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	Maggie Towne’s Bio 133 N Birchwood Ave Louisville, KY 40206 502 494 2807 At a young age I was making mud pies and clay penguins and was encouraged by my mother (a painter and writer) the whole time. I took a pottery class the summer after high school for fun and subsequently graduated with my BFA in ceramics from Brooks Institute of Fine Arts in Santa Barbara in 1973. For 13 years I wandered the western world doing other things (but always doing clay) and then decided to take my art making seriously by attending the University of Georgia for my MFA in ceramics, which I received in 1989. Sometime in graduate school I started working with the female figure in a sculptural manner.  I was a resident artist and teacher at Baltimore Clayworks for four years before I moved to Pittsburgh.  Six years ago I moved to Louisville, KY. The first few years I belonged to a new ceramic cooperative and gallery, which for me was a much-needed supportive environment. Four years previously I had been teaching at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, a nonprofit arts’ organization focused on urban high school students in Pittsburgh, PA. Unfortunately, I never really found a clay community there.  I am now happily teaching art and ceramics at Kentucky Country Day School, a private K-12 school in Louisville. It’s a wonderful job. Four years ago I purchased a potter’s house in Crescent Hill complete with gas car kiln and studio!  Early in 2005 I received a grant to go to Mexico to study with potters in Oaxaca and Michoacan from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. It was an amazing experience that I continue to draw from. The newest work is reflecting a desire to simplify the figure combined with the vessel form. My recent trip to Mexico and some time at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine last summer led me back to red clay and majolica. I plan to continue to have fun with the form and the colors!
Education 1989     Master of Fine Arts - Ceramics; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1977     California Teachers Credential (secondary); San Francisco State University, CA 1973     Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics; Santa Barbara Art Institute, CA Additional Education 1996     Graphic Production In The Computer Age, MICA, Baltimore, MD 1995     Digital Photography, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1993     Sculpture workshop with Judy Moonelis, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO 1993     Workshop with Eddie Dominguez, Greenwich House Pottery, NewYork, NY 1992     Throwing workshop with Ron Meyers, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO 1988     University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy Selected Teaching Experience 2002-Present  Instructor art and ceramics, Kentucky Country Day School, Louisville, KY 1996-2000   Instructor, ceramics, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA 1996-1999     Instructor, ceramics, Sweetwater Arts Center, Sewickley, PA 1996              Instructor, ceramics, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1995-1997     Assistant to Visual Arts Head, Baltimore School For The Arts, Baltimore, MD 1995-1996     Resident artist, The Holt Center for the Arts, Baltimore, MD 1994-1995     Instructor and technician,Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1993-1995     Instructor and resident artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Awards and Scholarships 2004     Mexico Travel & Study Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, KY 1999     Assistantship Award, Watershed Center for the Arts, Newcastle, ME 1993     Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO 1991     Purchase Award, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA 1991     $10,000 Grant, The Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY Selected Exhibitions 2004 Garden Vessels, Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY 2002/03 Elan Exhibition, Actor's Theater, Louisville, KY 2001 From the Fire; wood-fired pieces, Centre College, Danville, KY 2001 The Nude, Lexington Art League Lexington, KY 2000 Art in the Neighborhood, Brescia University, Owensboro, KY 1999 artists 8, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 Journey to (k)now, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 Balancing Act, Sweetwater Center for the Arts Gallery at Mellon Bank, Sewickley, PA 1997 Hand to Mouth, object and function; Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA 1996 Faculty Exhibition; Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD 1996 Overlea Ambitious; The Holt Center for the Arts, Baltimore MD 1995 Contemporary Clayworks; Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1995 Voices and Visions, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD 1995 From The Hands; Academy of The Arts, Easton, MD 1995 Six Sculptors from Baltimore Clayworks; City Hall Galleries, Baltimore, MD 1995 The Offering; Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1995 Contemporary Clay; Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD 1994 Layered Voices; The Tuttle Gallery,McDonogh School, McDonogh, MD 1994 From The Land; Dundalk Gallery, Dundalk Community College, Dundalk, MD 1994 Maryland Institute, College of Art Faculty Show; Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1992 Tornado Women; Rod Goebel Gallery, Taos, NM 1992 Figurative Clay; The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 1992 1st Annual Figurative Exhibition; Cone 10 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1992 Creating Ourselves; Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 1991 Torsos; Philip Bareiss Contemporary Exhibitions, Taos, NM 1990 Icons and Angels; Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1989 We Got Some Goddesses Here; MFA Thesis Show, University of Georgia, Athens, GA   Reviews, Photographs, Citations, Catalogs May 2001    Clay Times, The Gallery, photo of "Teatime" sculpture. November 2000 Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, "Brescia's 'Art in the Neighborhood' exhibit features Louisville Artists", Owensboro, KY June 1995    Columbia Flier, "Women Voices & Visions Resounds Clearly at Art Center" by Mike Guililano, Baltimore, MD February 1992   Taos News; "Sculptor Builds New Definition of Femininity"  by Deb Ensor, Taos, NM Professional Affiliation Member    National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts

 

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