Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics
School for American Crafts, College of Imaging Arts And Sciences,
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
September 2004 – May 2006, (May 2006, course work completed, March 2007, written thesis final approval)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art
Concentration in Ceramic (equal credits in Photography), Minor in Theater and Speech,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
August 1997 – December 2001
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Professional Practice:
Exhibitions Director
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Duties include: Working with artists, independent curators and exhibitions committee to plan exhibitions and schedules; set up and installation of shows; gallery sales; coordinating volunteers; packing and shipping artwork; participation in event and convention planning; committee work.
February 2007 – present
Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics
Doane College, Lincoln, Nebraska
Duties included: Making lesson plans for ceramics elective; preparation of class materials; instruction of students; grading projects.
August 2006 – May 2008 and August 2009 – present
Education Director
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Duties included: Planning classes offered; set up of class schedules; interviewing and hiring teachers; making lesson plans for classes; coordinating volunteers; maintaining classroom facilities; ordering supplies.
February 2007 – December 2007
Artist-in-Residence
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Duties Included: Teaching adult community and college prep ceramics classes; maintaining clay facilities and kilns.
August 17, 2006 – July 2007
Gallery Assistant
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Duties included: Assisting patrons with gallery sales; packing and shipping artwork; answering phone; set-up and display of artwork.
October 2006 – January 2007
Studio Assistant
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
June 1 – July 15, 2006
Instructor/Teaching Assistant for Ceramics Elective, and Graduate Assistant for the Foundations Department
September 1, 2004 – May 2006
Graduate Assistant for Ceramics Department Office
September 1, 2004 – May 2005
School for American Crafts, College of Imaging Arts And Sciences,
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Guest Lecturer for Creative Sources Class
School for American Crafts, College of Imaging Arts And Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
October 2004
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Solo Exhibitions:
Guilty Pleasures & Other Social Addictions
Folsom Gallery, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
April 6 – April 27, 2007
Sweetness & Light
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, New York
March 13 – March 29, 2006
Choices Presented, Decision Made
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
December 2 – 7, 2001
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Two and Three Person Exhibitions:
Sugar Coated: The Candy Shop
Gerit Grimm & Stephanie Leach
Independent/Concurrent NCECA National Convention, Copy Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 30–April 3, 2010
Scalene
Maranda Albritten, Gerit Grimm & Stephanie Leach
Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
October 2 – 31, 2009
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
SMALL WORKS: Art + Objects
Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
November 21, 2009 – January 9, 2010
Gifts from the Hand
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
November 6 – December 24, 2009
11th Annual Art Auction Exhibition
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
October 2 – November 14, 2009
Small Favors IV
Invitational Exhibition
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 1 – 31, 2009
Eight Perspectives
Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
February 1 – April 30, 2009
12th Annual Art Auction, Exhibition of Live Auction works
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana
January 12 – February 3, 2009
Gifts from the Heart
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
November 3 – December 24, 2008
Small Favors III
Invitational Exhibition
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 1 – 18, 2008
Dualis
Invitational Exhibition, Curated by Ilena Finocci
The Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracey, California
April 4 – June 14, 2008
Yummy
Juried Exhibition
Nexus Center for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 13, 2007 – February 1, 2008
USC Ceramics: Past and Present 1992 – 2007
A 15 year retrospective of ceramics graduates of USC,
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
October 28, 2007 – January 6, 2008
RED
Juried Exhibition; Juror, Richard Notkin
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
October 13 – November 10, 2007
Art of Food
1570 Gallery, Rochester, New York
May 11 – June 22, 2007
Wrappable
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
November 3 – December 22, 2006
Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 30 – July 30, 2006
School for American Crafts Ceramic Exhibition
American Art Pottery Association Convention
The Oncenter, Syracuse, New York
April 27 – April 30, 2006
Fired Up
Work from Julia Galloway, Rick Hirsch, Liz Howe, Tim Clark, Stephanie Leach, Kevin Mulcahy and Lori Phillips
The Mill Gallery, Honeoye Falls, New York
September 16 – October 15, 2005
Belton Standpipe Festival Juried Art Show
Belton, South Carolina
September 28 – November 1, 2002
3-D @ USC
The Art Garage, Columbia, South Carolina
February 16 – 29, 2002
USC Clay: MFA, BFA traveling show
Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia; Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, South Carolina;
Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina
2001
USC Clay (Coinciding with NCECA Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina),
Rock Hill, South Carolina
March 23 – 31, 2001
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Major Purchases & Collections:
Fishers of Men
Holy Spirit Church; Denver, North Carolina
2005
Tree of Knowledge
St. Peter’s Church; Columbia, South Carolina
2003
Five Thousand
St. Joseph’s Church; Columbia, South Carolina
2001
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Publications:
The School for American Crafts 2005 Newsletter, Page 7, Spring, 2005
The State, Weekend (Section E) cover and page E15, Friday, February 15, 2003
The Gamecock, page 6, Friday, February 15, 2003
Carolina Arts, Vol. 6, No. 2, page 15, February 15, 2002
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Gallery Representation:
LUX Center for the Arts
Lincoln, Nebraska
2006 – present
The Memorial Art Gallery Store
Rochester, New York
2006 – present
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Technical Skills and Interests
Ceramics Instruction and Education
Curating and Installing Exhibitions
Committee Work
Event Planning
Hand building, slip casting and throwing techniques in clay
Mold making (plaster press molds and multiple part slip molds)
Mosaic creation and installation
Electric and gas kiln firing and repair
Glass casting, fusing, blowing and cold working
3D design
B&W photography, processing and printing
(Silver gelatin, High speed Infrared)
Color Slide Photography (E6, Tungsten, Daylight)
Picture Framing
Oxy/Acety Gas Welding
Foundry/Bronze
Tools: Miter saw, Compound miter saw, jig saw, sawsall, hand held grinder, stationary wire wheel, stationary buffing wheel, power sander, drill press, hand tools.
Minor in Theater and Speech
Sewing, Felting, knitting, beading
Macintosh and IBM compatible skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher and Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, Internet
plorer, Netscape and QuickBooks POS.
Multi-line Phone, Fax Machine and Photocopier