Kyla Toomey

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Eduction

2010 MFA, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio, Ceramics
2004 BFA with an emphasis in Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred NY

Teaching Experience

2013-14 Adjunct Facutly, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
CER1021 Ceramics Level 1, Combined Methods
Molds and Multiples, Consultant to the Graduate School of Design
Faculty, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Harvard University
Ceramics Faculty, Mudflat Studios
Beginning and Intermdiate Handbuilding and Wheelthrowing
2012 Adjunct Professor/Artist in Residence, Kansas State University
Art 300 Ceramics for Non-Majors
2011-12 Assistant Adjunct Professor of Art and Art History,
Gettysburg College, Ceramics Lecturer, The Ohio State University,
ARTS 263 Introduction to Ceramics, ARTS 267 Intermediate ARTS 141
Introduction to Drawing Art 342 Beginning Wheel Throwing
2008-10 Graduate Teaching Associate The Ohio State University
Instructor of Record Art 342 Beginning Wheel Throwing
Instructor of Record Art 442 Intermediate Wheel Throwing
Instructor of Record Art 340 Beginning Handbuilding
2006-08 Ceramics Instructor, Beginner and Intermediate, Wheel Throwing, Hand Building and Youth classes Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2006 Co-Head of Ceramics, Snow Farm the New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA
2005 Assistant Head of Ceramics, Snow Farm the New England Craft Program, NY
2004 Assistant Head of Ceramics, Snow Farm the New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA

Professional Experience

2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Harvard University
Artist in Residence-Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Garden City Community College, Garden City KS
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS
American Pottery Festival- Invited Artist/Presenter
Workshop-Pushing thrown forms further, The Clay Studio. Philadephia
2011 Workshop-Timing and Tools, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Gettysburg College
2009 Belden Brick Company, Sugarcreek OH, Ceramic Residency in Factory
2006-08 Resident Artist, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2006-07 Education Coordinator, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2006 Studio Assistant, Gill Pottery, Alfred NY
2005-06 Studio Assistant, Ayumi Horie Ceramics, Cottekill NY
2005 Resident Artist, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock NY.
Intern, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
2004 Delegate, Jingdezhen International Ceramics Conference, Jingdezhen P.R. China.
2003 Summer Intern, to Freddy Fredrickson Alfred University, Alfred NY

Exhibitions

2014 Art & the Urban Garden, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
ABC’s of Dinnerware, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe New Mexico
State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington MA
Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
Taming Nature, Pritzlaff Events, Milwaukee WI
2013 Harvard Ceramics Faculty, Harvard Ceramics Gallery, Allston MA
Cup: The Intimate Object VII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Online Exhibition
Let There Be Light (Invitational) Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Catalyst, Lamont Gallery Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
Intersections, New work by Kyla Toomey and Adam Hinterlang, Mark
Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS
Object Focus: The Bowl, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
Mug Shots, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
Abstract Landscapes, Strecker Nelsen Gallery, Manhattan KS
K-State Exhibition, Garden City Community College, Garden City KS
Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Lorton VA Duets, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
Functional/Dysfunctional(Best in Show), Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg FL
2012 Cup: The Intimate Object VIII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Online Exhibition
From Here to There, The Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus OH
Cup of Comfort 2012 Biannual, Halcyon Art Gallery/Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN
The Cat Exhibition, Practice, Philadelphia PA
2011 8 Fulid Ounces, Glassell Gallery Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
For the Table: Dinnerware, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
Guess who’s coming to Dinner, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2010 Gift It, Pelham Art Center Gallery, Pelham NY
Drawing the Line, University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery,
Fayetteville AR
3rd Lillstreet International; Bowl Me Over. Lillstreet Art Center Gallery, Chicago IL
The Phenomenology of Time, Kuhn Fine Art Gallery, Marion OH
The Seventh Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student
Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2010 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: Me and You and Everyone
we Know, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus OH
2009 Connected, Tom Myott Gallery, Glens Falls NY
Art Squatters, 84 N. High St, Columbus OH
Recent Arrivals, Department of Art Graduate Students (Class of 2010), Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus OH
Put a Lid on it, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2008 Consider the Cup, Artisan Gallery, Northampton MA
In Exchange, Tyler and Penrose Gallery, Philadelphia PA
To Have and to Hold, All fired Up, West Chester NY
6x6 Transformations, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
Objects of my Affection, Solo Exhibiton, CAC, Port Chester NY
PotPOURri, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2007 Annual Holiday Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
Cups Coming Together, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
At the Table, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
Clay Art Center: A Legacy in Clay, Matt Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
American Craft Council Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore MD
2006 Continuing the Tradition, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock NY
Annual Holiday Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2005 Ceramics of Byrdcliffe, Kleinart James Gallery Woodstock, NY
Dots and Squares, Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale NY
Holiday Exhibition, Dew Claw Gallery, Providence RI
2004 International Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Conference PR China
Senior Exhibition, NYSCC at Alfred University

Awards and Honors

2008-10 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University
2007 Searchlight Artist, American Craft Council
Recipient Elaine Hoffman Ratett Grant