| Education and Experience
1974-76 Attended the University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1976-77 Attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Universite d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France
1977-78 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, University of Michigan
1979-80 Post-Graduate Certificate in Art Education, Birmingham Polytechnic, Birmingham, England
1986-89 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1980-85 Teacher of Art, Bryony School, Rainham, England
1985-86 Teacher of Art, Discovery School, Mansfield, Ohio
1985 Established Westcote Bell Pottery with husband, Vaughan L. Smith
1994 Moved to High Falls, New York, established new studio and gallery for Westcote Bell Pottery
1994 Painting trip to Florence, Hill Towns, and Venice
1997 Painting trip to Ireland
2001-6 Worked on Children's Books and surface design projects
2005-8 Painting trips to Cape Cod
2011 Moved to LaHave, Nova Scotia.
Selected Collections / Awards
Orton Cone Collection
Canton Art Institute
Ceramics Monthly Collection
1993 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Best of Show
2000 Audrey Ratterman Award for Painting, Boston Mills, Ohio
2003 Aesop Accolade Award for "Something For Nothing" published by Clarion
2004 Listed on Best Children's Books for 2004 by Bank Street College of Education
2007 Sydney Taylor Honor Award for "Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost", published by Clarion
2009 JAVMA Award, School of Veterinary Medicine Animals in Art Show, Louisiana State University
Selected Exhibitions
1984 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, England
1989 Third National Ceramic Invitational, Canton, Ohio
1989 The Primitive Image, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA.
1990 Smithsonian Institute, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
1995 Museum of American Folk Art, New York
1995 Sylvia Ullman American Crafts, Cleveland, Ohio
1996 American Craft Museum, New York
1996 Museum of American Folk Art, New York
1997 New Directions, A Show of Ceramics, Cincinnati, Ohio
2001&2 Surtex, Jacob Javits Center, New York
2003 21st Century Ceramics in the U.S. and Canada, Columbus, Ohio
2006 Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York
2009 Animals in Art Show, Louisiana State University
Books / Publications
1986 Ceramics Monthly, May issue
1988 American Crafts, August issue
1989 Ceramics Monthly, October issue
1997 Washington Post, February
2002 "Sparks Fly Upward", jacket cover illustration
2003 21st Century Ceramics in the U.S. and Canada, exhibition catalogue
2003 "Something For Nothing", picture book illustrations
2006 "Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost", picture book illustrations
2009 Journal of American Veterinary Medicine, cover image
I moved to England after finishing Art School in Michigan and worked as an artist, teaching part time at a private
school in Kent, southeast of London. My husband, Vaughan L. Smith, taught Pottery at a Comprehensive School and
set up a small pottery workshop in our house. In 1985, we moved back to the U.S. and established Westcote Bell Pottery,
selling our work at Art Fairs and through galleries across the country. We make tableware, decorative vessels, lamps
and tiles. I also finished a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking at Ohio State University before we moved to High Falls, New
York and built a studio / showroom for Westcote Bell Pottery. We settled down here in the Hudson Valley with our family of cats
and chickens and expanded our work in clay to include sculptured ware, sinks, and tiles in addition to our tableware
and decorative pieces. My own background in painting and printmaking has led me to use the clay medium to work
on clay tiles by layering colors (both slips and underglazes) to create images of cats, chickens, gardens, houses, boats,
and places I have visited. I also continue to work in painting, printmaking, and illustration and enjoy the flow between
each medium. We moved to LaHave, Nova Scotia in 2011 and relocated our pottery studio here.
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