Artist: Teresa Pietsch
Teresa Pietsch, NORTH CAROLINA
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I create work that connects the functional and decorative in pieces that people will want to touch, hold and use. I am drawn to line, color and texture. I find inspiration in the world around me, looking at plants, flowers and trees as I reflect on ideas centered in life, growth and experience.
TEACHING AND STUDIO WORK EXPERIENCE
Studio Potter 2010 - present
Resident Clay Artist – EnergyXchange, Burnsville, NC 2010 – 2013
Renewable energy, landfill methane gas reuse project
Claymakers Pottery Studio, Durham, NC
Instructor, Adult Wheel Classes 2008 – 2010
Studio Assistant 2006 – 2010
SELECT EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS
2017
CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Garden Party, Featured ceramic artist, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2016
Forest and Flower: New work by Teresa Pietsch and Ronan Peterson, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Landscapes: 4 ways, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC
Cup: Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine NC
Steinfest, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
Cups, Three Wheel Studio, Providence RI
Crafted, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, PA
2015
Cup: Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Teapot Show, Three Wheel Studio, Providence RI
Crafted, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, PA
Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine NC
Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Steinfest, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Art in the Park, Blowing Rock NC
Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC
Clay, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
2014
Cup: Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Steinfest, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
Art in the Park, Blowing Rock NC
Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC
2013
Slip, Carve, Trail, Solo Exhibit, NC Crafts Gallery, Carrborro NC
Carolina Designer Craftsman Guild Show, Raleigh, NC
Steinfest, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
Art in the Park, Blowing Rock NC
Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC
Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine NC
2012
20x20 Invitational Clay Show, The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC
Art in the Park, Blowing Rock NC
Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC
2011
Exchange, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
20x20 Invitational Clay Show, The ARTS Center, Clemson, SC
Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Winter Show, The Arts Center, Clemson, SC
Season of Lights, Claymakers, Durham, NC
Works of the Energy Xchange, The Arts Center, Clemson, SC
Bakersville Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville, NC
AWARDS
Honorable Mention, Art in the Park, Blowing Rock, NC 2015
Honorable Mention, Bakersville Creek Walk 2014
2nd Place Booth Prize, Bakersville Creek Walk 2012
Middleton Emerging Artist, Bakersville Creek Walk 2011
Honorable Mention, Bakersville Creek Walk 2011
PUBLICATIONS
The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, by John Britt, Lark Ceramics, New York, NY 2014
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts & Religion - Seattle Pacific University 1997
WORKSHOP ASSISTANT
Gay Smith, Soda Firing all temperatures, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2016
Kent McLaughlin, A Week of Shino, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2014
Ronan Peterson, Scratching the Surface, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2014
Gay Smith, Soda and Salt Firing, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2014
Ronan Peterson. Terracotta Throwdown, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2011
Ronan Peterson, Scratching the Surface, Pocosin Arts Center, Columbia, NC 2011
Liz Zlot Summerfield, Pots with Personality, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2010