BORN Waltham, Massachusetts, 1956
EDUCATION
1992 Master of Fine Arts / Ceramics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1978 Bachelor of Arts
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
AWARDS
2010 4/Culture, Seattle WA Artists Projects
Distinguished Staff Award, University of Washington, Seattle WA
2008 Needy Fellowship Nominee, Behnke Foundation, Seattle WA
2007 Gap grant Artists Trust, Seattle WA
2001 King County Art Gallery, Seattle WA
1983 Artist Fellowship - Painting, Artist Foundation, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
The Art and Craft of Clay the complete potter’s handbook 5th ed. Susan Peterson, 2012
HGTV, Crafters – “Coast to Coast”, May 2005
Conrow, Ginny, “Four Ways with Clay”, Ceramic Monthly, October, 2001
Rich, Chris, editor, Introduction by Val Cushing, “The Ceramic Design Book”, Lark Books, 1998
“6th Monarch Exhibition”, Ceramic Monthly, November, 1991
Russell, Gloria, “Free For All at ZONE”, Springfield Sunday Republican, June 14, 1987
Russell, Gloria, “Group Exhibition at ZONE”, Springfield Sunday Republican, March 22, 1987
Russell, Gloria, “Images to Remember”, Springfield Sunday Republican, September 17, 1985
Stapen, Nancy, “Art of The State”, Art / New England, October, 1983
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2014 Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2013 Cute, Blindfold Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Flight of Fantasy, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2010 New Work, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Elements of Earth, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Materials of Nature, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
2003 Recent Work, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
2001 Small Neighborhoods, King County Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Recent Work, Meloy and Company, Bellingham, WA
Four Ways With Clay, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
1999 New Ceramic Work, Meloy & Company, Bellingham, WA
Holiday Invitational , Ragazzi's Flying Shuttle, Seattle WA
1992 Journey by Joe, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1991 Myth / Reality, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
1986 Paintings from the Back Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
1984 New Faces and More, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
1983 Store Window, Albert Steiger Inc., Springfield Plaza, Springfield, MA
1982 10 Pretty Women, Springfield Central , Springfield, MA
1981 Kosmos-Kaos, ZONE Art Center, Springfield, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 ClayFest 50, Exhibition, Cornish Playhouse, Seattle WA
ClayFest 50, Retrospective, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
10x10x10xTieton 2016, Juried by Adam Gildar, Rodolfo Salgado, and Susanna Crum, Tieton, WA
Tell Your Story, curated by Kristin Schimik and Garreth Schuh, Burien Art Gallery, Burien WA
Coffee & Clay, juried by Noah Riedel and Carolyn Reddy, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
Bowls: National, juried by Julia Galloway, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
2012 Tea pots on the Edge, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Flattery, The Nicklas gallery, Seattle, WA
Duped, Piranha Gallery, Seattle, WA
Clay lives Here, Residents of Pottery Northwest, Seattle Design Center, Seattle
Tulipieres: The Tulip Vase Revisited, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Pots on the Pier, Mithun Peir 56, Seattle, WA
Diversity of Clay, Sea-Tac AirPort, Seattle, WA
2009 New Work, Bennett galleries, Knoxville TN
2009 Drink: Functional Forms for Every Libation, Lil Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
Connected by Clay, Sea-Tac Airport Seatac WA
2008 Needy Artists Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2007 Summer Exhibition, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Holiday Exhibition, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle WA
Our Cups Runneth Over, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2006 Objects and Stories, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
33rd Annual Art Festival Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
2005 Tour de Clay @ The Enoch Pratt Free Library, NCECA, Baltimore, MD
Sixth Annual Clay Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Earth/Organic, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2004 Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
A Place Setting, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Northwest Synergy, Meloy & Company Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Faculty Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2002 The Art of Change for UNICEF, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Tea Party: A Group Exhibition, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
2001 Faculty Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
New Work, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2000 Good and Guilty, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
The Moving Show, Meloy & Company, Bellingham, WA
1999 By Candle Light, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
Faculty Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
1998 Bellevue Museum preview exhibition, Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
1997 Contemporary Clay, WPA at Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
The State of Clay, Ceramic Guild of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society,
Lexington, MA
1996 Lotsa Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
1995 The Drawing Show, Fine Art Gallery, STCC, Springfield, MA
Lotsa Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
A Show of Hands, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Artist on Their Own, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery,
New York City, NY
Refiguring The Figure, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
1994 Ninth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
and
Kennedy- Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama
Art Walk, Art Framing Shop and Gallery, West Hartford, CT.
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Meadow Gallery, Denton, Texa
1993 Artist on Their Own, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery,
New York City, NY
Munson Reunion, Holyoke Community College Gallery, Holyoke, MA
1990 Founders Show, ZONE Art Center, Springfield, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 – present Instructor, Moshier Community Art Center, Burien, WA
2006-2015 Instructional Tech, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2008-2009 Adjunct Instructor, Green River Community College, Auburn WA
1999 - 2006 Instructor, Moshier Community Art Center, Burien, WA
1998 - 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA
1998 - 2003 Instructor, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
1998 - 2006 Instructor, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1992 - 1995 Visiting Instructor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Div. of Continuing Ed.
1989 - 1991 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1989 - 1991 Instructor, Studio School for the Visual Arts, East Longmeadow, MA