Sam Scott
Email: cheerspots@yahoo.com
Web site: www.samscottpottery.com
Education:
• Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of University of Washington,June 1975
• B.F.A. University of Washington, June 1975
• Awards - Lambda Rho Alumni Memorial Scholarship, 1974–1975
Memberships:
• ICAN
• Northwest Designer Craftsmen
• Washington Clay Artists Association
• NCECA- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Teaching Positions:
• Shoreline Community College, 1999–Present
• University of Washington, Summer and Fall Qtrs. 1977
• Everett Community College, 1975–1998
Juried Shows and Exhibitions:
• Positive & Negative- Sam Scott & Susan Dewsnap, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC, Sept. 2018
• 2018 Ceramic Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, May 2018
• Small Favors Exhibition, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
• Fahrenheit 2018 Biennial, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, March 2018
• ICAN Juried Exhibition, at NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2018
• Clay Fest NW Exhibition, Pottery NW, Seattle, Sept 2017
• ICAN Juried Exhibition, at NCECA, Portland, OR, March 2017
• 2016 AKAR Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, May 2016
• 21st San Angelo Ceramic Competition, Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX, April 2016
• All These Years Functional Ceramics Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, March 2016
• ICAN Juried Exhibition, Something Old Something New, NCECA, Kansas City, MO, March 2016
• 1000 Cups, 100 Artists, The Clay Studio, NCECA Convention, Kansas City, MO, March 2016
• Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: AMOCA’s 10th Anniversary, Pomona, CA, Feb-June 2015
• Clay Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Oct2014
• Finalist in the Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, OH, Sept 2014
• 22nd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Purchase Award, Sept. 2014
• 20th San Angelo Ceramic Competition, at the San Angelo Museum of fine Arts, TX, April 2014
• 2013 Potters Council Juried Show: Green, at NCECA, Houston, TX, 2013
• 20th Strictly Functional Pottery National, 2012
• Drink Me: Use and Imagination in the Ceramic Vessel, Shoreline Community College, WA, March 8- April 17 2012
• Extreme, Extraordinary, Exquisite: Teapots on the Edge, Bellevue College Gallery, WA,March 5- April 5 2012
• Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue,WA, 2012 NCECA Invitational Exhibition: Push Play, Jan.- July 2012
• Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, “NCECA Invitational 2010”,March 2010
• American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, “Let’s Table This” Exhibition from the museum’s collection, January 2010
• Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “Objects of Virtue” Cash Award, January 2010
• Davenport Gallery, Wayne, PA , “Craft Forms 2008”, March-May 2009
• Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY, “2007 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition” Shimpo Purchase Award,March 2007 • W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Univ. Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA, “Ink and Clay 33”, Jan 2007
• The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, “By The Hand: A National Exhibition of Traditional and Innovative Craft”, July 2006
• Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA “The 14th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National”, Founders Award, April 2006
• Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, “Looking Forward Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50", 2005
• Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, “Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50”, Oct 2005
• Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, “Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50”, Jun 2004 • Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, Craft Bi-Annual—“A Review of NW Arts & Crafts” Portland, OR, Aug 2003
• Smithsonian Institution Museum-Renwick Gallery, “NW Artists Show”, 1993
• NWCC Exhibition, Henry Gallery, Seattle, WA. Jury Accepted, 1973, 1977
Permanent Collections:
• HACC Ceramic Club Collection, PA,2014
• Virginia Mason Medical Center Art Collection, Seattle, WA,2012
• L&L Kiln Manufacturing Corporate Collection,2010
• International Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009
• California State Polytechnic University Dee Roy & Mary M. Jones Permanent Collection, Pomona, CA, 2009
• American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, 2008
• Northwest Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 2008
• City of Mountlake Terrace, WA. The Ripple, 2008
• Nidec-Shimpo Corporate Collection, Itasca IL,2007
• Pottery Northwest Permanent Collection, Seattle, WA, 2006
• Bruno & Mary Moser Ceramic Collection, Indiana
• President Bill Clinton White House Collection, WashingtonDC, 1995
• Edmonds Collection to Hekinan, Japan for the Hekinan Cultural Association,Hekinan, Japan, 1991
• Edmonds Art Festival Purchase Award, Edmonds, WA, 1977
Publications & Reviews:
• Exposure Section, Ceramics Monthly (magazine), page 12, Sept.2018
• Build Or Bust, Article, Ceramics Monthly (magazine), pages 38-44, Jan. 2018
• The Scott Collection, Article , Ceramics Monthly (magazine), pages 20-22, Oct. 2017
• Mary Douglas Drysdale Interior, Home & Design Magazine, pages 118-124, March,2016
• Glazing Techniques (book), by the American Ceramic Society, 2015
• China Ceramics Illustrated (magazine), pages 114-119, September, 2015
• American iPottery (ebook), by Kevin Hluch, 2014
• 500 Teapots Volume 2, Lark Books (book), pgs.187 & 364, 2013
• 500 Prints on Clay, Lark Books (book, pg.25),2013
• The Best of 500 Ceramics, Lark Books, (book, pg. 283),2012
• Ceramics-Art and Perception, pages 108-111, June/August, 2012
• Surface, Glaze & Form (book), pg. 6,American Ceramic Society, 2012
• Pottery Making Illustrated (magazine), Jan/Feb, Cover Story,2012
• Porcelain Artist Magazine, Vol 51 No.3 Article on pgs. 6-11, 2011
• Seattle Met Magazine, page 86, November,2011
• 500 Raku, Lark Books (book) pgs. 95 & 316,2011
• Ceramics Today by Jeffrey B. Snyder (book), pages 200-201,2010
• Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss, AMOCA, (book), page 42, 2009
• 500 Plates and Chargers, Lark Books (book),2008
• China Paint and Over Glaze, by Paul Lewing (book),2007
• 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form,Editor Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books,(book), 2006
• 500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of Utility and Grace, Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books, (book), 2005
• Making Marks, by Robin Hopper (book), 2004
• Ceramics Monthly, Upfront Section (magazine), June, 2003
• Clay Times Magazine, Cover Story (magazine), September, 2002
• Ceramics Monthly, Upfront Section (magazine), June, 1990
• Ceramics Monthly(magazine), December, 1973
