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Richard White

Here is my brief statement:

These vases are fun to make. After firing, the good ones show us a bit of what goes on when they are in the kiln white hot. Like surfing they are a spontaneous expression of freedom, and shouldn't have too much verbiage attached to them. The act is enough.    

Richard Arthur White

EDUCATION

B.A. Arts and Crafts and Their History, honors, June 1974
Cowell College, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

M.F.A. Ceramics, June 1978
Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York

WORK EXPERIENCE

Studio artist, 1978-present

Saddleback College Veterans Memorial (with Fred Olsen), a large scale ceramic work with hundreds of large tile, thousands of lights and four water features. Dedicated April 2010.

Chairman, Art Department, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California, 2002-2010.

Professor, Ceramics, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California, 1998-Present.

Presenter, NOLA Fired Up conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2008Juror, Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, February 2008

Workshop, Large Scale Ceramic Sculpture, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, August 2003

Workshop, Ceramic Linocuts, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, July 2001

Juror, Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, 2001, 2008

Associate Faculty, Graduate Seminar and Ceramic Sculpture classes, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California, 1997-99

Artist/Designer/Consultant: Architectural Sculpture, Colony Holdings, Irvine, California, 1998-99

Associate Faculty, Art Appreciation, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California, 1997

Workshop, Large Scale Sculpture, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California, May 1998

Workshop, "The Book of Circles", Center for the Arts, Sonoma, California, 1997

Consultant and Product Designer, Pacific Clay Products, Elsinore, California, 1996-1997

Slide lecture, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, California, 1996

Slide lecture, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, California, October 1995

Visiting Artist, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Summer, 1995

Associate Faculty, Ceramics, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California, 1995

Visiting Artist, USC Isomata, Idyllwild, California, Summer 1990.

Imagineer, Robocop II, Tobor productions, Hollywood, California, 1990

Associate Faculty, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California, 1988

Professor, Ceramics, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California, 1978-86.

Workshop and Slide Lecture, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California, February 1986.

Slide Lecture, "The Book of Circles," Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, January 1986.

Curator, "Roger Kuntz Freeway Series," Laguna Beach School of Art, Laguna Beach, California, October-December 1984.

Co-Curator, "Object as Illusion," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art , Santa Ana, California, 1984.

Visiting Artist, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho, Spring 1984.

Ceramic Juror, Ink and Clay, Cal Poly University, Pomona, California, 1982.

Faculty Chairman, Art Institute of Southern California, 1981-82.

Curator, "Film Noir: Movie Posters of the 40's and 50's," Ettinger Gallery, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California, 1982.

Gallery Committee Chairman, Exhibition Designer and Chief Preparator, Art Institute of Southern California, 1981-85.

Slide Lecture, "The Demystification of the Raku Process," San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 1980.

Slide Lecture, "Art and Money" with Kris Cox, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1979

Slide Lecture, "A Three-Dimensional Approach to Two-Dimensional Surfaces," Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California, 1979.

Raku Workshop and Slide Lecture, Cowell College and College Five, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 1979.

Slide Lecture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1976.

Raku Workshop and Slide Lecture, Cowell College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 1976.

Associate Faculty, Visual Studies, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York, 1976-1977.

Professional studio potter, 1975-1976.

Studio potter and apprentice manager, Anderson Ranch Center for the Hand, Aspen, Colorado, 1974-1975.