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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 |
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| INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS: International Invitational Ceramic Festival in Sasama, Japan November 25-29, 2011 2011 Naori International Ceramics Exchange Exhibition, Taean South Korea November 17-24, 2011 La Borne l'amour du feu (Love of Fire) International invitational wood fire collaboration in La Borne, France with 19 invited potters from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. September 20 - October 11, 2010. International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokoname (IWCAT), Tokoname, Japan |
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GUILDS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Center for Craft Creativity and Design - Past Board Member American Craft Council Piedmont Craftsmen Inc. Southern Highland Craft Guild Transylvania County Arts Council –Past Board Member |
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COLLECTIONS: Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Arkansas Art Center Museum, Little Rock AR The Mary and Bruno Moser Collection, West Lafayette, IN Tokoname Museum Collection, Tokoname, Japan Icheon World Ceramic Center Museum, Gwango-Dong, South Korea Kasper-Hansen Ceramic Collection Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta, NC Dwight Holland, Seagrove, NC Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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GRANTS: North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Grant, 2004-2005 |
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CURATOR: "Quiet Inspiration: The influence of Japanese Ceramics on North Carolina Potters”, North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC February 7 - May 16, 2015 Soft Beauty of Traditional Shinos: Momoyama Era, Concord University, Athens, WV, August 2009 and travelling 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
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JUROR: Feats of Clay XIX - Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, April 2006 Blue Ridge Fine Craft Exhibition -
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LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Friends of the Mint Museum Series, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, January 17, 2014 European International Wood Fire Conference, Brollin, Germany, September 2-5, 2010. Topics: Historic Groundhog Kilns of NC and Train Kilns: The Pollution Solution for Wood Firing 2006 International Wood Fire Conference, Flagstaff, AZ Topic: The Train Kiln 2004 International Wood Fire Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA Topic: Women in Wood |
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GALLERIES: Signature Shop - Atlanta, GA Weyrich Gallery - Albuquerque, NM |
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| TEACHING: Winthrop University, Rockhill, SC Central Piedmont Community College Alt Gaarz, Germany, at the studio of Markus Böhm, sponsored by the Kalkspatz Association La Meridiana International Center of Ceramics in Tuscany Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Peter Callas Studio, Belvidere, NJ The Kiln Studio and Gallery, Fairhope, AL Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD 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 |
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| 2018 |
Woodfirworks II,
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville,
FL, On-line exhibition Online Exhibition, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, NY Shibori/Tokkuri - Virtuosity and Chance in Two Art Forms, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC Southern Highlands Craft Guild Members Exhibition, Appalachian Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
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| 2017 |
Shino Splendor Exhibition,
The District Clay Center, 2414 Douglas St NE, Washington, DC Folk Art Center's Focus Gallery Exhibition, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC Confluence: a Woodfire Invitational, STARworks, Star, NC WNC Wood-Fired Invitational, Blue Spiral I, Ashevilee, NC "Degrees of Wood", In Tandem Gallery, Burnsville, NC |
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| 2016 |
"Beauty and Function: Ceramic Arts in Western North Carolina 2016", Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC "Blast From the Past", Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC "Flower Power: Pottery and Plants", North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NCPotter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC |
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| 2015 |
“This
Functional Family: Potters of Western North Carolina”, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC “Asian Pottery Exhibition”, with Shozo Michikawa and Seungho Yang, Judith Duff Pottery Studio, Brevard, NC "Quiet Inspiration: The influence of Japanese Ceramics on North Carolina Potters”, North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC |
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| 2014 |
"Elements:
Women Sculpting Animisim",
Cavin Morris Gallery, |
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| 2013 |
"Narrative of
Fire",
Artworks!, New Bedford, MA Winter Show, GreenHill - A Space for NC Art, Greensboro, NC Exhibition with Seungho Yang and Sunkoo Yuh, Signature Contemporary Craft Gallery, Atlanta, GA "Fueled by Wood", Exhibition with John Dix, Jack Troy, and Nick Schwartz, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA "The Unique and Unusual", Weyrich Gallery One-Person Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM "Container Exhibition", Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC Southern Highlands Craft Guild Members Exhibition, Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC Cub Creek Foundation 10th Anniverary Exhibit, Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA, Travelling to Earlham College, Richmond, IN, and to Juniata College, Huntington, PA Naori Ceramic Festival Exhibit, Hanhyanglim Ongki Museum, Heyri Artists' Village, near Seoul South Korea Endless Variations: A Shino Extravaganza, Lone Star College, Houston, TX, in conjunction with NCECA Strength in Form, The Kiln Studio and Gallery, Fairhope, AL |
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| 2012 |
Shuki: the Intimate
Vessels of Sake,
Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA 2 Person Show with Ron Meyers, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC "A Spout, No Doubt", The Kiln Studio and Gallery, Fairhope, AL Gallery hu, Nagoya Japan. Travelling show from 2011 International Ceramics Festival in Sasama, Japan Teabowls and Sake Cups: A Kindred Spirit, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA Cousins in Clay, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC Tea Bowl Invitational, Sella-Granata Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL "Friends and Fire-mates", a celebration and exhibition of matchboxes and their contents, a Tribute to Nina Hole, Danmarks Keramikmuseum Grimmerhus 2012 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Design Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa World in a Cup, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, WA, In conjunction with NCECA NCECA Chawan Invitational, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA 100 Wood Fired Cups, POTS Gallery, Seattle, WA, In conjunction with NCECA Vasefinder International Invitational 2012, on-line exhibition Generosity of Spirit, The Gifts of Penland Artists, Fund Raising Exhibit, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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| 2011 |
Interpreting the Cup: Process, Influence and Intent,
Crimson Laurel Gallery, |
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| 2010 |
Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC Wood Fire Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, LaBorne France Wood Fire Tea Bowl Show. Roswell Art Center West Gallery, Roswell, GA Coe College Exhibition, University of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA 30 x 5 Invitational Show, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Studio Potter Invitational, Trace Gallery, Athens, GA Two Person Show with John Dix, Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA 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 |
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| 2009 |
Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC 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 |
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| 2008 |
Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1999
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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 |
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JURIED SHOWS: Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC American Craft Expo, Evanston, IL 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 |
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PUBLICATIONS: Wood Fired Ceramics - 100 Contemporary Artists, Amedeo Salamoni, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2013 Lark Books 500 Teapots, 500 Plates and Chargers, 500 Cups, 500 Pitchers 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 |
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FEATURED: WNC Magazine, May 2010 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 |
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