Artist: Gail Kendall
Gail Kendall, NEBRASKA
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Following her formal education at the University of Michigan (BSD) and Eastern
Michigan University (MFA) Gail Kendall spent ten years working as an independent studio artist in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1987 she accepted a position in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she taught for twenty-four years. Kendall has been a resident artist at c.r.e.t.a.Rome, Spode Fine China Works, S-O-T England, Watershed Center for Ceramic Art, The Archie Bray Foundation, Red Lodge Clay Center, Belger Crane Yard and Anderson Ranch Art Center. Her work has appeared in articles & books including Ceramics: Art and Perception, Neue Keramik, Emmanuel Cooper& Contemporary Ceramics; (UK), MASTERS: Earthenware (US). She exhibits widely throughout the United States. Retired since 2011, Kendall spends her time in Lincoln working in the studio, cooking, practicing the piano and knitting.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2017 ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: Voulkos Studio Visiting Artist
2016 c.r.e.t.a. Residency (Ceramics). Rome, Italy
2009 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS (NCECA)
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Hixson-Lied Faculty Development Grant for Gail Kendall Invites: Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
2008 UNIVERISTY OF NEBRASKA. Layman Award to facilitate Sheldon Museum of Art Solo Exhibition, August - November 2008
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave.
2007 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Research Council Grant In Aid: Akal Exchange. Morocco
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Research Grant. Akal Exchange
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF F&PA. Faculty Development Grant. London.
2006 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Named professorship (Hixson-Lied Prof. of Art)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – Presenter: Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecturer Series: “What is It About Pots?”
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. ‘Walter Gropius American Master Series":Solo
CITY OF LINCOLN. Mayor’s Award for Creative Achievement
MEADOWLARK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. Lincoln NE. Featured Visual Artist
2003 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Research Council Grant-In-Aid. Attingham Trust Summer Program Research in England (Ceramics in Context: Some Country House Collections)
2001 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Faculty Development Leave for Research in England &France (Pursuing Paradox)
2000 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Summer Research Fellowship
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 LUX CENTER FOR ART. “Lotus & Seed”. Solo Exhibition
2014 BRINTON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition. Big Horn WY
PLINTH GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Denver CO
2013 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln N
2011 KAPI&OLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. KOA GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Hawaii.
2009 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo Exhibition. Lincoln NE
ST. ANDREWS SEWANEE GALLERY. Solo Exhibition. Monteagle TN
2008 SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition
HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Two-Person Exhibition
2006 LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Solo exhibition.
2004 HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition. WV
2003 FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Solo Exhibition. Norman, Oklahoma
2002 SANTA FE CLAY. Solo Exhibition. Santa Fe, NM
2000 FUSIONS GALLERY. Queensland Potters Association. Solo Exhibition.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
SELECTED GROUP AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2019
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “In Good Company”. Curator: Jill Oberman
Normandy Alden, Gail Kendall, Chandra DeBuse, Elisa DiFeo, Posey Bacopolous
-AKAR CLAY. “Yunomi Invitational”. Iowa City IA
-RE-GENERATION. NCECA Pop Up. with Victoria Christen, Joe Pintz, & Sean Scott
-WOMEN’S CERAMIC ARTIST’S COLLECTIVE. “NCECA Invitational” Mpls. MN
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Auction”. Invitational. Snowmass CO LUX CENTER FOR ART. “Annual Exhibition & Auction”. Invitational. Lincoln NE
2017
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “Featured Artist March-April. MT
-MOREAN ART CENTER. “Major Mud II”. St. Petersburg, FL
-SANTA FE CLAY. “La Mesa”. Porltand OR
-LUX CENTER FOR ART. “Annual Auction”. Lincoln NE
-SPRING CREEK AUDUBON PRAIRIE. “Auction”. Denton NE
-WEISMANN MUSEUM OF ART. “A Culture of Pots: St. Croix Pottery
Tour 25 th Anniversary Exhibition”. Minneapolis MN
2016
-LINCOLN CLAY TOUR. Guest Potters: Mark Cole & Ervin Dixon. Lincoln NE
-16 HANDS FALL TOUR. w/ Silvie Granatelli. Meadows of Dan VA
-MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. Spirit. Invitational Biennial Exhibition &
Fundraiser. Curated. Kearney NE
-EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. Clay Invitational. “After All These Years”
Ypsilanti MI
-EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. “Resonance: Ceramic Alumni Uner the
Tutelage of Susanne Stephenson & John Loree”. Ypsilanti MI
-SANTA FE CLAY. La Mesa. Tableware Exhibition at the NCECA Conference.
Kansas City MO.
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “50 th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition”.
Curated: Sam Harvey & Doug Casebeer
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Exhibition and Auction. Snowmass CO
-THE CLAY STUDIO. “1,000 Cups”. Invitational Exhibition with Book. Exhibited
at The Clay Studio and the annual NCECA Conference in KC, MO.
-CHANDLER ART CENTER. “Slight of Hand: Clay & Paint”. Curator: Holly Walker Sarah Heimann, Laurie Sverdlove, Holly Walker & Gail Kendall
-C.R.E.T.A. ROME. Resident’s Exhibition. Rome, Italy
-NCECA Pre-Conference EXHIBITION. “The Heartland Table”. Curator: Robbie Lobell
-LUX CENTER FOR ART. Annual Exhibition and Auction. Lincoln NE
-MUDFLAT STUDIO. Annual Exhibition & Auction. Boston MA
-LUX CENTER FOR ART. Holiday Invitational Exhibition. Lincoln NE
2015
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “September Featured Artist” Red Lodge MT
-AKAR DESIGN. Yunomi Invitational. Iowa City IA
-UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUCETTS DARTMOUTH. “The Uncommon Object”.
-SANTA FE CLAY. “La Mesa” at NCECA. Providence RI
-LINCOLN CLAY TOUR. Lincoln NE w/ Amy Smith, Sean Scott, Mark Cole, Ervin Dixon, Peter Scheer, Su Harvey, Sharon Ohmberger
-MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS. “Pursuit of Craft: Connections
in the Community of Potters”. Annapolis MD
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Auction & Exhibition”. Snowmass CO
2014
-SANTA FE CLAY. La Mesa at NCECA. Milwaukee WI
-ANDERSON RANCH at SOFA. Invitational Exhibition. Doug Casebeer Cur. Chicago. IL
-AKAR DESIGN. Yunomi Invitational. Iowa City IA
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “Red House Dinnerware”. Red Lodge MT
-LAWRENCE ART CENTER “Paper/Plate”. Invitational Exhibition. Kyla Strid Curator. Lawrence KS
-THE CLAY STUDIO. “Pottery By Design”. Garth Johnson, Cur. Philadelphia PA
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. “American Pottery Festival”. Invitational. Mpls MN
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “August Resident Spotlight”. Red Lodge MT
-BRINTON MUSEUM OF ART. “Flora & Fauna”. Invitational. Elaine Henry, Cur. Big Horn WY
-BRINTON MUSEUM OF ART. Solo Exhibition. Big Horn WY
-CRAFT IN AMERICA CENTER. “Passing It On: From Bernard Leach to Jeff
Oestreich to the Midwest & Beyond”. Exhibition and Lecture. Los Angeles CA
-MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. “Spirit”. Invitational Exhibition and Auction”. Kearney NE
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Exhibition & Auction” Annual Fundraiser. CO
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. “Exhibition & Auction”. Annual Fundraiser. NC
2013
-SANTA FE CLAY. La Mesa at NCECA.
-DOW STUDIO. “Summer Invitational” Group Exhibition. Deer Isle ME
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Exhibition & Auction”. Snowmass CO
-THE CLAY STUDIO. “Plates & Platters Salon Style”. Invitational. Philadelphia PA
2012
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Plates” Invitational Exhibition
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS “Annual Exhibition and Auction” Fundraiser
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. “Annual Exhibition & Art Auction” Fundraiser
-SANTA FE CLAY. “La Mesa”. Large Group Invitionalal Exhibition at 2012 NCECA
-HARVEY MEADOWS GALLERY. Summer Exhibition. Aspen CO
-WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Pottery Invitational. Wooster OH
-WATERSHED CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Anniversary Exhibition and Auction. Newcastle ME
-MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Studio of Connee Mayeron Cowles. Shaeffer MN
-WOMEN MADE GALLERY. Ceramic Invitational. Curator: Linda Hillman. Chicago IL
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Presenters & Mentors Exhibition”. Utilitarian Clay Symposium VI. Gatlinburg TN
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Past Presenters Exhibition” UCS VI
2011
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
-AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. "The Legacy of Karen Karnes" Curator: Karen Karnes
-THE CLAY STUDIO. "Dinnerware". Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
-LILL STREET STUDIO. "35th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition". Chicago IL
-ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. "Invitational Exhibition and Auction." Helena Mt. & Online
-THE CLAY STUDIO: “Cups & Coffee”. Invitational. Curator: Naomi Cleary
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Annual Fundraiser. Art Exhibition & Auction.
-ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. 60 th Anniversary Exhibition & Auction.
-EIGHTEEN HANDS. “Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists”. Invitational. Dallas
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Changes: UNL Ceramics 1987 – 2011”. Four person invitational. Lincoln NE
-THE CLAY STUDIO. “Gifted”. Large Group Invitational. Philadelphia PA
2010
-MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park.
Shaeffer MN
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
-GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY. "Form Follows Function: Pots For the Table Juror: Adam Welch, Interim Director. New York City
-AKAR GALLRY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
-SCHALLER GALLERY. "Earthenware Invitational". Red Lodge MT
-DOW STUDIO. "All Media Invitational". Deer Isle, ME
-HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition
2009
-MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park.
Shaeffer MN
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
-WAYNE ART CENTER. "Earthenware Invitational". Juror: Janice Sawder.
-MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
-ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
-AKAR GALLERY. "Yunomie Invitational". Iowa City IA
-ART CENTER AT OLD CHURCH. "35th Annual Pottery Exhibtion &Sale (Fundraiser).
Curator: Karen Karnes. Demarest NJ
2008
-MINNESOTA POTTERY TOUR. Artists Invite Artists. Franconia Sculpture Park.
Shaeffer MN
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Minneapolis MN
-THE CLAY STUDIO. Earthenware Exhibition. Curator: Prof. Linda Arbuckle. Phila. PA
-MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. 'Spirit'. Art Exhibition and Auction
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Art Exhibition & Auction
-MAMORANECK ART GUILD. "All Fired Up: Earthenware Surfaces". Mamorenck NY
-LYNHURST, A National Trust House. "The Artful Table". Curator: Julia Galloway. Tarrytown NJ
-SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS UNIVERSITY. "Near East Meets West". Small Group Invitational. Curator: Prof. Patrick Veerkamp. Georgetown TX
-GUILFORD COLLEGE. From One Hand To Another". An exhibition of mentors and mentees. Greensboro, SC
2007
-The Daily Cup" An exhibition of drinking vessels. Curated by Prof. Emeritus Dan Anderson. State University of Illinois at Edwardsville.
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Faculty Exhibition. Penland North Carolina
-SANTA FE CLAY. &"Le Mesa" . NCECA Confernece. Lexington KY
-UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART. Dinnerware Exhibition. Curator: R. Shay, Director: U of Kentucky School of Art
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Annual Exhibition and Auction. Aspen CO
-UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ART. Exhibition & Auctiion. CO
-RED LODGE CERAMIC CENTER. Invitational Exhibition. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Montana
-13TH ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. Artists invite Artists
2006
-ART SCHOOL AT OLD CHURCH. ‘32 nd Annual Pottery Exhibition”. Curator: Karen Karnes
-ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – FLAGSTAFF. “Woodfire Conference Invitational”
-ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR. “Artists Invite Artists” Franconia, MN
-LILL STREET STUDIOS. “Artists and Mentors”. Invitational
-EMPORIA STATE UN IVERSITY. “Surface Matters” Curator: Elaine Henry, Harris Deller
2005
-HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. ‘Seven Earthenware Potters’ Curator: Gail Kendall (in conjunction with the 2005 NCECA Conference.
-SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “Clay Continuum: The Archie Bray Foundation at Fifty”. Curator: Peter Held, Director. Ceramics Museum at Arizona State University
-WATKINS GALLERY. “Courses: Soup to Nuts”. North Hampton, MA Curator: Linda Hillman
-JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER. “Fill It to The Brim”. A National Invitational Sheboygan WI
-THE CLAY STUDIO. “Mastery in Clay”. A national exhibition and fundraising auction. Philadelphia PA
-REDSTAR STUDIOS. “Women in Clay”. An invitational exhibition curaged by:
Liz Quackenbush, Professor of Art. Penn State University. Kansas City
-CORNERSTONE. “Art Exhibition and Auction”. A fundraiser for a New Mexico historical
-Preservation Not-For-Profit organization. Santa Fe, NM
-HARVEY/MEADOWS GALLERY. “Feast”. A national invitational pottery exhibition. Aspen. CO
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER."The American Pottery Festival& Mpls. MN
2004
-ARTSTREAM NCECA TOUR. Curator: Alleghany Meadows. Traveling Exhibition
-WICHITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 'Gail Kendall, Robert Briscoe, Bede Clarke.
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. “Utilitarian Clay Symposium Exhibtion
2003
-WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Dinnerware Invitational. Worcester MA
-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN – Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. ‘Faculty Show’
-BROOKSFIELD CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Invitational. Curator: Gail Brown
-NCECA NATIONAL. Juried Exhibition. San Diego, CA
-SANTA FE CLAY. "Cups". Invitational. Curator: Avra Leodis
-ODYSSEY CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS. "Women in Clay".
Curator: Mark Burleson. Ashville, North Carolina
-BERKHOLDER PROJECT. “Artist’s Invite Artists”. Group Invitational. Lincoln NE
2002
-BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS. 'Pots Presented' Curator: Nicholos Joerling
* WORCESTER CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. 'Intent' Invitational Curator: Mary Barringer
-SHERRY LEEDY GALLERY. Invitational. Kansas City MO
-MANHATTEN ART CENTER. 'Out of Academe: Artists Who Teach'. Curator: Anna Caluori-Holcombe
-HAYDON GALLERY. &; Gail Kendall, Pete Pinnell, Kari Radasch, Monica Ripley, Richard Schwartz&;. Lincoln NE
-FREE HAND. Group Invitational. Curator: Jeff Oestreich. Los Angeles, CA
-STABLE GALLERY. "Artists Invite Artists: Watershed Residents." Damarscotta, Maine
-GALLERY 72. “UNL CERAMICS: FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS”. OMAHA, NE CURATOR: GAIL KENDALL.
PRESENTATIONS
2015
-BRINTON MUSEUM OF ART. Public Lecture. Big Horn WY
ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public lecture. Snowmass CO
2014
-CRAFT IN AMERICA CENTER. Presentation and Discussion w/ Oestreich. Los Angeles
-PLINTH GALLERY. Lecture. Denver CO
-MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART. Public Lecture. Kearney NE
2013
-PENLAND SCHOOL OR CRAFTS. “Presenter Lecture”. Penland NC
-PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR ART. Lecture. St. Cloud MN
2012
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
-WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Functional Ceramics Conference.
-JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Public Lecture. Jackson WY
-CERAMIC ARTS DAILY. DVD
2011
-KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Koa Gallery. Public Lecture. Oahu HI
-THE HUE ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Maui HI
2010
-HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. Public Lecture
2009
-ST ANDREWS SEWANEE. "The Shakerag Workshops". Public Lecture
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Public Lecture
2008
-APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Public Lecture
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture
-SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Gallery Talks (two)
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Gallery Talk "Seven Original Voices in American Pottery Curator: Gail Kendall
-AMIZMIZ ELLIS HOUSE. Gallery Talk "Akal Exchange Pottery Exhibition
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Lecture; Conversation Using The Hand Made
Day to Day
2007
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
-NORTHERN CLAY CENTER. American Pottery Festival. Public Lecture
2006
-MENDOCINO ART CENTER
2005
-OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Portland OR. Lecture
-SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Panelist. ‘American Ceramics Then and Now” A Symposium in Conjunction with Artchie Bray Foundation curated
exhibition.
