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contact name: Linda Taylor
phone: 612.203.9193
email: clay_earth_studios@yahoo.com

Similar Artists:

I am not aware of artist who are doing similar work. I was and continue to beinspired by Ruth Duckworth

Related Organizations:
ART ASSOCIATIONS
(2001-2010): E.g. Society of Minnesota Sculptors (2007-10); Burnsville Visual Arts Society (2009-10); Bloomington Art Center (2009-10); Cross-town Photo Club/Edina Arts Center (2010), Lakeville Center for the Arts (2008, 2010)Women’s Color Camera Club (2010); Stevens Square Center for the Arts (2007); Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association (2007); Handmade Tile Association (2003-10); The Atelier; Minnesota Craft Council (02-05); Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council (03); Hopkins Center for the Arts (02-09); National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (01); Minnetonka Art Center (01-07); Edina Art Center (01-07); Northern Clay Center (01-04);; Fired-UP (01-09).

BIOGRAPHY: In 1999, I left my duties in a traditional job and in 2000 began to work seriously in clay. I participated in shows and galleries, and took many other steps as a fledging entrepreneur. My work has been in the Minnesota State Fairthree timesand has one 2nd place once.
During this period, I continued to work despite a bicycle accident in 2001 which left me with permanent injury. I have recently moved to a new home and am looking forward to a productive new year. I am delighted that both my family and art helped sustain the love I have for life, beauty and the world in which we all live. I am a life-long learner and enjoy sharing what I have learned about clay and the lessons of beauty, resiliency and discovery clay offers. 


FORMAL EDUCATION:

- Bachelor of Science, Art Education, Cum Laude. State University of New York, New Paltz, NY. 1972. Work concentrated in ceramics, silversmithing/hollowware and several courses in photography.

- Master of Arts - Urban Studies, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1980. Awarded Teaching Assistantship including free tuition and a stipend in exchange for teaching 4 classes per week.

- Other: William Mitchell College of Law, MN; University of Minnesota, MN; Roosevelt University, IL.

- Prior certifications: Art Teacher (K-12, NY, 1972); Private Pilot (1973); Mediator - Minneapolis Mediation.
WORKSHOP EXAMPLES:

1999 - 2010 Starving to Successful - Art Marketing Strategies for Professional Artists (Xanadu Gallery); 2007 -Photographing Your Work (Society of Minnesota Sculptors); 2000-2006 part time -,Atelier, Life Drawing, Sculpture/Human Anatomy (Jim Sloop);Glaze chemistry class/All the world is a kiln (Harriet Compte); Black ware workshop (Maureen Brockway); 2004 - Blackware demonstration (Laura McCaul); Regis Art Center - Yianni Lembesis/Greek pottery demonstration; Art Board and Northern Clay grant workshops; Regis Masters Lecture/Art Institute; Arts Education Conference; Fired-Up, Minneapolis, MN. Helen Gerhardt. Private throwing lessons. Large scale clay (Rebecca Hutchinson, Northern Clay Center); Visual Thinking Strategies (Springboard for the Arts); Raku-a-rama (Minnetonka Center for the Arts); Throwing large workshop (Steve Hemingway, Fired-UP); Ken Matsuzaki (Northern Clay Center); 2001- Glaze workshop with Ian Currie (2 day), Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Pat Bennincasa (Minnetonka Center for the Arts): Susan Frame (Brush painting pottery, Edina Art Center); Photographing and using the light studio (Edina Art Center. Workshop);

Examples from prior years: Intermediate ceramics course University of Minnesota; 2 ceramics courses Southwest Community School; Dragon Art: Stained Glass class; Other Northern Clay Center Workshops - Eddie Dominguez (3-98), Denise Morris (1997est), Frank Giorgini (9-96), Jeff Wheeler Porcelain and Soda Glaze class (1998est); 2 courses with Kevin Caulfield (1990s).

AWARDS:
· 2009 - Minnesota State Fair's Fine Arts Competition
· 2002 - Minnesota State Fair's Fine Arts Competition
· 2001 - Minnesota State Fair's Fine Arts Competition, 2nd place (behind Warren McKenzie)
· 2nd place for sculpture in the Dan Patch Day Art Competition, Savage Arts Council, MN.

Other non-art related awards are available upon request.

EXHIBIIONS /PERFORMANCE HISTORY
(2010-2001)

· 2010. Juried “Spring for Sculpture”,
Society of Minnesota Sculptors/Minnetonka Art Center, MN, Juried “Art in the Home Show”, Bloomington Art Center/ Handmade Tile Association/Xylos Gallery, MN. “Foot in the Door”, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; “Arte Fete”, Burnsville Performing Art Center/Burnsville Visual Arts Society, MN; “Welcome Spring”, Ring Mountain Creamery and Café, Egan, FUTURE SHOWS: The Phipps, Handmade Tile Association Show.

· 2009
. Burnsville Visual Arts Society, Juried MiniARTure, Burnsville, MN; Blooming Art Center, Juried Holiday Sale, The Swedish Institute, Minnesota Tile Festival, National Show, Minneapolis. MN; Bloomington Center for the Arts - Society of Minnesota Sculptors Juried Members Show, Bloomington, MN; Edina Art Center, Juried National Show – The Nature of Tile, Edina, MN.; Minnesota State Fair – Juried Fine Arts show, St. Paul, MN; The Crossings Gallery, “No Clay Feet”, Zumbrota, MN; Burnsville Center for the Arts Juried Show, Cultural Perspectives, Burnsville, MN; Gallery 13, Spring Show, Summer Show, Fall Designers Show, Minneapolis, MN.

· 2008*
- Juried “The Source”, Society of Minnesota Sculptors Juried Exhibition at The Phipps Center for the Arts, WI; Member show, Handmade Tile Association, Clay Squared to Infinity Gallery, MN. (*Note: Moved to new home and studio.)

· 2007- Clay Times - “Linda Taylor: Creativity & Resiliency
” p7, 8, 42-45. (July/August 2007); Contract from the Roseville Area Arts Council (16 designs/outdoor tile, installation by others completed); The Atelier - Part-time Student Show (1 sculpture, 2 charcoal, 4 pencil drawings), MN; - Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Members Show (8 pieces), MN. ; Juried - Dan Patch Day Art Competition, 2nd place sculpture, Savage Arts Council, MN; “Postal Impressions”, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN; Juried - “Wall Art”, placed in top three, Fired-Up, MN; “Show Us Your Ordinary”, Sanctuary of Mercy Seat Lutheran Church, MN; “2007 Spiritual Art Festival and Juried Art Show”, St. Bonface Church, MN; Juried - The Phipps Art Center Gift Shop, WI*; ArtBeat of Hayward*, WI; Rogues Gallery*, St. Cloud, MN; Fired-Up Gallery and Art-a-Whirl, MN; Donations: Fired-Up “Silent Auction”. (*Temporarily withdrew work.)


· 2006- Ceramics Industry Magazine – Pottery Production Practices
( picture of bowl to be included in an article on the use of air releases for the studio potter, 1st qtr 2006); “One Square Foot”, National Juried Show, Clay Squared to Infinity Gallery; Mpls, MN; Juried Member Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, MN; Hopkins Center for the Arts, Salon 300, MN; ArtBeat of Hayward, WI; Rogues Gallery, St. Cloud, MN; Art-A-Whirl, through Fired-Up Gallery, MN; Juried - The Phipps Art Center Gift Shop, WI; Art Donations: Artbeat, WI/Auction for Sawyer County Humane Society; Fired Up; MN/ Children’s Surgery “Silent Auction”; Fired-UP/MN Children’s Surgery chili bowls; WeCanDoItTogether.org/Regis Art Center MN/Auction for Bay St. Louis house construction.


· 2005 -
Work included in Making and Installing Handmade Tiles, Angelica Pozo (2005, Lark Books) Juried - Minnesota Craft Council, State Fair Grounds, MN; Tile Festival (Handmade Tile Association and Swedish Institute), MN; Guest Artist, Marketfest, White Bear Lake, Juried – Edina Art Center, MN (3 pieces); Fired-Up Gallery and Art-a-Whirl, MN; Juried - The Phipps Art Center Gift Shop, WI; Ramsey Center for the Arts Gift Shop, MN; ArtBeat of Hayward, WI; Donations: WI/Auction for Sawyer County Humane Society; Fired Up “Silent Auction”; Fired-UP/MN Children’s Surgery chili bowls.


· 2004
– Art For the Parks –Shorewood Parks Foundation, MN; The Phipps Art Center – Gift of the Hand Christmas Sale, WI; Juried Minnesota Craft Council, Marketplace 2004, MN; Juried The Phipps Art Center Gift Shop, WI; Juried Edina Art Center, MN (2 pieces); Hand Made Tile Association exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair; Juried Wayzata Art Experience, MN; The Juried Religious Art Show, MN; Clay Squared Gallery show, MN; Art Resources, Inc., MN; Sorrayah Studios, MN; Juried -The Phipps Art Center Gift Shop, (featured artist, Jan/Feb), WI; ArtBeat of Hayward, WI; Fired-Up Gallery, MN

· 2003 - Art Resources, Inc., MN; Sorrayah Studios, MN; Art-a-Whirl/Fired-Up, MN; Juried Wisconsin Designer Show, Marian Gallery, WI; Hopkins Center for the Arts (7-03), three-person show, MN; Juried Show, Minnesota Craft Council - Marketplace 2003, MN; Juried gallery sales, The Phipps Art Center, WI (Gift gallery, Gifts of the Hand Christmas sale); Fired-Up, MN; Selected as an alternate for a Watershed Residency, ME;

· 2002 - Juried Show, Minnesota State Fair, Ceramics/fine arts, MN; Juried Christmas show and sale, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, MN; Fired-Up on-going and Christmas show and sale, MN; Juried Show, Fall Minnesota Craft Council -Marketplace 2002, MN; Juried Show, Edina Art Center (2 pieces.), MN; Juried Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts (2 pieces.), MN; Into the Mystic, MN; ArtBeat of Hayward, (featured artist),WI

· 2001
- Juried Show, Minnesota State Fair, 2nd Place, Ceramics/fine arts, MN; Juried Show, Edina Art Center (2 pieces.), MN; Juried Show, (2 pieces). Minnetonka Center for the Arts (2 pieces), MN; Into the Mystic, MN; Fired-Up, (gallery and Christmas sale), MN; ArtBeat of Hayward, WI

OTHER
: See work on: AMACO's Designer Velvets product web page ttp://www.amaco.com/shop/product-460-designer-velvet-dv-underglazes-lead-free.html>and their category pagehttp://www.amaco.com/shop/category-94-underglazes.html. Work is also included on www.ceramicartsdaily/org/community under Linda Taylor; www.clay-earthstudios.com; MNsculptors.com; Work has been displayed: on Channel 11(2004); in Minnesota monthly magazine advertisement; in two separate newsletters/bulletins for the Minnetonka Center for the Arts and included in an advertisement for Hopkins Center for the Arts. Art work donations have been made toseveral organizations in recent years.

COMMISSIONS
: E.g. Roseville Area Arts Council and the Roseville Department of Parks and Recreation (16 original outdoor tile for Roseville Central Park/Muriel J. Sahlin Arboretum, Roseville, MN.). Other examples: 29 Table Vases, Tuan Phan, Mpls, MN. Outdoor clay roof sculpture, D. Paulsrud, Sioux City, IA; Custom planters, C.D. Baarsch, MN, Growing Shoots vases, D. Cox, MN.

COLLECTIONS – To Be Added

My work has been shownin a varietyofgalleries in MN and Wisconsin including:
ART CENTER GALLERIES: Hopkins Center for the Arts, Blooming Center for the Arts, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, The Phipps, Burnsville Center for the Arts, Ramsey Center For The Arts; Edina Art Center; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts - Foot in the Door Show.
OTHER GALLERIES/SHOWS: Gallery 13 ( Mpls, MN); The Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Gallery (St. Paul, MN); Marian Gallery -Juried Wisconsin designer Show (WI); Art Resources Inc., St. Paul, (MN);Sorrayah Studios (St. Paul, MN); Into the Mystic (MN); Roseville City Hall (MN); Minnesota Crafts Council Fall shows (prior to its demise);Wayzata Art Experience (MN);Juried Religious Art Show (MN) ;Art-A-Whirl thru Fired-UP (MN);Guest artist for White Bear Lake's Marketfest (MN);Shorewood Parks Foundation (Art for the Parks);Swedish Institute - Handmade Tile Festival, (Mpls, MN)

· Clay Times
- “Linda Taylor: Creativity & Resiliency” p7, 8, 42-45. (July/August 2007);
· Ceramics Industry Magazine – Pottery Production Practices
( picture of bowl to be included in an article on the use of air releases for the studio potter, 1st qtr 2006)
· Making and Installing Handmade Tiles
, Angelica Pozo (2005, Lark Books)
· OTHER: Handmade Association Tile Directory (2004-2010): Handmade Tile Newsletter article; Work has been displayed: on Channel 11for the Wayzata Art Experience (2004); in Minnesota monthly magazine advertisement by Minnetonka Center for the Arts; in two separate newsletters/bulletins for the Minnetonka Center for the Arts; advertisement for Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Amaco web site (2010)

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Upper Mid-west

Minnesota County:
Dakota

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Art Tile
Color Photographs - Trees
Functional Porcelain
Photographs & Digital Prints
Photographs on Clay
Relief Wall Sculpture