Special Art Exhibitions & Grant Awards

2023 “Guardian Passage:: The Power of Ukrainian Cultural Memory in the Face of War” Supported by the UofM Art Initiative Grant. Artists: Irina Bondarenko, Katya Lisova, Barbara Melnik Carson.

International Institute Gallery, WCEE, University of Michigan, 10/1 - 11/30

Duderstadt Center Gallery, University of Michigan, 12/6- 12/20

 Juried Art Exhibitions:

  • “Strictly Functional Pottery National. Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA., 2024 “ Chawan “Fog in the Mountains”, 3”x4”x4”

  • “2024 Michigan Ceramic Exhibition”, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center , Birmingham, MI, 9/24-10/31, 2024 “Guardian Passage”, 4’x4’x8’, Honorable Mention

  • “Wood Soda Salt”, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2024, Chawan “Shrapnelled”, 3”x4”x4”

  • “Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition”, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, 6/10-7/29, 2023 “Reflections”, 10”x4”x2”

  • “Ukrainian Mythology, Folklore, and Legends” , Ukrainian American Archives & Museum, Hamtramck, MI, 5/21-9/30, 2023 Installation “Guardian Passage”

  • Strictly Functional Pottery National. Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA., 2022 Jurors:, “Blue Jack Troy & Carolanne Currier, Bowl “Tribute to Mariupol” 3” x 4” x 4”

  • 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 2022. Juror: Andrea Gill, "Apple blooming" place setting, 7” x 11” x 11”

    Strictly Functional Pottery National. Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA. 9/24 -11/13, 2021; Jurors: Roberto Lugo, Margaret Kinkeade, Brooks Oliver, “Blue tea bowl set” 6” x 12” x 12”.

  • Off Center- An International Ceramics Competition. Blue line Art Center, Roseville, CA. May 21 - July 10th, 2021 Juror: Magdolene Dykstra; “Split form III (Rapture)” 7”x12x3,

  • “Breakfast” International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s Fourth Biennial Invitational and Juried Exhibition. Museum on Main Street, 500 N. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. April 10 – August 28, 2021 Juror: Ursula Hargens “Egg dish”, 12″ x 6″ x 2″, http://dinnerwaremuseum.org/main/index.php/breakfast-2/

  • MCAA 2020 Michigan ceramic Art show,  Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center - BBAC, Birmingham, Michigan. 10/16-11/12/2020; JUROR :Malcolm Mobutu Smith; “Sgraffito Tea Bowl Set”. low fire terracotta, sgraffito on terra sigillata, 5” x 11” x 11”.

  • Ink & Clay 44: National Juried Competition, Kellogg University Art Gallery California Polytechnic University, Pomona, 91768. 8/22 – 11/21/2019; Curatorial Juror: Juri Koll, Ceramics/Clay Juror: Susan Elizalde-Henson; “Tea Caddy VII”, low fire terracotta, sgraffito on terra sigillata, 5” x 10” x 7”, Purchase Award Winner

  • “Butter.” International Museum of Dinnerware Design’s special juried exhibition. Museum on Main Street, 500 N. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. 4/6 – 8/25/ 2019; Juror: Anne Meszko. “French Butter Crock #1 (with cord)”, 4”x4”x3.5”.

  • Detroit Artist Market “All media exhibition”, 1/18/-2/16/2019, DAM, 4719 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201; Juror: Tylonn J.Sawyer, (1) 3D Ceramic Sculpture “Lullaby II”, Unglazed, low fire, terra sigillata, decals, 19 x 10 x 9 in, (2) Expresso set “At the bottom of the cup ” terra sigillata, decals, 2.5" x 5" x 5".

  • South Cobb Arts Alliance 31st Annual National Juried Exhibition “Sanctuary”, 8/6-9/19/2018, Mable House Art Center, located at 5239 Floyd Road SW, Mableton, GA 30126, Juror: Charles Young Walls . 3D Ceramic Sculpture “Lullaby I”, Unglazed, low fire terracota, terra sigillata, decals, 19” x 10” x 10”.

  • 018 Shapes of Influence Biennial Ceramics Exhibition, 8/3/2018 – 9/1/2018, 700 North 4th Street, Springfield, IL 62702, Juror: Simon Levin.“Tea caddy IV”, Wheel thrown, terra sigillata, sgraffito, glazed inside, 4”x4”x4”.  

  •  Northville Art House’s SMALL WORKS Juried All-Media Exhibition, 11/3-12/16, 2017, Northville Art House, 215 W Cady St, Northville, MI 48167, Pair Of Little Vases, hand-build, low fire, terra sigillata, 6”x3”x5”. & 7”x5”x4” , Salt and Pepper shakers, unglazed terracotta, low fire, terra sigillata, iron oxide, 5x4x3 in & 4x3x3 in, Honarable mention, Vase II: hand-build, low fire, terra sigillata, 7”x4”x5”.

  •  A National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Salt & Pepper Shakers, 9/29- 11/12/2017, 2017, Starbrick Clay Gallery, 21 W. Columbus Street, Nelsonville, Ohio 45764, Juror: Deb Schwartzkopf, Three pairs of Salt and pepper shakers, Unglazed, low fire, terra sigillata,iron oxide, 5”x4”x3” & 4”x3”x3”, Merit Award.

  •  Framework: National Juried Exhibition, 10/13-11/24, 2017, 808 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 Juror: Kristina Fjellman. 808 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403, 3D Ceramic Sculpture "Lullaby for a Refugee”, Unglazed, low fire, terra sigillata, decals, 17” x 9”x 7.5”.