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Lecture. Aspen CO
-KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. Lecture. Topeka KS
2004
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Presentor. '4 th Utilitarian Clay
-Symposiumm;. Gatlinburg TN PANELI Member” Influence, Appropriation,
Plagiarism”
-HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Public Lecture. Huntington WV
-WICHITA ART CENTER. Lecture. Wichita KS
-SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Gallery Talk. “Ceramic Work From the
Permanent Collection”
-MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL CONFERENCE. Interviewer: Outi Heiskanen and Akira Kurosaki
-SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. “A Personal View of the Work of Robert Arneson”. Gallery Talk in Conjunction with the Exhibition ‘Big Idea’
2003
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Public Lecture. Snowmass CO
-SPRING ISLAND ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Spring Island SC
-FIRE HOUSE ART CENTER. Public Slide Lecture. Norman OK
2002
-NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN THE CERAMIC ARTS. Presentation
Suzanne Stephenson, Professor Emerita for Honors. Opening Session. KC MO
WORKSHOPS/ RESEDENCIES
2019
-IDYLLWILD SUMMER CLAY. One-week Workshop. Idyllwild CA
-SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER. Workshop. Sonoma CA
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “Artist Invites Artists”. Curator: G Kendall
2018
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS. 2-week Workshop. Penland NC
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Workshop Concentration. Snowmass CO
-SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Workshop. Santa Fe NM
-BRADLEY UNIVERSITY. Workshop. Peoria IL
2017
-ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION. Voulkos Studio Resident. November. Helena MT
-BELGER CRANE YARD. One-month Residency. Kansas City MO
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. ASPN Project. Mentor & Resident Artist. Red Lodge
-SANTA FE CLAY. One-week Workshop. Santa Fe NM
-PETERS VALLEY CRAFT SCHOOL. One-week Workshop. Layton NJ
-NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF CERAMICS. Visiting Artist. Alfred Station NY
-FOUNDATION 577. Visiting Artist Workshop. Toledo OH
2016
-NCECA CONFERENCE. Demonstrator. Kansas City MO
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. 1 Week Workshop. Gatlinburg TN
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. 1 Month Residency
-C.R.E.T.A. ROME. 1 Month Residency
-STUDIO RESIDENCY. w/ Silvie Granatelli. 2 weeks. Meadows of Dan VA
-STUDIO RESIDENCY. w/ Matt Kelleher & Shoko Teruyama. 2 weeks. Marshall NC
-STUDIO RESIDENCY. w/ Holly Walker at G. Kendall Studio. Lincoln NE
2015
-SHERIDAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Workshop. Sheridan WY
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Two-week workshop. Snowmass CO
-MUDFLAT CLAY CENTER. Weekend Workshop. Somerville MA
2014
-PARAMOUNT ART CENTER. Workshop. St. Cloud MN
-PLINTH GALLERY. Workshop. Denver CO
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. One-month residency. Red Lodge MT
2013
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Visiting Artist/Critic. One-Month Residency
-Potter invites Potters. Scott Goldberg, Holly Walker. Gail Kendall. Brooksville ME
2012
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Workshop. Snowmass. CO.
-WAYNE ART CENTER. Functional Ceramics Conference. Wooster OH
-JACKSON ART ASSOCIATION. Workshop. Jackson WY
-HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. “New Works”. A Faculty Retreat
2010
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. One month artists residency.
2009
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. Artist Invites Artists. One month residency.
-SEWANEE COLLEGE. Shake Rag Workshop Series
2008
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Snowmass CO
-APPALACHIAN CENTER FOR THE CRAFTS. Smithville TN
-AKAL POTTERY EXCHANGE. Amizmiz, Morocco with Liz Quackenbush, Linda
-Hillman, Autumn Cipala
2007
-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. Columbia MO
-PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
-MINNITONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2006
-MENDOCINO ART CENTER
-MINNETONKA ART CENTER. Minnetonka MN
2005
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. Two Week Workshop. Snowmass CO
-OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT. Weekend Workshop. Portland OR
-WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. Topeka, KS
-KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Topeka KS
2004
-HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Three day workshop with Solo Exhibition
-WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. &"Clay Nation";. Three Day Workshop
-ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT. Demonstrator.
