Artist: Richard Burkett
Richard Burkett, CALIFORNIA
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My work hovers between pottery and sculpture. Some pieces move in a sculptural direction, yet still derive some of their form from vestiges of my more utilitarian work. I find this a fascinating interplay, with one body of work informing the other and making both stronger for their interaction. My influences include a diverse range of mostly vessel-oriented forms, from the often mysterious chemical glassware and porcelain I grew up with in my father’s ancient chemical laboratory, to ancient South American pottery, to odd bits of farm equipment from my grandfather’s farm, and the industrial detritus that litters our world.
I make porcelain and stoneware pieces that are part a long line of work, most of them soda or salt fired, others glazed and fired, and an occasional wood-fired piece or two. Atmospheric firing is the way that I think when I’m working in clay after 40-plus years of soda and salt firing my pieces. I love the complex surfaces that result from creating forms that will react to the movement of sodium through the kiln.
EDUCATION
1983-1986 M.F.A. Ceramics and Photography
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1969-1973 B.A. Art
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1989-2019 San Diego State University, San Diego, California
2017 - Professor Emeritus
2001-2017 Professor of Art, School of Art, Design & Art History
1994-2001 Associate Professor of Art, School of Art, Design & Art History
1989-1994 Assistant Professor of Art, Department of Art
Courses taught: All levels of ceramics, including graduate ceramics
Glaze and Clay Technology (including history of technology)
Design and Color
Design II (3-D Design)
1986-1989 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Lecturer, full-time, Department of Art
Courses taught: All levels of ceramics including graduate ceramics
1983-1986 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Associate Instructor, part-time, School of Fine Arts
Courses taught: Beginning Throwing
Handbuilding
Advanced Ceramics
1980-1983 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Instructor, part-time, Art Department
Courses taught: Beginning and Advanced Ceramics, 1980
Visual Communications Studio, 1981-1983
(included Drawing, Color, Design, Sculpture)
1979 Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana
Instructor
Course taught: Ceramics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-present Hot Clay Artist Coordinator, Idyllwild Arts Summer program
1972-1984 Wild Rose Pottery, Bainbridge, Indiana (in Greencastle IN in 1972)
Self-employed. Built and operated studio pottery. Produced stoneware,
porcelain, and salt-glazed work.
1970-1973 Richard Peeler, Peeler Pottery, Reelsville, Indiana
Worked summers building kilns, making pottery, and doing woodworking.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Yunomi Invitational, ClayAkar, Iowa City, Iowa
Penland Annual Auction Exhibition, Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
Inextricably Linked, SDSU Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, curated
2019 FUTURES, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, California, curated
Alabama Clay Conference Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
Penland Annual Auction Exhibition, Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
2018 Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
Artifacts: Allied Craftsmen of San Diego, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, curated
Hot Tea! 2018, Wood Symphony Gallery online, Los Angeles, California, curated
FutureCraft, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California, curated
Fish, San Diego Japanese Garden Pavilion, San Diego, California, curated
2017 Hot Tea! 2017, Wood Symphony Gallery online, Los Angeles, California, curated
Rat City Studios, Objective Clay Gallery online, objectiveclay.com, curated
Art of the Cup, and Teapot, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Art of Containment: Vessels from the Sidney Swidler Collection, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
BOLSTER, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan, invitational
Contemporary Ceramic Art from North and South America, Melton Gallery–University of Central
Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, invitational - 2 person exhibition with Joe Molinaro and Ecuadorian pottery
REDUX: Transformations 6x6, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York, invitational
Every Which Way, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, California, curated
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
2016 Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lineage: Mentorship & Learning, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Clay: Ceramic Sculpture, Keller Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California
Exploring the Digital Landscape, Clay Fab Lab at NCECA, Kansas City, Missouri
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
Arrowmont Instructors Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, curated
Allied Craftsmen, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, California, curated
Hot Tea! 2016, Del Mano Gallery online, Los Angeles, California, curated
2015 Serviceability, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, Illinois, curated
Hot Tea! 2015 – Fall, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, curated
Hot Tea! 2015 – Spring, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, curated
2015 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, curated
Teapots, Three Wheel Studio, Providence, Rhode Island, curated
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
Ceramics & Glass, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, California, curated
Pots on Wheels, NCECA Conference, Providence, Rhode Island
2014 Casting Plus: International Ceramic Exhibition, City Gallery, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA, curated, 15 artists from the U.S, Korea, and China.
