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EDUCATION
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WN, BA (Art), 1965
Mills College, Oakland, CA, MFA, 1970
EXHIBITIONS
Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
CATALOGUES
29th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA, 2015
30th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA, 2015
CERAMIC
TEACHING
Chabot College, Hayward, CA, 1973–1987
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA, 1975–1980
PRIVATE STUDIO
Quicksilver Pottery, Berkeley, CA, 1977–1988
DEMONSTRATIONS/WORKSHOPS
National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA), San Jose Conference, San Jose, CA 1982
Mold Making and Slip Casting, San Jose State Potter’s Guild, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1987
GRANTS/AWARDS
Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts, 1980
First Place and Purchase Award, Hayward Area Festival of the Arts, Hayward, CA, 1979
W.E. Mushet Co Award, Clay and Glass 1979, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1979
Award of Merit, 24th Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, Ca, 1980
COLLECTIONS
Kamm Teapot Foundation, Statesville, North Carolina
Matthews Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Leslie Ceramics Collection, Berkeley, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Sanford M. Besser Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Teapots, New York, NY
Renwick Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
BOOKS
Herman, Lloyd E., American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art, Timber Press, Forest Grove, OR, 1980
Axel, Jan and McCready, Karen, Porcelain, Watson-Guptill, New York, NY, 1981
Pearson, Katharine, American Crafts: A Sourcebook for the Home, Steward, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY, 1983
Frith, Donald E., Mold Making for Ceramics, Chilton Book Co., Radnor, PA, 1983
Paschal, Robert W. and Anderson, Robert R., The Art of the Dot: Advanced Airbrush Techniques, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1985
Smith, Paul J. and Lucie-Smith, Edward, Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, New York, NY, 1986
Clark, Garth, The Eccentric Teapot, Abbeville Press, New York, NY, 1989
Peterson, Susan, The Craft and Art of Clay, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991
Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, 17th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 1991–92
Female Artists Past and Present, 1974, Women’s History Research Center, Berkeley, CA
JOURNALS
“Symposium on Functional Forms,”” The Studio Potter, Vol. 13, No. 2, Goffstown, NH, 1985; (Essay)
”A Short Survey of the San Francisco Bay Area Potters and Artists,” The Studio Potter, Vol. 13, No. 1, Goffstown, NH, 1985, (Interview)
CATALOGUES
California Ceramics and Glass 1974, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 1974
For the Tabletop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 198
Bay Area Crafts Reference to Dining, Occidental Center, Los Angeles, Ca, 1981
Art And/Or Craft; USA & Japan, Kazaru-Ima Asu, Japan, 1982
Porcelain 1984, Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY, 198NCECA: San Jose, 1982, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Boulder, CO, 1982 Lynn, Martha Drexler, Clay Today Contemporary Artists and Their Work, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
PRESS
George Dibble, “Pottery with Flair and Energy,” Salt Lake Tribune, September 23, 1979
Gregory Ghent, “Clay and Glass 1979,” Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1979
Dorothy Burkhart, “Clay and Glass the Traditional Side,” Artweek, July 1979
Gifts and Decorative Accessories, October 1980
American Craft, October/November 1980
Susan Subtle, “Best Bets,” New West, December 1980
Dale Ruff, “Westwood Clay: Concepts and Constructions,” Artweek, July 18, 1981
Barbara Newhall, “For some women, there’s no such thing as too much work,” Oakland Tribune, August 3, 1982
“Table Top Art Comes of Age,” Collector Editions, Fall 1981
“Teapots,” Handmade, Summer 1982
Sylvie Roder, “Clay Avalanche Hits Bay Area,” Artweek, Vol 13 No 13 1982
Sandra Nisley-Leader, “Artisans’ Colony in Berkeley,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 1983
“California Clay,” Sunset Magazine, December 1983
Katz, Ruth J., “Clay is King in Scarsdale Show,” Sunday New York Times, October 16, 1983,
American Craft, February/March 1985
American Ceramics, February/March 1985
EXHIBITIONS
California Ceramics and Glass, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 1974 (catalogue)
Art 1976, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, 1976
Playing with Clay, Chabot College Art Gallery, Hayward, CA, 1978 (two person show)
Exhibition 1979, Hayward Area Festival of the Arts, Hayward, CA, 1979 First Place and Purchase Award
Clay and Glass 1979, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1979 W.E. Mushet Co Award
Clay and Glass 1979, Utah Art Department Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1979
Celebrations with Contemporary American Crafts, Meyer Breier Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1979
American Porcelain, The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1980 (traveling exhibition, book)
For the Tabletop, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY, 1980 (traveling exhibition, catalogue)
Vessels in Clay, Chevron Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1980
Porcelain 80, Horizon Gallery, Mill Valley, Ca, 1980
Of Paper and Porcelain, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980
California Design: Crafts 1980, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, 1980
24th Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA, 1980 Award of Merit
A Collection of Small Treasures, The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980
Westwood Clay National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, 1981
Spouting Ideas, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1981
Limited Editions, The Elements Gallery, New York, NY, 1981
1981 National Cone Box Show, Union Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1981
Bay Area Crafts: Reference to Dining, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA, 1981
Reference to Dining, Occidental Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1981
Porcelain, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, 1981
California Clay 81, The Clay Pot, Brooklyn, NY, 1981
Fantastic Vessels, Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA, 1981
Porcelain, The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, 1981
Dinner at Eight, Sign of the Swan, Philadelphia, PA, 1981
Limited Editions, The Elements, New York, NY, 1981\
New York Inspiration, Following Sea, Honolulu, HI, 1981
Pacific Current, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, 1982
ART and/or CRAFT; USA and Japan, Kanazawa, JAPAN, 1982 (catalogue)
American Art Forms Abroad, Consortium for Pacific Arts and Cultures, Honolulu, HI, 1982
Covered Container, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1982
American Porcelain, The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, 1982
NCECA Invitational Exhibit, Antonio Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1982
Porcelain: The White Heat, The Creative Arts Center Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA, 1982
American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art, Crafts and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1982
Art for the Tabletop II, Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1982
Women Alumni Invitational Exhibit, Antonio Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1982
New Directions in Porcelain, The Retreat, Westlake Village, CA, 1983
Teapot Show, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI, 1983
Clay Spectrum, The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY, 1983
Perfumes and Paperweights, De Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1983
Design in the Service of Tea, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, 1984
Porcelain 1984, Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1984
Teapots, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, 1984
American Craft Traditions, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Slip Cast, Convergence Gallery, New York, NY, 1985
Teapots, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1985
Clay: Everyday Plus Sunday, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1985
Cups, The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ, 1985
Contemporary Cups, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR, 1986 (traveling exhibition)
Scents and Non-Scents, Signature Gallery, Boston, MA, 1986
Porcelain Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 1986
American Ceramics National IV, Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA 1986
Lynn Turner Porcelain Susanne Stephenson New Sculpture, Martha Schneider Gallery, Inc., Highland Park, Il, April/May 1986
Spring 86, Craft Company no. 6, Rochester, NY, 1986 (two person exhibition)
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1986 (book)
California, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1986
East Bay Connections, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA, 1987
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics: 1950–2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 (traveling exhibition)
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL CRAFTFAIRS
San Francisco, Ca, 1980, 1981,1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Rhinebeck/West Springfield, 1982, 1983,1984,1985
Dallas, 1985
Baltimore, 1983