BARBARA DIDUK

Work: (717) 245-1656/1053

Cell: (717) 571-1417
diduk@dickinson.edu

Work Address:
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
Department of Art & Art History
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013

Home Address:
152 East Locust Street
Carlisle, PA 17013

Education

M.F.A. 1976-78 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Major: Ceramics
Minor: Photography

Surrey Diploma 1974-76 The Surrey Institute of Art and Design

Farnham, England

B.A. 1973 College of William and Mary, Virginia

Major: Anthropology

1971-72 Universität Stuttgart and Universität Heidelberg

Germany Summer Language Program
Teaching Experience

1980-Present Dickinson College, Art & Art History Department, Carlisle, PA

Charles A. Dana Professor of Art, Introductory and Advanced Ceramics and
Design
Spring 1993 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1978-1980 Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
Instructor of Ceramics, Introductory and Advanced Ceramics
1976-1977 University of Minnesota, Studio Arts Department, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Ceramics

Publications and Reviews

Dickinson Magazine, “Art Across the Ocean”, Spring 2008, p. 39

American Ceramics, Spring 2008
CIDU Evening News, Television Documentary, The Vase Project, Jingdezhen, China, October, 2006
EKWC Book Publication, by Anton Reidjers, A & C Black, London, forthcoming in 2005.
The Sculpture Reference Illustrated, by Arthur Williams, 2004
American Ceramics, Volume 14, Number 2, 2003
New York Times Review, Handmade By Design Exhibition, American Craft Museum, 2002
"Clay & Steel" Exhibition Catalogue, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, March, 1999
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Fellowship Recipients Catalogue, 1999
The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1999
Ceramics Monthly, September 1999, p. 50-51
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The Critical State of Visual Art in New York Review, February 1, 1999, p. 46
American Ceramics, Spring 1997, p. 55
Neue Keramik, May 1996
The Philadelphia Inquirer (The Arts), March 12, 1992
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1989, 3-D
Metropolitan Home, November 1988, p. 165, 167

Websites
www.thevaseproject.com

Workshops and Residencies

2011 Guest artist Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China; June
2010 Guest artist the Ceramic Institute in Jingdezhen, China - sponsored by the University of West
Virginia; April - June
2008 NCECA (National Conference for Education in the Ceramic Arts), Annual Conference, Panel
Presenter, Residencies in China, Pittsburgh, PA; March
2006 Lecture: “The Vase Project: Landscape in Blue”, Pottery Workshop, Experimental
Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen, China, October.
2006 Pottery Workshop, Experimental Sculpture Factory Residency, Jingdezhen, China. 2006
National BFA Reviews, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China; July.
2006 Artist Lecture, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China, July.
2005 Artist Residency, European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland;
January-March.
Invitational Artist Presentation & Demonstration at Annual NCECA Conference,
Baltimore, MD; March (video produced - spring 2006); March.
2004 Artist Residency at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China;
October-December.
Artist Residency at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Inst. in Jingdezhen, China; May-July.
2003 Panel discussion of ‘Four Pennsylvania Ceramists’, Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Messiah College;
September.
2003 Conversations with Artists Program, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College;
May
2002 Eight-month Artist Residency, Hunter College, New York, N.Y.
Lectures, Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China; July.
2001 One-month Artist Residency, ICS (International Ceramics Studio), Kecskemet,
Hungary; June.
Lecture, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA; April.
Gallery Talk, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; January.
1997 Three-month Artist Residency at EKWC (European Ceramics Work Centre),
s’Hertogenbosch, Holland. The EKWC is an international ceramic work center that
hosts artists from around the world to pursue ceramic sculpture (particularly
large-scale); September-December.
Workshop on Assemblage Sculpture in Clay, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton,
NJ; July.
1996 Workshop and Lecture, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA; April.
1995 Workshop and Lecture, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; January.
1994 Workshop and Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL; November.
Workshop, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; April.
1992 Workshop, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA; April.
1985 Panel Presentation, "The Importance of Form to Pottery," NCECA Conference, St.
Louis, MO.
Artist's Residency, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID;
June-July.
Workshop at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; April.
Slide Presentation of Work, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA; April.
“West Virginian Potter’s Gathering”, 3-Day Invitational Workshop, Ripley, WV; March.
1984 Conducted Three-Day Artist-Potter, Workshop/Residency, Wooster College, Wooster, OH; April.
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Workshop and Slide Presentation, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
1983 Workshop, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; February.
1981 Workshop, Invitational Visiting artist, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
1980 Workshop, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; October.
1979 Workshop, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO; November.
Workshop, University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, IL; November.

