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                                          Clarissa W. Pezone 
                                                                          clarissapezone@gmail.com   -   Clarissapezone.com  

EDUCATION

2021            Masters of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
                    MFA Thesis Exhibition: “Mirror Images”, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
                    Committee: Malcolm Mobutu Smith (Advisor), Chase Gamblin, Karin Davis, Tim Mather, Caleb Weintraub, Melanie Pennington 
2018            Masters of Fine Art Candidate, Ceramics, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
                     Completed Coursework transferred to IUB to pursue teaching experience
2014             Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2013             Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

INSTRUCTOR  EXPERIENCE 

2021-Present           Faculty in Visual Arts, McDonogh Upper School, Owings Mills, MD 
                                   Instruction in the basics of techniques in ceramics, fibers, photography, drawing and painting.  Demonstration of best                                           practices and studio safety. Recruitment of students for upper division courses in specific media. Course design and                                               planning/ordering supplies for courses. 
2021-Present           Ceramics Instructor, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
                                    Course proposal and developments in Introductory hand-building and wheel courses, intermediate figure sculpting.                                             Adult courses with mixed ages and various abilities.
2021                           Ceramics Instructor, Summer courses, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN         
                                    Course development for Introductory hand-building and wheel courses. Adult courses with mixed ages and experience                                         levels with ceramics.
2018-2021                  Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
                                                 Ceramics 1:  Course development covering hand-building and throwing skills as well as surface treatments and                                                        glazing, mixing clay for courses, firing all student work, shop upkeep for glaze lab and slips/stains, ordering of                                                        materials for courses. 
                                                  Sculpture 1: Course development covering basic woodworking, mold making and welding techniques, shop                                                               safety demonstrations and oversight. Ordering materials for courses.
                                                  Drawing 1 & 2: Summer 2019 study abroad, Co-taught with Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Florence, Italy. Walking                                                             course working with drawing/painting BFA students and non-majors in various locations. Co-development of                                                         course and projects, assistance with planning for site-specific  drawings. 
2018                               Ceramics Instructor,  Erie Clay Center, Erie, PA
                                        Introductory wheel courses.
2015-2016                     Art Instructor, Firefly Enrichment Classes, Sacramento, CA 
         K-8 Introductory After School Art Courses following set curriculum.


STUDIO AND WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

2022                    Workshop Assistant to George Rodriguez, An Ornamental Stance, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
2022-2023           Kiln Technician Assistantship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
                             Assistantship as resident artist, responsible for firing student bisque work. 
2021-2022          Glaze Technician Assistantship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
                             Assistantship as resident artist, responsible for mixing and maintaining all shop glazes, slips and engobes. 
2018                     Ceramics Technician, Erie Clay Center, Erie, PA
                              Glaze mixing, studio maintenance. 
2016-2018           Sculpture Area Graduate Assistant, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
                              Oversight of woodworking and welding areas, shop upkeep.

EXHIBITION AND GALLERY MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

2021                   Exhibition Organizer, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Sacramento, CA
                            Organization/ conceptualization of exhibition, gallery coordination, shipping and handling work, curating gallery for                                           exhibition and marketing. 
2016-2018          Bates Gallery Graduate Assistant, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
                             Scheduling, organization of annual jury process, gallery maintenance and show turnover.
2015- 2016         Gallery Committee, Panama Artist Collective, Sacramento, CA
                             Worked collaboratively to promote newly built gallery, oversight of curation and organization of     
                              shows both on and offsite. 

RESIDENCIES

2022-2023            Long Term Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021-2022            Lormina Salter Fellow Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD


SELECTED WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND LECTURES PRESENTED
 
2023                    NCECA Gallery Talk, Gallery Expo, Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati OH
2023                    American Craft Council, demonstration, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore MD.
2023                    Psychological Portraits, One-day workshop, District Clay Center, Washington D.C.
2023                    Artist Talk, Zoom artist lecture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2022                    Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore, MD
2022                     Artist Talk, Zoom artist lecture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2022                     Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore MD.
2021                     Artist Talk, Zoom artist lecture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019                     Visiting Artist, lecture and panel discussion on gender and equity in the arts, Patricia Summersville Emerging Arts                                                  Professionals Panel, Murray State University, KY        
2018                      Building the Human Head, One-day workshop, Erie Clay Center, Erie, PA 
2018                      Visiting Artist, Lecture and Demonstration, Youngstown University, Youngstown, OH



