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Jessica Broad

Ceramics professor

Education

  • M.F.A., art, University of Arizona 
  • B.F.A., ceramics, Maryland Institute College of Art

Credentials

  • Professor, ceramics, 2009–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Teach Ceramics, Mold Making and Slip Casting, Ceramics Surface Design, undergraduate and graduate Architectural Ceramics, Drawing, 3D design, and 2D design
  • Lecturer, 2007–08, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
    Full-time lecturer in ceramics and foundations. Taught ceramics, 2D design, 3D design, and sculpture
  • Adjunct, 2006–07, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
    Three sections of co-enrolled ceramics, three sections of ceramics
  • Instructor, 2006–07, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
    Print It: Printmaking on Clay, Intro to Clay
  • Adjunct, 2006, Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Campus, Essex, MD
    One section of co–enrolled Ceramics
  • Instructor, 2005–2006, Baltimore Clayworks Community Arts Program, Baltimore, MD
    Teen wheel class, pre-teen clay, YMCA after-school program children's clay classes
  • Adjunct, 2005, Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus, Catonsville, MD
    Served as studio technician, mixed glazes, maintained studio, helped students.
  • Instructor, 2004–2005, Muse Pottery Studio, Tucson, AZ
    Ceramic mosaic and tile class and beginning ceramic sculpture class.
  • Artist's Assistant, 2003–2005, Artist Moira Geoffrion, Tucson, AZ
    Technical consultant on public art tile murals, glaze and clay formulation, making and glazing of the tile.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Faculty Sabbatical Grant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
  • Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
  • Special Jurors Award, Clay: Making Connections, Roswell, NM
  • Third Place Jurors Award, Déjà vu show, Tucson, AZ
  • Mistro-Ertz Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
  • Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship – College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Medici Scholars Awards – College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1996
  • Honorable Mention, Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Greensburg, PA
  • Ceramics Department Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • Maryland Institute Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Residences

  • Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, 2006–07
  • Lormina Salter Fellowship Residency/Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, 2005–06 
  • Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, VT, 1996–97

Organizations

National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, Baltimore Clayworks member Artist

Publications and presentations

  • Flora Incognita, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
  • Art of the Cup [invitational], Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
  • Sip: A Ceramic Cup Show [juried], Whitefield Gallery, Savannah, GA.
  • Micro/Macro [juried] Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA.
  • Innovative Fibers: A Survey of Contemporary Textiles [invitational], The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC.
  • Art of the Cup [invitational], Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
  • Sip: A Ceramic Cup Show [juried], Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA.
  • Arraigada [juried show], Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA.
  • Local Dishes [group show], Starland Café, Savannah, GA.
  • Cup the Intimate Object [juried], Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL.
  • Disaster, Relief and Resilience; cup show [invitational], Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC.
  • Game, Set, Match [juried by Ayumi Horie], Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
  • Transplants [invitational], Winter Street Studios, curator Jessica Broad, concurrent exhibition NCECA 2013, Houston, TX.
  • Cup Benefit Auction [juried], Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
  • Figuratively Speaking [juried], Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA.
  • Savannah Clay [invitational], Roswell Arts Center West, Roswell, GA.
  • Daily Companions [juried by Mary Barringer and John C. Wilson], Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
  • 8 Fluid Ounces [juried by Kristen Kieffer], Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Ceramic Sutra [juried by Novie Trump], Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
  • Beyond the Brickyard [juried by Richard Shaw], Archie Bray Foundation gallery, Helena, MT.