LAURIE LONGTIN
EDUCATION
2017-2019 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2011-2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-2021 Production Generalist, Motawi Tileworks, Ann Arbor, MI
2019-Present Ceramics Faculty and Technician, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2019-Present Ceramics Instructor, Sugar Hill Clay, Detroit, MI
2018 Ceramics Forum Lecturer, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2018 Ceramics Commission, Siren Hotel, Detroit, MI
2017 Artist Assistant to Tasha Chemel, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
2015 - 2017 Assistant Teacher, Studio Monitor, & Independent Artist, Harvard University Ceramics Program, Boston, MA
2013 - 2017 Ceramics Instructor & Technician, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2015 Resident Artist, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
2014 Assistant Teacher, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
Awarded an honorable mention and chosen to participate in an online exhibition.
2019 Merit Scholarship, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Received a merit-based scholarship to attend a class at Oxbow School of Art.
2018 Exhibiting Artist, Mercedes Benz: Experiencing Perspectives, Farmington Hills, MI
Chosen to exhibit at Mercedes Benz Financial Services and included in the exhibition publication.
2014 Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
A series of three pieces was chosen for this award.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (2018 - 2020)
2020
1000 Vases, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
Great Lakes Art Festival, Online Exhibition, greatlakesartfestival.com
Hard to Choose Hard to Loose, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
Creating in Quarantine, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
GVSU Ceramics Forum Alumni Group Show - Postponed, NCECA, Richmond, VA
Student and Faculty Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Leap Day, Sugar Hill Clay, Detroit, MI
2019
Noel Night Pop-Up, LTU Design Center, Detroit, MI
SPECTRA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Spring Happening, Next Step Studio, Ferndale, MI
Object Material Belief, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018
Actual: Materiality, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz, Farmington Hills, MI
Open Studio, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Intermixed, David Salkin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Superstition, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Basically, 15'x50', G1 Exhibit Space, Pittsburgh, PA