Utilitarian Clay Symposium. Curators: Bill Griffith. Peter Beasecker
2003
-SPRING ISLAND TRUST. Sprig Island, South Carolina. Three-day workshop
-ANDERSON RANCH ART CENTER. w/ Clive Bowen. Two-week workshop
-FIREHOUSE ART CENTER. Norman Oklahoma
2002
-SANTA FE CLAY. Santa Fe, NM. One week workshop.
-ODYSSEY CENTER FOR CERAMIC ART. Ashville. NC. One week workshop
-PETERS VALLEY CERAMIC CENTER. Peters Valley, NJ. One week workshop.
-TERRA INCOGNITO. Oak Park, IL. One week workshop.
JUROR/ CURATOR
2018
-BRADLEY UNIVERSITY. “Central Time Zone Clay”. Juror
2015
-RED LODGE CLAY CENTER. “Clay National”. Gail Kendall, Juror.
2014
-THE CLAY ART CENTER. “The Art of Mentorship”. Gail Kendall, Curator.
Port Chester. NY
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Generation: The UNL Legacy 1995-2011”
Lincoln NE. Gail Kendall, Curator
2013
-LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS. “Susan McGilvry Retrospective”. Curator.
2007
-LUX CENTER. "Seven Original Voices In American Pottery: Arbuckle, Berringer, Brady, Pharis, Quackenbush, Rowan, Simon
2005
-INTERNATIONAL TEAPOT EXHIBITION. Xixing , Peoples Republic, China, - Juror
-CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER. “Clay National” Carbondale CO. - Juror
-KANSAS ARTIST CRAFTSMAN ASSOCIATION. “Emerging Artists Exhibition”.
Juror. Topeka KS
-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. “UNL/MFA in Ceramics: 1993 – 2003”. Curated with Joe Ruffo
-HOMEWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. “Seven
Earthenware Potters” Curator
2006
-SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY. Works From the Permanent Collection. Curator
2003
-GALLERY 72. 'First & Second Year Grads & Faculty". Omaha NE2002
WORK CURATED INTO MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 2002 - present
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MUSEUM OF ART. Iowa City IA
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART CERAMIC WORK CENTER
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART. Huntington WV
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA). Kearney NE
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART. Lincoln NE
KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Honolulu HI
MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART. Minneapolis MN
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International Research/ Residency/ Tour Leader Experiences: 1983 – 2012
1983 Biddulph Staffs. England. Studied ceramic restoration with Alan Finney
at Ceramic Restoration Studios. Seven months
Presented lectures at St. Martin’s College. Lancaster Lancs.
and L’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris
1989 “Cultural Focus”, a research project in Mali. Funded by University of
Nebraska – Lincoln. Six weeks
1990 Conducted a Visual Arts Study Abroad Program in Northern Italy for
University-level students through International Studies at U.N.-L. 3 weeks.
1994 Artist in Residence: Spode Works. Stoke-on-Trent England. Five months.
1998 Solo Exhibition at the Brisbane Crafts Center. Brisbane, Queensland AU
Workshop: Hervey Bay, Queensland AU
1999 – 2005 Conducted six Visual Arts Study Tours to London & Paris
for University-level and non-traditional students. Two weeks each.
International Study Abroad – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2001 University of the West of England. Bristol, Avon. UK. One-month residency.
2003 The Attingham Summer School. Three week program in England. Country
House Studies: Gardens, Architecture, Contents.
2007 The AKAL Exchange. Proposed and Conducted a program that included
Workshops and Museum Visits for three weeks in Morocco. Sponsored by
The Peace Corp and the Moroccan Ministry of Handicraft.
2010 – Studied Etruscan Art in Rome and Tuscany with Malcolm Davis, Silvie
Granatelli, Clary Illian, Mary Law, Suze Lindsay, Kent McGlaughlin,
Sandi Perantozzi, Neil Patterson
2016 c.r.e.t.a. rome Residency
2018 England Travel Intensive w/ Michael Strand. Partial funding. Bush Foundation