Anne K. Beyer
Education
2019 MFA in Studio Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010 BFA in Visual Art, Albion College, Albion, MI
Teaching & Work Experience
2022 Board Member and Community Workshop Teacher, Murray Art Guild Community Art Center, KY, Service to non-profit through meetings, volunteering for MAG events, teaching workshops for youth and adults, and special needs learners
2021 Adjunct Instructor Murray State University, Murray, KY, Instructor for Sculpture 1 and Studio Art For Non-Majors
Workshop Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Instructor for one week workshop in clay studio entitled Go With The Flow
2019- 2021 Adjunct Instructor Paducah School of Art and Design, Division of West Kentucky Technical and Community College, KY, Ceramics instructor for all degree credit courses and community education courses, ceramics studio manager
2018- 19 Ceramics One Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Introduction to wheel throwing and hand-building with emphasis on process and theory
2017-18 3D Design Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Instruction to the basics of 3D Design through a variety of materials including: foam-core, laser cut acrylic plastic, 3D printed plastic, wood and clay
2016- 17 Ceramics Graduate Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Glaze mixing, kiln loading, equipment repair, general studio maintenance
2012-16 Studio Manager & Resident Artist, Ken Shenstone’s Wood Fired Ceramics Studio & Albion Anagama, Albion, MI, Clay and glaze mixing, kiln loading and maintenance, production, client relations, event planning, social media, private and group lessons instructor
2012-16 Ceramic Technician, Albion College, Albion, MI, Glaze mixing, chemical inventory, loading and firing electric, gas and wood kilns, instructing students, equipment repair, general studio maintenance
2016 Studio Assistant, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC, Assisting students, loading and firing kilns, general studio maintenance
2015 Wood Fire Resident Leader, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Creating and executing a firing schedule for the Anagama-Noborigama hybrid kiln, glaze instruction, demonstrating loading and firing techniques, equipment maintenance, wood preparation
2014 Work Study, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Kitchen preparation and food service
Publications
2018 NCECA Journal: American Wood Firing, researched and written by Anne Beyer
Canvas: Creative Arts Magazine, featured artist
Lectures and Presentations
2022 Wood Fire NC: Wood Firing Contemporary Context, Star, NC
Northwest Wood Firing Conference: Wood Firing Contemporary Context, Newburg, OR
2018 NCECA Pittsburgh: American Wood Firing, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Exhibitions & Retail Galleries
2022
Uncommon Ground, Invitational Exhibition curated by Peter Callas, Rock Springs, WY
Envision, Presenter’s Exhibition for Woodfire NC, STARworks, Star, NC
Presenter’s Exhibition, NW Wood Firing Conference, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OH
Anne Beyer Solo Works, Riverside Pottery, Cape Girardeau, MO
2021
Curator and Organizer of Layers of Being: Ceramics Invitational, Bill Ford Gallery, Paducah, KY
Still, Solo Exhibition, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
Sweet Things Invitational Exhibition, Riverside Pottery, Cape Girardeau, MO
2020
54th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Joseph A Cain Memorial Art Gallery at Del Mar College, TX
Light & Heat - Select Works by Anne Beyer and Mollie Hosmer-Dillard, Yeiser Art Center, KY
Visual Evidence, Wrather West KY Museum, KY
2019
46th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, IN
Elemental, Solo Exhibition, By Hand Gallery, Bloomington, IN
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN
Master Of Fine Arts Auction, Far Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN
Visual Evidence, Wrather West KY Museum, Murray, KY
2018
Mugshots, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
The Cup, The Mug 2017, Main Street Arts, NY
MFA Non-graduating Show, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
NCECA Exhibition: University Shipping Containers Shows, Standard Ceramic Supply Gallery, PA
Vitreous, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2017
Working Pots, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Collective, Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN
MFA Non-graduating Show, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
IU and UARK Student Visiting Artist Show, UARK Ceramics Gallery, AR
2016
Albion Anagama: Selected Works by Anne Beyer and Ken Shenstone, East End Gallery, Marshall, MI
2015
Opening Show, Chelsea Underground Art Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2014
Garden Party, Pewabic, Detroit, MI
Finding A Way In: Explorations In Clay, Albion College, Albion, MI
Holiday Sale, Detroit Artists market, Detroit, MI
Awards & Scholarships
2019 Best in Show for 3D, Visual Evidence, Wrather West KY Museum
2010 Outstanding Senior Art Major Award 2009 Douglas Goering Scholarship
Albion College FURSCA (The Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity) Summer Research Project in the Ceramic Arts
2008 Williemay Cheek Endowed Scholarship in Ceramics