Melisa Cadell
PO Box 281
Bakersville, NC 28705
(828) 385-0798
[email protected]
www.melisacadell.com
Education:
2013 Master of Fine Arts, East Tennessee State University; Sculptural Emphasis
Johnson City, TN
2005 The Figure in Clay with Cristina Cordova; 8 week intensive, Penland School of
Crafts, Penland, NC
1997-08 Clay Workshops: Studied under the following ceramic potters and sculptors:
Malcolm Davis, Jeff Oestriech, Teri Siebert, Linda Mc Farling, Mark Burleson
Kathy Triplett, Gloria Kosco. Ron Meyers and MaPo Kinnord-Payton
1996-97 Functional and Sculptural Clay Studies; Brookhaven Community College,
Carrollton, TX
1992-94 Apprenticeship Cadell Foundry; Wax Work and Mold Fabricator Aubrey, TX
1991 BFA, Drawing and Painting, University of North Texas; All Level Art Education Certification, Denton, TX
1989 Watercolor Studies under Rob Erdle, American College of Switzerland; Leysin, Switzerland
1985 Aubrey High School Graduate
Continuing Education in Public Education Field
2020 Remote Training, Mitchell County
Youth Mental Health First Aid, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC
Tier 2 Supplemental Intervention in Secondary Classroom, Mitchell High School, Bakersville, NC
Met Museum Training Focus Student Experience to Work Using Better Questions, Online
2019 Indigo Dyeing, Penland, Bakersville, NC
Jewelry Fabrication, Penland, Bakersville, NC
Youth Mental Health, Mitchell County
Youth Centered Planning Safe Spaces, Youth Outright, Asheville, NC
Penland Community Roundtable Discussion about Art in the Schools, Penland, NC
Penland Roundtable Creating Safe Spaces, Penland NC
2018 Literacy Training, Mitchell County
Dyslexia Awareness, Mitchell County
Paper Clay, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
2017 3D Printing in Classroom, Online
2014 Dyslexia Training: How it Feels to Experience Dyslexia, Camp Spring Creek Office, Spruce Pine, NC
Professional Services:
2016-24 Mitchell High School Teaching Artist, Bakersville, NC
2022 Sculpture in the Classroom: Mississippi Arts Education Conference, New Albany, MS
2022: Private Printmaking and Figure Workshops, Fernandina Island, FL
2021 Expressing Inner Thoughts: Private workshop based on developing communication, Double
Island, NC
K-1st workshops through Penland School of Crafts for Mitchell County Schools, Spruce
Pine, NC
2015 Artist in Residence, Social Arts Practice, Mitchell County Schools, Bakersville,
NC
2014 -16 Adjunct Ceramic Instructor Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2014 Adjunct Instructor East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Odyssey Workshop, Working Anatomy to Form Emotion, Asheville, NC
2014, 2019 Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Workshop Leader, It is All in Your Head,
Gatlinburg, TN
2013 Adjunct Instructor: Core Design, East TN State University, Johnson City, TN
2012-13 Instructor of Record: 3D Design, East TN State University, Johnson City, TN
2012 Western Piedmont Community College, Workshop/Lecture, Morganton, NC
2011-12 Instructor of Record: 3D Design, East Tennessee State University, Johnson
City, TN
2010 Teaching Assistant, East Tennessee State University, Graduate Assistant,
Johnson City, TN
Potter’s Council National Conference Workshop: Form and Surface,
Indianapolis, IN
2009-15 Mentor for Appalachian State Ceramic Students
2009-10 Artist in Residence, Social Arts Practice, Mitchell and Yancey Counties,
Working with K-5th, Toe River Arts Council Spruce Pine, NC
2008-11 Private Workshops in Clay, Working with the Figure in Clay, Tryon, NC
2008-10 Private Workshops. The Figure, Wild Acres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC
2007 Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, The Figure in Clay, Asheville.NC
2006 East Tennessee State University, Guest Artist, Lecture, Johnson City, TN
2006 AMACO/Potters Conference, Workshop Leader: Clay Prints, Indianapolis, IN
1997-99 Private Lessons, Working on the Wheel: Thrown and altered work,
Bakersville, NC
1995-97 1st-5th grade Art Specialist, Flower Mound Elementary, Lewisville ISD,
Lewisville, TX. Teacher of the Year Award 1997
1992-95 1st-6th grade Art Specialist, Bowman Elementary, Denton ISD, Denton, TX
Exhibitions:
2023 Compliant: Our Beautiful Demise, Solo Immersive Installation, Spruce Pine, NC
2021 Facing History, Solo Immersive Installation, Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC
2019-20 Diverse,The Contemporary Female Gaze, The Flood Gallery and Art Center, Black Mountain, NC
2018 National Teapot Show XI, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoore, NC
2017 Silence, Solo Installation TRA Spruce Pine NC.
2017 National Teapot Show X ,Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoore, NC
Women's Work, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Vienna Austria
2016 Dolls as Sculpture, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Instructor's Exhibit, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
Instructor's Exhibit, Odyssey School of Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
2015 Wax, Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC
Prized Pieces: The Makers Collection, Seagrove, NC
2014 Southern Hospitality, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
National Teapot Show IX, Cedar Creek Gallery, NC
Figurative, Mac Rae-Watson Gallery, Sanibel, FL
Makes Sense to Me, Installation, TRAC Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC
Instructor Exhibit, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, NC
Instructor Exhibit, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
2013 New Traditions: Group Exhibit, Toe River Arts Center, Spruce Pine NC
A House Not of Our Choosing, (Solo) Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
NCECA Student Show, Houston, TX
Ascension, Group Graduate Show, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2012 New APP: Contemporary Art in Appalachia, Gallery of International Pavilion, Uslan University, South Korea
Contextual: (Solo exhibition) Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Dimensional, Nelson Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Listen, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Generosity of Spirit, The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Composed, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City TN
Potters of the Roan Exhibit, The Mahler, Raleigh, NC
2010 Women, Watson Mac Rae Gallery, Sanibel, FL
Leaning into the Light, (Solo exhibition) Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Potter’s Council Form and Surface, AMACO Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Figurative National Contemporary Ceramics, Barton College, NC
Containment: A Group Exhibition of Ceramic Boxes, Crimson Laurel, NC
2009 Intern Program with ASU: Show of Mentor and Student. Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Potters of the Roan Exhibition, Mudworks, Atlanta, GA
2008 The Nature of Being, (two person show) Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Tabula Rasa, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Potters of the Roan X 3, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Go Figure, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2007 NC Pottery Center Invitational, Seagrove, NC
Instructor Exhibition, Odyssey Center for Ceramics Arts, Asheville, NC
2006 Potters Council Nat'l Conference, Indianapolis, IN
Configuration: Penland Fall Concentration 2005, Penland, NC
Publications included in:
Mastering Sculpture, The Figure in Clay, Cristina Cordova, Quarto Publication 2022
Asheville Made: She Sculpts the Change She Wants to See, October 2018
de Kleine K Publications: " Inspiratie, Kwetsbaarheid"; No.12 December 2015.
Figure Sculpting in Clay with Melisa Cadell, www.ceramicartdaily.org, Ceramics Art Daily Series, video, 2 discs set, June 2015.
Illuminated Magazine, Graduate Student Research Magazine, “Sculpting Conversation with Melisa Cadell. Fall 2012.
Special Edition Clay Collection, www.ceramicartdaily.org, video of clay mono-printing technique, Feb 23, 2011.
Asheville Citizen’s Time, “Artist, Mother, EMT,” October 2010.
Ceramics Art and Perception, International Publication “Leaning into the Light.” Katey Schultz, June 2009 Issue.
WNC Magazine October 2009 Issue.
American Style, Daniel Essig Collaboration, December 2007.
500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books, 2004.
Making Ceramic Sculpture, Raul Acero, Lark Books, 2000.
