Exhibits
2009 Museum and Arts Complex Small Items Show, oil lamps and vases, December 2009
2009 Sequim Arts Member Show, umbrella stand, October 2009
2009 Audubon River Center, Sequim, WA
2008 Audubon River Center, Sequim, WA — Sequim Arts Member Show participant
2007 NCECA, Louisville, KY; “By the Ounce,” two entries accepted
2006 Sequim Arts Member Show: various large jars, October 2006
2006 Sequim Arts Annual Art Show: “Whales Watching” large lidded jar, May 2006
2006 Odd Arts Gallery, Port Angeles, WA; Kosai Ware, July 2006
2005 Sequim Arts Annual Art Show: “Boxed-in Series” wheel thrown/altered covered box
2003 NCECA Art Show: sponsored by CASD, Juried by John Hopkins, PhD
2001 Ceramic Artists of San Diego Members Show: Sunstone Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Honors and Awards
2007 Sequim Arts Annual Art Show: Merit Award, “Boxed-in Series” wheel thrown/altered covered box. Award of Merit, 3-D category
2005 Sequim Arts Members Show: Best in Category, 3-D; “Whales Watching” large lidded jar.
Professional Organizations
2009: Blue Whole Gallery, Sequim, WA, Member
Waterfront Gallery, Port Angeles, WA, Member
2008-present Washington Potters Association
2007-present Potters Council of the American Ceramic Society, Member
Sequim Arts, Member
Ceramic Artists of San Diego, Member
2005-2006 Sequim Arts Board of Directors and Member at Large
2004-present Sequim Arts, Member
2004-2008 Sequim Open Aire Market, Member
1999-2003 Ceramic Artists of San Diego (CASD), Past Vice President, 2001-2003)
Ceramics Education
2010 Three day Porcelain and Surface Decoration workshop, Potters Council of the American Ceramic
Society, San Diego, CA with Tom Coleman, Elaine Coleman and Mary Cuzick. February 2010
2009: Four day Wood and Soda firing class with advanced throwing techniques, Pottery West, Las Vegas, NV with Tom Coleman and Matt Long, Ph.D. Amy Kline, Director.
2008: Sabbatical year. Handbuilding class, Gayle Lutschg, Port Angeles, WA
2007: Surface Decoration, Potters’ Council workshop, Port Hadlock, WA
Form and Design, Peninsula Community College class, Bill Merrill, instructor
2006 Throwing Porcelain/Kiln Theory and Operation workshop, Tom Coleman and Paul Geil, instructors.
Geil Kiln Company, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Throwing Large Pots. Private 5 day workshop with Brian Persha, Bozeman, MT
2002 Functional Pottery as Art, Tom Coleman 5 day workshop, LaLoba Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000-03 Workshops in Ceramics: Mel Jacobson, Dannon Rhudy, James Watkins, David Cuzick, Steven Rodriguez, Biz Littell, Tom Coleman, Ian Currie, Patty Yockey, John Conrad, Steven Hill
2000-01 Apprenticeship in Ceramics, Sunstone Gallery, with Eleanor Murphey. Duties included form design and production on the wheel, handbuilding, glaze formulation kiln theory and firing, and gallery sales and management.
2000 Ceramics – handbuilding, Mesa College, San Diego, CA. Lana Wilson, Instructor; 3 semester credits
2000 Mastering Glazes, University of California, San Diego Grove Center, Brian Persha, instructor
1999 Wheel Thrown Ceramics, University of California, San Diego Grove Center, Ed Thompson, instructor
1998 Intermediate Ceramics, University of California, San Diego Grove Center, Paul Lindsley, instructor
1997 Basic Ceramics, Back Door Ceramics, Spring Valley, CA, Brenda Arwood, instructor
