Education

2000   MFA Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M).
1996   Summer study abroad, Cortona, Italy.
1994   University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). BA in History of Art and Architecture awarded with honors.

Selected Awards

2007 Best in Show and Best in Ceramics, Sedona Arts Festival, Sedona, Arizona.

2007 Best of Ceramics. Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2006 Best of Ceramics. Contemporary HIspanic Market. Santa Fe New Mexico.

2006 Purchase Award: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Art in Public Places Program.

2006 Finalist: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Arts in Public Spaces Program.

2005 Best of Show and Best in Ceramics. Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2005 Finalist: UNM Los Alamos Sculpture Competition.

2005 Finalist: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Arts in Public Spaces Program.

1999-00 Layton Special Achievement Award (UW-M).

1999 AOP Special Achievement Award (UW-M).

1998-00 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship (AOP), (UW-M).

1997-98 Layton Graduate Fellowship (UW-M).

1994 Phi Beta Kappa (UIC).

1994 Phi Beta Phi (UIC).

1993 Honor's College Award, (UIC).

1992 McNee Foundation Award (UIC).

 

Selected Publications

2007

Beyond Tradition, David Perez. Tempo Magazine, Taos News, August 9, 2007.

Crash Course in Colonial Crafts, Craig Smith. Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27.

Contemporary Hispanic Market: Intriguing Variations from Tradition. Staff writer, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27.

Breaking with Tradition, Santana Lopez. Santa Fe New Mexican Special Edition, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 28.

San Angelo National Ceramic Competition Catalogue. San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.

2006

Deborah Rael-Buckley, Life- Size Sculpture. Dottie Indyke. Ceramic Art and Perception (Issue #64). Sydney, Australia.

Hispanic Art Exhibit Features Taosenos. Virginia Clark, Tempo Magazine, Taos News.

Local Color V, Betsy Carey . Tempo Magazine, Taos News.

2005

Originals, 2005. catalogue, New Mexico Women in the Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, SF, NM.

Artful Visitation: Alternate at Contemporary Market Wins Best of Show. Dave Kavanaugh, Journal North Newspaper, Santa Fe, NM. (August).

 Hope and Honor: Santa Fe's Spanish Market Recognizes Taos Artist with Top Awards,  Virginia Clark, Tempo Magazine, Taos News(August).

 P/Reviews: Memories and Miracles, Dory Hulbert, Horsefly Newspaper, Taos, NM.

Taxonomy of Memory, Betsy Carey. Tempo Magazine, Taos News (September).

 Memory in the Blood, Virginia Clark. Tempo Magazine, Taos News, (April 21-27).

Feat of Clay, Dottie Endyke. Santa Fean Magazine, (April).

2004

  In These Sculptures, Raw Materials Find Rich Minds”, (exhibition review) Nancy Salem,   Albuquerque Tribune (December).

2003 

 Sculptural Works by Eight Women, Bridgit Cantuwear. Clay Times Magazine (May/June).

2002

  Ceramica 02: Guide to Belgian Ceramics. Editions Armature Uitvegerij. Weezembeek Oppem, Belgium.

A Moving Experience, Ceramics Monthly Magazine (October).

2000 

 Up Front, (featured artist), Ceramics Monthly Magazine (October).

Everything Fits Together in Artist's Eloquent Work, James Auer. Milwaukee Journal Sentinal             (Dec.)  

  
1999 

55TH Annual Juried Exhibition Catalogue. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.

Professional Experience

2007 Meditations on Memory. Lecture Harwood Museum, Taos, NM.

2003-4Ceramic Sculpture II, Taos Clay Studio, Taos, NM.
2002    Visiting artist workshop, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002    Full-time Adjunct Faculty, Basic Ceramics. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M).
2002    Visiting artist workshop, Acadame de Beaux Artes, Braine de ‘l Allued, Belgium.
2000    Assistant Lecturer, Ceramic History: Issues in Contemporary Ceramics, UW-M.
1999    Assistant Lecturer UW-M. Ceramic History, Ceramics for Art Educators, Basic Ceramics.
1998    Teaching Assistant, Basic Ceramics, UW-M (spring).
1998    Lecture, “Raising Anagama”, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha (UW-W).
1997    Summer workshop building 250 cubic foot anagama kiln, UW-W.
1993-4 Internship with the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
1993    Catalogued the Florence Arquin Collection of Folk Art, University of Illinios-Chicago.