LYNN FITZGERALD, RESUME

EDUCATION:

BFA Degree, Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
MFA Degree, Ceramics, Sculpture, University of Minnesota, MN.
MFA studies in Ceramics, Sculpture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2012- Moved back to Taos, NM, built a studio and resumed studio pottery work.
2001 – 2012 – Worked on Downtown Revitalization in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. Studio pottery done on part-time basis 2001–05 and put on hold from 2005-2012.
1997-2005 - Opened a retail store, Lynco Design Pottery in Taos, NM.
1997 – Moved to Taos, NM. Developed a studio pottery business.
1995 – Opened a retail store, Lynco Design Pottery in Escondido, CA.
1990 – Wrote Lynco Design Pottery Cookbook.
1988-1997 – Developed and sold Lynco Design Pottery in juried Craft and Trade Shows across the country.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1979 – Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA. - Ceramics Director.
1978 - Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY. - Ceramics Instructor.
1977 – University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. - Ceramics Instructor.
1974-1976 – University of Minnesota, MN. - Ceramics Instructor.
1974 – 75 – Betty Crocker Arts Center, Edina, MN. - Ceramics Instructor.

2006 - Project Manager, Renovation Project for the Visitor’s Center at the City of Monte Vista, Monte Vista, CO.
1984 – Project Manager, Renovation Project for the Planning, Engineering and Building Dept. reception area for the City of San Marcos, CA.
1984 – Artist in Residence, Arts Train, San Marcos, CA.
1983 – Coordinator, Women’s Opportunity Week Program, City of San Marcos, CA.
1980 – C.E.T.A. artist, Louisville, KY.
1979 - Artist/ Coordinator, Special Arts Project, Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY.
1979 – Guest Artists for the Artist’s in Action Program, The Center of Photographic Studies, Louisville, KY.
1978 – Member of the Artists Advisory Council for the Kentucky Arts Commission, Louisville, KY.
1978 – Visiting Artist, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. C.L.O.D. Program (Creative Learning in the Out-of-Doors) Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
1978 - Artist/Teacher, Store Front Studio, Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY.

PUBLICATIONS:

Better Homes and Gardens, Lynco Design Pottery photo shot.
San Diego Home; Garden Magazine, Lynco Design photo ad.
San Francisco Herald Examiner, Image Food Section, Lynco Design Pottery photo shot.

GALLERIES:

Dakkya Gallery, El Monte Resort and Spa, Taos, NM. 2017 to current.
Taos Blue, Taos, NM. 2017 to current. www.taosblue.com

ONE-WOMAN SHOWS:

San Diego Home/Garden – Origin and Innovation Exhibition, 1984
Perfect Pan School of Cooking, La Jolla Village Square, CA. 1993
Bullock’s Department Store, Carlsbad, CA 1982
Installation Piece, SE Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC. 1978
The Center for Photographic Studies, Louisville, KY. 1977

GROUP SHOWS:

Taos Artist Organization, Open Studio Tour - 2017, 2018.
Fine Arts Invitational, Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, WA. 1979
Art Connection, Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA. 1979
Hyatt Regency Exhibition, Louisville, KY. 1977
Two Person Show, The Little Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1977
Group Show/Invitational, Touch and See Gallery, J.P. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY 1977
Clay Invitational, Louisville School of Art, Louisville, KY. 1977
Minnesota Crafts Council Exhibition, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN. 1976
Women’s Invitational, Super Mud Conference, Penn. State Univ. State College, PA. 1976
Five Artists, Bemidgi State College, Bemidgi, MN. 1976
Invitational Crafts Exhibition, West Lake Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. 1976
Shreveport Art Annual, Shreveport, LA, 1976
Marrieta College Crafts National, Marrieta, OH. 1976
Super Mud ‘75 Invitational, The Crafts Museum, Niagara Falls, NY. 1975

JURIED CRAFT SHOWS:

Southwest Arts Festival, Indio CA. 1993-2001
Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica CA. 1988-2001
Fountain Square Arts Festival, Fountain Hills, AZ. 1993-2001
Boulder City Festival, Boulder City, NV. 1988-1999
Kermezaar, El Paseo, TX. 1992-1999
La Quinta Museum Festival, La Quinta, CA. 1993-1998
Old Town Tempe Festival, Tempe, AZ. 1988-1999
Forth Avenue Festival, Tucson, AZ 1988-1999
Scottsdale Museum of Arts Festival, Scottsdale, AZ 1990, 1992, 1996
Fiesta, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin TX. 1988, 1996, 1992
Ft. Worth Art Festival, Fort Worth, TX. 1996
Edina Arts Festival, Edina, MN. 1996, 1994
Snowmass Arts Festival, Snowmass, CO. 1996
Flagstaff Festival in the Pines, Flagstaff, AZ. 1996, 1994. 1993
Santa Fe Girls Club Show, Santa Fe, NM 1996, 1995
Weems Art Festival, Albuquerque, NM 1996
Ruidoso Arts Festival, Ruidoso, NM 1995
Santa Fe Labor Day Festival, Santa Fe, NM 1995
Santa Fe Fiesta Show, Santa Fe, NM 1995
Carefree Arts Festival, Carefree, AZ. 1995, 1994
Cain Park Festival, North Dakota, 1995
Art on the Square, Madison, WI. 1993, 1995
San Antonio Arts Festival, San Antonio, TX. 1994
Dallas 500, Dallas, TX. 1994
Palm Springs Art Festival, Palm Springs, CA. 1994, 1993
Pecan St. Arts Festival, Austin, TX. 1993
Evanston Arts Festival, Evanston, IL. 1993
Hanibal Arts Festival, Hannibal, MO. 1993
Art in the Square, Madison, WI. 1993
Palo Alto Arts Festival, Palo Alto, CA. 1993
Hermosa Beach Festival of the Arts, Hermosa Beach, CA. 1993, 1991, 1989
KNPR Arts Festival, Las Vegas, NV. 1993
La Jolla Arts Festival, La Jolla, CA. 1993
Wichita Museum Festival, Wichita, KS. 1993
Tulsa Arts Festival, Tulsa, OK. 1992
Studio City Arts Festival, Studio City, CA. 1991
Long Beach Museum Festival, Long Beach, CA. 1988, 1990