Education
1996 Master of Fine Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1994 Master of Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Summer Session.
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
Teaching Experience
2009-2021 Full Professor, Sierra Nevada University, Incline Village, NV.
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Ceramics
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Sculpture
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Video Practices
SNO 123 Orientation
Natural Material Sculpture
Advanced Drawing
Advanced Studio
Taiwan and Japan Travel Courses
2005-08 Sculpture Program Coordinator, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Programed and co-taught numerous courses, managed budget and sculpture studio.
2001-08 Adjunct Professor, Colorado Mountain College Aspen, CO
Advanced Ceramics
2000-01 Teaching Assistant in Ceramics/Sculpture, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2000 Visiting Assistant Professor of Professorof Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Graduate Seminar
3-D Design
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Ceramics
1998 Instructor , International Art Center of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 1997
Graduate Assistant to Dan Hammett, Ceramics Professor, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1996-99 Ceramics / Sculpture Instructor, Ursuline Academy, Dallas, TX.
1994-99 Ceramics Instructor, Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
1993 Graduate Assistant to Cameron Scheopp, Sculpture Professor, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Workshop Teaching Experience
2021 DIY Pewter Casting, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2018 DIY Pewter Casting, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2016 From Mind to Matter, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2013 Sound and Form, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Four Materials, Five Days, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2011 Four Materials, Five Days, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2010 Four Materials, Five Days, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2008 Advanced Sculpture: Ideas and Solutions, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2007 Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Helen Escobedo and Pam Joseph, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO.
2007 Basic Sculpture: Ideas and Solutions, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2006 Sculpture Intensive, team-taught with Judy Onifrio and Nathan Carter,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Shapes and Forms,Teaching Assistant toRobert Brady and Sandy Simon, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Good
Hope, Jamaica.
2005 Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Lynda Benglis and Garrison Roots, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO.
2004 Basic Sculpture Techniques, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Sculpture Intensive with guest artists Rico Eastman and Laura Thorne,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2002 Workshop for Jamaican Art Teachers and School Children
(K-12), Facilitators: Rick Parsons, John Scott, Doug Casebeer and David Pinto, Jamaica.
2000 Mixed Media Sculpture and Small Scale Casting, Teaching Assistant to
John Scott and James Surls, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Good Hope, Jamaica.
1997 Raku Techniques ISAS, St. Marks Academy, Dallas, TX.
1994 Construction Techniques, Sleeping Bag Weekend, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1994 Ceramics Workshop and Lecture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
Visiting Artist Lectures
2013 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
University of North Carolina , Asheville, NC
2007 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
2006 University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
University of Texas Pan-America, Edinburg, TX.
2003 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
Collegiate Service, Sierra Nevada College, NV.
2013 Co-Chair, Faculty Council
2008-13 Strategic Partnerships Committee
Retention Committee
Visual Literacy Committee
Accreditation Committee
Disciplinary Hearing Committee
Clay Club Faculty Advisor
Residencies
2014 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Visiting Artist, Snowmass Village, CO.
2012 Watershed Invitational Residency, Watershed, ME.
2001-02 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Selected list of programmed and facilitated classes, Anderson Ranch, CO.
2005-08 Jim Campbell and Anat Pollack, Organic Motion, Kinetic and Interactive Sculpture.
Robert Ebendorf, Small Scale Sculpture and Wearable Art.
Robin Lasser, Sculpture Sound and Image.
Jesus Morales, Exploring Public Sculpture and Model Making.
Robin Hill, Materials in Process: Alternative Approaches to Sculpture.
Lawrence LaBianca, Basic Welding for Sculptors.
Tracy Krumm, The Found Object and Various Experiments.
James Surls, Line in Space.
David Kimball Anderson, Small Scale Bronze Casting.
Patrick Dougherty, Natural Materials Sculpture.
John Grande and Alan Sonfist, Environmental Art.
Jesse Lott, The El Pinatero Method: Paper Construction.
Jim Cole, Sculptural Furniture.
Arthur Simms, Creating Sculptural Forms in Space: Found Objects.
Tracy Hicks, Studies in Preservation and Collection: Alternative Processes.
