Education

Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York

Associates Of Science in Fine Arts, May 1992

State University College at Buffalo, New York

Bachelor of Science in Art Education, May 1996

New York State Certification

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania September 1997-May 2000

Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics

 

Teaching Experience

Fall 1999                       

Butler Community College, Butler, Pennsylvania

Art History Instructor/Distance Educator

  • History of Western Art Instructor
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive course outline.
  • Communicated and evaluated students through the Internet/e-mail 

Fall 2000-Spring 2002

Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota

Assistant Professor of Ceramics and Art Education

  • Supervised Ceramics studio
  • Maintained and operate ceramics equipment
  • Instructed students in hand building, wheel throwing, glaze and clay formulation and firing processes
  • Instructed students in beginning and advanced classes in Drawing, Design and Foundations and the use of various software
  • Instructed students seeking Elementary, Secondary Art Education degrees
  • Supervised Art Education Student Teachers
  • Developed and maintained the Art Department and Ceramics Department websites
  • Supervised VCSU Art Gallery
  • Taught Community School K-12 art courses

 

Fall 2002-Present

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

Assistant Professor/Program Director of Art Education and Ceramics

  • Supervise Ceramics studio
  • Supervise Art Education Student Teachers
  • Advise all Art Education Majors
  • Maintain and operate ceramics equipment
  • Instruct students in hand building, wheel throwing, glaze and clay formulation and firing processes

PUBLICATIONS:

2006          500 Animals in Clay

2004          500 Figures Lark Books

2003           Clay Times (On-line Gallery)

2003           Ceramics Monthly (Upfront Section)

2003           500 Bowls, Lark Books

2002           Ceramics Monthly (Upfront Section)

 

GRANTS AWARDED:

2001    Bush Grant, Valley City State University, North Dakota

2004    ODU Summer Research Fellowship

2005   Faculty Innovator Grant

 

2006      “ Shaking The Baby Tree” Solo Exhibition

                 Rawls Museum Arts , Courtland , VA

                Amazing Clay 3  Invitational

                Staunton Augusta Art Center , Staunton, Virginia

              

                Celestial Images In Art Invitational

                Suffolk Art Museum, Suffolk VA

                

                Art the Doll

                Pump House Regional Center, La Crosse WI 

                 Juror Judy Onofrio

                The Art of Tea Multimedia Invitational

                 Suffolk Museum, Suffolk , VA.

             

                Thou Shall Not  Exhibit Invitational

                Visual Arts Center Portsmouth VA.

                Viewpoint Ceramics 2006

                Grossmont College Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, CA 

                 Juror Les Lawerence

                 http://www.grossmont.edu/artgallery/viewpoint_ceramics.asp

         

 

 2005      Flashback- Flash Forward Invitational

                Rawls Museum Arts. Courtland VA.

                First Prize in Show, awarded a solo show for 2006

            

                 A Tea of Unusual Proportions Invitational

                 Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA.

                Ink and Clay 32

               University Art Gallery of California State Polytechnic University, 

               Pomona. Pomona, CA

               Jurors  Marilyn Zeitlin and Peter Held   

                http://www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/inkclay31/Intro.html

       

                 Cup: The Intimate Object IV

                 Fort Wayne, Indiana

                Juror Linda Arbuckle

    http://www.claylink.com/CupIV2005/Cup094.html

                Penland Scholarship Auction

                Penland School of  Crafts , Penland NC

 

                HALIZO Art Festival

                 Norfolk VA

                 Home Sweet Home (a benefit for Habitat for Humanity)

                 Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk, VA

       

              Graduate Alumni Ceramics Invitational

              NCECA

              Star Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore, MD

              Edinboro University of Pennsylvania part

              of the NCECA Tour de Clay exhibition

    2004   About Surface, Invitational

               Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas

              Amazing Clay, Too:  Invitational

              Staunton, Art Center Satunton, VA

             Halizo Art Festival

            Norfolk, VA. (Biblical Theme Award)

             Common Clay Buffalo State College Alumni Exhibition

             NCECA ,Indianapolis, Indiana

 

 2003   Eclectic Eccentric Invitational

             Rawls Museum Cortland, VA

 

             Containment:  Power of the Vessel

             Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA

             St. Petersburg Clay National  Juror: Don Reitz

 

            St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL

          

         Wheels –  Invitational

          Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia

          Dental Imagery in Art

           Suffolk Museum & Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk, Virginia

 

          Print Sojourn Invitational

           Edinboro University,  Edinboro, Pennsylvania (traveling show)

          Texas National 2003

          Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylo Jerry Uelsmann and

          Maggie Taylor

          

          Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

 2002  The George Ohr National Arts Challenge

        

          Juror Paul Soldner

       

           The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi

          

           Eight: Paint & Clay,  Invitational

          Valdosta State University Gallery, Valdosta, Georgia

          

          Annual July National Exhibition

         Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina

        38th Jamestown Fine Arts Center Spring Art Show

        Jamestown Fine Arts Center, Jamestown, North Dakota

      

        Plates ‘02 (An Exhibition of Ceramic Plates)

        Riverside Community College Art Gallery, Riverside, California

          

         Solo Exhibition, Valley City State University

         Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota

2001  37th Jamestown Fine Arts Center Spring Art Show

         Jamestown Fine Arts Center, Jamestown, North Dakota

    

         Solo Exhibition, Valley City State University

        Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota

2000  Solo Ceramics Art Show

         Bates Art Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

        Niche Show

        Pittsburgh Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  

        Print Show

        Erie Art Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania

1999   Graduate Art Show

     Bates Art Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

          Craft Art Western New York,

           Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York

     

           October Evenings Exhibit

           Meadville Council for the Arts, Meadville, Pennsylvania

1997   Village Gate Art Exposition

           Rochester, New York

1996   Craft Art from Western New York

          Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York

 

           

             

          

             

                

 

                

               

               

                 

 

 

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