Past Exhibitions
Explore the exhibitions that trace the evolution of form, texture, and fire. Each show reveals a unique moment in the journey—where clay met concept and process met expression. Click through to discover past works, installation views, and the stories behind the surfaces.
︎True and Real
59th NCECA National Juried ExhibitionUtah Museum of Contemporary Art
Salt Lake City, Utah
Juror and Curator: Dr. Judith S. Schwartz
March 7, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
︎Rebel Girl: You Are The Queen Of My World
NCECA National Group Invitational ExhibitionSalt Lake City Arts Council – Finch Lane Art Gallery
Salt Lake City, UT
Organizer: Prof. Rebekah Borgard, UNR
2025
︎Permanence of Earth: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
National Group Invitational Group ExhibitionMary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery - Weber State University
Ogden, Utah
2025
WSU - Mary Dee Shaw Gallery
︎The Art of Craftsmanship
National Juried Exhibition Peters Valley School of Craft Layton, NJ
Juror: Chotsani Elaine Dean
October 5, 2024 - November 3, 2024
Peters Valley School of Craft: The art of Craftsmanship
︎Robert Chapman Turner: Artist, Teacher, Explorer
Group ExhibitionBlack Mountain College Musuem + Arts Center
Asheville, NC
May 31st – September 7th, 2024
Black Mountain College Musuem + Arts Center
︎Like the Dust Settles in Layers, So Does The Story…
2024 NCECA Group Invitational ExhibitionBlack History Museum & Culture Center
Richmond, VA
March 20th – August 17th, 2024
Like the Dust Settles in Layers, So Does The Story...
︎Women Working With Clay: A Shared Purpose
Group Invitational ExhibitionCarbondale Art Center
Carbondale, CO
July 19th - August 16th, 2024
Carbondale Art Center: Women Working With Clay:A Shared Experience
︎Women Working With Clay Exhibition
Group ExhibitionBallator-Thompson Gallery of the Wilson Museum
Roanoke, VA
May 30th – July 21st, 2024
Women Working With Clay 2024
︎Interrelationship: Peers, Mentors & Friends
Group Invitational ExhibitionRed Lodge Clay Center
Red Lodge, MT
May 3rd – June 1st, 2024 (opens online May 6th)
Red Lodge Clay Center: Interrelationship: Peers, Mentors & Friends P
︎Transitions
Solo ExhibitionClay Art Center
Port Chester, NY
April 27th – June 7th, 2024
Clay Art Center: Transitions T
︎How Does Art Reflect the Definition of Community?
Director’s Choice ExhibitionCain Center For the Arts
Cornelius, NC.
January 22nd – March 29th, 2024
Cain Arts
︎8 Fluid Ounces: Mud and Moonlight Fusion
Group Invitational ExhibitionGlassell Gallery
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
February 2nd - March 10th, 2024
8 Fluid Ounces : Mud and Moonlight Fusion
︎2024 NCECA Annual – Rendered Fusion: Clay, Connection
Juried National ExhibitionHarnett Museum of Art
University of Richmond Museums Modlin Center for the Arts
Richmond, VA
Curated by Dr. Lauranett Lee and N. Elizabeth Schlatter
Febuary 7th – May 12th, 2024
NCECA.net
︎Women Working With Clay: A Shared Purpose
Group Invitational Exhibition2024 NCECA Concurrent exhibitions
The Valentine Museum
Richmond, VA
March 20th – 23rd, 2024
The Valentine: Women Working With Clay:A Shared Experience C
︎CHOCK FULL O' CUPS!
Group ExhibitionCoincide with the 2024 NCECA Conference.
