EDUCATION
2021 • Master of Fine Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
2010 • Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors – University Research Scholar, University of North Carolina at Asheville
2002-2003 • Apprenticeship, Turtle Island Pottery, Maggie and Freeman Jones, Black Mountain, NC
RECENT AND UPCOMING
2023 • Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts supported exhibit Cinema Reset at the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans. Part of the 34th annual New Orleans Film Festival
2024 • For the Love of Dirt, solo show at Spiers Gallery, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE :
ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2023 • Adjunct Instructor of Art, Ceramics 1, (FA ART 283-B1 and B2)
• Adjunct Instructor of Art, 3D Design, (SP ART 112-B1 and B2) AFA assessment course
• Adjunct Instructor of Art, Art Appreciation, (SP ART 111-B1 and B2)
• Adjunct Instructor of Art, Art Appreciation, (SU ART 111- OA3)
2022 • Adjunct Instructor of Art, 3D Design (FA ART 122- B1)
• Adjunct Instructor of Art, Art Appreciation, (FA ART 111- OA3)
CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2022 • Adjunct Instructor of Art, Art Appreciation, (FA ART 111-B1, B2, B3)
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
2021 • Graduate Teacher of Record, Art Appreciation, (ART 2100) Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Spring and Fall semesters)
2020 • Graduate Teacher of Record, Beginning Ceramics, (ART 2170) Clemson University, Clemson, SC • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, (ART 2170) Clemson University, Clemson, SC,
2019 • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Ceramics, (ART3170) Clemson University, Clemson, SC
ODYSSEY CLAYWORKS
2019 • Post Firing Sculpture Repair, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC, Molly Morningglory & Mac McCusker
2018 • Go Big, Go Fast! Advanced Sculpture, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC
2017-2018 • Stackable Sculptures, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC
2017 • Snazzy Surfaces, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC, Molly Morningglory and Laurie Caffery.
2014 • Miniature Kilns: Play with Fire, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC
OTHER ART CENTER CLASSES
2017 • Introduction to Wheel Work, Breck Create, Breckenridge, CO
2016 • Intermediate Techniques, Westminster Recreation Center, CO
2015 • Advanced Wheel Work, Breck Create, Breckenridge, CO
2014 • Cone 6 Glazes, Boulder Potters Guild, Boulder, CO, Molly Morningglory and Julie Neri
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
2017 • Solitude and Companionship, Summit Middle School, Frisco, CO
2009 • Graduate Level Soda Firing with Kerosene, Seika University, Kyoto, Japan. Invitation to teach from Jon Keenan, Fulbright Scholar resident artist. Bridged language barrier by using the periodic table to discuss ceramic chemistry.
WORKSHOPS ASSISTED
2022 • Parts Unknown, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC (Caroline Douglas and Jenny Mendes)
2019 • National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Minneapolis, MN (Kukuli Velarde
2018 • See What You Did, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC (Simon Levin)
2017 • Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA (Patti Warashina)
2016 • Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM (Patti Warashina)
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Kansas City, MO (Patti Warashina and Lauren Grossman)
RESEARCH ACTIVITY :
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Permanent Collection of North Carolina Pottery, Mint Museum of Craft + Design - Randolph, Charlotte, NC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 • damned ol’ dirt, thesis exhibition, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2020 • Breathe and Release, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2017 • Solitude and Companionship, Robert Whyte House, Breck Create, Breckenridge, CO (culmination of research while in residency for the month of December)
2016 • Cosmic Contemplation of Your Self, Still Cellars Distillery and Arthouse, Longmont, CO (Curator Sadye Rose invited me to show ceramic sculpture, photography, and painting.)