Exhibitions (A sampling since 1992)

2013 Vase Project: Landscape in Blue Installation, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA;
(forthcoming)
2012 Vase Project: Landscape in Blue Installation, Gardiner Museum,Toronto, Canada;
October (forthcoming)
2011 Vase Project: Landscape in Blue Installation Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
MN; October (forthcoming)
Vase Project: Landscape in Blue, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College,Easton, PA;
April (60 page catalog funded by the Henry Luce Foundation)
“Across Cultures: Together in Jingdezhen” Group Exhibition, Paul Mesaros Gallery, University of
West Virginia, Morgantown, WV; March
Culture Blending in the Ceramic Arts”, Queens College, Flushing NY; February
Group Exhibition, “China Project”, West Chester University Gallery, West Chester, Pennsylvania;
Spring
2010 Group Exhibition, Zhejiang Kiln International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China;
2009 Group Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of American Craft and Folk Art
Retrospective exhibition - “Warren MacKenzie: Legacy of an American Potter”,
San Francisco, CA; August
2009 Group Exhibition, “Woman Power”, Ewha Sculpture Association, Hanjeon Art Center, Seoul,
Korea; October 2009
2008 Group Exhibition, “China Project”, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg; October
Area Community College, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; November.
2008 Group Exhibition, “Smaak en Kraak,” Kunstenaars ontdekken Keramiek,
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, Pottenbakkersmuseum, Holland; November.
2006 The Vase Project: Landscape in Blue, Installation of 101 vases, The Great China museum,
Jingdezhen, China; October.
2006 International Ceramic Masters Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Great China
Museum, Jingdezhen, China; October.
2006 Still Life as Sculpture, The Trout Gallery, Carlisle, PA; March.
2006 “The Vase Project”, Conceptual Piece; March.
2005 End Presentation Exhibition, European Ceramic Workcenter (EKWC),
s’Hertogenbosch, Holland; March.
Group Exhibition, Galerie de Witte Voet Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland; January.
2004 Two-Person Exhibition, Sanbao Ceramic Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China; July.
2003 College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH. “21st Century Ceramics: An Extensive
Survey of the Best of Current Work in the United States & Canada”; October.
2003 Messiah College, Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Grantham, PA. “PA Clay: Four
Pennsylvania Ceramists”; September.
2002 Two-Person Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, N.Y.; January.
2002 Group Exhibition, “Black and Gray,” Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY; January.
Group Exhibition, “Made from the Hand,” Galerie De Witte Voet, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; January.
2001 Group Exhibition, "Objects for Use: Made with Pride," American Craft Museum, New
York, NY; September.
Group Exhibition, "Contemporary Ceramics," Burke Gallery, State University of
New York, Plattsburgh, NY; September.
Two-Person Exhibition, "Kingdom: New Work by Robert Parke Harrison" and "Clay
and Steel: Sculpture by Barbara Diduk," Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy
Cross, Worcester, MA; March.
Group Exhibition, "In Our Own Back Yard," Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA;
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February.
Solo Exhibition, "Ceramic Works: Barbara Diduk," Sykes Gallery, Millersville
University, Millersville, PA; January.
Group Exhibition, "In Our Own Back Yard," Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA;
January.
2000 Group Exhibition, "Ten Years in Retrospect," Northern Clay Ctr., Minneapolis, MN.
Group Exhibition, “Sublime Servers,” James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown,
PA; June.
Two-Person Exhibition, “Barbara Diduk,” Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; May.
Group Exhibition, “Sublime Servers,” Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY; April.
Group Exhibition, “Sublime Servers,” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore,MD; January.
1999 Solo Exhibition, “Barbara Diduk: Recent Work,” List Gallery, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA; October.
Solo Exhibition, “Barbara Diduk,” Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY; January.
1998 “Barbara Diduk: Recent Work and EYE MIND, Robert Cavenagh” (Two Sabbatical
Exhibitions), The Trout Gallery, Carlisle, PA; November.
Group Exhibition, “de Keuze van ...,” Galerie de Witte Voet, Amsterdam,
Netherlands; May.
Group Exhibition, EKWC (Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum), Centro de Artesania e
Deseño de Galicia, Spain; May.
1997 Presentatie, Barbara Diduk, Solo Presentation, EKWC (European Ceramic Work
Center), S’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; December.
Group Exhibition, “Tracing Tradition,” Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Group Exhibition, “Ceramic Still Life,” California College of Arts & Crafts, Oliver Art Center,
Oakland, California; September
1997 Group Exhibition, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN; August.
Group Exhibitions in conjunction with the annual NCECA Conference & the Clay
Studio, “Salt & Pepper,” Las Vegas, NV; April and Philadelphia, PA; February.
1996 "Recent Work," Solo Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY; March.
1995 Two-Person Exhibition, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA; March.
Alumni Exhibition in conjunction with NCECA, "Borderline Clay", Katherine E. Nash
Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; March.
1994 "Sphere of Influence," Group Exhibition, New Wagner Gallery, Southern Illinois
University, Edwardsville, IL; November.
“Recent Work,” Solo Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY; April.
1993 “Space Within, the Vessel as Sculpture,” Group Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery,
Camden County Cultural and Heritage Committee, Camden, NJ; November.
Invitational Benefit Exhibition and Auction, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
Invitational Benefit Exhibition, Center for the Ceramic Arts, Watershed, ME; June.
1992 Director’s Choice, Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center,
Tempe, AZ.
Three-Person Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY; May.
Still Life, Group Show, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; April.

