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EducationMFA Ceramics/Drawing University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts

and Design, Denton, TexasBFA Ceramics/Drawing Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, Texas

TEACHING & SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCEFaculty, Ceramics Studio Specialist, Richland College, Dallas, Current

-Studio & Equipment Maintenance-Glaze & Clay Calculation-Kiln firing, electric and gas-Assist Students-Inventory management

Adjunct Professor of Record, Tarrant County College NE, Hurst, Texas, CurrentTeaching and Curriculum Design for:

-Ceramics I & II, kiln firing, glaze calculation, studio safety-2D Design -Drawing I-3D Design -Drawing II-Sculpture I -Life Drawing-Art Appreciation

Assistant Professor & Foundations Coordinator, University of Texas at ArlingtonCoordinator Duties:

-Oversee and hire Adjunct faculty, -Schedule classes, adjunct faculty-Budget and Inventory management-Studio maintenance-Curriculum design for foundation course

Taught and Designed Curriculum for:-Ceramics I, II, III, kiln firing, glaze calculation, studio safety

-2D Design -Drawing Fundamentals -3D Design -Drawing Concepts

-Advanced Drawing -Life Drawing-Sculpture 1 -Advanced Color Theory

Graduate Faculty, Special Studies:-Ceramics -Inter-media Design -Sculpture

Department and College Committees:-Advisory to the Chair -Faculty Senate (College)-Curriculum Committee-Recruitment and Retention Committee-Advising

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Record, Texas Christian UniversityTeaching and Curriculum Design for:

MFA CeramicsBFA Ceramics, Beginning – Advanced

Duties: -Kiln firing (electric and gas, Raku), -Glaze & clay calculation,-Studio and equipment maintenance, -Budget and inventory management, -Studio safety, -Clay Club Faculty Advisor-MFA Exhibition Advisor

AWARD2016 John & Suanne Roueche Award of Innovation (International)

Award Ceremony: San Francisco, March 2017, League of Innovation Conference

Solo Exhibitions2013 Oceans of the Unknown, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas2011 Broken Sugar, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth2007 Residual History, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa2001 Chaos & Order, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth

Regional Exhibitions, selected2016 Master’s Class, Brazos Gallery, Dallas, Texas2016 TCC Annual Faculty Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center2015 Memory Lane, Closed for Deconstruction, Gallery 414, Fort Worth2014 Plasticity, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas2012 Transience: Imperfect, Impermanent, and Incomplete

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas2012 The Blue of Distance, El Campo Gallery, Fort Worth2012 Decoys and Human Rust, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth2011 Assemblage, Sacks-Leight Gallery, Fort Worth2011 dada, Mary Tómas Gallery, Dallas2009 University of Dallas 2009 Regional Ceramics Competition, Beatrice M.

Haggerty Gallery

National Exhibitions, selected2011 Iowa, Little White Lies, The Constance Gallery, Lamoni2007 California, Ink and Clay 33, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Gallery, Pomona 2007 California, Transgressions, Reynolds Gallery, Stockton 2005 New American Talent, The Jones Center, Austin, Texas2006 South Dakota, Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate, Washington

Pavilion of Arts and Sciences/Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls1999 Washington, DC

The Book as Art II, The National Museum of Women in the Arts (In their collection)

1998 Illinois, Palimpsest: Erasure and Recovery, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

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International Exhibitions2011 Ohio, Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati2008 Pennsylvania, Craft Forms 2008, Wayne Art Center.2004 Illinois, Form Follows Function, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago 1997 Czech Republic, Out of Context, Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno

Invitational Exhibitions2008 Scholars Who Teach, The MAC Gallery, Dallas2005 Select, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth2002 Domestic Artists Transforming the Everyday, Arlington Museum of Art

Collaborations/Residency1999 WAVE Artist Book Project, Transference Book presented to

The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC1998 Breathing Together, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth

A one-month residency and site-specific collaboration

Curatorial/Juror2017 Best of Texas Clay, Fort Worth, Juror, Scheduled2015 Spring Student Exhibition, Juror, Cedar Valley College 2014 TCCNE Adjunct Exhibition, Curator, Northeast Center Haltom City 2012 The Blue of Distance, Curator, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth2005 Annual Texas Wesleyan University Student Art Exhibition, Juror

Fort Worth Community Arts Center2000 Container, Containment, Curator, Sul Ross University

