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Professional Activities |
2010 |
Guest Lecture |
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth, MA |
2010 |
Guest Artist |
Raku Workshop Essex Art Center
Lawrence, MA |
2009 |
Featured Speaker |
Pottery Northwest at Seattle Public Library - Symposium: The Yixing Influence on Contemporary American Ceramics
Seattle, WA |
2009 |
Guest Artist |
Thayer Academy
Braintree, MA |
2008 |
Guest Lecture |
Montgomery College Arts Institute Distinguished Scholar Series
Rockville, MD |
2008 |
Guest Artist |
Montgomery College Rockville & Takoma Park/Silver Spring MD |
2008 |
Panelist |
The Yixing Influence on Contemporary American Ceramics- 42nd Annual NCECA Conference
Pittsburgh, PA |
2008 |
Guest Lecture |
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
2008 |
Guest Artist |
College of Marin
Kentfield, CA |
2008 |
Guest Lecture |
Cabrillo College
Santa Cruz, CA |
2007 |
Guest Speaker |
Craft Alliance
St. Louis, MO |
2007 |
Guest Artist |
John Burroughs School St Louis, MO |
2007 |
Guest Speaker |
University of Denver Marsico Visiting Scholars Program
Denver Museum of Art - Asian Art Association
Denver, Colorado |
2007 |
Guest Lecture |
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado |
2007 |
Guest Artist |
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado |
2007 |
Guest Artist |
Arrapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado |
2006 |
Guest Artist |
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Smithville, Tennessee |
2006 |
Panelist |
Clay & Globalization Archie Bray
International Symposium
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT |
2006 |
Guest Curator |
The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese
Scholar
Holter Museum of Art Helena, MT |
2006 |
Author |
The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese
Scholar
Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China |
2003 |
Visiting Professor |
Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing China
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2002 |
Guest Speaker |
Bermuda National Gallery Hamilton, Bermuda |
2001 |
Featured Speaker |
International Ceramic Art Teapot Symposium Yixing, China
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2001 |
Guest Speaker |
Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China |
2001 |
Guest Speaker |
Jingdezhen Ceramics Art Academy Jingdezhen, China |
2001 |
Guest Curator |
The Yixing Effect Art Complex Museum Duxbury, MA |
1999 |
Panelist |
National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA)
33rd Annual Conference Columbus, Ohio |
1999 |
Guest Artist |
Studio Girouette Willemstad, Curacao |
1998 |
Juror |
New England Regional Exhibition Essex Art Center Lawrence,
MA |
1997 |
Juror |
The Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard
University Cambridge, MA |
1997 |
Guest Artist |
Salve Regina University Newport, RI |
1994 |
Guest Artist |
Touchstone Center for Crafts Farmington, PA |
1992 |
Guest Artist |
Taipei Art Center Taipei, Taiwan |
1990 |
Guest Artist |
Touchstone Center for Crafts Farmington, PA |
1989 |
Juror |
North Dakota Council on the Arts 16th Biennial National
Art Exhibition |
1989 |
Guest Artist |
R.I.T. School for American Crafts Rochester, NY |
1988 |
Guest Artist |
Valley City State University Valley City, ND |
1986 |
Visiting Artist |
10th Generation Ohi Chozaemon Studio Kanazawa, Japan |
1985 |
Guest Artist |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
1984 |
Organizing Committee |
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
18th Annual Conference Boston, MA |
Selected Exhibitions |
2010 |
Mastering Raku: The Book and the Art Within Jared Branfman Memorial Gallery Needham, MA |
2009 |
Past and Present: Richard Notkin, Marvin Sweet, Geo Lastomirsky Pottery Northwest Gallery Seattle, WA |
2009 |
Marvin Sweet: A Survey - 25 Years in Ceramics Thayer Art Gallery Braintree, MA |
2007 |
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition '07 Chapel Art Gallery
Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH |
2005 |
Ceramics Invitational 2005 University Gallery
Texas A & M University Commerce, TX |
2005 |
Enduring Legacy Schmidt Art Center Southwestern
Illinois College Belleville, IL |
2004 |
The Uncommon Denominator School for American
Crafts Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New
York |
2003 |
Craft Transformed: Boston University’s Program in
Artisanry 1975-1985 Fuller Museum of Art Brockton, MA |
2003 |
Art Faculty Review The Art Gallery University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH |
2002 |
Blurring the Line: Where Vessel and Sculpture Meet Craft
Alliance St. Louis, MO |
2001 |
America’s Cups Peck Gallery Providence, RI |
2001 |
International Ceramic Art Exhibition Yixing Ceramic Art
Museum Yixing, China |
2001 |
The Yixing Effect Art Complex Museum Duxbury, MA |
2000 |
The Chasanoff Collection Mint Museum of Art + Design Charlotte,
NC |
2000 |
PAP Cornell Museum of Art Delray Beach, FL |
1999 |
The Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show Federal
Reserve Bank Boston, MA |
1996 |
Group Show Creiger-Dane Gallery Boston, MA |
1996 |
Rendezvous! Museum of Nebraska Art Kearney, NE |
1996 |
One + Five (Sweet & His Students) Essex Art Center
Lawrence, MA |
1995 |
Animalia, The Clay Vessels of Marvin Sweet MC Gallery
Minneapolis, MN |
1993 |
The Space Within: The Vessel As Sculpture Hopkins House
Gallery Camden, NJ |
1989-93 |
Chicago International New Artforms Exposition MC Gallery
Chicago, IL |
1992 |
Raku National Invitational Exhibition Concordia College
Ann Arbor, MI |
1992 |
Marvin Sweet: Ceramic Vessels The Society of Arts &
Crafts Boston, MA |
1991 |
Ceramics, 1991 The Farrell Collection Washington, D.C.
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1991 |
Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Award Exhibition The
Society of Arts & Crafts Boston, MA |
1991 |
Summer Exhibition Nancy Margolis Gallery Portland, ME
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1991 |
Rituals and Primitive Origins Sarrett Gallery Vanderbilt
University Nashville, TN |
1990 |
Ceramics Invitational MC Gallery Minneapolis, MN |
1990 |
Findings‘90: A Recognition of Ceramic Excellence
The Society of Arts & Crafts Boston, MA |
1989 |
RAKU: Transforming the Tradition NCECA National Juried
Exhibition Kansas City, MO |
1989 |
Artifacts The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA |
1989 |
New Work MC Gallery Minneapolis, MN |
1989 |
Two Perspectives in Clay Valley City State University
Valley City, ND |
1988 |
Creative Arts Faculty Exhibition Laura Knott Gallery Bradford
College Bradford, MA |
1987 |
Crafts National Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY |
1987 |
Summer Show MC Gallery Minneapolis, MN |
1987 |
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts San Angelo, TX |
1985 |
Perception Laughlin/Winkler Gallery Boston, MA |
1985 |
Lenexa National Art Exhibition Lenexa Art Center Lenexa,
KS |
Grants, Awards and Honors |
2006 |
The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar presented as a cultural exchange gift by President Hu Jintao, Peoples Republic of China, to Yale University |
2001 |
Yixing Art Museum - Juror�s Award - Cash Prize |
2000 |
Massachusetts Cultural Council - Professional Development Grant |
1999 |
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show
- Juror�s Award - Cash Prize |
1997 |
Massachusetts Cultural Council - Professional Development Grant |
1993 |
Bradford College - Professor of the Year |
1991 |
Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program - Finalist Award -
Grant Recipient |
Periodicals/Catalogues -
Articles Authored |
2004 |
“Reflections” The Uncommon
Denominator (catalogue) Rochester Institute of
Technology |
2004 |
“Lu Pinchang: A Matter of Space” Ceramics:
Art & Perception Issue 56 June, 2004 |
2003 |
“The Art of Zhou Dingfang” Preface (catalogue)
Yixing, China |
2003 |
“Gayle Fichtinger: Carving A Path” Ceramics:
Art & Perception Issue 51 March, 2003 |
2001 |
“On Collecting Yixing Ware” The Yixing Effect
