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Paula Smith355 East Main StreetRock Hill, South Carolina m803.329.2873EDUCATION1986Master of Fine Arts – CeramicsUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign – Urbana, Illinois1982Bachelor of Fine Arts – CeramicsKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas City, MissouriTEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2009-2014Full-time Art Instructor; Ceramics, CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Charlotte, NC2014Taught a 3 day workshop on surface design for ceramics at The Bascom, A Center for theVisual Arts, Highlands, NC2013Taught a 2 week workshop on ceramics at LaMeridiana International School of Ceramicsin Tuscany, Italy2000-2009Full-time Art Instructor; Ceramics, Sculpture, Design II, and Art Appreciation, GASTONCOLLEGE, Dallas, NC1988-2000Adjunct Professor; Ceramics, 3-D Design, 3-D Design Problem Solving, WINTHROPUNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC1988-1997Business Owner and Manager, OAKLAND ART SUPPLY, Rock Hill, SCPROFESSIONAL GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, COMMISSIONS2014COMMISSION - 2 CERAMIC CHARGERS, KATHY SOLOL, KANSAS CITY, MOCOMMISSION - PUBLIC ART PIECE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPTOTAL AWARD 23,600.00 ARTS AND SCIENCE COUNCIL OF CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG, NC2013COMMISSION - 25 VASE FORMS AWARDED AS GIFTS TO THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITYCOLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHARLOTTE, NC2012Faculty Grant - Awarded 1500.00 Travel Grant, National Council for the Education ofCeramic Arts Conference, Seattle, WABest of Show – I Am Woman Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER,Kings Mountain, NC2009Paula Smith 1

2008Commission – Spirit Tree, HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY CARE, Rock Hill, SCBest of Show – I Am Woman Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER,Kings Mountain, NCSecond Place – Gateways to the South Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER,Kings Mountain, NCThird Place – 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS; ARTSCOUNCIL OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SC2007Regional Artist Grant – Awarded 2,500 for kiln equipment, ARTS AND SCIENCECOUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, NCVisual Artist Small Grant – Awarded 500 to fund kiln shed building, ARTS COUNCIL OFYORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCBest of Show – 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS; ARTSCOUNCIL OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCMerit Award – 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, ANDERSON ARTS CENTER, Anderson, SC20062004-200620042003-20042003Commission – 4 sculptural vessels honoring the 20th Anniversary, CAROLINAS MEDICALCENTER HEART TRANSPLANT PROGRAM, Charlotte, NCAffiliate Residency – MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NCCeramic Artist Residency – One month residency at two ceramic centers includingrelated travel, THE POTTERY WORKSHOP, Shanghai and Jingdezhen, ChinaSouth Carolina Artist Fellowship – Awarded 5,000 to fund the building of a studio,SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION, Columbia, SCResearch Travel Grant – Funded travel in Spain, ARTS COUNCIL OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCSecond Place – 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, ANDERSON ARTS CENTER, Anderson, SC2002First Place – Harvest of the Arts Jubilee Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS;ARTS COUNCIL OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCPatrons Award – I Am Woman, ART 1 GALLERY, Gastonia, NC1998Research Travel Grant – Funded travel in New Mexico, ARTS COUNCIL OF YORK COUNTY,Rock Hill, SC1994Commission Award – The White House Christmas Tree Ornaments Competition; designcollaboration with Winthrop University Art & Design Students, Washington, DC1990First Place – Come See Me Juried Exhibition, MUSEUM OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SC1986Critic's Choice (Donald Kuspit) – MFA Thesis Exhibition, KRANNERT ART MUSEUM-UNIVERSITYOF ILLINOIS, Champaign, ILAward of Excellence – Teaching by a Graduate Assistant, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign, ILAward of Excellence – The Clay Cup National, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY,Carbondale, IL1984Award in Sculpture – Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL1978KCAI Scholarship Award – KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas City, MOPaula Smith 2

