1988-1989

M.A., Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee

1981-1985

M.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1973-1977

B.A., Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida (Certified K-12, art)

ATTENDED:

Summer 1980

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

(Glassblowing--Benjamin  Moore)                                                                                                                     

Fall 1980

Watkins School of Adult Education, Nashville, Tennessee

(Metal Sculpture--Anton Weiss)

Summer 1979

Arrowmount School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

(Ceramics--Ralph Bacerra)

Winter 1978

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

(Clay and Glass Calculation--Walter Hyleck)

Fall 1971

New York State University, Potsdam, New York

1997-present

Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1997

Adjunct Professor, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

1986-1997

Lecturer in Fine Arts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1994, 2005,

1991-1992,

1986-1988

Instructor, Appalachian Center for Crafts of Tennessee  Technological University, Smithville, Tennessee

Summer 1981

Guest Teacher, La Maison Artisanale de Rochehaut, Belgium

1979-1981

Lecturer in Fine Arts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

1980-1981

Instructor, Sarratt Student Center, Nashville, Tennessee

1977-1979

Graduate Assistant in Clay and Glass, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

2007

Metro Arts in the Airport, Lobby, Nashville, TN

Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2004

“Clay and Textiles: DeMay and Apple”, Adams Gallery of the Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN

2002

“Messages from the Heart” with Diane Apple and Bets Ramsey, Madison Arts Center, Nashville, TN

1999

“Susan  DeMay: Clay Forms", Adams Gallery of the Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN.

1998

“Double DD”, with Sameul Dunson, Jr., In the Gallery, Nashville, TN.

“Susan DeMay", Woodbury Arts Center, Woodbury, TN.

Feature Artist, Garden Gallery, Garden, MI

1997

“Sojourns”, with Pam Francis, James-Ben Studio/Gallery, Franklin, TN.

1996

“Two Artists in Three Dimensions", Margaret Cunninggim Women’s Center,

                        Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

1995

Feature artist, with Michael McBride.  “Artrageous,” Bethlehem Center, Nashville, TN

“Susan DeMay,” Leonardo’s, Cookeville, TN.

1994

“Susan DeMay & Felix Maxwell", Tennessee State University, Van Gordon Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1993

“Susan DeMay & Bill Capshaw", In the Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1992

“Susan DeMay", Virginia Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN.

1991

“Works in Clay II", In the Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1990

“Works in Clay,” Keathley University Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.

1989    

“Mastery of Clay", Fine Arts Gallery, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
“Works in Clay", In the Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1988

“More Recent Works", St. Andrew’s School, Sewanee, TN.
“Recent Works", Centennial Arts Center, Nashville, TN.

1985

“Images in Clay and Glass:  Celestial and Terrestrial Order", Designer Collections, Nashville, TN.

1984

Feature Artist, Arrowcraft Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN.

1982

“Vessels, Treasures, and Mysteries", Pickering Galleries, Nashville, TN.

1981

Show with Denise Frankinet, Galerie Pierre Nothomb, Château Pont d’Oye, Habay-Le-Neuve, Belgium.
Show with Michele Tuegel, papermaker, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg,  FL.
“Microcosms, Macrocosms, and Some-Wares-in-Between, No.  3", Nashville Artist Guild Gallery, Nashville, TN.
Show with George Smith, glassblower, Joint University Libraries, Nashville, TN.

1980

“Microcosms, Macrocosms, and Some-Wares-in-Between, No.  2", Centennial Art Center, Nashville, TN.
“Two from 77", with Neverne Covington, Elliott Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

1979

Show with Deborah Caplenor Glick, batik artist, Woodlands Gallery, Nashville, TN.
“Microcosms, Macrocosms, and Some-Wares-in-Between, No.  1", Cohen Art Museum, Nashville, Tn.

1978

Showcase, Sarratt Student Center, Nashville, TN

1977

Thesis show with Irene Trakas, Elliot Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

2009

Summer Faculty Show, Apopalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN

2008

"Show of Hands",  St. Andrews, Sewanee, TN

2007

“Spotlight”   Arrowmont School of Art, Gatlinburg, TN

2007

Travelling Exhibition: "Contemporary Interpretations of the Teabowl,"  Macon Arts Alliance Gallery, Macon, GA

2006

"Fish" exhibition.  Stella Luna Gallery,  Smithville, TN
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Ingram Studio Art Gallery,  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
TACA Highland Rim Chapter,  Adams Gallery,  Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN

2005

Alumni Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
Grand Opening Faculty Exhibit, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Autumn Arts Exhibition, Adams Gallery of the Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN
"Diverse Visions", Faculty Arts Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery,  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2004

“Primary Colors: A Survey of Contemporary Craft in Red, Yellow and Blue”, Artisans Center of  VA,Waynesboro, VA
“John A. Logan College Regional Craft Invitational”, Carterville, IL
"Best of Tennessee Crafts: TACA Biennial", Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN and The Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN

2003

“The Governor’s Inaugural Art Show”, Opryland Hotel,  Nashville, TN

2002

“Autumn Arts Exhibition”, Adams Gallery of Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN
“TACA Biennial Exhibition 2002", Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
“Highland Rim”, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, Rutherford Arts Center, Murfreesboro, TN

2001

“Nashville Artist Guild Exhibition A 50 Year Retrospective”,  The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.
“Autumn Arts Exhibition”, Honorable Mention, Adams Gallery of the Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN.
“Artist’s Favorite Landscapes Of The World”, Merit Award,  The Mad Platter Restaurant, Nashville, TN.