(catalogue) Art Complex Museum |
1999 |
“Twentieth Century Sculptors” The 1999
NCECA Journal volume 20 |
1999 |
“The Yixing Effect” Ceramics Monthly Magazine
vol.47 no.1 January, 1999 |
1999 |
“On Collecting Yixing Ware” Bradford Alumni
Magazine Fall, 1999 |
1996 |
“Art, Influence and Culture” Ceramics Monthly
Magazine vol.44 no.7 September, 1996 |
1993 |
“Merging Cultural Diversities” Ceramics
Monthly Magazine vol.41 no.3 March, 1993 |
1989 |
Juror's Statement 16th Biennial National Art
Exhibition North Dakota Council on the Arts |
1984 |
“A History of Ohi Chozaemon Ware” Ohi Museum
(catalogue) Kanazawa, Japan |
Selected Publications
Books, Catalogues & Periodicals in which work appears
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2009 |
Mastering Raku |
by Steven Branfman Lark Books |
2008 |
Contemporary Art & Techniques |
by Lu Pinchang CAFA Press |
2007 |
“ The Language of Creation: New Work by Marvin Sweet ” Ceramics: Art & Perception |
by Julia A.and Tom Coash
October, 2007 Issue 69 |
2005 |
Raku 2nd Edition |
by Tim Andrews Krause Publications |
2004 |
The Uncommon Denominator |
RIT Press |
2003 |
500 Bowls |
by Suzanne Tourtillott Lark Books |
2002 |
500 Teapots |
by Suzanne Tourtillott Lark Books |
2001 |
Raku: Harmony of Earth, Water & Fire
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Biseul Art Center Publications
Daegue, Korea |
2001 |
Raku: A Practical Approach 2nd Edition
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by Steven Branfman Krause Publications |
2001 |
International Ceramic Art Exhibition |
Yixing Museum of Ceramic Art
Yixing, China |
2000 |
The Contemporary Potter |
Quarry Books |
2000 |
The Yixing Effect |
Art Complex Museum |
2000 | The Chasanoff Collection |
Mint Museum of Art + Design |
2000 |
PAP Exhibition |
Cornell Museum of Art and History |
1999 |
Cambridge Art Association |
National Prize Show |
1998 |
The Best of Pottery Volume 2 |
Quarry Books |
1997 |
Handbuilt Pottery |
by Kathy Triplett Lark Books |
1996 |
Rendezvous! |
Museum of Nebraska Art |
1995 |
“See the Geometry in All Things, The Vessels of
Marvin Sweet” Ceramics: Art & Perception |
by Katherine Hoffman
October, 1995 Issue 21 |
1992 |
“The Society of Arts & Crafts” Art
New England |
vol.13 no.3 April/May, 1992 |
1992 |
“Marvin Sweet” Ceramics Monthly Magazine
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vol.40 no.5 May, 1992 |
1992 |
Raku National Invitational Exhibition |
Concordia College |
1991 |
Raku: A Practical Approach |
by Stephen Branfman
Chilton Book Company |
1991 |
Raku Pottery |
by Robert Piepenburg
Pebble Press |
1991 |
“Findings '90” Ceramics Monthly
Magazine |
vol.39 no.2 February, 1991 |
1991 |
“Findings '90, A Recognition of Ceramic Excellence”
American Craft Magazine |
vol.50 no.6 December, 1990/January, 1991 |
1990 |
“Artifacts” Ceramics Monthly Magazine
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vol. 38 no. 3 March, 1990 |
1990 |
“Marvin Sweet” American Ceramics Magazine
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volume 8 no.3 Fall, 1990 |
1989 |
RAKU: Transforming the Tradition |
NCECA National Juried Exhibition |
1987 |
Crafts National |
Buffalo State University |
1987 |
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition |
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts |
1987 |
“Marvin Sweet” Ceramics Monthly Magazine |
vol. 35 no. l0 December, 1987 |
1986 |
“Ohi/Sweet Exhibition” Ceramics Monthly
Magazine |
vol. 34 no. 1 January, 1986 |
1985 |
“A Portable Exhibition” Bostonia Magazine
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April/May, 1985 |
Education |
1984 |
MFA Ceramics |
Program in Artisanry Boston University Boston, MA |
1974 |
BA English |
Hawthorne College Antrim, NH |
Teaching Positions |
2007 – present |
Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH |
2003 – 2005 |
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH |
2001 – 2002 |
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Boston,
MA |
1987 – 2000 |
Bradford College Bradford, MA |
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