Profile

As a working ceramic artist, I am always seeking additional gallery representation, ideally outside of southeastern Wisconsin. A professional artist since 2016, I have been at home in the Carthage College ceramics studio by taking advantage of my husband's status as an Emeritus Professor, in exchange for light studio maintenance and ad hoc student guidance,

Education

Anderson Art Center Course: Surreal Attitudes: the figure in clay, Instructor: Lisa Clague August 2019

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 2018; Course: Flat to Round, techniques with Lydia Johnson: colored clay, colored slip stenciling, pattern making and thin-wall slab building

Gerona School of Art Gerona, Spain 2015-2016, Course: Hand Building

Carthage College 2003-Present; Courses including: Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting, Advanced Painting, Lithography, Architectural Ceramics, Wheel Throwing, Hand Building and Advanced Ceramics

Hyde Park Art Center Courses: Ceramics Handbuilding and Wheel Throwing 1996-2002

Pratt Institute 1990 MID (Master of Industrial Design)

Carnegie Mellon University 1975, MFA in Costume Design

Stanford University 1973 AB in Drama, cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1972

Professional Experience

Resident Artist, A.I.R. Vallauris Vallauris, France; May-June 2019
Five pieces in group show June 2019

Revision Gallery Kenosha WI January 2018: one woman show; January 2018 - present representation and sales

Artspace Roses, Spain 2015-2016 home studio 2016 private sale of ceramic sculptures

Webb deVlam Chicago, a design strategy and packaging design firm 1998-2012 Industrial Designer, Senior Industrial Designer, COO; Clients included Procter and Gamble, Kraft Foods, Unilever

Regency International Seasonal Merchandise Designer: freelance 1994-1996, full time 1996- 1998

Colgate Palmolive 1988-1996 Freelance Industrial Designer

Rolex International 1992-1996 Freelance Industrial Designer for Point of Sale

Freelance Costume Designer 1980-1993 including Off-Broadway: The Mirror Theater, Off-off Broadway, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Albany Rep, Charlotte Opera, Portland Stage Company, Detroit Theatre Company

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 1975-1980 Costume Coordinator

University of Pittsburgh 1975-1980 Lecturer and Mainstage Costume Designer for 15 productions

Worth Noting

• Proficient mixing glazes, kiln management and with all ceramic hand building techniques
• Basic ceramic wheel throwing
• Early success in mathematics and pattern making, both transferrable skills for slab building
• Industrial Design training and experience transferable to 3D form development
• Costume Design experience translates to an interest in pattern, detail, and human characteristics