Select Exhibitions and Awards

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2021
Mixing It Up!, Spiegel Gallery, Maine Jewish Museum Group Exhibition, Portland, ME (invitational, co-curated by Nancy Davidson and Elizabeth Ruskin)
Elizabeth Ruskin & Lynne Shulman, Art Gallery at Diamond Cove, Great Diamond Island, ME (invitational, curated by Marjorie Moore)
A Taste of Home – National Juried Exhibition, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY (juried by Julia Galloway)
Critters: Mythical, Real & Imagined, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME (invitational, co-curated by Nancy Davidson and Ilana Welch)
Otty Merrill & Elizabeth Ruskin, Hedgerow Gallery, St George, ME
Maine Jewish Museum Invitational Auction, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Annette Elowitch and Rob Elowitch)
Speedwell Projects Invitational Auction, Speedwell Projects Gallery, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Juliet Karelsen)

2020
The Clever Cup, Center for Maine Craft Gallery, Gardiner, ME (invitational)
2020 delecTABLE: the Fine Art of Dining – Fifth Biennial Juried Exhibit of Functional Ceramics, The Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO (juried by Liz Zlot Summerfield)
Menorah Exhibition, Maine Jewish Museum Pop-up, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Nancy Davidson)
Speedwell Projects Invitational Auction, Speedwell Projects Gallery, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Juliet Karelsen)

2019
Good Things…come in small packages, Firehouse Gallery, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY (juried)
Serve It Up 2019, Victor F. Keen Gallery, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (juried by Martha Grover and Peter Jakubowski)
The Bowl Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA (juried by Martha Grover)

2018
The Dining Room, Maine Craft Portland Gallery, Portland, ME (invitational)
The Cup Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, MA (invitational)
Serve It Up, Victor F. Keen Gallery, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (guest juror Amdedo Salamoni)
Pinetreepopup Invitational, Maine Art Hill Popup Gallery, Kennebunk, ME (invitational)
Sweet Suggestions – dessert wares, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA (juried by Nicole Aquillano, awarded 3rd place)
6×6 Exhibition, Center for Maine Craft, Gardiner, ME (invitational)
2018 delecTABLE: the Fine Art of Dining – Fourth Biennial Juried Exhibit of Functional Ceramics, The Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO (juried by Marty Fielding)
Small Favors: Think Inside the Box, The Clay Studio, Phila, PA (juried by Lauren Mabry)
Mug Invitational, Center for Maine Craft, Gardiner, ME (invitational)
6X6 Gallery Show, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Show & Sale, Portland, ME
Gallery Show and Sale, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME

2017
For Pitcher or Pourer: Pouring Vessel Show & Sale, The Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery, Worcester, MA (juried by Kristen Kieffer)
Pinetreepopup 3rd Annual Artisan Faire, Woodman Museum, Thom Hundley Gallery, Dover, NH (invitational)
Images on Clay, Victor F. Keen Gallery, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (juried by )
Let There Be Light, 2017 Menorah Invitational, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Nancy Davidson)
The Cup Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, MA (invitational)
The Bowl Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA (invitational)
2017 Annual Ornament Exhibit, Center for Maine Craft, Gardiner, ME (invitational)
Gallery Show and Open Studio, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Show & Sale, Portland, ME
Gallery Show and Sale, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME

2016
Let There Be Light, 2016 Menorah Invitational, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME (invitational, curated by Nancy Davidson)
Portland Fine Craft Show, Maine Craft Association, Portland, ME (invitational)
Sculpture & Pottery: Recent Work, RWS Gallery, Portland, ME (Solo Exhibition)
The Intimacy of Scale, Carbondale Clay National Exhibition, Carbondale, CO (juried by Chris Gustin)
At Your Service, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD (juried by Linda Arbuckle)
Cake, The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI (juried by Heather Anne Leavitt)
Black & White, MCA Gallery, Gardiner, ME (juried by Nire Cook, Two-Person Exhibition)
Tabletop, The Art League Gallery, Old Town Alexandria, VA (juried by McKenzie Smith)
Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME (curated by Diane Allen)
Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Show & Sale, Portland, ME
Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
6X6 Gallery Show, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME

2015
Tabletop, The Art League Gallery, Old Town Alexandria, VA (juried by Trevor Dunn)
Portland Fine Craft Show, Maine Craft Association, Portland, ME (invitational)
Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Show & Sale, Portland, ME
Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME (curated by Diane Allen)
Harvest in the Hood, Portland, ME
The Makers’ Meal, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME

2014
A Single Stem-The Bud Vase, The Kiln Studio & Gallery, Fairhope, AL (juried by Scott Bennett)
Tabletop, The Art League Gallery, Old Town Alexandria, VA (juried by Tony Clennell)
Running With Scissors, Portland, Maine
Rosemont Artists Guild Holiday Show & Sale, Portland, ME
Harvest in the Hood, Portland, ME
Art on the Hill, Society for East End Artists, Portland, ME

2013
Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Casco Bay HS, Portland, ME
Harvest in the Hood, Portland, ME

SELECT EARLY EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition, Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY (curated by Norma Pearlman)
Craft Bienniel 2005, Cheungju International Craft Bienniel 2005, Republic of Korea (juried) (Honorable Mention)
Ceramics USA 2003, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX (juried by Doug Casebeer)
Faculty Exhibition, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
NY-Tokyo Amateur Friendship Exhibition, Nippon Gallery, New York, NY (juried)
Faculty Exhibition, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, NY

SELECT AWARDS
Craft Bienniel, Cheungju International Craft Bienniel, Republic of Korea, juried exhibition, em>Honorable Mention
Sweet Suggestions – dessert wares, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA, juried exhibition, em>Third Place
University of Pennsylvania BA/MA International Relations, Philadelphia, PA, Submatriculant, cum laude