1. Melba Northum
mnorthum@icloud.com
Education
MFA Ceramics/Drawing University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts
and Design, Denton, Texas
BFA Ceramics/Drawing Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, Texas
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor, Tarrant County College NE, Current
Art Appreciation
Ceramics I & II
Design I, 2D Design
Design II, 3D Design
Drawing I, II, Life Drawing
Sculpture I
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
Design I, 2D Design
Design II, 3D Design
Advanced Color Theory
Drawing Fundamentals
Drawing Concepts
Advanced Drawing
Life Drawing
Ceramics, Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
Sculpture I
Graduate Faculty Member
Department and College Committees:
Academic Advising for BFA & BA Art Majors
Advisory to the Chair Committee
Chair, Foundation Search Committee
Curriculum Committee
Foundation Coordinator
-Curriculum Design
-Oversee Adjunct Faculty
-Budget Management
Recruitment & Retention Committee
Visiting Artist Committee
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University
BFA Ceramics: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
MFA Special Studies in Ceramics
Curriculum Design
Glaze/Clay Calculation and Kiln Firing
Studio and Equipment Maintenance
Studio Safety
Budget Management
Faculty Advisor to the Student Clay Club
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2. Awards
2007 Travel/Professional Development Award, College of Liberal Arts,
The University of Texas at Arlington
2000 The Wassenich Award for Mentoring In the TCU Community,
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth
Group Exhibitions
2015 Memory Lane, Closed for Deconstruction, Gallery 414, Fort Worth
2014 Plasticity, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas
2012 Transience: Imperfect, Impermanent, Incomplete
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
2012 The Blue of Distance, El Campo Gallery, Fort Worth
2012 Decoys and Human Rust, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth
2012 TCC NE Faculty Exhibition, Front Gallery, Fort Worth
2011 Broken Sugar, Solo, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth
2011 Assemblage, Sacks-Leight Gallery, Fort Worth
2011 Post-Dogmatism, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth
2011 dada, Mary Tómas Gallery, Dallas
2011 Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011 Little White Lies, The Constance Gallery, Lamoni, Iowa
2010 Collected Works, Arlington Museum of Art
2009 TCCD Faculty Exhibition, Front Gallery, Fort Worth
2009 University of Dallas 2009 Regional Ceramics Competition, Beatrice M.
Haggerty Gallery, Juror: Dick Hay, past president of the National Council
on Education for the Ceramic Arts NCECA).
2009- Craft Forms 2008, 14th
Annual International Juried Exhibition of
2008 Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania,
Juror: Michael W. Monroe, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the
Bellevue Arts Museum
2008 Gastronomia/Erotica Estimulante, MAC Gallery, Dallas
2008 Biennial IX, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington
2007 Ink and Clay 33, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Gallery, Pomona, CA,
Kirk Delman, Curator, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA
2007 Transgressions, Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, California
2006 Vitro, Petra, Flora, Gallery 414, Fort Worth
2006 Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate, Washington Pavilion of Arts and
Sciences/Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2005 Select, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2005 Faculty Biennial VIII, the Gallery at UTA, Arlington
2005 New American Talent, The Jones Center, Austin, Juror, Aimee Chang,
Assistant Curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2005 Celebrate the Spectrum of Creativity, Gallery West, Arlington
2004 Form Follows Function, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Juror: Dan Anderson, Board member, Archie Bray Foundation.
