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Education

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Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, MFA  1980 (Ceramics)

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Special Student 1976 (Ceramic Sculpture)

Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, BA 1976 (Art)

Institute de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Special Student, Summer 1975 (Ceramics/Photography)

Teaching and Professional Experience

1994
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1989-94

1987-89

1982-86

1978-80

Lone Star College-North Harris, Ceramic Professor
Lone Star College-North Harris, Art Department Coordinator
Lone Star College-North Harris, Art Instructor (Ceramics)
Friends University, Ceramics, 3-D Design and Sculpture Instructor
Willow Creek Pottery (Owner, Studio Potter)
Bowling Green State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant

 

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Special Merit - "DIMENSIONAL", Clay Houston 2019 Member Exhibition
Purchase Award - "22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
Best of Show - "Art on The Avenue", Houston, TX
Best of Show - "Clay; Body, Mind & Soul", Clay Houston Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, Jung Center, Houston, TX
Merit Award - "America’s Clayfest IV", Art League of Lincoln, Roseville, CA
Merit Award - "San Antonio Potters Guild 2016 Annual Juried Show", San Antonio, TX
3rd Place - "America’s Clay Fest III", Lincoln, CA
Best in Show - "U of Dallas 2015 Regional Juried Ceramic Competition"
Honorable Mention - "Craft Houston 2014", Houston Center for Cont. Craft, Houston, TX 
Best of Show - "Out of the Earth", Hanson Galleries, Houston, TX
Award of Merit - "University of Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition", Irving, TX
Sabbatical (Spent spring semester working with Don Reitz in AZ.)
Purchase Award - "Feats of Clay XVI", Lincoln, CA
Honorable Mention - "Viewpoint: Ceramics ‘99", Grossmont College, CA
3rd Place Award - "Materials + Forms 5", Houston, TX
Recipient of a North Harris College mini-grant to fire an Anagama Kiln at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ with Don Reitz
Recipient of a North Harris College Student Grant to take students to Flagstaff, AZ for studying the firing of an Anagama Kiln
3rd Place Award - "Materials + Form4", Houston, TX
Recipient of a N. H. C. mini-grant for the study of Anagama Kiln                                     
Purchase Award - "Feats of Clay", California
Recipient of a grant from Mid-America Alliance to host workshop and exhibit of  fellowship recipient Ken Enquist
Aesthetics  Award of Excellence, Kansas
Bowling Green State University Sculpture Award, Ohio
Tri-Kappa Award of Quality, Indiana
Toledo Art Museum Award of Distinction, Ohio
Graduate Fellowship Award for full-scholarship to B G S U, Ohio
Independence Museum Award of Excellence, Kansas
Art Council Award of Excellence, Kansas

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"24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX.

Panelist: 38th Annual Ceramic Symposium, San Angelo State University

"Wallflower", Casa Uno Gallery, San Angelo, TX

"Texas Dimensional", group exhibit, San Antonio Art League Museum, TX

"Art on the Avenue", Houston, Tx
"Naturalistic", a group exhibit at Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX, 