Teapots Invitational, Bella Arte Gallery, Midlothian, Virginia, curated
Indiana Ceramics, Haan Museum of Indiana Art, Lafayette, Indiana, curated
OMA Art Auction 2014 Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, curated
Hot Tea! (summer/fall), del Mano, A Gallery of Fine Contemporary Craft, an online exhibition
Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, curated
2014 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, curated
Hot Tea! (winter/spring), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, curated
Ceramics & Glass - featured artist, Borrego Art Institutue, Borrego Springs, California, curated
Cups II, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, Illinois, curated
Generations Paoli Clay Family Show, Marshall Building (NCECA exhibitions), Milwaukee, WI, curated
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
2013 Looking Back/Looking Forward: Richard Peeler and His Students, Peeler Art Center–University Gallery,
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, curated
Allied Craftsmen Now, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, curated
Berning, Burkett, & Wilson, Grossmont College Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, CA, curated
10th Annual Ceramics Exhibition: All Cups 2, McGroarty Arts Center, Tujunga, CA, curated
One Brown Shoe, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, invitational (installation and concept
by Lenka Clayton)
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
Ossuary, a project by Laurie Beth Clark, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Hand in Hand, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York, curated
2012 Cups from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Recollection, SDSU Downtown Gallery, group faculty exhibition, San Diego, California
Dinner (re)Works, Louisville Visual Art Association, curated group exhibition, Lousville, Kentucky, curated
Mint Julep Cup Invitational Exhibition, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Mt. St. Francis, Indiana, curated
kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, California, curated
9th Annual Ceramics Invitational, McGroaty Arts Center, Tujunga, California, curated
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
2011 Woodfired Ceramics: A Contemporary Approach, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, curated
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, curated
Cup: The Intimate Object VII, Charlie Cummings Clay Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, curated Generations: A Clay Family Show, Sugar River Gallery, Verona Wisconsin, curated Doceo Argilla - ceramic educators, Gallery 212, Sonoma, California, curated
Vertical: an exhibition of platters, Sagebrush Community Art Center Gallery, Sheridan, Wyoming, curated
2010 Gearware and Other Industrial Diversions, one-person exhibition, Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Material Matters, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, California, curated The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of Ceramics, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California
exhibition of 800 ceramic vessels by 300 international artists
National Juried Cup Exhibition, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE, juried
KilnOpening.EDU, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, invitational
Form and Function: Ceramic Artists of California, Westmont College Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California,
curated
Table of Elements 2010, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, invitational
Small Favors V, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, curated
2009 Teapots: Object to Subject, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, California, curated
Allied Craftsmen of San Diego, Mission Valley Branch Library, San Diego, California
Down to Earth: the Philip Sartore Collection of Ceramics, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, Indiana
Couplets, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, curated exhibition
Potters as Sculptors:Sculptors as Potters, (during NCECA) Mesa Community College, Phoenix, Arizona,
curated
SDSU Alumni and Grad Exhibition, Phoenix Hyatt ballroom (during NCECA), Phoenix, Arizona
Functional & Sculptural Teapot Exhibition, JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, curated Small Favors IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, curated exhibition
2008 Transformations: 6x6, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York, invitational exhibition Dust to Decadence, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California, curated exhibition
Global Positioning, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Master Artist Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, curated
La Mesa, Westin Convention Center (during NCECA) Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Santa Fe Clay Gallery
Muchachos, Standard Ceramic Supply (during NCECA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, curated Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center,East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, juried
Contemporary Craft, JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, curated
Infusion: 10x10, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, juried
Cups, Red Star Studios Ceramic Center, Kansas City, Kansas, curated
Hot Clay, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
Ahead of the Need, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, invitational
2007 Clay & the Transferred Image, concurrent with NCECA Conference-Louisville, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Hot Clay, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
Cup Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
A Sense of Taste, Eclipse Chocolates Gallery, San Diego, California
2006 Style & Function: National Ceramics Invitational, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
Out of the Fire: Twenty Years of Anagama Firing at EKU, Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Three Potters, Charlie Cummings Clay Gallery, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Surface Matters, curated, Emporia State University Gallery, Emporia Kansas
The Art of The Teapot, curated, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Context: The Written Word, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cups from the Collection of Ron Isaacs, curated, Berea College Doris Ullman Galleries, Berea, Kentucky
CLAY + FIRE + MOBILITY + EDUCATION, Anadolu University, Eshkeshihir, Turkey
2005 Cups, Cups, Cups, curated, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Teapot Invitational, curated, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Clay Cup 9, juried, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
For the Table, curated by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Baltimore, Maryland
Clay and Print I, curated exhibition by Paul Wandless, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Devil Is in the Details: Richard Burkett & Nan Coffin, Prima Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
2004 34th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, curated, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Hoosier Expatriates, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Indiana University Alumni Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Pressure Vessels, Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego, California – one person exhibition
21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH – curated international exhibition
Pots in the Kitchen, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Generations: Impending Lineage, Arts and Industry Building, San Diego, California – curated
27@999, Publication artGallery, San Diego, California – curated
SDSU Ceramics: Faculty and MFA Alumni Exhibition, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California
Tea for Two: Teapots and Cups, Pannikin, San Diego, California
Ceramics from San Diego Collections, Mission Valley Public Library Gallery, San Diego, California
San Diego Potters and Their Mentors, Ceramic Artists of San Diego – invitational
2002 Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana; juried by Dick Lehman
The Art of Clay: Contemporary West Coast Ceramics Artists, Santa Rosa Junior College
2001 Two Person Exhibition, The Kingman Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Two Person Exhibition, The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2001, Grossmont College, San Diego, California
2000 Functional Ceramics 2000, invited artist, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
25th Anniversary Cup Show, Gallery 1021/Lill Street, Chicago, Illinois
Winterfest 2000, invitational/curated, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina
The Seductive Flame, Good Monkeys Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
The Paoli Family Reunion Show, invitational/curated–touring, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, Wisconsin; South
Dakota State Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota; and Dahlquist Clay Works, DeMoines, Iowa
1999 NCECA International Juried Exhibition, National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts conference, Columbus, Ohio
The Clay Cup, University of Illinois-Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
California Craft, juried exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
1998 Ceramics: Viewpoint ‘98, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, San Diego, California
Pouring Vessels, Gallery 1021:Lill Street, Chicago, Illinois
Tea for Two, Grove Gallery, University of California- San Diego, La Jolla, California
Current Clay and Fiber Invitational, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
6th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
28th Annual Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Paoli Clay Family Reunion Show, curated traveling exhibition, Percival Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa
1997 Companions of the Cupboard: Interpretations of the Cup, Gallery 1021:Lill Street, Chicago, Illinois
Clay & Metals Invitational, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
Richard Burkett & Joe Molinaro, ArtsPlace Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
The Evocative Object: New Work in Clay, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Smashing Clay, curated group exhibition, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, California
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, Kentucky
The Paoli Clay Family Reunion Show, national invitational, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, Wisconsin
1996 A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Tustin Renaissance Gallery, curated by Dr. Igal Silber, Tustin, CA
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, Kentucky
Rendezvous!, Museum of Nebraska Art, curated, Kearney, Nebraska
1995 Teapots, Cone Ten Gallery, invitational, New Orleans, Louisiana
A Celebration of Tea, Images Friedman Gallery, curated, Louisville, Kentucky
Clay on the Wall, Salt Lake Art Center, curated, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Bindley Collection, Sugar River Gallery, curated, Verona, Wisconsin
1994 Ninth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
The Paoli Clay Family Show, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, WI and NCECA conference, Minneapolis, MN
1994 California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis California
Clay Intersection, Intersection 33°/117° Gallery, San Diego, California
Born of Fire, Signature Gallery, San Diego, California
1993 Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Eighth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
Teapots/Teacups, The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
First Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Southern California Ceramic Educators, Mesa College, San Diego, California
Fireworks, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
Current Clay, Studio 21 gallery, San Diego, California
Beyond Function – Ceramics of the Allied Craftsmen, Brushworks Gallery, San Diego, California
International Invitational Traveling Ashtray Exhibition, NCECA Conference, San Diego, California
Fire Works, Signature Gallery, San Diego, California
Allied Craftsmen Group Show, Bravo Gallery, San Diego, California
1992 Viewpoint: Ceramics 1992, two person show, Grossmont College, San Diego, California
Allied Craftsmen, Gallery at the Grove, San Diego, California
1991 The Wichita National 1991, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Works in Clay VII, Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas
Just Fired: New Ceramic Work, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona (in conjunction with the NCECA national conference)
5th Annual Great Lakes Show, Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
New Visions: Forms with Function, Northfield Gallery, Northfield, Illinois
Common Ground: Diverse Expressions in Clay, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Aesthetics ‘91, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas, Merit Award
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, California
The Bindley Collection, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Water/Life Exhibition, Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Diverse Directions - Allied Craftsmen Annual Show, Faith Nightengale Gallery, San Diego, California
