Emeritus Professor of Art. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Employed: 1987 – 2011. Hixson-Lied Professor of Art
GRANTS & AWARDS
2009 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS (NCECA)
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS,
Hixson-Lied Faculty Development Grant for Gail Kendall Invites:
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
2008 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Layman Award to facilitate Sheldon Museum of Art
Solo Exhibition, August - November 2008
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave.
2007 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Research Council Grant In Aid: Akal Exchange. Morocco
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Research Grant. Akal Exchange
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Development Grant. London.
2006 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Named professorship (Hixson-Lied Prof. of Art)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – Presenter: Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecturer Series:
“What is It About Pots?”
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. ‘Walter Gropius American Master Series": Solo Exhibition
CITY OF LINCOLN. Mayor’s Award for Creative Achievement
MEADOWLARK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. Lincoln NE. Featured Visual Artist
2003 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Research Council Grant-In-Aid. Attingham Trust
Summer Program Research in England
(Ceramics in Context: Some Country House Collections)
2001 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave for Research in
England & France (Pursuing Paradox)
2000 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Summer Research Fellowship
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln N
2011 KAPI'OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. KOA GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Hawaii.
2009 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln NE
ST. ANDREWS SEWANEE GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Monteagle TN
2008 SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition
HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Two-Person Exhibition
2006 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo exhibition.
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition. WV
2003 FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Solo Exhibition. Norman, Oklahoma
2002 SANTA FE CLAY. Solo Exhibition. Santa Fe, NM
2000 FUSIONS GALLERY. Queensland Potters Association. Solo Exhibition. Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
SELECTED GROUP AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2012 PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Plates” Invitational Exhibition
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Annual Exhibition and Auction” Fundraiser
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Exhibition & Art Auction” Fundraiser
SANTA FE CLAY. “La Mesa”. Large Group Invitionalal Exhibition at 2012 NCECA
HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Summer Exhibition. Aspen CO
WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Pottery Invitational. Wooster OH
WATERSHED CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Anniversary Exhibition and Auction. Newcastle ME
MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Studio of Connee Mayeron Cowles. Shaeffer MN
WOMEN MADE GALLERY. Ceramic Invitational. Curator: Linda Hillman. Chicago IL
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Presenters & Mentors Exhibition”. Utilitarian Clay
Symposium VI. Gatlinburg TN
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Past Presenters Exhibition”. Symposium VI.
Gatllinburg TN
2011 NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. "The Legacy of Karen Karnes" Curator: Karen Karnes
THE CLAY STUDIO. "Dinnerware". Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
LILL STREET STUDIO. "35th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition". Chicago IL
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. "Invitational Exhibition and Auction." Helena Mt. & Online
THE CLAY STUDIO: “Cups & Coffee”. Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Annual Fundraiser. Art Exhibition & Auction.
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. 60th Anniversary Exhibition & Auction.
EIGHTEEN HANDS. “Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists”. Invitational. Dallas
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Changes: UNL Ceramics 1987 – 2011”. Four person invitational.
Lincoln NE
THE CLAY STUDIO. “Gifted”. Large Group Invitational. Philadelphia PA
2010 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY. "Form Follows Function: Pots For the Table". Juror: Adam
Welch, Interim Director. New York City
AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
SCHALLER GALLERY. "Earthenware Invitational". Red Lodge MT
DOW STUDIO. "All Media Invitational". Deer Isle, ME
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition
2009 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
WAYNE ART CENTER. "Earthenware Invitational". Juror: Janice Sawder.
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
AKAR GALLERY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
ART CENTER AT OLD CHURCH. "35th Annual Pottery Exhibtion & Sale" (Fundraiser). Curator:
Karen Karnes. Demarest NJ
2008 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
THE CLAY STUDIO. Earthenware Exhibition. Curator: Prof. Linda Arbuckle. Phila. PA
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
MAMORANECK ART GUILD. "All Fired Up: Earthenware Surfaces". Mamorenck NY
LYNHURST, A National Trust House. "The Artful Table". Curator: Julia Galloway. Tarrytown NJ
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS UNIVERSITY. "Near East Meets West". Small Group Invitational.
Curator: Prof. Patrick Veerkamp. Georgetown TX
GUILFORD COLLEGE. From One Hand To Another". An exhibition of mentors and mentees. Greensboro, SC
2007 "The Daily Cup" An exhibition of drinking vessels. Curated by Prof. Emeritus Dan Anderson.
State University of Illinois at Edwardsville
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition. Penland North Carolina
SANTA FE CLAY. "La Mesa" . NCECA Confernece. Lexington KY
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART. Dinnerware Exhibition. Curator: R. Shay, Director: U of Kentucky School of Art
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Exhibition and Auction. Aspen CO
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ART. Exhibition & Auctiion. CO
RED LODGE CERAMIC CENTER. Invitational Exhibition. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Montana
13TH ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. Artist's invite Artists
2006 ART SCHOOL AT OLD CHURCH. ‘32nd Annual Pottery Exhibition”. Curator: Karen Karnes
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – FLAGSTAFF. “Woodfire Conference Invitational”
ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. “Artists Invite Artists” Franconia, MN
LILL STREET STUDIOS. “Artists and Mentors”. Invitational
EMPORIA STATE UN IVERSITY. “Surface Matters” Curator: Elaine Henry, Harris Deller
2005 HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. ‘Seven Earthenware Potters’
Curator: Gail Kendall (in conjunction with the 2005 NCECA conference.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “Clay Continuum: The Archie Bray Foundation at Fifty”.
Curator: Peter Held, Director. Ceramics Museum at Arizona State University
WATKINS GALLERY. “Courses: Soup to Nuts”. North Hampton, MA Curator: Linda Hillman
JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER. “Fill It to The Brim”. A National Invitational
Sheboygan WI
THE CLAY STUDIO. “Mastery in Clay”. A national exhibition and fundraising auction.
Philadelphia PA
REDSTAR STUDIOS. “Women in Clay”. An invitational exhibition curaged by: Liz
Quackenbush, Professor of Art. Penn State University. Kansas City
CORNERSTONE. “Art Exhibition and Auction”. A fundraiser for a New Mexico historical
Preservation Not-For-Profit organization. Santa Fe, NM
HARVEY/MEADOWS GALLERY. “Feast”. A national invitational pottery exhibition. Aspen. CO
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. '"The American Pottery Festival". Mpls. MN
2004 ARTSTREAM NCECA TOUR. Curator: Alleghany Meadows. Traveling Exhibition
WICHITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 'Gail Kendall, Robert Briscoe, Bede Clarke'.
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Utilitarian Clay Symposium Exhibtio
2003 WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Dinnerware Invitational. Worcester MA
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN – Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. ‘Faculty Show’
BROOKSFIELD CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Invitational. Curator: Gail Brown
NCECA NATIONAL. Juried Exhibition. San Diego, CA
SANTA FE CLAY. "Cups". Invitational. Curator: Avra Leodis
ODYSSEY CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS. "Women in Clay". Curator: Mark Burleson.
Ashville, North Carolina
BERKHOLDER PROJECT. “Artist’s Invite Artists”. Group Invitational. Lincoln NE
2002 BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS. 'Pots Presented' Curator: Nicholos Joerling
* WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. 'Intent' Invitational Curator: Mary Barringer
SHERRY LEEDY GALLERY. Invitational. Kansas City MO
MANHATTEN ART CENTER. 'Out of Academe: Artists Who Teach'. Curator:
Anna Caluori-Holcombe
HAYDON GALLERY. ' Gail Kendall, Pete Pinnell, Kari Radasch, Monica Ripley, Richard
Schwartz'. Lincoln NE
FREE HAND. Group Invitational. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Los Angeles, CA
STABLE GALLERY. "Artists Invite Artists: Watershed Residents." Damarscotta, Maine
GALLERY 72. “UNL CERAMICS: FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS”. OMAHA, NE.
CURATOR: GAIL KENDALL.
PRESENTATIONS
2012 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Functional Ceramics Conference.
JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Public Lecture. Jackson WY
CERAMIC ARTS DAILY. DVD
2011 KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Koa Gallery. Public Lecture. Oahu HI
THE HUE ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Maui HI
2010 HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Public Lecture
2009 ST ANDREWS SEWANEE. "The Shakerag Workshops". Public Lecture
RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Public Lecture
2008 APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Public Lecture
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Gallery Talks (two)
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Gallery Talk "Seven Original Voices in American Pottery".
Curator: Gail Kendall
AMIZMIZ ELLIS HOUSE. Gallery Talk "Akal Exchange Pottery Exhibition"
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Lecture & Conversation "Using The Hand Made Day to Day"
2007 PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Public Lecture
2006 MENDOCINO ART CENTER
2005 OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Portland OR. Lecture
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Panelist. ‘American Ceramics Then and Now” A
Symposium in Conjunction with Artchie Bray Foundation curated exhibition.
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Lecture. Aspen CO
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. Lecture. Topeka KS
2004 ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Presentor. '4th Utilitarian Clay Symposiumm'.
Gatlinburg TN PANELI Member” Influence, Appropriation, Plagiarism"
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Public Lecture. Huntington WV
WICHITA ART CENTER. Lecture. Wichita KS
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Gallery Talk. “Ceramic Work From the Permanent
Collection”
MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL CONFERENCE. Interviewer: Outi Heiskanen and Akira Kurosaki
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “A Personal View of the Work of Robert Arneson”.
Gallery Talk in Conjunction with the Exhibition ‘Big Idea'
2003 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Snowmass CO
SPRING ISLAND ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Spring Island SC
FIRE HOUSE ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Norman OK
2002 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS. Presentation
Suzanne Stephenson, Professor Emeritus for Honors. Opening Session. Kansas City
WORKSHOPS/ RESIDENCIES
2013 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Visiting Artist/Critic. One-Month Residency
Potter invites Potters. Scott Goldberg, Holly Walker. Gail Kendall. Brooksville ME
Paul Heroux Studio Residency. Lewiston ME
2012 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Workshop. Snowmass. CO.
WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Ceramics Conference. Wooster OH
JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Workshop. Jackson WY
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. “New Works”. A Faculty Retreat
2010 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. One month artist's residency.
2009 RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Artist Invites Artists. One month residency.
SEWANEE COLLEGE. Shake Rag Workshop Series
2008 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Snowmass CO
APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Smithville TN
AKAL POTTERY EXCHANGE. Amizmiz, Morocco with Liz Quackenbush, Linda Hillman, Autumn Cipala 2007 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. Columbia MO
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
MINNITONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2006 MENDOCINO ART CENTER
MINNETONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2005 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Two Week Workshop. Snowmass CO
OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Weekend Workshop. Portland OR
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. Topeka, KS
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Topeka KS
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Three day workshop with Solo Exhibition
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. 'Clay Nation'. Three Day Workshop
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Demonstrator.
Utilitarian Clay Symposium. Curators: Bill Griffith. Peter Beasecker
2003 SPRING ISLAND TRUST. Sprig Island, South Carolina. Three-day workshop
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. w/ Clive Bowen. Two-week workshop
FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Norman Oklahoma
2002 SANTA FE CLAY. Santa Fe, NM. One week workshop.
ODYSSEY CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Ashville. NC. One week workshop
PETERS VALLEY CERAMIC CENTER. Peters Valley, NJ. One week workshop.
TERRA INCOGNITO. Oak Park, IL. One week workshop.
JUROR/ CURATOR
2013 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Susan McGilvry Retrospective”. Curator.
2007 LUX CENTER. "Seven Original Voices In American Pottery: Arbuckle, Berringer, Brady, Pharis,
Quackenbush, Rowan, Simon
2005 INTERNATIONAL TEAPOT EXHIBITION. Xixing , Peoples Republic, China, - Juror
CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER. “Clay National” Carbondale CO. - Juror
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. “Emerging Artists Exhibition”. Topeka KS
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.
“UNL/MFA in Ceramics: 2=1993 – 2003”. Curated with Joe Ruffo
HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. “Seven Earthenware Potters”
Curator
2006 SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Works From the Permanent Collection. Curator
2003 GALLERY 72. 'First & Second Year Grads & Faculty". Omaha NE 2002
GALLERY 72. "UNL Third Year Grads & Faculty". Lincoln, NE
WORK CURATED INTO MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 2002 - present
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MUSEUM OF ART
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Honolulu HI
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International Experiences: 1973 – 2012
1983 Biddulph Staffs. England. Studied ceramic restoration with Alan Finney at Ceramic
Restoration Studios. Seven months
Presented lectures at St. Martin’s College. Lancaster Lancs. and L’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris
1989 “Cultural Focus”, a research project in Mali. Funded by University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
Six weeks
1990 Conducted a Visual Arts Study Abroad Program in Northern Italy for University-level
students through International Studies at U.N.L. 3 weeks.
1994 Artist in Residence: Spode Works. Stoke-on-Trent England. Five months.
1998 Solo Exhibition at the Brisbane Crafts Center. Brisbane, Queensland AU Workshop: Hervey
Bay, Queensland AU
2001 University of the West of England. Bristol, Avon. UK. One-month residency.
2003 The Attingham Summer School. Three week program in England. Country House Studies:
Gardens, Architecture, Contents.
2007 The AKAL Exchange. Proposed and Conducted a program that included Workshops and
Museum Visits for three weeks in Morocco. Sponsored by The Peace Corp and the
Moroccan Ministry of Handicraft
1999–2005 Conducted six Visual Arts Study Tours to London & Paris for University-level and non-
traditional students. Two weeks each. International Study Abroad- University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Other travel with museum/ ceramic focus:
Approximately ten additional visits to England & Scotland
Approximately four additional visits to Paris
Traveled to Rome and Tuscany with nine other potters to study Etruscan Art & Craft
Employed: 1987 – 2011. Hixson-Lied Professor of Art
GRANTS & AWARDS
2009 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS (NCECA)
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS,
Hixson-Lied Faculty Development Grant for Gail Kendall Invites:
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
2008 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Layman Award to facilitate Sheldon Museum of Art
Solo Exhibition, August - November 2008
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave.
2007 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Research Council Grant In Aid: Akal Exchange. Morocco
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Research Grant. Akal Exchange
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Development Grant. London.
2006 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Named professorship (Hixson-Lied Prof. of Art)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – Presenter: Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecturer Series:
“What is It About Pots?”
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. ‘Walter Gropius American Master Series": Solo Exhibition
CITY OF LINCOLN. Mayor’s Award for Creative Achievement
MEADOWLARK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. Lincoln NE. Featured Visual Artist
2003 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Research Council Grant-In-Aid. Attingham Trust
Summer Program Research in England
(Ceramics in Context: Some Country House Collections)
2001 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave for Research in
England & France (Pursuing Paradox)
2000 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Summer Research Fellowship
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln N
2011 KAPI'OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. KOA GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Hawaii.
2009 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln NE
ST. ANDREWS SEWANEE GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Monteagle TN
2008 SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition
HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Two-Person Exhibition
2006 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo exhibition.
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition. WV
2003 FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Solo Exhibition. Norman, Oklahoma
2002 SANTA FE CLAY. Solo Exhibition. Santa Fe, NM
2000 FUSIONS GALLERY. Queensland Potters Association. Solo Exhibition. Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
SELECTED GROUP AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2012 PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Plates” Invitational Exhibition
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Annual Exhibition and Auction” Fundraiser
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Exhibition & Art Auction” Fundraiser
SANTA FE CLAY. “La Mesa”. Large Group Invitionalal Exhibition at 2012 NCECA
HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Summer Exhibition. Aspen CO
WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Pottery Invitational. Wooster OH
WATERSHED CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Anniversary Exhibition and Auction. Newcastle ME
MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Studio of Connee Mayeron Cowles. Shaeffer MN
WOMEN MADE GALLERY. Ceramic Invitational. Curator: Linda Hillman. Chicago IL
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Presenters & Mentors Exhibition”. Utilitarian Clay
Symposium VI. Gatlinburg TN
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Past Presenters Exhibition”. Symposium VI.
