Education:
Associate of Art Ceramics- Laney College 2022
Bachelors of Fine Arts- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 2024
GED completed in December 2013
BSA Leadership & Management training 2006-2013
Work Experience
Oakland Undercurrent Swim School
from 2007-2013 and 2015-2020
teach children of different ages how to swim
Show and teach skills in the basics of swimming and competitive swimming
Leslie Ceramics in Berkeley, CA
Sep. 2014 to Jan 2015
worked in the warehouse moving clay and raw materials, 50 lbs to 100 lbs lifted repeatedly up to 1 or 2 tons a day
helping make glazes and deliver clay all over Northern California
Instructors assistant position
Spring 2022- Summer 2023
involved with the day-to-day tasks of the studio, fixing kilns and creating systems for the studio
managing about 5 volunteers and creating schedules and projects for the student art club and volunteers
Load and fire gas updraft and electric kilns and clean up the studio
Group exhibitions:
Come 10, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, February 2024
CCAC, Laney college student exhibition, March 2023 Davis, CA
References:
Chuck Johnson
COEAH Visual & Performing Arts
Pennsylvania Western University
cjohnson@pennwest.edu
Mary Catherine Bassett
Laney College Art Dept. Chair
Email: mbassett@peralta.edu
Website: www.marycatherinebassett.com