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Mary Cay

Conifer, CO  80433

303.816.7320

info@mary-cay.com

 

 

 

Education:

1998

State University of New York at Alfred - Alfred, NY.   Graduate  coursework with an emphasis in clay body composition and glaze calculation.

1992-

1998

Metropolitan State College of Denver - Denver, CO. Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in ceramics.
1997 Apprenticeship with Macy Dorf Stoneware - Denver, CO.

1979-

1980

Colorado Institute of Art - Denver, CO. completed a two-year certificate program in Advertising design. GPA 3.80. Graduated "Portfolio par Excellance".

1974-

1975

Banff School of Fine Arts - Banff, Alberta, Canada. Accepted into the independent study program in painting and drawing.  Discovered ceramics with Marilyn Levin.

1972-

1974

Montana State University at Billings. Major in Fine Art with an emphasis in painting and drawing. President's Honor Roll GPA 3.5.

Professional Positions:

 

2000-

2002            

Board member for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), two year position as Director at Large.

Workshops

Attended:

 

2005

Glaze workshop-Master class with Robin Hopper, Victoria, B.C. Canada
2004 Robin Hopper, Littleton, CO
2003 Tom and Elaine Coleman, Westminster, CO
2002 Ian Curry Glaze Workshop, Westminster, CO
2002 Paula Winokur, Penland, NC
2001 Sam Chung, Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass, CO
2000 Takachi Nakazato, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
2000 Richard Notkin, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Workshops

Taught:

 
2006 "Glaze Workshop Primer" Studio Katz - Denver CO
2002,05, 06         "Glaze Workshop Primer" Art Students League of Denver
2004  " Porcelain-The Mysterious Clay" Art Students League of Denver
2003,04              "Glaze Workshop Primer" Westminster Recreation Center   
2001  "Working with Porcelain" Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
1998   "Marketing Your Work" - Metropolitan State College of Denver 

Teaching

Experience:

 
2002-Present       Instructor, Art Students League of Denver
2000 -2002          Visiting Area Coordinator and Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
1999-00 Ceramics Instructor, Jewish Community Center - Denver, CO
1999 Instructor, Tile Project with Columbine High School Student's -Littleton, CO

Corporate

Collections:

 
2000 Kaufman and Broad - Denver, CO
2006 1st Community Bank - Lakewood, CO
Lectures:  
2002 "Eulogy for Rodger Lang" at NCECA, Kansas City, MO
2004 Cay's work presented by David Furman "The Non-Secular Ceramic Object" at NCECA, Indianapolis, IN
Selected Exhibitions:

 

2007 "The Invitational: A Show of Excellence", Evergreen, CO
2006 Invitational "Clay and Fiber: New Directions", Evergreen ,CO
2006 Invitational "Things in Nature: Nature of Things", Art Students League of Denver, CO
2005 "Untold Riches", Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2004  "Primary Colors: A survey of Contemporary Craft", Waynesboro, VA
2004  "Sculpture Invitational", Art Students League of Denver, CO
2004 "Truth and Temperance" EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Invitational "Contemporary Tea Bowls", Indianapolis, IN
2004 Invitational "4 EDGE" Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
2003 "Cup: The Intimate Object II", Fort Wayne, IN.   Juror - Julia Galloway
2003 "12X12XEDGE", Denver, CO
2003 Invitational "Edge at The Denver Civic Theater", Denver, CO
2003 "Second Invitational Ceramics Show" at Denver International Airport, CO
2003 "Evergreen Artists Association Spring Show", Evergreen CO - Cash Award
2000, 01, 02, 03, 04 "Art Market" at The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2002 "Clay + Clay + Invitational", Art Students League of Denver, CO
2001, 02 Metropolitan State College of Denver Faculty Show, CO
2000, 03 "Own Your Own" Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2001 Invitational "Colorado Women in Clay", Denver, CO
2001  "Colorado Clay Exhibition 2001" Golden, CO.  Juror - Wayne Higby
2000 "8th Annual Colorado Invitational",  Manitou Springs, CO
2000 Invitational "Peaceful Energy", Taos, NM
2000 Invitational "Instructors in Clay" in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Denver, CO
2000 Invitational "Life After Auraria"  in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Denver, CO
2000 Invitational "Y2Klay @ DIA" in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Denver, CO
2000 Invitational "Tzedakah Box Show" in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Denver, CO
1999 "El Dia de Los Muertos #17" Pirate Gallery- Denver, CO
1999  "Colorado Teapot Show" at the tea house - Boulder, CO
1999  "Colorado Clay Exhibition 1999" Golden, CO.   Juror - Jeff Oestreich
1998  Invitational "Quiet Women", Westminster, CO
1998 "El Dia de Los Muertos #16"  Pirate Gallery - Denver, CO
1998  "All Colorado Art Show", Greenwood Village, CO
1998   "MSCD Senior Honor's Exhibition" The Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
1998   "International Orton Cone Box Show" two-year traveling exhibition

Jury: Harris Deller, Anna Calouri Holcomb, & Michael Simon

Represented by:       
1999 to present McGrath and Braun Art Consultants, Denver, CO
2002 to present Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen CO
Awards:   
1997, 98 Colorado Scholars Award from Metro State College
2003

"First Place" cash and ribbon award from the Evergreen Artist's Association

Reviews:  
2/2004                                   "Artbeat" by Michael Paglia, Westword
2/2004                                    

"Choices This Week" by Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News

2/2002                                   "Choices This Week" by Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News
2/2002                                   "Artbeat" by Michael Paglia, Westword
6/2001                                  

"Colorado Women in Clay" by Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News

5/2001                                  "Thermodynamics-the current edition of the state's most significant ceramics exhibition." by Michael Paglia, Westword                         
5/2001                                  "Clay returns after dry spell" by Mary Voelz Chandler Rocky Mountain News
3/2000                                 

"CLAYdays" by Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News

4/1999                                 

"No longer your mother's ceramics" by Jeff Bradley, The Denver Post

4/1999                                 

"Clay show a creative trek" by Mary Voelz Chandler Rocky Mountain News

 

Publications:

 
2/2006                    

Ceramics Monthly "Mary Cay's Glittering Obsession"

6/2003                             "Mostly Under Glass at DIA" article written for the Critical Ceramics Website
4/ 2003                           

500 Bowls, Contemporary Exploration of a Timeless Design Lark Books

5/2002                             

Ceramics Monthly "Emerging Artists"

7/2000                     

NCECA News, Volume XXIV, No 2

6/ 2000                            

The 2000 NCECA Journal, Volume 21 "The Mother, The Lover, and The Other" and "Eulogy for Rodger Lang"

6/1999                             Ceramics Monthly  "Suggestions from Readers"
6/ 1980                             American Artist Magazine, illustration published from a competition

Juror Experience:

 
2006

Juror and award giver for "Paint, Sculpt, and Shoot Evergreen-A Multi Media Event" Sponsored by the Evergreen Arts Center.

2004                                      

Selection Committee to hire the tenure track professor for Metropolitan State College of Denver's Ceramics Department.  Reviewed more than 30 slide portfolios and applications.

2003                                     Juror and award giver for the first Westminster Ceramic Art Show.
2002                                      Juror for the NCECA Emerging Artists. Reviewed more than 25 applications from Master's Degree candidates to give a presentation of their work at the national annual conference.
2001                                      Award grantor for the NCECA Cups of Merit show. Awardees were given money to create cups for the NCECA Collection.
2001                                       Award grantor for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and best of show for the annual summer Evergreen Artists' Association Summer Fair.