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EDUCATION: Production Crafts Clay Program - Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC BFA in Painting - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA BS in Biology - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA University of Georgia, Athens, GA
WORKSHOPS AND STUDIES: International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokoname (IWCAT), Tokoname, Japan Flashing in Wood, Utah State University, Tony Nankervis International Ceramic Workshop and Symposium, Key West, FL, Kouji Sugie, Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, Peter Callas Wood Fired Workshop, Utah State University: John Neely, Owen Rye Arrowmont, Randy Johnston, Mary Law
GUILDS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Board Member American Craft Council Piedmont Craftsmen Inc. Southern Highland Craft Guild Transylvania County Arts Council –Past Board Member
COLLECTIONS: Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Arkansas Art Center Museum, Little Rock AR Tokoname Museum Collection, Tokoname, Japan Icheon World Ceramic Center Museum, Gwango-Dong, South Korea Kasper-Hansen Ceramic Collection Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta, NC Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
GRANTS: North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Grant, 2004-2005
CURATOR: Soft Beauty of Traditional Shinos: Momoyama Era, Concord University, Athens, WV, Opening August 24, 2009 followed by Japanese Shino Presentation. After September 25 the exhibit will travel to The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Bridgemont Community and Technical College, Montgomery , WV. Click here to see Curator Statement and list of artists. Wood-Fired Clay From the NC Mountains, Hand in Hand Gallery, Flat Rock, NC , October 2008 Architectural Echoes in Clay An International wood fire exhibition in conjunction with Nina Hole residency sponsored by Center for Craft Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC. Exhibit at CCCD and Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, September 2006		a
JUROR: Feats of Clay XIX - Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, April 2006 Blue Ridge Fine Craft Exhibition - Transylvania County Arts Council (TCARTS), Brevard, NC, September, 2006 (Juried with Gabe Cyr)
PANELIST: 2006 International Wood Fire Conference, Flagstaff, AZ 2004 International Wood Fire Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA
GALLERIES: Signature Shop - Atlanta, GA Blue Spiral I – Asheville, NC Weyrich Gallery - Albuquerque, NM AKAR - Iowa City, IA
TEACHING: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR Surry Community College, Dobson, NC Cub Creek Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Appomattox, VA Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC Concord University, Athens, WV Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA Mudfire Pottery Studios, Decatur, GA Wood Fire Workshop, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA Touchstone Center for Arts, Farmington, PA Rerun Gallery, Yamomoto, Japan Wood firing for Haywood Community College Claymatters, Tryon Place, Charlotte, NC Ceramic Guild, Scope – Torpedo Factory, Washington, DC Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
EXHIBITIONS:
2010	Wood Fire Exhibition, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM AKAR Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Handmade: The Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture & Design Expo, NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC
2009	Wood-Fired Clay, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC Form Follows Function or Does It?, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR Ron Meyers 75th Birthday Exhibition, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT "Pottery Line-Up", Perspectives 2009 Georgia Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA Mudfire - Mug Shots, Mudfire Pottery Center, Decatur, GA Mint Museum Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC AKAR Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Artists of Scenic 276, Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC Birth of A Notion, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA 20 Below - 32 Above, Rolland Dille Gallery, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN Exhibit with Akira Satake, Barbara Zaretsky, and Brian Boggs, Asheville Arts Council, Asheville, NC Two Person Show, Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008	Simple Cup 2008 Invitational, Seward Park Clay Studio and KOBO Gallery, Seattle, WA Japanese Threads, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, (NCECA) Table of Elements, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, (NCECA) Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA Women's Voices: Different Approaches to Atmospheric Kilns, Roswell Art Center West, Roswell, GA Infusion 10 x 10 - 11th Biennial Teapot Invitational Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO Painting with Fire:Wood Fired Ceramics, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR American Masters 2008 Invitational, Mudfire Clayworks Gallery, Decatur, GA 45 Years of Inspired Design, Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC and traveling to Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC National Teapot Show Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC Mint Museum Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC Blue Spiral I Invitational, Asheville, NC Design Gallery Cup Show, The Design Gallery, Burnsville, NC
2007	Mark of Fire - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Two Person Show - Featuring Shozo Michikawa and Judith Duff, Christa Faut Gallery, Charlotte, NC Forms & Shapes: Architecture - AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Spotlight 2007 - Arrowmont Center for Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT Strictly Functional - Market House Craft Center. East Petersburg, PA Clay National Biennial Exhibition (NCECA) - Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY (Wood Fire Merit Award) Bourbon Bottles in the Blue Grass (NCECA) - Louisville Stoneware, Louisville, KY National Juried Wood Fired Exhibition (NCECA) - Thrown Together, Louisville, KY Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT Wood Fired Invitational 2007 - The Clay Place, Carnegie, PA
