"Platter and Bowl"
Shin glzed stoneware
Platter: 1"H x 18"W x 18"D
Bowl: 8"H x 12"W x 12"D

Sarah Barnes Biography
Education
May 1991 Master of Arts in Graphic Design
University of Baltimore
Art Litho Award Winner
June 1988 Bachelor of Arts in English and Art
Goucher College
Employment
January 1995 to present
Maryland Institute College of Art
Ceramics Technician
Special Exhibitions Coordinator NCECA at MICA 2005
Organize 15 exhibitions at MICA for the 2005 NCECA Conference
Adjunct Faculty Ceramics & Sculpture Departments where I teach a variety of specialty classes such as "Raku & Saggar," "Wheel Throwing Altered Forms," "Anagama Kiln Firing MiniMester" & "Working with Paper Clay." and "Sculptural Forms"
Instructor for Pre-College Program
Teach ceramic sculptural and Raku techniques to high school students
Instructor for Continuing Studies Department
Teach introductory level classes in wheel throwing and handbuilding. Instructor for Master in Arts Teaching Program
Mentor graduate students to develop a body of artwork for their graduate thesis exhibitions.
2002- present Assistant Gallery Director - Gudelsky Gallery,School of Art & Design at Montgomery College, assist with curating and installing exhibitions
2001-2003 Tile Restoration for John Lee, Justice Building in DC roof restoration
Create new decorative roof tiles, based on molds of the originals
January 1999 Moravian Pottery & Tileworks, Tile and Mold Making Apprentice
Produce plaster and rubber production molds for tileworks, create tile project, learn installation techniques.
1994 to present
Self Employed Potter & Quilter
Maintain ceramics studio making functional pottery and tile murals. Commissions from The Baltimore Zoo, and private individuals. Create handmade one of a kind quilts. Given workshops for various community organizations: Carter High School, Frederick Community College, Maryland Institute, Lee Arts Center etc.
January 1992 to 1999
Baltimore Clayworks, Ceramics Instructor and Wood Kiln Instructor
Teach a variety of classes for children and adults including specialty workshops in raku, pit firing, wood firing and summer craft camps at the Baltimore Zoo.
Education & Special Event Coordinator and Work Study Supervisor
Responsible for creating class schedule and organizing special events (i.e. Artscape, Spice It Up, ACC Craft WinterMarket, Clay Day etc.) Editor, Administrative Assistant
Editor and principle writer of quarterly newsletter and class flyer.
June 1991 to 1994
Govans Uptown Press Graphic Designer & Typesetter
Exhibitions
November 2007 - Baltimore, MD
Meredith Gallery - Solo Exhibition "Fire Poetry"
January - April 2005, College Store, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - NCECA Solo Exhibition
March 2005 - Fells Point, MD
Saratoga Trunk Gallery
NCECA MICA Continuing Studies Exhibition
October 2003 - Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art Annual Faculty Exhibition
March - October 2002, Baltimore, MD
Collaborating with Michael Anthony
Designed a Donkey for D.C.'s Party Animals
March - October 2001, Baltimore, MD
Collaborating with Michael Anthony - Six designs were selected and created for this public art project including the inaugural fish "Allure of Baltimore" Fish Out of Water
October 2000 - Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - Annual Faculty Exhibition
August 2000 - Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - Annual Staff Exhibition
October 1999 - Elzeard Pottery, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibition - Anagama fired porcelain
September 1999 - Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - Annual Faculty Exhibition
June 1999 - Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - Annual Staff Exhibition
October 1996 - Loyola College Craft Fair - First Place - Craft Category
Ceramic Assistant for
Fall 2004 - Lawson Oyekan, Artist in Residence at MICA
June 1999 - Archie McCall & Bill Brown, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Technician Exchange - worked with senior students creating final exhibition
June 1999 - Sebastian Black
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland - Invitation from the ceramics department to work with 2nd-3rd year students.
January 1999 - Present
Anagama Kiln Firing with several artists in Pennsylvania
July 1997 - Clary Illian, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Work Study assistantship - 2 1/2 week workshop
June 1996 - James Lawton, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Technical Assistant 2 week workshop concentrating on altered forms and saggar firing
At Baltimore Clayworks
January 1997 - Nicholas Joerling, Technical Assistant week long workshop
November 1996 - Ken Bichell, Woodfire Workshop
June 1996 - John Theis, Woodfire workshop
May 1996 - Scott Tubby, Two day workshop including saggar firing, burnishing demos
January 1996 - Ron Meyers, Week long intensive culminating in gas firing
December 1995 - April 1996 - McKenzie Smith, Technical assistant for wood firing workshops firing with salt/soda
January 1994 - Jackie Brown, Monoprinting with Clay Tiles
Spring 1992 & 1993 - Ken Bichell & Ching-Yuan Chang - Wood fire workshop at Chester Springs, assisted both instructors with glazes, firing and general studio help.
Summer 1992 - Winter 1993 - Norma Wallis
Mt. Washington Light Rail Station - Created tiles for installation of sidewalk mural
Professional Experiences
NCECA - Member since 1995
Potters Guild of Baltimore
Glass Blowing Workshop November 2004, Maryland Institute College of Art
October 2001 - Juror, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Individual Fellowship of Artists and Scholars Grants
May Minimester 1999, Coptic Textile Weaving & Dyeing
July 1998 - Liz Spears - Weaving, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina