HEAD OF FURNITURE AREA, Crafts Department
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, MFA
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, BA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-2018 Furniture Majors Studio, CCS, Detroit, MI
2015-17 Lighting and Glass, CCS, Detroit, MI
1994, 99-2017 Radical Methods of Furniture Design, CCS, Detroit, MI
2016 Metal and Glass Construction
2015 Design Development for Functional Objects, CCS, Detroit, MI
2012/15 Methods of Glass Construction, CCS, Detroit, MI
2014 Interdisciplinary Group Seminar, CCS, Detroit, MI
2012/13 3-D Techniques, CCS, Detroit, MI
2012 Alternative Materials for the Object-Maker, CCS, Detroit, MI
2011 Glass Casting, CCS, Detroit, MI
2011 Furniture Seminar, CCS, Detroit, MI
2011 Glass Slumping and Fusing, CCS, Detroit, MI
2009/11 Alternative Materials for the Object Maker, CCS, Detroit, MI
2010 Fire and Light, CCS, Detroit, MI
1997-2010 Materials and Processes: Glass, CCS, Detroit, MI
1989-2010 Special Projects Seminar, CCS, Detroit, MI
2001 Materials and Processes: Metal, CCS, Detroit, MI
2000 Advanced Glass Blowing, CCS, Detroit, MI
1992-1999 Basic Design 2D & 3D, CCS, Detroit, MI
1989-1997 Sculptural Goblets in Glass, CCS, Detroit, MI
1996 Freshman Decorative Objects Studio, CCS, Detroit, MI
1995-1996 Freshman Furniture Studio, CCS, Detroit, MI
1992-1995 Radical Methods of Idea Development, CCS, Detroit, MI
1994 Natural Materials in Furniture, CCS, Detroit, MI
1973-1992 Ceramics Instructor, CCS, Detroit, MI
1988-1991 Radical Concepts in Functionality, CCS, Detroit, MI
1979-1989 Sculptural Glass, CCS, Detroit, MI
1982-1988 Concepts in Mixed Media, CCS, Detroit, MI
1980 Studio and Equipment Building, CCS, Detroit, MI
1973 Ceramics Instructor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1970-1972 Teaching Fellow, Ceramics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 Ceramics Instructor, Ann Arbor Rec & Ed, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 Ceramics Instructor, Ann Arbor Potter's Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
1968 Ceramics Instructor, Bryn Mawr Summer Camp, Homesdale, PA
EXPERIENCE
1989-Present Commission work:
Design and manufacture custom interior and exterior pieces for both home and business
2018 Co-Curator: FUNctional! Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2015 Attended National Furniture Society Symposium, Durham, NC
2013-15 Juror: The Kids Art Fair, The Original Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
2014 National Furniture Society Conference, Port Townsend, WA
2014 National Glass Art Society Conference, Chicago, IL
2012 National Furniture Society Conference, Providence, ME
2011 Faculty Advisor: CCS Crafts Department, AOL Auto Award competition, Detroit, MI
2011 Co-Curator: Design 2011, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2011 Artist Talk, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
2010 Faculty Chaperon/Advisor: Furniture Society Conference, MIT, Boston, MA
2010 Curator: Design 2010, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2010 Curator and Facilitator: Design in Detroit Furniture Exhibition in conjunction with Crain City Publication, Inc., Open House Party Conference, CCS, Detroit, MI
2010 Home and Studio Tour: Habatat Gallery, 2010 Glass Invitational art collectors tour and artist talk “Concepts & Processes,” Ann Arbor, MI
2009 Panelist: Use of Technology in Furniture, National Furniture Society Conference, Boone, NC
2003-2008 Faculty Mentor for Chrysler Global Supplier Award, Detroit, MI
2000/1/4/7/8 Juror: Ann Arbor Street Art Fair: The Original, Ann Arbor, MI
2007-8 Juror: Ann Arbor Street Art Fair: The Original, Young Artists Division, included a one-day critique for grade school and high school students, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 National Furniture Society Conference, Purchase, NY
2007 Designed and built glass casting facilities, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 National Furniture Society Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
2006 London Art Expo, an exhibition of UK art students
2006 Milan Furniture Expo, an exhibition of contemporary and modern European furniture
2006 National Furniture Society Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Presented: “Alternative Materials in Furniture” featuring my own work as well as works by CCS students and alumni
Presented: an exhibition of alternative materials featuring my own work as well as works by CCS students and alumni
Lecturer: “No Limits”
2006 National Glass Art Society Conference, St. Louis, MO
2005 National Furniture Society Conference 2005, San Diego, CA
2005 Winter Semester Sabbatical: art school and gallery visits, Australia & Tasmania
2-day lecture and workshop, Melbourne, Australia
3-day lecture and workshop, Coffs Harbour, Australia
2005 Curator: HMFRNSHNGS, Janice Charach Gallery, JCC, West Bloomfield, MI
2004 Nominator: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2004 Curator: “Form Before Function,” Studio Jewel, Royal Oak, MI
2004 Curator: Design 2004, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2003 Lecturer: “The History of Furniture in Michigan: A Local Perspective,” Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, MI
