Stephen Driver
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Penland School, Penland, North Carolina, A scholarship student, twice as a studio/teaching assistant, and as a metals student.
B.A. Psychology, Minor in Constructive Design, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
APPRENTICESHIPS & STUDIO EXPERIENCE
Halsey-Driver Studio, Owensboro, Kentucky, 20004-Present.
Self-Employed Artist/Teacher. Johnson County, Arkansas, 1977-1994.
Studied with Peter Bruce Dick, Coxwold Pottery, York, England, 1975.
Studied with Michael Leach, Yelland Pottery, Devon, England, 1975.
Worked for John and Glen LaRowe at Mark of the Potter,
Clarkesville, Georgia, 1973-1976.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Brescia University, Associate Professor of Art, 2000-Present.
Courses: Ceramics, 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Modern Art History, Professional Practices, School Art Methods, Art Education Methods, Art of Costa Rica, and Art Appreciation.
Brescia University, Assistant Professor of Art, 1994-1999
Southern Arkansas University, Artist in Residence, 1993-1994.
University of Mississippi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 1990.
University of the Ozarks, Temporary Instructor of Art, 1989.
University of Georgia, Graduate Assistant, 1986-1988.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
Southeastern College Art Conference, Little Rock, 2005.
Project Director, Ecuador Water Filter Project, Pifo, Ecuador, 2005.
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 2004.
Southeastern College Art Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2003.
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, 2003.
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2003.
University of Southern Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, 2002.
Southeastern College Art Conference, Mobile, Alabama, 2002.
Southeastern College Art Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, 2001.
Southeastern College Art Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, 2000.
Southeastern College Art Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, 1999.
Berea College, Berea Kentucky, 1994.
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1994 & 1991.
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1993.
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1992.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1989-1990.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, and AWARDS
Brescia University Hart Professional Development Grant, 2003 – 2005.
Arkansas Humanities Council, Research Grant, 2003.
Mazier-Heuser International Travel Grant, 2002.
Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher, 2001 & 2004.
Brescia University Hart Professional Development Grant, 2001.
Brescia University Hart Professional Development Grant, 2000.
Early Times/Kentucky Arts and Craft Foundation Professional Development Scholarship, 1999.
Alpha Chi Teaching Excellence Award, 1999.
Brescia University Hart Curriculum Development and Travel Grant, 1999.
Mazier-Heuser International Travel Grant, 1998.
Hager Foundation Grant, 1997.
Al Smith Kentucky Arts Council Arts Fellowship, 1996.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
“Out of the Fire” Twenty Years of Anagama Firings at EKU, The Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky, 2006.
CeraMix: Exhibit of Clayworks, Ingram Studio Arts Center Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2006.
Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Fellowships, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky. 2006.
Forms and Shapes: The Useful Teapot, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa. 2006.
American Crafts Southeast; Spotlight, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky, 2006
Kentucky Teapots, Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea, Kentucky, 2005.
Giles Art Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Three person exhibition, Richmond Kentucky, 2004.
Duets, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, A group show, Louisville, Kentucky, 2004.
12th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, 2004.
Armstrong Atlantic State University, A one person show, Savannah, Georgia, 2003.
Stephen Driver and Chris Dayman, Two person exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, 2003.
An Early Times Sampler, Kentucky Art and Crafts Foundation Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, 2003.
Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton Texas, 2003.
National Teapot Show Five, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmor, North Carolina, 2002.
Owensboro Artists at Western Kentucky University, Ivan Wilson Art Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2002.
37th Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana, 2001.
Handles and Spouts, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001.
Chris Dayman and Stephen Driver, Two person exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 2001.
Utilitarian Clay III: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 2000.
Images of Picasso/Symposium in Clay, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky, 2000.
Focus on Function, University of Minnesota National Ceramics Biennial, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2000.
Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas, 2000.
David Stratton and Stephen Driver, Ralph Art Center, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, Kentucky, 2000.
Yellowbanks 2000, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky.
Miller Gallery, A group show, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999.
Ceramics Monthly International Competition, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1999.
The Nude '99, The Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky, 1999.
Bourbon Bottles, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, 1999.
Kentucky Clay, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
9th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Gallery Alexander, LaJolla, California, 1998.
The Sixth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Epharta, Pennsylvania, 1998.
The Regionalists, An invitational exhibit of three-dimensional art, Owensboro Art Museum, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1998.
Moving On, Capitol Arts Alliance, Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1997.
Arkansas Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1997.
1997 Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana, 1997.
Clay, Fiber, Fire, and Color, A two person show with Louise Halsey, Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1997.
The Tempestuous Teapot, A national invitational exhibition, Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, 1996.
The Regionalists, An invitational exhibit of three-dimensional art, Owensboro Art Museum, Owensboro, Kentucky, September-October, 1996.
Revisiting the Goddess/Talking Heads, A two person show at Palmer Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1996.
La Grange National Biennial XIX, A national juried exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 1996.
Ceramics Kentucky 1995, A traveling invitational exhibition originating at the Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. Other exhibition sites were Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.
"Transitions '95", Juried traveling exhibition sponsored by the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Bowling Green, Lexington, Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio.
University of Central Florida National Ceramics Invitational,
Orlando, Florida, 1995.
Three Souls Searching: The Thick and The Thin of It, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Arts Gallery, Steven Ochs, Sally Williams, and Stephen Driver, 1994.
Walton Art Center, Two person show with Pam Shelden, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1994.
Pewabic Pottery, Invitational exhibition, Detroit, Michigan, 1994.
Teacups/Teapots, Invitational exhibition, The Farrell Collection, Washington, DC, 1993.
Arkansas: Year of The American Craft, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1993.
First Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1993.
Different Windows-An Exhibit for the Visually Impaired,
Arkansas School for the Blind, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1993.
Ceramics Southeast, Invitational exhibition, University of Georgia Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia, 1993.
Clay and Fiber, Juried exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames Iowa, 1993.
14th Annual Arkansas Art, Juried exhibition, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1993.
Arkansas Artist Inaugural Invitational, Collectors Art Gallery, Washington, DC, 1993.
"Teapots-Pour and Proud Of It", Northfield Gallery, Northfield, Illinois, 1993.
Regional Craft Biennial Competition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1992.
Inward Moments/Outward Forms-Five from Arkansas, The Southeast Arkansas Arts Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1992.
New Findings'92, Invitational exhibition, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois, 1992.
Feats of Clay V, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, California, 1992.
Ceramics '91', Invitational exhibition, The Farrell Collection,
Washington, DC, 1991.
Six States of Clay, Regional exhibit, Kansas City Artist Coalition,
Kansas City, Missouri, 1991.
Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Award, Juried exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand, 1991.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fine Arts Gallery, Two person exhibition with Louise Halsey, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1990.
International Tea Party, Juried exhibition, The Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1990.
The Fifth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, 1990.
Craftsman's Guild of Mississippi Invitational, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, 1989.
The Fourth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, 1989.
Kansas City Artist Coalition, Juried ceramics exhibition, 1989.
LaGrange National XIII, Juried exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 1988.
The Dripless Spout; "Innovative Teapots", Arrowmont School Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1988.
ARTIST IN EDUCATION/COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Foust Elementary School, Owensboro, Kentucky, 2001 – 2006.
Great Bend Elementary School, Henderson, Kentucky, 2003.
Cravens Elementary School, Owensboro, Kentucky, 2000.
Newton Parrish Elementary School, Owensboro, Kentucky, 2000.
Sutton Elementary School, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1995-99.
Daviess County Schools, Tamarack Elementary Schools, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1999.
Daviess County Schools, Burns and Country Heights Elementary Schools, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1998.
Teaching Art in the KERA Classroom In-Service Workshop, Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1997.
Nelson County Middle School, New Haven, Kentucky, 1996.
Sebree Elementary School, Webster County, Kentucky, 1995.
Utica Elementary Schools, Daviess County Schools, Kentucky, 1994-1997.
Delta Cultural Center, Helena, Arkansas, 1994.
Emmerson Public Schools, Emmerson, Arkansas, 1994.
Magnolia Public Schools, Magnolia, Arkansas, 1993-1994.
Nevada County Schools, Rosston, Arkansas, 1994.
Batesville Public Schools, Batesville, Arkansas, 1993-1994.
Crawford County Arts Council, Van Buren, Arkansas, 1994.
Waldo Public Schools, Waldo, Arkansas, 1993 & 1994.
Stephens Public Schools, Stephens, Arkansas, 1993.
Gould Public Schools, Gould, Arkansas, 1993.
Southeast Arkansas Arts Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1989-1994.
Artisan Source, Leslie, Arkansas, 1993.
Pocahontas Public Schools, Pocahontas, Arkansas, 1993.
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1992.
Meadowcreek Project, Fox, Arkansas, 1992.
Arkansas Young Artists, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1992.
Gifted and Talented Camp, Russellville, Arkansas, 1992.
Georgia Prison for the Criminally Insane, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1988.
Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia, 1987-1988.
School Art Symposium, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, 1986-1987.
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
500 Pitchers, Lark Books, 2006.
Clay Times, November, 2000, pg. 49.
Potters Tour of Kentucky, A book by Joe Molinaro, September, 2000.
Arts and Crafts Across Kentucky Magazine, December, 1999.
Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, Kentucky, October 17, 1999.
Ceramics Monthly, September, 1999, pg. 77.
Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, January, 1999.
Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Kentucky, September, 1996, pg. 72.
Studio Potter, June 1994.
Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 13, 1992, Review by June Freeman.
Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 2, 1990, Review by June Freeman.
Ceramics Monthly, November 1988, Monarch National Portfolio, pgs. 40 & 45.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Ceramic Society/Ceramics Monthly Permanent Collection,
Columbus, Ohio.
Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, Georgia.
St. Michaels Hospital, Texarkana, Texas.
Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas
KILN CONSTRUCTION
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, A 50 cubic foot salt kiln, 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
Brescia Now, Costa Rica Inter-Disciplinary Course, Spring, 2006.
Studio Potter Network, Caddo Pottery and Pottery, Volume 16, #2, 2004.
Southeastern College Art Conference Review, Volume XIII, #5, 2000.
Number: 15, An Independent Quarterly of the Visual Arts, Memphis, Tennessee. A review of a painting exhibit by Susan Chambers, The University of Arkansas Little Rock Fine Arts Gallery, 1991.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Southeastern College Art Conference (Kentucky representative to the board 2003 - present)
NCECA
Potters For Peace
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Thrown Together, Louisville, Kentucky.
TRAVEL
Ecuador, 2004, 2005.
Nicaragua, 2005.
United Kingdom, Spain, and France, 2003.
Spain, 2002
Costa Rica, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, & 2002.
Guatemala and Mexico, 1978 &1979.
Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Mexico, 1976.
Greece, 1975.
England, 1975.