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS2013WIT AND WHIMSY, LARK AND KEY GALLERY, CHARLOTTE, NCDINING AN ARTFUL EXPERIENCE VI, JURIED EXHIBITION, 18 HANDS GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX2012Traveling Soles Exhibition, Jeane Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NCTable Manners, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NCDeath and Rebirth, St. Louis, MOInaugural Exhibition, Arts on Main, Gastonia, NCCPCC Faculty Exhibition, Pease Gallery, Charlotte, NCHigh 5, The Galleries, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NCAn Evening of Earth and Fire, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NCCollections, Rock Hill Arts Council, Rock Hill, SCSouthern Artists, Red Bird Gallery, Columbia, SC2011Public Art Exhibition , Honey Horn Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SCARPA Raw, Exhibition, Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC"Potters for Peace", Exhibition, NCECA, Tampa, FLFaculty Exhibition, Pease Gallery CPCC, Charlotte, NCMaking Arrangements, The Galleries, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NCArt Frenzy, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC2010Sensoria, A Celebration of the Arts, CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE,Charlotte, NC30 Small Works Juried Exhibition, GALLERY UP, Rock Hill, SC35th Annual Juried Exhibition, ANDERSON ARTS CENTER, Anderson, SCEmbodied, LARK AND KEY GALLERY, Charlotte, NCHoliday Exhibition, RED STAR GALLERY, Kansas City, MOThe {Up} State of Clay in South Carolina, PICKENS COUNTY MUSEUM, Pickens, SCARPA 10, THE ADAM RAMESY MILLER GALLERY, Concord, NCPaula Smith 3

Gallery Artists, Watson-MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL2009Sweet Sixteen, FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Florence, SCDomesticity, ELIZABETH ROSS GALLERY; CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Charlotte, NCI Am Woman Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER, Kings Mountain, NC30 Small Works Juried Exhibition, GALLERY UP, Rock Hill, SCPaula Smith, featured functional artist, LARK AND KEY GALLERY, Charlotte, NCAnimal Within, SELLARS GALLERY; BRENAU UNIVERSITY, Gainesville, GAAbundance/ Abundance Lost: ARPA, WATERWORKS ARTS CENTER, Salisbury, NCWinter Show, GREENHILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART, Greensboro, NCFaculty Exhibition, CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Charlotte, NC20th Annual Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY CENTER FOR THE ARTS; ARTS COUNCIL OF YORKCOUNTY, Rock Hill, SCSouth East: Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, MCMASTER GALLERY; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHCAROLINA, Columbia, SC2008South Eastern Juried Exhibition 2008, MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART, Mobile, ALThe Civitas Gala Event, CITY CLUB, Rock Hill, SCThe Work of ARPA: Inside/ Outside, JEANNE RAUCH ART GALLERY, GASTON COLLEGE, Dallas, NCARPA 10: Just Works, ROWE MAIN GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE,Charlotte, NC2nd Annual Juried Exhibition; Red, GASTON COUNTY MUSEUM, Dallas, NCARPA 10, DALTON GALLERY; CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Rock Hill, SC17th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TXSouth Carolina State Museum 20th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Columbia, SC16th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Juried Traveling Exhibition, MARKETHOUSE CRAFT CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN, East Petersburg, PA; KEVINLEAMAN’S POTTERY, Lancaster, PA; WAYNE ART CENTER, Wayne, PAI Am Woman Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER, Kings Mountain, NC30 Small Works Juried Exhibition, GALLERY UP, Rock Hill, SC19th Annual Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY Center for the Arts; Arts Council of York County,Rock Hill, SCGateways to the South Juried Exhibition, KINGS MOUNTAIN ART CENTER, Kings Mountain, NCArt Frenzy, DALTON GALLERY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Rock Hill, SC2007Group ’07, ARTSPACE [UPSTAIRS], Tryon, NCPaula Smith 4

NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial Exhibition, KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT, Louisville,KYARPA 10: Just Works, Traveling Group Exhibition, OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION,Watkinsville, GAFourth Biennial Hub City Juried Art Exhibition, SPARTANBURG ART MUSEUM, Spartanburg, SC32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, ANDERSON ARTS CENTER, Anderson, SC50th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, ROCKY MOUNT ART CENTER, Rocky Mount, NC18th Annual Juried Exhibition, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Rock Hill, SC2006Featured Artist (June), LILL STREET GALLERY, Chicago, ILGirl Stories, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Rock Hill, SCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NCAshes to Art, MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NC2005Professors and their Students, STRETCH GALLERY, Charlotte, NCFamily Matters, BALTIMORE CLAY WORKS, Baltimore, MDAffiliate Exhibition, MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NCWinter Exhibition, GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART, Greensboro, NCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NC30/30, LILL STREET GALLERY, Chicago, ILAshes to Art, MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NC2004Influences, GALLERY 5, Rock Hill, SC7th Street Windows, MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NCAffiliate Exhibition, MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, Charlotte, NCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NCFaculty Exhibition, GASTON COLLEGE, Dallas, NCSolo Exhibition, CLEVELAND COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, Shelby, NC2003Clay Cup IX National Juried Exhibition, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, ILTrue Copy 3, National Small Sculpture Exhibition, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, SC28th Annual Juried Exhibition, ANDERSON ARTS CENTER, Anderson, SCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NC2002Alabama Clay Conference 17 Invitational Exhibition, JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY,Jacksonville, ALLaGrange National XXII Exhibition, LAMAR DODD ART CENTER, LaGrange, GAWhat’s New 2, SPIRIT SQUARE KNIGHT GALLERY, Charlotte, NCPaula Smith 5

Gaston College Art Instructors, ART 1 GALLERY, Gastonia, NCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NCI Am Woman Juried Exhibition, ART 1 GALLERY, Gastonia, NC2001Hand Held Cup Exhibition, THE ODYSSEY GALLERY, Asheville, NCDiscovery of the Center, FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY, Florence, SCThe Robert & Mary Montgomery Figurative Works National Competition, ARMORY ART CENTER,West Palm Beach, FL25 Select 25, LILL STREET GALLERY, Chicago, ILCeramics by Southeastern Artists, HODGES TAYLOR GALLERY, Charlotte, NCCarillon NCECA Installations, CARILLON GALLERY, Charlotte, NCSouth Carolina Clay Juried/Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SCMenagerie: A Collection in Clay, GASTON COLLEGE, Dallas, NCNorth Carolina Community College Art Exhibition, CASWELL BUILDING, Raleigh, NC2000Queen of Cups: An Installation, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SCDifference in Dirt, MUSEUM OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCThe Spaces Within, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fort Collins, COSouth Carolina Clay, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SCBorder Biennial, MUSEUM OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SCGaston College: Past and Present, GASTON COLLEGE, Dallas, NC1999By Example: Winthrop University Art and Design Faculty, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THE ARTS,Rock Hill, SC199810 Year Retrospective: Small Grant Recipients Exhibitions, DALTON GALLERY - CENTER FOR THEARTS, Rock Hill, SCSpinning Tales, Narrative Sculpture, ODYSSEY GALLERY, Asheville, NC1998-1988Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SCVoices, Gallery 701, Columbia, SCBorder Biennial, MUSEUM OF YORK COUNTY, Rock Hill, SC1997Southeastern Fine Crafts Biennial II, FLORIDA GULF COAST ART CENTER, Bellair, FLContemporary Southern Figurative Ceramics, ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM, Asheville, NCTwo Person Show, ROTUNDA GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC1996Monarch National Ceramic Competition, KENNEDY-DOUGLAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Florence, ALCouples in Clay, LILL STREET GALLERY, Chicago, ILPaula Smith 6