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EXHIBITIONS: SOLO, DUAL & SMALL GROUP (selected)

2019 David Crane, Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA

2018 Pattern & Design, Crane, Karner, Scott, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI

2017 David Crane, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

Never Static, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI

David Crane, Matrix Gallery, Blacksburg, VA

Borgeson & Crane, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2015 Ceramicists and Sculptors in 2D, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

2014 David Crane & Jose Sierra, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2013 David Crane-Working at the Edge, Plinth Gallery, Denver , CO

Granatelli & Crane, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2012 2X2, Crane & Niewald, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2011 Potters of 16 Hands, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Pattern & Decoration, Trax Gallery, Berkley, CA

2010 David Crane, Concord University, Athens, WV

American Masters Biennial, MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA

2009 Gallery “All Stars”, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008 Crane, Lindsay, Ross, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2007 Craft: Tradition and Use, SECCA, Winston–Salem, NC

Contemporary Ceramics, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens OH

2006 Masters of the Art, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY

2005 Niewald & Crane, Over the Moon Gallery, Floyd, VA

2003 Sense Of Place, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA

Crane & Shankin, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

David Crane - Recent Work, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999 David Crane, Piedmont Craftsman Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

1998 Niewald & Crane, Reynolds Homestead, Critz, VA

1995 Vessel and Wall, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1993 Niewald & Crane, Longwood College, Farmville, VA

1991 Schneider, Loeb, Blume Gallery, Chicago, IL

1989 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL

1988 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1987 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL

1986 The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1985 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL

1984 Elements Gallery, New York, NY

Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

1982 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1981 Hills Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

1979 Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, IL

Callanwolde Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

EXHIBITIONS: GROUP INVITATIONAL (selected)

2019 Ron Meyers at 85 Invitational, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI

2017 Cups, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

Bolster, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA, Portland, OR

Splendid Table, Sagebrush Art Center, Sheridan, WY

National Teapot Show X, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

Thanksgiving Table, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Simple Cups, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, WA

Americanos, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2016 Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA

Americanos-5x30, Akar Gallery, Iowa City , IA

Contemporary Redux, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA, Kansas City, MO

10x100, Clay Studio Philadelphia, NCECA, Kansas City, MO

REDHot Shop, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Ioxa City, IA

To Set the Table, 31st Alabama Clay Conference, Gadsden, AL

2015 New Ceramics in the Old Dominion: Virginia Faculty, Du Pont Gallery,

University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

Virginia Earth, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, VA

Cups: Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Americano, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2014 Raku Ceramics: Impact and Contemporary Expression, Sedona Arts Center, AZ

Embellished Surface, NCECA, Lake College, Grays Lake, IL

8 Fluid Ounces, Glassel Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Born of Hand-The Evolving Era, Womble Carlyle Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

5x30 Sushi, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Salt, Soda, Wood Virginia, Lynchburg School of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA

2013 Reunion: Highlights from the Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Plates and Platters, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA, Houston, TX

5X30 Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Piedmont Craftsmen - 50 Years, Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, NC

2012 Yunomi Invitational 2012, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Dessert Plates: Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Guerrilla Mug Assault, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA

Handle with Care, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2011 Black & White, Red Star Gallery, Kansas City, MO

35th Anniversary Invitational, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011 American Pottery Festival Exhibit, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

Yunomi Invitational 2011, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, NCECA, Tampa, FL

National Teapot Invitational 8, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

Dessert Plates: Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

VERTICAL: Wall Platter Invitational, Sagebrush Art Center, Sheridan, WY

Cups & Coffee, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2010 The Vase and Beyond: Swidler Collection, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, NCECA, Philadelphia, PA

Featured Artists, Red Lodge Clay Gallery, NCECA, Philadelphia, PA

Yunomi Invitational 2010, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Containers, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC

Small Treasures, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

16 Hands, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2009 Simply Formal, Museum of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, NCECA, Phoenix, Arizona

Yunomi Invitational 2009, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Boxes, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

Ron Myer’s 75th Birthday Show, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

Cups, Cups, Cups!, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA

2008 The Art of Dining, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

National Teapot Invitational 7, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

La Mesa, NCECA, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Yunomi Invitational 2008, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Out of the Box, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston Salem, NC

2007 La Mesa, NCECA, Santa Fe Clay Clay, Louisville, KY

Plates & Platters, Pewabic Pottery Gallery, Detroit, MI

For the Table, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Yunomi Invitational 2007, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2006 30/30, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL

La Mesa, NCECA, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Portland, OR

100 Teapots, Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2005 Old School Art Center Pottery Invitational, Demarest, NJ

Mid-Atlantic Potters, White Hall Gallery, Annapolis, MD

GAS IT UP: Salt,Soda,Slip, The Baltimore Potters Guild, Baltimore, MD

Southern Highlands 75th Anniversary Exhibit, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, NCECA Conference, Baltimore, MD

Bottled Spirits, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Louisville, KY

National Teapot Invitational 6, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

The Box, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

The Narrative Vessel, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA (w/ Janet Niewald)

2004 For The Table Top, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

16 Hands, Piedmont Arts Center, Martinsville, VA

Splendid Table, Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY

Duets, Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY

Show of Bowls, Red Star Gallery, Kansas City, MO

5 by 30, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Small Treasures, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

The Power of Excellence, Piedmont Craftsmen, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC

2003 Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

CLAY: Ceramic Masters, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

2002 HOT / ICE III: Teapots & Pitchers, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

National Teapot Show 5, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

Strength In Numbers, Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC

For the Tabletop, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Plates & Platters, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

2001 From Shoulder to Foot, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA

16 Hands, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

To Have and To Hold, Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Warehouse Pottery Exhibit, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

National Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC

Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH

Functional Ceramics 2001, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH

2000 Bistro 1615, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highland Craft Guild Gallery, Asheville, NC

CUP Exhibition 2000, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

Utilitarian Ceramics III: Celebrate the Object, Arrow Craft Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN

Cups, Cupboards & Cabinets, Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1999 To Have and to Hold, Astra Design, Richmond, Virginia

MATES, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville , VA

International Teapot Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

1998 West Virginia University, Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, Morgantown, WV

International Ceramics- Silber Collection, Laguna Art Museum, CA

1997 Old Favorites New faces, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Southeastern Crafts Invitational, Florida Gulf Coast Arts Center, Belleair, FL

Recent Acquisitions, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA

1996 Teapots by Southern Artists, Artwork, Lenox Square, Atlanta, GA

Virginia Ceramics, Longwood College, Farmville, VA

1995 The Spirited Vessel, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC

1994 For The House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Grosse-Pointe, MI

1993 Clay from the River Valleys, Radford University, Radford, VA.

International Ceramics Exhibit, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Handmade in Virginia: a Celebration of Craft, Roanoke College, Salem, VA

Ceramics Invitational, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

1992 Virginia Clay Invitational, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, VA

1991 Bindley Collection: Ceramics of the 80's, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI

1990 Uncommon Vessels, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL

1989 Awards in the Visual Arts, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia

New Art Forms Exposition , Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago International

1988 New Art Forms; Virginia, Hand Workshop, Richmond, Virginia

American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Retretti Museum, Helsinki, Finland

The Vessel Form, The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut

Ten Years of Southeast Seven, SECCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1987 American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Crafts Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Sculpture Show, Gallerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana

American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Gummesons Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Southeast Seven 9, Baumgardner Center of the Arts, Clearwater, Florida

Contemporary Southeastern Art, New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, New York

Virginia Clay Now, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia

1986 SECCA Seven, Gallerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana

Clay Az Art, Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona

Clay Az Art, Int. Ceramic Conference, ARABIA, Helsinki, Finland

Southeast Seven 9, SECCA, Winston Salem, North Carolina

1985 Objects, Reynolds-Minor Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.

Two Centuries of Virginia Potters, Belle Grove, Middletown, Virginia

1984 Southeastern Ceramics Invitational, SECCA, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Ceramics Invitational , Crossman Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

Tea Bowl- National Invitational, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

1983 Crafts Invitational Exhibition, SECCA, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Earthenware Invitational Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

Low Fire Invitational, The American Hand, Washington, D.C.

1982 Small Works, Elements Gallery, New York, New York

Clay Invitational Show 1982, DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1981 Fifteen Plus Five Crafts Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

The Vessel, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Vessel Oriented Sculptural Works, The Elements Gallery, New York, New York

36th Annual National Ceramic Invitational, Scripps College, Claremont, California

1980 New Work: Crane, Fuchs, Garrett, Lichterman, Elements Gallery, Connecticut

1979 The Art of the Bowl, Florence Duhl Gallery, New York, New York

Georgia Crafts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

1978 Clay and Fiber: 15 Viewpoints, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin

EXHIBITIONS: COMPETITIVE JURIED (selected)

2017 2017 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics- Finalist, Zanesville, OH

2015 2015 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics- Finalist, Zanesville, OH

