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Hi, I'm Stacey Stanhope and I cannot remember a time when animals and art were not a part of my life. After receiving an MFA from Wichita State University in 1995, I moved back to GA and started Clay Fetish Pottery with my best friend Chris Baumann. In 1999, I renovated an 1880's farm house that was going to be torn down. After a visit to my grandparents in Vermont, it occured to me that metro Atlanta was not where I wanted to spend the rest of my life. For several years I would pack up pottery and one of my dogs and spend part of the summer in Vermont sightseeing and photographing old architecture, farms and farm animals, then would put those images onto the pottery I had brought with me. My work changed dramatically. I recently made the move to Vermont full time.

My work is all hand thrown and Salt fired. The decoration process is done using wax resist and painting in the negative areas. After the wax dries, I paint a black slip over the whole piece; this is what gives is a wood cut look. The work is then high fired in a reduction kiln with just enough salt added to create a slight sheen.

EDUCATION
1995
Wichita State University, MFA Ceramics
1992
Berry College, BA Ceramics and Painting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011
Stratford House Pottery, Orwell, VT
2010
Middlebury Studio School, Middlebury, VT
2009
Clay Fetich Pottery, Milton, GA
2008-2009
Roswell Clay West, Roswell, GA
1993-1995
Graduate Assistant, WSU, Wichita, KS
1992
Gallery Management, Moon Gallery, Rome, GA

HONORS, AWARDS & ACTIVITIES
2011
Secretary, Brandon Artist Guild, Grandon, VT
2010
Patron Award, Kentucky Arts Festival, North Port, Al
2008
Best of Show, 17th St. Art Festival, Atlanta, GA
2004
Throwing/Decorating Workshop, Presenter, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
2003-2009
Georgia Clay Council, Member: Secretary, Treasure.
2002
Throwing Workshop, Presenter, Berry College, Rome, GA
2001
Fulton County Art Committe, Milton, GA
1995
Hand Building Workshop, Presenter, Butler County Community College, Wichita, KS
1993-1995
President, WSU Pottery's Guild, Wichita, KS
Clayton Staples Scholarship, WSU, Wishita, KS
1992
"Berry College Student Show", Best of Show, Rome, GA'

GALLERIES
Darien Fine Food and Cheese, Darien, CT
The Little Green Store, Huntsville, AL
The Art Stop, Tacoma, WA
Jilly B's, Cherry Hill, NJ
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Whimsies Incognito, Tarrytown, NY
The Flying Carp, Ocean City, NJ
Fenimore Art Museum/The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown, NY
New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC
Bennett Galleries and Company, Knoxville, TN
M.L. Gosling, Sarasota, FL
Leon's Garden World, Newark, DE
Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA
Twisted Sister, Louisville, GA
Southern Pottery, Columbia, SC
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
Mechanic Street Mugs, New Hope, PA
Imagine, Santa Barbara, CA
Good Dirt, Athens, GA
West River Gallery, Weston, VT
Paradiso, Baltimore, MD
Red Orchard, Bethesda, MD
Heritage Center Museum Store, Lancaster, PA
The Farm House Store, Westfield, NJ
Lord Nelson's Gallery, Gettysburg, PA
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon, VT
Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
Tree House Pottery & Studio Gallery, Dillsboro, NC
The Crimson Laurel, Bakersville, NC
Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA
The Clay Gallery, Smyrna Beach, FL
Hummingbird Lane Gallery, Dahlonega, GA
Multitudes Gallery, Blue Ridge, GA
Strawberry Fields Gallery, Crabapple, GA
The Mountain Scholar, Blue Ridge, GA
The Raiford Gallery, Roswell, GA
Atlanta Saddlery, Alpharetta, GA