Quirk Hotel, Love & Happiness Room (lower level)
Curated by Yinka Orafidiya
Richmond, VA
March 20th – 23rd, 2024
OYA Studio
︎A Gathering
Group ExhibitionCrocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA
May 7 - August 20, 2023
A Gathering
︎Continuing Conversations
Group ExhibitionMint Museum
Uptown Charlotte, NC
December 23, 2021 - June 5, 2022
︎Travelers
Solo ExhibitionUptown Constellation CLT Space
Mint Museum
Uptown Charlotte, NC
May 13 - September 4, 2022
︎Belonging
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA
February 20 - May 8, 2022
︎The Universe Within
Group ExhibitionMindy Solomon Gallery
Miami, FL
Feb 13 - March 19, 2022
︎Two Women in Clay: Lydia C. Thompson and Julie Schnell-Madden
Two-PersonMcMaster Gallery
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
2022
︎Black Creativity
Group ExhibitionMuseum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL
2021
︎3rd LaGrange SΕ Juried Regional Exhibition
Group ExhibitionLaGrange Art Museum
LaGrange, GA
2020
︎2020 NCECA Women Working with Clay: Ten Years of Telling the Story
Group ExhibitionValentine Museum
Richmond, VA
2020
︎RESET: Cycles of Omaha: Remembering Equality Supports our Efforts for Transformations
Solo ExhibitionLied Gallery
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
2019
︎OIKOS/ytems
Group ExhibitionSaint Paul Academy and Summit School Harry M. Drake Gallery
Saint Paul, MN
2019
︎Visual Voice; Truth Narratives NCECA Concurrent Exhibition
Group ExhibitionSociety of Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, PA
2018
︎Funk: American Dada, Invitational 2018 Concurrent Exhibition
Group Exhibition2018 NCECA Conference
Manchester Craftsmen Guild
Pittsburgh, PA
2018
︎Repositioning Pathways
Solo ExhibitionLouise Hopkins Undewood Center for the Arts Galley
Lubbock, TX
2016
︎Roots, Connections, and Pathways
Solo ExhibitionOhr O'Keefe Museum of Art at the 13 Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Gallery
Biloxi, MS
Deleware State University Center/Gallery at the William C. Jason Library
Dover, DE
2012
︎Clay & Context: National Juried Exhibition
Group ExhibitionIndiana State University Art Gallery
Terre Haute, IN
2009
︎Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Group ExhibitionNorman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery Department of Art
College of Arts and Letters
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA
2009
︎LaGrange National XXV Exhibition
Group ExhibitionLamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College
Juror: Joe Bova
LaGrange, GA
2009
︎Voices
Group ExhibitionThe NCECA 2008 Invitational Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Crafts
Co-curators: Holly Hanessian and Kate Lydon
Pittsburgh, PA
2009
︎Clay and Fiber
Group ExhibitionWoman Made Gallery
Chicago, IL
2009
︎Eye to Eye Object to Object
Group ExhibitionThe Gregg Museum of Art and Design
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
2009
︎Promises...A Work in Progress
Solo ExhibitionPittsburg State Unاveгsity
Pittsburg, KS
2008
︎Fabulous Finishes
Group ExhibitionThe Gloria Kennedy Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
2007
︎Materials: Hard and Soft, Exhibition
Group ExhibitionGreater Denton Arts Council
Center for the Visual Arts
Denton, TX
2007
︎Earth Tones: A Multicultural Look at Clay
Group ExhibitionActors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville, KY
2007
︎Negotiating Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora
Group ExhibitionSchmucker Art Gallery
Gettysburg, PA
2007
︎NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial Exhibition
Group ExhibitionKentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Louisville, KY
2007
︎World Women on the Horizon
Group ExhibitionBaltimore Clayworks
Baltimore, MD
International Invitational
Jurors: Janet Mansfield, Heesung Lee, and Lydia Thompson
2006
︎Migrations of the African Diaspora
Group ExhibitionPittsburgh Center for the Arts
Women of Visions, INC., International Invitational
Pittsburgh, PA
2006
︎Africa!
Group ExhibitionTorpedo Gallery
Torpedo Factory Art Center
Alexandria, VA
2006
︎COLOR: Ten African American Artists
Group ExhibitionWabash College, Crawford, IN, 2008
James MIchener Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2008
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, 2008
Museum, Evansville, IN, 2007
Bowling Green State University, Ulber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH, 2006
Evansville Art Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
︎Divergent Pathways
Solo ExhibitionDillard University Art Gallery
Cook Communicaion Center
New Orleans, LA
2005