Professional Experience:
2002-present Self-Employed Studio Artist, Anderson Ceramic & Design, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008-present Ceramics Instructor, Yampa Valley Art Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO
2009-present Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics, Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003-present Coordinator Steamboat Clay Artisans and Soup Bowl Supper Fundraiser, Steamboat Springs, CO
2009 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Symposium “O Brave New World” Participant, Deer Isle, ME
2009 Visual Arts Council Board Member, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008 Workshop Host/Coordinator, “Ceramics and Site: The Sculpted Garden” with Kim Dickey, Warehome Studios, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004-2007 Design Assistant, Studio 211/Acanthus Design, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004-2005 Designer/Builder, Warehome Studios, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003-2005 Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics, Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000-2004 Production Manager, Ceramic Design Group, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000 Intern/Studio Assistant, La Loba Ranch Clay Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
Selected Exhibitions:
2010 Speaking of Clay, The Art Students League of Denver
2009 Continental Divide, NCECA/Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2008 Confluence (two person exhibit), K. Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008 Art Event, Education Foundation of Milburn-Short Hills, NJ
2007 The Art of the Teapot, Schiesser Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2005 New Works of Nature, TEI Modern Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004 Thermodynamic: An Exhibition of Artwork Facilitated by Heat, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO
2002 Strings in the Mountains Sixteen Violins, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000 Solo Senior Art Thesis Exhibition, Northland College Visual Arts Department, Ashland, WI
Publications:
2011 500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique, Lark Books
2011 Potter’s Council Calendar General Collection II, June 2011
2010 Southern New England Home “A Coastal Gem Becomes a Contemporary Masterpiece” 2010-2011 Edition, pp. 26-28
2008 Homelink Magazine Artist Spot Light: “Confluence” Fall 2008
2007 5280 Magazine “House Beautiful” Article p. 123
2006 Yampa Valley Living “Studio File: Glass and Clay Artisans Team Up to Create Innovative Art” Winter 2006
2006 Design New Jersey “Plantation Island” Article pp. 97-101
Education:
2000 B.S. cum laude in Biology, Minor in Visual Arts, Northland College, Ashland, WI
Awards and Scholarships:
Acanthus Design Kiln-building Grant
Edith Bristol Art Scholarship
Northland Honorary Academic Scholarship
