Resumé

NAOMI LINDENFELD

Clay Artisan

EDUCATION:  

Boston University, Bachelor of Applied Arts in Ceramics, Program in Artisanry 1980.

Since 1974 Naomi has continued her training by participating in such workshops as:

^{Raku Workshop with Toshiko Takaezu, Clinton NJ}

^{New School for Social Research, New York City: Drawing, Painting, Silk Screening}

^{Peter’s Valley Craftsmen, Layton NJ: Raku Workshop with Robert Piepenburg}

^{Haystack-Hinckley, Waterville ME: Ceramics Workshop}

^{Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT: Colored Clay Workshop with Katie Kazen}

^{League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover NH: Colored Clay Workshop with Carole Aioki}

^{Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME: Colored Clay Workshop with Curtis Benzle}  

North Country Studio Workshops offer biennial advanced level workshops for craft professionals.  The Putney School has supported this education as professional development for her ceramics teaching position:

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Expressive Functional Pottery with Jeff Oestreich}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Form and Surface with Suze Lindsay}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Porcelain Tableware with Silvie Granatelli}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Handbuilding Sculptural Forms with Marc Leuthold}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Alternative Firing Techniques and Large Scale Throwing with James Watkins}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Clay Sculpture with Adrian Arleo}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Slab, Color and Surface with Lana Wilson}  

^{North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Pots and the Person with Peter Beasecker}

^{APPRENTICESHIP/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:}

 ^{Carol Sevick, Potter, Westminster West VT}

^{Elizabeth McDonald, Ceramicist, Bridgewater CT}

^{Fred Tregaskis, Potter, Kent CT}

^{ARTIST IN RESIDENCY:}

^{Artpark, Lewiston NY}

^{HAS TAUGHT COLORED CLAY WORKSHOPS SINCE 1992 at:}

^{University of NH, Durham NH for members of the NH Potter’s Guild}

^{Horizons School of Crafts, Elderhostels, Williamsburg MA}

^{Horizons School of Crafts, Guest Artist for youth program, Williamsburg MA}

^{League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover NH}

^{South County Art Association, Kingston RI}

^{Wesleyan Potters, Wesleyan CT}

^{Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA}

^{Interlaken School of Crafts, Lenox, Ma.}

^{Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Ct.}

^{Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, N.Y.}

^{Ventura Potter’s Guild, Camarillo, Ca.}

^{Vermont Alliance of Arts Education Conference, Chester, VT}

^{Snow Farm, Williamsburg, Ma.}

^{IS183, Lenox, Ma.}

^{League of N.H. Craftsmen, Concord, N.H.} 

^{Sawmill Pottery, Putnam, Ct.}

^{For members of the Toledo Potter’s Guild, Toledo, Ohio}

^{Ceramics teacher at The Putney School, a boarding high school, in Putney, Vermont since September 1998} 

^{SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:}

^{Raised Voices: Local Artists Resist – The River Garden, Brattleboro, VT – May 2018}

^{Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT – “Winter Trees” Group Show January – March 2016}

118 Elliot, 17 Artists 3 Days, Brattleboro-West Arts, Brattleboro, VT December 2015, 2016, 2017

Brattleboro Museum and Art Center – Lindenfeld + Lindenfeld: Dialog, Brattleboro, VT March – May 2015

^{The Works Bakery and Cafe – Brattleboro-West Arts Group Farm Art Show June 2014}

^{Sharon Art Center, N.H. Potter’s Guild Invitational July 2013}

^{Cherry Street Artisans and Cafe, Brattleboro, VT December 2008-2013}

^{C.X. Silver Gallery, Brattleboro-West Arts Group Show, West Brattleboro, VT June 2009, September 2010}

McGowan Fine Arts, NCSW Exhibit, Concord, NH March 2009

^{The Putney School Currier Gallery, Art Faculty Show, Putney, VT October 1998, 2000/04/06/08/10/12/14/16/18}

^{Contemporary Crafts Show, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ December 2002/03/04/05/06/07}

^{Celebrating Art Teachers, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT March 2005/06/07/14}

^{Feature Artisan, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT March 2004 and January/February 2016}

^{Craft Transformed, PIA Retrospective, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Ma. Fall 2003}

^{Neriage, Nerikomi and Beyond, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Ct. January 2000}

^{Feature Artisan, Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro VT June 1997/1994}

^{Feature Artisan, Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier VT June 1996}

^{League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Juried Show, Keene NH March 1995/October 2005}

^{Transformations, Princeton University Store, Princeton NJ December1992/93/94/95}

^{Vahki, a special exhibition of Japanese techniques, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ 1992}

^{Teapot Show, Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta GA 1990}

^{Teapot Show, Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown NJ 1989}

^{River Valley Performing Arts Center, Invitational Show, Putney VT 1986/90}

^{“Living with Crafts” League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH}

^{1986/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97/98/99/00/01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18}

^{Group Show, Peter’s Valley Craft Center Gallery, Layton NJ 1986}

^{Salute to the Program in Artisanry, Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston MA 1985}

^{Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain VT 1984/85/86/87/88/94/95/96/97}

^{Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT 1983/86/87}

^{Common Ground Restaurant, Brattleboro VT 1983/86}

^{“Make it New”, University of New Hampshire, Portsmouth NH 1982}

^AWARDS:

^{“Living With Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH Best in Functional Ceramics for “Tea Leaves” Tea Set. 2013}

^{“Living with Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee NH Public Choice Award and Best Collaboration Award, with Bill Butler, for Fountain 1997}

^{“Living With Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH 2001   Best in Ceramics, for “Pinch Pot Trio”}

^{Naomi has participated in the Brattleboro-West Arts Open Studio Tour since its inception in 2008 and the League of N.H. Craftsmen’s Fair in Sunapee, N.H. Since 1983. Her work may also be seen in a selection of craft outlets around the northeast.}

^{She is a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the N.H. Potter’s Guild, the Vermont Crafts Council and is one of the founders (in 1983) of the Brattleboro Clayworks, a potter’s collective.}

She has been working out of her home studio in West Brattleboro since the fall of 2003

PUBLICATIONS:

 ^{A Studio Potter magazine. January 1995}

 ^{Ceramics Monthly magazine. September 1996}

 ^{Handbuilt Ceramics, by Kathy Triplett, Lark Press 1998}

 ^{Colour in Clay, by Jane Waller, Crowood Press 1998}

 ^{Colouring Clay by Jo Connell, University of Pa. Press 2007}

 ^{Ceramics Monthly magazine, January 2016}  

^{Working with Porcelain, Ceramic Arts Network, 2018}

^{COMMITTEE WORK}

^{“Empty Bowls”, Brattleboro, VT October 2004, 2005. Putney, VT October 2006 to present}

^{North Country Studio Workshops, November 2005 to March 2012}

Brattleboro-West Arts Trustee, January 2008 – 2012 and again currently

Brattleboro-West Arts Publicity Committee, January 2008 to present