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Curriculum Vitae

HANNAH SHORT           

Education
2013   MFA, CERAMICS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2008   BFA, CERAMICS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  
2008   BA, ART HISTORY, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010   POST-BACC, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2006   STUDY ABROAD, West Virginia University Ceramics Summer Program, Peoples Republic of China
Teaching Experience
2011-13  GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
                    Ceramics Instructor: Beginning Hand building. Responsible for all assignment development and implementation, demonstrations, presentations and grading.
                   Foundations Instructor: 2D & 3D. Responsible for all assignment development and implementation, demonstrations, presentations and grading.
                     Shop Tech. Responsible for the inventory and stocking of materials, mixing slips, stains, under-glazes, low-fire and high-fire glazes, firing kilns and keeping ceramics studio clean and orderly.
2010–11   GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
                         Teaching Assistant: Beginning Wheel Throwing. Responsible for assisting all class functions: demonstrations, wheel-throwing techniques, loading & firing kilns, presentations and grading.
Teaching Assistant: Beginning Hand building.  Responsible for assisting all class functions: demonstrations, hand building techniques, loading and firing kilns, presentations and grading.
2008-09    CERAMIC INSTRUCTOR, John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
                        Ceramics Instructor: Adult and Children’s Hand building. Responsible for all project development, demonstrations, kiln loading and kiln firing.
                        Ceramics Instructor: Children’s Wheel Throwing. Responsible for all project development, demonstrations, kiln loading and kiln firing.

 Activities and Related Experience
2012   PRESENTER, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Artist Presentation: Slide Lecture. Responsible for presenting a public slide lecture about my artwork and ideas.
2012   TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Ceramics Assistant: Paul Sacaridiz Workshop/Testing Theories, Models, and Prototypes. Responsible for inventory, replenishing materials, assist in demonstrations, pugging clay, loading kilns, firing kilns, mixing casting slip and glazes, and assist in plaster and rubber mold making.
2008-09    CERAMIC LAB TECHNICIAN, John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
Ceramics Studio Technician: Responsible for studio maintenance, inventory, mixing clay and glazes, ordering materials, loading and firing kilns, studio safety, and kiln maintenance: thermocouples, elements, relays, switches and electrical wires. 
2010-13   PRESIDENT, U.T. Potter’s, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Club President: Responsible for meetings, bi-annual sales, advertising, promoting, and treasury.
2010-11                INSTRUCTOR/DEMONSTRATOR, Mighty Mud Ceramics, Knoxville, TN
Ceramic Instructor: Raku Kiln Firing. Responsible for the instruction, demonstration and safety of glazing, kiln loading and firing.
2011            PREPARATOR, “From the Center to the Edge: 60 years of Creativity and                         Innovation at The Archie Bray Foundation”, Helena, MT           
Volunteer Worker. Responsible for assembling conference packets, preparation/installation/de-installation of tents, artwork, and workspaces for artist workshops
2009           DEMONSTRATOR, WonderLab Museum of Health, Science, and Technology, Bloomington, IN
Pottery Instructor: Workshop for kids. Responsible for the instruction and demonstration of wheel thrown ceramics.
2007    PREPARATOR, Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington, IN
Volunteer Worker. Responsible for exhibition installation and de-installation, wall and pedestal preparation, assist in packing and unpacking art.
2007    CONFERENCE SURVEYOR, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Louisville, KY
   Volunteer Worker. Conducted membership interviews at annual meeting.

Activities and Related Experience (continued)
2006    CONFERENCE SURVEYOR, National Council on Education for the Ceramic
                           Arts, Portland, OR
   Volunteer Worker. Conducted membership interviews at annual meeting.
 2006    PERSONAL STUDIO ASSISTANT, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
                        Assistant to Malcolm Mobutu Smith. Responsible for clay mixing, assisting as    
                        needed and organizing art work.
Exhibitions
2013        “ORANGE”, White Box Gallery, Manhattan, NY

2013        “66th ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION” Ewing Gallery, University of  
                            Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2012        “BEYOND THE BRICKYARD, FOURTH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION”,
                            Bray North Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT    

2012        “65th ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION”, Ewing Gallery, University of         Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2012        “VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AWARDS/ SCULPTURE SHOW”, Knoxville         Convention Center, Knoxville, TN

2011        “EIGHTH ANNUAL MARGE BROWN KALODNER GRADUATE STUDENT EXHIBITION”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2011        “PURPOSE”, Gallery 1010, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2011        “HANG IT ON THE FLOOR”, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2010        “FRESH PICKIN’S”, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,  
                                      TN

2008                  “REGIONAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

2008        “SMALL”, Center Gallery, John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
                                    
2008        “BFA THESIS SHOW”, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2007        “MENAGE A TROIS” AFoS, Studio 101, Bloomington, IN

2007        “EMERGING EXCELLENCE: 14 REGIONAL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS”,  
                            Melrose Art Center, Louisville, KY

2006        “CERAMIC EXCHANGE”, Texas Tech University Gallery, Texas Tech
                            University, Lubbock, TX

Collections
2008            THADDEUS MOSELY, Private Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
2005            MATHERS MUSEUM OF WORLD CULTURES, Permanent Exhibit,
                                Bloomington, IN        
Works Reproduced
2012            CERAMICS MONTHLY, Exposure, March Issue, Pg. 20
2012         BEYOND THE BRICKYARD FOURTH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Exhibition Catalogue, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2008            CANVAS MAGAZINE, Vol. 12, Issue 1, December, Indiana University,
                        Bloomington, IN
Awards                                                                                                                                                                             
2013            UT POTTER’S AWARD, “66th Annual Student Art Competition”, Ewing
            Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012            TRAVEL AWARD, School of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012         MARY B. BISHOP AND FRANCIS S. MERRITT SCHOLARSHIP, Technical-Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2012            GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP, Graduate School of Art and 
                                 Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012   UT POTTER’S AWARD, “65th Annual Student Art Competition”, Ewing  
                                    Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2011    DOROTHY DILLE MATERIALS GRANT, School of Art, University of  
                                    Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2007            NICK’S BRICK AWARD, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana                                     University, Bloomington, IN
2006            CERAMIC AREA AWARD, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana                                     University, Bloomington, IN