Education
2014 Master of Fine Arts – Ceramics (3.9 GPA): University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Ceramics Cum Laude: University of Georgia
2008 Summer Glaze Calc: Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Professional Experience
2015-2017 Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado
Lecturer: Introduction to Art, Online (4 sections)
Designed and developed online in introduction to art course for Blackboard. Included
PowerPoints, videos, and lessons in what is art?, themes and purposes of art, elements
and principles of art, evaluating art, and media areas of art (drawing, painting,
printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, film and the moving image, and craft
disciplines). Taught the course online with all communication via blackboard and
university email.
2017 Gunnison Arts Center
Ceramic Instructor
Taught community members during a 6 week summer session in basic
hand buildiing techniques and surface design.
2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Adjunct Faculty: Three Dimensional Design (1 section)
Worked with other sculpture faculty to develop and implement a new structure for the 3D
design course. Taught a 16 week long course in 3D design. Prepared PowerPoints and
lessons. Discussed students work, building methods, and led critiques. Communicated
and maintained safe and clean sculpture studio procedures.
2013 Doane University - Lincoln campus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summer Adjunct Faculty: Ceramics (1 section)
Developed curriculum and taught eight week long class in handbuilding and wheel
throwing skills to college students. Maintained a clean and safe environment. Loaded
and fired all students work
2013 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Art Instructor: Community Ceramics class
Developed curriculum and taught eight week long classes in handbuilding skills to
adults. Maintained a clean and safe environment. Loaded and fired all students work.
2011-2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Instructor of Record: Ceramics for Non-Majors (2 sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Beginning Ceramics (4 Sections)
Two years maintaining all aspects of the clay departments glaze room materials. One
year restocking and maintaining the clay departments inventory. Three years firing gas,
soda and electric kilns for personal work and students work. Restructured departments
glaze tile board and revamped department glazes. Created systems and communication
methods for students and staff in maintaining an organized and safe studio environment.
Resource person for undergraduate students in all areas of studio needs including
construction of clay work, studio procedures. Organized professors classes,
maintained a complicated structured calendar each semester. Ran weekly kiln meetings
to establish a clear schedule while ensuring rules and procedures where followed. One
year as Clay Clubs treasure, keeping clear communication between members and
University policy, managing finances and running meetings. Minor wheel repair and
minor repairs on electric kilns. Leader of kiln building group for three separate projects
rebuilding gas kiln door, rebuilding gas kiln roof, and rebuilding entire soda kiln. Three
years of instructing students in proper and safe clay mixing techniques. Developed and
instructed my own class projects for two of my own classes and for components of the
classes I was an assistant for. Discussed project ideas with students, helped them push
ideas, problem solve technical issues, facilitated in their searching for external
resources.
2006-2011 Good Dirt Clay Studio, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Instructor:
On and Off the Wheel (7 sections)
Beginning Sculpture Techniques (2 sections)
Sculpting the Figure in Clay (1 section)
Instructed a diverse population of adult community members in various methods of clay
construction on and off the wheel. Also taught a few weeks of children’s summer
camps in early methods of clay construction.
2008-2010 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Area Work Study
Maintaining a clean studio, managing clay reclaim, stocking materials, making glazes,
loading and firing electric kilns.
2005-2008 Good Dirt Clay Studio Assistant, Athens, Georgia
General weekly studio duties. Making glazes, maintaining glazes, loading kilns, cleaning
studio, communicating with studio members, reclaiming clay, glazing children’s work.
2000-2008 Self Employeed clay artist, Seattle, Washington and Athens, Georgia
Working out of the Pottery studio in downtown Pioneer square as a studio monitor in
exchange for studio space where I made pottery and some sculptures. I sold these
works at local weekend markets such as Ballard Farmers Market, sold a festivals including
Kirkland SummerFest, Fremont Fair, Edmonds Art Festival Gallery. After moving to Georgia
I continued this work selling at Fired works in Macon, Gooddirt Gallery and several other
Georgia shows.
Awards
2014 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nebraska
2013 NCECA Student Juried Show Retired Professors Award, Houston, TX
2011-2014 Othmer Fellowship, University of Nebraska
2011-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska
2010 Wesleyan College Murphey Art Building Honorarium, Macon, GA
2010 Aardvark Clay Purchase Award, NCECA Student Juried Show
2009 Jane Wilson Scholarship, Cortona Study Abroad Program, UGA
2009 Outstanding Student Worker Award, Work Study, University of Georgia
2008 Vince Dooley Scholarship, University of Georgia
2007-2008 Willie Anne Patterson Memorial Scholarship, University of Georgia
2003 Work Of Note, Kirkland Summerfest
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Both Sides Now Jeffrey Whittle and Crisha Yantis.
Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2015 Transitory Identifications. Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2016 Western State Colorado University Faculty Exhibition.
