Education
March 1981-March 2008
·
Attended annual WV Potters’
Gathering
Workshops with world renowned
instructors.
June/July 1993
·
Attended New York State College
of Ceramics at Alfred
University in the Summer
Graduate Program with Val Cushing.
1979‑1980
·
Graduate apprentice in the Ceramic
Apprenticeship Program at Berea College.
1977‑1978
·
One year apprenticeship at Topferi Kuch with Wilhelm and
Elly Kuch in Burgthann, West Germany.
The Topferi Pottery
is a production studio with emphasis
on the thrown form.
1974‑1977, 1978‑1979
·
Four years in the Berea College Ceramic
Apprenticeship
Program as a student
apprentice under Walter Hyleck in
Berea,
Kentucky.
Professional Experience
April 2007 ·
Visiting artist at the Pun Choung International
Festival,
Kyeryong Mountain, Korea.
1996-2007
·
Sold all work at Studio Sales at the Pottery.
March 1991
·
Produced a TV commercial
"Shaping and Molding Ideas into Realities."
September 1980- December
1995
·
Sold and exhibited in craft fairs and
galleries on the East Coast.
September 1980
·
Established Lockbridge Pottery, a functional-
stoneware studio in West
Virginia.
Awards
October 1999
·Received
a Professional Development Grant from
the WV
Division of Culture and History.
October 1993
·
Received a Craft Fellowship from the
WV
Commission on the Arts.
July 1992
·
Merit Award at "Expo" at the Mountain State
Art and Craft
Fair in Ripley, WV.
August 1981-August 1988
·
Received Best of Show at the
Appalachian Arts and Craft Show
in Beckley, WV.
Shows
July - September 2007
·
“Artist’s Choice” at the Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery
Tamarack, Beckley, WV.
May 2007
·
Tho-Art Gallery, Icheon, Korea.
May
2007 ·
Korean Craft Museum, Chongju, Korea.
April 2007
·
Pun Choung Festival of Kyeryong Mountain Gallery Exhibition, Korea.
April 2007 ·
Chung Nam National University Museum, International
Ceramic Arts Symposium, Daejon,
Korea.
March 2007 ·
Bourbon Bottle Show at NCECA, Louisville, KY.
July 2006
·
“12 Men” Show at the Dickirson Gallery in Beckley, WV.
August 2005
·
Teapot Show at the Cummings Gallery in
Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
May- August 2002
·
One man show “Funktional Pottery” at the
Cultural Center of the
WV Division
of Culture and History
in Charleston, WV.
December 1995
·
"The Ceremony of Tea" at The Images
Friedman Gallery in
Louisville, Kentucky.
November 1995
·
The West Virginia Juried Exhibit.
November 1993
·
West Virginia University Ceramic Invitational.
September 1993 ·
“Potluck Show” at WV Institute of Technology in
Montgomery, WV.
April 1993
·
"Functional Ceramics‑1974‑1993, 20 Year Anniversary"
in
Wooster, OH.
March 1993
·
“ West Virginia Potters” at The Mountain Trading Company
in Charleston, WV.
February 1992
·
"Functional Ceramics" show in Wooster, OH.
November 1991
·
Juried Exhibit in Charleston, WV.
July 1991
·
"Pitcher" Show in the Farrell Collection in Washington, D.C.
August 1987
·
Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in
Washington, D.C.
August 1985
·
One-man show at the Paint Box Gallery in Beckley, WV.
Teaching
April 2007
·
Teaching workshops at the Pun Choung International Festival,
Kyeryong Mountain, Korea.
February 2007
·
Taught the Pottery Merit Badge for the Boy Scout Merit
Badge College at West
Virginia Institute of Technology
in Montgomery, WV.
June & July 2005
·
Taught two, week-long advanced workshops on Salt
and Raku firing at
Lockbridge Pottery.
July 2004
·
Taught a week long workshop on Salt and Raku firings at
Lockbridge Pottery.
July 2000
·
Taught a two week workshop at the Augusta Heritage Center
in Elkins, WV.
June 1999
·
Taught a workshop at Touchstone Craft Center in Farmington,
PA.
November 1998 ·
Taught a workshop for WV students at Lockbridge on
throwing fundamentals.
September 1998 ·
Taught a two weekend “Touchstoneware” workshop for
Touchstone Craft Center in Farmington,
PA.
August 1996 – January 1997 ·
Worked at the Kunsthandwerk School in
Plon,
Germany teaching and producing a
line
of decorative ware.
July 1995 & 1996
·
Taught a two‑week workshop, "Mud and Fire" in Elkins,
WV for the Augusta
Heritage Center.
July 1995
·
Taught a workshop on “Making a Living as a Potter” for West
Virginia University Ceramic Department in
Morgantown, WV
for Bob Anderson.
March 1994
·
Taught a three day workshop on the pottery process at
Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, WV.
October 1993
·
Visiting artist for the Bluefield College Fine Arts
Department.
Taught a workshop on hand building, wheel throwing,
and slip trailing.
September
October November 1993
·
Taught a wheel throwing class at
Carnegie Hall in
Lewisburg, WV.
March 1988
·
Taught a workshop and exhibited in a three man show at
WV Institute of Technology in
Montgomery, WV.
October 1985
·
Taught a workshop at Concord College in Athens, WV.
March 1982
·
Taught a slip trailing workshop at the
Potter's
Gathering at Cedar Lakes in Ripley, WV.
March 1982
·
Taught a Raku workshop for the Beckley, WV Art
Group.
