Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Experience
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Faculty
2006–present
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Instructor, Alfred Summer School
2004
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Visiting artist and part-time ceramic faculty
2000
Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Instructor
2000
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Graduate Teaching Assistant
1998-2000
Project Challenge, Shrewsbury Public Schools, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
1998–2000
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
Instructor
1997-1998
Teaching Artist Workshops
Fireworks Studio, Worcester, Massachusetts
Demonstration Workshop with Todd Wahlstrom
2013
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Visiting Artist
2010
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, West Virginia
Course: Wet Altering
2010
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
Walter Gropius Master Workshop Series
Course: Capturing Moments with Porcelain - Wet Altering
2009
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Course: The Clay Moment - Porcelain and the Vessel
2009
Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts
Course: Wet Altering on the Wheel
2008
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York
Course: Lidded Jars
2007
Clayworks, Brattleboro, Vermont
Course: Wet Altering
2007
Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts
Course: Altering Thrown Forms
2007
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard Ceramics Program, Visiting Artist Master Classes
2005
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Presenter, Utilitarian Clay IV: Celebrate the Object
2004
Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey
Course: Pushing Clay, Pushing Boundaries
2004
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York
2004
South County Art Association, Kingston, Rhode Island
2003
State University of New York, Fredonia, New York
2003
Tabor Academy, Marion, Massachusetts
2003
Hamilton Potters Guild, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2002
Hartford School of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
2001
Sienna Heights College, Adrian, Michigan
2001
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Assistant to Julia Galloway
2000
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Mold making assistant to Richard Shaw
1997
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Assistant, Utilitarian Clay II Conference
1996
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Workshop assistant to Mary Law
1995
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Workshop assistant to Linda Arbuckle, Pete Pinnell, Lee Rexrode
1995
Lectures
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
Walter Gropius Master Workshop Series
2009
Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne, Vermont
2004
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Sprit of Porcelain Conference
2000
Education
MFA, Ceramics
School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2000
BFA, Cum Laude, Ceramics
School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1995
MFA Candidate, Ceramics
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
1998
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Imagined Space, Carroll House Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire
2014
Recent Work, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
2009
Stolen Moments: Recent Work, Artisan Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2008
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Worcester Pottery Invitational 2015, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts, curated by Aysha Peltz and Todd Wahlstrom
Shippensburg University Ceramics Invitational, Michael-Campbell-Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
2015
Strictly Functional Pottery National 2015, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Un-Wedged 2015, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington
Clay National X, CERAMIC COLOR, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado
5th Annual Workhorse Clay National, Workhorse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia
Clay &Context, The Third Contemporary Ceramics International Biannual, Halcyon Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
All About Porcelain, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
100 Best Potters, POW! (Pots on Wheels), Providence, Rhode Island
2014
Ceramics Biennial 2014 Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Expression, The Fifth Contemporary Ceramics International Binnual 2014, Halcyon Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
American iPottery, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, MontgomeryCounty, Maryland
Zanesville Prize, Muskingum County Community Foundation, Zanesville, Ohio
Un-Wedged 2014, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington
The 40th Annual Invitational Pottery Show, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, New Jersey
2013
Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
The 39th Annual Invitational Pottery Show, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, New Jersey
2012
Past Presenters, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Sources and Influences, Huntington Museum, Huntington, West Virginia
Close Radius, Carroll House Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire
2011
Many Paths, A Legacy of Karen Karnes, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina
Islamic Influence, Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg College, Tampa Florida
Guess Whose Coming to Dinner?, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
2010
Lucky 13, Art Park, North Bennington, Vermont
Circling into Now, Navio, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Cup and Mug Invitational, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
36th Annual Invitational Pottery Show and Sale, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, New Jersey
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
All Fired Up - Six Ceramic Artists from Vermont, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
Celebrating Ten Years: 2000-2010, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, New Jersey
Strictly Functional–Then and Now, Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
State of Craft, Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont
Recent Work: Aysha Peltz, Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, West Virginia
2009
Functional Art, Celadon Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
Under Cover, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
2008
Transformations 6 x 6, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
The Art of Dining, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
2007
33rd Annual Invitational Pottery Show and Sale, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, New Jersey
Mastery in Clay 2007, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
From the Earth, University of Kentucky Museum of Art, Lexington, Kentucky
Ladies in White, Goodall Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Ceramic Biennial, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Style and Function, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2006
Fired Up, Studio Place Arts Gallery, Barre, Vermont
Dinnerware, Red Star Studios Ceramics Center, Kansas City, Missouri
La Mesa, Hilton Portland, Portland Oregon
4th Annual Potters Invitational, Worcester Center for the Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ceramic Invitational, Westchester Art Workshop, Westchester, New York
2005
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Simple Cup, The Seward Park Clay Studio and KOBO, Seattle, Washington
Summer Invitational, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts
17 Women: 17 Perspectives, Red Star Studio, Kansas City, Missouri
31st Annual Invitational Pottery Show and Sale, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, New Jersey
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
WHITE, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
NCECA 2005 Clay National, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Faculty & Alumni Show, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland
Pottery Invitational, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Platters and Plates: A Blue Plate Special, Chester Springs Studios, Chester County, Pennsylvania
2004
Use It or Lose It, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
Functional Clay, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana
Utilitarian Clay IV: Presenters Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Cup, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Art to Use: Functional Clay, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
30th Annual Invitational Pottery Show and Sale, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, New Jersey
Functional Ceramics, The Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
Pleasures of the Table, Ransburg Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Big Show, 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Potters Invitational, Worcester Center for the Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Service: An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Clay Studio, Pennsylvania
2003
Craft Transformed, University Art Gallery, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Sensuous, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
Aysha Peltz and Todd Wahlstrom Recent Ceramics, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, New Jersey
Pottery Show and Sale, Worcester Center for the Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Aysha Peltz Recent Ceramics, Young and Constantine Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont
2002
Craft USA 2002, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
Annual Holiday Show, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anagama, Peck Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Yankee Clay, Slater Mills Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut
Peltz/Timock, Derek Porter Studio, Kansas City, Missouri
2001
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Winterfest-2001, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Convergences, Winthrope University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Reunion: Wayne Higby and Graduates of the Alfred University Ceramics Program, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000
Strictly Functional Pottery National 2000, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Porcelain 2000, Esmay Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Studio Days 2000, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Utilitarian Clay III: Celebrate the Object Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
Karon Doherty Memorial Invitational, Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999
Whiteware Research Center’s Annual Fall Meeting, Susan Howell Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1998
Strictly Functional Pottery National 1998, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
First Year Graduate Exhibition, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1997
Strictly Functional Pottery National 1997, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Faculty Show, Worcester Center for the Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
1996
First Year Graduate Exhibition, Gallery 244, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Assistant Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1995
Summer Assistant Exhibit, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Summer Assistant Exhibition, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Senior Show, Harder Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1994
Junior Show, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Publications
BOOKS
IPottery Kevin A. Hluch, 2014
The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay (500 Series), Lark Books, 2012
Art Markets of New England, Christine Chitnis, The Little Bookroom, 2011
500 Vases, Lark Books, 2010
Masters: Porcelain, Lark Books, 2007
The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Kevin A. Hluch, Krause Publications, 2001
CATALOGUES
Diverse Domain – Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, Jan-Chi Yu, Taipei County Government, 2005
Functional Ceramics, Phyllis Blair Clark, 2004
Convergences – The Presence of the Past in Contemporary American Ceramics, Caroline Henderson, 2001
SELF-AUTHORED ARTICLES
“Splash Bowls”, Ceramics Monthly, 2015
“Starting Out”, Studio Potter, vol. 33, no. 1, Dec. 2004
Awards and Honors
Strictly Functional Pottery National
Attorney’s Award
2015
National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts
Emerging Artist Award
2005
Strictly Functional Pottery National
Attorney’s Award
2005
Strictly Functional Pottery National
Mentor’s Award
2000
Full Tuition Scholarship and Fellowship
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1998-2000
Strictly Functional Pottery National
Juror’s Choice
1998
Teaching Scholarship
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1997