"Art on the Avenue", Houston
"23nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
"DIMENSIONAL" Clay Houston 2019 Member Exhibition, Houston, TX
"22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
"Art on The Avenue", Houston, TX
"East Texas Invitational Exhibition", SFASU, TX
"Containment"; One-person Show, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
"21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition"; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
"America’s Clayfest IV"; Art League of Lincoln, Roseville, CA
"Clay: Body, Mind & Soul"; Clay Houston Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, Jung Center, Houston, TX
"San Antonio Potters Guild 2016 Annual Juried Show", San Antonio, TX
"The Altered Form" New Ceramic Works"; One-person Show, DeSilva Gallery, New Haven, CT
"America’s Clay Fest III", Lincoln, CA
"2015 Regional Juried Ceramic Competition", U of Dallas, TX
"Art in 3 Dimensions"; San Antonio, TX
"Terra Forma", Invitational,  Lone Star College-Kingwood, TX
"Craft Houston 2014", Houston Center for Cont. Craft, Houston, TX 
"20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
"Containment", One Person Show, Baylor University, Waco, TX
"Clay It Forward", One Allen Center, Houston, TX
"Stoked in Texas, Sixteen Firing With Wood", Houston, TX
"2013 Regional Juried Ceramic Competition", U of Dallas, TX
"100 Teapots VI", Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
"Clemson Ceramics National Exhibition", Clemson U., Clemson, SC
"Strictly Functional Pottery National",  East Petersburg, PA
"19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
"Craft Houston 2012", Houston Center for Cont. Craft, Houston, TX 
"2011 Regional Ceramic Competition", Midwestern S. U., Wichita Falls, TX 
"Texas Teapot Tournament", 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX 
"One Person Show", 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
"U of Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition", Irving, TX
"18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo, TX
"Strictly Functional Pottery National", East Petersburg, PA
"Craft Texas 2010", Houston Center for Cont. Craft, Houston, TX
"Stretch", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX 
"Inspiration in Education", 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
"Confluence of Four", 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
"Clay Houston Exhibit", Hanson Gallery, Houston, TX
"Craft Texas 2008", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"Out of the Earth", Hanson Gallery, Houston, TX
"Ceramic Abstraction", New Haven, CT
"Serving the US: Master Kiln Builders Invitational", Louisville,  KY
"University of  Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition", Irving, TX
"Craft Houston 2006, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"One Person Outdoor Sculpture Show", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"Ceramics Texas & Beyond", Univ. of Texas-Pan Am, Edinburg, TX
"Ceramic Sculpture Invitational", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"International Tea Bowl Exhibition", NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
"Clay Art Invitational", Collin County Comm. College, Plano, TX
"A National Ceramics Invitational 2003", Univ. of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
"Sabbatical show", Don Reitz Studio, Clarkdale, AZ
"Craft Houston 2002: Texas", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"Works by Roy Hanscom", One City Center Lobby, Houston, TX
"Ceramic Mug Invitational", Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
"Victoria College Ceramic Invitational", Victoria, TX
"One Person Show", Bradford Street Art Gallery, Kemah, TX
"Origins in Clay II", San Antonio, TX
"Feats of Clay XVI", Lincoln, CA
"Made in Texas" Invitational, New Braunfels, TX 
"Ceramic Monthly International Competition", Columbus, OH
"10th Anniversary Teapot Show", Cudahy, WI
"Viewpoint: Ceramics ‘99", El Cajon, CA
"1999 National Ceramic Competition", Florence AL
"Crafts National 33", Penn. St. Univ., University Park, PA
"Origins in Clay", Hill Country Arts Foundations, Ingram, TX
"Summer Invitational" Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH
"One Person Show" Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
"LaPetite VI", Eugene, OR
"Miami Valley-Crossroads in Clay", Middletown, OH
"Materials + Form 5", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Sculpture", Invitational Exhibition, Foelber Gallery, Houston, TX
"To Have and to Hold: Ceramic Vessel-Making in Texas", NCECA, Invitational, Irving, TX
"Junior College Faculty Invitational", University of Tyler, Tyler, TX
"Vessels" Invitational Exhibition, Foelber Gallery, Houston, TX
"Area Faculty Invitational", University of Houston-Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX
"Materials & Form 4", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Earth Fire" – one person show, Weekend Gallery, Houston, TX
"Da Camera Invitational", Menil Museum, Houston, TX
"Virtual Auction", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"The Woodlands Library Fund Gala", The Woodlands, TX
