Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Education

  • 2013  Bachelor of Arts, Digital Media and Film and Studio Arts (Ceramics Concentration) Summa cum Laude, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
  • 1993-94  Recording Industry and Music Business, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  • 1989  Audio Recording Industry Certificate, Salutatorian, Full Sail Center for Recording Arts, Winter Park, FL
  • 1983-1989  Recording Industry and Music Business, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  • 1985  Business Management, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, TN

Teaching and Speaking Engagements

  • 2017-Present    Art Off Center, LLC., Wheel Throwing, Sculpture, Hand Building, Children’s Classes, Taylor, TX
  • 2023                  NCECA, Past Masters-Anthony Merino, Cincinnati, OH
  • 2016                   Spring Invitational, Group Show, Bastrop Opera House, Bastrop, TX
  • 2015                   ScanCeram 2015, Scandinavian Ceramics Conference, “It’s a Man’s World, but it’s a Women’s World Wide Web”, Tolne Skov Pavilion, North Jutland, Denmark

Visiting Artist Lectures and Workshops

  • 2020                       GACA, Color Collage on Clay, Austin, TX
  • 2018                        Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Color Collage on Clay Workshop, Arlington, TX
  • 2017                        CERA, Color Collage on Clay Workshop, Ft. Worth, TX
  • 2017                        Art Off Center, Color Collage on Clay Workshop, Taylor, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2025                        Six Pack Ceramics, Gallery Verde, San Angelo, TX
  • 2025                        Taylor Studio Tour, Art Off Center, Taylor, TX
  • 2025                        Cuteness Overload, The City Arts Center, Round Rock, TX
  • 2025                        Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2025                        Birdsong-Collective Gaze, McCrory Timmerman Gallery, Taylor, TX
  • 2024                        Taylor Studio Tour, Art Off Center, Taylor, TX
  • 2023                        Birdsong-Eve’s Picnic, McCrory Timmerman Gallery, Taylor, TX
  • 2022                        Birdsong-Living in the Anthropocene, McCrory Timmerman Gallery, Taylor, TX
  • 2019                        Jewels of Earth and Fire, Khazana Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2018                        Jackley and Shaw, McCrory Timmerman Gallery, Taylor, TX
  • 2018                        2nd Annual Mug Show, Dog’s Eye Gallery, San Marcos, TX
  • 2018                        Cups for Y’all, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
  • 2017                        Locomotion, TAGat120ART, Taylor, TX
  • 2017                        CAMEO Members Show, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2017                        Tiny Monsters, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • 2017                        Texas Yunomi Show, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2017                        Cameo: Members Show, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2017                        National Juried Mug Show, Dog’s Eye Gallery, San Marcos, TX
  • 2017                        Far Country, TAGat120ART, Taylor, TX
  • 2017                        Mostly Clay, Studio Espavo, Bastrop, TX
  • 2017                        Gems of the Hills, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2017                        Cameo: Texas Teapot Tournament, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2016                        Alchemy, Group Show, Taylor, TX
  • 2016                        Glazes Galore: Tea Bowls, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2016                        Far Country, TAGat120ART, Taylor, TX
  • 2016                        Spring Invitational, Bastrop Opera House, Bastrop, TX
  • 2016                        Texas Six Pack Show, Coop Gallery, San Angelo, TX
  • 2016                        Makers Curate/Curators Make, UMKC Gallery of Art,Kansas City, MO
  • 2015                        Nov. Featured Artist-Bastrop First Friday Art Walk, Lost Pines Art Bazaar, Bastrop, TX
  • 2015                        Texas Six Pack Show, Live Oak Arts Center, Columbus, TX
  • 2015                        ScanCeram Presenters Exhibition, Tolne Skov Pavilion, Nordjylland, Denmark
  • 2015                        April Featured Artist, Bastrop First Friday Art Walk, Bastrop Frame Shop, Bastrop, TX
  • 2015                        Eat Me, Drink Me,TAGat120ART, Taylor, TX                                                                    
  • 2012                        Loft 594, Anti-Xmas-Holiday Craft Bazaar, Bushwick, NY
  • 2011                        Thomas Hunter Art Space, Hunter College, New York, NY
  • 2010                        Thomas Hunter Art Space, Hunter College, New York, NY

Residencies

  • 2015                        Penland School of Crafts, Work Study Scholarship, Penland, NC
  • 2013                        Watershed, Artist in Residence, Newcastle, ME
  • 2013                        Hunter College, Artist in Residence, New York, NY
  • 2013                        Brickhouse Ceramic Art Center, Artist in Residence, New York, NY
  • 2011                        Guaitil Pottery, Summer Residency, Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Curation

  • 2020                        Critical Function 2, Group Show, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond VA
  • 2019                        Jewels of Earth and Fire, Group Show, Khazana Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2018                        Critical Function, Group Show, FrameHouse and Jask Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
  • 2018                        Funk American Dada, Group Show, Manchester Craft Guild, Pittsburg, PA
  • 2017                        Mostly Clay, Group Show, Studio Espavo, Bastrop, TX
  • 2017                        Gems of the Hills, Group Show, Tea Plus Art, Houston, TX
  • 2016                        Spring Invitational, Group Show, Bastrop Opera House, Bastrop, TX
  • 2016                        50 Women, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO

Professional Associations and Experience

  • 2014-23         NCECA Member
  • 2019-21               PAAB, Taylor, TX Public Arts Advisory Board
  • 2015-19                  Potters Council Member
  • 2015-19                  Bastrop Clay Arts
  • 2017                        CAMEO, Houston, TX
  • 2016-17                 Greater Austin Clay Artists
  • 2016-17               Taylor Arts Board Member
  • 2015-17               Taylor Arts Guild Member
  • 2015-17               Texas Clay Arts Association Member
  • 2015                       Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Member

Additional Education

  • 2023                        Mentorship Program, Naomi Clement, Stratford, ON, Canada
  • 2022                        Roadrunner Clay Consortium, Brodnax, Ellis, Hauser, San Antonio, TX
  • 2022-23                 Surface Design Class,  Carol Guthro, Online
  • 2021                        Image Transfer Workshop,  Carol Guthro, Online
  • 2020                        Creative Pottery, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Online
  • 2020                        Hand Building, Sunshine Cobb, Online
  • 2018                        SPI Art Space, CJ Neihaus, The Drawn Surface Workshop, South Padre Island, TX
  • 2016                        Hand Building with Pattern, Annie Chrietzberg, Online
  • 2016                        Eye of the Dog, Renee LoPresti Color and Pattern Workshop, San Marcos, TX
  • 2016                        Lee College, John Britt Glaze Workshop, Baytown, TX
  • 2014-15                 Armadillo Clay, Mayco Glazing and screen printing workshops, Austin, TX
  • 2013                        The Clay Studio, Kiln Firing and Maintenance workshops, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2007-2012           Greenwich House Pottery, Wheel, Majolica and China painting, Mold making, slip casting, New York, NY
  • 1999-2000           Educational Alliance Art School, Ceramics-Wheel throwing/slab building, Welding, New York, NY
  • 1997-1999           New York Academy of Art, Drawing, Oil painting, New York City, NY
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