Education
1974, M.F.A, University of Hawaii
1972, B.F.A, Virginia Commonwealth University


Faculty Positions
1988 - present, Professor, Art Department, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina


Solo Exhibitions
1995
Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, South Carolina, April 1995

Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, March 1992

1991
Anderson College, Anderson College Fine Arts Center Gallery, September 1991

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, November 1991

Furman University, Thompson Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, December 1991

1990
Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia, July 1990

1989
Francis Marion University , Fine Arts Gallery, Florence, South Carolina, November 1989

1979
Converse College, Milliken Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 1979

Clemson University, Lee Hall Gallery, February 1979

1976
Limestone College, Fine Arts Gallery, Gaffney, South Carolina, March 1976


Exhibition Awards

1991
Award, Anderson Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, South Carolina, April 1991

Award, Spartanburg Annual Spring Exhibition, Spartanburg Arts Center, Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 1991

1988
Purchase Award, Pickens County Art Museum, Pickens, South Carolina, April 1988

Best in Show, Greenville Artist Guild, Furman University Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, September 1988

1984
Work selected for Touring Exhibition, Spotlight 1984 - Southeast Crafts, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky


Selected Group Exhibitions - Juried and Invitational
1993
Morris Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Columbia, South Carolina, January 1993

Meredith College, Invitational Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 1993

1992
Converse College, Two Person Exhibition, Milliken Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, January 1992

Augusta College, Two Person Exhibition, Augusta College Gallery, Augusta, Georgia, February 1992

1991
Nina Liu Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Charleston, South Carolina

South Carolina Crafts Guild Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, South Carolina, February 1991, and 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981

Upstairs Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Tryon, North Carolina, April 1991

Spartanburg Arts Center, Two Person Exhibition, Spartanburg, South Carolina, April 1991

Furman University, Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Thompson Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, April 1991

1990
Lander University, Two Person Exhibition, Monsanto Gallery, Greenwood, South Carolina, January 1990

Fine Arts Center, Furman Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Greenville, South Carolina, January 1990

Louisiana College, Furman Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Pineville, Louisiana, September 1990

Springs Mill Art Exhibition, Lancaster, South Carolina, September 1990

1989
Columbia College, Furman Art Faculty Exhibition, Columbia College Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina, January
1989

Sumter Gallery of Art, Two Person Exhibition, Sumter, South Carolina, October 1989

Guild of South Carolina Artists, Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg, South Carolina

1988
Artists-in-Residence, Invitational Exhibition, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, January 1988

Monsanto Gallery, Greenwood, South Carolina, March 1988

Pickens County Museum, Two person Exhibition, Pickens, South Carolina, April 1988 and 1981

1987
Guild of South Carolina Artists, Juried Exhibition, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, South Carolina, October 1987

Greenville Artist Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, 1987, 1986, 1985

1986
South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Juried Exhibition, 1986, 1984, 1983, 1982

Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, Two Person Exhibition, January 1986

1985
Functional Ceramics, Invitational Exhibition, The Columbia Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, January 1985

Greenville County Museum of Art, Two Person Exhibition, Greenville, South Carolina, November 1985

Fine Arts Center Faculty Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, November 1985

1984
Teabowl, Juried Exhibition, Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, January 1984

Ceramics: Southeast, Invitational Exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Clearwater, Florida, March, 1984

Rome Exhibit USA: Portrait of the South, Invitational Exhibition, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy, September 1984

Spartanburg Art Center , Three Person Exhibition, Spartanburg, South Carolina, September 1984

Fine Arts Center Faculty Exhibition, Kershaw County Fine Arts Center, Camden, South Carolina, November 1984

Clay Matters, 1984, Juried Exhibition, Spirit Square Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

Spotlight 1984 - Southeast Crafts, Juried Exhibition, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky

1982
Asheville Museum of Art, Two Person Exhibition, Asheville, North Carolina, October 1982

1979
Appalachian Crafts, Juried Exhibition, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, Tennessee, Fall 1979

1977
Curator's Choice Invitational, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, April 1977


Collections - Public and Corporate
State Art Collection, State Museum of South Carolina
Lander University, Fine Arts Division, Greenwood, South Carolina
Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina
Pickens County Museum, Pickens County, South Carolina
North Carolina National Bank, Tryon, North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina
Office of the Secretary of Education, Washington, DC.
Hitachi Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina
South Carolina National Bank, Greenville, South Carolina
First Federal of South Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina
Office of the Secretary of Education, State of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Governor's Mansion, Columbia, South Carolina
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia


Commissions
Piedmont Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Works given to board members and distinguished contributors, Greenville, South Carolina, January 1990

State of South Carolina, South Carolina Arts Commission, Works commissioned for awards for jury panelists, 1987 and 1981


Publications
1993
Cover Photograph, Southern Bell Telephone Book, South Carolina

1989
Sumter News, October 1989

1986
Ceramics Monthly, March 1986

1985
Exhibition Catalog, Functional Ceramics, The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, January 1985

Greenville News, Feature Article, May 1985

1981
South Carolina Crafts Guild, Cover Photograph

1979
Exhibition Catalog, Appalachian Crafts, Fall 1979

1976
Greenville-Piedmont, Artist's Profile, October 1976


Awards and Grants
1991
Knight Foundation Grant, Summer 1991

Faculty Research and Professional Growth Grant, Summer 1991

1989
New Faculty Development Grant, January 1989

Educational Development Grant, December 1989

1987
Teacher of the Year, Fine Arts Center, School District of Greenville County, Greenville, South Carolina, 1986-1987 and 1979-1980


Lectures
1995
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Furman University, Lecture on personal work, 1980-95

1992
Augusta College, Augusta, Georgia, Lecture on personal work, February 1992

Fine Arts Center, School District of Greenville County, Throwing Workshop, March 1992

1991
Anderson College, Anderson, South Carolina, Lecture on personal work, September 1991

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, Lecture on personal work, November 1991

1990
Fine Arts Center, School District of Greenville County, Lecture on Japanese Ceramics

Lander College, Greenwood, South Carolina, Lecture on personal work

1987
Lander College, Greenwood, South Carolina, Ceramic Workshop

1983
Furman University, Kiln Building Workshop

1982
Greenville County Museum of Art, Kiln Building Workshop

1981
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, Ceramic Workshop

1976
Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina, Lecture on Personal Work

1974
Virginia Commonwealth University, Kiln Building Workshop


Juries
1992
Lander College Arts Magazine, Art Entries, Greenwood, South Carolina, March 1992

1991
Lander College Arts Magazine, Art Entries, Greenwood, South Carolina, April 1991

Fine Arts Center Annual Student Exhibition, Greenville, South Carolina, May 1991

1990
Libertyfest, Liberty South Carolina, May 1990

1989
Asheville Artist's Guild Exhibition, Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina, April 1989

1988
Visual Arts Grants Board Member, South Carolina Arts Commission

1987
Festival of Flowers, Craftsman's Fair, Greenwood, South Carolina

1986
Springfest, Charlotte, North Carolina

1984
Bob Jones University, Student Exhibition, Greenville, South Carolina, May 1984

1979
Spartanburg Spring Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 1979

1976
Limestone College, Senior Exhibition, Gaffney, South Carolina


Related Travel
London, England, December 1989 on a faculty development grant to visit museums and galleries
Japan, Summer of 1984 to visit potteries, kiln sites and to study Japanese ceramics
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