Statement

My artwork is based upon perceived chaos and how that chaos is contained within an object.  I am interested in randomness and layering of units in my wall pieces and the lack of orientation in works that sit on the floor or hang with swiveled wire.  Inspired by music, this work reflects the shading, tempo, and interweaving of sounds.  Inspired by our dynamic planet, the shape, color, pattern, piling, stacking, and tangling in the pieces reflect what we see when looking at earth forms.  Viewing shape and pattern through each other, as a representation of aural and visual complexity, reveals ever-changing relationships.

 

 

Selected Resume

EDUCATION

 

M.F.A.   1980     University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

B.F.A.   1971     University of Denver, Denver, CO

1969                  Alfred University , New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY

1972 – 1974      Resident Artist,  Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

 

TEACHING

 

1999 - 2015:  Madison College, Madison, WI

 University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WI, Adjunct Professor

1998-2000 Lakeside Pottery, Madison, WI

1996-1997 Substitute teaching, Art, Madison Public School District, Madison WI

1987-1995 Art Appreciation Coordinator (volunteer), Crestwood Elementary School, Madison, WI

1980-81  Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX

1979  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1974-1978 Ann Arbor Potter's Guild, Ann Arbor, MI

  Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI

  Ann Arbor YMCA, Ann Arbor, MI

1972-74  Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

 

GRANTS

 

    2019  Dane Arts: Dane County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.

2011  The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ  -  used to commission a musical composition from composer, Nathaniel Bartlett, called (((clang)))

 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

 

2014  The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI

2008  In.Site Art Consulting Group, Indianapolis, IN

2007  University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Physics, Madison WI

  Stout Field School, permanent installation, Indianapolis, IN

2004  Latitude Corporation, corporate offices, Vinyl Tile floor design, Verona WI

1999  University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, permanent installation, Madison,     WI

1997  Milwaukee Crime Lab , Wisconsin Percent for Art Direct Purchase, Milwaukee, WI

1996  Eisenberg Law Offices, Madison, WI

1980  University of Michigan School of Art

1977  Lannan Foundation Sculpture Museum, Palm Beach, FL

1974  Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021

 TIME SPACE EXISTENCE 2021, 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy

2020

 OPEN SPACE 2020, Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice Italy

 Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI

2019

 Women’s Work, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI

 Art in the Woods, Outdoor installations at American Players Theater, Spring Green, WI

 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI

2017- 2018

 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI

 Solo Show, Allen Centennial Gardens, University of Wisconsin, Three Seasons - Garden Sculpture Series

2016

 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI

2015

 Black, White, Color, Commons Gallery, School of Education, UW-Madison, WI

 Outdoor works, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI

 Sets, Invitational, Higher Fire Gallery, Madison, WI

2014

 The Art of High Chair Fine Dining, The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI – first prize

 Ossuary, Herron Gallery of IUPUI in Indianapolis, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN

 Generations of the Paoli Clay Family Show, Invitational, J Nikolai Art, Milwaukee, WI

 Ring of Fire,  Invitational, Sugar River Gallery, Verona HS, WI

 Elevating Clay: From Wheel to Wall,  Invitational, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI

 3 On the Wall,  Invitational, Higher Fire Gallery, Madison WI

2013

 (((clang))) Multi media event – Scarabocchio Art Museum, UW Stevens Point, WI

2012

 (((clang))) Multi media event - Overture Center, Madison WI

 (((clang))) Multi media installation - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, UW Madison

2011

 New Work in Color, Solo exhibit, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI

 Common Ground Invitational, River Art Center, Prairie du Sac, WI

 Generations, Invitational, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, WI

 Outdoor Installations, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, DeForest, WI

2010

 Heap3, Higher Fire Gallery, solo exhibit, Madison WI

2009

 2009 International Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Jingdezhen, China

 Surfaces, Higher Fire Gallery invitational, Madison WI

2007

 New Work,  a two woman show, Zazen Gallery, Paoli, WI

 Out of the Box, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI

2006

 Rebooted: Life After E-Junk, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

 Foreign Influences, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison WI

2005

 Watercolor Wisconsin 2005, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

 Friendship: Clay and Metal, work by Andrée Valley and Bacia Edelman, Zazen Gallery, Paoli, WI & Wisconsin Art Board, Madison, WI

 Community: Clay and Fiber Show, The River Arts Center, Sauk City, WI &  Overture Center Gallery II, Madison, WI

2004

 DOA/WI Arts Board - Exhibit, 2004, Madison WI

2003

 Watercolor Wisconsin 2003, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

 Women’s Work 2003, Woodstock, IL, NAAC Honors Award Winner

2001

 2001 Anniversary Scholarship Exhibition, Invitational, Archie Bray Foundation Helena, MT

2000

 Firing Cycle, 50 Years of Clay at the Potters Guild, Invitational, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 Artists Influence Life: A Ceramic Arts Invitational, Invitational, The Fine Line, St. Charles, IL

1999

 Curry Gallery, James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WI, solo exhibition

1998

 University Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

 Fine Craft Show, Invitational, Art Resources Gallery, St. Paul MN

1997

 University Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

1996

 Fine Craft Show, Invitational, Art Resources Gallery, St. Paul MN

1984

 Wisconsin Woman Artists, Traveling Exhibit throughout Wisconsin

 Alumni Art Annual, Invitational, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1983

