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Kenneth S. Baskin

234 Heather Street Lake Charles, Louisiana 803/920-8185
E-mail Address: kbaskin@mcneese.edu

EDUCATION
2005 Master of Fine Arts, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College for Creative Studies, (Formally Center for Creative Studies), Detroit, Michigan: May 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – Present, Assistant Professor of Art / Ceramics McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2003 – 2005 Teacher of Record: Introduction to Ceramics, Intermediate Ceramics, Beginning Sculpture University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

1998 - 2002 Ceramic Instructor College for Creative Studies, Continuing Education Program, Detroit, Michigan

Professional Activities:
2009 Ceramics Monthly, Magazine Cover and Essay, 20^th Century Artifact Series, Nov. 2009

Visiting Artist/Workshop/Lecture, Piedmont Collage, Demorest, GA

Visiting Artist/Residency/Workshop and lecturer, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

2008 Visiting Artist/Workshop/Lecture, Steven F. Austen University, Nacadocious, Texas

Visiting Artist/Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

Visiting Lecturer, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

Visiting Lecturer, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipai, Taiwan R.O.C.

2007 Visiting Artist/Residency/Workshop and lecturer, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

Emerging Artist Recipient, National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Louisville, KY

2001 -2006 Visiting Artist/Workshop/Lecture, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 2006

Visiting Artist/Workshop/Lecture, Nicholls State University. Thibodaux, LA 2005

Visiting Lecturer, Gainesville College, Gainesville, GA 2004

Visiting Lecturer, Françoise Marion College, Florence, SC 2004

Workshop/Salt Fired Ceramics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2004

Workshop/Raku Fundraiser, Pewabic Pottery Detroit, Michigan 2002

Workshop Instructor: College for Creative Studies and the City of Detroit’s 300^th Anniversary Celebration Committee, Detroit, MI 2001

Awards, Grants and Acquisitions:
2009 Mayor’s Artist Award, Artist of the Year, Lake Charles, LA

2009 Shearman Grant, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

2007 Violet Howell Faculty Award, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

2007 Third Place, National Juried Exhibition Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA

2007 Honorable Mention, University of Dallas Regional Ceramics Competition, Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2007 Honorable Mention 20^th Annual Materials Hard and Soft Juried Competition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas

2007 Emerging Artist Recipient, National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Louisville, KY

2007 Louisiana Board of Regents Undergraduate Enhancement Grant

2007 U.S. Department of Education Emergency Grant

2006 Robert Jones Beauregard Parish Endowment Professorship Grant

2006 Hurricane Rita Recovery Grant

2005 Robert Jones Beauregard Parish Endowment Professorship Grant

2004 Best of Show Award, 48^th Annual University of South Carolina Student Art Exhibition, McMaster Art Gallery, Columbia, SC

2004 John Benze Graduate Studio Art Award, University of South Carolina

2003 John O’Neal Graduate Award, University of South Carolina

2003 Second Place, 47^th Annual University of South Carolina Student Art Exhibition, McMaster Art Gallery, Columbia, SC

2002 Best in Graduating Class of 2002, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan

Solo Exhibitions:
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge Township, Taipei County, Taiwan 2009

Blue Spiral One Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina 2008

Industrial Intuitions, Art Associates Gallery, Lake Charles, LA 2008

Blue Spiral One Gallery, Featured Ceramic Artist, Ashville, North Carolina 2005

20^th Century Artifact Series, McMaster Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina 2005

Architecturally Inspired Ceramics, Upstairs Gallery, University of South Carolina Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina 2004.

Recent Works, McMaster Art Gallery, University of South Carolina 2003

College for Creative Studies, Center Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, May 2002.

Juried and Invitational Exhibitions:
2009 Collaboration, Piedmont Collage, Demorest, GA

Who Loves a Garden Still His Eden Keeps, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans

Wood Fired Clay, Blue Spiral One Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina

27^th Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2008 22^nd Annual Materials Hard & Soft Competition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas

26^th Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Feats of Clay XX1, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA

Cedar Creek Gallery Spring 2008 Exhibition, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC

2007 21^st Annual Materials Hard & Soft Competition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas

University of South Carolina Past and Present 1992-2007, Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC

College for Creative Studies Alumni Juried Show, Yamasaki Gallery, Detroit, Mi

National Juried Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA

Clay Mechanics II, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio & Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

American Craft Council Southeast Regional Juried Spotlight Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

25^th Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

The Art Melt, Forum 35’s, Bruner Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

Feats of Clay XX, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA

The Big Muddy Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa

University of Dallas Regional Ceramics Competition, Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Honorable Mention

20^th Annual Materials Hard and Soft Juried Competition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas, Honorable Mention

49^th Annual Delta Juried Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

2006 Between Form and Function, National Invitational Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks Baltimore, Maryland

24^th Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

The Art of Craft, National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York

Wood Fire Invitational, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Craftforms, 12^th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Nicholls State University Invitational, Thibodaux, LA

American Craft Council Southeast Regional Juried Spotlight Exhibition, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky

2005 23^rd Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Craft Forms, 10^th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania

The Next Generation Ceramic Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Wood-Fired Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral One Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina 2004

American Craft Council Spotlight 2004, Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition, Tamarack Center for the Arts, Beckley, West Virginia

West Virginia Division of Culture and History, East Charleston, West Virginia

Emerging Artist Show, City Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina

Cambridge Art Association 7^th Annual National Prize Show, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Cultural Council of Richland/Lexington Counties and Palmetto GBA Art Exhibition, Palmetto GBA, Columbia, South Carolina

48^th Annual University of South Carolina Student Art Exhibition, McMaster Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina, Best Graduate Work

Belton Art Center, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Belton, South Carolina

Architectural Ceramic Exhibition Invitational, Blue Spiral One Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina

The Quirk in the Quagmire, Installation Art Invitational, Columbia South Carolina

American Craft Council Spotlight 2003, Southeast Region, Annual Juried Exhibition, Blue Spiral One Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina

NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) 2003 Clay National, Juried Exhibition, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California 47^th

Annual University of South Carolina Student Art Exhibition, McMaster Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina, Second Place in Show

1994 - 2002 South Carolina Clay, University of South Carolina Sumter, South Carolina

Student Show: College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, Best in Class of 2002.

Holiday Show: The Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan

Earthly Treasures: Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

Holiday Show: Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

Holiday Show: Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan

Vessels, Boxes, Baskets: Function Art, Pontiac, Michigan 17^th

Annual Helen DeRoy Exhibit: Oakland College, Farmington Hills, Michigan 18^th

Annual Michigan Ceramics: Kreft Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Student show: Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Canton Fine Arts Exhibition: Phoenix Center, Canton, Michigan

Student show: Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan Honorable Mention.

Michigan XIII: Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan 17^th

Annual Michigan Ceramics: Habitat Shaw Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan 13^th

Annual Helen DeRoy Exhibit: Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Honorable Mention.