Louis H. Katz

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Art Department
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
(361) 825-5987, 992-4176
LKATZ@falcon.tamucc.edu
http://www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/

EDUCATION
1986	M.F.A., Montana State University
1981	B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute
1975	University of Michigan School of Art
1974	University of Michigan School of Engineering
2002	Eduprise WebCT Training, three days
1998	Train the Trainer, National Coalition Building Institute's, prejudice reduction model, training to become a diversity workshop leader
1995 May	Rubber Mold Making Seminar, J. Reynolds Company, Houston Texas
1996 July	Anagama, Noborigama Kiln Firing Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona

EMPLOYMENT
1999 September-present	Associate Professor, Ceramics,Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas
1994-1999	Assistant Professor, Ceramics,Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas
1992-1994	Assistant Manager, Product Development, Archie Bray Foundation Clay Business, Helena, Montana
1992	Instructor, Ceramics, Helena Art Center, Helena, Montana, Beginning Ceramics
1991-1992	Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, Writing Intensive Art Appreciation
1990-1991	Visiting Artist, Assistant Professor, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, Advanced and Graduate Ceramics and Sculpture, beginning, drawing, Graduate Seminar
1990 winter	Guest Artist Arizona State University,, semester Tempe, Arizona
1988-1989	Fulbright Scholar, "The Folk Pottery of Thailand," funded by the Southeast Asian Regional Research Program
1988	Visiting Professor, Faculty of Art Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1988 winter	Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics, New Mexico State, semester University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, all levels of Ceramics
1986-1988	Resident Artist, Community Class Instructor, Clay Business Assistant Manager, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1985 July August	Visiting Artist, New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Manhattan, New York
1984-1986	Competitive Teaching Assistantship, Montana State University Introduction to Art for non-majors
1981-1982	Operation of personal ceramics studio, Shannock, Rhode Island
1973-1981	Ceramics Lab Coordinator, Staff Member, Fresh Air Society, Ortinville, Michigan, summer-camp ceramics
1975-1976	Ceramics Lab Assistant, University of Michigan, Arbor, Michigan

