ambrosiafarm@swva.net

Education:
BFA UNC- Charlotte, NC 1981
Alfred University,(New York) Graduate studies 1982
UNC- Chapel Hill, NC MFA 1985

Teaching:
Arts Instructor (TA), New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University 1982
Adjunct Professor, Head of Sculpture Department, Sacred Heart College and (Belmont Abbey students)Belmont, NC 1986
Arts Instructor, Woods Charter High School, Chapel Hill, NC 2000
Art Instructor, Emerson Waldorf School, Department Head, Chapel Hill, NC 2002, 2003
Art Instructor, Blue Mountain School, Floyd, VA 2004
Private studio ceramic art teaching, Chapel Hill, NC 1996-2003
Director and Creator, Ambrosia Farm Art Retreat, Floyd, VA 2004-2013
Collaborator, World of Good Creations Puppet Troupe 2012-2017

Residencies:
Artist in Residence, Winston Salem, NC 2000, 2001
Artist Residency, CRETA Rome, April 2018
Artist Residency, Penland School of Craft, February 2019
Artist Residency, A.I.R. Vallauris, France, October/ November 2019

Shows and Private Collections:
Local, Regional, and National Juried Competitions
Invitational and Group Shows
Private collections, Regional and International
American Crafts Council , NC Designer Craftsmen, Piedmont Craftsman

Miscellaneous
Demonstrations and lectures in hand building and process
Collaboration, working with a team of artists in installation and events.
Planning and developing arts events, programs, and activities

Reference
Holly Hughes
Painting Professor Emerita, Rhode Island School of Design
hhughes@risd.edu
New York, New York

My current work pivots between the vessel forms and the more abstracted sculptural forms. The vessel allows me to explore the inherent qualities of the material. I am encouraged to tear, to stretch, to push, to scrape, and to slump. Not only are these forms a way of offering myself up to the process but they reference an homage to the spirit, desire, and inventiveness of ourselves as a species to nurture as metaphor.

The sculptures relate directly to my environment, where I work and live. Paradoxically, they are also reminiscent of the inner landscape of our emotional and spiritual lives, ever changing and evolving.