Lectures & Presentations Given, selected2014 Plasticity, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster2013 Oceans of the Unknown, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster 2012 Artists Talk, College Hall, Hurst, Texas2009 Artist Colloquia, Faculty Exhibition, Front Gallery, Fort Worth2009 Color Theory and Culture, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth2007 Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa

-Connectivity of Content and Form, Lecture2005 Forms for Raku, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth2000 Chaos, Order, & Poetic Meaning, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth2000 Poetry and Pottery, Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Fort Worth1999 The Sound of Red, Icons of Hysteria, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas1999 Ripples in the Water, Texas Woman’s University, Denton1998 Consider the Source: University of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas1998 Momoyama: Japan’s Golden Age, Ceramic Techniques,

Dallas Museum of Art1997 American Ceramics, Art Educators Delegation Nagoaka, Japan,

Professional AffiliationsNCECA, CurrentCAA, CurrentFATE 2009-2003WAVE, Artist Collective & Advocacy, Founding Member, 2003-1990, Emeritus

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Workshops/Demonstrations Given, selected2016 Handmade Ceramic Decals, Tarrant County College NE2016 Mayfest, Fort Worth; demonstration, recruitment, student professional growth2009 Artist Residency: Ceramics, Texas Wesleyan University2008 Resonance: Clay and Music, Texas Wesleyan University2007 Creating and Layering, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa2001 Paper Clay Sculpture; Coiling, McMurray University, Abilene1999 Faience Today: The Contemporary Face of Egyptian Paste, sponsored by

Kimbell Art Museum

Community Based Events, selectedEmpty Bowls Donations since 1987Doris Kupferle Breast Centers

“Putting on the Pink…with Love,” art donation for charity auctionGUERRILLA GIRLS TALK BACK, co-sponsor with Texas Women’s UniversityWave Artist Forum Lecture Series, Coordinator: Anitra Blayton, Viki Meeks,

Sherry Owens, Vera Barnett and Ann GrahamWave: In A Large House, Art Outreach to Metroplex High school art programsMentorship Program, Mansfield High SchoolLoaded and Coded: an international exhibition informing on violence against

children, volunteerNoah Project: Against Domestic Violence, Grace Cultural Museum, solo

exhibition and lecture

AREAS OF EXPERTISETeaching

- Ceramics, MFA & BFA - Drawing Fundamentals- Advanced Color Theory - Drawing Concepts- 2D-Design - Advanced Drawing- 3D-Design - Life Drawing- Sculpture I & II - Art Appreciation

Personal Artwork FormationHandbuilding: coil, slab, modeling for sculpture and vesselsWheel-Thrown vessels and sculpture formsMixed-Media sculpture (various joinery techniques)2D designPaintingDrawing

CERAMICS EXPERTISEKiln Firing -Updraft & Downdraft gas kilns -Electric, digital and manual -Raku, fixed and portable kilns -Noborigama wood fired kiln (built and fired) -Soda Firing, high-fire and low-fire -Pit firing

Hand-madeCeramic Decals

Class Instruction

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Glaze Calculation and Firing -Cone 9-11 Reduction -Cone 6 oxidation and reduction -Crystalline -Raku (various techniques) -Ibarra glaze -Ceramic Decals, hand-made and commercial Glaze Application & Surface Design -Dip & pour -Spray -Brush-work -Drawing on clay forms -Inlay -Piercing -Clay Mixers & Pug mills Clay Calculation -Stoneware -Porcelain -Earthenware -Raku -Egyptian Paste -Casting Slip -Soft-brick -Castable Refractory -Terra Sigillata -Slips -Underglaze crayons -Underglaze pencils

Ceramic Expertise, Other -Plaster mold making -Slip Casting -Plaster bats -Armature building -Kiln maintenance and thermocouple replacement -Kiln furniture maintenance -Studio Safety at all times, hand-out and instruction

Power Tools & Equipment, Other-table saw -band saw -radial arm saw -miter saw -planar-drill -brad nailer -grinders -spray gun -lathe-hand tools -router -pneumatic drill -pneumatic grinder

MEDIA: Computer Proficiency PC & MAC-Adobe Photoshop -Sketchbook Designer-Illustrator-PowerPoint -Microsoft Word -Excel -Email, search engines, social media-Digital Camera and light equipment-Scanners, Printers, Copiers, Fax-Glowforge, laser cutter

Cocoa Cup & Saucer, ash glaze wood fired

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-Makerbot, 3D Printer

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