2012 Best of 500 Ceramics, Lark Books

2011 Strictly Functional National 19 , NC Twain, Market House Crafts, Ephrata, PA

2010 Clay on the Wall: National, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, Award of Distinction

500 Vases, Lark Books, 2010, (2 reproductions), national competition

500 Raku, Lark Books, 2010, (1 reproductions), national competition

2009 Clay National Biennial Exhibition 2009, NCECA, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

2008 500 Plates & Chargers, Lark Books, 2008, pgs.6, 58, 90, 91 (4 reproductions)

2005 Clay on the Wall: National, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2000 Strictly Functional Pottery National 8, Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA

1997 Spotlight 1997- Southeastern Crafts, ACC, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC

1996 Ceramics USA 1996, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton TX

1995 From These Hills, William King Arts Center, Abingdon, VA

1994 Current Directions, N.A.U. Museum & Shemer Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ.

1991 Clay USA, Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford VA & Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

1981 Earthenware USA: New Directions, Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1979 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

Ceramics Southeast, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Illinois Crafts '79, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

1978 Marietta College Crafts National, Grover Herman Fine Arts, Marietta, Ohio

Young Americans Clay/Glass, ACC, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, and Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2018 Professor Emeritus, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech

Lifetime Contribution Award, CAUS & SOVA, Virginia Tech

2014 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Professional Artist Fellowship, Richmond VA

2011 Career Achievement Award, CAUS & SOVA, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2010 Award of Distinction, Clay on the Wall: National, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX

1997 Distinguished Alumni Award, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

1992 Virginia Museum Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Richmond, VA

1989 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, Richmond, VA

1988 Virginia Commission for the Arts, Honorable Mention, Richmond, VA

1985 SECCA-Seven Artist Fellowship Award, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC

ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS AND BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS:

Crane, D., Faceted Forms, Geometric Glazing, Pottery Making Illustrated, Nov./Dec. 2018, pgs 12-14

100 Artists-1000 Cups, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. 2016, pgs.43-44

American iPottery, Kevin Hulch, eBook, 2013

Best of 500 Ceramics, Lark Books, 2012

La Mesa Invitational: Image Box, Santa Fe Clay, 2011, Santa Fe, NM

500 Raku, Lark Books, 2011, Pg. 32

500 Vases, Lark Books, 2010

500 Plates & Chargers, Lark Books, 2008, pgs.6, 58, 90, 91

Handbuilt Tableware, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, 2001, pgs.5, 118, 124

The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Kevin Hulch, Krause Publications, 2001

Images in Clay Sculpture , Charlotte F. Speight, NY, NY: Harper & Row, 1983, p.8, 1 –10,

Low-Fire Ceramics: A New Direction of American Clay, Susan Wechsler, NY, NY: Watson-Gutpill, 1981

Niewald, J. & Crane, D., Donna Polseno, American Ceramics, II, No. 1 Winter 1983, pp. 66-67.

Low-Fire--Other Ways to Work in Clay, Leon Nigrosh, Boston, MA: Davis, 1980

COLLECTIONS: (selected)

• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ • Illinois State University, Normal, IL

• Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA • Fort Howard Paper, Green Bay, WI

• Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI • IBM Corporation, Charlotte, NC

• Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ • Southern Progress Corp., Birmingham, AL

Marer Collection of American Ceramics, LA, CA • Sovran Bank, New York, NY

• WTTW Television Corporate Collection, Chicago, IL • Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Rosenfield Contemporary Ceramics, Dallas, TX Ron Gallas Cup Library, St. Olaf College, MN

2005 Ceramic Wall Compositions: Commission, 2@4’ x 12’ wide The Inn At Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

BIBLIOGRAPHY: EXHIBITION REVIEWS AND ARTICLES (selected)

Green, Joshua, Ceramics Art & Perception, No.97-Fall 2014, pg.20-23

Redman, Colleen, Sixteen Hands Group: Mentoring a New Generation of Potters, Clay Times, Fall 2010

Merino, Tony, 2009 NCECA Biennial, Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 78, 2009, pg. 110

Davis, Jamie, The Reach of 16 Hands, Ceramics Monthly, March 2006, pg. 44-47

Anderson, Ian, 16 Hands, Clay Times, September/October 2003., pg. 49-50

J. Riggs, Granatelli and Crane Workshop, Clay Times, March/April 1999, pg.32-36

Fariello, Anna, Janet Niewald and David Crane, New Art Examiner, September 1995, pg.50-51

Boyd, Julia, From These Hills, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Va., 1993.

Mathews, Patricia, David Crane, American Ceramics, May, 1988

Gerry Williams, Potters of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Studio Potter, Vol. 13 No. 2, Page 63.

Erikson, Mark, Sophisticated Clay, The Virginia Gazette, August 29, 1984.

Hammel, Lisa, The Expanding World of American Crafts, The New York Times, June 28, ‘84, Section C.

Mathews, Patricia, Crafts Invitational, Art Papers, March/April 1984, p.22.

Spotlight-David Crane, NCECA Journal 1983, Publication, NCECA, Vol. 4, pg. 38, 1983.

Degener, Patricia, Earthenware Show, St. Louis Post- Dispatch, April 17, 1983.

Dillingham, Rick, The Vessel, Exhibition catalog, Delahunt Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1981.

Kutner, Janer, Ceramists Far Beyond Usable Vessels, Dallas Morning News, Jan. 7, ‘81, sec.C, p.1.

Ruff, Dale, Ceramic Renewal, Art Week, March 22, 1980.

Siegel, Roslyn, Reinterpreting the Classic Bowl, The New York Times, December 13, 1979.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS (selected)

Ceramics Monthly, December 2014, Exposure- pg.16

Ceramics Art & Perception, No.97-Fall 2014, pg.20-23 (7 images)

Ceramics Monthly, September 2014, Exposure- pg.18

Ceramics Monthly, March 2006, pg. 47, “The Reach of 16 Hands”, Davis, Jamie

Clay Times, September/October 2003, pg. 49

Clay Times, March/April 1998, The Gallery, p.41

Ceramics Monthly, October 1996, “Virginia Clay”, p.55

Ceramica, March 1991, "Uncommon Vessels," Madrid, Spain.

American Ceramics, May 1988, "David Crane," by Patricia Mathews

Southern Accents, April 1987, "Honoring American Artists," by Laura C. Lieberman, p. 74-82

PACE, Piedmont Airlines Magazine, June, 1986, "Gallery- David Crane," p. 3,9-11

Studio Potter, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1985, p. 63.

American Craft, April/May 1985, Page p.72.

Art Papers, March/April 1984, p. 22.

American Crafts, Volume 42, number 3, December 1982, p. 66.

American Crafts, Volume 42, number 3, June/July 1982, p. 61.

American Crafts, Volume 41, number 5, October/November 1981, p. 64.

Ceramics Monthly, Volume 28, number 5, May 1980, p. 69.

Ceramics Monthly, Volume 26, number 2, February, 1978 (Cover Photograph).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOG PHOTOGRAPHS (selected)

Embellished Surface: Image and Embellishment on Clay, Wright Art Gallery, College of Lake County, IL

Clay on the Wall: National, exhibit catalog 2010, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Clay National Biennial Exhibition Catalog 2009, NCECA, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Contemporary Ceramics, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio, 2007

Functional Ceramics 2001, Wayne Center For the Arts, Wooster, Ohio, 2001

Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2000

6Th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, PA p.9, 1998

International Contemporary Ceramics from the Silber Collection, Laguna Art Museum, CA, 1998

Spotlight ‘97, American Craft Council/Southeast, Hickory Museum of Art, NC.,1997

Clay From the River Valleys, University Galleries, Radford University, 1993

From These Hills, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia, 1993

Uncommon Vessels, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida, 1990

New Art Forms, Hand Workshop and Philip Morris Corp., Richmond, Virginia 1987

Clay U.S.A., Radford University, Radford, Virginia, 1984

The Vessel, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1981

National Paper and Clay Show, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1978

Indiana Crafts 1978, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1978

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS: (selected)

Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA

Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO

American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

Concord University, Athens, WV

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

Radford University, Radford, VA

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina

Virginia Clay Conference, Front Royal, Virginia

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

Finch Pottery Workshop, Bailey, North Carolina

Alfred University, Alfred, New York

Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

University of North Carolina -Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

Spotlighting Polseno & Crane, NCECA,Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

Callanwolde Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia

Once Fired, NCECA & Super-Mud, Pennsylvania State University

Mercer University, Macon, Georgia

Museum of Northern Arizona Art Institute, NEA, Flagstaff, Arizona

EDUCATION: MFA - Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

BFA - Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:

2018 - Present Studio Artist

2018 Professor Emeritus, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1980 - 2018 Professor of Art- Ceramics, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2013 – 2015 Program Chair of Studio Art, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1995 - 2000 Chair, Department of Art & Art History, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1990 - 1993 Director, Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1978 - 1979 Artist-in-Residence, Ford Foundation, University of Georgia, Athens, GA