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    Nancy Solway :   Selected Artist’s  Resume

    Education
     1977  Guelph University, “London Semester” London, England, Special Student in Fine Arts.
     1975  Guelph University, B.A.  Fine Arts
     1971-73  Georgian College, Ceramics under Robin Hopper and Roman Bartkew.
     1969-71  York University, Sociology and Psychology.

    Studio HIstory
     1995-03 Studio Potter, Toronto
     1980-94  Founded Clay Design Studio/Gallery, studio and showroom.
     1973-76  Studio Potter in Georgetown, Ontario with retail showroom in
                   Terra Cotta, Ont.
    Teaching
     2001  Haliburtion School of the Arts summer program, Sir Sandford Fleming College
     1977-00  George Brown College, part-time instructor, studio ceramics.
     1984  Summer course, Central Technical School, Toronto.
     1981-82 Workshops at Clay Design for Toronto Board of Education.
     1978  North York Board of Education, Creative Artist-in-the-Schools  project.

    Awards
     1992  Ontario Government Volunteer Service Award  (OCC).
     1985  Ontario Crafts Council “Crafts 85” ceramics award.
     1982  Ontario Crafts Council “Crafts 82” Kingcraft Award.
     
    Grants
     1987  Ontario Arts Council, Grants to Individual Craftsmen.
     1985  Ontario Crafts Council, Travel Grant.
     1984  Ontario Arts Council, Grants to Individual Craftsmen.
     
    Selected Exhibitions
     2003  “Fireworks 03” Fusion Juried Exhibition
     2003  “Raku” Ontario Crafts Council Guild Shop
     2002/3 “Bowl Invitional Show” Gardiner Museum, Toronto
     2001   Faculty Show HSA, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton
     1997  “Of Bouquetieres and Jardinieres”, Gardiner Museum Toronto
     1992  “Uncommon Objects”, Harbourfront, Toronto.
     1989   “Canadian Ceramics”, Lee Sklar Gallery, Morristown,N.J., U.S.A.
     1986   “Fireworks 86” Ontario Potters Association Juried Exhibition.
     1985  “Ontario Crafts 85”  Ontario Crafts Council Juried Exhibition.
              “CityClay”, Clay Design Studio\Gallery, Toronto, travelled by the
               Ontario Crafts Council throughout 1986.
              “Raku”, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal.
     1984  “Evolution”, 1st Biennial of Ceramics, Trois Rivieres, Quebec.
              "Raku”, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlingtom, Ontario.
     1983  “Forever/Now”, Two-Man exhibition, Ontario Potters Association, Toronto.
             “Maliations”, Four-Man exhibition of ceramic sculpture, Tatay Gallery, Toronto.
             “The Patio Show”, Craft Gallery, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto.
     1982  “Fireworks 82”, Ontario Potters Association Juried Exhibition.
     1981  “Crafts 81” Ontario Crafts Council Juried Exhibition.
     1975  “Women in Clay”, Canadian Guild of Potters, Toronto.

    Media Coverage - Radio, Television and Film
     1992  CBC Sunday Arts Entertainment, “The Potter and the Musician”.
     1987  Ceramic consultant and Studio Ceramist  for director John
              Schlesinger’s “The Believers” starring Martin Sheen.
     
    Media Coverage-Print
    Sept. 1987  Ceramics Monthly, “Ceramics in the City” by Gloria Hickey.
    Jan.  1987  Toronto Sunday Star, Home Section Cover Feature
    Fall  1986  Craft Focus II,  Ontario Crafts Council Juried Slide Competition.
    Sept. 1982  Craft News, Review of “Fireworks 82” by Jim Wies.
    Dec.  1981  Toronto Globe and Mail,, Susan Himel and Elaine Lambert.
    July  1975  Tactile, (cover photo), “Women in Clay”.

    Speaking Engagements
     1990  “Eye to the Future”, Ontario Crafts Council Conference, Panel Moderator.
     1987  Royal Ontario Museum, Gallery Lecture.
     1986  “Fireworks 86” Panel Moderator, Ontario Potters Association Conference.
     1983  Speaker, Ontario Crafts Council “ Handmade Dollar” conference.

    Selected Jury Positions
     1996  “Designer Crafts 1996”, Hamilton and Region Arts Council
     1993  “Ontario Crafts 93”, Ontario Crafts Council.

    Major Commissions
     1984  Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto: 500 piece commission for
              Cafe of the Redwoods.

    Nancy Solway was a member  of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Crafts Council
    from 1987 to 1991, as chair of the Crafts Advisory Committee. She is also one of the five
    Canadians represented in the  book,”The New Ceramics”, by Peter Dormer. She currently
    sits on the Artists’ Committee of the Artists’ Health Centre at the Toronto Western Hospital.