Complete CV available upon request

  • 2022-2023
    The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Director
    Cranbrook Academy of Art
    Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Founded in 1932, Cranbrook Academy of Art is one of the leading graduate programs in the country offering degrees in architecture, art, and design. The Director is the lead executive charged with strategic leadership, long-range planning, program oversight, revenue generation and donor stewardship to ensure operational strength, academic excellence, and fiscal sustainability. The Director oversees the senior administrative staff including an Executive Assistant, Deputy Director, Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean of Programs and Partnerships, Director of Communications, Manager of Enrollment and Financial Aid, Budget Manager, and the Senior Director of Development. The Director reports to the President of Cranbrook Educational Community, collaborates closely with a dedicated Board of Governors and participates as a member of the Presidents senior leadership team. The Academy Director is also responsible for forging external partnerships while serving as the principal fundraiser for the organization.

    2015-2022
    Executive Director
    Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
    Deer Isle, ME

    Founded in 1950 as an experiment in education and community, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has convened generations of craftspeople, artists, designers, teachers, makers, and thinkers. The school offers studio workshops to participants of all skill levels and backgrounds; provides space for creation and exploration for makers, artists, and scholars from a variety of fields; and functions as a “think-tank” in looking at craft in broader contexts. As an alternative model of education the experience of being at the school has influenced generations of artists and helped to define a broader field.

  • 2013 -2015 Full Professor, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    2008 -2013 Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    2007- 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison

    2005 -2007 Associate Professor, School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

    1999- 2005 Assistant Professor, School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

    1999 Adjunct faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • 2014-2015 Chair, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    2012-2014 Graduate Chair, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    2005 -2007 Associate Director, School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

  • The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)

    The Archie Bray Foundation

    The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

    The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

  • Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

    Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME

    Arts/Industry Program, Kohler Co., Kohler, WI

    Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

  • 2016
    Paul Sacaridiz. Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, NYC (solo) Scripps Ceramic Annual. Scripps College, CA

    2015
    Threshold. The Charles Allis Museum of Decorative Arts, Milwaukee, WI

    2014
    Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation. John Michael Kohler Arts Center
    Configurations. Downtown gallery, University of Tennessee Knoxville (solo)

    2013
    Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
    Sprawl. The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

    2012
    Compendium. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI

    2011
    Overthrown: Clay without Limits. The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

    2010
    Towards models, propositions, and some possible systems. Philadelphia Museum of Art (solo)
    Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

    2009
    The Margins. The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ

    2008
    Ornamentropolis. Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
    Topographies. Trinity Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
    Bling. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM
    Faculty exhibition. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
    New breed. Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

    2007
    Unadorned. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM

    2006
    Prospect: recent sculpture. University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo (solo)
    Voices from the Warehouse District. Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
    Legacy and Innovation in Contemporary Ceramics. Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
    Between Form and Function. Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
    Nature/Culture. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM

    2005
    Paul Sacaridiz: Sculpture. Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL (solo)
    Sounding Architecture. James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
    The Uncommon Denominator. The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD

    2004
    The Uncommon Denominator. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

    2003
    Minor Ornament, a publicly sited project. Bloomington, IL (solo)
    World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea. Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea
    NCECA Clay National. RB Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA
    SCULPT, Brandt Gallery. McLean Co. Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
    Objects of Desire. Northeastern University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
    20”x20”x20”. Union Art Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
    The me in team. Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
    2003 Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

    2002
    Cornucopias, a publicly sited project. The NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL (solo)
    In the material world. The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
    Artist/Educators. Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL

    2001
    Blink. Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
    Yonder, a collaborative project. Landmark Arts, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
    Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

    2000
    Locus. Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
    Waiting. Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH (solo)
    8-Hour Drawings. Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
    Illinois Ceramic Invitational. Parkland College, Champaign, IL
    Currents 2000 at Art Miami. Miami, FL

    1999
    Collaborations. Art Works! at Dover Street, New Bedford, MA
    1999 Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
    Viterbo Ceramics National. Viterbo College, Lacrosse, WI
    1999 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, MI
    Sampler. Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
    Dysfunctional Home. N.I.U Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
    Low Fire: Limitless Possibilities. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

    1998
    Labyrinth: The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (solo)