Terry Allen, Building on Ideas, Looking for Source.
Stephen Siegel, Sculpture: Small Things Add Up.
Professional Experience
2012 “Creating a Scaffolding for Student Success in the Arts,” Lilly
Teaching Conference, Miami, OH. Presentation.
2008 Assistant to Artist James Surls, Carbondale, CO.
Board Member, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO.
2005-02 Studio Manager, Sculpture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2004 Panelist, Under the Influence: Digital/Elemental, NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
2001 Juror, Stretch Invitational, African American Museum, Charlotte, NC.
Co-Organizer, First Annual K-12 Ceramics Exhibition, Juror Don Reitz
Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX. Coinciding with NCECA Arts.
Excavation of Local Clays: K-12 Curriculum, NCECA Conference, Fort Worth, TX. Presentation.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Writing from Mars, "Court House Gallery,” Carson City, NV.
2013 Points of Flux, "Infrastructure,” Sierra Nevada College, NV.
2010 Art Department Gallery, "Infrastructure,” Santa Clara University, CA.
2007 Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, Rick Parsons and Helen Otterson, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN.
2005 Charles and Dorothy Clark Gallery, The University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, TX.
2002 m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, NJ.
1999 Big House Gallery, Big House, Galveston, TX.
1996 Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, New Talent Gallery, Irving, TX.
1994 Masters of Art Thesis Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Group Exhibitions
2021 Common Ground , Sonoma Arts Center, Sonoma, CA.
2020 Clay &C, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA.
2020 Propelling Nevada Through the Arts, Reno Airport, Reno, NV.
2017 Art Village:50 Year Retrospective , Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Dallas TX.
2016 Anderson Ranch Legacy, Kansas City Convention Center, MO.
2013 University of Dallas Traveling Alumni Show,
Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX.
University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Winter Street Studio, Houston, TX.
Texans and Ex’s, Winter Street Studio, Houston, TX.
2012 Sierra Nevada Faculty and Alumni Show, The Hobson Gallery, Reno, NV.
Faculty Show, Sierra Nevada College, NV.
2011 An Impractical Idea, Something Visionary and Unrealistic, Emil Nelson Gallery, Santa
Monica,CA.
Doceo Argilla, The Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA.
Soldner Society Show, The Heights Trolley Barn, Tampa , FL.
2010 Contemporary Clay RedefinedMish-Mash Strikes Back,: The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ.
2009 Spoon It, Fork It, Cut It Up, Curator Gail M. Brown, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD.
Elements of Time, Mertz Project, curator Helen Otterson, Phoenix, AZ.
2008 Artists in Residence: Anderson Ranch, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.
Imaginary Things, Aspen Museum of Art, guest curator Peter Eleey of the
Walker Art Center, Aspen, CO.
Object- Based, Gallery at Carillion, Charlotte, NC.
Transformation 6x6, Clay Arts Center, Port Chester, NY.
Extending Boundaries, Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Erudite Lunacy, 3rd Street Gallery,curator Tony Moreno Carnegie, PA.
2007 Seeing Red, Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO.
In search of Duende, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO.
Line and Volume, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN.
2006 Alterior Motives, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD.
The Teapot Exhibition, The University of Miami, Wesley Foundation Gallery, Miami, FL. (Invitational show
celebrating the history of tea and tea culture)
Alchemy of Fire and Ash, Commonwheel Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO.
Zibaldone di pensieri (casual thoughts), Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, CO.
2005 Echoes, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Another Mish Mash, Chesapeake Arts Center, Baltimore, MD.
Texas National, Juror: James Surls Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
2004 The Ranch at UM, The University of Miami, Wesley Foundation Gallery, Miami,FL.
Texas and Beyond, The University of Texas-Pan America, Edinburg , TX.
Mish Mash Redux, The Midland Arts Building, Indianapolis, ID.
2003 Anderson Ranch Resident Artist Show, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO.
High Altitude Currents, Laramie County Community College, Laramie, WY.
Faculty Show, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO.
Continuance, Galeria JAN, La Jolla, CA.