2003 Curator: Functional Sculpture, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
2003 Home and Studio Tour: “A Day Away With the DIA,” Detroit Institute for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Facilitator: sculpture workshop for high school educators, CCS, Detroit, MI
2002 Curator and Facilitator: art furniture exhibition for a visiting group from the DIA, CCS, Detroit, MI
2002 Curator and Facilitator: “Funiture,” an exhibition of art furniture, Michigan Hot Glass Gallery, Detroit, MI
2002 Juror: South University Retailers Association, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Curator & Consultant: exhibition of functional sculpture, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001 Website design: www.max-art.com
2000 Facilitator: 3-day workshop, Basic Design and the Creative Process, Ann Arbor Women Painters, Ann Arbor, MI
1999 Facilitator: 3-day workshop, Creative Concepts for Artists, Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans, Ann Arbor, MI
1998 Consultant: Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans, Advisory Board, Ann Arbor, MI
1997 Juror: Michigan Guild Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
1997 Lecturer: Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company, Toledo, OH
1996-97 Creative Consultant: "Backstage Pass" WTVS Channel 56, Detroit, MI
1996 Custom Design Interiors (glass/steel shelving units and mirrors): Suwanee Springs, Ann Arbor, MI
1996 Custom Design Bathroom (glass/steel dividers): Southfield, MI
1995 Glass Demonstration, CCS, Detroit, MI
1983-95 Co-owner and Operator, Dragon's Breath Glass Studios, Holly, MI
1994 Custom Design Shower Enclosure: Detroit, MI
1994 Custom Design Bathroom: Ann Arbor, MI
1993 Lecturer: International Glass Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
1991 Lecturer: Chairs as Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1990 Lecturer: Glass Furniture, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
1988 NCECA Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1986-87 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshops for High School Teachers, CCS, Detroit, MI
Glass Casting, CCS, Detroit, MI
Monroe High School, Monroe, MI
Tawas High School, Tawas, MI
Agatha High School, Redford, MI
Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, MI
Seaholm High School, Birmingham, MI
Pershing High School, Detroit, MI
Whitehall High School, Whitehall, MI
Traverse City High School, Traverse City, MI
1985 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Lutheran East High School, Detroit, MI
1985 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Eisenhower High School, Troy, MI
1985 NCECA Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1985 Designer and Producer: glass light fixtures, Suwanee Springs, Birmingham, MI
1985 Lecturer: University of Windsor, Graduate Arts Students, Windsor, Ontario, CA
1984 Facilitator: workshop, Ancient Glass Techniques, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1982 Radio Interview: Art in Detroit with George Sederoff (WCAR)
1982 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Detroit Art Collectors, Detroit, MI
1981 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Detroit Art Instructors, CCS, Detroit, MI
1981 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1981 Co-founder and Operator: The Art Front Art Gallery, Lexington, MI
1981 NCECA Conference, Wichita, KS
1980 Designer and Builder: glass sculpture, Austin Engineers Company, The National Bank of Troy, Troy, MI
1980 Founder and Co-Owner: Alfred Street Studio, an artists' cooperative, Detroit, MI
1980 NCECA Conference, Ann Arbor, MI
1980 Glass Art Society Conference, Huntington, W.VA
1979 Lecturer and Facilitator: workshop, Michigan Art Educators Association, Detroit, MI
1979 Workshop, Whitmore Lake School, Whitmore Lake, MI
1978 Owner and Operator: Stone Farm Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
1978 Founder: Rhino Silkscreen Business, Detroit, MI
1976 Volunteer: University Center, a home for teenage children with emotional problems, studied transactional analysis for use in therapy Ann Arbor, MI
1974-76 Program Chair: Michigan Potters Association, Detroit, MI
1975 Co-designer and Builder: Rising Sun Glassworks, Detroit, MI
1973 Co-Facilitator: Glass Workshop, Wayne High School, Wayne, MI
1973 Guest Artist: Saline High School, Saline, MI
1972 Guest Artist: Chelsea High School, Chelsea, MI
1971 Wrote, produced, taped, edited, and directed half-hour plays, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 Designer and Builder: 60 cubic-foot oil-and-gas fired salt kiln, Ann Arbor, MI
1970 Builder: 150 cubic-foot gas-fired salt kiln, Carbondale, IL
1970 Facilitator: 6-day demonstration for Southern Illinois Craft Guild, DuQuoin, IL
1969 Facilitator: workshop, Carbondale High School, Carbondale, IL
1969 Facilitator: 3-day demonstration, United Sierra Clay Company, Martin, TN
1969 Co-Owner and Operator, Mainstreet Art Gallery Carbondale, IL
1969 Studio Assistant, Ceramics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1969 Gallery Assistant, University Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
EXHIBITIONS
