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Steven Thurston
detail
The Neutrality of Order
Castable clays, slip, beeswax
16"x 32"x 32"
1993
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STEVEN MARK THURSTON
P.O. Box 561 Castine, Maine 09421-561
(207) 326 08~8
EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,Michigan:
High Honors, May 1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics
University of Michigan; Ann Arbor,Michigan: Magna Cum Laude:
December 1989
Transfer Credits in the Liberal Arts
Muskegon Comrnunity College; Muskegon, Michigan: May 1983-1985
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Studio Manager;
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Edgecomb, ME Maine:
June 1993 - September 1993
Duties: Maintain and operate electric equipment
Clay Modeler, Contract Labor for Modern Engineering;
CDI Corporation; GM Technical Center; Warren Michigan:
November 1992
Clay Modeler, Design Staff;
General Motors; GM Technical Center; Warren, MI: November, 1992
Kiln Technician, Teaching Assistant: Ceramics Department;
Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan:
September, 1991-May 1992
Museum Installation Assistant;
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum; Bloomfield Hills, MI:
September 1990-March 1991
Ceramic Apprentice;
John H. Stephenson; Ann Arbor, Mtchigan: January 1990-August 1990
Assistant Laboratory Technician: Ceramics Department;
University of Michigan School of Art; Ann Arbor, MI: January 1990-
August 1990
AWARDS
-Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
New York, NY; 1993-94
-Alternative Worksite/Bemis Foundation Award
Omaha, NE; December 1992-May 1993
-John Offut Cranbrook Fellowship
-Poplack Fellowship Award
Cranbrook Academy of Art; 1991-92
-Alice Simsar Award
University of Michigan; 1989
-Guy Palazzola
University of Michigan; 1988
-Tagge
University of Michigan; 1988
-Robert D. Richards Memorial Fund
University of Micigan; 1988
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
-Watershed: the Historical Present
Rockport, ME; 1994
-The Bemis Foundation; The Benefit Show
The Alternative Worksite, Omaha, NE; 1993
-New Ceramics
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; 1993
-Cranbrook Academy of Art Summer Show
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bllomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-Cranbrook Academy of Art Thesis Show
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bllomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-BBAA Fine Arts Competition
Bloomfield,Birmingham Arts Association, Birmingham, MI; 1992
-New Work
Kingswood Gallery, Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-Self Re-Cord
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; 1991
-Michigan Potters Association, The Garden Show
The Galleria, Detroit, MI; 1991
-Michigan Potters Association
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI; 1990
-Progressions
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI; 1990
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