Carolyn Means Ceramics
EDUCATION
Karen Karnes Workshop, Big Creek, CA, 1983
Richard Behrens Glaze Workshop, Orinda, CA, 1974
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, studied ceramics, l970-l973
Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY, M.A., l967
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., B.A., l963
EXHIBITIONS
2013 Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2012 “Good Company,” Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
“Ahhhh Silica!” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2010, 2011, 2012
2009“Out of the Fire,” Clay & Glass ACGA, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008“AWD Small Works Show,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Exploring the Surface,” ACGA Group Show at Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
“Thinking Green,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2007“Follow the Line,” ACGA at Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2005"On Exhibit," ACGA/BCG Juried Exhibition, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA
Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 , 2009
2003One of a Kind," ACGA Juried Exhibition, 600 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA
2001“Three Potters,” The Branson School, Ross, CA
2000"Poetry in Clay and Glass," Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
"The Box Show," Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
1999"Out of the Fire," Mill Valley Sculpture Gardens, Mill Valley, CA
"111 Boxes," Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
1998"Objects of Desire VII" , Group Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Ware for Chanoyu, The Japanese Tea Ceremony and Tea Bowl Invitational,"
San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Teapot Whimsey '98," Parham Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996Sixth Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1995"Fired Clay," 1995 Northern California Juried Exhibition, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
"Encounters with Nature," Gallery One, Petaluma, CA
1994Three-Person Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1993"Ring of Fire", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
Contemporary California Ceramics '93, Contemporary Gallery, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum,
San Jose, CA
1991California Clay, Alvin Gittens Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Six Potters Pit Firing, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
"The Practical Pot," Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1990Group Show, MOA Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 1988Agnon XV Fine Art and Craft Exhibition, The Agnon School, Cleveland, Ohio
Six Potters, Group Show, Worden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1988 "For the Flowers," Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1986"The Language of Clay," ACE Exhibition, ACCA, San Francisco, CA
1985"Dimensions," Cal State Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
"Clay and Flowers," Group Show, Abacus Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Six Potters, F.J. Michaels Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982"Pieces de Resistance," Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, Mass.
Group Show, Artisans Gallery, Great Neck, New York
KQED Art Preview, Artists Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Craft Exhibit, San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
1980Fine Craft Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005Coastal Marin Artists Gallery of the Bolinas Museum, Solo Exhibition, Bolinas, CA
PUBLICATIONS
American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, Ca, 2009, p.232
Point Reyes Light, Nov. 26, 2003, photograph, p.19; Apr. 29, 2004, photograph, p.13;
July 1, 2004, photograph, p.11; May 11, 2006, photograph, p. 14;
Nov. 22, 2006, photograph p.9, Nov. 23, 2008, photograph, p. 9.
Ross Valley Reporter, "Clay and Glass Festival Gives Pause for Reflection,"
Nov. 17, 2000, article & photograph, p.3
Bon Appetit, October, 1997, Photograph, p. 158
Clay/Glass, Association of California Ceramic Artists, ACCA, San Francisco, CA, 1992, p. 44
The Guild 4: Sourcebook of American Crafts, Kraus/Sikes, New York,1989
Sunset Magazine, April, 1988, Cover photograph,
Better Homes and Gardens, Jan., 1987, Cover photograph
New York Magazine, "Home Furnishings: The Art of Living,"
April 6, 1981, p.40, Photograph
The New York Times Magazine, "Food/Design: Cooking in Close Quarters,"
Jan. 25, 1981, p.48, Photograph
AFFILIATIONS
American Craft Council
Association of California Clay & Glass Artists, Board Member (1983-89) and
Exhibiting Member since 1983
Point Reyes Open Studios since 2003
Pier 9 Studio, San Francisco, CA, 1977 - 1994
Bel Marin Keys Studio, Novato, CA, 1994 - 2003
Point Reyes Studio, Point Reyes, CA , 2003-present
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