Gatllinburg TN
2011 NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. "The Legacy of Karen Karnes" Curator: Karen Karnes
THE CLAY STUDIO. "Dinnerware". Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
LILL STREET STUDIO. "35th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition". Chicago IL
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. "Invitational Exhibition and Auction." Helena Mt. & Online
THE CLAY STUDIO: “Cups & Coffee”. Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Annual Fundraiser. Art Exhibition & Auction.
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. 60th Anniversary Exhibition & Auction.
EIGHTEEN HANDS. “Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists”. Invitational. Dallas
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Changes: UNL Ceramics 1987 – 2011”. Four person invitational.
Lincoln NE
THE CLAY STUDIO. “Gifted”. Large Group Invitational. Philadelphia PA
2010 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY. "Form Follows Function: Pots For the Table". Juror: Adam
Welch, Interim Director. New York City
AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
SCHALLER GALLERY. "Earthenware Invitational". Red Lodge MT
DOW STUDIO. "All Media Invitational". Deer Isle, ME
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition
2009 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
WAYNE ART CENTER. "Earthenware Invitational". Juror: Janice Sawder.
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
AKAR GALLERY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
ART CENTER AT OLD CHURCH. "35th Annual Pottery Exhibtion & Sale" (Fundraiser). Curator:
Karen Karnes. Demarest NJ
2008 MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park. Shaeffer MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
THE CLAY STUDIO. Earthenware Exhibition. Curator: Prof. Linda Arbuckle. Phila. PA
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
MAMORANECK ART GUILD. "All Fired Up: Earthenware Surfaces". Mamorenck NY
LYNHURST, A National Trust House. "The Artful Table". Curator: Julia Galloway. Tarrytown NJ
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS UNIVERSITY. "Near East Meets West". Small Group Invitational.
Curator: Prof. Patrick Veerkamp. Georgetown TX
GUILFORD COLLEGE. From One Hand To Another". An exhibition of mentors and mentees. Greensboro, SC
2007 "The Daily Cup" An exhibition of drinking vessels. Curated by Prof. Emeritus Dan Anderson.
State University of Illinois at Edwardsville
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition. Penland North Carolina
SANTA FE CLAY. "La Mesa" . NCECA Confernece. Lexington KY
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART. Dinnerware Exhibition. Curator: R. Shay, Director: U of Kentucky School of Art
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Exhibition and Auction. Aspen CO
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ART. Exhibition & Auctiion. CO
RED LODGE CERAMIC CENTER. Invitational Exhibition. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Montana
13TH ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. Artist's invite Artists
2006 ART SCHOOL AT OLD CHURCH. ‘32nd Annual Pottery Exhibition”. Curator: Karen Karnes
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – FLAGSTAFF. “Woodfire Conference Invitational”
ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. “Artists Invite Artists” Franconia, MN
LILL STREET STUDIOS. “Artists and Mentors”. Invitational
EMPORIA STATE UN IVERSITY. “Surface Matters” Curator: Elaine Henry, Harris Deller
2005 HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. ‘Seven Earthenware Potters’
Curator: Gail Kendall (in conjunction with the 2005 NCECA conference.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “Clay Continuum: The Archie Bray Foundation at Fifty”.
Curator: Peter Held, Director. Ceramics Museum at Arizona State University
WATKINS GALLERY. “Courses: Soup to Nuts”. North Hampton, MA Curator: Linda Hillman
JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER. “Fill It to The Brim”. A National Invitational
Sheboygan WI
THE CLAY STUDIO. “Mastery in Clay”. A national exhibition and fundraising auction.
Philadelphia PA
REDSTAR STUDIOS. “Women in Clay”. An invitational exhibition curaged by: Liz
Quackenbush, Professor of Art. Penn State University. Kansas City
CORNERSTONE. “Art Exhibition and Auction”. A fundraiser for a New Mexico historical
Preservation Not-For-Profit organization. Santa Fe, NM
HARVEY/MEADOWS GALLERY. “Feast”. A national invitational pottery exhibition. Aspen. CO
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. '"The American Pottery Festival". Mpls. MN
2004 ARTSTREAM NCECA TOUR. Curator: Alleghany Meadows. Traveling Exhibition
WICHITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 'Gail Kendall, Robert Briscoe, Bede Clarke'.
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Utilitarian Clay Symposium Exhibtio
2003 WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Dinnerware Invitational. Worcester MA
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN – Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. ‘Faculty Show’
BROOKSFIELD CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Invitational. Curator: Gail Brown
NCECA NATIONAL. Juried Exhibition. San Diego, CA
SANTA FE CLAY. "Cups". Invitational. Curator: Avra Leodis
ODYSSEY CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS. "Women in Clay". Curator: Mark Burleson.
Ashville, North Carolina
BERKHOLDER PROJECT. “Artist’s Invite Artists”. Group Invitational. Lincoln NE
2002 BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS. 'Pots Presented' Curator: Nicholos Joerling
* WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. 'Intent' Invitational Curator: Mary Barringer
SHERRY LEEDY GALLERY. Invitational. Kansas City MO
MANHATTEN ART CENTER. 'Out of Academe: Artists Who Teach'. Curator:
Anna Caluori-Holcombe
HAYDON GALLERY. ' Gail Kendall, Pete Pinnell, Kari Radasch, Monica Ripley, Richard
Schwartz'. Lincoln NE
FREE HAND. Group Invitational. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Los Angeles, CA
STABLE GALLERY. "Artists Invite Artists: Watershed Residents." Damarscotta, Maine
GALLERY 72. “UNL CERAMICS: FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS”. OMAHA, NE.
CURATOR: GAIL KENDALL.
PRESENTATIONS
2012 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Functional Ceramics Conference.
JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Public Lecture. Jackson WY
CERAMIC ARTS DAILY. DVD
2011 KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Koa Gallery. Public Lecture. Oahu HI
THE HUE ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Maui HI
2010 HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Public Lecture
2009 ST ANDREWS SEWANEE. "The Shakerag Workshops". Public Lecture
RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Public Lecture
2008 APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Public Lecture
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Gallery Talks (two)
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Gallery Talk "Seven Original Voices in American Pottery".
Curator: Gail Kendall
AMIZMIZ ELLIS HOUSE. Gallery Talk "Akal Exchange Pottery Exhibition"
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Lecture & Conversation "Using The Hand Made Day to Day"
2007 PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Public Lecture
2006 MENDOCINO ART CENTER
2005 OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Portland OR. Lecture
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Panelist. ‘American Ceramics Then and Now” A
Symposium in Conjunction with Artchie Bray Foundation curated exhibition.
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Lecture. Aspen CO
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. Lecture. Topeka KS
2004 ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Presentor. '4th Utilitarian Clay Symposiumm'.
Gatlinburg TN PANELI Member” Influence, Appropriation, Plagiarism"
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Public Lecture. Huntington WV
WICHITA ART CENTER. Lecture. Wichita KS
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Gallery Talk. “Ceramic Work From the Permanent
Collection”
MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL CONFERENCE. Interviewer: Outi Heiskanen and Akira Kurosaki
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “A Personal View of the Work of Robert Arneson”.
Gallery Talk in Conjunction with the Exhibition ‘Big Idea'
2003 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Snowmass CO
SPRING ISLAND ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Spring Island SC
FIRE HOUSE ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Norman OK
2002 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS. Presentation
Suzanne Stephenson, Professor Emeritus for Honors. Opening Session. Kansas City
WORKSHOPS/ RESIDENCIES
2013 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Visiting Artist/Critic. One-Month Residency
Potter invites Potters. Scott Goldberg, Holly Walker. Gail Kendall. Brooksville ME
Paul Heroux Studio Residency. Lewiston ME
2012 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Workshop. Snowmass. CO.
WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Ceramics Conference. Wooster OH
JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Workshop. Jackson WY
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. “New Works”. A Faculty Retreat
2010 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. One month artist's residency.
2009 RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Artist Invites Artists. One month residency.
SEWANEE COLLEGE. Shake Rag Workshop Series
2008 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Snowmass CO
APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Smithville TN
AKAL POTTERY EXCHANGE. Amizmiz, Morocco with Liz Quackenbush, Linda Hillman, Autumn Cipala 2007 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. Columbia MO
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
MINNITONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2006 MENDOCINO ART CENTER
MINNETONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2005 ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Two Week Workshop. Snowmass CO
OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Weekend Workshop. Portland OR
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. Topeka, KS
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Topeka KS
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Three day workshop with Solo Exhibition
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. 'Clay Nation'. Three Day Workshop
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Demonstrator.
Utilitarian Clay Symposium. Curators: Bill Griffith. Peter Beasecker
2003 SPRING ISLAND TRUST. Sprig Island, South Carolina. Three-day workshop
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. w/ Clive Bowen. Two-week workshop
FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Norman Oklahoma
2002 SANTA FE CLAY. Santa Fe, NM. One week workshop.
ODYSSEY CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Ashville. NC. One week workshop
PETERS VALLEY CERAMIC CENTER. Peters Valley, NJ. One week workshop.
TERRA INCOGNITO. Oak Park, IL. One week workshop.
JUROR/ CURATOR
2013 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Susan McGilvry Retrospective”. Curator.
2007 LUX CENTER. "Seven Original Voices In American Pottery: Arbuckle, Berringer, Brady, Pharis,
Quackenbush, Rowan, Simon
2005 INTERNATIONAL TEAPOT EXHIBITION. Xixing , Peoples Republic, China, - Juror
CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER. “Clay National” Carbondale CO. - Juror
KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. “Emerging Artists Exhibition”. Topeka KS
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.
“UNL/MFA in Ceramics: 2=1993 – 2003”. Curated with Joe Ruffo
HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. “Seven Earthenware Potters”
Curator
2006 SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Works From the Permanent Collection. Curator
2003 GALLERY 72. 'First & Second Year Grads & Faculty". Omaha NE 2002
GALLERY 72. "UNL Third Year Grads & Faculty". Lincoln, NE
WORK CURATED INTO MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 2002 - present
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MUSEUM OF ART
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Honolulu HI
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International Experiences: 1973 – 2012
1983 Biddulph Staffs. England. Studied ceramic restoration with Alan Finney at Ceramic
Restoration Studios. Seven months
Presented lectures at St. Martin’s College. Lancaster Lancs. and L’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris
1989 “Cultural Focus”, a research project in Mali. Funded by University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
Six weeks
1990 Conducted a Visual Arts Study Abroad Program in Northern Italy for University-level
students through International Studies at U.N.L. 3 weeks.
1994 Artist in Residence: Spode Works. Stoke-on-Trent England. Five months.
1998 Solo Exhibition at the Brisbane Crafts Center. Brisbane, Queensland AU Workshop: Hervey
Bay, Queensland AU
2001 University of the West of England. Bristol, Avon. UK. One-month residency.
2003 The Attingham Summer School. Three week program in England. Country House Studies:
Gardens, Architecture, Contents.
2007 The AKAL Exchange. Proposed and Conducted a program that included Workshops and
Museum Visits for three weeks in Morocco. Sponsored by The Peace Corp and the
Moroccan Ministry of Handicraft
1999–2005 Conducted six Visual Arts Study Tours to London & Paris for University-level and non-
traditional students. Two weeks each. International Study Abroad- University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Other travel with museum/ ceramic focus:
Approximately ten additional visits to England & Scotland
Approximately four additional visits to Paris
Traveled to Rome and Tuscany with nine other potters to study Etruscan Art & Craft