2018 FUNctional!, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2016 Peace/Piece Sculptures of Mass Destruction, a featured exposition of the 44th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2016 Mid-West Furniture, Zoku, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Rockets, Robots and Ray Guns, Michigan Hot Glass Gallery, Detroit, MI
2015 What We’re Made Of, Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI
2015 CCS Scholarship Exhibition of Students and Mentors, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2015 Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2015 New Strategies: The Chess Show, Popps Packing Gallery Detroit, MI
2014 Breaking the Mold, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2014 National Glass Conference Exhibition and Auction, Chicago, IL
2013 The Detroit Collective, The Detroit Center, Detroit, MI
2013 The Art Car Race and Exhibition, Popps Packing Gallery Detroit, MI
2013 The Curiosity Cabinet exhibition, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
2012 CCS Scholarship Exhibition of Students and Mentors, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2012 Design 2012, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2011 Habitat for Humanity Art Auction, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 The Curiosity Cabinet, an exhibition and presentation, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 Design 2011, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2011 Habitat for Humanity Art Auction, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 CCS Glass Faculty Exhibition, Michigan Hot Glass Studios, Detroit, MI
2010 The Box Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2010 Design 2010, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2010 Design in Detroit Furniture Exhibition in conjunction with Crain City Publication, Inc. Open House Party Conference, CCS, Detroit, MI
2010 39th International Invitational Glass Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2009 38th International Glass Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2009 The Dirty Show, Detroit, MI
2009 Blown Away, International Glass of the 21st Century, Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI
2008 2nd Annual Alumni Exhibition, University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor MI, People’s Choice Award
2008 Risk-takers and Innovators, The Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 antibodies and other abstractions, Solo exhibition, Michigan Hot Glass Gallery, Detroit, MI
2008 First Show, exhibition of glass art, Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2008 Annual Glass Now Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Home Show, Ford Field, CAID Gallery, Detroit, MI
2007 CCS Faculty Exhibition, Detroit, MI
2006 11th Annual Art Works for Life, Dearborn, MI
2006 CCS Faculty Exhibition A-M, Center Galleries, CCS, Detroit, MI
2006 CCS Foundation Faculty Exhibition, Fine Art Gallery, CCS, Detroit, MI
2005 HMFRNSHNGS: Functional Sculpture for the Home, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2005 The Seventh Show, 101Up Gallery, Detroit, MI
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Downriver Counsel for the Arts, Taylor, MI
2003 Members Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2003 Functional Sculpture, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
2002 Program for the Arts, Pfizer Corporate Headquarters, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Ann Arbor Remodelers Tour, Division St., Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2002 Dimensions in Glass, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Funiture, Michigan Hot Glass, Detroit, MI
2001 Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001 Glass Month Exhibition, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
2001 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001 Glass Works, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2000 Ann Arbor Potter’s Guild: 50 Year Retrospective Exhibition, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Glass Month Exhibition, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Looking at Glass, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Foundations Faculty, CCS, Detroit, MI
2000 Glass, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000 Art/21, MGM Grand Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
2000 One-person Exhibition, Maxwell Davis, Radical Furniture Design, Highline Gallery, Aspen, CO
2000 Furniture? Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1999 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999 A Glass Act 99, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
1999 Naked, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
1999 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1999 Vessels, Boxes and Baskets, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
1999 Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
1998 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1998 A Passion for Glass, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1998 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998 Leelanau Furniture Exhibition, Leelanau, MI
1998 Menorah Show, Somerset Collection, Troy, MI
1998 Focus on Faculty, C.C.S. Center Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998 A Glass Act '98, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
1997 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1997 A Glass Act '97 Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
1997 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1997 Goddesses, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
1996 Furniture: Form, Function or Metaphor, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
1996 Actual Size, Annual Exhibit, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1996 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
1996 The Fifteenth Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1996 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1995 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
1995 The Fourteenth Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1995 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1995 A Chair Affair, Michigan Design Center, Troy, MI
1995 Michigan Artists Design for the Home Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI
1995 Detroit International Wine Auction, Detroit, MI
1994 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI
1994 The Thirteenth Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1994 SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1994 Detroit International Wine Auction, Detroit, MI
1993 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI
1993 The Twelfth Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1993 The Glass Element, Detroit Artists Market, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
1993 Gallery Four Fourteen, Venice, Italy
1993 Joppich's Bay Street Gallery, Northport, MI
1993 Detroit International Wine Auction, Detroit, MI
1993 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI
1992 New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1992 The Eleventh Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1992 Art Furniture, Atlanta, GA
1991 The Tenth Annual Glass Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
1991 The International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI
1991 Scale/Detail Exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
1991 Art and Function: The Table, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
1991 New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1991 Furniture Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
1991 The Challenge of the Chair Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1991 Habatat Gallery, Three-person Exhibition, Farmington Hills, MI
1990 Furniture: Form and Function, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Detroit, MI
1990 The Original Art, New Center Gallery, Detroit, MI
1990 Glass Invitational 1990, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1990 Invitational Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1990 CCS Traveling Exhibition:
Muskegon Community College
Delta College
Clair County Community College
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Traverse City Arts Council
University of Michigan - Flint
The Art Center Gallery, Mt. Clemens
Alma College
1989 CCS Faculty Exhibition, Sarkis Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
1988 Designer's Showcase, Hudson's Designer Room, Grosse Pointe, MI
1988 Designer's Showcase, Bloomfield, MI
1987 Craft Faculty Exhibition, Sarkis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1987 Glass: Sculpture & Mixed Media, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1987 Functional Art, Michigan Design Center, Troy, MI
1987 Claudia Brownlie Gallery, Troy, MI
1987 Sabbatical Faculty Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI
1986 Glass Works '86, Artsource Gallery, Flint, MI
1986 Hot Glass Exhibition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield, MI
1985 Craft Faculty Exhibition, Sarkis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1985 Collections, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
1984 Glass America 1984, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Detroit Glass Artists, C.A.D.E. Gallery, Detroit, MI
1983 Michigan Clay Competition, Selo/Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1983 Fireworks--Two Person Show, C.A.D.E. Gallery, Detroit, MI
1983 Michigan Glass '83, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1983 Glass Invitational, C.A.D.E. Gallery, Detroit, MI
1983 9th invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1983 Michigan Clay '83, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
1983 New Direction in Tile, National Competition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, Award in Excellence, 3rd Place
1983 Michigan Hot Glass Artists, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1982 Group Exhibition, Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit, MI
1982 Group Glass Exhibition, Freeman Gallery, East Lansing, MI
1982 Group Exhibition, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
1981 Group Exhibition, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI
1981 Group Exhibition, The Art Front, Lexington, MI
1981 7th Michigan Ceramics Invitational, Sill Hall Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1980 Mason County Mural Competition, Ludington, MI--Second Place
1980 Glass Art Society Exhibition, Huntington, W.VA
1980 University of Michigan Ceramic Invitational, In conjunction with National Clay Conference, Ann Arbor, MI
1979 Group Exhibition, Stone Farm Gallery, Detroit, MI
1979 Flint Art Fair, Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI
1979 Applegate Square Mall Exhibition, Franklin, MI
1978 One-Person Show, Stone Farm Gallery, Detroit, MI
1978 Faculty Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI
1977 Orton Cone Box National Ceramics Exhibition, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
1977 Ceramics Monthly Purchase Prize, Orton Cone Box National Ceramics Traveling Exhibition
1977 Ann Arbor Artists Group Exhibition, Art Forms Gallery, Detroit, MI
1977 6th Michigan Ceramics Invitational, Sill Hall Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1977 Faculty Exhibition, Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
1977 Box, National Invitational Exhibition of Containers, John Michael Kohler Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
1977 2nd Annual Clay and Glass Invitational, Delta College, Saginaw, MI
1977 50 American Artists, National Council for the Education of Ceramics Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1976 Michigan Invitational Clay and Glass Exhibition, Delta College, Saginaw, MI
1975 Michigan Potters Association Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1975 National Funk Ceramics Invitational, Habatat, Detroit, MI
1975 9th Annual Hartland Art Exhibition, Hartland, MI
1975 3rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Competition, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI, Third Place
1974 Art Forms Gallery, Detroit, MI
1974 Michigan Potters Association Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, Second Place
1974 5th Michigan Ceramics Invitational, Sill Hall Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1973 Collection of Willis Woods, Director, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1973 Faculty Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, MI
1973 Midland Art Invitational, Midland Art Center, Midland, MI
1973 The Plastic Earth, National Ceramics Invitation Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1973 Artists' Group Show, The Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
1973 Michigan Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1973 MFA Graduate Show, Rackham Galleries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1972 5th Biennial Michigan Craftsman Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
1972 Robert Thom Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1972 Jackson Art Show, Jackson, MI - Purchase Prize
1972 Mainstreams '72 5th Annual Exhibition, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
1972 International Competitive Exhibition, Marietta, OH
1971 Eastern Michigan University, Sill Hall Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
1971 Second Year Graduate Review Exhibition, The University of Michigan Rackham Galleries, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 University Graduate Art Exhibition, North Campus Commons, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 University Art Exhibition, City Hall, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 Two-Man Show, Potter's Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 First year Graduate Review Exhibition, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1971 University of Michigan Fall Graduate Exhibition, Rackham Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1970 Wabash Centennial Exhibition, IN
1970 15th Annual Mid-South Exhibition, Memphis, TN, Honorable Mention
1970 Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana, IN
1970 First National Unfired Clay Competition, Carbondale, IL
1969 Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1969 Hewitt Art Scholarship Award for outstanding work in the Junior Year, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1969 Southern Illinois University Student Exhibition, University Gallery, Carbondale, IL
1968 Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1968 Student Show, Murray State University, Murray, KY, Professional Quality Award for Ceramics
1967 Student Show, Murray State University, Murray, KY, Professional Quality Award for Design
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Blown Away: International Glass of the 21st Century, Flint Institute of Arts Catalog, 2009
500 Chairs, Lark Books, Publisher, 2008
Oakland County Observer and Eccentric, 2005
A Passion for Glass, 1999
Windsor Star, 1997, 1999
Detroit News, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1991, 1977, 1974
American Craft, 1991, 1992, 1995
Ann Arbor News, 2002, 1999, 1995, 1973, 1983
Glass, 1991
Detroit Free Press, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1991
By Hand-Nature of Design, Michigan Design Center, 1990
Ceramics Monthly, 1972, 1973, 1977
Michigan Glass Month, Catalog, 1983
New Directions in Tile, Catalog, 1983
Interior Design Magazine, 1992
Shoplifters Will be Persecuted, Chicago, IL, 1972
TELEVISION
Featured artist: “Modern Masters,” High Noon Productions, HGTV
Featured artist: “Look What I Did,” High Noon Productions, HGTV
COLLECTIONS
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Ceramics Monthly Magazine
Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Habatat, Royal Oak, MI
Sleeping Bear Gallery, Empire, MI
COMMISSIONS
Over 75 furniture commissions since 1989