Resumé and Exhibitions List
Home: 1007 Falkirk Road, Alma, MI 48801
Office: Clack 109, Alma College
Alma, Michigan 48801
CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Art & Design,
Alma College, Alma, MI
On the faculty since 1982
Teaching Areas: ceramics, sculpture, drawing, and 3-D design
EDUCATION
B. F. A. Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, 1976
Majors: Ceramics and Drawing
Apprenticeship with potter Takeo Sudo,
Mashiko, Japan 1977-78
M. F. A. Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA, 1981
Emphasis: Ceramic Sculpture
FURTHER STUDY
•Digital Media Course, Alma College, May 2003
•Technology Workshops, Alma College, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
•Blacksmithing Workshop, May 1999
With Terry Baillargeon, Alma, MI
•Blacksmithing Workshop, July 1993
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown,NC
•Raku Firing Workshop, June 1992
Ox-Bow School, Saugatuck, MI
•Bronze Casting Course, September - December 1985
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
•Welding Course, June - August 1982
Chattanooga State Technical Conununity College, TN
•Printinaking Workshop, January - May 1979
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
•Weaving Workshop, July 1973
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award 1993-94
Posey Award for Faculty Excellece, 2001
Faculty Small Grants, Alma College: 1986,1987,1989, 1991,
1992,1993,1994,1995,1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008
International Program Development Travel Grant, Alma College, 2001
McGregor Educational Technology Grant, Alma College, 1999
Lilly Grant for Teaching, Alma College, 1990
Crafts Department Fellowship, VCU, 1980 - 81
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU, 1989 - 81
Pierce Scholarship, Wesleyan College, 1972 - 76
Talent Award, Wesleyan College, 1972 - 76
Full Tuition Grant, Wesleyan College, 1972 -76
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
A. Houberbocken, Inc., Cudahy, WI
Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
EXHIBITIONS/JURIED SHOWS
32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, 2009
19th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2008
20th Annual Teapot Show, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 2007
18th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2007
Great Lakes Drawing Biennial ’06, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2006
17th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2006
The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju Crafts Hall, Cheongju, Korea, 2005
(Special Citation)
16th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2005
Border to Border National Drawing Exhibition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2005
15th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, 2004
(Tile Prix Premo Award)
15th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 2003 (Purchase Award)
NCECA 2003 Clay National Exhibition, R. B. Stvenson Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2003
14th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2003
17th Annual Teapot Show, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI,2003
Michigan Ceramics 2002, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI (Oct. 18 – Nov. 15, 2002);
Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI (Dec. 8, 2002 – March 2, 2003)
Earth in Balance, a Regional Clay Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2002 (Award of Excellence)
13th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2002
The 2nd Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju Arts Hall, Cheongju, Korea, 2001
(Special Selection Award)
Border to Border 8 National Drawing Competition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2001
12th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2001
Michigan Ceramics 2000, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI (Oct. 6 – Nov. 4, 2000); Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (Nov. 13, 2000 – Jan. 7, 2001); Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI (Jan. 13 – Mar. 4, 2001)
>Spaces: Interior and Exterior, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA , 2000
11th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, 20000
Crafts National 33, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 1999
1999 National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, 1999
Michigan Ceramics ’98 Traveling Exhibition, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit (Sept. 11 – Oct. 30, 1998);
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, (Jan. 11 – Feb. 12, 1999); Midland Center for the Arts,
Midland, MI (Apr. 17 – June 20, 1999)
Tiles, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Twelfth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, 1998
9th Annual Teapot Show, The Oconomowoc Gallery, Oconomowoc, WI and Chiaroscuro Galleries,
Chicago, IL, 1998
Creating Women, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 1997
5th Biennial Regional Juried Competition, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL, 1996
Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, 1995
10th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, 1995
Michigan Ceramics '95, Habitat-Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, MI, 1995 (Award of Merit)
Clay Does It All National Competitive Exhibition, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1995
Crafts National 28, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1994
Drawings Coast to Coast, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD, 1993
7th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, 1992
American Drawing Biennial III, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA, 1992
Rutgers National '92 Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 1992
Works in Clay VII, Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX, 1991 (First Place Award )
Fifth Annual Great Lakes Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1991 (Second Place Award)
Figurative Clay: National Juried Exhibition, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, 1991
Great Lakes States Works of Clay, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 1991
Fifth Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1991
Cimarron National Works on Paper, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1991
6th Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warensburg, 1991
Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University Gallery, Provo, LJT, 1990
American Drawing Biennial II, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1990
20th National Works on Paper Exhibition, Hartnett Hall Gallery, Minot State University, ND, 1990
Great Lakes States - Works on Paper, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 1990
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI, 1989 (Honorable Mention)
Greater Midwest lnternational IV, Central Missouri StateUniversity, Warrensburg, MO, 1989
Realism, PontiacArtCenter, Pontiac, MI, 1989
Rutgers National Works on Paper 87/88, Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ, 1988 (Purchase Award
15th Biennial Michiana Regional, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN, 1988
National Biennial Drawing Competition, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, TN, 1987
Chicago and Vicinity Clay VI, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1987
Midwest Drawing Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Artspace, Fort Wayne, IN, 1987 (Award)
The Anderson Winter Show, Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN, 1987
29th Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, 1987
Chicago and Vicinity Clay V, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1986
7th Annual Auburn Works on Paper Exhibition, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1986 (Purchase Award )
Midwest Regional Works on Paper Competition, Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, MI, 1986
Positive/Negative II, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 1986 (Second Place Award)
Juried Alumnae Art Exhibit, East Gallery, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, 1986 (Award of Merit)
22nd University of Delaware Biennial, University of Delaware Gallery, Newark, DE, 1985 (Award Of Merit )
Clemson National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1985 (Purchase Award )
Michigan Fine Arts Exhibition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI, 1985
National Works on Paper, 100% Realart Gallery, Spokane, WA, 1985 (Award )
6th Michigan Artists Competition, The Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI, 1985
14th Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dakota Northwestern University, Minot, ND, 1984
25th Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, 1983 (Award)
Drawings, Collage, Assemblage, Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, NY, 1983
6th All-Michigan Drawing Competition, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, 1983
Watkins Institute Drawing Exhibition, Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, TN, 1978
Hunter Annual Juried Exhibition, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN, 1974 (First Place Award)
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
The Ohio-Michigan Game: Teaching Ceramics, Pewabic Potter, Detroit, MI, 2009
Domesticizing: Interior and Exterior Relations, Works by Wendy Walgate and Carrie Anne Parks, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 2007
Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, 2005
Michigan Mud 2005: Visions From the Fire, Albion College, Albion, MI, 2005
Michigan Contemporary Ceramics Invitational 2004, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, 2004
Remarkable Women Exhibition, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
Locale, a Regional Invitational Show, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 2003
Tiles on the Edge, CentennialExhibit, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 2003
Eccentric Objects, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI, 2002
Artists' Tiles: Beyond Tradition, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, 2001
Figure/Figurine Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 2001
Steeped in Tradition: the Contemporary Teapot, Arianna Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 2000
Two Person Show: Kent Kirby and Carrie Anne Parks, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, 2000
Let It Pour: Teapots Large and Small, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1999
Eleventh Annual Teapot Exhibition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 1998
Form From Fragment: Four Contemporary Tilemakers, South West Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX, 1997
10th Annual Teapot Show, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 1996
Solo Show, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 1996
Sculpture '96: Michigan Faculty Artists, University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1996
Two Person Show, Carrie Anne Parks and Kent Kirby, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College,
Albion, MI, 1996
Private Views: Works on Paper Carrie Anne Parks and Kent Kirby, Saginaw Valley State University
Art Gallery, Saginaw, MI, 1995
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Fine Arts Exposition) Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 1995
Three Person Show (with Beth Cho and Leah Hardy), Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 1994
Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL, 1994
Figurative Clay (Three Person Show with Mark Chattery and Susan Beiner), Adrian College Gallery, MI, 1993
Beyond Tradition (Two Person Show), Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1992
Chicago International New Art Forms Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 1992
Joint Ventures, UAW - GM Human Resource Center, Auburn Hills, MI, 1989
Chicago Now, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN, 1988
Sculpture and Drawings (Solo Show), Creative Arts Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1988
Path (Solo Show), Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, 1984
Drawing with Space: Invitational Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, 1984
Drawings (Solo Show), Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, 1984
8th Michigan Biennial Invitational Exhibition, Kresge Art Gallery, MSU, East Lansing, MI, 1983
Ceramic Sculpture and Drawings (Solo Show), The College of Wooster Art Gallery, Wooster, OH, 1982
Dwelling (Graduate Thesis Exhibition), Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 1981
Celebration (Student and Faculty Invitational), Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 1980
Annual Exhibition - Takeo Sudo and Students, Matsuzakaya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1977
Special Spaces: Students'Sculpture Show, East Gallery, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, 1976
ALMA COLLEGE
Faculty Biennial Exhibitions, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma College, 1982,'84,'86,'88,'90,'92,'94,'96,’98,
2000, ’02, ’04, 06, (October 2008)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Pozo, Angelica, ed., 500 Tiles, Lark Books, 2008 (photographs on pp. 132, 382-83)
Meilach, Dona Z., Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Schiffer Publishing, 2005 (photograph on page 93)
Pozo, Angelica, et. al., The Penland Book of Ceramics. Lark Books. Spring 2003 (photograph)
King, Peter. Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter. Lark Books, Fall 1999. (photograph on p. 22)
Peters, Lynn. Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics, Lark Books, Spring 1999. (photograph on p. 126)
Rich, Chris, ed. The Ceramic Design Book, Lark Books, Fall 1998. (photograph on p. 81)
Clayton, Peirce, The Clay Lover's Guide to Making Molds, Lark Books, Fall 1997. (photograph on p. 60)
Triplett, Kathy, Handbuilt Pottery, Lark Books, Spring 1997. (photographs on pp. 23 and 141)
Giorgini, Frank, Handmade Tiles, Lark Books, 1994. (photographs on pp. 24 and 113)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Author Unknown. “Domesticizing: Interior/Exterior Relations“. Ceramics Monthly. March 2007. (photograph on
page 26)
Parks, Carrie Anne. “26th Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition”. Journal of the Print World.
Winter 2007.
Parks, Carrie Anne. “25th Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition”. Journal of the Print World.
Winter 2006.
Parks, Carrie Anne. “24th Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition”. Journal of the Print World.
Spring 2005.
Parks, Carrie Anne. “Henry Tanaka”. Ceramics Monthly. March 2004, p. 16.
Parks, Carrie Anne. 23rd Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition. Journal of the Print World.
Winter 2004.
Parks, Carrie Anne. “Kent Kirby and Collotype”. Journal of the Print World. Volume 4, Fall 2003.
Parks, Carrie Anne, "Artist's Statement", Tile Heritage, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 1995.
Jones, Vanessa E., "Clay Does It All", The Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 31,1995.
Independent Publishers' Catalog, Fall 1994. (color photograph, Legumes)
"Carrie Anne Parks", Ceramics Monthly, 41, March 1993. (photograph)
Gleason, Amy Brower, “7th Wichita Falls National", Ceramics Monthly, 40,1992, pp. 25 - 27. (photograph)
Leonard, Paula Blume, "Figurative Clay: a National juried Exhibition", The Art Papers, Nov. - Dec. 1991. (photograph)
"Flood was Inspiration for Alma Prof’s Exhibit", The Morning Sun, October 15,1988. (photograph)
Donohoe, Victoria, "Drawing Exhibition Has a Personal Touch", The Philadelphia Enquier, March 19, 1988.
Ryniak, Jackie, "Art Works Capture Turmoil", CMU Life, January 22,1988.
Martineau, Janet I., "Flood of 1986 Inspires Artist", Saginaw News January 14, 1988.
Parks, Carrie Anne, "Functional Ware at Alma College", Ceramics Monthly, May 1987.
"Boundaries", The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, March 6, 1987. (photograph)
Mead, Diane, "Sketchbook", Macon Telegraph and News, November 9,1986.
Hawkins, Margaret, "Trends in Clay Show Fit Mold", Chigago Sun Times, May 16,1986.
Cope, Penelope Bass, "Expanded Horizons: Wider Eligibility Improves University Delaware Show",Sunday News Journal, January 19, 1986.
"Path Across a River"(Cover Drawing), Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition Catalog, Spring 1985.
Carter, Susan, "Clay Invitational Place of Introspection, Discovery", Midland Daily News, March 10, 1984.
"Five Area Artists Display Works at Midland Show", The Morning Sun, October 28,1983.
Spitler, Clare, "Eighth Michigan Biennial Art Show", Ann Arbor News, March 27,1983.
Smith-Shafts, Karen, "Carrie Anne Parks: Ceramic Sculpture and Drawings", Dialogue, Sept.-Oct. 1982.
Edmonds, John, "A Round Peg in a Square Hole", The Commonwealth Times. September 23-29,1980.
"The Eight Faces of Carrie Anne", The Atlanta Journal, May 8,1975.
Ozmer, Marianne, "Annual Area Show Full of Vibrant New Life, Work", Chattanooga Times, November 3,1974.
VISITING ARTIST/JUROR
Juror, Social Discourse Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, 2008
Presenter, Michigan Mudd Conference, Albion College, Albion, MI, October 7, 2005
Juror, Art Scholarship Alert Competition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, May 2005
Juror, Annual Student Art Competition, Newago County Community Services Gallery, Fremont, MI, 2005
Juror, Adrian College Student Show, Fall 2002 (Slide Lecture, October 17, 2002)
Tilemaking Workshop Leader, Hillcrest School's Science Day, Alma, MI, January 2001
Juror, Annual Small Colleges Art Competition, Adrian College, Adrian, MI, February 1998
Visiting Artist, Pine Avenue School, Alma, MI, May 1997
Visiting Artist, Senior Show Critique, Adrian College, Adrian, MI, April 1997
Presentor, Mid-America College Art Associaton Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 1995
Visiting Artist, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, November 1994, March 1999
Presentor, Michigan Mud Conference, Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI, October 1994
Speaker for Opening Reception, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, September 1994
Juror, 13th Annual All-Media Show, Left Bank Gallery, Flint, MI, April 1994
Visiting Artist, Delta College, Bay City, MI, November 1993
Visiting Artist and Juror for Student Show, Morehead State University, Morehead, MN, May 1993
Juror, Womens' Work, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, March 1993
Juror, Area Artists' Exhibition, Creative Arts Gallery, C M U, Mt. Pleasant, MI, January 1992
Visiting Artist, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, October 1989
PUBLIC TILEWORKS
Hillcrest Elementary School, Alma, MI
Heather Room, Alma College, Alma, MI
Clack Art Center, Alma College, Alma, MI
Pine Avenue School, Alma, MI
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI
Edwin Slipek, Richmond, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Hope Palmer, Huntington Woods, MI
Frank Piku, Grosse Point Woods, MI
Ann Kuffler, Royal Oak, MI
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
The Kamms, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Taylor, Healdsburg, CA
LISTINGS
Visual Artists Fellowship Archive, National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in the Midwest
MEMBERSHIPS
Michigan Ceramic Artists’ Association
Tile Heritage Foundation
American Crafts Council
National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts