile mural project
2000-02Graduate Technical Assistant
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Operated and repaired all studio equipment, maintained cleanliness of facility, mixed all clay and glazes, maintained clay recycling and glaze waste dehydration programs, kept inventory and did some ordering of supplies, did basic office work
1996-97Studio Technician
Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier VT
Mixed glazes, loaded and fired kilns, recycled clay, supervised high school interns, supervised studio one day a week, helped people during open studio hours
1996-97Instructor of Children's Classes
Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier VT
Ceramics for two classes of children ages 5-11, and one class of children 12-17
1996Technical Internship
The Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Mixed glazes, did glaze testing, worked on special projects, helped with firings
Awards
2012Presidential Fellowship
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
2007Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts
Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore MD
2005-06Lormina Salter Fellowship
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
2003Special Jurors Award
Clay: Making Connections, Roswell NM
Third Place Jurors Award
Déjà vu show, Tucson AZ
2002-03Mistro-Ertz Scholarship
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2001Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship - College of Fine Arts
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2001-022 Medici Scholars Awards - College of Fine Arts
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
1996Honorable Mention
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Greensburg PA
1994-95Ceramics Department Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1992-96Maryland Institute Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1992-96Presidential Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Solo Exhibitions
2011Flora Incognita
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
2005Personal Mythologies
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Group Exhibitions
2016Sip: A Ceramic Cup Show [invitational]
Non Fiction Gallery, Savannah GA
2015Art of the Cup [invitational]
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA
Savannah Clay: 2015 [invitational]
S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Savannah GA
The Slip Cast Object Revisited [juried]
Plinth Gallery, Denver CO
Dining and Discourse [invitational]
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
2014Art of the Cup [invitational]
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA
Art to Table [invitational]
Whit’s End Gallery, Savannah GA
2013Araigada [juried show]
Non Fiction Gallery, Savannah GA
Local Dishes [group show]
Starland Café, Savannah GA
Cup the Intimate Object [juried]
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville FL
Disaster, Relief and Resilience; cup show [invitational]
Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville NC
Game, Set, Match [juried]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Juror Ayumi Horie
Transplants [invitational]
Winter Street Studios, concurrent exhibition NCECA 2013, Houston TX
Curator Jessica Broad
2012Cup Benefit Auction [juried]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Figuratively Speaking [juried]
Gustein Gallery, Savannah GA
Savannah Clay[invitational]
Roswell Arts Center West, Roswell GA
Daily Companions [juried]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Jurors Mary Barringer and John C. Wilson
8 Fluid Ounces [juried]
Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts,LSU, Baton Rouge LA
Juror Kristen Kieffer
Ceramic Sutra [juried]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Juror Novie Trump
Beyond the Brickyard [juried]
Archie Bray Foundation gallery, Helena MT
Juror Richard Shaw
2011Savannah Clay: 2011 Invitational Exhibition
Gallery S.P.A.C.E., Savannah GA
Curator Jessica Broad
2010Planet Home [juried]
Gutstein Gallery, Savannah GA
Baltimore Clayworks: Cultivating Clay and Community for 30 Years [juried]
Amber Street Studio’s, concurrent exhibition NCECA 2010, Philadelphia PA
Roots and Wings [invitational]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
2009More Than Skin Deep [invitational]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
deFINE Arts [juried]
Alexander Hall Gallery SCAD, Savannah GA
Juried Cup Show
Isadore Gallery, Lancaster PA
Flora: Growing Expectations [juried]
U.S. Botanic Gardens,Washington D.C.
2008Keystone Connections [group show]
Hawk Gallery NCECA 2008, Pittsburgh PA
Sense of Place [invitational]
Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria VA
2007Glass, Clay, Wood, Metal, Stone, and Fiber: The Art of Contemporary Craft [invitational]
Weatherhead Gallery, Fort Wayne IN
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Beaux Arts Fair [invitational] Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore MD
Clay In Common: Resident Artists from Baltimore Clayworks [group show]
Clifton Center, concurrent exhibition NCECA 2007, Louisville KY
Warren Mather: Landscape Shapes with guest artists Jessica Broad and Andy Prouty [invitational]
Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA
2006Ceramics Biennial 2006 [juried]
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
Juror Mary Barringer
Clayworks Conducts [group show]
Lyric Opera House, Baltimore MD
New Directions: Baltimore Clayworks Resident Artists
[group show]
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Clay Forms [invitational]
Coppin State University Art Gallery, Baltimore MD
2005An Exhibition by the Member Artists of the Baltimore Clayworks [invitational]
The Saville Gallery, Cumberland MD
Family Matters [juried]
Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore MD
Jurors, Eva Kwong and Kirk Mangus
Past, Present, Future: Arizona Ceramic Artists [invitational]
Meramec Art Gallery, St. Louis MO
Arizona Biennial '05 [juried]
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Guest curator, Siri Engberg, curator Walker Art Center Minneapolis
MN
MICA Clay: Juried Alumni Exhibition
Leidy Atrium, Brown Center, concurrent exhibition NCECA 2005, Baltimore, MD
2004The Muse Pottery Studio Annual Show [group show]
The Muse Pottery Studio Gallery, Tucson AZ
The Blues: Tonality II [juried]
Tierra Solida Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2003Clay: Making Connections [juried]
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell NM
Juror, Chris Staley, professor of ceramics, Penn State University
Intersection: MFA Thesis Show
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Make Shroom [juried]
The Old School Gallery, Louisiana MO
Déjà vu [juried]
Union Gallery, Tucson AZ
Mimesis 9 [group show]
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
Ink and Clay 29 [juried]
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Gallery, Pomona CA
Juror, Toby Camp, head curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego in La Jolla CA
2002Small Works Invitational
GOCAIA: Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art, Tucson AZ
Tucson National Juried Exhibition
Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson AZ
Juror, Harmony Hammond, professor of art, University of Arizona
Matriarchs: Jessica Broad and Haley Morris
Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson AZ
Defining Ritual [juried]
Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson AZ
199910th Anniversary Bash [group show]
Mountaintop Art Gallery, Cresson PA
1997Native American Heritage Art Show [juried]
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh PA
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival [juried]
Twin Lakes Park, Greensburg PA
Westmoreland Community College Exhibit [juried]
Student Gallery, Greensburg PA
1996Faculty Show [group show]
Vermont Clay Studio Gallery, Montpelier VT
Residents Show: Jessica Broad and Andy Hall
Vermont Clay Studio Gallery, Montpelier VT
Artist Residencies
2006-07Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
2005-06Lormina Salter Fellowship Residency/ Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
1996-97Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier VT
Bibliography
Fall Arts Preview, cover, “Connect Savannah” September 16-22, 2015
500 Figures in Clay Volume 2, p.118, Nan Smith, Lark Books, 2014
Game Set Match, p.62-65, Andrea Marquis, “Ceramics Monthly”, November 2013, Volume 61 Number 9
500 Prints on Clay, p.357, Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Ceramic Books, 2013
Exposure p.22 “Ceramics Monthly” June/July/August 2012, Volume 60 Number 6
500 Raku p. 183, Jim Romberg, Lark Ceramics Books, 2011
Up Front p.26 “Ceramics Monthly” May 2007, Volume 55 Number 5
Gallery p.55 “Clay Times” November/December 2006, Vol. 12 Number 6
Gallery p.76 “American Craft” October/November, 2006, Volume 66 Number 5
Emerging Artists 2006 p. 39 “Ceramics Monthly” May 2006, Volume 54 Number 5
Image Transfer on Clay: Screen, Relief, Decal & Monoprint Techniques, p.24, Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Ceramics Books, 2006
Critic’s Choice: Art p. 70 “City Paper” June 26, 2006
Professional Affiliations
-National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
-College Art Association (CAA)
-International Sculpture Society (ISC)
Workshops and presentations
-Parent and child workshop at City of Savannah department of Cultural Affairs 2015.
-Artists talk Gallery S.P.A.C.E.Designing for the Ceramic Surface 2015.
-Mold making workshop at Savannah’s Clay Spot 2014.
-Artists talk Gallery S.P.A.C.E. Connecting Art and Science, 2011.
-Guest lecturer at the Maryland Institute College of Art, 2006.
-Demonstrating artist, ACC Craft Show, Baltimore Maryland, 2006.
-Computer generated ceramic decals workshop at the University of Arizona, 2004.