Meghan Sullivan
meghansullivanceramics@gmail.com/ www.meghansullivanceramics.com
Academic Teaching Experience
2023 – present Assistant Professor of Art, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2022- 2023 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2015-2022 Uihlein Fellow in Studio Art, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2014-2015 Adjunct Instructor, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2008-2010 Graduate Assistant, Teacher of Record, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Ceramics for the Non-Major
Education
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2008 Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Additional Teaching Experience
2022 Instructor, Adult Community Classes, Introduction to Ceramics, Fired Earth Studio, Appleton, WI
2014 Instructor, Adult Community Class, Drawing, Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL
Artist Residencies
2023 Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, Arizona
2019 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2018 Studio Shiro Oni, Onishi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
2017 c.r.e.t.a., Rome, Italy
2015 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
2014-2015 Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
Visiting Artist Workshops
2024 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2022 Exploring Clay Surfaces: Inlays, Resists, and Transfers, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Visiting Artist Demonstration, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
2021 Exploring Surface, Midwest Clay Project, Madison, WI
Capturing Expression in Clay, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Visiting Artist Demonstration (virtual), Dixie State University, St. George, UT
Exploring Clay Surfaces: Drawing, Carving, and Inlaying, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2020 Visiting Artist Demonstration, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
2019 Sculpting the Head, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
2018 Visiting Artist Demonstration, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, St. Norbert College, DePere, WI
2015 Visiting Artist Student Critiques, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Visiting Artist Demonstration, GCSC Ceramics Symposium “Figurative Clay”, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, Fl
2014 Visiting Artist Demonstration and Student Critiques, Northland College, Ashland, WI
Visiting Artist Demonstration, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2013 Visiting Artist Student Critiques, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Lectures
2025 Presenter, FATE Conference, “Fibers in Intro to 3D”, Fairfax, VA
2024 Artist Talk, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Artist Talk, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
Artist Talk, Wisconsin Visual Artist NE Chapter, Appleton, WI
2023 Juror Talk, Waupaca Fine Arts Festival, Waupaca, WI
Presenter, FATE Conference, “Talking Place: Public Art and Geographic Narrative”, Denver, CO
2022 Artist Talk, Kathrin Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2021 Artist Talk, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2020 Juror Panel Discussion, The Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2019 Tuttle Talk, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
Art at Noon Gallery Talk, Kohler Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
2017 Paying Attention Gallery Talk, Annex Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Human Conditions Gallery Talk, MacRostie Gallery, Grand Rapids, MN
Greece and Rome in the Fine Arts, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015 The Art of Conversation: Women in the Arts, The Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Visiting Artist Lecture, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Figure in Clay Symposium Artist Lecture and Panel Discussion, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Northland College, Ashland, WI
Visiting Artist Lecture, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Additional Professional Experience
2024 Juror, Waupaca Fine Arts Festival, Waupaca, WI
2023 Juror, Locally Grown, Talon Gallery, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, AZ
2021 Public Art Commission, Permanent Ceramic Installation, Seeley G. Mudd Library, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2020 Juror, Trout Museum of Art, SECURA Exhibition, Appleton, WI
2019 Public Art Commission, Permanent Ceramic Installation, Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
2017 Juror, Acre of Art Public Works Competition, Appleton, WI
2016 Juror, Waupaca Fine Arts Festival, Waupaca, WI
2015 Co-Coordinator, GCSC Ceramic Symposium “Figure in Clay”, Panama City, FL
Co-coordinating first annual ceramics symposium; a two-day workshop with six invited artists.
2011-2013 AmeriCorps Member, Project Assistant, Stronger Safer Neighborhoods Initiative, Mayor’s Office, Lincoln, NE
Coordinated and implemented neighborhood revitalization strategies. Helped lead partnership with Prescott Elementary school to design and install an outdoor classroom, outdoor learning curriculum, and wellness programming.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 What Remains, Kathrin Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
2019 Revisionist Histories, Stevens St. Gallery, ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
Memento Mori, Kohler Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2018 Practice Losing, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2017 Framing Device, c.r.e.t.a, Rome, Italy
Paying Attention, Annex Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
The Swamp of Delusion, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
Human Conditions, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015 A Hundred Indecisions, Amelia Tapper Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
Select Exhibitions
2025 Uihlein Artist Exhibition, Kohler Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2024 Magic Mud, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Then Something Lets Go, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
This Must Be the Place, ARX Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, group exhibition
Workhouse Clay International 2024, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, Juror: Matt Kelleher
Luck and Skill: Collaboration Over Space and Time, Collaborative piece, invitational, Art Building B Gallery, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center/Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV, Juror: Shoji Satake
7th Central Time Ceramics Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL, Juror: Janis Mars Wunderlich
2023 Body Narrative: Out of Place, Talon Gallery, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, AZ
Made to Order, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Body Narrative, Shape Theory Collective, on-line exhibition
Same Old Story, Amelia Tapper Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2022 Small Feats of Clay 2022, Art League of Lincoln, Lincoln, CA Juror: Marsha Schindler
Explorations and Antiquities, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
24th San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Juror: James Watkins
TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2021 Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI, Juror: Gerit Grimm
State of Clay 2021, Lexington Society of Arts and Crafts, Lexington, MA, Juror: Julia Galloway
From The Studio, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2020 Quarantine, Amelia Tapper Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
7th Central Time Ceramics Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL, Juror: Doug Jeppesen
2019 Past and Present II, c.r.e.t.a, Rome, Italy
Visions in Clay 2019, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA, Juror: Sarah Millfelt
Gesture, Surface, Expression. Two Views Collaborative piece, Art Building B Gallery, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
39th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum, Appleton, WI
Xchange, H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2018 From The Studio, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Time/Place, The Brewery, Onishi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Workhouse Clay International 2018, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, Juror: Eva Kwong
Continued Connections. Variable Directions, Collaborative piece, Art Building B Gallery, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Co-existing, The Rabbit Gallery, Appleton, WI
Art of Water II, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2017 Stacked, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fresh Work, Arts Center of Saint Peter, Saint Peter, MN
Visions In Clay 2017, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA, Juror: John Toki
More Than a Coincidence/Combinations in Clay, Collaborative piece, Art Building B Gallery, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Transitions/The In-Between, The Rabbit Gallery, Appleton, WI
Lawrence University Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Kohler Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
The Wake, The Draw, Appleton, WI
2016 Heads or Tails, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
UNL Ceramics Alumni Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
July Exhibition, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Waysides, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
State of Clay 2016, Lexington Society of Arts and Crafts, Lexington, MA, Juror: Wayne Higby
5th Central Time Ceramics Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL, Juror: Verne Funk
Role Models, Travelling Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, Belger Crane Yard, Kansas City, MO, and The Gallery at Florida State College, Jacksonville, FL
2015 I Made This For You: Small Gestures in Clay, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
3x3=?, 4Most Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Where are They Now?, 4Most Gallery, Gainesville, FL
State of Clay: Pushing Boundaries, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Eclectic Traditions, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
Artist in Residence Exhibition, co-curator, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
2014 Looking at Ourselves: Contemporary Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, Juror: Adrian Arleo
4th Annual Workhouse Clay National 2014, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, Juror: Richard Notkin
Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 5, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN, Juror: Lazare Rottach
The State of Clay, Lexington Society of Arts and Crafts, Lexington, MA, Juror: Linda Arbuckle
Awards, Grants, and Publications
2021 Summer Research Support Grant, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Student/Faculty Art Purchase Fund, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2019 Peter Dubois, “Artists Present Work During ArtStart’s Opening Reception”, WJFW- Channel 12 (Rhinelander, WI), November 16
Kyle Jacobson, “The Hilton Monona Terrace Art Collection”, Madison Essentials, November
Faculty Travel Grant, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Dyrud Family Collaborative Fund Grant, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2018 Dyrud Family Collaborative Fund Grant, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2016-17 Summer Research Support Grant, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015 Steph Kilen, “Imperfection delights in Portrait Society Gallery First Ceramic Show”, The Journal Sentinel, December
Kiln God Scholarship, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME.
Justine Page, “Pushing Boundaries”, American Art Collector, pages 164-165, Issue 113, March
Tony Simmons, “Breathing life into feats of clay”, Panama City News Herald, 27 Feb
2012 “State of Clay 2012”, Clay Times, page 6, Summer/Autumn
Service
2024-2026 Instruction Committee Member, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2024 Co-coordinator, Senior Studio Art Major Trip to Minneapolis, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2023-2026 Co-coordinator, Annual Print and Ceramics Sale, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2023-present Capstone Advisor, Advising senior art majors on the creation and installation of their senior exhibition, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2024 Coordinator, Jordan Fund Visiting Artist Program, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2018-20 Coordinator, Jordan Fund Visiting Artist Program, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015-2021 Co-coordinator, Annual Print and Ceramics Sale, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015-2021 Coordinator, Ceramic Studio Visiting Artist Program, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015-2021 Capstone Advisor, Advising senior art majors on the creation and installation of their senior exhibition, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2015 SLUG Harvest Festival, Arts Collaboration with student-run garden club, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2014-2015 Empty Bowls Coordinator, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL