kaete brittin shaw
1415 route 213
p.o. box 388  
high falls  new york  12440  

cell: 845 389-7828
studio: 845-687-7828
email: [email protected]
www.KaeteBrittinShaw.com
 
Born:  1945,  Boston, Massachusetts

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

•  Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz, NY, 1995
• Everson Museum Gallery, Syracuse, NY, 1989
• Convergence Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
• The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa., 1982

 
OUTDOOR SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS

•  Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2012, Stockbridge, Mass
• Wind Through the Trees, Jenkins Arboretum, Devon, Pa 2010-2011
•  Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011, Stockbridge, Mass. (curator: Bruce Weber)
• Unison Sculpture Garden, New Paltz, NY, 2000-2015
• River Journey, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 2009
• Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2009, Stockbridge, Mass. (curator:Denise    Markonish, Mass MoCA)
• Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2008, Stockbridge, Mass. (curator:  Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park)
• Currents, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, 2008 (curator: Grace Knowlton)
• Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA, 2008
• Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2007, Stockbridge, Mass.
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 2007
• Burlington County College Sculpture Garden, Pemberton, NJ, 2006-7 (curator: 
• Michael Taylor, Philadelphia Museum of Art)
• Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, Mass, 2006, 2009
• Kingston Sculpture Biennial, K’ton, NY,2003(curator:  Judy Pfaff), 2005,2007
• Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain, Pa, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

• Group show, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa 2012
• KMOCA (Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art), 4 person show, Kingston, NY, 2012
• Scapism, Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, NY, 2010
• Top to Bottom: A Hudson River Arts Map Installation, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY 2009
• Jersey Shore Clay National, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ, 2009
• Pencil to Public 11, Liberty Museum, Liberty, NY, 2007
• Red Heat (Patti Warashina, juror), University of Tulsa,  Tulsa, OK, 2005
• National Juried Cup Show, Kent State U, Kent, Ohio, 2004
• Out of the Fire (Paula Winokur, juror),  Wallingford Arts Center, Wallingford, Pa, 2004
• Functional Ceramics 2004, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio, 2004
• One & Only, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2004           
• 100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, 2004
• Bottled Spirits, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2002
• The Hand in Art, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2002
• Hudson Valley Artists 2002, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
• Smithsonian Craft Show, 2000
• Contemporary Crafts 1999, New York State Museum, Albany, N.Y., 1999
• From Function to Form College Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y., New Paltz, 1998
• Two Person Show, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.,1997
• Contemporary Crafts, New York State Museum, Albany, NY, 1997
• Night of 101 Cups, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, 1996
• San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas, 1996
• Vessels:  Five Ceramic Artists, The Art of Craft, Denver, Co.,1995
• National Teapot Invitational, Vesperman Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.,1994
• Westbeth Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY, 1994
• Xmas Ornaments, The White House, Washington, D.C.,1993
• National Teapot Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Mo., 1993
• Benefit Auction, Penland School, Penland, NC, 1992
• National Teapot Invitational, Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, Ca., 1992
• Four Koreans, Four Americans, To Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1991
• Art That Works:  The Decorative Arts Of The Eighties, Traveling Exhibition to l4 Museums, Curated by Lloyd Herman, 1990-93
• The Tea Party, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1991
• The Teapot, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., 1991
• Contemporary Teapots, Pittsburgh  Center for Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1990
• San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas, 1990
• Beyond Craft, Visual Arts Museum, York, NY 1989
• Bewitched By Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1988
• Penland Crafts, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987
• Tea For 200, Incorporated Gallery, New York, NY, 1987
• Porcelain, Convergence Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
• National Clay, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, Ca., 1984
• Recent Works in Ceramics, Incorporated Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
• The Teapot, Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, Ill., 1983
• Ancient Inspirations-Contemporary Interpretations, Roberson Center, Binghamton, NY, 1982
• American Clay, Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Md., 1982
• Porcelain II, Marcia Rodell Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca., 1982
• Two Person Show, Julie Artisans Gallery, New York, NY, 1982
• 8th Regional Craft Show, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady,NY, 1982, 1st prize
• Three Person Show, Convergence Gallery, New York, NY 1981
• Marietta College Crafts National, Marietta, Ohio, 1981
• For The Tabletop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1980
• American Porcelain, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington.D.C.,1980
• Function-Non-Function, Holtzman Gallery, Towson State U., Towson, Md., 1979
• Seventh Regional Craft Show, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY, 1979
• Table Settings, Julie Artisan’s Gallery, New York, NY, 1979
• Alumni Art Show, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1978
• Three Ceramic Artists, Julie Artisan’s Gallery, New York, NY, 1978
• Women Artists:  Clay, Fiber, Metal, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, N.Y.,1977
• Masks, Julie Artisans Gallery, New York, NY, 1977
• Drinking Companions, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wis.,1977
• Marietta College Crafts National, Marietta, Ohio, 1977
• Group Show, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY, 1977
• Menagerie, Julie Artisans Gallery, New York, NY, 1977
• Marietta College Crafts National, Marietta, Ohio, 1976
• 50 Americans, NCECA, LSU, Baton Rouge, La, 1976
• Homage to the Bag, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York,NY, 1975
• In-Scapes and Out, Turman Gallery, Indiana State U., Terre Haute, In, 1975

               
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS             

• Sculpture Magazine, November 2009
• The Boston Globe, August 28, 2009
• From Mud to Music, Barry Hall, The American Ceramic Society, 2006
• Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2003
• Object Lessons, Guild Publishing, 2001
• Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Mint Museum, 2000
• Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September 2000
• American Craft Magazine, October/November , 1998
• The Clay Lover’s Guide to Making Molds, Peirce Clayton, Lark Books, 1998
• Handbuilt Pottery, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, 1997
• American Home Style Magazine, May, 1994
• The New York Times, December 9, 1993
• The Boston Globe, September 26, 1993
• Design-Crafts (Korea), September, 1991
• The New York Times Magazine, April 29, 1990
• Art That Works:  The Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Lloyd Herman, University of Washington Press, 1990
• Woodstock Times, October 26, 1989
• Claywork, Leon Nigrosh, Davis, 1986
• Studio Ceramics, Peter Lane, Chilton, 1983
• American Crafts: A  Source Book for the Home, Katherine Pearson, Stewart, Tabouri & Chang, 1983
• American Craft Magazine, February-March, 1983
• Metropolitan Home Magazine, August, 1982
• Ceramics Monthly, March, 1982
• American Craft Magazine, December-January, 1982
• Porcelain: Traditions & New Visions, Jan Axel and Karen McCready, Watson-Guptill, 1981
• The Australian Women’s Weekly, November 7, 1979
• The New York Times, June 21, 1979
• The Soho Weekly News, May 3, 1979
• Craft Horizons, June,1978
• The New York Times, November 17, 1977
• Salt Firing, Jack Troy, Watson-Guptill, 1977
• Inventive Fiber Crafts, Elyse Sommer, Prentice Hall, 1977

               
GRANTS

• 2010 Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts
• Mark10, New York Foundation for the Arts, 2010
• 2003 Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts
• 2001 Grant Recipient, Craft Alliance of New York
• 1988 Artists’ Fellowship Recipient, New York Foundation for the Arts

 
SELECTED.COLLECTIONS

• Renwick Gallery (Smithsonian)
• Dorsky Museum (New Paltz, NY)
• Mint Museum (North Carolina)
• Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum
• Numerous Private Collections        

 
PANELS AND BOARDS

• Selection Panel, Individual Artist Projects, Arts Mid Hudson, 2015
• Selection Panel, Arts in Education, Dutchess County Council for the Arts, 2012-2014
• Selection Panel, Special Opportunity Stipends, NYFA, 2009
• Marbletown Artist’s Association, board member, 2006
• Selection Panel, NYSCA Individual Artists Grants, Dutchess County, 1996
• Selection Panel, NYSCA Decentralization Grants, Ulster County, 1995,1996, 2000
•  Selection Panel, Regrant Program for Empire State Crafts Alliance, 1989, 1990
• Porcelain Panel, Annual Conference, NCECA, Greeley, Co., 1977

 
DESIGN PROJECTS

• Christ Church, NYC, 2011
• Migrant Worker Ministry, 2002
• The White House, 1994, 2001
• Avid, Inc.,1999

 
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Garrison Arts Center, 2009-15
• Dutchess County Council for the Arts , 2009-2015
• Art Society of Kingston, 1990-2015
• Ulster Arts Alliance, 1990-2006
• Empire State Craft Alliance, 1988-2001
• American Craft Council, 1973-2013
• NCECA, 1975-77, 1992

 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
               
                1972                     Bloomfield Art Assn., Birmingham, Michigan
                                                Instructor in Ceramics, Assistant in Glass
                1972                     Penland School, Penland, NC, Assistant in Glass
                1973                     Penland School, Penland, NC, Instructor, Vegetable Dyeing
                1977                     63rd Street Y, New York, NY, Ceramics Workshop
                1977                     Peter's Valley, Layton, NJ, Ceramics Workshop
                1987                     Penland School, Penland, NC, Instructor in Ceramics
                1991                      Korean-American Clay Arts Camp, Chon-ju, Korea,
                1991-93               92nd Street Y, New York, NY, Instructor in Ceramics
                1993                      Artist-in Residence, Korean Program, S.U.N.Y., New Paltz, NY
                1999                      Unison Arts & Learning Center
                2001                     Ulster County BOCES Mentor Program
                2003                     Woodlander's Gathering, Hunter, NY
                                                 Unison Arts & Learning Center
                                                  New Visions Internship program  
EDUCATION
                1963-67              Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.,  B.A., French Literature
                1965-66             Institut pour les Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France
                1969-73              Workshops in Ceramics, Photography, Fiber
                                                Big creek pottery, Davenport, Ca
                                                Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
                                                Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
                1974-77              State University College of New York, New Paltz, MFA, Ceramics
 
               

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