7022 Wisconsin Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
Telephone (301) 718-0622
| Joan Bontempo has been a ceramic artist for more than 25 years, creating both traditional functional works and expressive abstract, sculpture in clay and mixed media. The ceramic methods she uses are high fire stoneware and low-temperature Raku firing, and may have bits of glass, copper, or gold enhancements. Her work is shown in galleries, museums and universities regionally and national invitations since 1977. She lives and works in Sharpsburg MD. | ||
| SELECTED EXHIBITS INCLUDE: | ||
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Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Lakeside Studio, Lakeside MI, International Artist program University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 4th National Invitational Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Downey Museum of Art, Downey CA Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, "New art Forms Exposition" Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL Nicholls State University Gallery,Thibodaux LA Marin Price Galleries, Bethesda, Maryland J Cooper Gallery, Shepherdstown WV Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame |
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| PANELS/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS | ||
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NCECA –National Council for Education in the Ceramic
Arts, National Conference, Kansas City MO, 2002. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown MD, Professional Artist Presentation, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI, class lecture “Graduating into Public Art”, 2002 Milwaukee Arts Board, Fund allocation and Grant Selection panel, 2000, 2001 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI, 2001, Consultant for Focus Group, MIAD: Visibility in the Community Selection Committee, Milwaukee Public Art Program, 2000, 2001 Visual Arts Milwaukee, initial planning forum Carroll College, Waukesha, WI, 1998, artist lecture University of Notre Dame, National Symposium on the Ceramic Arts, 1993 St. Clair Community College, Port Huron, MI, "Women in the Arts" Oakland University, Auburn Hills, MI. Statewide ceramic conference, artist lecture Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 1992, artist lecture Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, MI, Artist in Residence, International Artist Program, 1991, 1989 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1991, artist lecture Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, 1990, artist lecture Museum of Arts and History, Port Huron, MI 1990, artist lecture St. Clair Community College, Port Huron, MI, 1990, artist lecture University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1989, artist lecture |
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| EDUCATION | ||
| MFA - Wayne State University, Detroit MI, 1980 | ||
| BFA - University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, 1977 | ||
| WORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF: | ||
| The Leader Foundation, Washington DC | ||
| The Audubon Society of Western Maryland | ||
| Carroll College, Waukesha WI | ||
| The Ogden Company, Milwaukee WI | ||
| Growth Design Corporation, Milwaukee, WI | ||
| Lakeside Studios, Lakeside, MI, permanent collection | ||
| J.L.Hudson Corporation, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, Private Collection | ||
| Museum of Arts and History, Port Huron, MI, Permanent Collection, | ||
| St. Clair Community College, Port Huron, MI, Permanent Collection | ||
| Many Private Collections | ||