| EDUCATION
2009
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Ceramics
2003
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Non-Degree Seeking Student
2002
Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics
EXHIBITIONS
2009
Generously Odd: Craft Now (juried), Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
Elevation Gain (MFA thesis Exhibition), Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, AZ
ASU Ceramics Graduate Student Exhibition (group) Step Gallery, Arizona State University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, AZ
Peer Influence (Invitational), ASU Performing Arts, Arizona State University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, AZ
NCECA Student Regional (juried), Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe Arizona
2008
National Cup Show (juried),
Barrett Clay Works Artist Studios & Galleries, Poughkeepsie,
New York
The Fifth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition (juried),
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ink and Clay 34 (juried),
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, California
8 Fluid Ounces 3 (juried),
Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Juried/Invitational Cup Show
Concordia Continental (juried),
Concordia Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
29th Annual Contemporary Crafts (juried),
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2007
MFA Summer Show (juried),
Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Hot $h*t (Invitational),
CCACA Conference, Davis, California
2006
Two (Solo), The Vault
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Annual Invitational Art Show (Invitational),
KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2005
Transitions (Solo),
Tchoupitoulas gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2002
Student Show (juried),
Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Senior Exhibition, Saint
Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
2000
Student Show (juried),
Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Currently
Adjunct Professor, Functional Hand-building, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2009
Instructor of Record Ceramics Survey, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2008
Instructor of Record 3-D Design, two semesters, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2007
Instructor of Record Ceramics Survey, one semester, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2005-2006
Workshop Instructor, Creative
Clay, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Missouri
Art Instructor, Various
media instruction for children, Swangstu and Ferguson Studios,
Overland Park, Kansas
2003-2006
Substitute Teacher, classes
K-12, including long-term instruction of art classes, Kansas
City School District, Kansas City, Missouri
2001-2005
Workshop Instructor, beginning
wheel throwing/handbuilding for children, Northern Clay Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
RESIDENCIES
2008
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
LECTURES
2008
Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Graduate Intentional Slide Forum, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Graduate Intentional Slide Forum, NCECA, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
AWARDS
2009
Retired Professors Award , NCECA Student Regional
The Studio Potter Merit Award, NCECA Student Regional
2008
Honorable Mention, National
Cup Show
Purchase Award, Ink and Clay
34
Juror’s Choice Award, 29th
Annual Contemporary Crafts
School of Art Special Talent Award, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
2007
The Benjamin Wong Fie Scholarship, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
De Falco Family Foundation Scholarship, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
School of Art Special Talent Award, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
Honorable Mention, Student Show,
Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota
Merle Sykora Scholarship, Saint
Cloud State University, Minnesota
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
California State Polytechnic Collection, Cal State Poly University, Pomona, California
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures. Glen Brown, curator. Lark Books, 2009, page 53
Mills, Maureen. Surface Design for Ceramics, Lark Books. 2008, page 118
“The MFA Factor,” Ceramics Monthly, September 2008, p. 61
2006
Review Magazine. Closing and Opening Reception photos: May 2006 page 25
PERIODICALS
2009
Ceramics Monthly. “NCECA 2009 RSJE,” Jessica Orlowski. September 2009, page 44
Clay Times. Index, July/August 2009, page 6
2008
Ceramics Monthly. “The MFA Factor,” September 2008, p. 61
2006
Review Magazine. Reception photos: May 2006, page 25
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2009
Conference Assistant, 2009 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2008
Workshop Assistant, Santa Fe Clay, Instructed by Susan Beiner, Santa Fe, NM
Photographer, Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
2007-2008
Artist Assistant, Susan Beiner, Synthetic Reality Installation. Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
2004-2006
Interior Remodeler Ferguson Interiors, Overland Park, Kansas
2001
Studio Assistant, Ceramics Paramount Arts District, Saint Cloud, Minnesota |
