DANA W. SHEARIN

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EDUCATION

Degrees/Diploma:

• Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: MFA in ceramics May of 2001.
• New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University Alfred, New York: BFA Cum Laude with a minor in art history May 1999.
• Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI: Graduated June 1995.

 

Areas Of Study / Concentration:

• Installation Art: Created several room sized installations using unfired clay and sonic arts at New York State College of Ceramics and Cranbrook Academy of Art.  Installation at BFA Exhibition received divisional honors in 1999.  Assisted Walter McConnell in construction of an installation sponsored by Helen Drutt Gallery for the S.O.F.A. Exhibition at Navy Pier in Chicago in Fall 2001.
• Ceramic Art (major area of study):  Completed courses in hand building, ceramic sculpture, glaze calculation, Raw materials (creation of clay bodies), kiln building, and wheel throwing.  Ceramic sculpture courses included mold making and firing of gas and electric kilns.
• Art History (minor area of study):  Completed courses in history of ceramics, history of sculpture, history of video, and philosophy of art. Major area of interest: Moche ceramics of Peru.
• Other areas of study:  Sculpture, figure sculpture, figure drawing, printmaking, photography and sonic arts.

 

 HONORS AND AWARDS

• 1999 Alfred Scholarship to Attend Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts.
• 1999 Divisional Honors from the Ceramic Department for BFA Exhibition, Alfred University.
• 1995-1999 Portfolio Scholarship, New York State College of Ceramics.
• 1997 Spring, Sophomore Art Award, New York State College of Ceramics.
• 1998 National Deans List.
• 1995 Rhode Island School of Design Annual Art Award in Acknowledgement of Achievement in the Visual Arts. 
• 1995 Interlochen Arts Academy Fine Arts Award in Sculpture.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2006 Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, National Louis University.
• 2006 Treasurer, Midwest Clay Guild.
• 2005-6 Member, Midwest Clay Guild.
• 2005-6 Ceramics Instructor, Soda Firing Class, Evanston Art Center, duties include teaching, firing, loading, and kiln maintenance.
• 2004 Fall, Ceramics Instructor, Sabbatical Replacement, duties include teaching Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Design II, SP, and Independent studies, and running ceramics studio. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
• 2003 Fall, Ceramics Instructor, Soda Firing Class, Evanston Art Center, duties include developing glazes, and teaching firing, loading, and kiln maintenance.
• 2003 Fall, Ceramics Instructor, Art Dorm, Northwestern University, duties include individualized instruction, maintaining glazes and studio facility.
• 2003-4 Kiln Building, Evanston Art Center, duties include designing and building down draught gas kiln.
• 2002-2004 Studio Assistant, Evanston Art Center, Ceramics Department, Evanston, Illinois. Duties include mixing glazes, and firing gas kilns, in trade for studio space and materials.Other projects included: repiaring eletric kilns, converting an old electric kiln to a gas fired raku kiln, dismantling and salvaging parts from an old up draft kiln, developing and instituting a new soda firing, and helping organize and implement significant fund raising projects.
• 2003 Spring, Ceramics Instructor, Highland Park, Suburban Fine Art Center, duties include teaching wheel throwing and hand building.
• 2002 Winter, Spring Ceramic Instructor, Wilmette Park District, duties include teaching wheel throwing, hand building, and multi media art classes to a variety of age groups, and firing of kilns weekly.
• 2002 Fall, Volunteer, Shedd Aquarium, Marine Mammals Department. 
• 2001 Fall, Teachers Assistant, After School Recreation Program, Wilmette Park District, duties include preparation of lesson plans for other art teachers and teaching art to small groups of students four days a week. Substitute Teacher for preschool.
• 1993-1995 Art Assistant, Interlochen Arts Academy, responsibilities included scheduling gallery guards, mixing clay, spackling pedestals, and aiding in preparation for shows.
• 1995 Summer, Freelance Photographer, documented hurricane damage to motel for law firm (Vandevender, Black, Meredith and Martin) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• 1994 Summer, Gallery Intern, Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery, duties included organizing, installing, and co-hosting exhibitions, cutting mats, and assisting with collograph demonstrations.

RESIDENCIES

• 2003 Spring, Artist in Residence, Western Illinois University, working with Sunkoo Yuh, Macomb, Illinois.
• 2002 Summer, Resident Artist, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
• 1999 Summer Workshop, Alfred Scholarship to Attend Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, artist invite artist, with tile artist, Cary Esser
• 1999 Summer, International Workshop, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Academy for Art & Design, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, “Beyond Gravity”, Ceramics in a Digital Culture.

EXHIBITION RECORD

• 2005 December, Evanston Art Center Holiday Show and Sale, Silent Auction
• 2005 November, “Holiday Show and Sale” Midwest Clay Guild
• 2005 October, Group Exhibition, “Midwest Clay Guild” New Treir High School Art Gallery
• 2005 February,” Dana Shearin: Recent Works”, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
• 2004 September, Faculty Show, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
• 2004 August, Invitational, Group Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
• 2002 Winter, The Alfred Influence in North Carolina Pottery Conference Exhibition, Moring Arts Center, Asheboro, North Carolina.
• 2001 Fall, MFA Thesis Show Cranbrook Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
• 2000 Fall, Curated student exhibition using unfired clay, Student Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
• 1999 Fall, BFA Exhibition, Alfred University, received divisional honors.
• 1998 Figural Ceramics Piece Selected for Summer Show, Alfred University.
• 1995 July, One Person Show, Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery, Gallery Row, Nags Head, North Carolina.