SHOWS
2013
"Duets" Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2012
"Winterfest" Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
Line and Color: Woman in Clay. 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
"What's Hatching" Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon, VT
NCECA Gallery Expo. 18 Hands Gallery, Seattle, WA
Yunomi Invitational. AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
2011
"30 x 5 Salt and Soda" AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
The Dessert Plate. AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
Yunomi Invitational. AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
"Art Makes Brandon Tick" Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon, VT
2010
"Winterfest" Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
"Rolled and Thrown" Millebury Chocolates, Middlebury, VT
"The Spirit of the Season" Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon, VT
"Got You Goat" Brandon Artist Guild, Brandon, VT
Yunomi Invitational. AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
2009
Solo Show, MudFire, Decatur, GA
Solo Alumni Show, Berry College, Rome, GA
"Mug Shots" MudFire, Decatur, GA
"The World Around US" The Center Gallery, Sautee Nacoochee, GA
"Pottery Line Up" Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
"Fired Works" Macon Arts Council, Macon, GA
"Phoenix Rising" NCECA, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Show, AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
2008
GA Pottery Sale and Show, Hambidge Center, Dillard, GA
"Clay Fetish" RACW, Roswell, GA
2007
"2007 Teapot Invitational" Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Put a Lid On It" MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA
"What's Cookin" Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006-2010
"Fired Works" Macon Arts Council, Macon, GA
2006
"30 x 5" AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
Blue Grass Clay National, Yeiser Arts Center, Paducah, KY
"The Useful Teapot" AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA
"Teapots A Go Go" MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA
2005-2008
"Perspective" Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2005
"Skin Deep" Grancis Marion University, Florence, SC
2004
"Serve This" MudFire Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003-2004
Annual Centering on Clay Exhibition, Cherokee Co. Arts Council, Canton, GA
2003-2010
Annual Holiday Artists Market, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2003
"8 x 10 Atlanta" MudFire Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Hands on Clay" Canton Fine Arts Center, Canton, GA
2002
Alumni Art Show, Moon Gallery, Rome, GA
1996-2012
Studio Pottery - annual studio sales, Milton, GA
1999
Alumni Art Show, Moon Gallery, Rome, GA
1995
Wichita National, Honorable Mention, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Ten Person Exhibit, EVO Studios and Gallery, Wichita, KS
Two Person Clay Exhibit, Matthews Gallery, Wichita, KS
MFA Thesis Exhibit, "Polls, Docks, Fetlocks" Clayton Staples Gallery, WSU, Wichita, KS
"Student Works" MCFarland Gallery, WSU, Wichita, KS
"WSU Visual Arts Guild" School of Medicine, University of KS
1994-1995
Works on display, McKnight Fine Arts Center, Wichita, KS
1994
WSU Potter's Guild Sale and Exposition, McKnight Atrium, WSU, Wichita, KS
"Strides" two person exhibit, McFarland Gallery, WSU, Wichita, KS
"A Gathering of Diverse Identities" Clayton Staples Gallery, WSU, Wichita, KS
"Graduate Works" Century II, Wichita, KS
1993
WSU Potter's Guild Sale and Exposition, McKnight Atrium WSU, Wichita, KS
1992-1993
Painting & Ceramics on Display, The Green Glass Trading Co. Rome, GA
1992
"Not Your Average Horse Show" Solo BA Exhibition, Moon Gallery, Rome, GA
Berry College Student Show, Best of Show, Moon Gallery, Rome GA

FINE CRAFT SHOWS
Shelburne Museum Art and Craft Festival, Shelburne, VT
Weston Craft Show, Weston, VT
Art in the Park, Rutland, VT
Taste of Stowe, Stowe, VT
Buyers Market Of American Craft, Baltimore, MD
Buyers Market Of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival, Manchester, VT
Stowe Foliage Arts Festival, Stowe, VT
Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Kentuck Festival Of the Arts, North Port, AL
Marble Festival, Jasper, GA
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, Nashville, TV
Power’s Crossroads Art Festival, Newnan, GA
Indiana Horse Expo, Indianapolis, IN
Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL
St. Pete Beach Art Festival, St. Pete, FL
Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
Virginia Highlands Summerfest, Atlanta, GA
Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN
"Rolex" 3 day event, Lexington, KY
Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, GA
Wildflower Festival, Dahlonega, GA
Lookout Mountain Pottery Sale, Rising Fawn, GA