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Education/Residencies                                                

2016 -2021 Penland Winter Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2019 Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2017                                         Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Ceramic Resident Artist, Brockway, PA

2015 - 2017                              The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Ceramic Resident Artist, Highlands, NC

2015                                         College of William and Mary, Special Studies in Ceramics

2010 - 2013                              Winthrop University, BFA with a concentration in Ceramics, Rock Hill, SC

2007 - 2009                            York Technical College, Rock Hill, SC

 

Experience and Workshops     

2022 On the Surface: Decorating Clay Intensive, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC

Michelle Roxana Ettrick: Beginner Throwing and Decorating workshop, Instructor assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2021 What a Gem: Glazing and finishing techniques, zoom workshop, Pocosin School of Fine Crafts, Columbia, NC

Texture, Pattern, and Detailed Surfaces, zoom workshop, Pocosin School of Fine Crafts, Columbia, NC

2020 Penland Winter Residency, 4 weeks residency and studio assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2019 Penland Winter Residency, 4 weeks residency and studio assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

The Basics of Handbuilding, workshop taught at Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC

2018                         Penland Winter Residency, 6 weeks residency and studio assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Matt Rephsher and H.P. Bloomer, workshop assistant, Gatlinburg, TN

2017                         Penland Winter Residency, 6 weeks residency and studio assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2016                         Wearing Porcelain: A lesson in porcelain jewelry making, three day workshop, The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts,                                    Highlands, NC

                                 Penland Winter Residency, 3 weeks residency and studio assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

                                 Assistant to Akira Satake Workshop, The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC

                                 Assistant to Ben Owen III Workshop, The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC

2015                         Assistant to Jeff Oestrich workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

                                 Assistant to Sunshine Cobb workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                                  Presenting and demonstrating artist, Midlands Clay Arts Society, Columbia, SC

2015                          DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Internship with Ceramic Collections, 18th-19th century English earthenware figures, Williamsburg, VA

2014                          Assistant to Jeff Oestrich workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                                  Penland School of Craft, 6th Session instructed by Kathy King, Looking Over Your Shoulder, Partial Scholarship, Penland, NC                    

2012 - 2013                 Winthrop Galleries, Gallery assistant, experience in art handling

2013                            Penland School of Craft, 4th Session instructed by David and Tracy Gamble, Adventures in Low Fire Clay, Work Study Scholarship, Penland, NC

2008 - 2010               Bob Hasselle’s Pottery Studio, The Getty’s Center, Rock Hill, SC 

 

Gallery Representation

                                   The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC, www.thebascom.org

                                    Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA, www.ploughgallery.com

                                   Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO, www.carbondaleclay.org

                                   LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE, www.luxcenter.org

Arrowmont Showcase Gallery, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, www.arrowmont.org

In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC, www.intandemgallery.com

Woodlands Gallery, Hendersonville, NC, www.woodlandsgallerync.com

Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC, www.grovewood.com

Publications

Ceramics Monthly: Exposure, May 2022

Ceramics Monthly: Exposure, May 2021

Asheville Made, April 2021

 

Exhibitions             

2022

Potters of Madison County Potters Market, Marshall High Studios, Marshall, NC

Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

TACS: Annual Spring Studio Pottery Sale, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC

Gifted, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Marshall Handmade Market, Marshall High Studios, Marshall, NC

Vessels of Merriment, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

2021 Thermal Belt Exhibition, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC

Gifted Holliday Show, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

Clay Exhibition, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC

2020 Potters of Madison County Potters Market, Online Sale, Intandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC

CXC Pop-Up: Here For This, Online Collective Sale

Lip.Body.Foot. - A Cup Shaped Thing! Invitational, Blockfort Gallery, Columbus, OH

Gifted Holliday Show, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

TACS Holiday Exhibition, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC

2019 Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

Potters of Madison County Potters Market, Marshall High Studios, Marshall, NC

Pots On The Green, The Village Green, Cashiers, NC

Vessels of Merriment: An Invitational Exhibition, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

Lip. Body. Foot. - A Cup Shaped Thing! Invitational, Blockfort Gallery, Columbus, OH

CXC Pop-Up: Here For This, Finnegans Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Gifted Holliday Show, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

ArtTrek Participant, Tryon Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC

TACS Holiday Exhibition, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC




2018 Strictly Functional Pottery National Show, Juried by Ben Carter, Lancaster, PA

Material Mugs III: Underglaze, Juried by Renee Lopresti, Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN

Pop-Up At The Bascom Gallery, The Bascom Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC

Clay, Annual NC Ceramics Exhibition Invitational, The Galleries of Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC

Gifted Holliday Show, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Holiday Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

Pots On The Green, The Village Green, Cashiers, NC

CXC Pop-Up, Wigle Whiskey, Pittsburg, PA

Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

2017                            Intro, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC

                                    The Cup, Goggle Works, Reading, PA   

                                    Mug Shots, LUX Gallery, Lincoln, NE

                                   Cups In Common, Clayworks, Charlotte, NC

                                    Working Pots, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI

                                    Mug Show, Dogs Eye Gallery, San Marcos, TX

                                    Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center,Carbondale, CO

 

2016                           Cup: The Intimate Object XII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

                                    Serve It Up, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

                                   Pairings Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

 

2015                           Cup: The Intimate Objext XI, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

 

2014                          Biennial Cup Show, The Morean Center For Clay, St. Petersburg, FL

                    

                                  Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Petersburg, PA

 

                                  Any Way You Wanna Shake It Invitational,  The Arts Center of Clemson, Clemson, SC

 

                                  Terraform, Perimeter Gallery at the Arts Council of  York County, Rock Hill, SC

 

2013                         Summer Works Show, Student Galleries Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

 

                                 The Art of Thinking, South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC

 

                                 Functional Relationships, The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Juried by Mike Jabbur, Evansville, Indiana                

                    

                                  Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Rutledge Gallery Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

 

                                  Senior Exhibition, Rutledge Gallery Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

                    

                                   SAMANDMATTAREHAVINGASHOW, Student Galleries Winthrop University,Rock Hill, SC

 

2012                          Summer Works Show, Student Galleries Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

 

Awards                                            

2013                         Department of Fine Arts Merit Award,  Undergraduate Juried Exhibitions, Rutledge Gallery, Rock Hill, SC

                                 Outstanding Ceramic Student, Certificate of Achievement, Given by The Department of Fine Arts, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

                                  Internal Nominee for the Windgate Fellowship  Promoted by the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design Nominated by Jim Connell,

Professor of Fine Arts, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

 

Commissions                                                

 

2014                    York County Candy Dishes, Commissioned by York County Congress

2013                     “Our Fine Community” York County Ceramic and Steel Map, Commissioned by Family Trust Credit Union