Gunnison Arts Center, Gunnison, CO
2014 MFA Degree Candidate Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2014-2015 Cup: The Intimate Object XI. Charlie Cummings Gallery. Gainesville, FL
2013 Art House on City Square. Linda Matney Gallery. Williamsburg, VA
2013 NCECA, National Student Juried Exhibition. Houston, TX
2013 Medici Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2012 UNL Clay Club. Gallery Nine, Lincoln, NE
2010 NCECA, National Student Juried Exhibition
Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 BFA Degree Candidate. Lamar Dodd School of Art. Athens, GA
2010 Bart Lynch and Crisha Yantis. Wesleyan College Murphey Art Building, Macon, GA
2010 Georgia Small Works at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2009 Annual Student Competition. Lamar Dodd School of Art. Athens, GA
2009 Crisha Yantis. Macon Arts Gallery, Macon, GA
2007 Triple Take. MudFire Gallery. Decatur, GA
2006-2011 Fired Works. Macon Arts Gallery. Macon, GA
2005 Functional Works For The Table. Good Dirt Gallery. Athens, GA
2005 Benefit For Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Victims. Updown Gallery, Athens, GA
2005 Juried Gallery. Edmonds Art Festival. Edmonds, WA
Citations/Reviews
2014 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2. February 4, 2014
2011 Status Hat. Stories in Clay. April 2011
2011 BLVD. The Best of Etsy in Athens. January 2011. p. 48-49
2010 Clay Times, Summer. "The Gallery", Vol. 16, Issue 87, p. 34
2010 Athens Food and Culture. "Artistically Speaking", April 2010 Vol. 2 Num. 4, p. 24-24.
2008 Flagpole Cover. Vol. 22, No. 22. Athens, Ga.
2006 "Potters Throw Different Kind of Bowl Party. Raising Hunger Awareness", Athens Banner-
Herald, 6 Jan. p. cover and A8. By Merritt Melancon.
2005 "Proportions In Pottery", Athens Banner-Herald, 11 Dec. Chris J. Starrs. Photo by
David Walter Banks.
Other Achievements
2014 Lincoln Arts Council Community Supported Art Project. Lincoln, NE
The Community Supported Art program selects nine artists to receive a commission to produce 35 shares. People
pay $325 for a share and receive one piece of work from each artist, which could be music, ceramic, photographs
or letterpress editions of a poem. This program is based on the Community Supported Agriculture model and was
developed by Laura Zabel of Springboard for the Arts in Minneapolis, MN. Lincoln is one of about 30 cities in the US
to have a CSArt program. Said Zabel, “It’s designed for people who aren’t part of the art community, who are
intimidated by going to a gallery. It creates an on ramp to finding out who is making work and it’s about making
relationships between artists and communities, having the experience of meeting artists” https://artscene.org/what_we_do/csart/overview.html
2014 Master of Fine Arts – Ceramics (3.9 GPA): University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Ceramics Cum Laude: University of Georgia
2008 Summer Glaze Calc: Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Professional Experience
2015-2017 Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado
Lecturer: Introduction to Art, Online (4 sections)
Designed and developed online in introduction to art course for Blackboard. Included
PowerPoints, videos, and lessons in what is art?, themes and purposes of art, elements
and principles of art, evaluating art, and media areas of art (drawing, painting,
printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, film and the moving image, and craft
disciplines). Taught the course online with all communication via blackboard and
university email.
2017 Gunnison Arts Center
Ceramic Instructor
Taught community members during a 6 week summer session in basic
hand buildiing techniques and surface design.
2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Adjunct Faculty: Three Dimensional Design (1 section)
Worked with other sculpture faculty to develop and implement a new structure for the 3D
design course. Taught a 16 week long course in 3D design. Prepared PowerPoints and
lessons. Discussed students work, building methods, and led critiques. Communicated
and maintained safe and clean sculpture studio procedures.
2013 Doane University - Lincoln campus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summer Adjunct Faculty: Ceramics (1 section)
Developed curriculum and taught eight week long class in handbuilding and wheel
throwing skills to college students. Maintained a clean and safe environment. Loaded
and fired all students work
2013 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Art Instructor: Community Ceramics class
Developed curriculum and taught eight week long classes in handbuilding skills to
adults. Maintained a clean and safe environment. Loaded and fired all students work.
2011-2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Instructor of Record: Ceramics for Non-Majors (2 sections)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Beginning Ceramics (4 Sections)
Two years maintaining all aspects of the clay departments glaze room materials. One
year restocking and maintaining the clay departments inventory. Three years firing gas,
soda and electric kilns for personal work and students work. Restructured departments
glaze tile board and revamped department glazes. Created systems and communication
methods for students and staff in maintaining an organized and safe studio environment.
Resource person for undergraduate students in all areas of studio needs including
construction of clay work, studio procedures. Organized professors classes,
maintained a complicated structured calendar each semester. Ran weekly kiln meetings
to establish a clear schedule while ensuring rules and procedures where followed. One
year as Clay Clubs treasure, keeping clear communication between members and
University policy, managing finances and running meetings. Minor wheel repair and
minor repairs on electric kilns. Leader of kiln building group for three separate projects
rebuilding gas kiln door, rebuilding gas kiln roof, and rebuilding entire soda kiln. Three
years of instructing students in proper and safe clay mixing techniques. Developed and
instructed my own class projects for two of my own classes and for components of the
classes I was an assistant for. Discussed project ideas with students, helped them push
ideas, problem solve technical issues, facilitated in their searching for external
resources.