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2002 March	A Visit by "A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman", Trax Exhibition curatted by Cary Esser, Union Station as part of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Kansas City Missouri
2001 summer	2001: Clay Odyssey, Demonstrator and Lecture, "A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman" Archie Bray Foundation
2001	Archie Bray Foundation Demonstrating Artists Exhibition
2001 summer	Performance, "A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman" , Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
2000	South Texas Institute of the Arts, Juried Art Exhibit
1999	Terra Incognita, Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
1999	Lighten Up, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
1999	Landing of Aliens TAMU-CC Campus, collaboration with Don Luna, Flicka Rahn, and Keith Rowley
1998	Form Function and the Boogie-Woogie Blues, Third Floor Gallery, University of Texas of Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas
1998	Director, and Producer,Mercator Projections, a monologue by Mamet, Performed by Camera Obscura Projection for the Texas Association of Educators of Art (TAEA) annual conference
1998	Invitational Exhibit in Conjunction with the TAEA conference, Peoples Art Space, Texas
1998	Deep in the Clay of Texas Invitational, Tyler Museum of Art Tyler Texas
1998	Engagement Performance for Jason Hagensick, Collaborative effort with Don Luna for Sam Logsdon's Music Appreciation Class
1998	Within the Borders, Curated Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas Tyler, traveled to: Bank One Building, Fort Worth, Texas
1997	Alice, Multimedia Performance Collaboration with Don Luna and Keith Rowley performed at Baley's Casino, Las Vegas, for the National Council on Education For the Ceramic Arts Conference
1997	Grit, Solo Exhibition, Simon Michael Art Gallery, Bee County College, Beeville, Texas
1997	Fire and Fiber, group show , Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas
1996	Cup and Goblet, group exhibition, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland Oregon
1996	Alternative Barbie Exhibit, Peoples Art Space, Corpus Christi, Texas
1996	Southwest Texas Junior College Library, group show, Uvalde, Texas
1995	Jim Edwards, Louis Katz, Barbara Riley, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
1994	Wihelmi Holland Gallery Winter Exhibition, Corpus Christi, Texas
1994	Performance of The Rhythm of Plastic Skin, Director, Wilson Studio Theatre, Corpus Christi, Texas
1992	Lecturers Exhibition, 1994 Malispina College Seminar, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1993	The Whole Truth, Solo Exhibition, Myrna Loy Center, Helena, Montana
1993	Montana Bray Clay, Myrna Loy Center, Helena, Montana
1993	"2nd Annual Benefit Exhibit for the Archie Bray Foundation" in conjunction with National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference International Gallery, San Diego, California
1993	Mardi Gras Edible Art Exhibition, "The Plain of Jars" in cast chocolate, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1993	Montana State University Centennial Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Haynes Fine Art Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
1993	Helena Art Club Exhibition, Myrna Loy Gallery, Helena, Montana
1992	Artist Generated Toys and Games, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1992	"Grand Illuminations" Salem Art Association, A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon
1991	Faculty Exhibition, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia
1991	"The Whole Truth" invitational , Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1991	"Six States of Clay", Kansas City Artists' Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1991	Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1991	"Former Artists in Residence", Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1991	"Faculty Show", University of Missouri, Columbia
1990	Performance of "Kiln for Itawamba", Itawamba Community College, Fulton, Mississippi
1990	"Memphis State University Sculpture", Itawamba Community College, Fulton, Mississippi
1990	"Exhibition of Fulbright Excellence", American Association, Bangkok, Thailand
1989	"Archie Bray Foundation Residents", exhibition in conjunction with the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference, Central Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1988	"Archie Bray International", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1988	"Residents of the Archie Bray Foundation", Gallery, Missoula, Montana
1987	"Invitational Teapot Show", Sales Area, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana
1987	"Gail Busch, Helen Farron, Louis Katz", Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
1987	"Residents of the Archie Bray Foundation", Paxon Gallery, Missoula, Montana
1986-1987	DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
1985	Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985	"Lenexa National 3-D Art Show", Legler Museum, Lenexa, Kansas
1985	"Fifth Biennial Paper and Clay National", Gallery, Memphis Tennessee
1985	"National Small Image and Object", 100% Realart Gallery, Spokane, Washington
1984	"Sweet Pea Exhibition", Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana
1982	"Chicago and Vicinity Clay III", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1981	"NCECA Student Invitational Exhibition", Wichita, Kansas
1977	Artforms Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS,
2001	Large Scale Coil Throwing, Vanderbuilt High School, Vanderbuilt, TX
2001	Retrospective slide lecture,Victoria College, Victoria, TX
2001 fall	Bulk Image Processing, Organizing and Handling, for TAMU-CC Art Faculty
2001	Participation in Raku workshop, demonstration of forced air coal firing, lecture, Victoria College, Victoria, TX
2000	Publishing Databases on the Web, Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC
2000	Bulk Image Processing workshop, Center for teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC
1999	Nottingham Center for the Arts, Week long workshop on textured clay bodies and rudimentary kiln construction
1999	Getting it up on the Web. Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC
1999	Organizer OSO Bay BIENNIAL XI; The Elephant and the Bear, Texas A&M University, Corpus, Texas
1999	Curator, OSO Bay BIENNIAL XI Exhibition, Texas A&M University, Corpus, Texas
1999	Raku Workshop, Texas Art Education Association
1999	Slide Documentation of Small Scale Art, presented for the Society of Evolving Artists, TAMU-CC
1999	Slide Lecture on my work, Laredo Community College, Laredo, Texas
1999	Demonstration, Slide Presentation and Lecture, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1994-1999	Being Jewish in America, four discussions with Race and Ethnic Relations Class, TAMUCC
1999	Nigunim, workshoplet for the TAMU-CC Music Department
1998	Why Dankwean? slide lecture for Korat Technological College, Thailand
1998	Pronounciation of English Final Consonants, a lesson given at two elementary schools in Thailand. Ampoe Kirimat, Sukhothai, and Baan Non Muang , Dankwean
2000	Uses for Filemaker Pro , Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC
1998	Camera Obscuras and Pinhole Photography, an in-service workshop for Corpus Christi Independent School District art teachers
1998	Rockport Fulton High, Introspective slide lecture
1998	Skidmore-Tynan High School, Pottery and Introspective slide lecture
1998	Photographing 3-D Artwork, Southwest Sculpture Society
1997	Thoughts on Thailand, Closed Circuit TV Presentation for Travis Elementary School Corpus Christi, Texas
1997	Lecture Thai Culture and Art, William Travis Elementary, CCISD
1997	Pinhole Photography, Lecture for photography students at Winn Seale Academy of Fine Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas
1997	Introspective Slide Lecture, Bee County College, Beeville, Texas
1996 Fall	Jim Berman's Core Seminar, Bonfire Workshop
1996	Lecture and Firing of "Glazed Cylindrical Scove" Southwestern University Art Department, Georgetown, Texas
1995	Lecture, Metamorphosis in Dankwean: of Faxes and Ceramics,Council on Thai Studies Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1995	Lectures, San Diego State University, Conceptual Veins, Changes in Dankwean Ceramics
1995	Workshop Organizer, Umdang at TAMUCC, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
1995	Curator, Oso Bay Biennial IX Exhibition, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
1995	Workshop Presenter, CCISD in-service training,, The making and firing of bonfired wares in one day., Del Mar College
1995	The Crafts of Thailand, a slide presentation Corpus Christi Water Color Society
1995	Glaze Doctor, National Council on Education For the Ceramic Arts Conference, Minneapolis Minnesota
1994	Distinguished Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tuscon
1994	Workshop Presenter, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1994	Presenter for Thai Potters, 1994 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
1993	Rock, Scissors, Paper, Clay: Changes in Traditional Thai Crafts, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1992	"Traditional Thai Pottery", Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, Wisconsin
1992	"Louis Katz, A Function of Form", and "Traditional Thai Pottery", 1992 Malispina College Seminar, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1991	"Traditional Thai Pottery", National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA), Tempe Arizona
1991	"Changing Sexual Roles in Pottery Making Villages of Thailand", Extension Services, Thai- U.S. Exchange Program, University of Missouri, Columbia
1991	Translator, Commentator, Thai Folk Pottery Demonstrations, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA), Tempe, Arizona
1991	"Traditional Pottery of Thailand", screening of rough cut video footage, American Woodfire 91 Conference, Iowa City, Iowa
1990	"The Folk Pottery of Thailand", Itawamba Community College, Fulton, Mississippi
1989	Nine Lectures "The Folk Pottery of Thailand", Nagano Craftsmen Association, Nagano, Japan, Montana State University, Kansas City Art Institute, Archie Bray Foundation, Bemis Project, Detroit Center for Creative Studies, Alfred University, C.W. Post College, and Philadelphia College of Art
1989	Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Silicate Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
1989	Guest Lecturer, Conference on Ceramic Design, Chiang Mai, Thailand
1985	"Louis Katz, Forms of Function" The New School, Manhattan, New York, in conjunction with the New York Experimental Glass Workshop

AWARDS, GRANTS, REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, BOARD POSITIONS, BOOK CREDITS
2002	Elected as Board Member to the Texas Clay Arts Association
2002	Renaissance Man, Artist Profile: Louis Katz, Gulf Scapes MAgazine Vol.1 Issue 5, March/April
2001	Five Octaves, Video Documentary on fire breathing organ performance in Helena Montana by Ethan Notkin http://www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/o/octaves.mov
2001	Ceramics a Potter's Handbook, by Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, page 196 image of Cylindrical Scove
2001	A Ceramic Spectrum by Robin Hopper. image and credits
2001	A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence, by Peter Held , page 177 image of Brickyard Kiln
2001	Mastering the Craft, by Richard Zakin, pages 133, 196, 197 images of "Kilns as Art" and pots
2001	Playing With Fire, Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper, April 26 2001, B-8 Center, article on A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman
2001	The Sound and the Fiery, Helena Independent Record newspaper, June 17, 2001, C-1 fullpage, article on A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman
2001	Three A&M Publications, The Island University Alumini Magazine Volume 6 Number 1 page 11, Great Balls of Fire, University Curents, Volume IV, Number 8 page 4, Louis Katz and his Fire-Breathing Organ, A&M System News, "Great Balls of Fire", June 2001, reprint from The Island University Alumni Magazine
2001-2002	National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Technology Consultant and Webmaster
2001	Island Waves Interview
2001	The New World Chapter 7: Final Training, video short by Clay Kronke, former student. Credit.
1999-2001	ad hoc Director of Electronic Communication, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
2001	Revision of "English-Thai Potters' Dictionary and Quick Guide to Thai Potteries"
2000	Louis Katz, a chapter in Ways of Creation Richard Zakin pages 48-53
2000	Acknowledgement in Clay and Glazes for the Potter, Robin Hopper, page 19
1999	Grant writer for Fulbright Scholar is Residence Grant of Suwanee Natewong.
1999	Grant writer, Internal Grant for the purchase of Nikon Bulk Slide Scanner
1999	Slides of Slipcast Glass, were used as a significant portion of a lecture on Inovation in the Ceramic Arts for the American Ceramics Society by Oveido Giberga
1999	ad hoc Director of Electronic Communication, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
1997-1999	Director At Large, elected by the General Membership of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts after a nomination from the floor
1997	"ALICE", paper for the Journal of the Nation Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, V18 Page 100
1997	Image and quote appear in "clay/words: High Ground goes to the Bray", Published by: High Ground PO Box 8961, Moscow Idaho
1996	Ceramics Monthly Magazine, March page 43, "Louis Katz", article on work in the faculty exhibition of spring of 1995
1996	Caller Times Newspaper, "Teapottery", January 20, 1996
1996-1998	"Ask The Doctor", Technical column writer, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (tri-annual)Newsletter
1995	"Calcia oh Calcia", paper, National Council on Education For the Ceramic Arts Journal
1995-1998	Technical column Consultant/Writer, Questions Column, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1995	Art Journeys, Journey into Clay Art, Televised Interview, Museum of South Texas and KEDT
1995	Luminaria Magazine, Edwards, Katz, Riley, Volume 2, Issue 8
1994	Luminaria Magazine, Rhythm of Plastic Skin, Volume 2, Issue 6
1994	"The Rise and Fall of Cast Glaze", January, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1993	Grand Prize, Mardi Gras Edible Art Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1993	Costume Award 3rd place, "Head of the Caterpillar", Helena Community School Halloween Dance, Helena, Montana
1992	Costume Award 3rd place, "Montana Exterminator",Rose's Cantina Halloween Dance, Helena, Montana
1992	"Traditional Thai Pottery", Video Documentary, Melted Man Productions
1992	Ceramics Monthly Magazine, December, video review ,"Thai Folk Pottery"
1992	Independent Record Newspaper, Helena Montana, December 18, review and picture of "Party Hats" from Artist Generated Toy Exhibit"
1991	"Thai Folk Pottery", September , Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1991	"English-Thai Potters' Dictionary and Quick Guide to Thai Potteries", Melted Man Productions
1991	"A Former Mortar Maker Comments" National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Journal, Volume 12, 1991
1991	Number Magazine, Memphis Tennessee, Summer , review of "Whole Truth" exhibition
1991	Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Missouri, September 26, picture of slipcast teapots
1990	Chieftain Newspaper, Itawamba Mississippi, October 22 review and picture of installation of "Kiln for Itawamba"
1989	Fulbright Research Grant, "The Folk Pottery of Thailand"
1989	Korat TV, Thailand, "Artist Juggles at Dankwean Folk Pottery Festival"
1987	"Firing Scientifically," October, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1987	Independent Record Newspaper, Helena Montana, August 5, "His Passion for Clay" feature article
1985	"Unloading," September, Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1984	Research in Creativity Grant, Montana State University
1984	Sweet Pea Exhibition 2nd Place, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana
1975	Michigan Daily Newspaper, Ann Arbor, April 2, picture of "Tooth-decay" Costume
1975	Good Morning Michigan Newspaper, Ann Arbor, April 2, picture of "Tooth-decay" Costume

CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, JURORING
2001	Clay Odyssey, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2000	Co-Juror of the Ray High School Student Art Competition
1999	"Different Stokes", attendee, translator and assistant to Suwanee Natewong, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1999	Juror of San Antonio Potter's Guild Annual Exhibition
1998	Juror and Presenter of 1998 Emerging Talent Presentations, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Forth Worth, Texas
1997	Tradition in Transition, attendee, Symposium, Asheville, NC
1984-present	National Council On Education For The Ceramic Arts attendee or participant each year except 1989
1997	December Treasure Box Co-Juror, Art Center of Corpus Christi
1995	Juror, Tri-Group Exhibition, South Texas Art League, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Delmar College
1994	Juror, Dimension 1994, The Art Center of Corpus Christi, Texas
1991	American Woodfire 91 Conference, attendee, Iowa City, Iowa

PHOTO CREDITS (documentary photographs of other's work taken by me and published)
1996	The Clay's The Thing, catalog of Wilhelmi retrospective, three photos, Art Museum of South Texas
1996	Corpus Christi Caller Times Newspaper, "Teapottery" 1/ 20/96, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, April " American Free Clay"
1995	Tea Magazine, Cover Photo, Narrative Teapots
1995	Missoulian, Missoula, Montana newspaper, 4/15/95, "A Selection of Ceramics"
1994	"The New Ceramics; Trends and Traditions" revised edition by Peter Dormer, Thames and Hudson
1994	Ceramics Monthly Magazine, February, "National Tea Party"
1994	Great Falls Tribune, February 11, "The cups that saved the Bray"
1994	"The Archie Bray, a Ceramic Tradition"- brochure, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana
1994	Ceramic Art Magazine, V.4 1994 "NCECA New Orleans", published in Taipei, Taiwan
1994	"Montana's Cultural Treasures- a guide to Montana's museums, art galleries and studios", Arts Council Fellowship Winners, 1994-95
1994	NCECA Journal, 1994-95 "Gail Busch, Emerging Talent"
1994	Where Magazine, May Saint Louis, Missouri, "Gallery Hopping"
1994	Gallery News, The Gallery at Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, Missouri, "National Teapot Invitational"
1993	The Valley Optimist, November 2, "Tea in the Gallery"
1993	American Craft Magazine, April/May , Maveety Gallery advertisement
1991	New York Times, June 6, "If You Want to Brew Tea, Use a Tea Bag", Southwest Art Magazine, July "4th Dimension- Objects to Covet"
1990	Food Art Magazine, November "A Tea Party- West of Boston"
1984	ARTWEEK, December 22, 1984 "Exhibitions"

OTHER
2002	Tuning the TAMUCC Harpsichord
2000	Camp Sandcastle Ceramics Workshop with children ages 5-8
2000	Noel-Levitz Survey of classes
1998-present	National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Webmaster, http://nceca.net
1996-2002	DVPA Web Master http://www2.tamucc.edu/~dvpa/
1996 -2001	Faculty Advisor, TAMUCC Student Art Association
1996	Soda Kiln Construction, TAMUCC Ceramics Department
1996	Luther Jones Elementary School Tour and Pinch Pot Workshop
1995	Proofreader Woodfired Stoneware and Porcelain by Jack Troy, Chilton Books, acknowledged page xvi
1995	Setting up of Ceramic Materials and Glaze Inventory and Recipe Database to be accessible by students

Consulting
2002	Art Center of Corpus Christi
2002	MacKenzie Smith Pottery
2002	Archie Bray Foundation Clay Business
2001	For Stuart Neely, image processing for powerpoint
2001	Art Center of Corpus Christi, help with new 3-D lab planning
2001	Art Museum of South Texas, help with Filemaker Pro Database
2001	Archie Bray Foundation, database design for the arts
2001	Archie Bray Foundation Clay Business, glaze material substitution
2001	MacKenzie Smith Pottery, clay body composition
2000	Mudhen Pottery, Rockport Texas
1999	Mary Joe Walters, Thai Handicraft Information
1996-02	Archie Bray Foundation Clay Business, Helena Montana
1997-98	Earthworks Pottery
1996-98	Fabens Pottery
1995-00	Korat Pottery Company
1995-02	Umdang Ceramics
1997	Southwest Texas State University
1997	Rockport Arts Center
1993-01	CLAYART Listserv, Clayart@lsv.uky.edu now at:acers.com
1995-1997	Aloe Tile Works, Corpus Christi, TX
1997-98	Norby Studio, Willow Creek Montana
1997-98	Windsor Park Elementary School, Corpus Christi
1996-97	Los Encinos Special Emphasis School Corpus Christi, Texas

Projects in Process

Rock Scissors Paper Clay, Documentary Video

Louis Katz, Multi Media CD, partial preview at:http://www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/LK

Motion Activated Multi-Record Player Music Piece for a show at the Southwest Craft Center

Committees
2002-2003	Art Program Review Committee
2002-2003	Art History/ Curator Search Committee
1999-2002	Institutional Technology Council
2000-2001	College Library Committee
1997-2002	College Computer Committee
1999-00	Foundation Artist Search Committee
2000	Groupwise and Novel Administrator Search Committee
1999	Computer Lab Co-ordinator Search Committee
1998-2000	A&H Graduate Committee
1995-97	A&H Library Committee
1997-99	College Web Committee (ad hoc)
1997 -98	University Web Committee (ad hoc)
1996-99	Student Art Association Advisor
1998-Fall	Student Network Administrator Search Committee

Online Database Designing and Maintenance
2001	NCECA eStore for Conference Registration, using Miva Merchant 2.0
1999-present	The NCECA Ceramic Institution Database, using CDML and LDML
1997-2002 Spring	NCECA Webmaster, http://nceca.net
1998-present	The NCECA World Contemporary Ceramic Image Database, using CDML and LDML
1998	The Coastal Bend Arts Calendar, using CDML

Recruiting Trips
2001	Vanderbuilt High School, Vanderbuilt, TX
2000,2001	Victoria College, Victoria, TX
1998 & 1999	Laredo Community College
1997	Bee County College
	(please see lectures also)

International Research Related Travel
1988-89	Ten months in Thailand. Documenting Traditional Thai Pottery
1989	Four weeks in Japan visiting Shigaraki, Mashiko and crafts people in Nagano
1992	Return to Thailand to revisit and note change
1998	Return to Thailand to revisit and note change, and to find the basis for a future Fulbrights
1999	Queretero Mexico to visit our sister university, a utulitarian pottery village and a stone quarry

Substantial Improvements and Repairs to the Ceramics Facility
Year	Equipment	Approximate Replacement Cost	Cost to TAMUCC
2002	Shelving		$150
2002	Rebuilding of Bailey Kiln Vent	$300	$50
2001	Repair (Adjustment for major wear) of Soldner Mixer	$3000	$0
2001	Scavengeing of firebrick and mortar	$1350	$0
2000	Replace Burners and repair door on the 30 year old Alpine Kiln	$12000	$0
1999	Soldner Mixer Drive Train repair	$3000	$260
1999	Electric Kiln Repairs	$3100	$300
1997	Raku Kiln	$350	$20
!996	New Soda Kiln	$15000	$550
1996	Ware Racks	$2000	$400
1995	Test Kiln replumb	$5000	$1000
1996	Alpine Replumb	$10,000	$400
1996	Soldner Mixer Tub repair	$3000	20
1996	Venting of Bisque Kilns	$1000 (Hood)	$300 (Bailey Kiln Vent)
1996	Slot Hood for Glaze Area	$100
1997	Update of MSDS and Labeling or Materials

Classes Taught at TAMUCC

• Beginning Ceramics 1
• Intermediate Ceramics
• Advanced Ceramics
• Studio in 3 D Art
• Design 2
• Arts 4390 Ceramic Studio Practice for Elementary, Middle and High School Art Instructors
• Arts 4390 Using the Web as an Art Medium
• Arts 4390 Ceramic Mural Making (supervised Thai professor)

New Classes Approved

• Arts 4390 Ceramic Mural Making
• Arts 4390 Pinhole Photography
• Arts 4390 Using the Web as an Art Medium
• Arts 4390 Ceramic Studio Practice for Elementary, Middle and High School Art Instructors

Advising

• 1997-2002 Core Curriculum Freshman Advisor
• 1997 -1999 Student Art Association Advisor