Michael E. Rutkowsky — CV
Educational Experience
1968-72 B.S.B.A. Economics, University of Central Florida
1972-75 Photography and Ceramics, University of Central Florida
1975-76 Ceramics, University of South Florida
1976-79 M.F.A. Ceramics and Sculpture, Graduate teaching assistantship
University of South Carolina
1976-79 SuperMud conferences, Penn State University
2004 Majolica, Painting Pots” workshop taught by Stanley Mace Andersen
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Professional Experience
1979 Established Pond Branch Pottery near Leesville, SC. Four years
wood firing stoneware then converting to propane gas.
1985 Began the move to Green Mountain, NC.
1989 Juried into Southern Highlands Craft Guild
1996 Art Education delegation to Mongolia, China, and Thailand
1999 Moved to present studio near Burnsville,NC.
2000 Taught workshop “Beyond Centering” at John C. Campbell Folk School.
2001 Recipient of Regional Artist Project Grant administered by
Asheville Area Arts Council
2002 “Beyond Centering” taught again at John C. Campbell Folk School.
2007-08 Wood-firing partner to Norman Schulman, Penland, NC
2009 “Hand and Wheel Ceramics” classes taught at Yancey Center
for Ceramic Arts
2010 Founder and Co-owner of OOAK Gallery, Micaville, NC
Awards of Recognition
1973 Osceola Arts Festival, Kissimmee, FL. Honorable Mention
1974 Titusville Spring Arts Show,Titusville, FL. First Place Photographics
1975 Mount Dora Arts Festival, Mount Dora, FL. Merit Award
1975 Space Coast Art Festival, Cocoa Beach, FL. Merit Award
Pocono Art and Craft Festival, Strousburg, PA. First Place
1976 Mount Dora Arts Festival, Mount Dora, FL. Merit Award
Pocono Art and Craft Festival, Strousburg, PA. Merit Award
1977 Pocono Art and Craft Festival, Strousburg, Pa. First Place
1979 Jacksonville Arts Festival, Jacksonville, FL. Second Place, Body of Work
1981 Las Olas Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Award of Merit
Sandhills Art Festival, Columbia, SC. Honorable Mention
1984 Fine Arts SC State Fair, Columbis, SC. Best Ceramic Sculpture Award
Halifax Arts Festival, Ormond Beach, FL. Award of Merit
Selected Exhibitions
1978-80 SC Crafts Fair, Charleston, SC
1979 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Ceramics Southeast, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1980 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
1980 Festival of the Masters, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Boxes, Mint Museum Department of Art, Charlotte, NC
SC Arts Commission Annual Exhibition,Clemson University, SC
1981 Southeastern Craft Invitational, Columbia Museum of Art
Jubilee '50, League of NH Craftsmen, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Sumter Gallery of Art, Invitational with Christine Kierstead, Sumter, SC
Oriental Influence in Contemporary Crafts, Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
1981-84 SC Crafts Guild Travelling Exhibition, SC
1981-85 Ringling Museum Art and Crafts Festival, Sarasota, FL
1982 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum
Dinnerware for International Council of the Museum of Modern Art,
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1984 Ceramics Southeast, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Bellair,FL
Currents '84, Middle Tennessee State University, Mufreesboro, TN
Sixth Annual C & S Bank Exhibition, Florence Museum, Florence, SC
Invitational Art Exhibition, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC
1985 Functional Ceramics Invitational, Columbia Museum of Art
1990-18 Exhibitor Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Asheville, NC
1992 North Carolina Clay, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1993 Handmade: Year of American Craft in South Carolina,
SC State Museum, Columbia, SC
1994 Functional Ceramics, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
Collector’s Choice, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
1995 Spotlight '95, ACC/SE, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Collector’s Choice, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Super Bowls Contemporary Ceramics, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1997 Ceramic Invitational, The Asheville School, Asheville, NC
Fifth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft
Center, PA
Collector’s Choice, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
1998 Sixth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft
Center, PA
1998 200 Teapots, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro,NC
2001 Lights, an invitational exhibition, Art Store Inc. Charleston, WV
2003 Gallery ETV 2003 Juried Competition, Honorable Mention, Columbia,SC
2009 30 Years of Pottery and Photography, Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville,
NC
2011-17 Exhibitor at Spruce Pine Potters Market Invitational, Spruce Pine, NC
2013-15 Exhibitor at Potters Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2016 Best of Show, Toe River Arts Juried Exhibition
Selected Collections
University of South Carolina
Columbia Museum of Art
SC State Art Collection
Corsaw Collection of Functional American Ceramics
Museum of York County
Asheville Art Museum
Gregg Museum of Art and Design, NCSU
Asheville Museum of Art
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Private collections Internationally
Publications
Ceramics Monthly
American Craft
Wheel-Thrown Ceramics by Don Davis
Functional Pottery Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose by Robin Hopper