Lucille "Ceil" Leeper Sturdevant
www.ceilclay.com
EDUCATION
1996 Visual Arts Graduate Study
University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
1979 M. Ed.-Masters in Art Education University of Pittsburgh, PA
1977 B. S.-Art Education / Elementary Education Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
HONORS, PUBLICATIONS AND INVITATIONALS
2008 Art For Aids Benefit Verbal Auction (invitational), Carnegie Museum of Art
Grand Prize Juror’s Award
2008 Heinz Endowment –“Small Art Initative” Awarded Endowment Funds
2008 Japanese Threads-Co-Curated exhibition - Morgan Gallery – Pittsburgh,PA
2008 Kecskemét, Kápolna , Hungary - International Ceramics Studio Residency
2007 Art For Aids Benefit Verbal Auction (invitational), Carnegie Museum of Art
2006 Art For Aids Benefit Verbal Auction (invitational), Carnegie Museum of Art
2006 Workshop with Ceil Sturdevant " Prescious Objects " Tall Studios San Diego, CA
2006 Salista NCECA Bus Tour, Portland. Oregon,
2005 Artist (Ceil ) Invites Artists , Watershed Center or the Ceramic Arts, Maine
2005 Carroll Community College (NCECA) Free at the Center, Maryland
2004 Featured in 500 Figures in Clay: Artists Celebrate the Human Form, by Lark Books.
2004 Midland Arts Market NCECA Bus Tour Earth to Athanor, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Publication in The Clay Times, On the Edge, May/June 2003
2003 Banff Arts Center, Alberta Canada. Selected Clay Artist Summer Resident
2003 NCECA San Diego, CA Bus Tour Ramsden Morrison Gallery ("On the Edge")
Trios Fine Art Gallery ("La Ceramique: A Celebration of Clay)
2002 Jayne Gallery Invitational – NCECA –bus tour, "Floating Exhibit", Kansas City, MO
2001 8 Ceramic Sculptors Exhibit Charlotte First Union Corp. during NCECA
2001 Publication in Ceramic Monthly Magazine, "Up Front" January
2001 Publication in Studio Potter Magazine "Pennsylvania Clay Artists", January
2000 Co published "Young Hands on the Past: Archaeologists as Educators"
2000 Slide Presentation Carnegie Museum's Artist's Lunch & Learn Series Pgh., PA
2000 Publication in The Clay Times "Man and Her Tools", November
2000 Publication in The Clay Times "Ceramics for the New Millennium", March
2000 2000 Y2Klay Exhibition Denver International Airport during NCECA,
2000 Publication in Carnegie International Museum Educational Text for Teachers
1999 Publication in The Extruder Book, Published by The American Ceramic Society
SOLO & GROUP INVITATIONALS
2008 GALLERIE CHIZ –summer sale invitational Pittsburgh, PA
2008 “From A Woman’s Hand” Invitational at The Ellis School ,Ceil Sturdevant –curator
2008 Japanese Threads-Co-Curated exhibition - Morgan Gallery – Pittsburgh,PA
2007 40 over 40 Invitational The Clay Place Gallery Carnegie PA
2006 Roar Works by Members of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 707 Pen Gallery
2005 Small Works by Members of Associated Artists ,Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,
2004 Solo Exhibit and Gallery Walk Tour, Sweetwater Gallery, Sewickley , PA
2003 Three Person Invitational, Artisian Gallery, Ode to Childhood,West Virginia
2003 Four Person Invitational, Sewickley Gallery, Sewickley, PA
2003 Solo Exhibit, Works in Green and Blue, The Clay Place Gallery Pittsburgh, PA Art Review: http://www.clayplace.com/review_15.htm
2001 Two Person Exhibit, Touch Zen Gallery, Morgentown, West Virginia
2001 Solo Exhibit, On & Off the Wall, The Clay Place Gallery Pgh.,PA
2000 Solo Exhibit, Figure Within Form, Westmorland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
2000 Two Person Exhibit, Recent Works, Hess Gallery Elizabethtown College, PA
2000 Four Person, Ode to Childhood Chenango, Council of the Art's Gallery New York
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2008 3RD Annual Tea Pot Invitational- Steep In Thought Morgan Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
2008 “Fire and Earth” Associated Artists Exhibition Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Syncopation Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Artists Who Work in Series, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 99th Associated Artists Exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum
2000 Carnegie Museum, 98th Associated Artists Exhibition Award Winner, PA
2000 Spaces: Interior and Exterior, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Clay for the New Millennium Associated Artists Gallery Pgh., PA
2000 Y2K Exhibition Craftsman Guild of Pittsburgh, Pgh. Center For the Arts. PA
2000 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Exhibition. Loretto PA
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2006 Workshop with Ceil Sturdevant "Prescious Objects" Tall Studios San Diego, CA
2005 Artist (Ceil ) Invites Artists , Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
2003 Crafts Organization of Directors Association (CODA) lecture/slide presentation
2002 Home studio visit, lecture, workshop for Penn State ,art education students
2001 Slide Lecture and Gallery Talk about solo exhibition, Westmorland Museum
2000 Slide Presentation, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA., Lunch and Learn series
TEACHING
1981 -Present The Ellis School, Clay and Art Instructor Pittsburgh, PA
1982-1987 North Hills Art Center, Clay / Art Instructor / Board Member Pgh., PA
1981-1985 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA
1978-1981 Wilkinsburg School District, Art Instructor Wilkinsburg, PA
1981 Community College of Allegheny County Clay Instructor Pgh, PA
CERAMIC WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION / RESIDENCES
2008 Kecskemét, Kápolna , Hungary - International Ceramics Studio Residency
2006 Residency Shulte's Ceramic Studio Prescott, Arizonia
2005 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Artists Ask Artists (Ceil selected artists)
2004 Collaborative work with Cathy Eignus San Miguel, Mexico
2003 Selected as Artist Resident in Ceramics, Banff Arts Center Alberta, Canada
2001 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Artists Ask Artists, Edgecomb, Maine
1999 The School of the Aegean Samos Island, Greece
1998 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Artists Ask Artists , Edgecomb, Maine
1997 Indira Johnson -two week workshop, Statements, Anderson Ranch , Colorado
1995 Stephen De Stabler-2 week workshop, Anderson Ranch Snowmass, Colorado
1994 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (selected resident) Edgecomb, Maine
1993 International Workshop of Ceramic Art (selected participant) ,Tokoname, Japan
1992 Christine Federighi-"The Figure Reference" Anderson Ranch Colorado
1991 Christine Federighi - "Reference to Human Scale" Anderson Ranch Colorado
1990 Judy Moonellis - "Clay Sculpture" Anderson Ranch Colorado
TRAVEL (ceramic related)
2008 Selected as Artist Resident in Ceramics Kecskemét, Kápolna , Hungary
2006 Ellis School student two-week trip Maya ceramics Belize
2004 Collaborative work with Cathy Eignus in San Miguel, Mexico
2003 Selected as Artist Resident in Ceramics, Banff Arts Center Canada
2002 Ellis School student two-week trip and homestay Japan
2000 Artist's group ceramic study in Venasque France
1999 The School of the Aegean Samos Island Greece
1999 The Ellis School two-week field trip Egypt
1998 Pottery villages from Karastu to Mashiko Japan
1997 Chunox Village ceramic workshop instructor Belize
1996 University of Georgia (graduate study) in Cortona Italy
1995 Cerros Maya Archaeological Site ceramic workshop instructor Belize
1993 Juried participant in international ceramic worksho Tokoname Japan
1992 Anasazi ceramic/archaeological study in Cortez Colorado