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Melisa Cadell

 

 PO Box 281

 Bakersville, NC  28705

 (828) 385-0798

 melisacadell@hotmail.com 

 www.melisacadell.com

 

 

Education:

 

2013           Master of Fine Arts, East Tennessee State University; Sculptural Emphasis in

                   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, American College of Switzerland; Leysin, Switzerland

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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:

2016-21      Mitchell High School Teaching Artist, Bakersville, NC

2015             Artist in Residence, Social Arts Practice, Mitchell County Schools, Bakersville,
                      N
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2014 -16        Adjunct Ceramic Instructor Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

2014             Adjunct Instructor East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

2014             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

2010            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 

1995-99      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:

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, Installation TRA Spruce Pine NC. 

2017           National Teapot Show X ,Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoore, NC

                    Women's Work, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, Vienna Austria

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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:

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.

 

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