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EXPERIENCE
1982-1983 Instructor of Ceramics, Xavier University 1986-present Dougherty Clayworks (Self-employed studio artist) 1983-1986 Instructor of Ceramics and Design, Northern Kentucky University 2011 Vice-President, Rookwood Pottery
EDUCATION
MFA, Clemson University BFA, Northern Kentucky University BA, Eastern Kentucky University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Masters Earthenware, Mattias Ostermann Surface Design for Ceramics, Maureen Mills The Artful Home, Toni Sikes Making and Installing Handmade Tiles, Angelica Pozo Making Marks, Robin Hopper Ceramic Surface Decoration, Mattias Ostermann Surface Design for Low-Fire Ceramics, Lynn Peters The Best of Pottery, Quarry Books
AWARDS
AWARDS Purchase Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA 2010 Museum Purchase Award, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX 2010 First Place Ceramics, Summer fair, Cincinnati, Ohio 2008 Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship, 2006, 1993 Juror’s Merit Award, Water Tower Annual, Louisville, KY 2004 2nd Place Clay Award, Winter Park Art Festival, 2004 Early Times Scholarship, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation 2004 Summer fair Grant, Cincinnati, Ohio 2003 Best of Show, Mt. Adams Art Festival 2002 Award of Distinction, Mt. Dora Art Festival, Mt. Dora, FL 2002 Award of Merit, Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL 2002 Fine Craft Award, Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, GA 2002 Award of Excellence, National Craft Festival, Northbrook, IL 2001 Purchase Award, Kentucky Festival of Art, Tuscaloosa, AL 2001 Best of Show, Art In the Park, Birmingham, MI, 1999 Regional Artist Project Grant, 1998 Juror’s Choice Award, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA, 1998 Purchase Awards (2), Carolina Designer Craftsmen, 1998 Hyde Park Square Art Show, Cincinnati, OH, Best of Show: 1993, 1992, 1984; First Place: 1999, 1995; Best of Ceramics: 2002, 1987 Merit Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA, 1997 Best of Show, Annual Celebration of the Arts, Spruce Pine, NC, 1995, 1997 Award of Excellence, Piedmont Craft Fair, Winston-Salem, NC, 1987, 1995 Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, 1992 Figurative Clay: A National Survey, Atlanta, GA, Purchase Award, 1991 Studio Ceramics, Berea College, Berea, KY, Purchase Award, 1990 Best of Ceramics American Crafts Exposition, Evanston, IL, 1987 Award of Excellence, Craft fair at Hathaway Brown, Cleveland, OH, 1986 Vessels Aesthetic, Taft, CA, Purchase Award, 1985 Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati, Award of Excellence, 1984 Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati, Purchase and Merit Awards, 1982
SELECTED COLLECTIONS and COMMISSIONS
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX Kentucky Museum Of Craft & Design, Louisville, KY Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI Eliada School Mural, Asheville, NC 3 City of Bakersville Greenway Mural, Bakersville, NC Commonwealth Insurance, Louisville, KY SAS Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC Highwater Clay, Asheville, NC Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Taft College, Taft, CA Berea College, Berea, KY Clemson University, Clemson, SC Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY AGL Resources, Atlanta, GA Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
To many to list here.