Kimberly Michelle Shelton
B.1984
EDUCATION
2007 BFA Ceramics cum Laude Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
RESIDENCIES
2017 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences
Three Week Fall Residency; Rabun Gap, GA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Last Call III for Storing, Pouring & Sipping Fine Libations Humbolt, TN
Companion Gallery; Juror: Brett Kern
On The Rocks: Vessels for and Related to Drinking Detroit, MI
Pewabic; Jurror: Pete Pinnell
2016 Taste of Summer / Washington Clay Arts Association Spokane, WA
Trackside Gallery; Juror: Donna Flattery
2015 First Impressions / Washington Clay Arts Association Burien, WA
Burien Press; Juror: Sam Scott
2014 Biennial Cup Show St. Petersburg, FL
Morean Center for Clay; Juror: Matt Schiemann
DRINK! National Juried Cup Show Hartford, CT
Silpe Gallery; Juror: Doug Peltzman
Ceramic World Cup Tournament Madison, WI
Hyart Gallery
DRINK THIS! Lorton, VA
The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show; Juror: Sam Chung
2013 DRINK THIS! Lorton, VA
The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show; Juror: Linda Arbuckle
Our Community 2 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2012 FLASHPOINT an International Wood Fire Exhibition Denver, CO
Plinth Gallery; Juror: John Balstreri
Our Community Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
2014 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
STOKED: A Lifetime of the Cheltenham Wood Kiln Cheltenham, PA
Cheltenham Center for the Arts; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
2013 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
Electric Wood Love Philadelphia, PA
Salon 1522; Curator: Heather Ossandon
Student & Teaching Artist Exhibit Garnet Valley, PA
Darlington Arts Center
70 Rupees to Paradise Road Philadelphia, PA
Onboard the Tall Ship Gazela; Curator: Rebecca Goldschmidt
2012 Small Favors 7 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2011 Small Favors 6 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2010 Borrowed Home Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Heather Ossandon
Small Favors 5 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2008 Wood Fired Raw Clay Bakersville, NC
Crimson Laurel Gallery
2007 The Sound Sculpture Experiment Atlanta, GA
Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery; Thesis Exhibition
2007 Fall BFA Exhibition Atlanta, GA
The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Handbuilding and Wheel Throwing for Adults
Hudgens Center for Art and Learning; Duluth, GA
2016- Pottery with Children and Adults
2017 Whidbey Art Escape; Freeland, WA
2012- By Wheel and Hand
2015 Darlington Arts Center; Garnet Valley, PA
After School Arts
Chester Upland S.T.E.M. Magnet High School; Chester, PA
Start with Clay
Cheltenham Center for the Arts; Cheltenham, PA
2012 Summer Jam Session
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Shake, Rattle, and Blow a Flute
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2009- The Clay Mobile Outreach Program
2013 Underfunded Public Schools; Philadelphia, PA
2009- Date Night, Out of Hand, and Private Events
2012 The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2008 Raku Firing Workshop
Colleton County Arts Council; Walterboro, SC
2007 Soda Firing Workshop
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & DEVELOPMENT
2016- NCECA Member Volunteer
2018 Registration Assistant; Kansas City, MO
Pre Conference Packet Prep; Portland, OR
Pre Conference Packet Prep; Pittsburg, PA
2015- Zakin Apprentice / Flameware Production
2016 Cook on Clay; Coupeville, WA
2013- Produce Purveyor
2015 Fair Food Farm Stand; Philadelphia, PA
Offsite CSA and Farm stand Liaison
Greensgrow Philadelphia Project; Philadelphia, PA
2013- Assistant to Production
2015 Silverman Ceramics; Glenside, PA
Assistant to Production
MIX Bicycles, LLC; Philadelphia, PA
2013 Hydrobat Production Specialist
The Ceramic Shop; Philadelphia, PA
2009- Senior Studio Technician
2012 The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Assistant to Julie Deery and Baily Cypress
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and WHYY
Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Debbie Williams; Liberty Bell Project
Philadelphia Arts & Education Partnership
National Liberty Museum; Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Judythe VanAmringe; Crosses, Bones, Cheery Trees
Eastern State Penitentiary; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Wood Firing Team/Summer Kids Program
Appel Farms Arts & Music Center; Elmer, NJ
2009 Raku Firing Team
Penland Annual Benefit Auction; Penland, NC
Victims Advocate
Rape Response Crisis Hotline; Gainesville, GA
2008- Exhibition greeter/education program assistant
2009 High Museum of Art; Atlanta, GA
2007- Raku firing Team Member
2009 The Hambidge Center annual “U Do Raku”; Dillard, GA
2007 Urban Anagama Project
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
2006 Docent “Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship”
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery - Atlanta, GA
CONTINUED EDUCATION
2017 Courtney Martin & Melissa Weiss Viva Handbuilding
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
Kevin Crowe Woodfiring Studio Assistant Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2014 Jeffrey Funk: Forging Agrarian Tools Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2013 Ria Walsh: TIG 101
The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym; Philadelphia, PA
2009 Jack Troy: Wood Firing Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
Steven Forbes de Soul: The Art of Raku Studio Assistant
Penland School of Craft; Penland NC
2009 Magdalene Odundo: Traditional Nigerian Coil Building
Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
2008 Michael Hunt, Naomi Daglesh, and David Stuempfle:
Wood Fired Raw Clay Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Crafts; Penland, NC
2007 Matt Janke: Introduction to Glass Blowing
Matt Janke Studios; Atlanta, GA
Brian Ransom: Ceramic Sound Sculpture Studio Assistant
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2006 Independent Study: Exploration of Crafts and Culture
Work Study Scholarship Recipient; Ghana, West Africa
B.1984
EDUCATION
2007 BFA Ceramics cum Laude Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
RESIDENCIES
2017 Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences
Three Week Fall Residency; Rabun Gap, GA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Last Call III for Storing, Pouring & Sipping Fine Libations Humbolt, TN
Companion Gallery; Juror: Brett Kern
On The Rocks: Vessels for and Related to Drinking Detroit, MI
Pewabic; Jurror: Pete Pinnell
2016 Taste of Summer / Washington Clay Arts Association Spokane, WA
Trackside Gallery; Juror: Donna Flattery
2015 First Impressions / Washington Clay Arts Association Burien, WA
Burien Press; Juror: Sam Scott
2014 Biennial Cup Show St. Petersburg, FL
Morean Center for Clay; Juror: Matt Schiemann
DRINK! National Juried Cup Show Hartford, CT
Silpe Gallery; Juror: Doug Peltzman
Ceramic World Cup Tournament Madison, WI
Hyart Gallery
DRINK THIS! Lorton, VA
The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show; Juror: Sam Chung
2013 DRINK THIS! Lorton, VA
The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show; Juror: Linda Arbuckle
Our Community 2 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2012 FLASHPOINT an International Wood Fire Exhibition Denver, CO
Plinth Gallery; Juror: John Balstreri
Our Community Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
2014 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
STOKED: A Lifetime of the Cheltenham Wood Kiln Cheltenham, PA
Cheltenham Center for the Arts; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
2013 Mug Month Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Kimberly Shelton
Electric Wood Love Philadelphia, PA
Salon 1522; Curator: Heather Ossandon
Student & Teaching Artist Exhibit Garnet Valley, PA
Darlington Arts Center
70 Rupees to Paradise Road Philadelphia, PA
Onboard the Tall Ship Gazela; Curator: Rebecca Goldschmidt
2012 Small Favors 7 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2011 Small Favors 6 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2010 Borrowed Home Philadelphia, PA
The Random Tearoom & Curiosity Shop; Curator: Heather Ossandon
Small Favors 5 Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio
2008 Wood Fired Raw Clay Bakersville, NC
Crimson Laurel Gallery
2007 The Sound Sculpture Experiment Atlanta, GA
Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery; Thesis Exhibition
2007 Fall BFA Exhibition Atlanta, GA
The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Handbuilding and Wheel Throwing for Adults
Hudgens Center for Art and Learning; Duluth, GA
2016- Pottery with Children and Adults
2017 Whidbey Art Escape; Freeland, WA
2012- By Wheel and Hand
2015 Darlington Arts Center; Garnet Valley, PA
After School Arts
Chester Upland S.T.E.M. Magnet High School; Chester, PA
Start with Clay
Cheltenham Center for the Arts; Cheltenham, PA
2012 Summer Jam Session
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Shake, Rattle, and Blow a Flute
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2009- The Clay Mobile Outreach Program
2013 Underfunded Public Schools; Philadelphia, PA
2009- Date Night, Out of Hand, and Private Events
2012 The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2008 Raku Firing Workshop
Colleton County Arts Council; Walterboro, SC
2007 Soda Firing Workshop
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & DEVELOPMENT
2016- NCECA Member Volunteer
2018 Registration Assistant; Kansas City, MO
Pre Conference Packet Prep; Portland, OR
Pre Conference Packet Prep; Pittsburg, PA
2015- Zakin Apprentice / Flameware Production
2016 Cook on Clay; Coupeville, WA
2013- Produce Purveyor
2015 Fair Food Farm Stand; Philadelphia, PA
Offsite CSA and Farm stand Liaison
Greensgrow Philadelphia Project; Philadelphia, PA
2013- Assistant to Production
2015 Silverman Ceramics; Glenside, PA
Assistant to Production
MIX Bicycles, LLC; Philadelphia, PA
2013 Hydrobat Production Specialist
The Ceramic Shop; Philadelphia, PA
2009- Senior Studio Technician
2012 The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Assistant to Julie Deery and Baily Cypress
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and WHYY
Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Debbie Williams; Liberty Bell Project
Philadelphia Arts & Education Partnership
National Liberty Museum; Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Judythe VanAmringe; Crosses, Bones, Cheery Trees
Eastern State Penitentiary; Philadelphia, PA
2010 Wood Firing Team/Summer Kids Program
Appel Farms Arts & Music Center; Elmer, NJ
2009 Raku Firing Team
Penland Annual Benefit Auction; Penland, NC
Victims Advocate
Rape Response Crisis Hotline; Gainesville, GA
2008- Exhibition greeter/education program assistant
2009 High Museum of Art; Atlanta, GA
2007- Raku firing Team Member
2009 The Hambidge Center annual “U Do Raku”; Dillard, GA
2007 Urban Anagama Project
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
2006 Docent “Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship”
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery - Atlanta, GA
CONTINUED EDUCATION
2017 Courtney Martin & Melissa Weiss Viva Handbuilding
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
Kevin Crowe Woodfiring Studio Assistant Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2014 Jeffrey Funk: Forging Agrarian Tools Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2013 Ria Walsh: TIG 101
The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym; Philadelphia, PA
2009 Jack Troy: Wood Firing Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
Steven Forbes de Soul: The Art of Raku Studio Assistant
Penland School of Craft; Penland NC
2009 Magdalene Odundo: Traditional Nigerian Coil Building
Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
2008 Michael Hunt, Naomi Daglesh, and David Stuempfle:
Wood Fired Raw Clay Work Study Scholarship Recipient
Penland School of Crafts; Penland, NC
2007 Matt Janke: Introduction to Glass Blowing
Matt Janke Studios; Atlanta, GA
Brian Ransom: Ceramic Sound Sculpture Studio Assistant
Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2006 Independent Study: Exploration of Crafts and Culture
Work Study Scholarship Recipient; Ghana, West Africa