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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
2002 Guest Speaker Bermuda National Gallery Hamilton, Bermuda
2001 Featured Speaker International Ceramic Art Teapot Symposium Yixing, China
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.
1991 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Award Exhibition The Society of Arts & Crafts Boston, MA
1991 Summer Exhibition Nancy Margolis Gallery Portland, ME
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
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 Biseul Art Center Publications
Daegue, Korea
2001 Raku: A Practical Approach 2nd Edition 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
2000The 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 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 vol. 38 no. 3 March, 1990
1990 “Marvin Sweet” American Ceramics Magazine 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 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