EDUCATION

May 1998 MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

May 1997MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Dec.1994 BFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

1990-1993Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

8/98-5/99

Ceramics Instructor, Scattergood Friends School: Private Secondary Boarding School, West Branch, Iowa. General Curriculum: Clay and Clay Bodies, Hand-Building Techniques, Wheel Techniques, Decorating and Glazing, Kiln Construction and Firing: Wood, Gas, Pit Fire, Raku, and Electric.

8/98-12/98

Visiting Instructor, Ceramics II: Wheel Throwing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

8/95-8/98

Teaching Assistantships in Ceramics, Ceramics I Hand-building: Fall '96', Spring '97', Summer '97, Fall '97', Spring '98', Summer '98'. Ceramics II Wheel Throwing: Spring '96'. Workshop Assistantship: Fall '95' Kiln Room Monitor: Load, Fire, and Repair Kilns. Glaze Room Monitor: Stock Bins, Mix Glazes, Repair and install Spray Booth. Clay Mixing Room Monitor: Stock Clay, Repair Mixers, and Pug Mills. Billing and Ordering Materials.

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• MFA Clearance - Thesis Show: University of Iowa, 97’

• Woodfired Pottery: Eve Drewlowe Gallery, University of Iowa, 97’

• MA Clearance - Thesis Show: University of Iowa, 96’

• Functional Pottery: Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, 93’

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• International Woodfire Conference show: Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, 99’

• University of Iowa Alumni Show: Coinciding with International Woodfire Conference, University of Iowa Alumni Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 99’

• Faculty Exhibition: University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, 98’

• "MFA Graduate Show" University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, 98’

• Juried Exhibition: Old Brick Gallery, University of Iowa Fine Arts Council, Iowa City Iowa, 98’

• 6th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National: Market House Craft Center, Ephrata PA, 98’

• 4 For Form and Function: Summit Street Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, 98’

• Juried Exhibition: Old Brick Gallery, University of Iowa Fine Arts Council, Iowa City, Iowa, 97’

• University of Iowa Student Exhibition: Fine Arts Gallery, Concordia College, St. Paul, MN, 95’

• Ceramic Society Exhibition: Checkered Space, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 94’

• Student Exhibition: Northwest Missouri State University Fine Arts Exhibition, Maryville, MO, 93’

LECTURES, ARTIST PRESENTATIONS

• Graduate Slide Forum: National Council on Education For the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Fort Worth, TX, 98’

• Wheel Throwing: City High School, Iowa City Iowa, Lecture and demonstration. Given in cooperation with Iowa Fine Arts Council, 96’

• Ceramics and Wheel Throwing: P.E.O. , Slide Lecture and demonstration, 95’

• Wheel Throwing: University of Iowa, Lecture and demonstration. Given in cooperation with Iowa Fine Arts Council, 94’

EXHIBIT CURATED

• Functional Fire: Woodfired Cup Exhibition, Juror, Iowa Artisians Gallary, Iowa City Iowa, 99’

KILN BUILDING

• Sprung arch gas kiln: 40cu ft. Harvest Pottery, Griswold, Iowa, 02’

• Single chamber catenary arch wood kiln: 60cu ft. Scattergood Friends School, West Branch, Iowa, 99’

• Two chamber catenary arch wood kiln: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 97’

• Tube Kiln, wood fired: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 96’

SPECIAL PROGRAMS & COMMITTEES

• Attended "NCECA Conference" Fort Worth, TX, 98’

• Attended "Utilitarian II: Celebrate the Object" Symposium, Arrowmont School of Design, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 97’

• Member, University of Iowa Ceramic Society, organize and raise funds to bring visiting artists to the University of Iowa, 93’-98’

• Attended "NCECA Conference" Minneapolis, MN, 94’

• Member, Northwest Missouri State University Arts Council, 90’-93’

• Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Missouri Lambda Chapter, Duties included Philanthropy, Arts Director, and Historian, 90’

 

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