Education
2014 Master of Fine Arts – Ceramics: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: University of Georgia
2008 Summer Glaze Calc: Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Professional Experience
2023-current South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
Art Faculty: Ceramics and Drawing
2015-2017 Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado
Lecturer: Introduction to Art, Online
2017 Gunnison Arts Center
Ceramic Instructor
2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Adjunct Faculty: Three Dimensional Design (1 section)
2013 Doane University - Lincoln campus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summer Adjunct Faculty: Ceramics (1 section)
2013 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Art Instructor: Community Ceramics class
2011-2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Instructor of Record: Ceramics for Non-Majors
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Beginning Ceramics
2006-2011 Good Dirt Clay Studio, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Instructor:
2008-2010 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Area Work Study
2005-2008 Good Dirt Clay Studio Assistant, Athens, Georgia
2000-2008 Self Employed clay artist, Seattle, Washington and Athens, Georgia
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: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: University of Georgia
2008 Summer Glaze Calc: Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Professional Experience
2023-current South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
Art Faculty: Ceramics and Drawing
2015-2017 Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado
Lecturer: Introduction to Art, Online
2017 Gunnison Arts Center
Ceramic Instructor
2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Adjunct Faculty: Three Dimensional Design (1 section)
2013 Doane University - Lincoln campus, Lincoln, Nebraska
Summer Adjunct Faculty: Ceramics (1 section)
2013 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Art Instructor: Community Ceramics class
2011-2014 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Instructor of Record: Ceramics for Non-Majors
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Beginning Ceramics
2006-2011 Good Dirt Clay Studio, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Instructor:
2008-2010 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Ceramic Area Work Study
2005-2008 Good Dirt Clay Studio Assistant, Athens, Georgia
2000-2008 Self Employed clay artist, Seattle, Washington and Athens, Georgia
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