2006	Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program Celebrates 30 Years, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC NCAC Visual Artist & Film/Video Art Exhibit - Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC Atlanta Teapot Festival - Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot Invitational - Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI Forms and Shapes: The Useful Teapot - AKAR, Iowa City, IA Jersey Shore Clay National 2006 - M. T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ Crafts National 40 - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA International Cup - The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT Women Artists of Western North Carolina '06 Exhibition - Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Wild Clay: exhibiting the influence of using local materials - American Folk Art Gallery, Asheville, NC Bowl Show Invitational – Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI NCECA Invitational Wood fire Exhibition – Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR Big Fish Small Pot: An International Small Teapot Competition – Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
2005	Feats of Clay XVIII – Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA Strictly Functional Pottery National – Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA (Directors Award for Form & Function) National Teapot Show VI – Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC In our Cups – Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, Geneseo, NY 18th National Juried Art Exhibition – South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA (Honorable Mention) Southern Accents Showcase Community, Preserve at Little Pine, Asheville, NC The Clay Cup X – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Crafts National 39 – Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Southern Highland Craft Guild 75th Anniversary Exhibition - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX – Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO Red Heat – Contemporary Work in Clay – The University of Tulsa School of Art, Tulsa, OK Endless Variations: Shino Review 2005 – Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Earth, Wheel, and Fire – International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX Galex 39 – Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2004	Naked Truth International Invitational Wood Fired Exhibition, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Greater Midwest International Exhibition XIX, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO Invitational, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL 14th Annual Natl Arts Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2004, Wayne Center for Arts, Wooster, OH Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA (Director’s Choice Award) Out of the Fire, The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA Two Person Show, Kawalabanya Gallery, Seto, Japan July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC (2nd place) Steam’en, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ Gallery Kyouei-Gama, Tokoname, Japan Wood-Fired Ceramic Exhibition, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
2003	Two Person Invitational, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gwango-Dong, South Korea Women in Clay Invitational, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC Crafts National 37, Penn State University, State College, PA Origins in Clay III, San Antonio Potters Guild, Ingram, TX Color and Form: Art and Craft Invitational, Brevard College, Brevard, NC National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Sydney Teapot Invitational Show, Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, Sydney, Australia Ceramics USA Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX MatrixArts Space International Exhibition, MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 2001 2000	45th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC Crafts National 36, Zoller Gallery. Penn State University, University Park, PA CHIC Spring Art Show, Kobe, Japan Rerun Gallery, Yamomoto, Japan Aesthetics 2002, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsburg, KS (First Place) Feats of Clay XV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA (Second Place) Galex 36, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL Stoneware: For Daily Rituals, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO American Shino Exhibition, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH Artist of the Month, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA One Person Show, Autumn Song Gallery, High Point, NC Ceramics 2001,Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award) An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT 2000 Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award) An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC International Ceramic WorkshopExhibition, Three Legged Dog Gallery, Key West, FL
1999 1998 1997 1996	Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan National Crafts 1999, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA Handmade For The New Millennium: A National Craft Invitational, Grantham, PA Freedom ofFire: A National Ceramics Invitational, Brevard, NC Feats of Clay XII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award) Fanciful & Functional - Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC 3rd Annual Best in America - Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA Craftforms ‘97 - Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA Monarch National - Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL Strictly Functional Pottery National - Epharata, PA Spotlight ‘97 - Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC North Carolina Crafts Gallery - Carrboro, NC (One person exhibition) TFACE - Brevard, NC Westmoreland Art Nationals - Youngwood, PA Feats of Clay IX - Lincoln, CA (Merit Award) TFACE - Brevard, NC - 2nd place
JURIED SHOWS: Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC Piedmont Craftsmen Fair, Winston-Salem, NC American Craft Council Shows, Atlanta (Merit Award), Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL (First Place Clay) Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
PUBLICATIONS: 500 Plates and Chargers, Lark Books 500 Cups, Lark Books 500 Pitchers, Lark Books Ceramics Technical, Issue 29, December 2009 Ceramics Monthly, Summer 2004 Studio Potter, Summer Issue, 2002 The Log Book, August, 2002 American Shino: The Glaze of a Thousand Faces, Published in 2001 by Babcock Galleries, New York, NY, 2001 Ceramics Monthly, September 1998
FEATURED: Smoky Mountain Living, Summer 2004 Clay Times, Cover and article, November/December 2003 The Discovery Channel, Home Matters Show Transylvania County Arts Council’s evening conversation series, Artspeak, 2003