Academic Consultant
External Consultant-Evaluator for Art Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, October 2010
External Consultant-Evaluator for Art Department, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, February 1999
External Consultant-Evaluator for Art Department, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, January 1994
External Consultant-Evaluator for Fine Arts Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1991
External Consultant-Evaluator for Fine Arts Department, Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD,
1988
External Consultant-Evaluator for Fine Arts Department, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1989

Professional Consultant/Reviewer
2010 Outside Reviewer for Gettysburg College Art & Art History Department, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
2009 Membership on the Advisory Council for awarding the Masters of Fine Arts and Graduate
Certificate in Ceramic Arts at Hood College’s Graduate School
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2009 Outside Reviewer for a faculty tenure candidacy, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2007 Outside Reviewer for tenure candidate, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2006 BFA Reviewer for degree candidates, Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China;
Summer
2000 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Reviewer of Art Museums in Pennsylvania; January
1999 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Reviewer of State Arts Organizations; April

Jurying and Student Assessment

2008 Assessor of Studio Honors Projects, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA; May
1997 Assessor of Studio Honors Projects, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA; May
1997 Juror for Annual Studio student Exhibition, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA; March

Grants
2011 Henry Luce Foundation grant supporting, The Vase Project : Landscape in
Blue, New York, NY
2004-05 Research and Development Grant, Dickinson College, Jingdezhen, China
2002 Summer Research & Development Grant, Presentations at Jingdezhen
Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2001 Summer Research & Development Grant, Residency at ICS (International
Ceramics Studio), Kecskemet, Hungary
1999 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in Crafts Grant
1997-1998 Residency at European Ceramics Work Centre, The Netherlands
1997, 1996 Research and Development Summer Grants, Dickinson College
1994, 1991 Research and Development Grant, Dickinson College, May
1989 Pennsylvania Artist's Fellowship Grant, PCA

Cross-Cultural Experience

China
2010 Ceramic Institute & West Virginia University Artist Residency Grant -
supported by the Luce Foundation, Jingdezhen, China; April-June
2006 International Experimental Sculpture Factory and Pottery
Workshop Residency, Jingdezhen, China
2005 International Experimental Sculpture Factory and Pottery
Workshop Residency.
2004 San Bao International Artist Residency.
2002 Ceramic Study Trip to China; Summer.
1998 Dickinson College Faculty Immersion Program-China; Summer.

Hungary 2001 Artist residency, ICS (International Ceramics Studio),

Kecskemet; Summer.

Netherlands 2005 Sabbatical Studio Year at the EKWC (European Ceramic Work Center)
Artist residency s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1997-1998 Sabbatical Studio Year in s’Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam.

Germany 1996 Language Study at University of Bremen.

1975 Six weeks research on German salt-glazed pottery following
work in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England;
travel to Czechoslovakia and Greece with visits to Greek
potteries and potteries on Crete.
1971-1972 Summer; attended language courses in Stuttgart and
Heidelberg; travel in France and Denmark.
1951-1964 Lived in Germany until age 13.