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Cal Breed
Education
Illinois State University 1998/99
-Graduate Studies
The Ohio State University 1997
-Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude
Pilchuck Glass School 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008
-Studied under Dante Marioni and Dick Marquis, Richard Royal, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen,
Pino Signoretto
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1994, 1996, 2003
-Studied under Paul Cunningham, Lino Tagliapietra, Benjamin Moore
Professional Experience
Juror, Alabama State Council of Arts 2007 Fellowship Recipients 2006/2018
President/Designer Orbix Hot Glass Studio, Fort Payne, AL 2002/Present
Teaching Experience
Appalachian Center for Craft – Instructor 2017/2020
Pilchuck Glass School – Instructor, “Guns and Ammo” 2013
Pilchuck Glass School – Teaching Assistant for R. Royal/Pino Signoretto 2008
Pilchuck Glass School – Teaching Assistant for Paul Cunningham 1998
Illinois State University – Teaching Assistant for Advanced Glass 1998
Glass Axis, Columbus, OH – Paperweight and Intermediate Glass 1997
The Ohio State University – Teaching Assistant for Beginning Glass 1997
Glass Axis – Teaching Assistant for Paul Cunningham 1996
Awards
Alabama State Council of Arts – Individual Artist Grant 2015
Corning Foundation Award Full Scholarship – Pilchuck Glass School 2007
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship Recipient 2006
Alabama State Council of Arts – Individual Artist Grant 2005
2004 Niche Award, Latitude Vase 2004
Arts and Sciences Awards for Excellence in Scholarship 1997
Pilchuck Glass School Full Scholarship Recipient 1997
Hoyt L. Sherman Memorial Scholarship Award 1997
Mary Beason Bishop and Francis Sumner Merit Scholarship 1996
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship, Ohio State University 1996
Exhibitions
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art – Solo Exhibit “Signs of Lift” 2019
Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL “Made in Alabama” Group Show 2016
Huntsville Museum of Art – Solo Exhibit “Pelts and Lyrics” 2013
Johnson Center of the Arts, Troy, AL- Alabama Masters 2011
Kittrell Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX Group Show 2011
Johnson Center of the Arts, Troy, AL- Alabama Masters 2009
Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL – Alabama Originals: Contemporary Craft 2007
Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL – Solo Exhibit 2007
The William and Joseph Gallery, Sante Fe, NM – Abstract and Incalmo 2006
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA – Blown Away 2006
Alabama Artists Gallery – Works of Distinction: 2005-2006 Fellowship Recipients 2006
River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN Group Show 2006
Materials: Hard and Soft – Group Show, Denton TX 2005
Alabama Artists Gallery – Just Use It: Contemporary Craft Expression 2005
American Craft Council – Southeast Region Spotlight 2004 2004
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC – Group Exhibition 2004
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS – National Arts Challenge Exhibition 2003
The Museum at Kentuck, Northport, AL – Solo Exhibition – Clarity 2003
Galerie Alegria, Birmingham, AL – Solo Exhibition 2003
River Galley, Chattanooga, TN – Group Exhibition 2003
American Craft Council – Southeast Region “Spotlight 2003” 2003
The Gallery of American Craft, Wheaton Village, NJ – The Ripple Effect in Glass 1997
Traveling Exhibition of Works by Alabama Glass Artists – FACETS 1997
Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Art Center Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – BFA Exhibition 1997
Public Collections
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
Publications/Press/Video
Alabama Craft: Tradition and Innovation Documentary – Alabama Public Television 2009