Sara Swink: Resume
Shows & Awards
- Featured Window Artist in Guardino Gallery September–October 2007 show
- Featured Artist in 2-person show at Guardino Gallery, Portland, May–June, 2007
- Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase 2007, Runner Up for Late in Gallery exhibit; Award of Merit for House of Blues in For the Birds exhibit benefiting Habitat for Humanity
- Big Pots, Portland City Hall, Potters Association group show, April 2007
- Featured artist at Georgie's Ceramic Supply, Portland, March-April 2007
- Buckman Show & Sell, Portland, March 2007, group show and sale
- Beaverton Showcase, February 2007, two entries in juried show; Awarded First Place, Sculpture
- Exhibiting Artist, Portland Open Studios, 2006, 2007
- Gifts of the Spirit, Portland, January 2007, group show
- "Little Things" Group Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, November–December, 2006
- First Thursday exhibit at Poster Garden, Portland, November 2006, group show
- Works of Faith, Portland, November 2006, group show
- CLAY (re)Emerge 2005,July–August 2005 juried show at the Red Ink Gallery (San Francisco); Outstanding Mention Award for Juju Box
- California Clay Competition, April–May 2005 juried show at The Artery in Davis, CA
- Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco), March 2005, College Day: Celebrating the Works of Courbet, group show
- Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco), October 2004, College Day: Magnificent Maya Friday, group show
- San Francisco State University, September 2004, Ceramics Showcase, solo exhibit
- CCACA/Bay Area Figurative Sculptors, April–May 2004, ClayBodies group show in Davis, CA
- San Jose State University, 2004, Earthbound, solo show
- San Jose State University, 2004, Dual Projection, solo show
- San Jose State University, 2003, Inner, two-person show
- Maxtor Corporation (Milpitas, CA), August–October 2003 and November–December 2003, group shows
- Foothill College Library (Los Altos Hills, CA),2003, solo exhibit
- Visions in Clay 2003 juried show at University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA; sponsored by the San Joaquin Potters Guild, 2003
- Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild Show at Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, CA, juried exhibit, 2003
- Phantom Galleries group exhibit, Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild’s Kaleidoscope in Clay, San Jose, 2002
- Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild October Sale, Sunnyvale, CA, 2002
- San Jose Art League From Behind the Mask juried competition & exhibit, March–May 2002
- Silicon Valley Open Studios 2001, 2002, 2003
- Peninsula Open Studios 2001, 2002
- Brainspace Art Studios, Fairfield, CA, 2001 Gallery Opening, two-person show
- Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild Show at Mission City Coffee Company, Santa Clara, CA, 2001, 2002, 2003, group show and sale
- Galería Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA, The Canyon Arts Guild Spring Show 2000, group show
Education
- San Francisco State University: graduate classes in ceramics and art history, 2004–2005
- San Jose State University: two years Post-Bacccalaureate study in Spatial Arts, 2002–2004
- In 2000, a 3-week Japan study trip included classes in ceramics, calligraphy and the art of tea
- 1997–2002 Foothill College, UC Santa Cruz Extension, and private classes in studio arts and art history
- Art History Scholarship Award, Foothill College, June 2002
- BA, Humanities with Art concentration, New College of California, August 2001; thesis “Understanding and Applying the Creative Process in Visual Arts”
- Certificate in Graphic Design & Visual Communication, UC Santa Cruz Extension, 1994
- 1974 to 1977, University of California at Berkeley; major: Urban/Economic Geography
Affiliations
- Board of Directors member, Portland Open Studios 2007
- Member, Oregon Potters Association
- Member, Pacific Northwest Sculptors
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