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Melba Northum is an experienced art educator with an MFA in Ceramics/Drawing from the University of North Texas and a BFA in Ceramics/Drawing from Texas Tech University. She has over 20 years of teaching experience at the college level, including as an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College NE and assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has exhibited her ceramic works widely in solo, group, and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Melba Northum CV
- 1. Melba Northum mnorthum@icloud.com Education MFA Ceramics/DrawingUniversity 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 1
- 2. Awards 2007 Travel/Professional DevelopmentAward, 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 TĂłmas 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 2
- 3. 1999 The Bookas 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 3
- 4. International Exhibitions 2011 Ohio Magnitude7, 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 4
- 5. Lectures and PresentationsGiven 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) 5
- 6. Lectures and PresentationsGiven 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) 5