Resume
Rebecca Stevens
email: contact@rebeccastevensceramics.com
Education
2021 BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics, University of North Carolina Asheville,
Asheville, NC
Professional Experience
2021-2023 Artist-in-Residence, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL (duties
include: studio maintenance, firing kilns, gallery install, front desk sales)
Teaching Experience, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
Intro to Wheel Throwing (6 week sessions), Next Steps on the Wheel (6 week sessions),
Friday Night Clay (2 hour handbuilding and wheel throwing), kids camp (ages 11-16,
handbuilding and wheel throwing)
2017-2021 Sales Associate, Southern Highland Craft Guild Gallery at Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC
Exhibitions
2024 25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, in loving memory of Darlene Williams, San Angelo
Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, juror: Louise Rosenfield
By Hand - An International Fine Craft Competition, Blue Line Arts Gallery,
Roseville, CA, juror: Elizabeth Kozlowski
Teapot X, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, juror: Mike Jabbur
2023 FunctionFest 2023, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, juror: Sarah Anderson
Little LUSH, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL, Judges: Nate Ditzler and
Laura Konecne
The Good Life, Solo Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
Claybash Triennial, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, juror: Jennifer D. Martin
50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El (main gallery), Temple Beth-El, Saint
Petersburg, FL (invitational)
2022 International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New
Taipei City, Taiwan
2022 One and Only, Parachute Gallery, Tampa, FL (invitational, curated by Jessica
Todd)
Splendiferous - Dunedin Fine Arts Center Annual Holiday Invitational of Fine
Art, Craft, and Design, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
Florida CraftArt Festival (Emerging Artist Program), Florida CraftArt, Saint
Petersburg, FL
CraftForms 2022: 27th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine
Craft, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Juror: Jeannine Falino
Lush 2: A Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta,
FL, Judge: Brian Rochefort
30th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art,
Lancaster, PA, Jurors: Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier
Woodland Tea Party, Solo Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
All the World’s a Stage: an International Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of
Art, Dennis, MA, Juror: Bill Evaul
Teacher’s Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
Hygge - The Art of Contentment, Pour-d Gallery, Rockford, MI
2021 Best of the East Coast, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Fresh AIR” Artist in Residence Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
BFA show “Dancing with Porcelain”, Solo Exhibition, Highsmith Gallery, University of North
Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
Presentations
2022 Artist in Residence Presentations (in conjunction with “A.I.R. Space” exhibition),
Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
2021 Artist in Residence Presentations (in conjunction with “Fresh AIR” exhibition), Morean Center
for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
“Dancing with Porcelain,” Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of North Carolina at
Asheville, Asheville, NC
Awards / Distinctions
2024 Second Place Award, By Hand - An International Fine Craft Competition, Blue
Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, juror: Elizabeth Kozlowski
2023 First Place Award, Little LUSH exhibition, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL, Judges: Nate Ditzler
and Laura Konecne
Finalist, 2022 International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum,
New Taipei City, Taiwan
2021 Distinction in Art, Summa cum laude, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
2017 Graduation with High Honors, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA