Susan has worked with clay for over 25 years and has an MFA in ceramics from LSU. Having grown up in Chapel Hill, Susan has since lived in many places, working as a studio artist, teacher, and arts professional. Susan served as President of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and has dedicated many years toward promoting education, improving quality, and developing community support for potters and ceramics. She created ClayWorks Studio and Gallery, a cooperative studio and clay gallery, while in Charleston,SC before moving back to NC. She exhibits in many national, as well as international exhibitions, and she has taught at craft schools such as Penland and Arrowmont. Susan has just built her new studio and incorporated a beautiful gallery room to keep work on display year round. Go to complete vita/resume
CURRENT
POSITION
1985-present Studio
Potter,
1999-2005 Owner
and founder of ClayWorks Studio and Gallery,
1998-2007 NCECA
- President /
Director at Large / Administrative Assistant
EDUCATION
1985 MFA
Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA - MFA,
1982 BA Virginia Polytech.&
State Univ.,
1973 North Carolina Governor's School, Art
Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
2005 Art
in Public Spaces Project, Tile installation for
Curator, "A Touch of
Elegance",
2004
2002-8 Presidential term
for the National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts
2003
2002 Foshan
International Ceramic Symposium, Invited Artist, Workshop/Conference,
Curator, Designer,
Administrator of exhibition - "Porcelain: Another Touch",
95-02 Instructor,
2001 Administrative
Assistant National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts
2000 Curator,
Designer, Administrator of exhibition - "A Touch of Porcelain",
1999-00 Managing
Director of the NCECA Silent Benefit Auction
1999 Founded
CLAYWORKS Studio, teaching studio, workshop, and gallery in
1998-00 Director
at Large, National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts, 1998-2000
1997 NCECA
- Scholarship Fundraising Coordinator,
1997 Conference
1996-98 LOCUS
- Founding Board Member,
1995-05 Studio Potter, Mt. Pleasant, SC
1992-95 Studio
Potter,
1989-92 Studio
Potter,
1988-87 Studio
Potter,
1986-87 Studio
Potter,
1986 ACC
Southeast Conference, "Made in the Shade" Exhibition Coordinator;
Shop
Supervisor: Kilns - Built downdraft
kiln, LSU
Ceramics Monitor,
1983-84 Shop
Supervisor - Kilns and Glazes, LSU
1983 Ceramics
Monitor for Warren McKensie and Jerry Horning,
1980-82 Ceramics
Studio Assistant, VPI&SU,
1978-79 Ceramics
Studio Assistant,
1978 Carpenter's
Assistant
1976 Stonemason's
Assistant
1975 Hiked
PUBLICATIONS
'NCECA Benefit Auction', author,
Clay Times, March, 05
'
"Art
of the Pot" Ceramics Monthly, portfolio, April 05
500 Cups, 2004,
Lark Publications,
The Complete Guide to High
Fire Glazes, Lark Publications,
The Penland Book of Ceramics,
photos, Lark Publications,
The Body in Clay, photo
and review, Ceramics Monthly, 2002
"Randy Johnston"
author, Clay Times, May 2002
500 Teapots, 2002,
Lark Publications,
The Ceramic Design Book, 1998,
Lark Publications,
The Art of Contemporary
American Pottery, Kevin Hluch, 2001, Krause Publications
"Always New Beginnings" author
and artist, Ceramics Monthly feature article, Sept. 2001
"A Touch of Porcelain"
author, Clay Times, May 2000
GRANTS
and
AWARDS
2004 New Works Retreat, Penland
"Strictly Functional
Pottery National", Award,
1999
1998 Two
Purchase Awards, " International Orton Cone Box Show,"
Merit Award, Jurors Choice
Award, Spoleto Craft Fair -
1997
"Ceramics - One of a
Kind" NICHE Award Finalist Buyers Market of American Craft,
1996 Purchase
Award Orton Cone Box Show -
Traveling Exhibition,
"Merit Award" Spoletto Craft Show
"Best of Show" Dock St. Theater Gallery -
Best in Show" Azalea Festival
1995
Niche Awards Winner "Contemporary Pottery" Buyers Market of American Crafts,
1992 Purchase
Award "LaGrange Clay
National"
1987 "Honorable
Mention"
1987 "Honorable
Mention and Purchase Awards" FestForAll;
"Merit Award"
1985 "Best
of Show" Fall Crafts Festival;