2015 • Out of the Sphere of Influence, Old Masonic Lodge, Breckenridge, CO (Invited by Jenn Cram, Director of Breck Create Arts)
2010 • Submersion, Dispersion, and Suspension aka: Get ‘um Wet, Highsmith Gallery, Asheville, NC (senior thesis)
SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 • YARDWORK, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Hampton Pickney Neighborhood in Greenville, SC
• America Unraveling, Zero Space Collective, Tipton Street Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (Curated by Brooke Day)
• Imaginary Landscapes: Stories of the American South, The Bascom, Highlands, NC (curated by Kate Averett of Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center)
2020 • 6 Feet Apart, Music Video with Heather Mae and Crys Matthews, Washington, DC (Jurors Heather Mae and Crys Matthews)
• Community Supported Art Share Program, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Juror Elizabeth Goddard)
2019 • Clay Bodies, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. (Juried by Jamie Bates Slone, Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Oklahoma, 20 submissions were selected from 200 artists from across the United States)
2018 • Fahrenheit 2018, American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pomona, CA (Juror Patti Warashina, Professor Emeritus from the University of Washington in Seattle and winner of the Twining Humber Lifetime Achievement/Woman of the Year Award, 80 artists from across the United States were chosen)
• Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL. (Juror Simon Levin, Fulbright Senior Scholar, 48 selected artists)
• Sensory Overload, The Bascom, Highlands, NC (Annual juried members show)
2017 • Emerging Ceramicists in Western North Carolina, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC (Juror Akira Satake)
• What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (Juror Magda Gluszek, Art Faculty and Gallery Director at Northland Pioneer College in Show Low, Arizona.)
2016 • David Stuempfle Selects: North Carolina Pottery in a Global Context, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC. (Juror David Stuempfle, master potter, presented by the Delhom Service League during the 12th Annual Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational with support from Vince Long.)
2013 • Not Just the Ashes, Alpha Fired Arts, Sacramento, CA. (Juror Richard Hotchkiss, master potter, Lecturer at Sierra College, Rocklin, CA) January 29 – March 14
2011 • Alumni Invitational, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC (Invited by Megan Wolfe, Professor of Art, Ceramics)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 • DIRT: Deepening Intentional Rest Tactics, thesis exhibition, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC
2020 • Razzle Dazzle, Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC (Curator Grace Lertora)
2019 • Morph, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. (Curator Haleh Mashian, national invitational)
• Beautiful and Bizarre, Florida CraftArt, St.Petersburg, FL (Curator Taylor Robinault, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL)
2018 • Get Excited! Resident Artist Showcase, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC (Curator Molly Morningglory, long term resident artist)
2017 • Cup Show, The Pottery, Saluda, NC
2014-2016 • FRESH, Firehouse Art Center and Muse Gallery, Longmont, CO (Annual collaborative event
curated by two non-profits. Teams of artists were paired with local farms and culinary artists)
2014 • Longmont Clay, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
2011 • {RE} Happening, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Black Mountain, NC
CITED WORKS
2021 • Home, Easley, SC (Published and compiled by Jessica Swank)
• Strange Fruit Zine, Fayetteville, NC (Published and compiled by Carolyn Rose-Grayson)
2020 • Bold Life, Flat Rock, NC (Publishers Mary DiOrio and Rimas Zailskas, February issue, photo featured in ½ page ad for Razzle Dazzle)
• Asheville Made, Asheville, NC (Publishers Mary DiOrio and Rimas Zailskas, February issue, photo featured in ½ page ad for Razzle Dazzle)
2019 • National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Blog, Tony Wise, December 10th
• Artillerymag.com, Anabel Osberg, Los Angeles, CA (name and work mentioned in a review of group exhibition Morph at Mash Gallery)
• Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Arts Network, Westerville, OH (October Issue, photo featured in ½ page ad for Beautiful and Bizarre)
• Ceramic Arts Yearbook and Buyers Guide, Resident Artists, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, Ohio. (Jessica Knapp, Editor, Ceramics Monthly, and Holly Goring, Editor, Pottery Making Illustrated)
2018 • Amazing Glaze: Techniques, Recipes, Finishing, and Firing, Gabriel Kline, Quarto Press, Minneapolis, MN
• Ceramic Arts Yearbook and Buyers Guide, Resident Artists, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, Ohio (Jessica Knapp, Editor, Ceramics Monthly, and Holly Goring, Editor, Pottery Making Illustrated)
PUBLICATIONS
2021 • damned ol’ dirt, thesis manuscript, Tiger Prints, Clemson University
2010 • Salt, Soda, Wood: A Comparison, BigSURS, Radford University, Radford, Virginia
• Salt, Soda, Wood: A Comparison, University of North Carolina Asheville Journal
AWARDS AND HONORS
2023 • My student won Best in Show, AB Tech Annual Student Art Exhibition
• Faculty Enhancement funds to support research in Barataria Preserve, Marrero, Louisiana
• Faculty Enhancement funds to participate in a natural dyes workshop through MAIWA
• Faculty Enhancement funds to participate in a paper mache workshop with Arulu Gallagher
2021 • Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association (SDA)
• 'Excel@School - Student Scholarship', SKY Breath and Meditation workshop
• Clemson Graduate Student Travel Grant, research funds granted by the Graduate Student Government to test the color palette of natural dye goods in New Mexico
• Research Fellowship, Visual Arts Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
• R.C. Edwards Graduate Fellowship Award, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2020 • Clemson Graduate Student Travel Grant, travel funds granted by the Graduate Student Government to attend the annual NCECA conference.
• R.C. Edwards Graduate Fellowship Award, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2019 • R.C. Edwards Graduate Fellowship Award, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2021-2019 • Teaching Assistantship, Clemson University, Visual Arts Department
2010 • 3rd place, 43rd Annual UNCA Juried Student Art Exhibition, University of North Carolina at Asheville, (Juror Nina Katchadourian)
RESIDENCIES
2022 • Artist Residency, The Bascom, Highlands, NC
2021 • Southwest Regional Artist Residency, Chris Hosbach Ceramics Studio, Taos, NM
2017-2019 • Artist Residency, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC, Feb 1st 2017 – April 1st 2019 (Selected from 100 application, competing for 3 residencies)
2017 • Robert Whyte House Artist Residency, Breck Create, Breckenridge, CO (By invitation for the month of December)
2016 • Tin Shop Artist Residency, Breck Create, Breckenridge, CO (By invitation for 2 weeks in April)
2014 • Woolman Kiln Artist Residency, Grass Valley, CA (By invitation of Richard Hotchkiss for the month of November)
JUROR EXPERIENCE
2019 • 2020 Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2022 • Panel discussion with Zero Space Collective, Tri State Sculptors Conference, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
2021 • Welcome Back, Clemson University, SC
2020 • Matter Hacking: Digital Ceramic Production for Artists and Architects, National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts, Richmond, VA
2019 • 3MT, Three Minute Thesis, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
• Welcome Back, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2018 • Workshop Assistant Presentation, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2017 • Solitude and Companionship, Summit Middle School, Frisco, CO
2014 • Artist Spotlight: Molly Morningglory, Muse Gallery, Longmont, CO
WORK EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
2018-2019 • Kiln Technician, Odyssey ClayWorks, Asheville, NC
2011-2019 • Molly M. Ceramics LLC, Owner/artist
2014 • Director of Publicity, Boulder Potters Guild, Boulder, CO
2011-2012 • Art Director, Willow Creek Lodge, Leicester, NC
2011 • Kiln Assessor, Cultural Arts Division of Parks and Recreation for the City of Asheville, NC
2008 • Sales Associate/Art Handler, The Gallery, Appalachian Center for Craft
ORGANIZATIONS
2021-2022 • Surface Design Association (SDA)
• Tri State Sculptors Association
2020-2022 • Zero Space Collective
2019-2021 • Graduate Student Government Senator – Visual Arts
• Graduate Student Travel Grant Committee
• Clemson Ceramic Arts
2020 • CSART, Clemson Student Art shares program
2016-2019 • Odyssey ClayWorks
2014-2016 • Boulder Potters Guild (Director of Publicity 2015)
2016-2023 • National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
1996 & 2000 • People to People International Student Ambassador