Vince Pitelka
Tennessee Technological University, Appalachian Center for Crafts
1560 Crafts Center Drive , Smithville TN 37166 - 615/597-6801 ext. 111, FAX - 615/597-6803
wpitelka@tntech.edu - Home - 615/597-5376, vpitelka@dtccom.net

Education
1988 - University of Massachusetts-Amherst, M.F.A. in Ceramics.
1971 - Humboldt State University, B.A. in Art.

Professional Experience
1994 to the present - Tennessee Technological University, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN - Professor of Art; Head, Clay Studio: Intro to Clay, Intermediate Handbuilding, Throwing, Advanced Clay Studio, Clay and Glaze Chemistry, Kilns and Firing Theory, Ceramic Surface Design, Ceramic History, 3-D Design.
1991 to 1994 - North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND: Coordinator, Department of Visual Arts; Assistant Professor of Art: Intro, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics, Survey of Western Art, Art Appreciation, Drawing.
1989-91 - Univ. of Mass., Art Dept., Ceramics Area - Studio Manager/Technician.
1988-91 - Northeastern University, Department of Art and Architecture - Adjunct Faculty: 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Drawing, Color Theory.
1987-91 - Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Division of Continuing Education - Instructor: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Ceramics, Primitive Ceramics.
1971 to the present - Design/construction of ceramic kilns/equipment.
1974-85 - Studio Potter, Blue Lake CA - wheel-thrown utilitarian stoneware.

Departmental/Community Service
2006 to the present - Member, TTU Academic Misconduct Committee
2006 - Juror, "Positive/Negative" exhibition, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2004 to 2009 - Chair, University Art Committee, overseeing the Joan Derryberry Gallery
2003-04 - Chair, search committee for Craft Center Director
2002 - Juror, Spring Craft Show, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, Nashville
2001-02 - Chair, search committee for Craft Center director.
2000-2002 - TTU - Member, Art Department Steering Committee
1999 - Juror, Spring Craft Show, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, Nashville
1999 - Juror, Arts Alive Exhibition/Fair, Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1999 - Chair, search committee for tenure-track fibers faculty at App. Ctr. for Crafts
1998 to 2009 - Member, TTU University Art Gallery Committee
1998 to the present - Appalachian Center for Craft - organize and oversee annual “Bowlathon” to make bowls for fundraiser for Putnam County Habitat for Humanity (generally 750 to 1000 bowls)
1997 - Juror, Fall Craft Show, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, Nashville and Chattanooga
1994 to 1996 - TTU - Member, Department of Music and Art Curriculum and Standards Committee
1994 to the present - TTU, Appalachian Center for Craft - consult with ACC Workshop Coordinator to organize summer clay workshops and select workshop presenters. 
1995 - Vanderbilt University - Juror: Hamblet Visual Arts Fellowship
1992-94 - NDSU - Chair, faculty committee designing/teaching interdisciplinary course “Spatial Conflict in Global Society”
1991-94 - NDSU - Member, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Student Progress Committee
1991-94 - NDSU - Member, Interactive Video Network Advisory Committee
1991-92 - NDSU - Coordinator, Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists Network
1990 - Northeastern University, Dodge Gallery - Curator: “Art and Architecture” - NU art faculty exhibition
1986-88 - Univ. of MA - Member, Fine Arts Center Advisory Board 

Workshops Conducted, Presentations, Guest Lectures, Consulting
2009 – Mudpie Potters, Leverett Artists and Craftsmen, Leverett, MA – workshop: “Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade”
2009 – Hellman Studios, Ouray, CO – workshop, “Slab-Built Tableware”
2009 – Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA – workshop: “Ancient Clay”
2009 – McDowell Studios, Ferndale, WA – workshop: “Form and Surface with Colored Clays”
2008 - Callanwolde Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2008 - ArtiFacts Studio, Tucson, AZ - workshop: "Form and Surface with Colored Clays"
2008 - Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby, BC - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2008 - Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2008 - Fraser Valley Recreation, Fraser, CO - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2008 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2008 - Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2007 - Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey - symposium presentation: Experiments in Terra Sigillata, in conjunction with invitational workshop and symposium on terra sigillata
2007 - Lane Community College, Eugene OR - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2007 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2007 - Hummingbird House, Tucson, AZ - workshop: "Slab-Built Tableware"
2007 - Hellman Studio, Ouray CO - workshop: "Form and Surface with Colored Clays"
2007 - NCECA Conference, Louisville, KY,  panel discussion presentation - “Electronic Resources for Ceramic Educators”
2007 - Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada - Fusion (Ontario Clay and Glass Association) workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2006 - The Potter’s Place, Missouri City, TX - two workshops: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2006 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2006 - 1000 Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, BC - workshop: "Form and Surface with Colored Clays"
2006 - Spring Island Trust, Spring Island, SC - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2006 - Blossom Studio, Ithaca, NY - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - Chris and Erika Bonner Studios, Ferndale PA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - Harrisville Community College, Harrisville PA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - Mendocino Art Center - Mendocino, CA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - Desert Dragon Studios, Phoenix, AZ - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2004 - Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope AL - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2003 - Cherokee County Art Center, Canton GA - workshop: "Form and Surface with Colored Clays"
2003 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2003 - Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village NV, Summer Visiting Artist Series - workshop: "Form and Surface with Colored Clays"
2003 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2003 - Living Tree Studios, Summerfield NC - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2002 - California Association of Clay and Glass Artists, Civic Arts, Walnut Creek CA - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2002 - Living Tree Studios, Summerfield NC - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2002 - Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope AL - workshop: "Colored Clays: Surface and Form"
2002 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2002 - American Ceramic Society Spring Conference, America's Center, St. Louis MO - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade"
2002 - Francis Marion University, Florence SC - workshop: "Slab-Constructed Boxes"
2001 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshops: "Slab-Constructed Boxes," "Ancient Clay: Handbuilding, Terra Sigillata, Bonfiring"
2001 - Ventura Potter’s Guild, Santa Barbara CA - workshop - "Colored Clay Imagery"
2001 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshops: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade," "Slip Decorating Techniques"
2001 - Murrells Inlet Community Center, Murrells Inlet SC - workshop: "Handbuilding: Tricks of the Trade."
2001 - Armory Center for the Arts, West Palm Beach FL - workshop: "Slip Decorating Techniques"
2001, 2002 - Volunteer consultant to the ceramic studio, Deuel Vocational Institute, California State Prison, Tracy CA
2001 - Interlaken School for the Arts, Stockbridge MA - workshop: "Form and Imagery with Colored Clays"
2000 - TTU Music/Art Appreciation class - gallery lecture: "TTU Faculty Art Exhibition: Contemporary Art and Fine Craft"
2000 - Florida Gulf Coast University, new Fine Arts Building, consultant on studio layout, equipment, and safety
2000 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshops - "Handbuilding, Tricks of the Trade," "Ancient Clay"
2000 - Skagit Valley Potter’s Group, Sedro-Wooley WA - slide lectures: "Tool Doctors," "Evolution of West Coast Clay"
2000 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshops: "Colored Clay Imagery," "Raku Slab Masks"
2000 - Murrells Inlet Community Center, Murrells Inlet SC - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
2000 - NCECA (National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts) conference presenter - "Tool Doctors"
2000 - Alabama Clay Conference, featured presenter - "Ancient Clay and Bonfiring," demo of large-scale coil construction.
1999 - Murrells Inlet Community Center, Murrells Inlet SC - workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1999 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
1999 - Ceramic Design Group, Steamboat Springs CO - workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1999 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshops: "Colored Clay Imagery," "Ancient Clay"
1999 - Bellingham Museum of Art, Bellingham WA - public slide lecture
1998 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN - slide lecture, demo: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1998 - Parker Street Studios, Vancouver B.C. - workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1998 - Millersville University, Millersville PA - slide lecture
1998 - Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby BC - slide lecture
1998 - Skagit Valley Potter’s Group, Sedro-Wooley WA - slide lecture: Ancient Clay
1998 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshops: "Ancient Clay," "Slip-decoration"
1998 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
1998 - Lebanon Valley College, Annville PA - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1998 - Georgia Southern University, Statesboro GA - slide lecture
1997 - Virginia Technological University, Blacksburg - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1997 - McDowell Studios, Ferndale WA - workshop: "Ancient Clay"
1997 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshops: "Slab Construction with Colored Clays," "Ancient Clay"
1996 - University of Tennessee, Martin - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1996 - Humboldt State University, Arcata CA - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1996 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshops: "Form and Surface in Colored Clays," "Ancient Clay"
1996 - Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1996, ‘95, ‘94 - TTU Dept. of Music and Art, Art Appr. - lecture: "Contemp. American Ceramics"
1995 - Maryville University, St. Louis - slide lecture, workshop: "Colored Clay Imagery"
1995 - Appalachian Center for Craft - workshops: "Form and Surface in Colored Clays" "Ancient Clay"
1995 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN - slide lecture
1994 - NDSU Architecture. Dept.- lecture: "3-D Form in Space"
1993 - NDSU Architecture. Dept.- lecture: "Sculptural Form"
1993 - Unitarian Fellowship, Fargo ND - lecture: "Censorship and Government Funding of The Arts"
1993, 1992 - NDSU History. Dept., World Civ. - guest lecture: "Art in World Civilization"
1993, 1992, 1991 - NDSU Div. Of Fine Arts, Intro to Fine Arts - lecture: "California Funk Ceramics"
1992 - NDSU chapter, American Inst. of Architecture Students - lecture: "The Formation of an Artist"
1992 - Plains Art Museum, Moorhead MN - lecture: "Contemporary American Ceramics"
1987-1991 - University of Massachusetts, workshops: "Primitive Ceramics"

