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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Participating Artist - "University of Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition 2009", Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas Texas.   Dick Hay, Juror.  

Participating Artist - La Meridiana International Center of Ceramics in Tuscany, "Under the Tuscan Soot", Malcolm Davis Workshop. Tuscany Italy 2008

Participating Artist - "17th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition" San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas. Anna Harris, Curator, Ohr -O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi Mississippi, Juror. Museum Collection Acquisition  2008

Invited Artist – St. Edwards University Fine Arts Gallery, "Exhibition of Clay Vessels", St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas 2007

Invited Artist – State University of New York College at Courtland International ,Program ”China Ceramic Summer Study” P.R. of China. 2006

Participating Artist – “76th Annual Artists Exhibition” San Antonio Art, League Gallery, San Antonio, Maurice L. Gray Juror 2006

Participating Artist - “Spontaneous Combustion”, a mixed media exhibition,Firehouse Gallery, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, Texas 2005

Invited Artist - “Visceral Vessel” Exhibition of clay vessels by National and International ceramic artists, Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas 2005

Invited Artist – “State of Texas –Clay” Exhibition of ceramic artwork by Texas, Resident clay artists, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery 2005

Participating Artist- “Attachments 2005”, 7th Annual Texas Clay Arts Association, Member Show, Rockport Arts Center, Rockport Texas 2005

Invited Artist - “Top 10 Exhibition” Top ten in clay, fiber and metal, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas 2004

Invited Artist – “Clay Synergy! Interconnections of Form and Content” Nave Museum, Victoria Regional Museum Association, Victoria, Texas 2004

Participating Artist – “Attachments 2004” 6th Annual Texas Clay Arts Association, Member’s Show, Cactus Hotel, San Angelo, Texas 2004

Invited Artist – “Teapots-A-Go-Go II” A multi-artist exhibition of teapots, Mudfire Pottery Center and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2004

Invited Artist – “Great Pots in Texas”, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University,Corpus Christi, Texas 2004

Participating Artist, “Attachments 2003” 5th Annual Texas Clay Arts Association, Member’s Show, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas 2003

Invited Artist – “Teapots-A-Go-Go” A multi-artist exhibition of teapots, Mudfire Pottery Center and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2003

 

Invited Artist – “Different Directions – Coming Together in Clay III”, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas 2003

Art Museum of South Texas Permanent Collection, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Texas 2003

 

Participating Artist, “Northern Exposure”, exhibition of Texas Clay Festival

Artists, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving Texas 2002

 

500 Teapots, Lark Books, photo, page 221, stoneware teapot. 2002, Juror, Kathy Triplett

 

Invited Artist, “All School Exhibition 2002”, Russell Hill Rogers Galleries,

Southwest School of Art and Craft. Selected works by students, faculty and staff. 2002

The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Kevin Hulch, Kraus Publications 2001, photo, page 11, stoneware teapot.

Participating Artist – “ Since China 98”- An Exhibition of Work Since Our Journey, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, South County Regional Library, Charlotte, North Carolina 2001

Participating Artist – “Made in Texas”- Regional Clay – State of the Art Exhibition, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music, New Braunfels, Texas 2001

Participating Artist – “Flowing Vessels” - A Show of Things that Pour, Gardo’s Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2001

Invited Artist – “SA Clay: A Tradition Continues”, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas 2000

Participating Artist – “Origins in Clay” 1999, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Eddie Dominguez, Juror, Ingram, Texas

Invited Artist -- Yixing International Ceramic Art Conference May - June 1998, Yixing, China

Work-Study program, Jingdezhen, China, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, P.R. of China and Alfred University, College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York

Participating Artist - “The Art of Dining” 1997, The Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

One Man Show 1980, Centennial Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Best 100 Show -- WDCN-TV 1977 - 1978 - 1979, Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville Bicentennial Permanent Collection -- 1976, City of Nashville, Tennessee

 

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS


Best in Ceramics – 37
th Annual Rockport Arts Festival Rockport, Texas 2007

First Place Award – Bountiful Bowls Pottery Fair, Rockport Texas 2007

Best of Show Award- Bountiful Bowls Pottery Fair, Rockport Texas 2006

Best of Show Award – Bountiful Bowls Pottery Fair, Rockport Texas 2005

Jurors Choice Award – San Antonio Potters’ Guild Annual Juried Show, Vern Funk, Juror 2004

Best of Show Award – Bountiful Bowls Pottery Fair, Rockport Texas 2003

Best of Show Award – San Antonio Potters’ Guild Annual Juried Show 2003, James C. Watkins, Juror

Jurors Choice Award – San Antonio Potters’ Guild Annual Juried Show 2001, Claudia Reese, Juror

First Place Award – 3-D Functional Crafts, Rockport Arts and Crafts Festival 2000

Second Place Award – San Antonio Potters’ Guild Annual Show 1999, Louis Katz, Juror

Best of Show Award – 52nd Annual River Art Show and Competition 1999

Award in Ceramics -- San Antonio Art League 67th Annual Artist Exhibition 1997

Honorable Mention -- San Antonio Potters Guild Annual Show 1997, Kate Ritson, Juror

Honorable Mention -- San Antonio Potters Guild Annual Show 1996, Susan Budge, Juror

River Art Group Competition -- First Place -- Ceramics 1990, 43rd Annual River Art Show, San Antonio, Texas

Foothills Crafts Guild Scholarship Award 1982, Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee


 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


Southwest School of Art and Craft –Adjunct Faculty 2001 - 2009 San Antonio, Texas

Studio Potter -- San Antonio, Texas 1986 - Present

Diversified Printing Corporation -- Dickson, Tennessee 1982 - 1986, Color Analyst

Studio Potter -- Dickson, Tennessee 1980 - 1982

Centennial Arts Center -- Nashville, Tennessee 1975 - 1980, Ceramics Instructor

Middle Tennessee State University 1973, Bachelor of Science -- Art/Ceramics


 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS


President -- San Antonio Potters Guild 1999 - 2000

President -- River Art Group Inc. 1994 – 1995

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts since 1996

 

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