1990 The Eternal Vessel, Northfield Gallery, Northfield, Illinois
Solo Exhibition, Alliance Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fifth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
Ceramics Now/1990, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
The Clay Cup, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Hard Copy, The Grove Gallery, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California
1989 Solo Exhibition, Madison Art Center, Madison Wisconsin
Two Person Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
21 Years of Collecting, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
4th Annual Monarch Tile Nat. Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
1988 1988 NCECA Juried Members Show, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon, national traveling exhibition
Chicago Vicinity Clay VII, Chicago Center for Ceramic Art, Chicago, Illinois, traveling exhibition Chicago Fire 2, North Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Great Lakes Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago Illinois
Four Clay Forerunners - Karl Borgeson, Charlie Olson, Richard Burkett, & Bill Kremer, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dynamic Dimensions - Crafts in the New Age, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1988 Contemporary American Graphics, Gallery 10, Rockford, Illinois
Alternatives ’88, Ohio University School of Art, Athens, Ohio, national traveling exhibition
Nature Photography: A Collection of Photographs by Wisconsin Artists,
Signature Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
Clay Today: Three Ceramic Sculptors, Main Gallery, University of Wisconsin Memorial
Union, Madison, Wisconsin
1987 Chicago Vicinity Clay VI, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago Illinois
Wisconsin Artists Biennial - 1987, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, traveling exhibition
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin ‘87, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Ceramic Workshop Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art,
New Harmony, Indiana
New and Irregular Faculty Show, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Alternatives ’87, Ohio University School of Art, Athens, Ohio, national traveling exhibition
Group Show, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1986 New Developments: Contemporary American Photography, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, New York
M.F.A. Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
42nd Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
1985 70th Indiana Artists Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (Award)
Teapots - National Invitational, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Hands of Man Regional Crafts Invitational, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Clay Exchange, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Holiday Art Show, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (President’s Award)
1984 Tea-Bowl - National Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Two-person Exhibition, The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Art League Regional, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana (Award)
Teapots and Teapots and... Invitational, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville,Kentucky
Holiday Art Show, School of Fine Arts,Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (Vice
President’s Award)
Indiana Postcard Series IV, Indiana Arts Insight, Indianapolis, Indiana (Three Awards)
Potter’s Guild of Indiana Show, Lafayette Art Museum, Lafayette, Indiana
1983 Solo Exhibition, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
Functional Ceramics Retrospective - National Invitational, College of Wooster, Ohio
Hands of Man Regional Craft Invitational, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Faculty Show, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Holiday Arts Show, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (Dean’s Award)
Potter’s Guild of Indiana Show, Indiana University S.E., New Albany, Indiana
1982 Two-person Show, Commons Gallery, Columbus, Indiana
Two-person Show, The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Raku Invitational, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
Faculty Show, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
1981 Solo Exhibition, Lockerbie Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
68th Indiana Artists Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
National Cone Box Show, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
Group Raku Exhibition, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Hands of Man Regional Craft Invitational, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Making It in Crafts, Lafayette Art Center, Lafayette, Indiana (Traveling Exhibition)
Faculty Show, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
1980 Two-person Show, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
Two-person Show, The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana (Award)
1979 Functional Ceramics - National Invitational, College of Wooster, Ohio
Two-person Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Alliance Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Two-person Show, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
Hands of Man Regional Crafts Invitational, Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Beaux Arts Designer/Craftsman, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana (Award)
Kiln Gods, Appalachiana, Bethesda, Maryland
1978 Solo Exhibition, Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana
100 Teapots - National Invitational, Theil College, Greenville, Pennsylvania
Clay - Designer/Craftsman Guild Invitational, Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tableware - Ceramics Invitational, McLean Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Clayfest, Indiana Central University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Crafts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ceramics Invitational, Indiana Central University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Potter’s Guild of Indiana, Lafayette Art Center, Lafayette, Indiana
1977 National Cone Box Traveling Show, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Functional and Decorative Ceramics, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana
1976 Functional Ceramics - National Invitational, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Two-person Show, The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Bicentennial Craft Invitational, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
The Artery Bicentennial, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (Traveling Exhibition)
1975 Two-person Show, Commons Gallery, Columbus, Indiana
Objects & Crafts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Beaux Arts Designer/Craftsman, Columbus Gallery of Art, Columbus, Ohio
1974 Indiana Stoneware, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Bardstown Invitational, Bardstown, Kentucky (Award)
Indiana Ceramic Show, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana (Award)
Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
The Artery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (Traveling Exhibition)
1973 Indiana Ceramic Show, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana (Award)
Indiana Ceramic Exhibition, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
AWARDS
1994 NCECA Emerging Artist (award at National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art at 1994 – New Orleans annual conference)
GRANTS
SDSU Arts Council Faculty Grant, to assist building six ceramic, glass and steel pieces, 2011
International Travel Grant - SDSU, to take ceramics graduate students to Ecuador, 2009
School of Art, Design & Art History Faculty Development grant (for research and professional growth),
SDSU 2006, 2007
International Travel Grant - SDSU, to develop exchanges in England and Wales, 2005
School of Art, Design & Art History Faculty Development grant (for research and professional growth), SDSU 2005
Adams Mini-Grant (for student foreign travel and study in Ecuador), San Diego State University, 2001
Research, Creativity & Scholarship Award, San Diego State University, 2000-2001
Adams Mini-Grant (for student foreign travel to study in Scotland), SDSU, 1999
Research, Creativity & Scholarship Award, San Diego State University, 1999-2000
Research, Creativity & Scholarship Award, San Diego State University, 1998-99
Research, Creativity & Scholarship Award, San Diego State University, 1995-96
Research, Creativity, & Scholarship Award, San Diego State University, 1993-94
Courseware Development Grant, Apple Computer, 1990, for ceramics software development Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grant, 1989, declined - no longer a Wisconsin resident Apple Computer ROTA Project Grant, 1988-1989, for development of glaze calculation software and tutorial utilizing the Macintosh computer
Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grant, 1988, for a project at the Madison Art Center
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission Project Grant, 1988, for a project at the Madison Art Center
Artist-in-Residence Grant, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana, 1982
EXHIBITIONS CURATED & JURIED
2016 Vessel Variations: Kim, Cobb, & Kim, curator Grossmont College Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, CA
2008 Viewpoint: Ceramics 2008, juror, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
K-12 Ceramic Exhibition, juror, NCECA conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2004 Hoosier Expatriates: from Indiana to the World, Indianapolis Art Center, co-curated with Joe Molinaro, Nan Coffin and Bill Griffith
2003 Re-Inventing Pleasure: Ornamentation in Contemporary Ceramic Art, co-curator with Joanne
Hayakawa and Tina Yapelli, SDSU University Gallery, San Diego, California
Ecuadorian Pottery Traditions, co-curator with Grace Johnson and Joe Molinaro, Museum of Man, San
Diego, California, traveled to the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California-
Berkeley
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
2009- Photographer, researching and documenting of museum collections in Ecuador with Joe Molinaro
2007 Photographer/Videographer, research expedition to document Andoa potters in the Amazon basin of
Ecuador working with co-collaborator Prof. Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky University under a grant
from Eastern Kentucky University and an SDSU Director’s Discretionary Faculty Development grant.
2006 Photographer/Videographer, research expedition to document Andoa potters in the Amazon basin of Ecuador and to film a documentary on noted Kichwa potter Estela Dagua. Worked with primary researcher Prof. Joe Molinaro through a grant from Eastern Kentucky University and an SDSU
Director’s Discretionary Faculty Development grant from the School of Art, Design & Art History
2005 Photographer/Videographer, research expedition to document Shiwiar and Zapara potters in the Amazon
basin of Ecuador. Worked with primary researcher Prof. Joe Molinaro through a grant from Eastern Kentucky University
2001 Photographer/Technical consultant, research expedition to document Quichua potters in Ecuadorian
Amazon basin. Worked with primary researcher Prof. Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky University.
2000 Photographer/Technical consultant, research expedition to document potters in Jatumpamba, Ecuador.
Worked with primary researcher Prof. Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky University.
1994 Photographer/Technical consultant, research expedition to document Quichua potters in Jatun Molino in
the Amazon basin of Ecuador. Worked with primary researcher Prof. Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky
University.
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, and RESIDENCIES
2019 Alabama Clay Conference, demonstrations and lecture, Jacksonville, Alabama
Soda Firing and Glaze Formulation workshops, The Potters’ Studio, Berkeley, CA
Soda, Salt, Wood, workshop co-taught with Joe Molinaro, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Amazed and Glazed, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, BC, Canada
2018 Making Glazes: demystifying the basics workshop, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado
2017 Demystifying Glazes workshop, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Deciphering Glazes workshop, co-taught with Pete Pinnell at Hot Clay, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California
Workshops and talks, with Joe Molinaro, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmund, OK
2016 NCECA DigiFab Lab presentation with Bryan Czibesz, NCECA conference, Kansas City, KS
2015 Ceramics Workshop, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
Ceramics Workshop, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
Artist Lecture, Harvard University – Office of the Arts Ceramics Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2014 Glaze Formulation, workshop for the American Ceramic Society chapter, East LA College, Los Angeles, CA
Cone 6: Exciting Glazes and Surfaces, workshop co-taught with Margret Bohls, Idyllwild Arts-Hot Clay
Ceramics Workshop during Ceramics & Glass exhibition, Borrego Art Institutue, Borrego Springs, California
2013 Indigenous Pottery: Does Research Preserve Tradition?, panel presentation at the NCECA conference,
Houston, Texas with Joe Molinaro (moderator), Doug Casebeer, and Winnie Owens-Hart
Contemporary Ceramics, lecture at Parks Art Gallery, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
Wood, Soda, Salt, workshop co-taught with Joe Molinaro, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Sets & Soda, workshop co-taught with Joe Molinaro, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
2012 Glazes Demystified, Hot Clay workshop and lecture, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California
Glaze Calculation workshop, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
2011 Soda and Salt Firing, Hot Clay workshop and lecture, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California (with Joe Molinaro)
Penland Instructors Retreat, invitational NEA-funded week-long residency for approximately 100 past
instructors at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2010 Panelist, Symposium on the Future of Ceramic Education, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Co-lecture, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea on the topic of the ceramics of the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin
Invited guest, Onggi Expo, Ulsan, Korea celebrating traditional Onggi-style pottery
2008 Pouring Vessels, workshop, one week, Hot Clay, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
2007 Glaze & Surface workshop, one week, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Artist Lecture & Ecuador lecture, Idyllwild School of the Arts, Idyllwild, California
2006 Form, Surface & Glaze workshop, two weeks, Penland School of Crafts, co-taught with Pete Pinnell
Demystifying Digital presentation, NCECA conference, Portland, OR
2005 Demystifying Glazes workshop, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Grossmont College, San Diego, California
Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of Wales Institute-Cardiff, School of Art, Cardiff, Wales
Artist Lecture, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
Artist Lecture, Anadolu University, Eskeshihir, Turkey
2004 Glaze & Surface–two week workshop, Penland School of Crafts, co-taught with Lana Wilson
Workshop (pre-NCECA), Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Ecuadorian Ceramics Lecture, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
NCECA Emerging Artists lecture, co-lecturer at SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Fine Art exhibition), Chicago, IL
2002 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Ecuadorian Ceramics Lecture, Museum of Man, San Diego, California
2001 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2000 Workshop, Functional Ceramics 2000, Wooster, Ohio
1998 Lecture, Keramik ‘98 conference, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Artist Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Artist Lecture, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
Artist Lecture and workshop, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
Artist-in-residence, October-November, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
1996 Networks and Ceramics international conference, keynote speaker, UIAH, Helsinki, Finland
Computers and the Arts symposium, presenter, Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston Salem, N.C.
Artist lecture, Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury, England
1995 “Ceramics in a Virtual World” panel (chair) at NCECA national conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Ceramics of Jatumpamba and Molino in Ecuador,” lecture, Museum of Man, San Diego, CA
1994 Kiln Workshop and Artist Lecture, Paul Rivet Foundation, Cuenca, Ecuador (with Joe Molinaro)
Emerging Artist slide lecture - NCECA national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Discussion Group co-Leader, NCECA national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Slide Lecture and critiques, Herron School of Art, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana
Workshop and slide lecture, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana
Workshop and slide lecture, Eastern Kentucky University
Workshop and slide lecture, University of Louisville
1994 Co-presenter “Computers and Ceramics,” American Ceramic Society national conference,
Indianapolis, Indiana
1993 Discussion Group co-Leader, NCECA national conference, San Diego, California
Computer glaze workshop and slide lecture, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Panel “Glaze Doctors” with computer demonstration, NCECA (National Council for Education in
the Ceramic Arts), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Slide Presentation, Allied Craftsmen, San Diego, California
1991 Workshop and slide lecture, Grossmont College, San Diego, California
Computer Presentation, Ceramic Artists of San Diego, San Diego, California
1990 Computer Glaze Software Presentation, NCECA, Cincinnati, Ohio
1989 Lecture and Workshop, East Carolina University, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Speaker, Computer Art Workshop, Madison Art Center
1988 Lecture and Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Visiting Artist, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Computer Art Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Speaker, Computer Animation Workshop, Madison Art Center
Speaker and Juror, Wisconsin Regional Art Program State Conference
Workshop, Indiana Potters Guild, Battleground, Indiana
1987 Speaker, Artist Lecture Series, Madison Art League, Madison, Wisconsin
1982 Workshop, AMACO/Brickyard Pottery, Indianapolis, Indiana
1981 Workshop, Lafayette Art Center, Lafayette, Indiana
1980 Workshop, Indiana Central University, Indianapolis, Indiana
1978 Workshop, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
1976 Workshop, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
1975 Speaker, Midwest Ceramic Symposium, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
1974 Workshop, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana
SOFTWARE AUTHORED
HyperGlaze educational glaze calculation software for artists – often reviewed as the one of the best
glaze software programs available, and the easiest to use: hyperglaze.com
CeramicsWeb the first website offering educational resources for ceramics and glaze database: ceramicsweb.org
Ecuador Pottery website with information on the indigenous pottery of Ecuador (in progress): ecuadorpottery.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Perspective on Computers and Clay, Richard Burkett, Studio Potter magazine, Vol. 47, No. 1 Winter 2019
Stars of San Diego – Eighth Annual, San Diego Home and Garden magazine, January 2016, pp. 36-7
Mythical Figures & Mucawas: Ceramics from the Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro and Richard Burkett, published through lulu.com.
The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of the Contemporary Vessel, Diana Daniels and Martha
Drexler Lynn, published by the Crocker Museum of Art, 2010, (p. 153)
Porcelain Masters: major works by leading artists, curated work for all 40 international porcelain artists included and wrote portions of the text, Lark Books, 2008
500 Pitchers Suzanne Tourtillott, editor, Lark Books, 2006
Image Transfer on Clay Paul Wandless, Lark Books, 2006
500 Cups Suzanne Tourtillott, editor, Lark Books, 2004
CeramicsTechnical HyperGlaze software review by Rick Malmgren, Volume 21, pages 110-111
Ash Glazes by Phil Rogers, second edition, A&C Black, London, England, 2003
Jatumpamba: An Andean Pottery Village, documentary video by Joe Molinaro, with still digital photos and technical advising by Richard Burkett
The Ceramic Surface by Matthias Ostermann, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003
Pottery Making Illustrated Guest Editor of January/February 2003 issue, and author of these articles; “Organic
Burnout Materials for Texture” and “Ed Thompson’s Slip Marbling”
Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook, 6th edition, by Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, Wadsworth–Thomson
Learning, 2002. Co-author of major revision of major ceramics textbook.
Pots in the Kitchen by Josie Walter, Crowood Press, 2002
Ceramics Monthly “Functional Ceramics 2000” October 2000, pp. 37–39
Potters Guide 2000 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated, photos on cover and page 9
Pottery Making Illustrated “Industrial Worker’s Cups: The Intersection of Industry, Hard Times, and Clay” by
Richard Burkett, April, 2000 cover and feature article
The Extruder Book by Darryl Baird, American Ceramic Society
Extruded Ceramics by Diana Pancioli, Lark Books
Ceramics: Art & Perception “Cups of Utility and Concept” by Joe Molinaro, 1999, issue 34, pp. 82-85
Ceramics: Art & Perception “The Evocative Object” by Mark Messenger, 1998, issue 31, pp. 86-90
Networks in Ceramics included in conference publication, “Bridging the World: Ceramics in the Virtual Age” by Richard Burkett, pp. 10-15, UIAH, Helsinki, Finland
Pottery in Australia “Cyber Clay: Glaze Calculation Software” by Leonard Smith, issue 35/2 Winter 1996, pp. 72-73
Ceramic Industry September 1996, “Touting the Good Graces of Glaze Calculation Software” by Rick
Malmgren pp. 31 - 34
Jatun Molino: a Pottery Village in the Upper Amazon Basin video by Prof. Joe Molinaro, 1996
technical adviser: Richard Burkett
Keramik Magazine “Keramik Goes Online”, article on the Virtual Ceramics Exhibition and others, May/June
1996, p.18-20
Ceramics Monthly “The Latest on Glaze Calculation Software” by Rick Malmgren, October 1995, pp. 50-53
Hornos Atesanales by Joseph Molinaro and Richard Burkett, published by the Paul Rivet Foundation,
Cuenca, Ecuador 1995
Claytime Companion “The Best in Glaze Calculation Software” by Rick Malmgren, September 1995, pp.1-2
SchoolArts “Ceramics... and Computers?” by Kenneth O’Connell, November 1994, p. 37
Ceramics: Art and Perception “The Macintosh – A potter’s tool” by John Neely, 1994 #16, pp. 60-65
Electric Kiln Ceramics by Richard Zakin, Chilton Books, 1993
Studio Potter “San Diego Sixteen” December, 1992, p.76
Studio Potter “Ceramics and Computers” by Richard Burkett, June, 1992, pp. 81-81
Ceramics Monthly “Glaze Calculation Software” by Rick Malmgren, January, 1992, pp. 29-33
Sculpting Clay by Leon I. Nigrosh, Davis Books, 1991, p. 6, p.14
Ceramics Monthly “Water/Life Show,” September, 1991, p. 24
Ceramics Monthly “After Full-time Production” by Richard Burkett, December, 1990, pp. 34-36
NCECA Journal “The Computer as a Creative Tool” by T. Lonier, volume 11 1990-91, pp. 82-83
Artweek “Playing with Fractured Images” January 25, 1990, p. 11
Ceramics Monthly “Monarch National - a Ceramics Monthly Portfolio” November, 1989, p.40
Ceramics Monthly “Richard Burkett,” October, 1989, pp. 68-69
The Capital Times “Artist focuses on family friction through sculpture” Jan. 26, 1989, p. 40, Madison, WI
Rochester Sunday Democrat and Chronicle “Ceramicists bringing clay out of tradition’s shadow,” October 16,
1988, p. 3D, Rochester, NY
American Craft Gallery, October/November, 1988, p. 74
Contour Notes Juror’s Statement, by Richard Burkett, Fall, 1988, p. 25, Madison, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Sentinel “Clay’s Art Transcends Function,” July 22, 1988
Ceramics Monthly “Wisconsin Invitational,” February, 1988, p. 51