2004 Written in Stone: Ceramics Works, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2003 Insights, The Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth
2003 Faculty Biennial, The Gallery At UTA, Arlington
2002 Domestic Artists Transforming the Everyday, Arlington Museum of Art,
2001 Chaos & Order, Solo, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2001 Home Sweet Home, Arlington Museum of Art
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3. 1999 The Book as Art II,
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1999 Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth,
1998 Ripples in the Water, Texas Woman’s University, Denton
1998 Palimpsest: Erasure and Recovery, University of Texas, Odessa, Texas
1998 Referencing the Past: Metaphors in Clay, Handwork Gallery, Fort Worth
1998 Sound of Red, Icons of Hysteria, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
1998 TCU Art Faculty Exhibition, International Gallery, Fort Worth
1997 Out of Context, Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
1997 Breathing Together; Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
1997 Palimpsest: Erasure and Recovery, The Amy Ryan Gallery, McMurray
University, Abilene, Texas
1996 Palimpsest: Erasure and Recovery, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Text, Symbol and Meaning, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
1996 Domestic Violence, Grace Cultural Museum, Abilene, Texas
1995 Out of Context II, Texas Woman’s University, Denton
1995 Works in Graphite, Forest Park Art Space, Fort Worth
1994 Fire & Reason, Amy Ryan Gallery, Abilene, Texas
1994 (RE) Source, Trammel Crow Gallery, Dallas
1994 In a Large House, Gallery Four, Dallas
1994 Texas Biennial Exhibition, Texas State Fair Grounds, Dallas
National Exhibitions
2011 Iowa
Little White Lies, The Constance Gallery, Lamoni
2007 California
Ink and Clay 33, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Gallery, Pomona
2007 California
Transgressions, Reynolds Gallery, Stockton
2006 South Dakota
Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate, Washington Pavilion of Arts and
Sciences/Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1999 Washington, DC
The Book as Art II, The National Museum of Women in the Arts
1998 Texas
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, NCECA
Referencing the Past: Metaphors in Clay, Handley-Hicks Gallery,
Fort Worth
1996 Illinois
Palimpsest: Erasure and Recovery, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1995 Maryland
Woman as Protagonist, Goucher College, Baltimore
1995 Maryland
Woman as Protagonist, University of Maryland, College Park
1994 New Mexico
Creating Ourselves, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
Juror: Lucy Lippard, internationally known writer, activist and curator.
1994 Oklahoma
The Journal/Sketchbook Exhibition, Cameron University, Lawton
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4. International Exhibitions
2011 Ohio
Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati
2008 Pennsylvania
Craft Forms 2008, 14th
Annual International Juried Exhibition of
Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center.
Juror: Michael W. Monroe, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the
Bellevue Arts Museum.
2004 Illinois
Form Follows Function, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago
Juror: Dan Anderson; NEA recipient, Board member of the Archie Bray
Foundation
1997 Czech Republic
Out of Context, Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Oceans of the Unknown, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas
2011 Broken Sugar, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth
2007 Residual History, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
2001 Chaos & Order, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
1996 Fire & Reason, Amy Ryan Gallery, Abilene, Texas
1995 Object and Image, Eastfield Gallery, Mesquite, Texas
Invitational Exhibitions
2008 Scholars Who Teach, The MAC Gallery, Dallas
2005 Select, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2002 Domestic Artists Transforming the Everyday, Arlington Museum of Art
Collaborations/Residency
1999 WAVE Artist Book Project, Transference Book presented to
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1997 Breathing Together, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
A one-month residency and site-specific collaboration
Curatorial/Juror
2015 Spring Student Exhibition, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas
2014 TCCNE Adjunct Exhibition, Haltom City Northeast Center
2012 The Blue of Distance, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth
2005 Annual Texas Wesleyan University Student Art Exhibition,
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
2000 Container, Containment, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas
1997 Breathing Together; Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
Collections
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Jansen Chang Architects, Corporate Acquisition, Boston, Massachusetts
Mark Thistlethwaite, Kimbell Museum Chair of Art History, TCU
Marilyn Jolly, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Painting, UTA
Joseph Self Architects, Fort Worth, Texas
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5. Lectures and Presentations Given
2014 Plasticity, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster
2013 Oceans of the Unknown, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster
2012 Artists Talk, College Hall, Hurst, Texas
2009 Artist Colloquia, Faculty Exhibition, Front Gallery, Fort Worth
2009 Color Theory and Culture, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2007 Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa
-Connectivity of Content and Form, Lecture
-Thought and Action Workshop: Mapping Thoughts, Presentations
2005 Forms for Raku, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2000 Chaos, Order, & Poetic Meaning, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2000 Poetry and Pottery, Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Fort Worth
1999 Subsiding Metals, Faculty Colloquia, Texas Christian University
1999 The Sound of Red, Icons of Hysteria, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
1999 Ripples in the Water, Texas Woman’s University, Denton
1998 Consider the Source: University of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas
1996 Momoyama: Japan’s Golden Age, Ceramic Techniques,
Dallas Museum of Art
1996 American Ceramics, Art Educators Delegation Nagoaka, Japan,
1996 Residual History, Faculty Colloquia, Texas Christian University
1995 Sculptural Ceramics Today, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Workshops/Demonstrations Given
2015 Mayfest, Fort Worth
2014 OctoberFest, Tarrant County College NE, Hurst, Texas
2009 Artist Residency: Ceramics, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2008 Resonance: Clay and Music, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2007 Ceramic Workshop: Creating and Layering Ceramic Decals, Approaches
to Hand Building, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
2001 Paper Clay Sculpture; Coiling, McMurray University, Abilene, Texas
1999 Faience Today: The Contemporary Face of Egyptian Paste, sponsored by
the Kimbell Art Museum
1998 Hand-building Narrative Clay Sculpture, Fort Worth Country Day School
1998 Art Sounds, Suzuki Violin & Advanced Strings Camp, TCU
1997 Slab Constructing and Surface Design, Lockheed-Martin Guild, Fort Worth
1996 Collaborative Constructions, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas
Professional Affiliations
CAA, College Arts Association, Current
FATE, Foundations in Art Theory and Education, 2009-2003
NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Current
Computer Proficiency
Photoshop
Sketchbook Designer
Illustrator
PowerPoint (PC and MAC)
Microsoft Word (PC and MAC)
Excel (PC and MAC)
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6. Lectures and Presentations Given
2014 Plasticity, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster
2013 Oceans of the Unknown, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster
2012 Artists Talk, College Hall, Hurst, Texas
2009 Artist Colloquia, Faculty Exhibition, Front Gallery, Fort Worth
2009 Color Theory and Culture, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2007 Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa
-Connectivity of Content and Form, Lecture
-Thought and Action Workshop: Mapping Thoughts, Presentations
2005 Forms for Raku, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2000 Chaos, Order, & Poetic Meaning, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth
2000 Poetry and Pottery, Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Fort Worth
1999 Subsiding Metals, Faculty Colloquia, Texas Christian University
1999 The Sound of Red, Icons of Hysteria, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
1999 Ripples in the Water, Texas Woman’s University, Denton
1998 Consider the Source: University of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas
1996 Momoyama: Japan’s Golden Age, Ceramic Techniques,
Dallas Museum of Art
1996 American Ceramics, Art Educators Delegation Nagoaka, Japan,
1996 Residual History, Faculty Colloquia, Texas Christian University
1995 Sculptural Ceramics Today, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Workshops/Demonstrations Given
2015 Mayfest, Fort Worth
2014 OctoberFest, Tarrant County College NE, Hurst, Texas
2009 Artist Residency: Ceramics, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2008 Resonance: Clay and Music, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
2007 Ceramic Workshop: Creating and Layering Ceramic Decals, Approaches
to Hand Building, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
2001 Paper Clay Sculpture; Coiling, McMurray University, Abilene, Texas
1999 Faience Today: The Contemporary Face of Egyptian Paste, sponsored by
the Kimbell Art Museum
1998 Hand-building Narrative Clay Sculpture, Fort Worth Country Day School
1998 Art Sounds, Suzuki Violin & Advanced Strings Camp, TCU
1997 Slab Constructing and Surface Design, Lockheed-Martin Guild, Fort Worth
1996 Collaborative Constructions, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas
Professional Affiliations
CAA, College Arts Association, Current
FATE, Foundations in Art Theory and Education, 2009-2003
NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Current
Computer Proficiency
Photoshop
Sketchbook Designer
Illustrator
PowerPoint (PC and MAC)
Microsoft Word (PC and MAC)
Excel (PC and MAC)
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