1975 NC Gold Key Award and Honorable Mention "North
EXHIBITIONS
2008 "National
Teapot Show VII" Invitational
"Potters of
"The Body in Pots" Invitational
Red Star Studios,
Solo Exhibition and "Flights
of Fancy", Roswell Visual Arts Gallery,
"6x6" Transformations"
Invitational,
"Tableware" Invitational,
"George Ohr
Influences"
Slip, Slurp, Gulp" Invitational
"11th Annual
Contemporary Clay Exhibition", Invitational, CO Center for the
arts,
"
"Instructors Exhibition" Invitational,
Arrowmont
2007 "Red"
Sante Fe Clay", Invitational
"
2005 "Spouting
Off Again" Invitational Teapot Exhibition of Glass and Clay,
"The
Simple Cup" Invitational,
"Art of the Pot" Invitational,
"Hot Stuff/Clay Tigers"
Invitational,
"A Touch of Elegance" McBride Gallery,
2004 "Strictly
Functional Pottery National", Juried,
'
"The Big Show", Invitational,
Four Star Gallery,
"Hundreds of Cups",
Invitational, Sante Fe Clay,
"A Passion for Pottery",
Invitational, Clay and Paper,
"Potters of
2003 "1st
Century Ceramics in the
Solo Exhibition - Susan Filley
Porcelain,
"Hundreds of Cups",
Invitational, Sante Fe Clay,
"Women in Clay: Pots for
Daily Use", Invitational, Odyssey Gallery,
"From Inside the Clay Studio",
"Southern Craft", Invitational,
Ogdon
"The Loving Cup", Invitational,
2002 "Contemporary
Studio Ceramics"
"Porcelain:
Another Touch" Curator and Artist
"Clay Nation" Invitational
Exhibition of 4 artists,
"
"The Body in Clay" Invitational,
Craft
"Pots Presented" Invitational,
2001 "Contemporary
Porcelain" Solo Exhibition Nina Liu Gallery
"6x6 :
A Show of Sets" Invitational NCECA Special Exhibition
"
"Bistro" Invitational
"Cups, Cupboards and
Cabinets" Signature Gallery
2000 "Susan
Filley and Malcolm Davis" Two Person Exhibit The Clay Studio,
"A Touch of Porcelain" Curator and Artist Denver
, CO
"
"First 20 Years: Then and Now"
Invitational
Orton Cone Box Show, Traveling Exhibition, Baker Univ,
"Dinnerworks" Invitational Sante Fe
Clay
1999 "Porcelain
Works by Susan Filley" Solo
Exhibition,
"Promenade in Porcelain" Solo Exhibition, City Gallery,
"Southeastern Pottery
Invitational" Invitational
Blue Spiral Gallery,
"Teapot
Invitational" Invitational,
'"Teapot International" Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery,
"Candlelight Show" Invitational,
1998 "Triennial
- 98" Invitational,
1998 International Orton
Cone Box Show, Traveling
Exhibition,
KS
Porcelain Works by Susan
Filley Solo Exhibition, Univ.Gallery,
Francis Marion Univ. Florence,
SC
1997 'On
the Surface: An Exhibition of Painterly Clay'
OH
'Fourth Strictly Functonal Pottery National' The Artworks
Gallery
'Winterfest;
National Invitational Exhibition' Invitational
'Wall Forms: Sculptural
Works in Clay" Danforth Gallery -
'Ubiquitous Bowls' Frog Hollow -
'On
/ Off the Wall' Potscape Gallery
'Artistic Visions'
Curator: Polly LaFitte
'Put a Lid on It'
"Ceramics
- One of a Kind" Niche
Awards Finalist Buyers Market of
American Crafts,
1996 "Fletcher
Challenge Awards"
Chalke
Orton
Cone Box Show Traveling Exhibition, Purchase Award
Spoleto Exhibition, "Best of Show" Dock St. Theater
Gallery -
"Cedar Creek National
Teapot Exhibition" Invitational
Cedar Creek Gallery -
"Crossroads in Clay
96"
ACC Southeastern Symposium
"Sammeltassen"
Collectors Cups International
Exhibition -
"4th Strictly Functional
Pottery National" -
"
"Functional Ceramics
Invitational" Invitational,
"Southeast
Fine Craft Juried Exhibition"
Art Station -
"Functional
Clay '96" Invitational Shoestring Gallery -
"7th
Annual Teapot Exhibition" Houerbocken, Inc -
"Here's to You"
Drinking Vessel Show" Infinity Gallery -
1995 "Contemporary
Pottery" Niche Awards
Winner, Buyers
Market of American Crafts,
"Coleman and
Company" Group Exhibition
"Twists on the Teapot" Pewabic
Pottery,
1994 "The
Fantastic Tea Pot and Cup"
1993
"TableService Sonata"
"Clay and Fiber"
1992 "LaGrange
Clay National"
"Teapot 200" Pro Art,
1991 "Animal
Imagery 2" Invitational The Works Gallery,
"Pelicans, Puffins,
and Perch" Solo Exhibition,
1990 "NCECA
Clay National"
"Ceramics
Invitational" Invitational The Works Gallery,
1987 'Susan
Filley" Solo Exhibition Capitol Street Gallery.
"Works in
Clay"
"Contemporary Teapot
200"
"Animal Imagery" Invitational The
Works Gallery,
"Made
in the Shade" ACC-SE, Baton
Rouge, LA
1986 "Small
Works in Clay"
"18th Festival of
American Craftsmen"
"
"Crafts 20"
"18th Annual
"Dimensions '86"
"First Annual Monarch
Tile Ceramic Competition"
"Spotlight '86 -
Southeast Crafts"
"Currents '86" Middle Tennessee State Univ.,
1985 "
MFA Thesis Exhibition -
One Person Show
"Louisiana/Mississippi
Crafts Invitational"
COLLECTIONS
Scott Jones, Private
Collection, Founder of
Orton Collection,
Dan Overly, collector, Jackson
Ms
Norton and Mindy Seltzer,
WORKSHOPS
and
TEACHING
2005 Clay
Guild Artist Demonstration,
Wesleyan Potters, Artist
workshop,
Potters Demonstrtion
Series, Guest demonstration,
2004
2003
Baltimore/Washington Clay
Guild - Susan Filley workshop
Rocking ham Community
Center - Susan Filley workshop
LaGrange College,
Invited Artists workshop,
2002 Laloba Ranch, Porcelain
- Color on White - Susan Filley workshop,
2001 Laloba Ranch, Porcelain Workshop,
Boulder Mountain Clayworks, Artist workshop,
2000
Artist Residency: SCORE
Interdisciplinary Grant -
1999 Appalachian
Center for Crafts,
Porcelain Perspectives: Susan Filley,
Gibbes
Museum of Art, Clay Concentration, two
week workshops,
Artist Workshop - Susan
Filley
1998 Penland
School of Crafts, Concentration Instructor,
Artist Demonstration Workshop 'Contrast: Susan
Filley, David Bradley'- ,
1997 Penland
School of Crafts, Instructor
1996-99
1996
1995 Coleman
Clay Studio,
Decoration Workshop - Tom and Elaine Coleman & Susan
Filley;
1992-95 Coleman
Clay Studio and Gallery,
Worked as partner with Tom Coleman in opening his Clay Studio,
in the conception of the school, integrating a workshop and classroom with the
gallery and cooperative studio.
Taught classes, created studio policy, graphics coordination.
1992 Penland School of Crafts, Instructor
1990-92
1988 Penland School of Crafts, Visiting Artist -
Decoration Workshop,
Cane Creek Pottery, Artist
Workshop/Demonstration ,
1986 LSU
Ceramics Program, Visiting Artist,
1988 Instructor,
Cane Creek Pottery
1985
1984 LSU
Intermediate Ceramics, Teaching Assistantship;
1983 Southeastern
JURIED
CRAFT SHOWS (selected)
1998
Spoleto Craft Show "Juror's
Choice, Merit Award",
1997
Spoleto Craft Show "Merit
Award"
Artworks
1996
'Crafts National'
Azalea Festival "Best
in Show"
Spoleto Craft Show "Merit
Award"
Artworks
Atalaya
Craft Show,
1995 ACC
Craft Show -
Artworks -
1994 ACC Craft Show -
1993 ACC
Craft Show -
'Best of Show - Crafts' Summerlin
Art Festival -
1992 ACC
Wintermarket -
1991 Crozet
Craft Shows,
1990
National Craft Show;
Artscape;
Frederick Craft Show;
1989
Crozet Fall Show;
1988
Crozet Fall Show;
1987 "Honorable
Mention"
"2nd Place Award"
International Crafts Festival;
"Honorable Mention
and Purchase Awards" FestForAll;
"Merit
Award"
1986 Chimneyville Crafts Festival;
22nd Museum of the South Arts
and Crafts Festival;
1985 "Best
of Show" Fall Crafts Festival;
4th International Crafts
Festival;
16th Annual American Artisan
Festival;
1984 FestForAll;
1981 ACE
Christmas Market;
1985 'On / Off the Wall' Potscape Gallery
"Artifacts"
"Hot Tea" Panache
Gallery, Denver, CO
"4th Juried
Exhibition for
"Equal
Time"
1984 "Pots
About Pots: Variations on a Clay Anatomy"
Artist in the Schools Primitive Cultures Studies,
1987 Instructor:
Clay Sculpture, LASC Arts Education,
1984-85 Instructor: Pottery and Clay Sculpture, LSU Continuing
Education
Clay Instructor, Summer Arts Program,
1980-82 Ceramics
Throwing Skills Instructor, VPI&SU,
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