"Ceramic Invitational", Galveston, TX
"Feats of Clay", Purchase Award, Lincoln, CA
"36th National Open Juried Exhibition", Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
"Great Texas Wide Open Ceramic Invitational", Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
"Time Travelers: As You Like It…", Innova, Houston, TX
"Friends", Amazing Space Gallery, Cleveland, TX
"Silences", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Materials + Form", Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
"Feats of Clay", Lincoln, CA
"Artisan Showcase Invitational", Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
"Cedar Creek gallery National Teapot Show II", Raleigh, NC
"O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, 4 Person Exhibition, Houston, TX
"Gulf Coast Independent Colleges Art Faculty Invitational Exhibition", Brazosport College, Brazosport, TX
"Watkins-Carte, Hamilton Invitational", Houston, TX
"15" X 15" x 15": A Compact Competition", LSU Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
"Feats of Clay", Lincoln, CA
"Artables Gallery 2 Person Exhibition", Houston, TX
"Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Artists and the Kitchen-New Forms, New Functions", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlingburg, TN
"Seven Area Arts", North Harris College, Houston, TX
"Archway Gallery Invitational", Houston, TX
"Third Annual Teapot Show", Milwaukee, WI
"Faculty Exhibit", North Harris College Houston, TX
"Archway Gallery Invitational", Houston, TX
"Contemporary Crafts Exhibition", Graham Horstmas Gallery, Denton, TX
"From Here to There: Vehicles for New Forms/New Functions", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
"Faculty Exhibit", North Harris College Houston, TX
"Group Invitational", Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
"Annual Juried Competition of Fine Art and Original Craft", Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA
"7th Annual National Juried Exhibition", Kansas City, MS
"Dimensions ’89 National 3-D Art Exhibition, Kansas City, MS
"Aesthetics ’89 Juried National Art Exhibition", McPherson College, McPherson, KS - Award
"Faculty Show", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"7th Annual Prairie Art Exhibition", Sterling College, Sterling, KS
"Gallery XII, Group Invitational", Wichita, KS
"Faculty Show", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"8th Annual Prairie Art Exhibition", Sterling College, Sterling, KS
"Faculty Show", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"9th Annual Prairie Art Exhibition", Sterling College, Sterling, KS
"Dimensions ’86 National 3-D Art Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
"Fantasy Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", 1 Person Invitational, Friends University, Wichita, KS
"10h Annual Prairie Art Exhibition", Sterling College, Sterling, KS
"Alumni Art Exhibition", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"Smoky Hill Art Exhibition", Art Association Gallery, Hays, KS.
11th Annual Prairie Art Exhibition", Sterling College, Sterling, KS
"Topeka Crafts Competition", Topeka, KS
"Artist-In-Residence Home Tour", Wichita Arts Council, Wichita, KS
"Topeka Crafts Competition", Topeka, KS
"Garvey Art Gallery Group Invitational", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"Artist-In-Residence Home Tour", Wichita Arts Council, Wichita, KS
"Wichita Craft Guild Exhibition-Invitational", Friends University, Wichita, KS
"Extruding New Ideas in Clay", Fine Arts Gallery , Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH - Sculpture Award
"1980 Biennial Exhibition", 1 Year Traveling Invitational Exhibition, Columbus, OH
"Alumni Center Gallery Group Invitational", Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
"45 Annual Tri-Kappa Regional Artists Exhibition", Fort Wayne, IN - Award
"Ohio Designer Craftsmen Ceramic Invitational", Cleveland, OH
"32nd Annual Ceramic, Sculpture and Craft Exhibition", Youngstown, OH
"61st Annual Toledo Artist Exhibition", Toledo, OH
"27th Annual Spring Exhibition", Toledo, OH - Award of Distinction
"Verdigris Valley Art Exhibition", Independence Museum
"Library Gallery 2 Person Invitational", Wichita, KS
"Verdigris Valley Art Exhibition", Independence Museum - Award
"Flatland Ceramic Invitational", Wichita, KS - Award
"Whittier Fine Arts Gallery; 1 Person Invitational", Friends University, Wichita, KS

Bibliography

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500 Teapots, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, Contributing Artist/Photo of Artwork
500 Cups, by Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, Contributing Artist/Photo of Artwork
Ceramic Extruding, by Tom Litka & Jean Latka Krause Publications, Iola, WI, pg. 125, Contributing Artist/Photo of Artwork
Extruded Ceramics, by Diana Pancioli, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, pg. 134, Contributing Artist/Photo of Artwork 
The Ceramic Design Book, By Vale Cushing, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, Pg. 44, Contributing Artist/Photo of Artwork

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