2000

“TACA Highland Rim”, Cookeville Art Center, Cookeville, TN.
“The Best of Tennessee Crafts”, TACA Biennial Exhibition 2000,  Carrol Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN., Christian Brothers University Art Gallery, Memphis, TN, McMinnville, County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN.

1999

“Tennessee Clay Ways,” Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
TACA Highland Rim, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
“Diverse Visions”, Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

1998

TACA  Highland Rim, Woodbury Arts Center, Woodbury, TN.

1997

“Southeastern Craft Invitational exhibit,” Art Station, Stone Mountain, GA.
“Members of the TACA Highland Rim,” Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
“Meta-Morph,” Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University,  Lexington, KY.
Annual Fort Smith Art Competition, Fort Smith, AR.
“Celebrate the Wedding,” James-Ben Designer Gallery,  Franklin, TN.
“Second Annual Ceramic Invitional”, Van Gorden Gallery,  Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

1996

“Traditions in Transition,” TACA Highland Rim Chapter, Cumberland Art  Society, Cookeville, TN.

“Mid-States Craft Exhibition", Evansville Museum of Art,  Evansville, IN

“First Annual Ceramic Invitational", Van Gorden Gallery, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

1995

“1995 Mid-States Craft Exhibition", Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN.
“Show of Hands", Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
“The Sixth Annual Teapot Show, Traveling Teapots", St. John’s Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
“The Sixth Annual Teapot Show", Traveling Teapots, The Oconomowoc Gallery, Oconomowoc, WI.

1994

“Something for All Seasons", The Potter’s Gallery, Westchester, PA.

“Crafts Regional", John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL.

“TACA Biennial", The Parthenon, Nashville, TN

“TACA Biennial", Carroll Reese Museum, Johnson City, TN.

“Show of Ten,” Action Auction, WDCN-Channel 8, Nashville, TN.

1993

“Silver Anniversary Annual Celebration of American Crafts”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.

“ Pots IV",  The jhWebb Gallery, Macon, GA.

“The First Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National",  Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA.

“Crafts from the Southeast", The Smithsonian Institution,  Washington, DC.

“Mid-States Craft Exhibition", Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN.

“A Show of Hands", Cheekwood Honors the Year of American Craft, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art,

Nashville, TN.

1992

“TACA Biennial", The Parthenon, Nashville, TN

FPC/EC Art Alumni Show, Elliot Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL

“A Celebration of Women’s Art", Church Street Centre Gallery, Nashville, TN

1992 “Hot Fire: Four Artists Working in Clay", University of Alabama, Montgomery,  AL.

Alumni Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.

1992-1989

Holiday Art Show, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

1991

The Bethlehem Center 3^rd Annual Art Show and Sale, Nashville, TN.

Opryland Competition Exhibition, Nashville, TN.

“Clay Visions:  Four Artist", Hendersonville Art Center, Hendersonville, TN.

Artworks of Art Faculty of Middle Tennessee, Church Street Centre,  Nashville, TN.

1990

Holiday Art Fairs:

                        --Highland Rim, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.

                        --In the Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1989

Concepts in Clay and Glass, Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University,  Nashville, TN.

Group Exhibition, Aleksandar Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

1987

Home Show, Image Gallery, Sarasota, FL.

Faculty Show, Tennessee Technological University,  Cookeville, TN.

Alumni Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.

1986

Glass Students from the Appalachian Center for Crafts, Frankfurt, Germany.

Glass Students from the Appalachian Center for Craft Electric Glass Gallery, Huntington, WV.

1985

TACA Highland Rim, Morning Gallery, Cookeville, TN.

1984

Glass Students from the Appalachian Center for Crafts, Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, MI.

Four Craftspeople Show, Personal Touch, Nashville, TN.

The American Scene, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN.

“Glass Group:  Appalachian Center for Crafts", Electric Glass Gallery, Hampton, VA

1983

Group Show, Museum of Art, Oak Ridge, TN.

Group Show, Murray State University, Murry, KY.

Group Show, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

1981

“Two Center Juried Show", St. Peterburg, FL.

“Music City Biennial", Cohen Art Museum, Nashville, TN.

Action Auction, “Show of 100", (2 Best of Show Awards), Cohen Art Museum, Nashville, TN.

1980

“Eighth Juried Biennial Exhibition,", Tennessee Artist-Craftsman Association, Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN

1980

Christmas Show, Nashville Artist Guild Gallery, Nashville, TN.

Metropolitan Nashville Art Commission, “Century III Art Collection", Purchase Award, Nashville, TN.

“Tennessee Women Artist", Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts,   Smithville, TN.

Action Auction, Cohen Art Museum, Nashville, TN.
New Members Show, Nashville Artist Guild Gallery, Nashville, TN.

1979

“Women in Art:  A National, Invitational Exhibition", Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL.

“Clay Fantasies:  A National, Invitational Exhibition", Old Market Craftsman Guild, Omaha, NE.

Faculty Show, Watkins School for Adult Education, Nashville, TN.

Action Auction, “Show of 100", Maxwell House, Nashville, TN.

“South Central Exhibition", the Parthenon, Nashville, TN.

1978

Action Auction, “Show of 100", The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.

1978 & 1977

The “Annual Tennessee All-State Art Exhibition", The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.

Tennessee State Museum Christmas Catalog/Poster, Nashville, TN.

Peabody Student Show (Honorable Mention), Cohen Art Museum, Nashville, TN

1976

26^th Annual Florida Art Month Exhibition, (First--Sculpture), Beaux Arts Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

1976 & 1975

Open Juried Multi-Media Art Show, Elliott Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

“The Arts of Women ", Elliott Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL