resume
The historical resume opened with a tactile statement about clay, then proceeded through education, exhibitions, publications, recognition, collections, teaching, and professional experience.
“I delight in feeling the squish and movement between my fingertips as a pot is born from a small lump of clay. My earthenware pots, bedecked in ‘candy-coating’ glazes, reference the body, American cuisine and home decor from 1950s kitsch to domestic design culture. I love the combination of humble and quirky.”
This page preserves the resume's dated, historical character. Third-party institutional and commercial names have been generalized, and “present” wording from the old document is not repeated as current fact.
EDUCATION
2004 — M.F.A. in Ceramics at a Pennsylvania university. 2000 — B.A., cum laude, in Studio Art at a Minnesota liberal-arts college.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
From 1997 through 2006, the historical chronology listed summer craft-school sessions, graduate study, regional clay-center instruction, university workshops, and study abroad in Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The sequence shows sustained study in ceramics alongside broader art history and travel. Instructor and institution names are omitted here because this independent reference site does not make fresh claims about third parties.
EXHIBITIONS
The longest section documented exhibitions from 2000 through 2011. It moved backward from pottery tours, invitational cup and vessel shows, fellowship exhibitions, and national ceramics gatherings to graduate exhibitions and a senior art show. Documented titles included Queens of Confection, Make Home Sweet, Nature/Nurture, Speaking Low—Surfaces in Earthenware, The Useful Teapot, and Homing Devices. Host names and sales language have been stripped, but the titles and dates retain the resume's strong emphasis on functional form, domestic imagery, and decorated earthenware.
PUBLICATIONS
The resume listed two ceramics anthology appearances in 2008 and 2010, followed by newspaper coverage dated 2005 and 2006. These are historical entries, not endorsements or current publication claims. A public visual-arts archive illustrates how researchers can corroborate dated creative records through primary documents rather than extending an old resume.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
The resume recorded fellowships, scholarships, residencies, project support, and faculty grants between 1996 and 2010. Locations ranged from Minnesota and Montana to Maine and Japan. The section remains in summary, with third-party names omitted.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Three collections were listed: a college library, a ceramic-arts foundation, and a Japanese pottery center. This reference site does not restate those institutions as current holders. Collection status can change, and a dated resume is not a substitute for a present catalog record.
WORKSHOPS/LECTURES
The documented chronology included demonstrations, slide talks, a panel discussion, and lectures from 2002 through 2010. These entries belong to the historical resume only and do not announce current teaching.
CURATOR/JUROR
Four entries from 2000 through 2006 described juried exhibitions and curated presentations. Titles and responsibilities were time-bounded; associated organizations are generalized.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The old document named six galleries and ceramic centers. Their names are deliberately omitted so the page cannot imply present representation, inventory, or endorsement.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The resume traced studio, teaching, faculty, and assistant roles from 1999 onward. Its historical “present” dates belong to the dated document and must not be read as current. The sequence shows how the portfolio described its own development at that time.
PERSONAL
The final paragraph connected a love of clay with cooking, collecting, flea markets, antique shops, and travel. Private family details from that paragraph are not republished. For the fuller documented narrative, continue to Biography; for the gallery structure, visit Gallery.