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Recent Exhibitions |
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My work pace and studio location changed in 2012. If you want a list of exhibitions since 2012, you may reach me at [email protected] | ||
2012 | WOOD-FIRED LANDSCAPES; International Invitational; curated by Eva Zethraeus and Zach Tate; Rohsska | |
2012 | POTS WITH A PURPOSE -- OUTSTANDING ARTISTRY, FUNCTIONAL FORM; National Invitational; Ohio Craft Museum; Columbus, OH | |
2012 | SHUKI - CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC SAKE VESSELS FROM JAPAN AND AMERICA, curated by Lucien Koonce; Vessels Gallery; Boston, MA | |
2012 | 100 WOOD-FIRED CUPS, curated by Peter Olsen and Chuck Hindes; Pots Gallery; Seattle, WA in association with NCECA 2012 | |
2011 | CHAWAN EXHIBITION; curated by Steven Branfman; Gorse Mill Studios Gallery, Needham, MA | |
2011 | CUP: The Intimate Object VII; Charlie Cummings online gallery | |
2011 | SMOOTH AND SMOKEY; low-fire approaches;Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA | |
2011 | WOOD-FIRED CERAMICS: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH; national invitational; Notre Dame University Isis Gallery, Notre Dame, IN | |
2010 | VINCENNES UNIVERSITY CERAMICS INVITATIONAL; Vincennes, IN | |
2010 | COLLECTED MEANINGS: Japanese Pottery and Travel Stories; curated exhibit from Dick's personal collection of Japanese pottery and published writings; Hershberger Gallery, Goshen College campus, Goshen, IN | |
2010 | CLAY 20; NATIONAL INVITATIONAL: 25 ceramics artists contributing to FSU clay education; Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD |
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2010 | FOR THE FIRE; national invitational wood-fire exhibition; ArtSpace Gallery, Lima, OH | |
2010 | CONSEQUENTIAL TEA; 5-person exhibition of contemporary tea ware; Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY | |
2010 | ANNUAL GUINOMI EXHIBITION; Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA | |
2010 | 1895 YEARS OF POTTERY; 60-person exhibition to coincide with the 2010 NCECA Conference; Philadelphia, PA | |
2010 | ART.OL.O.GY: The Intersection of Art & Nature; traveling exhibition sponsored by the Ft. Wayne Museum of Art and the ACRES Land Trust; 5 Indiana exhibition locations. | |
2009 | FINDING MY WAY -- learning from the pots; solo show; Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT | |
2009 | ART FOR THE NEW CENTURY; Art Museum -- Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN | |
2009 | IMPRINTS: A Survey of Ceramics Faculty and Guest Artists at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ | |
2008 | EAST MEETS WEST; international invitational exhibition of Chinese and American ceramic artists; West VirginiaUniversity; Morgantown, West Virginia (Keynote Closing Lecture) | |
2008 | YUNOMIS 2008;a national invitational exhibition; AKAR, Iowa City, Iowa | |
2008 | Infusion 10x10, a national initational/juried teapaot exhibition curated/juried by Fong Choo; Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO | |
2008 | Goshen College at NCECA, an exhibit of Goshen Collee Alumni curated by Justin Rothshank; in conjunction with 2008 NCECA conference in Pittsburgh, PA | |
2008 | Painting with Fire: Wood Fired Ceramics, international invitational; 45th Annual Lake Oswego Gestival of the Arts; Lake Oswego, OR | |
2007 |
Clay – Wood – Fire – An International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Wood-fired Clay; Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR |
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2007 |
Bourbon Bottles in the Bluegrass; Louisville Clay (NCECA exhibition), Louisville, KY |
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2006 |
Detail As Metaphor: Microcosm and Meaning; Hartzler Gallery, EMU campus, Harrisonburg, VA |
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2006 |
Layers and Legacies– Japanese Influences in Contemporary American Ceramics; International invitational; Honeychurch Antiques (Gallery), Seattle, WA |
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2006 |
Form and Function – A Ceramics Invitational; Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA |
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2006 |
Tea Time – The Art of the Teapot; Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI |
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2006 |
International Wood-Fired Cup Exhibition; NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ |
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2006 |
Yunomi Invitational; National invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA |
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2006 |
Dick Lehman and Apprentices; St. Francis University, Fort Wayne, IN |
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2005 |
The Simple Cup; National invitational, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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2005 |
The Soul of the Bowl; Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX |
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2005 |
The Visceral Vessel: Contemporary Ceramics; National invitational, Russel Hill Rogers Galleries, Navarro Campus; Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonion, TX |
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2005 |
Coming Home: A Journey in Clay; National invitational; works made from clay mined in the Stancill’s Clay Mine – exhibited in the mine setting; Perryville, MD |
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2005 |
When Form Meets Function; National invitational; Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI |
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2005 |
Contemporary Functional Ceramics; National invitational; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN |
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2005 |
Five Potters – Ten Pieces Each; National invitational, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI |
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2005 |
Artitrary, Capricious and Not at All Predictable; one-person exhibition; Taylor University, Upland, IN |
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2005 |
Endless Variations: Shino Review 2005; National invitational; Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD (NCECA) |
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2004 |
30 X 5, National Invitational; Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA |
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2004 |
"Offering Vessels" a three-person show; Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN |
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2004 |
"The Six Inch Show" A National Ceramics Exhibition of Clay; Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University South East, New Albany, IN |
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2004 |
"A Contemporary Teabowl Exhibition" 100 Contemporary Teabowls; Potters House and Gallery, Indianapolis, IN |
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2004 |
Indiana Artist-Craftsmen, University of Indianapolis |
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2003 |
Internatial Tea Bowl Exhibition, NAU Art Museum. Flagstaff, AZ |
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2003 |
"21st Centure Ceramics", Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, International Invitational, Bill Hunt, Guest Curator, Columbus, OH |
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2003 |
"Woodfired Works from the Notre Dame Anagama", national invitational exhibition, Curated by Prof. Bill Kremer, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN |
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2003 |
"Little Masterpieces", 6" X 8" X 6", Jordan RiverArts Council, Curated by Jane Diller, East Jordan, MI |
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2003 |
"Cup: The Intimate Object II", international juried exhibition (Julia Galloway, Juror; Dick invited to participate as past juror), Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN |
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2003 |
"Ceramic Legacy Exhibition", Hershberger Gallery,Goshen College, featuring the work of retired professor, Marvin Bartel and 20 of his students. |
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2003 |
"Contemporary Ceramic Invitational", Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
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2003 |
"Glass, Clay, Wood, Metals and Fiber: The Art of Contemporary Crafts", national invitational, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN |
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2003 |
"25 Potters x 5 Pots", national invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA |
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2003 |
"Just Bowls" - a View of Various Ceramic Vessels by Contemporary Ceramic Artists, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT |
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2003 |
"All Natural-Ash Glazed" - Japanese Evening Celebration, invitational, solo exhibition, Hubbard Gallery, sponsored by The Friends Of The Library, Frankfort Public Library, Frankfort, IN |
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2002 |
"Flame Paths", international invitational, (Senior Tutor, David Scott, curator), Loughborough University of Art and Design, Loughborough, England; keynote lecture and workshop |
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2002 |
Craft Biennial Exhibition, juried regional, (Graeme Reid, juror), South Bend, IN, purhase award winner |
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2002 |
Strictly Functional Pottery National, juried national, (Juror, Jack Troy), Lancaster, PA |
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2002 |
"Treading Upon the Edge", one-person solo show at Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN |
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2002 |
"Teapots", a national invitational, (Curator, Peter Olsen), Seward Park Art Studio, Seattle, WA |
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2002 |
Indiana Wood-Fired Regional, regional invitational, (Curator, Eric Strader), Washington Street Gallery, Goshen, IN |
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2002 |
"Dessertworks", national invitational, (Curator, John Guenther), Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN |
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2001 |
"Twenty-two Ways of Clay: A National Ceramics Invitational", (Curated by Gary Hatcher), The Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX |
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2001 |
"Regional Ceramics Exhibit", (Curator, Abe Cohn), Peninsula Art School's Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, WI |
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2001 |
"Masters In Clay", National Invitational, (Curator: Jane Diller), Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, Michigan, (workshop and keynote lecture at gallery opening) |
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2000 |
"American Shino", National Juried Invitational, (Curator and Jury: Les Richter, and Babcock Galleries), Babcock Galleries, New York, NY (the show also travels) |
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2000 |
"14 American Potters Exhibition", National Invitational, (Curator, Gregory Miller), Moegi Gallery, Mashiko, JAPAN |
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2000 |
"Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt", National Invitational, (Curator, Gwen Heffner), Gallery of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Ashville, NC, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH |
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2000 |
"Kiss of Fire: A Celebration", National Invitational Woodfire exhibition, (Curator Stephen Mickey), Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR |
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1999 |
"Serving Soup: The Soup Tureen 2000", A Midwest Invitational, (Curated by Professor John Guenther) Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN |
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1999 |
"Lightning Strikes", solo show of 65 works from 14-day woodfiring, Andrews University Gallery, Berrien Springs, MI |
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1999 |
"National Woodfire", Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa |
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1999 |
"Different Strokes", International Juried Woodfire Exhibition, (Jurors: Janet Mansfield, Torbjorn Kvasbo, Jun Kaneko), Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, IA |
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1999 |
"Functional Fire -- wood-fired cup show", National Juried Exhibition, (Jurors: Michael Smith, Simon Levin), Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA |
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1999 |
"Studio Days '99 -- Habit to Ritual: Pots for Living", National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Josh DeWeese), Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA |
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1999 |
"Clay Cup VII", National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Sandy Simon), University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL |
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1999 |
"Pacific Tides: The Influence of the Pacific Rim on Contemporary American Ceramics", (Curator: Caroline Henderson), Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, Lancaster, PA |
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1999 |
Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, International Juried Competition, (Juror: Takeshi Yasuda) Victoria, Australia |
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1999 |
Two shows with Mr Karl Beamer in Tamba, and in Shigaraki, Japan |
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1999 |
"Lighten Up", National Invitational (curators: Betty Talbott, Phyllis Blair Clark), The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH |
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1999 |
"Dinnerworks 1999", National Invitational (curator, John Guenther), Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY |
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1999 |
"Recent Work" one person exhibition at Marilott Gallery, Huntington College, Huntington, IN |
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1998 |
"Teabowl: Imperfect Harmony", National Juried Exhibition, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN (International traveling show with these additional venues: Nora Eccles Narrison Museum of Art, Utah STate University, Logan, Utah; Tomo Gakusyu Bunka Center Gallery, Ota City, Japan; Japan House, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL) |
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1998 |
Sixth Annual Strictly Functional National Exhibit (juror, Cynthia Bringle), Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, PA |
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1998 |
"Ceramics USA 1998" National Juried Exhibition (juror, David Shaner),University of North Texas, Denton, TX |
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1998 |
"Collaborative Accomodations" solo exhibition, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX |
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1997 |
"Clayfest 10" Regional Juried Show, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN |
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1997 |
"Shades of Shino", National Invitational (curator, Malcolm Davis), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
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1997 |
"19th Annual Vahki Exhibition", National Juried Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ |
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1997 |
"First Annual Invitational of Current Ceramics", National Invitational (curator, Steven Hansen), Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI |
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1997 |
"Wall to Wall Ceramics", National Invitational: Krannert Gallery, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN |
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1996 |
"Feats Of Clay", National Juried Exhibition (juried by Ruth Rippon), Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA |
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1996 |
Crafts National 30, National Juried Exhibition (juried by Michael W. Monroe), Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA |
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1996 |
1996 Internatioanl Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS |
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1996 |
Plates and Platters, National Invitational Exhibition, (curated by John R. Guenther), Ronald L Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast. |
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1996 |
Eleventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramics Competition (juror Michael W. Monroe), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX |
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1996 |
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, International Juried Exhibition (John Chalke, juror) Auckland, New Zealand |
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1996 |
Fourth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National (curator, Phyllis Blair Clark), Market House Craft Center, Ephrata,PA |
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1996 |
"Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt", National Invitational (Gwen Heffner, curator), Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY |
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1996 |
3rd Oregon Clay Invitational, International Invitational (Nils Lou, curator), Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR |
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1996 |
55th Annual "Open" Art Exhibition, "New Ideas Using Traditional Mediums", Juried National, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City , Utah |
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1996 |
Plates and Platters, sponsored by the Studio potters Network in conjunction with the 30th NCECA conference in Rochester, NY |
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1995 |
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, International Juried Exhibition (Takeshi Yasuda, England, Juror), AUCKLAND, New Zealand |
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1995 |
Tenth Annual San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, Juried National, San Angelo, TX |
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1995 |
Virtual Ceramics Exhibition, International Juried Show (juried by Janet Mansfield and Bill Hunt): INTERNET |
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1995 |
The Ceremony of Tea, National Invitational (Ginny Marsh, juror), Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY |
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1995 |
Studio Days '95 , National Invitational (Jack Troy, juror), Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA |
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1995 |
One-person show, Goshen College, Goshen, IN |
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1995 |
Magnetic North -- The Magnetic Attraction, NCECA 1995 |
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1995 |
Southwest Michigan College Biennial Ceramics National Invitational, Dowagiac, MI |
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1995 |
"17th Annual Vahki Exhibition", Juried National, Mesa, AZ |
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1994 |
Ubiquitous Bowl II, Juried National all-media show, Burlington, VT |
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1994 |
Inspiratiosn from the Garden, Juried National, Berea, KY |
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1994 |
Clay National, Juried National, Zoller Gallery, Penn State, University |
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1993 |
7th Annual Great Lakes Natioanl Competition, Chicago, IL |
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1993 |
2 x 2 x 2, Juried National, Rockford, IL |
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1993 |
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA |
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1993 |
Functional Ceramics 1993, Juried National Invitational (Phyllis Blair Clark, juror), Wooster, OH |
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1993 |
New Traditions in Function, National Invitational, (Gerry Williams, curator), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
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1993 |
NCECA 1993 Internatioanl Invitational Traveling Ashtray Exhibition |
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1992 |
The Clay Cup IV, Juried National, traveling show, Carbondale, IL |
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1992 |
Crafts National, Juried National, Penn State University |
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1991 |
Works in Clay VII, Juried National, Wichita Falls, TX |
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1991 |
Wood Spirits, Juried National wood-fired exhibit, Mesa AZ |
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1990 |
The Hallowed Vessel, National Invitational, Lill Street, Chicago, IL |
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1989 |
The Evocative Place Setting, National Dinnerware Competition (Juror, Bill Hunt), Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL |
Publications, 1985 - present |
50 articles published in the following publications: |
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Citations, photos and mentions in the following periodicals: |
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Citations, photos and mentions in the following texts: |
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Professional Experience |
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Visiting Artist: |
at Juniata College, 1994 |
Visiting: |
15 potters working primarily in the wood-fire tradition during a one-month trip in Japan, 1993 |
President: |
of Potters Guild of Indiana, 1990-1992 |
Visiting Artist / |
at Arizona State University, 1988 |
Workshops: |
1998 to present: offered 35+ workshops for colleges, universities, and professional ceramics organizations |
International Exhibitions |
2-person exhibitions in the ancient clay cities of Shigaraki and Tamba, Japan, at the invitation of Mr. Shiho Kanzaki, 1999 |
Collections |
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