J U L Y 2024
Zola Kell’s Rug Tufting Workshop at Workroom Montana!
Orientation in Butte, MT with Open AIR’s Summer Artists-in-Residence.
J U N E 2024
Setting up for Workroom Montana’s First Anniversary Party!
M A Y 2024
All prepped for the Slip Transfer Workshop I am about to teach!
M A Y 2024
The Northern Lights come to Montana!
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Back to the 90’s at the Clay Studio of Missoula Gala Fundraiser!
April 2024 Squeegee painting at Workroom Montana!
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Stella Nall Workshop at Workroom Montana!
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Studio Potluck. Love these folks!
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Getting ready for the Above Board exhibition at NCECA!
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Wreathmaking Workshop taught by Courtney Bobowiec.
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Our first holiday sale at Workroom Montana!
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Shrinky Dink night at Workroom Montana!
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Getting ready to tie-dye at Workroom Montana!
A U G U S T 2023
Drop-in art-making for First Friday at Workroom Montana!
J U N E 2023
All set up for Workroom Montana’s drop-in paper-making event!
M A Y 2023
Chris Alveshere and I were honored to speak in the Artists Amplified series at the Archie Bray Foundation.
M A Y 2023
It’s official! Workroom Montana is Open for Business.
F E B R U A R Y 2023
We are in the “it gets worse before it gets better” stage of construction. 50 years worth of carpet glue covering the concrete floors.
J A N U A R Y 2023
We signed a lease on the building that will become Missoula’s newest community Art Center!
J U L Y 2022
Meet the fabulous Artists-in-Residence I was lucky enough to work with in my first session as Program Coordinator at Open AIR.
L to R Jennifer Ogden, Bill Bowers, Rachael Marjamaa, Julynn Wildman, Cait Finley, Jessi Harvey, Grace Brogan
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Glazing work I made during my short-term artist residence at The Clay Studio of Missoula.
F E B R U A R Y 2022
I had the honor of jurying the awards for the exhibition Paper & Clay at my alma mater Utah State University.
D E C E M B E R 2021
Getting ready to pack! I loved every minute of my three months at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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Unloading a successful glaze kiln at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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Big and beautiful skies at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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Enjoying lunch with my in-progress vase at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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First group of short-term residents at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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Developing new glazes at Red Lodge Clay Center.
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Had the pleasure of taking a workshop with MSUM alum and talented artist Stephanie Seguin in Montana.
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Visiting Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels in the west desert of Utah. 100% worth the drive.
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Goodbye party thrown for me by my most treasured colleagues.
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Intermediate Wheel Throwing final. They asked for a prom, to celebrate making it through a pandemic school year, and so we had a prom. Best final ever.
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MSUM faculty exhibition “Panoply”. Professor Walla’s wonderful sculptures are on the wall behind my ceramic trays.
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Recognition for 15 years of service at MSUM via Zoom.
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Night crew firing the wood kiln.
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Visiting artist, Chris Alveshere, demonstrate making porcelain forms on the potter’s wheel.
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Installation day! Installing artwork made possible with a grant from The Arts Partnership.
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Trying to squeeze in a raku firing before classes end early due to a blizzard!
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My exceptional Intermediate Hand Building class celebrating their exhibition in the Art Annex.
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Ceramics students participating in socially distanced Zoom critique with wonderful guest artist Gail Kendall.
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My mom made me new masks in all the colors of the rainbow for back-to-school pandemic teaching.
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Finished sanding the porcelain olive boats I made for the Arts Partnership’s Community Supported Arts members.
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Prepping demos for teaching an online papermaking summer class.
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My students in Art 498 Exhibitions prepping the Art Annex for a public art project they will complete with visiting high school students.
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Fellow ceramic artists Rebekah Strickland, Eleanor Anderson, and Studio Coordinator Susan Feagin at the Penland Winter Residency.
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Reunion potluck with fabulous group of students that Professor Arnar and I took on an art history trip to Italy in summer 2019
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Intro to Ceramics Halloween party. I’m dressed as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Olivia and Jesse bought mugs (made by me) from Mug Market at the Red River Market in downtown Fargo.
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View of Touchstone and Underwater City Fountain in MSUM’s Faculty Show, Unpack.
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Mug Market at the Red River Market!
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Video still from Paso Doble by Miquel Barcelo and Josef Nadj at the Everson Museum.
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Ceramic fountains made with Watershed’s earthenware clay.
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My first time at Watershed!
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Low tech printmaking at home in preparation for the upcoming faculty show.
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The last stop on our Italy adventure is the Venice Biennale!
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Taking a break at the Vatican.
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At the Airport! Art 425 is about to board a plane for Italy!
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Fantastic show juried by a terrific group of students! Art 498 Exhibitions organized 6 shows and art events this semester.
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The last step in completing this commissioned set of plates is to sand the bottoms.
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Delicious dinner at Young Joni in Minneapolis during NCECA. The past meets the present as grad school buddy Matt Pogatshnik (with Katie Reilly) holds a cup by Chris Alveshere.
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Sergei Isupov demonstration at Anoka Ramsey Community College.
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Testing back drops for upcoming Art Drop Day in Art 498 Exhibitions.
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Visiting the Noguchi Museum in New York City.
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All set up for the San Diego Pottery Tour! Ashley Kim invited me to be the guest artist at her home.
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Two Fridas visit MSUM for Halloween.
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Cone Pack ceramics collective at the Red River Market selling vases and planters for Flower Market.
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Place at the Table, curated by Catie Miller and myself is now on display at the Plains Art Museum.
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Cone Pack photo shoot for Bravo Magazine. From left, Tara Fermoyle, Adam Priebnow, Catie Miller, Chris Alveshere.
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Molds drying in the sun at Santa Fe Clay slip casting workshop with Harriet Caslon.
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Scenes from the Plains Art Museum Gala. The top artwork was made by MSUM alum Olivia Bain. I made the bottom print during my artist residency at the Hannaher’s Print Studio.
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Anna Arnar presents the Chair of the School of Art, Laurie Blunsom, with gifts expressing our appreciation for her hard work.
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I had the pleasure of seeing Ann Tarantino for the first time since we graduated with our MFA’s from Penn State. We shared the gallery for our MFA thesis exhibition, and Anne’s paintings and my ceramics were magical together!
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MSUM alum Catie Miller demonstrates at NCECA in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Chris Alveshere and I participated in the Art market, sponsored by the Arts Partnership.
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Students in Art 2013 Introduction to Ceramics made the dishes we used for our breakfast potluck final.
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Students in Art 125 Foundation Design display their wearable final projects.
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I presented an artist talk at MSUM's School of Art Colloquium Lecture Series titles "Unbecoming/Becoming."
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Mailing letters from an interactive art piece I made for the faculty show at MSUM. I provided handmade paper for participants to write a letter to someone who has made a positive impact in their life.
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Visiting artist Celia Gray gives a gallery talk in front of her exhibition “All In” at the Rolland Dille Gallery on the MSUM campus.
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Teaching a summer class, Introduction to Papermaking.
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Graduation 2017! This has been such a wonderful group of students to work with. I am going to miss them. Congratulations, Class of 2017!
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Potluck final hosted at my house for my Art 405 Advanced Ceramic Studio students. We are having a dish exchange, and I made a vase for each of the students to take home.
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Opening night! My Exhibitions class celebrating at the opening of three separate art shows we spent the semester curating and organizing.
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Students from my Exhibitions class, Shane and Alysha, paint the walls of the gallery in preparation for “We the Creatures,” an exhibition we designed and collaborated on with students enrolled in Drawing 2.
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Trying to decide which of these place settings to send to La Mesa at NCECA.
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I am thrilled to be an invited artist for the Objective Clay Holiday Exhibition. The artists involved exemplify a dizzying amount of talent and skill. The exhibition runs from November 18-December 31 on objectiveclay.com. Thank you to the members of Objective Clay for this opportunity!
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Shop master Ken Brown gives Art 125 Foundation Design students a lift to install their latest group project.
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During fall semester, the Art 203 Introduction to Ceramics class worked collaboratively to make “Managerie”. The piece was donated to a Habitat for Humanity Art Auction fundraiser. The toolbox originated from a Habitat for Humanity Restore, and was repurposed to hold a humorous assortment of miniature porcelain sculptures.
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I received a faculty development grant from MSUM to attend Sculptural Papermaking, a summer workshop at Penland School of Craft led by Lynn Sures. During the workshop I learned how to pulp paint. The pulp in this image is high shrinkage abaca that has been pigmented with a variety to colors (including metallic gold!). The imagery of my pulp paintings is based on vintage jewelry from the 1920’s.
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No ceramic final is complete without a potluck! The final assignment in Art 203 Introduction to Clay was to complete a serving dish and dish ware designed for specific foods. The lefse in the top left corner is a food that I never had until I moved to northern Minnesota!
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Yearning for the Thaw was one of my favorite exhibitions I have been a part of in recent memory. Catie Miller, Helen Otterson, Brooke Stewart and myself created an exhibition about the experience of living in an extreme climate, and the hopeful significance that spring embodies. We exhibited in the Center for Creativity Gallery at the Plains Art Museum.
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I taught a bookbinding workshop as part of a grant intended to introduce a wide public audience to different aspects of book culture. In attendance were students from a variety of majors, professors from across campus, art students, and members of the community. I am humbled and inspired when I have the opportunity to teach art to those who don’t typically have the experience of working with their hands.
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My Advanced Sculpture class made artwork from the now defunct slide library at MSUM. Art Historian Anna Arnar gave us full access to slides and equipment used to create the work in Electric Slide Library. We exhibited the work in a raw space at the Plains Art Museum that isn’t generally open to the public. We performed the Electric Slide during the opening, and even the President of the University, Anne Blackhurst, couldn’t help but join in.