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The Neutrality of Order

Castable clays, slip, beeswax
16"x 32"x 32"
1993

Resume

STEVEN MARK THURSTON
P.O. Box 561 Castine, Maine 09421-561 
(207) 326 08~8

EDUCATION

    Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics
    Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,Michigan: 
        High Honors, May 1992

    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics
    University of Michigan; Ann Arbor,Michigan: Magna Cum Laude: 
        December 1989

    Transfer Credits in the Liberal Arts
    Muskegon Comrnunity College; Muskegon, Michigan:  May 1983-1985

RELATED EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Studio Manager;
    Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Edgecomb, ME Maine: 
    June 1993 - September 1993
    Duties: Maintain and operate electric equipment
 
Clay Modeler, Contract Labor for Modern Engineering;
    CDI Corporation; GM Technical Center; Warren Michigan: 
    November 1992

Clay Modeler, Design Staff;
    General Motors; GM Technical Center; Warren, MI:  November, 1992

Kiln Technician, Teaching Assistant:   Ceramics Department;
    Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan:  
    September, 1991-May 1992

Museum Installation Assistant;
    Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum; Bloomfield Hills, MI:  
    September 1990-March 1991

Ceramic Apprentice;
    John H. Stephenson; Ann Arbor, Mtchigan: January 1990-August 1990

Assistant Laboratory Technician: Ceramics Department;
    University of Michigan School of Art;  Ann Arbor, MI:  January 1990-
August 1990


AWARDS

-Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
    New York, NY; 1993-94
-Alternative Worksite/Bemis Foundation Award    
    Omaha, NE; December 1992-May 1993
-John Offut Cranbrook Fellowship
-Poplack Fellowship Award
    Cranbrook Academy of Art; 1991-92
-Alice Simsar Award
    University of Michigan; 1989
-Guy Palazzola
    University of Michigan; 1988
-Tagge
    University of Michigan; 1988
-Robert D. Richards Memorial Fund
    University of Micigan; 1988

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

-Watershed:  the Historical Present
    Rockport, ME; 1994
-The Bemis Foundation; The Benefit Show
    The Alternative Worksite, Omaha, NE; 1993
-New Ceramics
    Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; 1993
-Cranbrook Academy of Art Summer Show
    Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bllomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-Cranbrook Academy of Art Thesis Show
    Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bllomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-BBAA Fine Arts Competition
    Bloomfield,Birmingham Arts Association, Birmingham, MI; 1992
-New Work
    Kingswood Gallery, Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI; 1992
-Self Re-Cord
    Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; 1991
-Michigan Potters Association, The Garden Show
    The Galleria, Detroit, MI; 1991
-Michigan Potters Association
    Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI; 1990
-Progressions
    Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI; 1990