Grants/Fellowships
1988-89 - National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist's Fellowship

Publications
My Publications
2007 - “Electronic Resources for Ceramic Educators” NCECA Journal, Volume #28
2007 - "Super Refined Terra Sigillata," online article
2004 - "Is That Really Clay? The Trompe L’Oeil Ceramics of Sylvia Hyman" Ceramics: Art and Perception, issue #56
2001 - "Super-Refined Terra Sigillata" Ceramic Review, issue #91
2001 to the present - "Tool Times" bi-monthly column for Clay Times magazine, covering clay studio tools and equipment.
2001 - "Making Bisque Stamps" Pottery Making Illustrated, Spring 2001
2001 - Clay: A Studio Handbook, American Ceramic Society, 2001
2000 - "Finding, Improvising, and Making Clay Studio Tools" NCECA Journal, Volume #21
1990 - "Ex Post Factory: Images in Colored Clay Marquetry" Ceramics Monthly October, 1990

Inclusion in Books and Articles by Other Authors
2008 - Tourtillotte, Suzanne, editor, 500 Platters, Lark Books
2007 - Connell, Jo, Color in Clay, A.C. Black
2004 - Hunt, William, editor, Twenty-First Century Ceramics, American Ceramic Society
2002 - "Clay: A Studio Handbook" Ceramic Review, January/February 2002, review by Peter Lane.
2001 - "Clay: A Studio Handbook," Pottery in Australia, Volume 40 #2, June 2001, review by Frances Morgan
2001 - "Richard Behrens: A Tribute" Tom Buck, Ceramics Monthly, March 2001 - photograph and sidebar
2001 - Creative Ideas for Clay Artists, edited by Anderson Turner, American Ceramic Society, 2001 - includes my article on colored clays in slab-built work
2000 - "Tennessee Clay Ways" by Susan Demay, Ceramic Art and Perception
1999 - "Ceramics at the Millennium" "Up Front" section, Ceramics Monthly, November
1989 - "National Endowment Fellowships" Ceramics Monthly February, 1989

Collections
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT
Tennessee State Museum , Nashville TN
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
Karacasu Foundation, Izmir, Turkey

Professional Memberships
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
American Association of University Professors
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
American Ceramic Society Potter’s Council

One-Person Exhibitions
2004 - "Recent Work" Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope AL
2002 - "Patchwork Containment" Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence SC
2002 - "Patchwork Containment" Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville TN
1999 - "A Pattern of Clay" Art Center of Cannon County, Woodbury TN
1998 - "New Ceramic Work" Ceramics Gallery, Millersville University, PA
1998 - "Recent Ceramic Work" Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
1996 - "The Color of Clay" Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Tennessee, Martin
1995 - "Recent Ceramic Work" Maryville University Art Gallery, St. Louis
1990 - "The Industrial Revelation" Hampden Gallery, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
1989 - "Ex Post Factory: Industrial Shards" Ferrin Gallery, Northampton MA
1988 - "Recent Work" FAC Gallery, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
1988 - "Machine-Scapes" Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1987 - "Desert Dreams/Night Machines" Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts

Select Group Exhibitions
2009 – “Art Faculty Exhibition,” Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Tech University
2009 – “21st Century Iconographic Clayworks,” Linfield College Gallery, invitational exhibition curated by Nils Lou
2009 – “9th Annual National Invitational Cup Show,” Kent State University Gallery, Kent, OH
2009 – “International Contemporary Teapot Exhibition,” French Thompson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 – “East Tennessee Potters,” Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, GA
2009 - “Craft Center Faculty Exhibition,” Appalachian Center for Craft main gallery
2008 – “Muchachos,” Invitational Ceramics Exhibition coinciding with NCECA, Standard Ceramic Supply Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 - "Summer Visiting Faculty Exhibition" Sierra Nevada College Gallery, Incline Village NV
2007 - "Terra Sigillata Symposium Exhibition," Atatürk Museum of Culture, Izmir , Turkey
2007 - "Cyberclay," Janjobe Gallery, Louisville, KY
2006 - "The Art of the Teapot," Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts, Kalamazoo , MI
2006 - "TTU Art Faculty Exhibition," Joan Derryberry Gallery , Tennessee Tech University
2006 - "CeraMix," Ingram Studio Arts Center Gallery, Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN
2006 - "Appalachian Center for Craft," Southern Highlands Craft Guild Gallery, Asheville , NC
2005 - "Appalachian Center for Craft Faculty and Residents"  Belmont University, Nashville TN
2005 - "Masterworks" Madison Art Center, Madison TN - invitational of leading Tennessee artists
2004 - "Tennessee Performing Arts Center Fundraiser Exhibition" TPAC Gallery, Nashville TN
2003 - "Twenty-First Century Ceramics" Columbus College of Art and Design. Invitational, curated by Bill Hunt
2003 - "Summer Visiting Faculty Exhibition" Sierra Nevada College Gallery, Incline Village NV
2003 - "Workshop Faculty Exhibition" John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC
2003 - "Art Faculty Exhibition" Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Tech University
2003 - "Tennessee Performing Arts Center Fundraiser Exhibition" Hermitage Hotel Ballroom, Nashville TN
2002 - "Masterworks" - invitational exhibition - Madison Art Center, Madison TN
2002 - "Summer Workshop Faculty Exhibition" Appalachian Center for Crafts
2001 - "Craft Center Faculty Exhibition" Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN
2001 - "The Fiber Initiative" Interlaken School of Art, Stockbridge MA
2001 - "Summer Workshop Faculty Exhibition" Appalachian Center for Crafts
2001 - "Visiting Faculty Exhibition" Armory Center for the Arts, West Palm Beach FL
2000 - "Art Faculty Exhibition" Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Tech University
2000 - "National Ceramics Invitational" Texas A&M University, Commerce
2000 - "Colored Clay" Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2000 - "Revisions and Reformations: New Work from Old Traditions" The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA - traveling exhibition
2000 - "Presenters Exhibition" Alabama Clay Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
2000 - "Summer Workshop Faculty Exhibition" Appalachian Center for Crafts
1999 - "Tennessee Clay Invitational" Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN
1999 - "Armory National Invitational" Armory Center for the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
1999 - "Ceramics at the Millennium" Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood, CO
1997 - "Holiday Exhibition" Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1997 - "TTU Art Faculty" Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1997 - "Banking on the Arts" Cookeville, TN
1996 - "Art for the Table" Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1996 - "Banking on the Arts" Cookeville, TN
1995 - "Artists Abound" Causeway Gallery. Nashville International Airport
1995 - "TTU Art Faculty" Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1994 - "TTU Art Faculty" University Center Gallery, Tennessee Technological University
1994 - "Honorable Mentors" Woodbury Art Center, Woodbury, TN
1994 - "25th Midwestern Invitational" Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1993 - "NDSU Art Faculty" Memorial Union Gallery, North Dakota State University
1993 - "University of Massachusetts Ceramics Alumni" Center Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke MA
1992 - "23rd Midwestern Invitational" Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1992 - "NDSU Art Faculty" Memorial Union Gallery, North Dakota State University
1991 - "Crafts National 25" Zoller Gallery, Penn State University
1990 - "Art and Architecture" Northeastern University Gallery, Boston, MA
1990 - "Treasure Boxes" Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
1989 - "Bewitched by Craft" American Craft Museum, New York NY
1989 - "Clay/Mixed Media" Warwick Museum, Warwick RI
1989 - "Surface and Substance: an Exploration of Texture in Craft" The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA
1989 - "House" Northfield-Mount Herman Academy Art Gallery, Mount Herman MA
1988 - "New Directions in American Crafts" Leverett Art Center, Leverett MA. Catalog
1988 - "ArtQuest ‘88" Los Angeles, CA. Catalog
1988 - "Color and Clay" The Hand Workshop, Richmond VA
1986 - "Gradworks" University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
1984 - "Best of Clay" Candy Stick Gallery, Ferndale, CA
1984, 1983 - "Northern California Ceramic Exhibition" Humboldt County Cultural Center, Eureka, CA
1978-85 - Annual two-person exhibitions - Candy Stick Gallery, Ferndale, CA

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