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R E S U M E :

Education

2010 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Honors, Providence, RI

2003 BFA, NYSCC @ Alfred University, Cum Laude, Art major & Dance minor, Alfred, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Norfolk Academy, Perrel Art Gallery, Norfolk, VA

2017 Pier 94, Association of International Photographers & Art Dealers, The Photography Show, New York, NY 

2016 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Solo Exhibition, Houston TX

2015 Charles H Taylor Center, Solo Exhibition, Through the Looking Glass, Hampton, VA

2015 Heller Gallery, Through Bloodlines + Timelines, New York, NY   

2014 The Chrysler Museum of Art, Charlotte’s Web, Norfolk, VA

2014 Visual Arts Center, Personal Cartography, Solo Exhibition, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA 

2013 Chrysler Museum of Art, Sister Act, Performance by sisters Charlotte & Grace Potter, Norfolk, VA

2013 Vestibule 102, Sideways Chandelier, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

2007 SRB Gallery, The Genius Waitress, Solo Exhibition, Jackson, WY

2007 Craft Gallery, Illuminate, Jackson, WY

2007 Koshu, Conversations in Glass, Jackson, WY

Selected Exhibitions

2023  Lisa Sette, The Moon is a Lantern, Phoenix, AZ

2020  Lisa Sette, Gilded Saints, Phoenix, AZ

2018  Wichita Museum of Art, Cameo Glass in Context: Charlotte Potter & April Surgent, Wichita, KA

2018  Boise Art Museum, A New State of Matter, Boise ID

2017  Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Portrait Exhibition, Newport News, VA

2017  Charles H Taylor Center, Virginia Glass Guild, Hampton VA

2017 Lisa Sette Gallery, Tell Me Why?, Pheonix, AZ 

2017 Workhouse Arts, Women Now, Group Exhibition, Lorton, VA 

2017 Work | Release, Under the Gun, Group Exhibition, Norfolk, VA

2016 Lisa Sette Gallery, Duo Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ

2016 Richman Gallery, Feeling Finds Thought, Group Exhibition, Baltimore Maryland

2016 Sikka Art Fair, Post Glass Film Festival, Al Fahidi, Dubai

2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Objects in Flux, Boston MA

2015 Lisa Sette Gallery, Vignettes, Phoenix, AZ

2015 Richmond Visual Arts Center, Social Media and Craft, Richmond, VA

2014 SOFA Chicago, Antler Series, Wexler Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014 Wexler Gallery, Flux: Four Artists redefining Glass, Philadelphia, PA

2014 Lorrie Saunders Gallery, Clouds + Ash, Norfolk VA

2014 Seldon Arcade, Cutting Edge Contemporary Glass, Norfolk, VA

2014 The Workhouse Art Center, Glass Unpolished; Fabricated Histories and Imagined Futures, Lorton, VA

2014 The Shelburne Museum, Supercool Glass, Shelburne, VT

2013 Virginia Wesleyan College, Faculty Exhibiton, Virginia Beach, VA

2013 Wheaton Arts Glass Weekend, Fellowship Retrospective, Millville, NJ

2013 Suffolk Cultural Arts Center, Grey Matter, Chrysler Museum Glass Faculty Exhibition, Suffolk, VA

2013 Arts Association, Crystallized Light, 40 years of glass making in the Tetons, Jackson, WY

2013 Annual Arts Auction, Washington Project for the Arts, Curated by Amy Brandt, Washington DC 2012

2012 Claire Oliver Gallery, Beyond Bling; The Artist as Jeweler, New York, NY

2012 Space Gallery, Fresh Young and Fabulous, Norfolk, VA

2012 Charles Taylor Gallery, Peninsula Glass Guild Annual Exhibition, Hampton, VA

2012 S12 Galleri og Verksted, Young & Loving Retrospective , Bergen, Norway

2012 The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, FUSION; A NEW Century of Glass, Oklahoma City, OK

2012 Hermitage Museum, Retooled, Governors School for the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Norfolk, VA

2012 Virginia Wesleyan College, Faculty Exhibition, Virginia Beach, VA

2011 Post Glass Video Festival, Australian Glass Conference, Sydney Australia

2010 S12 Galleri og Verksted, Young & Loving, Bergen, Norway 

2010 Heller Gallery, Post Glass, New York, NY

2010 Glass Art Society Conference, Performance Glass Video Festival, Louisville, KY

2010 Heir Space, Looking, Glass Graduate Exhibition, Heir Space, Providence, RI

2010 Toledo Museum of Art, Cirque de Verre Performance, Toledo OH

2010 Rhode Island Convention Center Accumulations of Opaque Experiments, Providence, RI

2010 Gelman Gallery Carnival, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI

2009 Goggleworks Art Center, Cirque de Verre, performance, Reading PA

2009 Gelman Gallery, From Beginning to End, Chase Center, Providence, RI

2009 Gelman Gallery, This is a Show About Rock and Roll, Chase Center, Providence, RI

2009 Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, The Tourist Trap, Jackson Hole, WY

2009 Flux Space Gallery, Adventures in the Land of Smoke and Mirrors, Philadelphia, PA

2009 Everything is fine, the market is fine, Risties’s, Organized by The Brothers Muller & Matthew Perez, Providence, RI

2009 Corning Museum of Glass, Cirque de Verre, performance, Corning, NY

2009 Hillel Gallery, Fragile Present, exchange between K-arts in Korea and RISD Glass, Providence, RI

2008 Sol Koffler Gallery, Reflections, Providence, RI

2008 Teton Art Lab,  The Architecture of Display, Jackson, WY

2008 Urban Glass, Cirque de Verre, Performance, Brooklyn, NY

2008 Creative Glass Center of America, The Cirque de Verre, performance, Millville, NJ

2007 SRB Gallery, The Genius Waitress, Solo Exhibition, Jackson, WY

2007 Craft Gallery, Illuminate, solo exhibition, Jackson, WY

2007 Koshu, Conversations in Glass, Solo Exhibition, Jackson, WY

2006 Lyndsay McCandles Contemporary, Mixed Media, Jackson, WY

2006 Art Dimensions, Six Feet Under, St. Louis, MO

2005 The Gallery at High Street Design, Work It, Curated by Beth Lipman, Millville, NJ

2003 Gallery 201, Filters of Thought Alfred, NY

2003 Robert Turner Gallery, On Form, glass and multi media show, Alfred, NY

2002 Robert Turner Gallery, The Free Word Association, trio glass show, Alfred, NY

2002-2003 The Museum of Luminous Phenomena, Annual Light Show, Alfred, NY

2001 Whitehouse books, I Love A Good Piece of Glass, Corning, NY

2000 Fostic Nelson Gallery, Multi Media Foundation Show, Alfred, NY

Professional Experience

2023 Toledo Museum of Art, GAPP Resident Artist, Toledo, OH

2020-present Barry Art Museum, Executive Director, Norfolk, VA

2019 Yestermorrow Design Build School, Executive Director, Waitsfield, VT

2017 Glass Arts Society, Co-Chair International Glass Arts Society Conference, Norfolk, VA

2015 Work|Release, Curator, Native, Norfolk, VA

2015 NEON Festival, Co-Founder, NEON Arts District, Norfolk, VA

2015 New Glass Review 37, Juror, Corning, NY Glass Arts Society, Board Member, Seattle, WA

2014 Portsmouth Museum, Curator, Mapping the next Generation, Portsmouth, VA 

2014 Seldon Arcade, Juror for Annual Exhibition, Norfolk, VA

2013 Grand Point Weird, Contemporary Art Curator & Founder, Burlington Waterfront Concert Series, Burlington, VT

2013 Chrysler Museum of Art, Negotiated & administrated 4 Front Minkoff Residency, Norfolk, VA

2013 Sea Wall Art Fair Annual Exhibit, Juror, Portsmouth, VA

2013 Glass Theater, Co-Founder, Director & Producer, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

2012 Chrysler Museum of Art, Negotiated & administrated the new Resident Artist in Response Program, Norfolk, VA

2012 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Founded & Negotiated underwriting for Performance Glass Series, Norfolk, VA

2011-Present Chrysler Museum of Art, Glass Studio Manager & Programming Director, Norfolk, VA

2011 Peninsula Glass Guild Annual Exhibit, Juror, Hampton, VA 

2011 Chrysler Museum of Art, Founded Glass Studio Assistantship Program, Norfolk, VA

2010 TylerWare, Web Designer and Product branding for start up, Waitsfield, VT

2009- 2010 Rhode Island School of Design, Vice President of the Graduate Student Alliance, Providence, RI

2008-2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department Visiting Artist Coordinator, Providence, RI

2009 Pilchuck Glass School, Artist Assistant for video artist Heather Dew Oaksen, Stanwood, WA

2008-2010 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Set Design for annual New Years art concert, Higher Ground, Burlington, VT

2007-2010 Cirque de Verre, Co-Founder, director & producer of glass performance Troup, Millville, NJ

2006-Present Charlotte Potter Designs, Owner and primary Fabricator, founded in Jackson, WY

2003-2008 Gaffer, Glass Blowing Assistant, Hot Glass Caster, Cold Worker and Studio Technician at Various Studios Including: Laurie Thal Glass, Jackson, WY. Heron Glass, Driggs ID. Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA. Vella Vetro Glass Studio, New Orleans, LA. Studio K, Austin, TX. Flo Perkins Glass, Santa Fe, NM. Michael Egan Glass, Granville, VT and the Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ. 2002-2003 Pilchuck Glass School, Summer Staff, Stanwood, WA

