Gerald Grantham Smith III

jerry@perrysmithpottery.com

www.perrysmithpottery.com

 

Education

á      Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting, Minor in Design: Ceramics, State University College at Buffalo, NY, December 1995.

á      Associate in Liberal Arts: Fine Arts, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, May 1992.

 

Experience

á      Great Arrow Graphics, Buffalo, NY, June 1996-present.

        Production Manager/ Hand printed multi-screened greeting cards.

á      Buffalo State College, Design Department, Buffalo, NY, September 1997-2002.

Adjunct Faculty/ Ceramics and Foundations.

á      State University at Buffalo, Creative Crafts Center, Buffalo, NY, January 2000-2001

Ceramics Instructor.

 

Lectures

á      Buffalo State College Alumni Day 2005, Guest Artist, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, October 2005.

á      Art Park Residency, wheel thrown and hand built sculpture, Lewiston, NY, July 29-30, 2000.

á      Professor Lunch Talks: NCECA-more than just a vacation!, Guest Lecturer, Buffalo State College, March 28, 2000.

á      Practicing Artist Who Teach: How to balance your art with a teaching profession, NYSATA Student Chapter Meeting, February 3, 1999.

á      Western New York Clay Symposium, Guest Artist, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, October 1998.

 

Exhibitions

á      Craft Art From Western New York 2004, 2002, 2000 & 1996, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY.

á      NY Collects Buffalo State, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY, 2004

á      Common Clay: Creating Old & New Ceramics, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN, February 21- May 23, 2004

á      40th-48th Annual Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, NY, 1997-2005.

á      Trilogies VIII-The Work of Three Artists, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY, June 7-July 3,2002. 

á      One Hundred American Craftsmen, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY, 2002.

á      Annual Design Faculty Show, Main Gallery, Upton Hall, Buffalo State College, 1997-2001.

á      Take A Seat, Studio Arena Theater, Buffalo, NY, June 1999.

á      Buffalo Nouveau Artists, Private Show, 81 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, NY, November 1998.

á      Western New York Clay Symposium Exhibition, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo State College,  October, 1998.

á      30th-32nd Annual Lewiston Outdoor Art Festival, Lewiston, NY, 1996-1998.

á      Contemporary New York State Crafts, The New York State Museum, Albany, NY, February 6–May 26, 1997.

á      Recent Works, Just Pasta, Buffalo, NY, October 27– November 11, 1996.

á      Monarch National Ceramic Competition 1996, Kennedy Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama, September 9–October 18, 1996.

á      1996 NCECA Regional Juried Exhibition, Foyer Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, March 16– 23, 1996.

 

Honors

á      47th and 40th Annual Allentown Art Festival. 2nd Place in Sculpture.

á      Featured in New Ceramic Sculpture, Lark Books, 2000.

á      41st Annual Allentown Art Festival. 3rd Place in Clay.

á      32nd Annual Lewiston Outdoor Art Festival. 1st Place in Clay.

á      Featured in The Best of New Ceramic Art, Hand Books, 1997.