Lehner’s Encyclopedia of U. S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain, & Clay, Lois Lehner, Collector Books, 1988
Chicago Tribune “Gallery Scene,” by David McCracken, August 7, 1987, Section 7, p. 56, review
Indianapolis Star “Whirlwind of Artistry Hits Museum Galleries,” June 30, 1985, p. 10 G
Indiana Arts Insight “Indiana Artists Show Excels,” June 1985, cover, p. 8
Ceramics Monthly “Potters’ Portraits,” October 1983, pp. 40-41
“Functional Ceramics 1979,” September 1979, pp. 70-72
“Indiana Ceramics,” December 1978, p. 77
“1977 National Cone Box Show,” October 1977, pp. 46-47
“Functional Ceramics 1976,” November 1976, pp. 24-25
Indiana Stoneware Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, pp. 40-41
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, California
Mesa Center for Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
Haan Museum of Indiana Art, Lafayette, Indiana
DePauw University Art Museum, Greencastle, Indiana
Rosenfield Collection, contemporary, functional ceramic art, www.rosenfieldcollection.com
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute collection, Jingdezhen, China
Philip Sartore Collection, Richmond, Indiana (exhibited at the Richmond Art Museum)
The Putnam County Museum, Greencastle, Indiana
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Auckland Studio Potters Collection, Auckland Institute and Museum, New Zealand
The Bindley Collection, Madison,Wisconsin
Key Corporation, Oregon
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Artist Coordinator – Hot Clay, 2010-present, Idyllwild Arts summer ceramics workshop series, Idyllwild, CA
AccessCeramics – curatorial board member, 2009-present, AccessCeramics is an online contemporary ceramics
image resource for education that was started by Lewis and Clark University professor Ted Vogel.
Co-organizer/founder – San Diego Pottery Tour, a yearly studio tour of 20+ of the best ceramists in the San
Diego area. Organizer, graphic designer, webmaster, and potter working to promote ceramics and pottery in
San Diego. The SD Pottery Tour was started in 2007, but officially organized as a larger, city-wide group
tour in 2011.
Cuban ceramics research trip in 2011 during sabbatical.
Advisory Group – Onggi Expo Ulsan conference 2010, Ulsan, Korea. Invited to attend the conference as an
advisor to the conference organizing committee.
Curatorial Board Member 2009–present, AccessCeramics.org – one of the first online educational image libraries
focused on ceramics, organized and run by Prof. Ted Vogel (ceramics) and the library staff at Lewis and
Clark College in Portland, Oregon. This innovative project seeks to be the premier archive of images of
contemporary ceramic art for use in education.
Director of Communications 2007-2009, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) board
duties included overseeing both print publications and the complete redesign of the NCECA website. Helped
to plan and organize NCECA’s first international symposium: Shared Journeys: Chinese/American Ceramics
Education at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (JCI) along with the NCECA program director Joe Molinaro.
I traveled to China twice in 2008, once for planning and once to work for NCECA at the symposium.
Artist-in-Residence, University of Wales Institute - Cardiff, April 2005
Ecuadorian Pottery Documentation Project, ongoing work with Prof. Joe Molinaro of Eastern Kentucky
University to document the indigenous pottery and cultures of the Ecuadorian Amazon basin, working as
photographer, videographer, and technical consultant.
National Conference Liaison for 2003 conference in San Diego of National Council on Eduction for the Ceramic
Arts (NCECA), beginning in Fall 2000, officially appointed as Board member in March 2001.
Co-owner of ClayArt listserver, a e-mail ceramics discussion group, 1993-2000, transferred to ACS
Webmaster of the CeramicsWeb (formerly Ceramics Gopher), a ceramics information website 1993-present
Allocations Panel (level I and II organizations), San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, 1991
Advisory Committee - Percent for Art, Wisconsin Arts Board, 1989
Art Grants Advisory Panel, Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, 1989
Juror, Art Fair on the Square, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1988
College Art Association National Conference, 1989, 1987, 1986
NCECA National Conference 2014-2017, 2012, 2009-1998, 1996-90, 1988-86, 1977, 1975, 1973, 1972
President, Potter’s Guild of Indiana, 1976-1978