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022             Baltimore Clayworks, Not Really Now Not Anymore, Baltimore, MD
2021             Indianapolis Art Center, Doppelgänger, Indianapolis, IN
2021             Grunwald Gallery, Mirror Images, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington IN                 
2017             Bates Gallery, Pretty Ugly, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA 
2016             1810 Gallery, Exquisite Corpse, Sacramento, CA
2015             Métier Gallery, Recent Work, Arcata, CA
 
SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2023             Oglebay Institute Stifel Fine Arts Center, Earth and Fire, Wheeling, WV
2022             Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022              Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School Faculty Show, Baltimore, MD.
2022              E Street Gallery, Body Image, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2021              Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School Faculty Show, Baltimore, MD.
2020              Krempp Gallery, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jasper, IN 
2020              Indianapolis Art Center, Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis, IN
2019              Chalmers Hall Gallery, Between the Coasts, Kansas University Lawrence, KS
2019              Waldron Center for Art, Annual Juried Competition, National Society of Art and Letters, Bloomington, IN
2019               Soo Visual Arts Center, NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis,MN     
2018               Arrowmont Figurative Symposium, New Forms, Juried by Beth Cavener, Gatlinburg, TN
2018               Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2018                Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2018                Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Edinboro Group Show, NCECA concurrent Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2017                Meadville Council on the Arts, October Evenings, Meadville, PA
2017                Miami University, Young Sculptors Award Exhibition, Oxford, OH
2017                Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2016                Erie Art Museum, Chimera Juried Exhibition, Erie, PA 
2016                1810 Gallery, Of Necessity, Women’s Group Show, Sacramento, CA             ,
2015                 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, Davis, CA 
2015                 Studio 24 Gallery, 2-Person Exhibition with Dave Orchard, Eureka, CA
2014                 First Street Gallery, Holiday Show, Eureka, CA
2014                 American Museum of Ceramic Art, Kiln Opening, Pomona, CA
2014                  Robert C. Turner Gallery, Big Clay Raw, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013                  First Street Gallery, Ceramics Invitational Group Exhibition, Eureka CA
2013                   Morris Graves Museum of Art, Left Edge, Eureka, CA
2013                   First Street Gallery, Young Alumni Show, Eureka, CA
2013                   California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Student Show, Davis, CA

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS 

2021           Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021           Grant-In-Aid, Graduate Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020            Christyl Ann Boger Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020              Best of Show, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2020             Directors Choice, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN 
2019             Genia and Max Tanner Scholarship, Eskenazi School Award, Bloomington, IN
2019             Windgate University Fellow, Arrowmont Summer Scholarship, Gatlinburg, TN
2019             Klein Merit Award, National Society of Art and Letters
2018              Nick’s English Hut Ceramics Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018               Best In Show, Juried Student Exhibition, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA 
2017                Jurors Award, Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2013           Gallery Award, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA
2013           Martin Wong Award in Painting and Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2012           Ceramics Area Award, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA


PUBLICATIONS

2022        BMore Arts, Online publication, Baltimore, MD.
https://bmoreart.com/2022/07/bmorearts-picks-july-5-11.html
2021        Eskenazi School, Online exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/exhibitions/grunwald-gallery/online-exhibitions/mfa-bfa-thesis/21-spring-mfa/pezone-clarissa.html?page=1
2020        Journey Indiana (PBS), Clarissa Pezone Ceramics show segment, Bloomington, IN
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5LE78QFkjo
2016        Submerge Magazine, Changelings of Intuition, Andrew C. Russel, Sacramento, CA.  
https://issuu.com/submergemag/docs/submerge218/22

SERVICE 

2018-2021      Visiting Artist Committee, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
        Organization of yearly visiting artists to the University, including grant writing and organizing
fundraising through the ceramics guild. 
2015- 2016     Gallery Committee, Panama Artist Collective, Sacramento, CA
        Oversight of construction on new gallery, oversight of curation and organization of shows.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

2020- present    ArtAxis 
2019        Figurative Association Symposium 
2016- Present    National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts
2012 -2015    California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art 


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