JOAN CARCIA


28 Pennsylvania Avenue
781-944-0316
Reading, MA 01867

e-mail: jcarcia@comcast.net

web site: www.jcarcia.com

Education
Harvard University, Office of the Arts Ceramics Program
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Radcliffe Pottery Studio
DeCordova Museum School
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Ceramics Guild
Mudflat Ceramic Studio

Member
Concord Art Association
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
NCECA

Gallery Affiliations
Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA
Fuller Craft Museum Store, Brockton, MA
Handworks Gallery of American Crafts, Acton, MA
Kusmin Art Gallery, Plymouth, MA
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH

Selected Publications
Ceramics Monthly, January 2005 — "Built by Hand, Painted by Nature"
Handbuilt Ceramics by Kathy Triplett, Published 1997
Ceramics Monthly, February 1995 and March 2000 — "Up Front"

Special Honors
Selected for 2005 Ceramics Monthly 2005 Poster

Selected Juried Exhibitions and Awards
“The Two Collection”, WGBH, Boston, MA '08, ’07, ’06, ’05, ’04, ’03, ’01

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
“Looking Back, Looking Forward the State of Clay in Massachusetts" ’06
(co-curator)

Francis Marion University, /Florence, SC
“Skin Deep” Variety and Beauty of Ceramic Surfaces ’06
(Merit Award for Firing Process 2006)

Fuller Craft Museum ’07–’08, ’05–’06 juried members’ show

Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA '08, ’07, ’06, ’05, ’04, ’02, ’00, ’98

Concord Art Association, Concord, MA ’07, ’05, ’04, ’03, ’02
(Best Craft 2004)
(Merit Award 2003)

Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
Parsons’ Gallery, Lexington, MA “The State of Clay” ’07, ’04, ’02, ’99, ’97
(People’s Choice Award 2004)

Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA ’03
Strictly Functional Pottery National

Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT ’03

Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
(Award for Excellence 1999)

Laura Knott Gallery (Bradford College), Haverhill, MA
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The Whistler House, Lowell, MA
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Some potters with whom I have studied and who are still influencing me are Juan Quezada (a national treasure of Mexico), Michael Wisner, Makoto Yabe, Winnie Owens-Hart and Suzanne and John Stephenson.