Curtis Hoard

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Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • ceramics
  • figure as symbol for emotion, time, and place
  • low-fired and single-fired sculptural and large hand built vessels
  • surface treatment embellshment with engobe painting and drawing

Creative Activities

  • Group exhibition: "9/11," Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN: September 2002 - October 2002
  • Juried exhibition: "Teton Art Council Exhibition," Teton Education Center, Driggs, ID: July 2002
  • Juried exhibition: "Minnesota State Fair Exhibition,"St. Paul, MN: August 2002 - September 2002
  • Exhibition: "One Person Exhibition," Shepherd Gallery, St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN: October 2001 - November 2001
  • Group exhibition: "Minor Works by Major Ceramicists," Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OK: July 2001
  • Group exhibition: "Ceramic at Weisman," Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: January 2000
  • Group exhibition: "Flesh, an Exhibition on the Body," College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: October 2000 - November 2000

Professional Activities

  • Workshop/Lecture, Montonat State University, Bozeman, UT: September 2002
  • Workshop/Lecture, Kent State University, Kent, OH: October 2002
  • Workshop/Lecture, Hope College, Holland, MI: November 2002
  • Member, American Crafts Council
  • Member, Minnesota Crafts Council
  • Board Member & President, National Council for the Education of the Ceramic Arts
  • CLA Director of Graduate Studies Committee
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Art Department, University of Minnesota

Outreach Activities

  • Evaluator/Review, National Endowment for the Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
  • Organizational member, National Ceramic Workshop
  • Board of Directors, Minnesota Crafts Council

Awards

  • McKnight Research Grant, 1999
  • Cash Award, 87th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, 1998
  • 1st Place Award, Minnesota State Fair Exhibition, St. Paul, MN, 1998
  • Prize for Ceramics, Minnesota State Fair Exhibition, St. Paul, MN, 1995
  • McKnight Research Grant, 1998
  • Graduate School Research Grant, 1999

Courses Taught

  • ArtS 1801 - Ceramics
  • ArtS 3444 - Major Project
  • ArtS 3802 - Ceramics: Handbuilding
  • ArtS 5810 - Advanced Ceramics
  • ArtS 5990 - Independent Study in Art
  • ArtS 8990 - M.F.A. Creative Thesis
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