KEIRA NORTON

keira.s.norton@gmail.com

keiranorton.squarespace.com

 

EDUCATION

MFA, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2010
BFA, Ceramics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Magna Cum Laude, 2004

BA, Anthropology, Minor in Studio Arts, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, 1998

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

 2017

Inspiration Grant for An Individual Project, ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO

2014

Special Recognition for Material Mastery, Kansas Artists Craftsman Association

2011

Individual Artist Grant, The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women, Wilton, NH

2010

First Place, Graduate Student Division, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2007-2010

Full Graduate Assistantship, Ceramics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

EXHIBITIONS

2017

ArtsKC 10”x 10” Small Works Showcase, ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO

Sculpture Salon, In Conjunction with the 27th Annual Sculpture Conference, Cerbera Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Art in Craft Media, 2017, Burchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY

2016

Tramp L’oeil: Ceramics of the Third Wave, Fraction Print Studio and Gallery, 50th Annual NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO

NCECA Resident Alumni Show, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2015

Busan Art Fair, Busan, Korea

Unwedged, Northwest Pottery, Seattle, WA

Faculty Exhibition, Maplewoods Community College, Kansas City, MO

Resident Exhibition, ArtMora Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2014

Kansas Artists Craftsman Juried Competition, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Clay3 National Juried Exhibition, ClaySpace, Lisle IL
Currents: Mixtus National Exhibition, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Recent Work, Keira Norton and Leo Esquivel, Trap Gallery, Kansas City, MO (two-person)
Eutropia: Recent Work by Keira Norton and Erin Goedtel, The Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN (two-person)

2013

Jo Kamm and Keira Norton, Resident Artist Exit Exhibition, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO (two- person)
Reunion: Work from Artists in Residence, Past and Present, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2012

On Display: Exploring Body Image, The Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
The Figure Untamed: Desire as Resistance, Bowman-Penelec-Megahan Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA (three-person)

 

COLLECTIONS

Private Collection, Evelyn Craft-Belger and Richard Belger, Kansas City, MO

Permanent Collection, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

 Tramp L’oeil: Ceramics of the Third Wave, Fraction Print Studio and Gallery, 50th Annual NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO.  I organized and curated this group exhibition as part of the NCECA conference.  My work was shown in the exhibition.

 

RESIDENCIES

 2015

Artist-In-Residence, ArtMora Gallery, New York, NY

2013

Artist-In-Residence, Pechacek Century Farms, Hastings, MN

2011-2013

Artist-In-Residence, RedStar Studios, Kansas City, MO

2009

Studio Assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2008

Workstudy Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2006

Fully-Funded Week-long Residency, Blossom Arts Center, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Winter Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2005

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2004

Workstudy Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 2017

Instructor, Figurative Sculpture Workshop, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH.

Instructor, Digital Photography and Assemblage Daycamp, College for Kids, Metro Community College of Kansas City, Maplewoods

2016-Present

Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics I (Fall), 3-D Design/Sculpture (Spring), Digital Art and Design (Spring), Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO

Adjunct Instructor, Studio Art Fundamentals (Fall and Spring), Survey of Art (Spring), Metro Community College of Kansas City, Maplewoods

2015

Adjunct Instructor, Studio Art Fundamentals (Fall and Spring), Digital Photography I (Spring), Metro Community College of Kansas City, Maplewoods

2011-Present

Instructor, Youth and Adult Clay Classes, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2011-2016

Ceramics Instructor, Mattie Rhodes Non-Profit Art Center, Kansas City, MO

2013

Instructor, Figurative Sculpture Workshop, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2012

Instructor, Figurative Sculpture Workshop, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

2011

Adjunct Instructor, Ceramic Handbuilding (Fall and Spring), Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN

Studio Technician, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN

Instructor, Ceramic and Mixed Media Arts, Summer Art Camp for Kids, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN

2009-2010

Graduate Instructor, Ceramics I (Instructor of Record), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2008-2009

Graduate Instructor, Studio Arts for Non-Majors (Instructor of Record), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2007-2008

Studio Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2002-2004

Studio Assistant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH