Primal Platter

Wheel thrown stoneware, copper glaze
7"x5"x4"
1994

Artist Statement

I consider myself fortunate to spend my adult life making mudpies and setting fires, part of a traditionI cherish. To me, pots seem like seeds sown long ago which germinate and grow at unexpected times and in unexpected places. They emerge from the kiln, transformed, reflections of my own passage.

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GINNY MARSH
18619 Highway               Allen R. Hite Art Institute
Borden,, IN 47106           University of Louisville
Phone 812/967-3928          Louisville, KY  40292


Born August 13, 1945, Sherman TX        raised in Omaha, NE
Education:  DePauw University       A.B. 1967
        Greencastle, IN
        Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board
        The Ohio State University   MFA 1969
        Columbus, Ohio
    University Fellow with stipend, 1967-68
    Graduate Teaching assistant with full course
    responsibility, 1968-69 
    Studied with Paul Bogarty and Margaret-Fetzer as well
    as with Kenji Kato.

-Worked collaboratively with Tom Marsh from marriage in 1968 to his death
    in 1992. I have six children and six grandchildren.

-Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fine arts, University of Louisville,
    Louisville KY,1975-1991
-Assistant Professor of Fine Arts (full time), University of Louisville,
    Louisville, KY, since 1992
-Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre Schcool of Fine arts, Banff
    Alberta, Canada;  winter, 1984
-Consulting Editor, Chilton Book: Company, since 1980

My work has been in local, regional and international exhibitions, including 
the Bendigo Pottery International Award, Melbourne, Australia and the 
Concorso Internazionale del Arte Ceramica, Faenza, Italy.  Joint Exhibition in 
1990 with Tom Marsh and Karl Martzat Earlham College.  Numerous solo 
exhibitions including Greenwich HousePottery in New York city; and Images 
Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY.

My work is represented in permanent collections, including the
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Architectural Commissions include:
-Interface Chapel and Our Lord Woods, New Harmony Inn, 
    New Harmony, IN
-First Unitarian Church, Louisville, KY
-Mt. St. Francis Conventual Friary, Mt. St. Francis. IN
-Douglas Boulevard Christian Church, Louisville, KY
    (1992 Fine Arts Commission)

Workshops Include:
-Functional Ceramics Conference and Exhibition
-Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
-Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
-Ceramic Seminar, Calgary College of Art and Design and Leisure Learning 
    Services of Alberta.. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
-Banff Centre School of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta, Canada