kaete
brittin shaw
p.o.
box 388 high falls
new york 12440
(845) 687-7828/E-mail: kaete@HVI.net
Born:
1945, Boston,
Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1963-67
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.,
B.A., French Literature
1965-66
Institut pour les Etudiants Etrangers, Aix-en-Provence, France
1969-73
Workshops in Ceramics, Photography, Fiber
Big creek pottery, Davenport, Ca
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1974-77
State University College of New York, New Paltz, MFA, Ceramics
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
1972
Bloomfield Art Assn., Birmingham, Michigan
Instructor
in Ceramics, Assistant in Glass
1972
Penland School, Penland, NC, Assistant in Glass
1973
Penland School, Penland, NC, Instructor, Vegetable Dyeing
1977
63rd Street Y, New York, NY, Ceramics Workshop
1977
Peter's Valley, Layton, NJ, Ceramics Workshop
1987
Penland School, Penland, NC, Instructor in Ceramics
1991
Korean-American Clay Arts Camp, Chon-ju, Korea,
Ceramics
Workshop
1991-93
92nd Street Y, New York, NY, Instructor in Ceramics
1993
Artist-in Residence, Korean Program, S.U.N.Y., New Paltz, NY
1999
Unison Arts & Learning Center
2001
Ulster County BOCES Mentor Program
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Ulster Arts Alliance, 1990-2002
Empire State Craft Alliance, 1988-2001
American Craft Council, 1973-2002
NCECA, 1975-77, 1992
PUBLICATION
INCLUSIONS
Inventive Fiber Crafts, Elyse Sommer,
Prentice Hall, 1977
Salt Firing, Jack Troy, Watson-Guptill,
1977
The New York Times, November 17, 1977
Craft Horizons, June,1978
The Soho Weekly News, May 3, 1979
The New York Times, June 21, 1979
The Australian Women’s Weekly,
November 7, 1979
American Porcelain: New Expressions in
an Ancient Art, Lloyd Herman
Timber Press, 1980
Porcelain: Traditions & New
Visions, Jan Axel and Karen McCready,
Watson-Guptill, 1981
American Craft Magazine,
December-January, 1982
Ceramics Monthly, March, 1982
Metropolitan Home Magazine, August,
1982
American Craft Magazine,
February-March, 1983
American
Crafts: A Source Book for
the Home, Katherine Pearson,
Stewart, Tabouri & Chang, 1983
Studio Ceramics, Peter Lane, Chilton,
1983
Family Circle Magazine, Great Ideas,
1985
Claywork, Leon Nigrosh, Davis, 1986
Woodstock Times, October 26, 1989
Art That Works:
The Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Lloyd Herman,
University of Washington Press, 1990
The New York Times Magazine, April 29,
1990
Design-Crafts (Korea), September, 1991
Kingston Daily Freeman, August 20, 1993
Boston Globe, September 26, 1993
Woodstock Times, June 3, 1993
The New York Times, December 9, 1993
American Home Style Magazine, May, 1994
Woodstock Times, February 16, 1995
Kingston Daily Freeman, May 5, 1995
Handbuilt Pottery, Kathy Triplett, Lark
Books, 1997
The Clay Lover’s Guide to Making
Molds, Peirce Clayton, Lark Books, 1998
American Craft Magazine,
October/November , 1998
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September
2000
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection,
Mint Museum, 2000
Object Lessons, Guild Publishing, 2001
PANELS
Porcelain Panel, Annual Conference,
NCECA, Greeley, Co., 1977
Selection Panel, Regrant Program for
Empire State Crafts Alliance, 1989, 1990
Selection Panel, NYSCA Decentralization
Grants, Ulster County, 1995,1996, 2000
Selection Panel, NYSCA Individual
Artists Grants, Dutchess County, 1996
GRANT
1988 Artists’ Fellowship Recipient,
New York Foundation for the Arts
2001 Grant Recipient, Craft Alliance of
New York
DESIGN
PROJECT
Avid, Inc.,1999
The White House, 2001
COLLECTIONS
Renwick Gallery (Smithsonian), Amcon
Group (New York) College Art
Gallery (S.U.N.Y., New Paltz), Mint
Museum (North Carolina),
Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts
Museum, Numerous Private Collections
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa.,
1982
Convergence Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
Everson Museum Gallery, Syracuse, NY,
1989
Unison Arts & Learning Center, New
Paltz, NY, 1995
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS (Partial Listing)
In-Scapes and Out, Turman Gallery,
Indiana State University,
Terre Haute, Indiana, 1975
Homage to the Bag, Museum of
Contemporary Crafts, New York,
NY, 1975
50 Americans, NCECA, LSU, Baton Rouge,
La, 1976
Marietta College Crafts National,
Marietta, Ohio, 1976
Menagerie, Julie Artisans Gallery, New
York, NY, 1977
Group Show, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New
York, NY, 1977
Marietta College Crafts National,
Marietta, Ohio, 1977
Drinking Companions, Kohler Arts
Center, Sheboygan, Wis.,1977
Masks, Julie Artisans Gallery, New
York, NY, 1977
Women Artists:
Clay, Fiber, Metal, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, N.Y.,1977
Three Ceramic Artists, Julie
Artisan’s Gallery, New York, NY, 1978
Alumni Art Show, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pa., 1978
Table Settings:
Ceramic and Fiber, Julie Artisan’s Gallery, New York,
NY, 1979
Seventh Regional Craft Show,
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady,
NY, 1979
Function-Non-Function, Holtzman Art
Gallery, Towson State University,
Towson, Md.,1979
American Porcelain, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian, Washington.D.C.,1980
For The Tabletop, American Craft
Museum, New York, NY, 1980
Marietta College Crafts National,
Marietta, Ohio, 1981
Three
Person Show, Convergence Gallery, New York, NY 1981
Eighth Regional Craft Show, Schenectady
Museum, Schenectady,
NY, 1982, First Prize
Two Person Show, Julie Artisans
Gallery, New York, NY, 1982
Porcelain II, Marcia Rodell Gallery,
Los Angeles, Ca., 1982
American Clay, Meredith Contemporary
Art, Baltimore, Md., 1982
Ancient Inspirations-Contemporary
Interpretations, Roberson Center,
Binghamton, NY 1982
The Teapot, Martha Schneider Gallery,
Highland Park, Ill., 1983
Recent Works in Ceramics, Incorporated
Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
National Clay, Elaine Potter Gallery,
San Francisco, Ca., 1984
Porcelain, Convergence Gallery, New
York, NY, 1984
Tea For 200, Incorporated Gallery, New
York, NY, 1987
Penland Crafts, Signature Gallery,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1987
Bewitched By Craft, American Craft
Museum, New York, NY, 1988
Beyond Craft:
A Celebration of Creativity, Visual Arts Museum, New
York, NY 1989
5th Annual Monarch Tile National
Ceramic Competition, San Angelo,
Texas, 1990
From Form To Fancy:
Contemporary Teapots, Pittsburgh
Center for the
Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1990
The Teapot, The Works Gallery,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1991
The Tea Party, American Craft Museum,
New York, NY, 1991
Art That Works:
The Decorative Arts Of The Eighties, Traveling Exhibition
to l4 Museums, Curated by Lloyd Herman, 1990-93
Four Koreans, Four Americans, To
Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1991
National Teapot Invitational, Gallery
Alexander, La Jolla, Ca., 1992
Benefit Auction, Penland School,
Penland, NC, 1992
National Teapot Invitational, Craft
Alliance, St. Louis, Mo., 1993
Xmas Ornaments, The White House,
Washington, D.C.,1993
Westbeth Gallery, National Juried
Exhibition, New York, NY, 1994
National Teapot Invitational, Vesperman
Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.,1994
Vessels:
Five Ceramic Artists, The Art of Craft, Denver, Co.,1995
The Eleventh Annual San Angelo National
Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo, Texas, 1996
Night of 101 Cups, Garth Clark Gallery,
New York, NY, 1996
Contemporary Crafts, New York State
Museum, Albany, NY, 1997
Two Person Show, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pa.,1997
From Function to Form: the Intersection
of Art & Craft, College Art Gallery,
S.U.N.Y., New Paltz, 1998
Contemporary Crafts 1999, New York
State Museum, Albany, N.Y., 1999
Smithsonian Craft Show, 2000
Unison Sculpture Garden, New Paltz, NY,
2000, 2001, 2002
Hudson Valley Artists 2002, Samuel
Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
The Hand in Art, Stone Quarry Hill Art
Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2002
Bottled Spirits, Kentucky Art and Craft
Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2002