MADELINE KACZMARCZYK
Rockford, MI 49341
616-745-6752
madclaypots.com
instagram: @madelineclaymade
etsy store: madelineclaymade
email: madelineclay@gmail.com
OCCUPATION
- Studio Artisan since 1975
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Art, Aquinas College, G.R., MI 1999-2021
- Studio Manager, Cook Art Center, 2006-2015
- Adjunct Professor of Art, Grand Rapids Community College, MI 2009
EDUCATION
- Michigan State University, (Lansing, MI)
- Pewabic Pottery, (Detroit, MI)
- Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS
- Private Studio Classes
- Artrain
- Aquinas College, (Grand Rapids, MI), 1999-2021
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Cook Art Center, (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI
- Mercy College of Detroit
- Calvin College, (Grand Rapids, MI)
- American Art Clay Company, (Indianapolis, IN)
- Michigan Potters Association, (Detroit, MI)
- Michigan Mudd Presentation, Michigan Potters Association, Grand Valley State U., Allendale, Mi., Oct. 2001
- Amaco Clay Co. (Indianapolis, In.) April 2010
- Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI Nov. 2010
- West Michigan Potters Association, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 2014
- SCECH workshops for K-12 Educators, Grand Rapids, MI 2017, 2018, 2019
CONSULTING
- Designed a prospective ceramic studio for Kendall College of Art and Design, including equipment, floor plan, and class schedule. 2003
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
- City of Rockford, MI
- Richard DeVos, Amway Corp.
- Hyatt Regency World Headquarters, Chicago, IL
- City of Grand Rapids, MI
- Steelcase Headquarters, Grand Rapids, MI
- Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI
- Our Lady of Consolation Church
- St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, MI, Baptismal Font, 2008
- Holy name of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, MI, Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, 2009
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mi. 2010
- Cook Art Center Lobby, Grand Rapids, MI 2013- Ceramic Mural
- Kate Pew Wolters Center Lobby, Indian Trails Camp, Grand Rapids, MI 2016- Ceramic Mural
- Racine Art Museum, WI
- Numerous Private Collections
GALLERY SHOWS
- Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
- Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
- University of Michigan, Flint, MI
- Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI 1984
- Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI , 1985
- Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO, 2008
- Crooked Tree Art Center, “High Art / Low Fire” Petoskey, MI 2009
- Amaco Clay Company, Indianapolis, In., April 2010
- Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI Nov. 2010
- Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI 2012
- Cascade Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 2015
- Forest Hills Fine Art Center, Grand Rapids, MI 2016
- Grand Rapids Community College, one person show, 2019
JURIED ART FAIRS
- Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, MI
- Philadelphia Craft Show, PA
- Washington Craft Show, Smithsonian Institute, DC
- Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, FL
- Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, Il.
- Laumeier Sculpture Park, St Louis, Mo.
- New Orleans Jazz Fest, NOLA
- and many other juried national art fairs
Publications
- American Craft Magazine 1978
- New York Times
- Grand Rapids Press
- Ceramic Monthly (cover and portfolio section) 1992
- Art Showcase Magazine, Summer 2005, pg.17
- “Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Teapot Collection”, Racine Art Museum, 2003, Sundog Printing
- “Ceramic Extruding Inspiration and Technique” by Tom and Jean Latka, Krause Publishing, 2001
VIDEO
- “Mastering the Craft”-Maly’s Motivational Video
- Carol Duvall Home and Garden TV
GROUP SHOWS
- “A Tea Party”-National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD
- “The Dripless Spout-Innovative Teapots”-Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
- “Extended Media-Fresh Visions”-Detroit Art Institute, MI
- “A Madcap Teapot Party”-Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, DC
- “For the Tabletop”-American Craft Museum, NY
- Faculty Exhibits, Aquinas College, 1998-2016
- “Hot Tea!” Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2002, 2003
- “Master Teachers”-Frederik Mejier Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI-2002
- “From Woman’s Hands”, Grand Traverse Heritage Center, Yraverse City, Mi. 2003-2005
- “A Spot of Tea”, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, Pennslyvania, May, 2004
- “Festival Art Exhibit”, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Mi. June 2004
- “Steeped in Tradition”: Design and Embellishment”, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Mi.
- “The Teapot Show”, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, Mi. March 2004
- Mayor Heartwell’s Office Art Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Nov. 2006
- Panel in Mark Di Suvero Peace Tower Project,
- Whitney Biennial, New York City, March 2006
- “Dinner Works, Louisville Visual Art Association, Feb. 2006
- “Teapots: Universal Adoration”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Mi. May, 2006
- Alabama Clay Conference Clay Exhibit, Kennedy-Douglas Art Center, Florence, AL , 2007
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Sales Gallery, 2007 and 2010
- Teapot Show- Gallery 423, Columbus, IN, 2008
- “Feeling Groovy”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, 2008
- “Fantasy Teapots from the Arthur Goldberg Collection”,
- Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2008
- “The Infinite Teapot” Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, 2009
- Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI 2009 and 2010
- “Teapots- 4th Annual Invitational”, Pittsburgh, PA, May, 2010
- “Let There Be Cake”, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petosky, MI 2011
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Competition-2012
- “National Teapot Show IX” Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC 2014
- Teapot Show, Bella Arte Gallery, VA 2014
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Show 2014
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Show 2015
- Uptown Gallery, Grand Haven, MI 2016
- “Functional Ceramics”, Milikin University, Decatur, IL 2015
- Teapot Show, Bella Arte Gallery, VA 2015
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Show, 2016
- ARTPRIZE- Grand Rapids, MI – 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015,2017
- “Celebration of the Arts”, First Church, Grand Rapids, 2017
- Lowell Arts, West Michigan Arts Competition, Lowell, MI 2017
- “Teapots!”-11th Invitational”, Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2017
- “National Teapot Show X”-Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC 2017
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Show- Festival Juror’s Award-2017
- ArtPrize 2017, Grand Rapids, MI
- “Teapots!-12th Invitational”-Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA 2018
- Lowell Arts, West Michigan Arts Competition, Lowell, MI 2019
- “Tea Time”- Clay Center of New Orleans, 2019
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Art Show-2019
- 91st Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI-2019
- “Women’s Works”, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL 2020
- “Contemporary Clay 2020”-Biennial Juried Exhibition, Western CO Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO 2020
- “Cedar Creek Invitational Teapot Show”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC 2020
- “New and You” Lowell Arts, Lowell, MI 2020
- “Cups With A Conscience”, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA 2021
GRANTS
- Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Mi.-2003, “Glaze Experimentation in the Cone 6 Firing Range”
AWARDS
- Oakbrook Fine Craft Invitational- Best in Show- July 2006
- “Celebration of the Arts”, First Church, Grand Rapids, MI 2012- Honorable Mention
- Grand Rapids Festival Regional Exhibit- West Michigan Potters Award and the S.H.E. Foundation Award for excellence in Depiction of the Feminine
- Grand Rapids Festival 2015-Martha Despres Memorial Award and the S.H.E. Foundation Award for Excellence in Depiction of the Feminine
- Grand Rapids Festival 2016: La Fontsee Gallery 3-D Award
PRESENTATIONS
- Michigan Mud, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mi. 2004
- U.I.C.A. “Criterrama” slide presentation, Grand Rapids, Mi.. March 2007
- Michigan Art Teacher Convention, Grand Rapids, MI 2008
- Panel Discussion, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 2015