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Specialties
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ceramics
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high-fired salt glaze
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utilitarian earthenware
Creative Activities
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Invited exhibition: "Functional Connections," Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA: 2002
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Invited exhibition: "Electric Fired Show," Wooster Center for Crafts, Worchester, MA: 2002
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Two-person exhibition: Mark Pharis/Alexis Kuhr, 55 Wooster Street, New York, NY: 2002
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Invited Exhibition: Anderson Ranch Faculty exhibit, Snowmass, CO: 2002
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Invited exhibition: Free Hand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: 2002
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"The Artful Teapot - 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection," COPIA Museum, Napa, CA: 2002
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International invitational exhibition: "Snake in the Garden," Aberystwyth Arts Center, Aberystwyth, Wales: 2001
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Group exhibition: "Better off Lead," Raymond Avenue Gallery, St. Paul, MN: 2001
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Faculty exhibition: "Show Off: U of M Faculty Artists," Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN: 2000
Professional Activities
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Chair, Department of Art, University of Minnesota: 1998 - present
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West Bank Arts Quarter
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Workshop, "The Anatomy of Form and Volume," Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO: 2002
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Workshop, "Digital Dialogues," Hay Stack School of Crafts & MIT New Media Lab, Deer Isle, Maine: 2002
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Board member, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts: 1993 - 1995
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Member, Artists Advisory Panel, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN: 1989 - 1990
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MAEP Visual Arts Panel, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN: 1985 - 1987
Awards
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Grant-in-Aid of Research, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1996
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National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship, Wahsington, D.C., 1986
Courses Taught
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ArtS 3444 - Major Project
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ArtS 3499 - Internship at Katherine E. Nash Gallery
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ArtS 5810 - Advanced Ceramics
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ArtS 5990 - Independent Study in Art
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ArtS 8800 - Ceramics: Theory and Practice
Alternative Output Formats