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This resume highlights my experience as a successful art instructor and studio artist.
Education/ occupation
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (1973)
Post Degree Ceramic Study, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI (1974-1975)
Aquinas College, Teacher Certificate program in Art Education LQ (2011-2012)
Studio Artist, Rockford, MI (1975-present) Built and maintained ceramic studio (1977)
Gallery Owner, The Diner Store, Rockford, MI (1988-2008)
Student teacher Experience
Northview High School Student Teaching : Northview Public Schools
Knapp Forest Elementary Student Teacher: Forest Hills Public Schools
ART instruction Experience
Kentwood Public Schools Elementary Art Teacher 2015 - Present K-5th Grade
Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts and Technology:
Pre-K -10th Grade, December 1st, 2014 – Present
Muskegon Heights Public School Academy: Edgewood Elementary 2-5th and
Dr. M.L. King Elementary Grades K-1st,2012-Novemeber 2014
Aquinas College: Digitally Based Art 2010-2011
Cook Art Center: Sculpture and Pottery Classes, K-8th Grade 2010 -2012
Cook Library Center: Computer Arts, K-12th Grade 2010-2012
Very Special Arts: Grand Haven, Hudsonville, and Holland 18-25 aged students
with a variety of physical and mental challenges 2009-2012
Very Special Arts: Wyoming, Grandville, Kentwood, Cedar Springs and
Sparta Elementary Schools 2009-2012
Selected museum collections and Exhibitions
Whitney Museum of Art, New York City, New York Invited by Mark di Suvero)
Racine Art Museum, Racine WI, Title: Mr. Teapot
Shigarki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum, Shigarki Japan,
Title: “Diner Teapot”
Smithsonian Main Street Traveling Exhibition
Sonny and Gloria Kamm Teapot Collection
Selected Gallery shows & Exhibitions
Alianza Gallery, Boston, MA (1985-2002), including a one person show each year for 17 years.
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI two person show with Madeline Kaczmarczyk.
Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
Gallery One, Naples, FL
Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
Work featured in numerous other galleries.
Media Coverage - Books
American Diner by Michael Karl Witzel
Jersey Diners by Peter Genovese
Diners by John Baeder
Diners by Karen Offitzer
The Eccentric Teapot by Garth Clark (work appeared inside and on back cover)
Ceramic Monthly, Cover photo and story
Selected Art fairs & festivals
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami FL (Prize winner, multiple times)
Cherry Art Festival, Denver, CO
St. Louis Art Fair, Clayton, MO (Prize Winner)
Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Lakefront Art Festival, Milwaukee WI
Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL (Prize winner)
Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO (Prize winner)
Oakbrook Invitational Crafts, Oakbrook, IL (Prize winner)
Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA Exhibited in numerous other national art fairs.
Private collections
My works are in many private collections, including those of:
Mary Ann Keeler Peter Wege Jimmy Buffet
Sonny & Gloria Kamm Loretta Lynn Bob Seger
Bill Bernstien (Kansas City, MO) Mr. Kemper (of the Kemper Museum Kansas City MO)
Mark di Suvero and numerous national corporate collections
Workshops
Michigan Mud, Grand Valley University, MI Very Special Arts, Kent,County, MI
Freemont Middle School, MI Forest Hills Schools, MI Dade County Schools, Miami, FL
Rockford Public Schools, MI Amaco Ceramics, Indianapolis, IN
Ann Arbor Street Fair, Clay demonstration for schools and lecture at the library
MAEA Michigan Art Education Association's State Conference, MI 2007 and 2012
Monroe Community College, Workshop and Lecture