 Bellaire Civic Center, Bellaire, TX, solo exhibition

1982

 Houston Designer Craftsmen, Houston, TX

1981

 Duetser Art Gallery 16th Annual Art Exhibition, Houston, TX

1980

 Michigan Ceramics '80, Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

 University of Michigan Invitational Alumni Exhibition at NCECA, Ann Arbor, MI

 7th Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, Invitational, Sill Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

 Women in Clay, Marygrove College, Detroit. MI

1979 Michigan Crafts Exhibition, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI

 Beaux Arts Designer /Craftsman '79, Columbus Museum of Art, OH

 NCECA Super Mud Student Show, Penn State University, Pen State, PA

 Michigan Ceramics '79, Pewabic Pottery  (prize winner)

 Works In Progress, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1977

 33rd Annual Scripps College Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, Claremont, CA

...and many more beginning in 1969.

 

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

 

2013

 Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, lecture

 Nanjing Art Institute, Nanjing, China, lecture

2012

 The Art of Exaggeration, lecture, Madison Literary Club, Madison WI

2009

 Sanbao International Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China

 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI

2008

 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI

 University of Wisconsin Ceramic Studio slide lecture, Madison, WI

2007

 Adamah Horizon’s Clay Studios, Salt Firing Workshop, Dodgeville, WI

2006

 Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, lecture, Madison, WI

2004

 Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, lecture and jury, Madison, WI

1982

 Clay Artisans of Houston, lecture, Houston,TX

1981

 Houston Potters Guild, lecture and demonstration, Houston, TX

1979

 University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology, lecture, Ann Arbor, MI

1978

 Birmingham Art Association, workshop, Birmingham, MI

1977

 British-American Exchange Workshop, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Mich.  (Sponsored by the American Crafts Council and the    National Endowment for the Arts.)

 Palo Alto Cultural Center, workshop, Palo Alto, CA

1976

 Penland School of Crafts, workshop, Penland, NC

1975

 Boulder Pottery Lab, workshop, Boulder, CO

 Claremore College, workshop, Claremore, OK

 Ann Arbor Potters Guild, workshop, Ann Arbor, MI

 

PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

    1997 - present  Life Trustee, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO), Madison WI

2015  Exhibition Designer, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Dane County Airport

2012  Exhibition Designer, Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Anniversary Exhibit, Dane County Airport

2011  Co-curated Common Ground, a regional invitational exhibit, River Arts Center, WI

2009  Sound Experiment Project with the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra

1997 - present  Board of Directors, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO), Madison WI

2005  Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for Art Committee, Madison, WI

2004  Juror, Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibit, Madison, WI

1987 - 1995 Director (volunteer), Art Appreciation program, Crestwood Elementary   School, Madison, WI

1972 - 1974 Archie Bray Foundation, Resident Artist, Helena, MT

1969 - 1970 William Wyman, Herring Run Pottery, Summer apprentice, Weymouth, MA

 

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

2013

  Chinese Folk Pottery Symposium catalogue chapter, University of Michigan Museum of Art

2005

  Ceramics Monthly, December 2005

  Madison Newspapers, Rhythm, review by Jacob Stockinger, Sept. 29

1995

  Art Appreciation Source Book for parent volunteers, K-5, Madison Public Schools, 200 p.

1985

  Wisconsin Academy Review, March 1985, by Janet Ela

1980

  Detroit Free Press, January 13, 1980, by Marsha Miro

1978

  Ceramics Monthly, April 1978

  Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1978, by Ruth Iglehart

1977

  Ann Arbor News, January 1977, by Ruth Iglehart

  Craft Horizons, February 1977, by Marilyn Finkel

  Michigan Free Press Art Fair Guide, July 20-23, 1977, by Debora Schwartz

  Ceramics Monthly, November issue

1973

  Ceramics Monthly, September issue, by Rudi Audio

  Crafts Horizons show review about Judy Cornell

  Photographs and contributions to A Potters Guide to Raw Glazing and Oil Firing, by Dennis Parks, Charles Scribner & Sons, October 1973

 

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN PROJECTS

   2018  Book cover and book layout and design: ARS Nova, LLC, What Do We Make of Bach? by John Harbison

      Book cover: Pemberely Press, Return of the Swallows by Aileen Baron

     2008-2016 Geologic Timeline, Illustration, published in multiple books, magazine articles and websites.

2016

 Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, Celebrating 50 Years, Book Design

2015-16

 Celebrating 50 Years, Exhibit design, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras: Dane County Airport

2012

  Pro Arte Quartet: Celebrating 100 Years, Exhibit design, Dane County Airport

  Website, Pro Arte Quartet, UW School of Music, Madison, WI    http://www.proartequartet.org

  Book Covers, Pemberley Press:  Death Books a Return, To Know Evil, Tater Boy

  Timeline, illustration, published in  numerous textbooks, articles and websites

  Book Cover:  “A Guide to Hiking and Canoeing at Plummer Lake

  Design work such as ads and posters for Madison’s Summer Music Consortium

2002

  Cool Early Earth, cover illustration, Geology Magazine

updated 11/21/19

 

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