CURRICULUM VITAE [DETAILS]

EXHIBITIONS

2003

• "Beastiary," A collection of Animal Imagery on clay" National Invitational, Odessey Gallery, Ashville, NC
• "Made in Fairbanks" Regional Invitational, UAF Museum, Special Exhibits Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
• "Interior Artisians XVII" Regional Juried, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, Alaska, Second Place Award
• "Gallery Artists" Wells Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
• "Girdwood Forest Fair" Arts Festival, Homer, Alaska

2002

• "Feats of Clay" XV Juried National Exhibition, Lincoln, California; Merit and Purchase Award
• "Clay Nation" National Invitational, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
• "Spirit of Alaska the Inner Landscape" Statewide Invitational, Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, Kenai, Alaska
• "Gallery Artists" Local Invitational, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
• "Fairbanks Pottery Group", Local Invitational, New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "Girdwood Forest Fair" Arts Festival, Girdwood, AK
• "Homer Street Fair", Arts Festival, Homer, AK

2001

• "Fairbanks Potter Guild Show", Artworks Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
• "Feats of Clay XIV" Juried National Exhibition, Lincoln, California; Purchase Award
• "Six Degrees" National Invitational at Trish Higgins Fine Arts, Wichita, Kansas
• "Faculty Show" Bear Gallery, Alaskaland Ð Fairbanks, Alaska

2000

• "Recent Vessels" Solo Exhibition, William & Henry Gallery, Homer, Alaska
• "James Brashear, Ceramics - Scott Hanson, Painting" 2 person show, Wells Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
• "Impressions in Clay", National Juried Exhibition, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
• "Ceramics Invitational" Regional, Wells Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
• "The 2000 International Orton Cone Box Show", Baker University, Baldwin City, KS; Purchase Award
• "Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition 2000", State Exhibition, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska; Honorable Mention
• "Chef John Folse Utilitarian Ceramics National", National Juried Exhibition, Nicholls State Univ., LA; Purchase Award
• "LaGrange National Biennial", Nat. Juried Exhibit, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange College, GA, Purchase Award
• "National Summer Faculty Invitational" National Invitational Arrowmaont School of arts and Crafts, Gattlinburg, TN

1999

• "Viewpoint: Ceramics '99," national juried exhibition, Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
• "7th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National," national juried exhibit, Market House Craft Center, PA
• Griffin Technology Inc. Choice Award
• "Kiln Art," national invitational exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Member's Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• "Earth, Fire and Fibre XXII" regional juried exhibition, touring museum show originally exhibited at Anchorage Museum
• "University of Alaska Faculty Exhibition," invitational exhibition, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, AK
• "Interior Artisans XIV," regional juried exhibition, Fairbanks Arts Association Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "64th Parallel," regional juried exhibition, Fairbanks Arts Association Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "Group Exhibition," invitational exhibition, Wells Street Art Company

1998

• "Feats of Clay XI," national juried exhibition, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA; Purchase Award
• "Exhibit 57," national juried exhibition, Cedar City Arts, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, UT; Purchase Award
• "Ceramics Arts Contest," national juried exhibition, The American Ceramic Society, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, in conjunction with National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 1998 Conference; Finalist
• "Lafayette Art Association International Juried Exhibition," Lafayette Art Gallery, Lafayette, LA; Award of Merit
• "Ceramics USA 1998" national juried exhibition, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, in conjunction with National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 1998 Conference
• "Pittsburgh Collects," invitational, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Acquired for Permanent Collection
• "Clay for Collectors: Carnegie Museum of Art Permanent Collection," invitational, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
• "Centennial Celebration," selected from national juried exhibition for 2 year traveling exhibition: National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Dallas, TX
• "Miami Valley Crossroads in Clay Exhibition," national juried exhibition, Middletown Fine Arts Center, OH
• "Salt & Pepper, Shake & Grind," national juried exhibition, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1997

• "Salt & Pepper, Shake & Grind," national juried exhibition, University of Nevada Las Vegas in conjunction with (NCECA) 1997 Conferenc; Review of exhibit and photo of my work in Ceramics Monthly, Dec 1997
• "Artful Feasting," invitational, Gallery of Earth & Fire, Fairbanks, AK
• "Contemporary Works of Faith," international juried exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
• "Matrix International 1997 Exhibition," international juried exhibition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• "Miami Valley Crossroads in Clay Exhibition," nat juried exhibit, Middletown Fine Arts Center, OH Shimpo Award
• "Centennial Celebration," national juried exhibition, American Ceramics Society, sUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• "Centennial Celebration," selected from national juried exhibition for 2 year traveling to:
  - American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
  - The Ross Purdy Museum of Ceramics of the American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH - Alfred University, Alfred, NY
• "USA Craft Today," juried national exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
• "1997 Monarch National Ceramic Competition," juried nat exhibit, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
• Review of exhibit and photo of my work in Ceramics Monthly, April 1998
• "1st National Juried Exhibition," juried national exhibition, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
• "Still Alluring," invitational, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
• "Syracuse Anagama," invitational, Eureka Crafts Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• "Recent Works," Solo exhibition, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
• "64th Parallel," juried regional, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK

1996

• "1996 International Orton Cone Box Show," juried international exhibition, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
• Purchase Award
• "Large Scale Art," juried regional exhibition, Visual Arts Committee of The Cultural Resources Council, Syracuse, NY
• "On/Off the Wall," juried regional exhibition, Potscape Gallery, Erie, PA
• "Relics, Artifacts and Other Mysteries," touring invitational, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
  Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
• "1996 Monarch National Ceramic Competition," juried nat exhibit, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
• Photo of my work included in the book, The Best of New Ceramic Work, The Guild Publishers, 1997
• "S.U. Downtown," invitational, Eureka Crafts Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• "1995 NCECA Clay National," juried national exhibit, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Two year touring exhibition to:
  - Barton County Community College, Great Bent, KS, 1/28/96 to 3/16/96
  - Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM, 4/4/96 to 5/19/96
  - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 6/9/96 to 8/11/96
• "In the Eye of the Beholder," invitational, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• "Feats of Clay IX," juried national exhibition, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA; Second Place Award and Purchase Award
• "Kiln Art," invitational, Visual Arts Committee of The Cultural Resources Council, Syracuse, NY
• "B.C.A.F.," juried regional exhibition, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA Second Place Award

1995

• "1995 NCECA Clay National," juried national exhibit, Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,MN
• Two year touring exhibit
  - McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH, 6/9/95 to 8/11/95
  - Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA, 9/1/95 to 10/14/95
• "Clay Does it All," juried national exhibition, Art Museum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
• "Super Bowls, " international invitational, Nelson Fine Art Museum, Arizona State University
• "Tenth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition," juried nat exhibit, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
• "Ceramics USA 1995," juried national exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
• "Beaucoup Teapots," national invitational exhibition, Cone 10 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• "Jim Brashear: Ceramic Works," juried two person exhibition, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition," Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• "Earth, Fire and Fibre XX," juried regional exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
• "Interior Artisans IX," juried regional exhibition, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "1st Anniversary Exhibition," four person invitational, Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, AK

1994

• "New Directions '94," national juried exhibition, Dutchess County Art Association at Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY
• "Patterns, Patterns, Patterns," juried national exhibition, Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
• "May We Serve You?," national juried exhibition, The Potter's Gallery, West Chester, PA
• "1994 Alaska Artists Guild Statewide Juried Show," juried exhibit, The Alaska Artists' Guild, Gallery, Anchorage, AK
• "The Teapot Show," juried national exhibition, The Potter's Gallery, West Chester, PA
• "Alumni Ceramics Invitational Exhibition," invitational, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
• "Interior Artisans VIII Juried Art Exhibit," juried regional exhibit, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK, Second Place Award
• "The 2nd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition," juried nat exhibit, Market House Craft Center, PA, Purchase Award
• "Seventeenth Annual North Dakota National Juried Exhibition," Minot Art Gallery, Minot, ND, Merit Award
• "2nd Annual Northern Artisans Show," invitational, Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "XXV All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition," juried regional exhibition, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK

1993

• "Working Inspirations," invitational, University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum, Fairbanks, AK
• "Artisans Invitational," Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "The Bad Seed," juried exhibition, University Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "Nanook Exhibition," invitational, Carlson Center, Fairbanks, AK
• "Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show II," juried national exhibition, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
• "The 1st Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition," juried nati exhibit, Market House Craft Center, PA
• "Interior Artisans VII," Juried exhibition, Fairbanks Arts Association, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK

1992

• "Earth, Fire and Fire XIX," juried regional exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History andArt, Anchorage, AK
• "The Toy Show," invitational, Fairbanks Arts Association, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "The 64th Parallel Juried Show," Fairbanks Arts Association, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• "Narrative Cycles, Brashear & Katz, Clay & Prints," two person invitational, Meadville Council on the Arts Gallery, PA

1991

• "James Brashear Recent Work," solo exhibition, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
• "The Expressive Teapot, Third Annual Ceramics Invitational," national invitational, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
• "1991 Triennial," regional invitational, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
• "Ohio/Pennsylvania Clay Mafia," seven person invitational, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
• "Artful Living," national invitational, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• "Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Show," invitational, Richard Hall Gallery, University Center, Harrisburg, PA
• "Faculty Exhibition, " Sandford Gallery, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
• "Faculty Exhibition, " Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School, Pittsburgh, PA
• "A Tribute to the President," faculty exhibition, Marwick-Boyd Gallery, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
• "Imagery Vessels: Recent Work Brashear-Hedman," two person invitational, Theil College, Greenville, PA

1990

• "From Form to Fancy: Contemporary Teapots," invitational, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• "Faculty Exhibition," Sandford Gallery, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
• "Research Scholarship and Creative Activity Showcase," faculty exhibition, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, PA
• "Uncertainty, Pursuit and Discovery," MFA Thesis Exhibition, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

PUBLICATIONS

2002

• Heartland Magazine, "Into the Fire", Insert for Fairbanks News Miner, Fairbanks, AK

1998

• Photo of work in catalog of exhibit, Feats of Clay XI Artists, Lincoln Arts Association
• Photo of work and review in Ceramics Monthly, April 1998, ceramic work selected from juried national exhibition," 1998 Monarch National Ceramic Competition," Kennedy- Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
• Photo of work on nationally distributed poster for "Centennial Celebration," selected from national juried exhibition for 2 year traveling: National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Dallas, TX

1997

• Photo of work in book, The Best of New Ceramic Work, The Guild Publishers 1997
• Photo of work and review in Ceramics Monthly, December 1997, Ceramic work selected
• from juried national exhibition, "Salt & Pepper, Shake & Grind," Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA and NCECA Conference, Las Vegas, NV
• Photo of work selected for national exhibit announcement, "Miami Valley Annual Crossroads in Clay Competition," juried national exhibition, Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH; The Shimpo Pottery Award
• Photo of work and Anagama wood-kiln selected for regional exhibit announcement, "Syracuse Anagama," invitational, Eureka Crafts Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• Photo of Anagama Wood Kiln and review of exhibit, New Times, Syracuse, NY, October 29, 1997
• Photo of Anagama Wood Kiln and description, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, AK, October 2, 1997

1996

• Photo of work on internationally distributed poster for "1996 International Orton Cone Box Show," juried international exhibition, Holt-Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS Purchase Award
• Photo of Anagama Wood, art work, students, myself, in Syracuse Record, Syracuse, NY, November 18, 1996
• Photo of Anagama Wood Kiln, art work and myself, in Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, December 1, 1996
• Photo of work in published catalog, Relics, Artifacts & Other Mysteries, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, 1996
• Photo of work in catalog of exhibit, Monarch National Ceramic Competition, juried national exhibition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
• Critical Review of work from, "In the Eye of the Beholder," in Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, October 6, 1996
• Name listed as juried into "Feats of Clay IX," Gold Country Media, Lincoln, CA, May 12, 1996
• Description of show , "Kiln Art," in Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, February 4, 1996
• Critical Review of work and photo from, "Kiln Art," in Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, March 17, 1996
• Photo of Anagama Wood Kiln and description, in Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Fairbanks, AK, September 29, 1996

1995

• Photo of work in published catalog , A Sense of Wonder, University of Alaska Museum,
• Photo of work in published catalog, NCECA Clay National, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
• Review of work and photo from, "Jim Brashear, Recent Works," in Fairbanks Arts, July/August 1995
• Critical Review of work and photo from, "Clay Does It All," in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, March 31, 1995
• Photo of work on nationally distributed poster for, "Clay Does it All," juried national exhibition, Art Museum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
• Photo of work in catalog of exhibit, "Tenth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition," juried national exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

1994

• Description of show, "Alumni Ceramics Invitational Exhibition," Friends of the Museum Newsletter, Indiana University of PA, Spring 1994
• Review of show, "Alumni Ceramics Invitational Exhibition," in Tribune Review, Indiana, PA, July 3, 1994
• Photo of work and description of show, "Interior Artisans VIII Exhibit," Fairbanks Daily News Miner, April 7, 1994
• Photo of Anagama Kiln and description of project, Fairbanks Daily News Miner, June 14,

1993

• Critical review work from show, "Interior Artisans VII Exhibit," Fairbanks, Daily Newsminer, April, 1993

1992

• Photo of Anagama Kiln, art work, myself and description, Clarion News, Clarion, PA, Spring 1992
• Photo of Anagama Kiln, art work, myself and description, Clarion University View Book, Clarion, PA, Spring 1992
• Photo of work and description of residency in The Hampton-Richland Eagle, Pittsburgh, PA, January 17, 1992
• Photo of myself demonstrating and description of residency in North Journal, Pittsburgh, PA, January 9, 1992
• Photo of work and critical review in Clarion News, Clarion, PA, March 3, 1992

1991

• Photo of work in American Craft, June/July 1991

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2003

• Second Place Award "Interior Artisans XVII" Regional Juried, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, Alaska,

2002

• Merit and Purchase Award "Feats of Clay" XV Juried National Exhibition, Lincoln, CA

2001

• Merit Award, " Feats of Clay XV", Juried National, Lincoln, California
• Purchase Award, "Feats of Clay XIV", Juried National, Lincoln, California

2000

• Purchase Award, "Lagrange National Biennial", Lama-Dodd Art Center, Lagrange, Georgia
• Purchase Award, "2000 International Oton Cone Box Show" Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas
• Purchase Award, ÔChef John False, Utilitarian Ceramic Natinal", Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
• Honorable Mention, "Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition 2000", Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska

1999

• Choice Award, Griffin Tec Inc., "7th Annual Strictly Functional Juried National," Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA

1998

• Permanent Collection, selected for permanent collection in The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
• Purchase Award, "Feats of Clay XI," Lincoln Arts, CA
• Purchase Award, "Exhibit 57," Cedar City Art Committee Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT
• Award of Merit, Ceramic work selected in juried international exhibition, "Lafayette Art Association International Juried Exhibition," Lafayette Art Gallery, Lafayette, LA

1997

• Shimpo Pottery Award, "Miami Valley Annual Crossroads in Clay Competition," Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH

1996

• Purchase Award,"1996 International Orton Cone Box Show," Holt-Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
• Innovative Teaching Grant, Anagama Wood-burning Kiln Project, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• Second Place Award and Purchase Award, "Feats of Clay IX," Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
• Second Place Award, Ceramic work selected in juried regional exhibition, "B.C.A.F.," Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA

1995

• Innovative Teaching Grant, Anagama Wood-burning Kiln Design and Construction, Center for Instructional Development, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1994-93

• President's Special Projects Grant, Anagama Wood-burning Kiln Design and Construction, University of Alaska Statewide System
• Merit Award, Ceramic work selected in juried national exhibition, "Seventeenth Annual North Dakota National Juried Exhibition," Minot Art Gallery, Minot, ND
• Second Place Award, Ceramic work selected in juried regional exhibition, "Interior Artisans, VII Juried Art Exhibit," Fairbanks Arts Association, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
• Travel Grant, from University of Alaska Fairbanks to NCECA Conferences in New Orleans and Minneapolis

1992

• Foundation Grant, Anagama Wood-burning Kiln Enhancement Project, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Foundation Grant

1992-91

• Travel Grant, from Clarion University of Pennsylvania to College Art Association Conferences in Washington D.C. and Chicago

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS

University Service

Present

• Member of Resource Reallocation Committee: advisory to Dean of College of Liberal Arts
• Member of Experimental Farm Master Planning Committee
• Member of Experimental Farm User Research Committee

Present-1997

• Member of Search Committees; five tenure track hires in the Art Department
• Faculty Advisor for Student Ceramic Arts Guild: Coordinate projects of very active student organization
  - nationally/internationally recognized visiting artists workshops and lectures
  - expansion of ceramics library of books, videos, and slides
  - community outreach projects: Empty Bowls for Fairbanks Food Bank; Noel Wein Library Fundraising project
  - annually attend NCECA Conferences and displayed booth to promote UAF Art Department
• Coordinator/Host for Visiting Artists
  -Joe Bova, Director of School of Art and professor of ceramics, Ohio University
  -Linda Christiansen, studio artist, Minnesota
  -Brad Schweiger, professor of ceramics, Ohio University
  -Steve Godfrey, faculty, University of Alaska Anchorage
  -Bill Griffith, Assistant Director, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
  -Margie Hughto, Professor, Syracuse University
  -Matt Long, Associate Professor, University of Florida
  -Robert Banker, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
  -Nicholas Joerling, Studio Artist, Penland, NC
  -Chris Staley, Professor, Penn State University
• Coordinator: "The International Orton Cone Box Show"
  Coordinated and set up in the Fine Arts Complex this international touring exhibition of ceramic art; Baker University, KS

2002-1997

• BFA Committee Co-Chair
  Disseminated information and advised enrolled/prospective BFA. and BA. candidates through semester and individual meeting

1999

• Masters of Science Thesis Committee Member
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UAF
  Thesis by John Carnahan: Development of a Technical Proposal for the Startup of a Small Business in Interior Alaska to Recycle Post-Consumer Bottle Glass into Glass Tile Products

2002-1997

• Academic Advisor
  MFA, BFA. and BA. ceramic concentration students
• Ceramics Studio Technician
  Maintain and repair 11 kilns, 21 pottery wheels, 3 clay mixers, and various equipment in both the Fine Arts Complex and the Kiln Yard at the Experimental Farm
• Assessment Committee Member

Community Service

present-1997

• Committee Member for 1% Art Project
  Served on committee to select the public art for the renovation of Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, AK
• Artist for Public Library Fund-raiser
  Created ceramic book spines to be sold for the renovation fund-raiser at the Noel Wein Library, Fairbanks, AK
• Committee Member
  Served on the Visual Arts Selection Committee for the Fairbanks Arts Association
• Juror
  - Invited to judge the Kenai Potters' Guild Art Exhibition
  - Invited to judge crafts exhibit at Fort Wainwright Craft Center
• Empty Bowls Project
  Coordinated student production of ceramic bowls that were donated to Fairbanks Food Bank for their Annual Fund-raiser

SERVICE TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

University Service

1997-95

• Faculty Advisor for Shaped Clay Society Student Organization
  Coordinate projects of very active student organization that promotes the ceramic arts
  - nationally/internationally recognized visiting artists workshops and lectures
  - expansion of ceramics library of books, videos, and slides
  Attended 1996 NCECA conference with 16 students, Rochester, NY
  Attended 1997 NCECA conference with 8 students, Las Vegas, NV
• Coordinator/Host for Visiting Artists
  Linda Christiansen, studio artist, Minnesota
  Matt Wilt, studio artist, Philadelphia, PA
  Donn Hedman, professor of ceramics, Indiana University of PA and Betty Bucket, studio artist, Indiana, PA
• University Representative at NCECA Conference
  Organized a booth with slides and literature to promote Syracuse University Art Department in Rochester, NY

Community Service

1997-1995

• Faculty Representative at Everson Museum
  Judged Feats of Clay '97 and Feats of Clay '96 for a regional high school ceramics competition sponsored by the Everson Museum
• Visiting Artist
  Conducted lecture/demonstration at Trumansburg High School, Trumansburg, NY
  Conducted lecture/demonstration at Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS

University Service

1995-92

• Faculty Advisor for Student Ceramic Arts Guild
  Coordinate projects of very active student organization that promotes the ceramic arts
  Activities include:
  - nationally/internationally recognized visiting artists workshops and lectures
  - expansion of ceramics library of books, videos, and slides
  - community outreach projects: Empty Bowls for Fairbanks Food Bank
  Attended 1995 NCECA conferences with students in Minneapolis, MN
  Attended 1994 NCECA conference with students in New Orleans, LA
• Coordinator/Host for Visiting Artists
• Ron Meyers, professor of ceramics, University of Georgia
  Richard Notkin, studio artist, Helena, MT
  Bob Shay, Director of School of Art, Ohio State University
  Dan Bartos, art educator and studio artist, Homer, AK
  Gina Bobrowski, currently professor of ceramics, University of New Mexico
  Triesch Voelker, studio artist, New Mexico
  Akio Takamori, professor of ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Faculty Exchange
  Initiated a ceramics faculty exchange between Indiana University of PA and University of Alaska Fairbanks for summer of 1994
• Academic Advisor
• Curriculum Development
  Assisted the Kuskokwin Campus of UA with ceramic course content and structure
  Developed special topics course on Anagama Kiln Design and Construction for UAF

1995-92

• Exhibit Coordinator
  Organized the Student Ceramics Exhibition, University Gallery, UAF
• Department Representative
  Attended UAF seminar, "Resource Risk and Recognition Workshop"
• Lecturer
  UAF Art Department Campus-wide Brown Bag Lunch Series; each semester
• Ceramics Studio Technician
  Maintain and repair 7 kilns, 21 pottery wheels, 3 clay mixers, spray booth, and Anagama Kiln Yard at the Experimental Farm
• Donation of Ceramic Work
  Contributed a piece to "A Sense of Wonder," a fundraising auction for the University of Alaska Museum; purchased by Joan Wadlow, Chancellor, UAF

Community Service

1995-92

• Visiting Artist
  Conducted lecture/demonstrations in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
  Lathrop High School, West Valley High School, Joy Elementary School, Hunter Elementary School, Woodriver Elementary School
• Visiting Artist
  Conducted a two day lecture/demonstration at Minto School, Minto Village, AK
• Visiting Artist
  Conducted throwing demonstrations for Big Brothers/Big Sisters for Children's Fair at Alaskaland
• Juror
  Fort Wainwright Craft Exhibition
• Empty Bowls Project
  Coordinated student production of 200 ceramic bowls that were donated to Fairbanks Food Bank for their Annual Fund-raiser

1995-92

• Judge
  Judged the Ice Alaska and Olympic Ice Carving Competitions, 1993-95
• Coordinator
  Selected and hosted visiting jurors for the Interior Artisans Exhibit 1994 for the Fairbanks Arts Association
• KUAC Christmas Wish List
  Granted 8 pottery lessons for the public radio wish list

SERVICE TO CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

1992-90

• Coordinator/Host for Visiting Artists
  Lee Rexrode, professor of ceramics, Edinboro University of PA
  Amara Geffen, professor of ceramics, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
  Donn Hedman, professor of ceramics, Indiana University of PA
  Joe Bova, professor of ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  David Hovland, studio artist, Homer City, PA
• Faculty Advisor
  Coordinated the Ceramic Student Art Association
• Curriculum Development
  Awarded Clarion University Foundation Grant for Anagama Kiln Enhancement Project