2002 Texas Mud, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX.
Another Mish Mash, Hobb's Building Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2001 Anderson Ranch Ceramics/Sculpture, Public Library of Charlotte, NC.
Emergence Theory, Public Library of Charlotte, NC.
Mish Mash, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
2000 Holiday Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Anderson Ranch Assistant Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2000 Four at 414, 414 Gallery, Ft.Worth, TX.
1999 Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1999 NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.
1998 UTPB Invitational, University of Texas at Permium Basin, Odessa, TX.
To Have and to Hold: Vessel Making by Texas Artist, Invitational, Irving Arts Center, Main Gallery, Irving, TX.
Texas Technical University Invitational, Fort Worth, TX.
Alumni Show: Juried Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1997 Membership Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX.
1996 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX.
Exchange Show, University of Iowa, IA.
Texas Clay Today, Slide Show Presentation, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
Mysterious Worlds, Collaboration with Mary Hood Center for Book Arts, New York, NY.
1995 Five Views, Brookhaven Community College, Farmers Branch, TX.
In One Room, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Process, Material, Intent, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX.
Rimichrodi, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1993 Chridonariís, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Art Alliance Spring Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX.
1992 Art Alliance Spring Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX.
Things in Cages, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.
Publications
2012 “Great Artists, Great Teachers ” Tahoe Quarterly, Spring 2012: 36.
2008 Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic,
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008.
2008 “Questions of Art,” dir. Zach Jankovic. Film. (A documentary film on Rick
Parsons, James Surls, and Mike Lindsay). View at www.zachjankovic.com
2007 “Everyday Shapes Turned into Art,” The Charlotte Observer ,May 16,2008.
2007 “Studio Visit With Rick Parsons” Interviewed by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson,
Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Arts Museum. Art Matters, Grass
Roots TV . TelevisionBroadcast.
2007 Cloonan, Mary. “The Salient Point,” Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 26 No.4, May, 2007.
2004 “Anderson Ranch Artist in Residence,” Clay Times, Vol. 10 No.1 Jan./ Feb. 2004.
2003 Cover Artist, American Literary Review, Vol. 14 No. 2, Fall, 2003.
2003 “Something for Everyone,”Snowmass Sun, Vol. 27 , No.27 Dec. 17-23, 2003.
2003 “LCCC Hosting Art Center Work”The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Sept. 19, 2003.
2003 “Texas Mud: Ceramic Artists in Texas,” The Dallas Morning News, Nov.8-14
2002 “Artist Works in Progress,” The Sand Paper, Vol.28, No. 41.
2000 “Four at 414” The Met, May 3, 2000.
1999 Merino, Tony. “A Voice of Dissent” The NCECA Journal, vol.19, 1999.
1998 Gulf News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 1998.
1996 Fort Worth Star Telegram (August).
1996 “Rick Parsons and Ceramic Sculpture” The Pottery Shop. PBS TV Series, April, 1996.
Awards
2021 Awarded teacher of the year by the Student Government
2014 Nazir and Mary Ansari Excellence in Teaching Gold Medal Award, Sierra Nevada
College.
SNC internal grant for introducing micro computing devices into
Three-dimensional Practices.
2013 Awarded teacher of the year by the Student Government
2000 Field Expedition with James Surls and John Scott: Scholarship Student/Teaching Assistant, Jamaica.
1995 Full Tuition Scholarship, Master of Fine Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
1993 Full Tuition Scholarship, Master of Arts, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
First Place in Sculpture, Art Alliance Spring Show, Juror-James Surls, artist, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX.
1992 First Place in Sculpture and Third in Painting, Art Alliance Spring Show, Juror-Patricia Johnson, Art critic for the
Houston Chronicle, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
Commissions/Collections
Aspen Art Museum, Imaginary Things, guest curator Peter Eleey of the Walker Art Center.
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
The Wyly Collection, CO.
The Chaffin Collection Spring Island, NC.
Public Mural, Collaboration, Rapid Alternative Learning Program, Nacogdoches, TX.
Public Mural, Collaboration, National Humane Society, Nacogdoches, TX.
Professional Affiliations
International Sculpture Center
College Art Association
National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts