Artist: Ben Carter

Ben Carter, NEW JERSEY
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My research focuses heavily on Silk Road traditions where Middle Eastern and
Mediterranean cultures where influenced by Chinese porcelain that was being
traded throughout the region from 900 AD onward. These pots have a playful
energy that comes from copying objects that represent wealth and status. As a kid, I saw old fabric go through a similar process as it was repurposed into vibrant quilts that were both practical and highly decorative.
By blending floral motifs used in Appalachian quilting with the decorative language of historical ceramics, I work to create new hybrid patterns that enliven the surfaces of teapots, pitchers, and dinnerware. The forms are made from a rich terra cotta clay, which is covered in white slip before being carved and decorated with translucent glazes. Much like the Silk Road potters I attempt to elevate the status of my earthenware, giving it value through multiple layers of intense decoration.

Education
2010 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2004 Post Baccalaureate Study in Ceramics University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Focus in ceramics and painting - Magna Cum Laude
Professional Experience
2017-present Chairperson National Clay Week Open Studio Committee
Direct regional committees in facilitating nationwide ceramic open studio event.
2004-present Studio Potter Carter Pottery
Develop functional ceramic art for sole proprietor business.
2012-present Podcast Producer/Host Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, NCECA 360
Field recording, sound engineering and editing podcasts for release on iTunes and
other platforms.
2010-2012 Education Director Pottery Workshop Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Develop curriculum, marketing, and infrastructure for community art organization.
2004-2006 Studio Potter Black Mountain Studios, Asheville, NC
Assist in the development and production of a functional ceramic home ware line.
2002/2003 Summer Studio Manager Canton Clay Works, Canton, CT
Assist in cleaning, maintenance, and organization of a ceramic education center.
1999-2000 Studio Potter J&S Beaumont Pottery, Valle Crucis, NC
Assist in the production of a functional ceramic dinnerware line.

Teaching Experience
2005-present Workshop Leader – United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Ireland
2014-2017 Instructor Think Big Online Series, Santa Cruz, CA
2010-2012 Faculty The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai, China
2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop for Artist Research and Practice
School of Art & Art History University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl
2008-2009 Instructor of Record Ceramics: 3D Concepts, Throwing: Skills & Concepts, Studio
for Non-Art Majors School of Art and Art History University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl
2005-2006 Faculty Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
2002/2003 Summer Faculty Canton Clay Works, Canton, CT
Visiting Artist Demonstrations/ Lectures
2020 Winter Intensive Instructor Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Visiting Artist Clay Artists of San Diego and Coronado High School, Coronado, CA
Visiting Artist Indiana University South East, New Albany, IN
2019 Visiting Artist Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Visiting Artist Berkeley Potters Guild, Berkeley, CA
Visiting Artist ClaySpace, Lisle, IL
Visiting Artist The Clay Lady Campus, Nashville, TN
Visiting Artist St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Visiting Artist Hamilton and Region Potters Guild, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Presenter Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2018 Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Visiting Artist St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL 
Visiting Artist Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL
Lecturer Savannah College of Art and Design Student Group, Savannah, GA
Visiting Artist Savannah's Clay Spot, Savannah, GA
Visiting Artist Lee Arts Center Arlington VA
Visiting Artist Ernabella Arts Center Ernabella, SA, Australia
Presenter Clay Gulgong Gulgong, NSW, Australia
Visiting Artist Quarry Arts Center, Whangarei, NZ
Visiting Artist Waikato Society of Potters, Hamilton, NZ
Visiting Artist Taradale Pottery Group, Hawkes Bay, NZ
Visiting Artist Wellington Potters Association, Wellington, NZ
Visiting Artist Craft Potters Nelson, Nelson, NZ
Visiting Artist Halswell Pottery Group, Christchurch, NZ
Visiting Artist Canterbury Potters Association, Christchurch, NZ
Visiting Artist Otago Polytechnic Institute, Dunedin, NZ
Visiting Artist Wakatipu Potters Group Queenstown, NZ
Presenter Red Handed Symposium Clay Lady’s Campus, Nashville, TN
Presenter Ceramics Ireland International Festival, Thomastown, Ireland
Visiting Artist Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Visiting Artist Lancaster Creative Factory, Lancaster, PA
Guest Lecturer Strictly Functional Pottery National Lecture, Lancaster, PA
Visiting Artist Flower City Pottery Invitational Workshop, Rochester, NY
Guest Lecturer Cultural Confluence Woodfire Conference, Helena, MT
Guest Lecturer Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2017 Visiting Artist Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
Keynote Lecturer and Demonstrator Michigan Mud, Albion, MI
Visiting Artist Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Lecturer Fernwood 1891, Fennville, MI
Visiting Artist Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Presenter Clay Carnival, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA
Visiting Artist Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Visiting Artist Medocino College, Ukiah, CA
Visiting Artist Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Visiting Artist Sonoma Ceramics, Sonoma, CA
Visiting Artist American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pomona, CA
Visiting Artist Cornell Studio Supply, Dayton, OH
Visiting Artist Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
Anthony E. Stellaccio Visiting Lecturer, Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, IL
2016 Moderator National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Kansas City, MO
Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Presenter Word and Object Symposium, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
Visiting Artist Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
Visiting Artist FLM Studio, Petaluma, CA
Visiting Artist Foot Hill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
Visiting Artist Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA
Visiting Lecturer Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2015 Visiting Artist Ernabella Arts Center, Pukatja, Australia
Visiting Artist Canberra Potter’s Society, Canberra, Australia
Visiting Artist Slow Clay, Melbourne, Australia
Demonstrator and Panelist Australian Ceramic Triannale, Canberra Australia
Visiting Artist PEI Crafts Council Board- Prince Edward Island, Canada
Visiting Artist Saskatoon Potters Guild-Tree Pottery Supplies- Saskatoon, Canada
Guest Lecturer Medalta Art Center- Medicine Hat, Canada
Visiting Artist Mountain Pleasant Potter's Guild- Calgary, Canada
Visiting Lecturer Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
Visiting Artist Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Visiting Artist College of the Red Woods, Eureka, CA
Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Knowledge Clinic Presenter Highwater Clays Florida, Tampa, FL
2014 Visiting Artist De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Visiting Artist Office for the Arts at Harvard, Alston MA
Guest Lecturer Art Kamp at Project Art, Cummington, MA
Visiting Artist The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Presenter Potter’s Council-Ceramic Arts Daily, Santa Ana, CA
Visiting Artist Cal State Northridge, Northridge, CA
Visiting Artist Ernabella Arts Center, Pukatja, Australia
Visiting Artist Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
Visiting Artist Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Presenter Florida Heat Surface Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
Guest Panelist National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Guest Lecturer North Carolina Potters Conference, Asheboro NC
Guest Lecturer Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California, Pacifica, CA
2013 Visiting Artist Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
Guest Lecturer Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Visiting Artist Ernabella Arts Center, Pukatja, Australia
Guest Lecturer National Art School, Sydney, Australia
Visiting Artist Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Presenter Potters Council-Ceramic Arts Daily, Columbus, OH
Visiting Artist Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Guest Lecturer Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Guest Lecturer Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Guest Panelist National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Seattle, WA
Visiting Artist Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Visiting Artist National Art School, Sydney, Australia
Visiting Artist Canberra Potters Society, Canberra, Australia
Visiting Artist Ernabella Arts Center, Pukatja, Australia
Guest Lecturer Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Guest Lecturer The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2011 Visiting Artist Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
Visiting Artist Waikato Society of Potters, Hamilton, NZ
Visiting Artist Wellington Potters Association, Wellington, NZ
Visiting Artist Shanghai American School, Shanghai, China
Guest Lecturer China Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou, China
2010 Visiting Artist Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai, China
Visiting Artist Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, Fl
2009 Visiting Artist Art Center West, Roswell, GA
Visiting Artist Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Fl
2006 Visiting Artist Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Visiting Artist Department of Cultural Affairs, Savannah, GA
2005 Visiting Artist Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
Visiting Artist Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Curatorial/ Juror Experience
2019 Juror Imagery and Illustration
Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Judge Clay Cubed Ceramic National
ClaySpace, Lisle, IL
2018 Juror Strictly Functional Pottery National
Lancaster Creative Factory, Lancaster, PA
Juror SIP: A Ceramics Cup Show
Whitefield Center Gallery, Savannah, GA
2017 Juror College Collective
Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
2015 Juror Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2013- Present Conference co-organizer Florida Heat Surface Conference
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL
2013 Juror Sixth Annual Cup Show: Form & Function
Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2012 Co-Curator The Pottery Workshop: 25 years of Passion and Education
Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA Concurrent exhibition NCECA 2012
2009 Co-Curator Panorama: New Ceramic work from the University of Florida
Arts Center West, Roswell, GA
2008 Curator Ranch Hands: New work from Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Third St. Gallery, Carnegie, PA Concurrent exhibition NCECA 2008
2007 Curator Academia: The New Apprenticeship
Thrown Together, Louisville, KY Concurrent exhibition NCECA 2007
2006 Curator Ceramic Residencies of the South
Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Curator Odyssey Goes West: The Influence of the Odyssey Center
The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT

Artist-in-Residence Experience
2018-2019 Long-Term Resident Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2014 ArtKamp Resident Project Art, Cummington, MA
2013 Summer Resident Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2012 Project Network Resident Guldagergaard Ceramic Center Skælskør, Denmark
2009 Short Term Resident Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2007 Resident Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2004-2006 Resident Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
Awards
2020 NCECA Outstanding Achievement Award Boulder, CO
2018 Matsutani Fellow Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2016 Artist of the Year Ceramics Monthly/Pottery Making Illustrated
2015 Hall of Fame Inductee Salem Education Foundation
2009 Graduate Student Scholarship University of Florida Women’s Club
2006 Emerging Artist Ceramics Monthly
Purchase Award 2006 International Orton Cone Box Show

Solo Exhibitions
2017 Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, MT New Work
2013 Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, MT In Full Bloom
2012 Charlie Cummings Gallery Gainesville, FL Between the Fence Posts
2010 Charlie Cummings Gallery Gainesville, FL No Place Like Home
2009 Charlie Cummings Gallery Gainesville, FL Flourish
Select Juried Exhibitions
2012 Fuel Coffee Cups and Coffee: Watershed International Juried Cup Show
Seattle, WA Juror: Dylan J. Beck NCECA 2012 exhibition
2010 Lawrence Arts Center 2010 Orton International Cone Box Show
Lawrence, KS Jurors: Peter Callas, Malcolm Davis, Inge G. Balch
Western Colorado Center for the Arts Contemporary Clay Biennial 2010
Grand Junction, Co Juror: Pete Pinnell
University of the Arts Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery National Student Juried Exhibition
Philadelphia, PA Jurors: Erin Furimsky, Matt Long NCECA 2010 exhibition
University of Florida Focus Gallery Currents: Contemporary Ceramics
Gainesville, FL Jurors: John Byrd, Linda Arbuckle
2008 LSU Shaw Center for the Arts 8 Fluid Ounces 3: A National Cup Show
Baton Rouge, LA Juror: Michaelene Walsh
2007 Gulf Coast Community College Amelia Center Gallery National Juried Cup Show
Panama City, FL Jurors: Jeremy Randall, Sarah Panzarella
2006 Baker University 2006 International Orton Cone Box Show Purchase Award
Baldwin City, KS Jurors: Steven Hill, Don Reitz, Inge Balch
2005 Charlie Cummings Gallery Cup: The Intimate Object IV
Ft. Wayne IN Juror: Linda Arbuckle

Select Invitational Exhibitions
2020 Southern Crossings Pottery Festival
Louisville, KY
Plough Gallery New work Mark Knott and Ben Carter
Tifton, GA
2019 Ryan Greenheck Studio 8 th Annual Holiday Sale
Philadelphia, PA
Flower City Arts Center Flower City Pottery Invitational 
Rochester, NY
Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery Resident exhibition
Helena, MT
Holter Museum of Art Archie Bray Fellowship Exhibition
Helena, MT
Radius Gallery Another Alphabet
Missoula, MT
Schaller Gallery Floriferous
St. Joseph, MI
Creators Space Archie Bray Resident Exhibition- NCECA 2019
Minneapolis, MN
Crowne Plaza Minneapolis AMACO at 100- Thinking Outside the Jar- NCECA 2019
Minneapolis, MN
Central Washington University Residency Reflections
Ellensburg, WA
2018 Framehouse & Jask Gallery Critical Function- NCECA 2018
Pittsburg, PA
Brew House Association Growlerfest-NCECA 2018
Pittsburgh,PA
James Simon Studio Gist Street International Ceramics Bash- NCECA 2018
Pittsburg, PA
Clay Gulgong Presenter Exhibition 
Gulgong, NSW, Australia
Clay Lady’s Campus Red Handed Invitational
Nashville, TN
Flower City Arts Center Flower City Pottery Invitational
Rochester, NY
Kilkenny Alternative Arts Festival
Thomastown, Ireland
Ceramics Ireland International Festival Presenter Exhibition
Thomastown, Ireland
Schaller Gallery Imprint(ed) with Sanam Emami and Victoria Christen
St. Joseph, MI
2017 Dairy Barn Art Center Contemporary Ceramics: A Dairy Barn Invitational
Athens, OH
Gallery of Small Things Opening Exhibition
Canberra, Australia
Kobo Gallery 11th Annual Simple Cup Show 
Seattle, WA
Weizenblatt Gallery Mars Hill College Lineage: Celebrating Rock Creek Pottery
Mars Hill, NC
Kansas City Urban Potters Midwest Pottery Fest
Kansas City, MO
Santa Fe Clay La Mesa at NCECA
Portland, OR
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Instructor Exhibit
Gatlinburg, TN
Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show X
Creedmoor, NC
2016 King Galleries, Clayscope
Santa Fe, NM
Pottery Northwest Clayfest Northwest
Seattle, WA
Baltimore Clayworks At your service
Baltimore, MD
Wayne Center for the Arts Functional Ceramics 2016
Wooster, OH
Santa Fe Clay La Mesa at NCECA
Kansas City, MO
Gulf Coast State College Raconteurs
Panama City, FL
2015 Society for Contemporary Craft CRAFTED: Ceramic Tableware
Pittsburgh, PA
Greenhill Art Center Winter Show 2015
Greensboro, NC
Santa Fe Clay Cups: Hundreds of Cups!
Santa Fe, NM
Australian National University Australian Ceramics Triannale Presenter Exhibition
Canberra, Australia
Baltimore Clayworks Teapot VII
Baltimore, MD
Clay Art Center Greenscapes
Porchester, NY
College of the Redwoods Post China: A Ceramic Journey
Eureka, CA
Artstream Nomadic Gallery NCECA Expo
Providence, RI Six tour stops throughout New England
Santa Fe Clay La Mesa at NCECA
Providence, RI
The Maverick Potter Maverick Potter Invitational
Salida, CO
2014 Ferrin Contemporary ArtKamp: Indigo Mass
North Adams, MA
Lawrence Arts Center Paper/Plate
Lawrence, KS
Santa Fe Clay La Mesa at NCECA
Milwaukee, WI
Archie Bray Foundation Resident Exhibition at NCECA
Milwaukee, WI
AKAR Design 2014 Yunomi Invitational
Iowa City, IA
Baltimore Clay Works Cheers!
