Crisp
Liz Zlot Summerfield

MudFire Gallery welcomes Conner McKissack, Masayuki Sasaki, and Liz Zlot Summerfield for "Crisp" -- an exhibition of modernist functional pottery with clean lines and tight styling. This gallery exhibit and sale will be available for viewing March 18 through April 8 of 2006 at MudFire Gallery, 175 Laredo Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. An artist reception and opening party will be held from 5 pm to 9pm on Saturday, March 18, 2006.

Liz Zlot Summerfield Bio

Liz currently resides in Western North Carolina with her husband, Scott Summerfield. They both work out of their studios located on their farm in Bakersville. Liz grew up in northern California and moved to Boulder, Co where she completed her BA at the University of Colorado. Next she spent three years in Smithville, TN working in the studios at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. She worked in clay and fibers. Liz recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Liz currently works as a full time artist from her home studio.

Liz Zlot Summerfield Resume

Exhibitions

2005, Building Community, Lake Norman Art League, Huntersville, NC. Juried Exhibition. Juror David J. Brown.

2005, Fall Celebration of Arts, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC. Invitational

2005, A New Look, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN. Group Exhibition.

2004, A Marriage of Materials, Sunset River Marketplace, Calabash, NC.

2004, Fall Celebration of Arts, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC. Juried Exhibition

2004, College Bowl, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN. Juried Exhibition.

2004, Refresh, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.

2003, It’s Only Clay, Bemidgi Community Arts Center, Bemidgi, MN. Juried Exhibition.

2003, Minnesota Clay, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN. Invitational.

2003, Mandatory, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Group Exhibition.

2001, Ewers, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI. Juried Exhibition.

2000, Best of Tennessee Crafts 2000, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, TN. Juried Exhibition.

1999, Holiday Festival Invitational, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.

Collections

University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Bemidgi Community Arts Center, Bemidgi, Minnesota.

Awards

Merit Award. Fall Celebration of Arts, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC. 2005.

Best In Show. Fall Celebration of Arts, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC. Juried by Ruth T. Summers. 2004.

Merit Award. Best of Tennessee Crafts 2000, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, TN. Juried Exhibition. 2000.

Bibliography (*Reviews)

Nichols, Ann, “A New Look”, Chattanooga Times Free Press, January, 2005.

Bendin, Dariel, “A Marriage of Materials”, Alternatives, November 2004.

Bendin, Dariel, “Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash NC, Features Husband and Wife Show”, Carolina Arts, November 2004.

“Fall Celebration of Arts Marches On,” Mitchell News-Journal, September 2004.

*Wilber, Katrina, “The Big Payoff”, The Minnesota Daily, April 2004.

Education

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Masters of Fine Arts-Ceramics, 2001-2004.

Appalachian Center for Crafts, a division of Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN. 1998- 2001.

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Bachelor of Arts-Ceramics 1992-1997.

Teaching Experience

Workshop Instructor, “Handbuilt Lidded Objects” Sunset River Marketplace, Calabash, NC. November 6-7, 2004.

Teaching Assistant, Art Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, 2001-2004.

Workshop Instructor, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Outreach Programs, 1998- 2001

• Art Comes to School; Hands-on clay workshops for elementary students grades 3-7 (grant funded)
• Hands-on Craft Experience for Elementary School Students; Bookbinding and weaving workshops for 6th grade students (program in existence for 11 years; grant funded)
• High School Art/Vocational Crafts Programs; Origami Book workshop for 9th-12th grade art and vocational students (grant funded)