Education

MFA Candidate, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

BFA Studio Art, Rhode Island College, Providence

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BFA Creative Writing, Emerson College, Boston

Grinnell College, IA

Exhibitions

Profiles of the {dis]connected, Huret and Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston 2011-12

Friends and Fire mates, Keramikmuseum Grimmerhus, Denmark 2011

Creatures, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT 2011

Back on Main, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 2010

Project Network Exhibition, Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark 2010

Project Network Exhibition, Guldagergaard, Skælskor, Denmark 2009

Sculptural Element, Hera at the Courthouse, RI 2009

NCECA “Synthesis”, Phoenix, AZ 2009

Clay3 National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Warrenville, IL 2008

South County Art Association, Kingston, RI Earthworks 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004 Members Invitational 2005 Open Media Juried II 2004

ICMEA Emerging Artist Competition, Fuping China 2007

AS220, Solo show, Providence RI 2006

The Steelyard Summer Tour, Providence, RI, Portland, ME 2005

NCECA Student Regional Show, Baltimore MD 2005

Blackstone River Gallery, Woonsocket, RI 2005

Antonio Cirino Memorial Arts Education Fellowship, Rhode Island Foundation 2010-2012

Rhode Island State Council for Arts Crafts Merit Award, 2009

NCECA International Residency Fellowship, 2007

Excellence in Education Award, National After-School Association 2007

Anderson Ranch Center Scholarship, Snowmass, CO, September 2006

Haystack Scholarship, Deer Isle, ME, Summer 2002

Project Network, International Emerging Artists, Skælskor, Denmark, 2009

International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskor, Denmark, 2008

Studiomate Residency, Accra, Ghana 2007

Faculty Assistant, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2006

Faculty Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2009

Global Explorations, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ 2009

Rhode Island College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Providence, RI, 2008

Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Discovery and Inspiration from Ghana and Denmark, 2008

University of Science and Technology, lecture, Kumasi, Ghana 2007

Niche, Tabletop Accessories, Six studios add decorative flair to functional works, Claire Patterson (Winter 2008)