Baltimore, MD
2013 Red Star Studios New Work: Ben Carter & Chris Pickett
Kansas City, MO
The Clay Studio Plates and Platters
Philadelphia, PA
Crimson Laurel Gallery In the Mix
Bakersville, NC
2012 Shanghai University International Residency Exhibit
Shanghai, China
The Clay Studio Dip, Dash, Spread and Pour
Philadelphia, PA
2011 Crimson Laurel Gallery Interpreting the Cup: Process, Influence, and Intent
Bakersville, NC
Charlie Cummings Gallery Cup: The Intimate Object 7
Gainesville, FL
Carbondale Clay Center Pairings
Carbondale, CO
Schaller Gallery For the Flowers
Benton Harbor, MI
St. Petersburg Clay Company Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts Invitational
St. Petersburg, FL NCECA 2011 exhibition
2010 Lark and Key Gallery Table Manners
Charlotte, NC
Baltimore Clay Works Encore
Baltimore MD
Chestnut Hill Academy Off the Wheel: Slab-built pots for the table & home
Philadelphia, PA NCECA 2010 exhibition
2009 Armory Art Center Drink Up!: Ceramic Cup Invitational
West Palm Beach, FL
Baltimore Clay Works Winterfest 2009
Baltimore, MD
Signature Nine Gallery Transformation and Alchemy
Roanoke, VA
Baltimore Clay Works Teapots IV
Baltimore, MD
2008 Clay Art Center Transformations: 6x6
Porchester, NY
University of Florida Focus Gallery Crossing the Domestic Divide Gainesville FL
Two-person exhibit
Charlie Cummings Gallery Cup: The Intimate Object VI,
Gainesville, FL
Clay Art Center potPOURri: Pots that POUR
Porchester, NY
2007 The Clay Studio Mastery in Clay 2007
Philadelphia, PA
2006 Anderson Ranch Center for the Arts Winter Resident Artist Exhibit Snowmass, CO
The St. Petersburg Clay Co / The Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art St. Petersburg,
FL /Asheville, NC A Resident Exchange: A Simultaneous Exhibit
Art Center West, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art resident exhibition
Roswell, GA
2004 Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts The Butter Dish show
Asheville, NC
Media Image Gallery Foolish Endeavors: Brilliant Creations
Gainesville, FL
2003 Amelia Center Art Gallery Clay Tangent
Panama City, FL
Looking Glass Gallery Between
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Publications
2019 Cómo Dominar El Torno De Alfarero (Spanish translation of Mastering the Potter’s Wheel)
Editorial Acanto S.A.
2017 Maitriser La Poterie Au Tour (French translation of Mastering the Potter’s Wheel)
Groupe Eyrolles, Paris, France
2016 Mastering the Potter’s Wheel
Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN
2012-present Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast
Ben Carter, iTunes. 304 episodes
2009-2015 Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Blog
Ben Carter, www.talesofaredclayrambler.com. 400 posts
2015 “Stepping UP: Making Money”
Ben Carter, Australian Journal of Ceramics, Volume 54 #2, 2015, 59 AUS
2014 Ngapartji Ngapartji
Ben Carter, Australian Journal of Ceramics, Volume 53 #3, 2014, 42 AUS
2011 “Studio Visit: Ben Carter-Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China”
Ben Carter, Ceramics Monthly, Vol 59 #10, 2011, 30-33 USA
2010 “Elevating Earthenware”
Ben Carter, Pottery Making Illustrated, Vol 13 #5, 2010, 17-21 USA

Bibliography
2018 Amazing Glaze
Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN
“Cast in Clay”
Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times: Arts Section 31 May 2018
2015 “Ben Carter 2016 Ceramics Monthly Artist of the Year”
Jessica Knapp, Ceramics Arts Daily Yearbook, 2015, 16-18 USA
Graphic Clay
Lark Books, New York, NY
Handbuilding Techniques
Bill Jones, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH
2014 American iPottery
Kevin A. Hluch, iTunes. Fredrick, Maryland. 2014
Ceramic Arts Daily Presents Design for the Soft Surface DVD
Jennifer Harnetty, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH
2013 “Fall Arts Preview”
Katie Van Luchene, KC Magazine, Volume 20 #11, 2013, 65 USA
500 Teapots Vol 2.
Lark Books Asheville, NC
“Exposure”
Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 61 #3, 2013, 16 USA
2012 From a Slab of Clay
Daryl E. Baird, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH
Surface, Glaze, Form
Anderson Turner, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH
2010 “The (potter’s) wheel of life”
Global Times: Metro Shanghai 14 July 2010 11.
“Fresh out of the Oven”
The Gainesville Sun: Scene 14 Jan. 2010 13.
“Winterfest 2009”
Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 58 #1, 2010, 6, 20 USA
Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing
Lark Books Asheville, NC
2009 “Works of Ben Carter”
China Ceramic Artist Magazine, Volume 2 #16, 2009, 79, 80, China
2008 500 Plates and Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function & Style
Lark Books Asheville, NC
The Spirit of Ceramic Design
Pebble Press Inc. Farmington Hills, MI
“The MFA Factor: University of Florida”
Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 56 #9, 2008, 53 USA
2006 “Emerging Artist 2006”
Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 54 #5, 2006, USA
2003 500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design
Lark Books Asheville, NC