2006-2011 Good Dirt Clay Studio, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Instructor:
On and Off the Wheel (7 sections)
Beginning Sculpture Techniques (2 sections)
Sculpting the Figure in Clay (1 section)
Instructed a diverse population of adult community members in various methods of clay
construction on and off the wheel. Also taught a few weeks of children’s summer
camps in early methods of clay construction.
2008-2010 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Area Work Study
Maintaining a clean studio, managing clay reclaim, stocking materials, making glazes,
loading and firing electric kilns.
2005-2008 Good Dirt Clay Studio Assistant, Athens, Georgia
General weekly studio duties. Making glazes, maintaining glazes, loading kilns, cleaning
studio, communicating with studio members, reclaiming clay, glazing children’s work.
2000-2008 Self Employeed clay artist, Seattle, Washington and Athens, Georgia
Working out of the Pottery studio in downtown Pioneer square as a studio monitor in
exchange for studio space where I made pottery and some sculptures. I sold these
works at local weekend markets such as Ballard Farmers Market, sold a festivals including
Kirkland SummerFest, Fremont Fair, Edmonds Art Festival Gallery. After moving to Georgia
I continued this work selling at Fired works in Macon, Gooddirt Gallery and several other
Georgia shows.
Awards
2014 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nebraska
2013 NCECA Student Juried Show Retired Professors Award, Houston, TX
2011-2014 Othmer Fellowship, University of Nebraska
2011-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska
2010 Wesleyan College Murphey Art Building Honorarium, Macon, GA
2010 Aardvark Clay Purchase Award, NCECA Student Juried Show
2009 Jane Wilson Scholarship, Cortona Study Abroad Program, UGA
2009 Outstanding Student Worker Award, Work Study, University of Georgia
2008 Vince Dooley Scholarship, University of Georgia
2007-2008 Willie Anne Patterson Memorial Scholarship, University of Georgia
2003 Work Of Note, Kirkland Summerfest
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Both Sides Now Jeffrey Whittle and Crisha Yantis.
Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2015 Transitory Identifications. Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2016 Western State Colorado University Faculty Exhibition.
Gunnison Arts Center, Gunnison, CO
2014 MFA Degree Candidate Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2014-2015 Cup: The Intimate Object XI. Charlie Cummings Gallery. Gainesville, FL
2013 Art House on City Square. Linda Matney Gallery. Williamsburg, VA
2013 NCECA, National Student Juried Exhibition. Houston, TX
2013 Medici Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2012 UNL Clay Club. Gallery Nine, Lincoln, NE
2010 NCECA, National Student Juried Exhibition
Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 BFA Degree Candidate. Lamar Dodd School of Art. Athens, GA
2010 Bart Lynch and Crisha Yantis. Wesleyan College Murphey Art Building, Macon, GA
2010 Georgia Small Works at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2009 Annual Student Competition. Lamar Dodd School of Art. Athens, GA
2009 Crisha Yantis. Macon Arts Gallery, Macon, GA
2007 Triple Take. MudFire Gallery. Decatur, GA
2006-2011 Fired Works. Macon Arts Gallery. Macon, GA
2005 Functional Works For The Table. Good Dirt Gallery. Athens, GA
2005 Benefit For Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Victims. Updown Gallery, Athens, GA
2005 Juried Gallery. Edmonds Art Festival. Edmonds, WA
Citations/Reviews
2014 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2. February 4, 2014
2011 Status Hat. Stories in Clay. April 2011
2011 BLVD. The Best of Etsy in Athens. January 2011. p. 48-49
2010 Clay Times, Summer. "The Gallery", Vol. 16, Issue 87, p. 34
2010 Athens Food and Culture. "Artistically Speaking", April 2010 Vol. 2 Num. 4, p. 24-24.
2008 Flagpole Cover. Vol. 22, No. 22. Athens, Ga.
2006 "Potters Throw Different Kind of Bowl Party. Raising Hunger Awareness", Athens Banner-
Herald, 6 Jan. p. cover and A8. By Merritt Melancon.
2005 "Proportions In Pottery", Athens Banner-Herald, 11 Dec. Chris J. Starrs. Photo by
David Walter Banks.
Other Achievements
2014 Lincoln Arts Council Community Supported Art Project. Lincoln, NE
The Community Supported Art program selects nine artists to receive a commission to produce 35 shares. People
pay $325 for a share and receive one piece of work from each artist, which could be music, ceramic, photographs
or letterpress editions of a poem. This program is based on the Community Supported Agriculture model and was
developed by Laura Zabel of Springboard for the Arts in Minneapolis, MN. Lincoln is one of about 30 cities in the US
to have a CSArt program. Said Zabel, “It’s designed for people who aren’t part of the art community, who are
intimidated by going to a gallery. It creates an on ramp to finding out who is making work and it’s about making
relationships between artists and communities, having the experience of meeting artists” https://artscene.org/what_we_do/csart/overview.html
