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EDUCATION
2006 M.F.A., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2002 B.F.A., Summa Cum Laude, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Director, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2020-2021 Co-Director, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2017-Present Founder of UtahClay.org
2019-2020 Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Ceramics2017-2020 Assistant Director, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2018 Artist Residency, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2013-2015 Product Design Team Leader, Rimports USA LLC, Provo, UT
2008-2012 Adjunct Professor, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Ceramics, and Drawing 12009-2012 Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Ceramic Materials and Surfaces, Hand Building, Cone 6 Glazes, and Mold Making and Slip Casting2003-2005 Instructor of Record, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Beginning Ceramics, 2D and 3D Foundations, and Hand Building Workshop
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Rendered Fusion: Clay, Connection, NCECA 2024 Annual, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Women Working with Clay Symposium, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Porcelain Quilts, Carbondale Arts, Carbondale, CO
Women Working with Clay, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2023
Deconstructing the Mold, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Women Working with Clay Symposium, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Local Artists Exhibition, Tippett’s and Eccles Galleries, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Hip Hip Hooray, Three Cheers for the Cup: A Ceramic Invitational, Square I Gallery, Claremont, CA
2022
Clay National XVI: Say It With Clay, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
Chroma, Wildfire Ceramic Studio, Missoula, MT
Women Working with Clay Symposium, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
2021
Ten Years of Telling the Story, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University Roanoke, VA
Old Myths New Stories, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
2020
Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Up From the Ground, Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
16th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
2019
16th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
Women Working with Clay Symposium, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Gather, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT
Wheel 2 Wheel, NCECA 2019, Free Wheel Bike Shop, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Women Working with Clay Symposium, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
On the Rocks: An Exhibition of Vessels for & Related to Drinking, Pewabic, Detroit, MI
2017
Cups in Common, Clayworks, Charlotte, NC
Helper Arts Festival, Ceramic Fine Art and Design Gallery, Helper, UT
I'll Drink to That, River Hill Pottery, North Adams, MA
Front of the House: Dining Together in Objects and Images, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Containment & Connection, NCECA, Queen Bee Creations, Portland, OR
2016
Helper Arts Festival, Ceramic Fine Art & Design Gallery, Helper, UT
2015
Apprenticelines, NCECA, Pawtucket Armory, Providence, RI
2014
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
2013
Out of the Blue, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Drink This! The Workhouse International Cup Show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2012
Clay Focus: Portland, OR, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Art of the Northwest Table, NCECA, Herban Feast SODO, Seattle, WA
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
2011
Continuance: Work of Former and Current 16 Hands Apprentices, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Featured Artist, Georgies Ceramic Supply, Portland, OR
Craft Department Pop-up Shop, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Women Working with Clay, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Bear Canyon and Beyond: An Exhibition of MSU Ceramic Alumni, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
La Mesa, NCECA, Tampa Bay Convention Center, Tampa, FL
Battle Ground Art Alliance Spring Show, Battle Ground Community Center, Battle Ground, WA
2010
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Third Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, Amelia G. Tapper Center, Panama City, FL
Ceramics PDX, Cascade Gallery, Portland, OR
Community Showcase, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
La Mesa, NCECA, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA
Pour, Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery, La Grange, IL
2009
Art Faculty Biennial, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Carbondale Clay National V, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Featured Artist, Cupola Gallery, Battle Ground, WA
2008
Art Faculty Biennial, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Western Sundry, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2007
National Ceramics Juried Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Ladies Don’t, Women Do, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
Featured Artist, Georgies Ceramic Supply, Portland, OR
Oregon Governor’s Mansion Exhibit, Mahonia Hall, Salem, OR
2006
Figure. Place. Space. Jessie Wilber Gallery, Bozeman, MT
16 Hands Apprentice Exhibition, Over The Moon Gallery, Floyd, VA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
2005 At The Bray, NCECA, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Launch, NCECA, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Archie Bray Resident Holiday Show, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Alumni Show, Armory Art Gallery, VT, Blacksburg, VA
Annual Archie Bray Resident Exhibit, Kolva Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Finished/Unfinished, Waller-Yoblanski Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Of Time and Intimacy, The Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Celebrating Women, Renne Library, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Wood and Salt Situation, Waller-Yoblanski Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Graduate Student Show, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
2004
Body Language, Exit Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, Mt
Reflections on Vescovo, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Sweet Pea Festival Juried Exhibit, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Pieve International School of Art Exhibition, Corciano, Italy
Primavera dell’ Artigianato, Corciano, Italy
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2019
Brittingham Scholar & Visiting Artist Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2018
Closing Talk, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Mold making & Slip Casting Workshop, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
2017
Slip Casting & Mold Making Workshop, Clay Arts Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Mold Making & Slip Casting Workshop, Granger HS, Salt Lake City, UT
2016
Surface Design Workshop, Judge Memorial Catholic H.S., Salt Lake City, UT
2013
Slip Casting for Mold Making, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist Demo and Slide Talk, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Visiting Artist, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Visiting Artist, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2012
Demonstrator, Slip Cast and Put Together, Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2011
Demonstrator, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2008
Demonstrator, Figurative Vessel, Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2005
Archie Bray Resident Artists Slide Lecture Series, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2004-2005
Instructor, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
Printing on Clay Surfaces, Figure Drawing, and Low-Fire Ceramics
2001-2002
Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
COLLECTIONS
Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, TX
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Hartman D. “413: Donna Polseno and Dara Hartman on the Women Working with Clay Symposium.” Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast. April 14, 2022.
Hartman D. “Systematize Making | Dara Hartman | Episode 814.” The Potters Cast. March 8, 2022. https://thepotterscast.com/814
American iPottery, by Keven Hluch
My Life on Two Wheels, by Dara Hartman, Studio Potter, January 2013
accessCeramics, Online Ceramics Image Resouce
500 Vases, Julia Galloway, Lark Books, USA
The Columbian, “Bits ‘n’ Pieces: B.G. Artist Lands Commission,” Vancouver, WA. 4/23/09
Independent Record, “Clay People,” Helena, MT. 6/10/05
RAI International News, “Primavera dell’ Artigianato,” Corciano, Italy. 5/17/04