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Our Artist of the Month
Dinah Snipes Steveni
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Artist’s Statement

Ceramics is often a form of art that doesn't either stir our emotions deeply, or strain the attention of the most intellectual part of our minds. I attempt to make pieces which do both. I do want my work to claim attention and create an advocate for the eccentric pot and how it will fit into your life. I do want my work to appeal to perceptions, feelings, experience, and memory. All clay artists desire their work to do three things: get the viewer to look, to touch, and to engage daily.

The Far East clearly influences some of my processes; however I eschew traditional basic shapes in favor of more interpretive forms. I conceptualize the end piece and work towards this image. I frequently use additional materials such as wood, wire, on-glaze transfers to achieve my goal.

At all stages good technical practice is evident but not overly so that technique slavishly dictates the scope of my vision. However, at the end of the day, I respect the final arbiter of my art: the kiln.

 

 

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Artist Resume: Dinah Snipes Steveni

  • 2009 September Gallery Walk, Port Townsend, Lorna Smith Pottery, Featured Artist.
     
  • 2009 Washington Clay Arts Association 2009 Annual Show, juried, Art Stop Stop Gallery, Tacoma.
     
  • Seattle Artist Trust EDGE graduate July 2009.

    • • 2009 Juror for Skagit Valley College Student Art Show.

  • 2009 July 18, 19 Skagit Artists Together juried Studio Tour
     
  • Work on sale Museum of Northwest Art shop, La Conner, WA.
     
  • 2007 September The Depot Gallery in Anacortes, juried, Skagit Artists Together.
     
  • 2007 July Northwest Craft Center, juried. Seattle Center Nourishment: Clay for the Soul.

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  • 2007 April solo exhibition Oh, Brave New World, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA.
     
  • 2007 January-February Let Them Hang Washington Potters' Association group show at Highline Community College.
     
  • 2006 - 2008 work in Arts Council of Snohomish Council shop.
     
  • 2006 Contain It ,juried, The Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA.
     
  • 2005, Fine Craft Exhibition juried, awarded prize, The Pen and Brush Gallery, East Village, New York.
     
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  • 2005 Explorations in Clay, a traveling show taking place over 6 months in Seattle via the Washington Potters' Association.
     
  • 2005 Light Vibrations, Skagit Artists Together, juried, The Other Roadside Attraction Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA.
     
  • 1993-2001 Dianthus Ceramics, Centre Craft Yard, off Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.



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  • 1999 Grand Prix de Ceramique, juried, Sarreguemines, France; The Tureen.
     
  • 1990 The Torquil Gallery, Henley-in-Arden, UK. Invitational Spring Show. Paintings.
     
  • January 1982 - June 1982 Academic Exchange between University of Central England, Birmingham and Ohio University, Athens. Winter Term at O.U.'s Lancaster Branch: Art for Elementary Teachers; Spring Term at Athens Campus: Watercolor Techniques.
  • 1979-1983 University of Central England. Art Education (MA) Awarded 20 June 1984. Thesis: A Computerised Information Retrieval System in Art Education.
     
  • 1978 - 79 Arts in Education Fellow funded by John D Rockefeller III with The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Washington. Basic Skills Office, Olympia, WA. Organized Very Special Arts Festivals across WA EDUs; and arts in education programs.
     
  • 1976, Solo Retrospective, The Last Picture Show, Spokane, WA.
     
  • 1974, St Louis, MO., Art Fair, juried.
     
  • 1966 MFA Graduate Show, Painting and Printmaking, Mills College, Oakland, CA. Full Teaching Fellowships.
     
  • 1964, September, PT Teaching Bursary awarded by San Francisco Art Institute for Saturday School at SFAI for talented teenagers.
     
  • 1964 (June to September), Full Scholarship awarded by SFAI to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Summer School, Skowhegan, MA.
     
  • 1961-1964, BFA Graduate Show Painting and Printmaking (awarded Gold Medals), San Francisco Art Institute.
     
  •  1962, Jack London Square Art Show, Oakland, CA., juried. Painting.

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