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