Fred Johnston
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EDUCATION |
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1995 |
Penn State University, College of Art & Architecture, MFA, Ceramics |
| 1993 |
Alfred University, College of Ceramics, BFA,
with Honors
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| HONORS | |
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2000 |
Artlink/CEC International Partners, collaboration with the National Estonian Art Academy to construct the first anagama kiln in Estonia |
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1995-96 |
Artist-In-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts |
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1995 |
Scholarship, assistant to Akio Takamori, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts |
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1992 |
Functional Design Award presented at
Alfred University
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| PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS | |
| 2006 | Designed and built commissioned sculptures for Center City Park, Greensboro, NC |
| NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | The 23rd Annual Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC |
| 2004 | Steamin' Teapot Show, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2001 | 25th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1998 | 16th Annual Smithsonian Craft Exhibition, Washington, DC |
| 1997 |
Spotlight '97, ACC
Hickory Museum of Art,
Hickory, NC Ceramics '97, Exhibit, Guilford, CT |
| 1996 |
Woodfired Pottery Fall Exhibition,
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC Spotlight'96, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY |
| 1995-97 | The Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibit, New Cumberland, PA |
| 1995 | Craft
National 29, University Park, PA Ceramic USA, Denton, TX |
| INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2007 | Common Ground, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY |
| 2007 | The Natural World, NC State Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC |
| 2005 | Teapots, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2003 | Folk
Pottery of North Carolina,
Craft Alliance, St.
Louis, MO After Palissy, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA |
| 2001-02 | Phyllis Blair Clark Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH |
| 2002 |
Hot/Ice III: Teapots & Pitchers,
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC The Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA, also 1998 & 2000 |
| 2001 | NC
Clay, Past and Present,
NCECA
Conference, Charlotte, NC NCECA 10 Years of Clay, NCECA Conference, Charlotte, NC The First Ten Years, Arrowmont's Artist-in-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN |
| 2000 | Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC |
| 1999 | Owls,
Fish and Tootsie Roll Eating Chickens, Solo Show,
Vermont Clay Studio,
Waterbury, VT Salt & Soda, A Contemporary View, Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, IL Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC |
| 1998 | Penn State Clay Tradition Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
| 1997 |
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt National Invitational,
Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY Traditions in Transition, NCECA, Clay Gallery, Asheville, NC |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2006 | The Remarkable Potters of Seagrove, written by Charlotte Brown, Lark Brooks |
| 2006 | Perched at the Park, written by Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane, News & Record, NC |
| 2006 | 500 Pitchers, edited by Terry Guess, Lark Books |
| 2004 | Fertile Soil for Potters, written by Jaffe & Muncie, The New York Times |
| 2003 | Ceramic Tradition, by Barbara Hertenstein, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO |
| 1998 | The
Ceramic Design Book, edited by Chris Rich, Lark Books Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH |
| 1997 | The Best in Contemporary Ceramics, Rockport Publications |
| LECTURER/WORKSHOPS | |
| 2002 | Ideas & Images for the Utilitarian Pot, Claymakers, Durham, NC |
| 2002 |
Ceramic Round Table Discussion, NC State University, Raleigh, NC Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC Claymakers, Durham, NC |
| 2000 | Columbia Ceramic Studio, Columbia, SC |
| 1999 | Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, VT |
| 1995-96 | Arrowmont Outreach Programs, Art Series for Rural Students, Gatlinburg, TN |
| 1992 | Art
History,
Montgomery Community College,
Troy, NC
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| Fred's Portfolio | |
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Johnston and Gentithes Studios 249 East Main Street Seagrove, NC 27341 (336) 873-9176 |
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