Teaching Experience

2020-present Old Dominion University, Museum Internship Mentor, Norfolk, VA

2012-2017 Chrysler Museum of Art, Post Bach Professional Development, Studio Assistantship Program, Norfolk, VA

2014 Oxbow, Glass & New Media Instructor, Saugatuck, MI 

2014 Penland School of Crafts, Glass + Video Instructor, Penland, NC 

2013 Oxbow, Glass & New Media Instructor, Saugatuck, MI

2012-Present Old Dominion University, Glass and Sculpture Instructor, Norfolk, VA Virginia Wesleyan College, Glass and Sculpture Instructor, Virginia Beach, VA Governors School for the Arts, Glass and Video Instructor, Norfolk, VA

2011-Present Chrysler Museum of Art, Instructor for beginning/intermediate glassblowing, Norfolk, VA

2011 Teton ArtLAB, Instructor for beginning/Intermediate Glassblowing, Jackson Hole, WY

2010 Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor for Beginning Glassblowing, Providence, RI

2010 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant for Helen Lee, Beginning Glassblowing, Deer Isle, ME

2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Teaching Assistant for Christopher Taylor, Intermediate Glassblowing, Providence, RI

2007 Art Association, “The Molten Stuff,” Glass Blowing Instructor, beginning/Intermediate, Jackson Hole, WY

2006-2008 Art Association, Instructor for Glass Fusing and Slumping classes, beginning/Intermediate, Jackson Hole, WY

2005 Belmont Art Center, Beginning Glass Instructor, Pensacola, FL

2005 Penland School of Craft, Teaching Assistant for James Vella, Intermediate Hot sculpting, Penland, NC

2004 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant for Jackie Pancari, Glass Optics, Deer Isle, MA

2003 Bucks Rock Art Camp, Glass Instructor and Studio Technician, Beginning/Intermediate, Milford, CT

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

2022 Armature Works, Public Art Commission, Washington DC

2015 Glass Arts Society, Technology Advancing Glass Grant, Seattle, WA

2015 University of the Arts, Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts, Juror’s Choice, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Norfolk Public Art Commission, Public Art Grant, Glassatorium Collaborative, Norfolk, VA

2014 Peninsula Glass Guild, First Place annual Exhibition, Juror Michael Rogers, Hampton, VA

2014 Glass Art Society, Emerging Artist Award, Chicago, IL

2013 Peninsula Glass Guild, Award of Excellence, Juror Fritz Dreisbach, Hampton, VA

2013 University of the Arts, Nominated for inaugural Borowsky Award, Philadelphia, PA

2013 Chrysler Museum of Art, Merit Based, Glass Studio Manager Position Fully Endowed, Norfolk, VA  

2012 Peninsula Glass Guild, Third Place in Annual Exhibition, Juror Paul Maronini, Hampton, VA

2008-10 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Fellowship Recipient, Providence, RI

2009 Rhode Island School of Design, Dean’s Fellowship & Graduate Process Book, Providence, RI

2008 Creative Glass Center of America, Residency Fellowship, Millville, NJ

2007 Pilchuck Glass School, Anne Hauberg Scholarship, Mind to Matter, 3-d Modeling & Glassblowing, Stanwood, WA

2003 Alfred University Art Award, Fine Arts Divisional Honors, for outstanding achievement in art, Alfred, NY

1999 Harwood Union, Rhode Island School of Design Art Award, Construction Technologies Building Award, Moretown, VT

Visiting Artist & Lecturer

2016 Center for Creative Studies, Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Detroit, MI

2016 Emporia State University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Emporia, KA

2014 SOFA Chicago, The Future of Glass is Now, Panel Discussion, Chicago, IL

2014 Glass Art Society, Emerging Artist Award, Chicago, IL

2014 Ted X RVA, Re-experience; Glass as Performance Art, Richmond, VA

2014 Tidewater Community College, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Portsmouth, VA

2014 Art Palm Beach, The Future of Glass is Already Here, panel discussion, Palm Beach, FL

2014 Educational Symposium, featured lecturer, Video + Glass Pedagogy, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Tyler School of Art, Visiting Artist lecture and Glass Demonstration, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Tidewater Community College, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Portsmouth, VA 

2012 Virginia Commonwealth University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Richmond, VA

2012 Visual Art Center of Richmond, Artist Lecture, Richmond, VA

2012 Norfolk Society for the Arts, Artist Lecture & Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Programming Preview, Norfolk, VA

2012 Norfolk Rotary, Scope Center, Artist Lecture & Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Programming Preview, Norfolk, VA

2012 Peninsula Glass Guild, The Hampton Theater, Artist Lecture, Hampton, VA

2012 Tuesday Arts Forum, The Portsmouth Theater, Artist Lecture, Portsmouth, VA

2012 Westminster Abbey, Artist Lecture & Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Programming Preview, Virginia Beach, VA

2011 Australia National University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Canberra, Australia

2011 The University of Sydney, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Sydney, Australia

2011 Wanganui Glass, Visiting Artist & Studio Visits, Wanganui, New Zealand

2011 University of the Arts, Visiting Artist and Lecture on time based media, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Alfred University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Glass Demonstration, Alfred NY

2010 Cornish College of the Arts, Visiting Artist and Lecturer Seattle, WA

2009 Salem Community College, Lecture and Glass Demonstration, NJ

2008 Goggle Works Art Center, Guest Artist and Glass Blowing Demonstrator, Reading, PA

2006 Glass Art Society Conference, Assisted Demos: Ruth King, Hank Adams, Jenny & Sabrina Knowles, St. Louis, MO

2004 Glass Art Society Conference, Assisted Demonstration: De La Torres, New Orleans, LA

Residencies

2016 The Park School, Diana Lee Fox Artist in Residence, Baltimore, MD

2011 University of Sydney, four week Research Residency, the Infrathin, Sydney Australia

2010 Pilchuck Glass School, Emerging Artist Residence (EAiR), Stanwood, WA

2009 The Art Making Machine Studios, FluxSpace Gallery, six week artist residency & exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Creative Glass Center of America, three-month artist residency, Millville, NJ

Permanent Collections and Commissions

2015 Norfolk Public Art Commission, Glassitorium Cementiscope Project, Norfolk, VA

2015 Virginia Arts Festival, Clay and Jay Barr Education Center, Balustrade Reliquary, Norfolk, VA

2015 Lisa + Dudley Anderson Collection of Glass, Cameo Series, Wilson, NC

2014 Rutter Family Contemporary Art Collection, Hybrid Series, Virginia Beach, VA

2014 Perry Family Glass Collection, Hybrid Series, Norfolk, VA

2014 Barry Family Glass Collection, Cameo Series, Norfolk, VA

2012 The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

2011 The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA

2009 The Henry J. Neils House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Minneapolis, MN

2008 Museum of American Glass, Millville NJ

2008 The Chill Spa, Hotel Terra, Jackson, WY

2008 Balliceaux Restaurant, Richmond, VA

2008 Stowe Mountain Lodge, Hourglass Restaurant, Stowe, VT

2007 Koshu Wine Bar, Jackson WY

Published Reviews & Television Interviews

2017 GASnews Spring Volume 28, Issue 1, pg. 12, Articulated Air:
        Some thoughts on movement, breath and imagination, in glass performances. 
2017 Glass Quarterly, Command Performance, Jim Morrison, Issue No 146, Page 45 

2017 RISDxyz,The Skin We're In, Glass Armory, Solo show review, winter publication 

2017 Alt Daily, Under the Gun Exhibition press release, By Work | Release, January 4

2015 Boston Globe, MFA Exhibit Explores Facebook Relationships, Nidhi Subbaraman, Aug 25

2015 Boston Magazine, Best of the Day: “Crafted: Objects in Flux”, Sean McGowan, Aug 25

2015 ArtForum, Social exhibition review, Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, June 2015

2015 RVA Mag, Social exhibition review, Brad Kunter, June 2015

2014 Culture Snack, Art Review, December 2014

2014 Art Daily, Conceptual glass artist brings virtual connections to life in Charlotte’s Web, December

2014 Glass Quarterly, OPENING: Historic cameos meet social media in Charlotte Potter’s museum installation, Andrew Page,December

2014 Daily Press, Glass show at Charles H. Taylor Arts Center offers first-class talent, Mark St. John Erickson, December  

2014 AltDaily, Cloud + Ash, exhibition review, Paige Koch, November

2014 Glass Quarterly, OPENING: Wexler Gallery group show seeks to frame a new approach to glass art, and to make a market, Claudio Martino, October

2014 Veer Magazine, Fragile Cartography Interview, Betsy DiJulio, July

2014 Distinction Magazine, Interview with Artist Charlotte Potter, Matthew Hixenbaugh, Feb 16

2014 Ignite Me, Interview with conceptual Artist and Designer Charlotte Potter, Feb 7

2014 Glass Quarterly, 3 Questions for Charlotte Potter, Andrew Page, Feb 12

2014 Art Daily, Supercool Glass exhibit highlights two centuries of glassmaking, exhibit review, Jan 

2013 Glass Art Society Emerging Artist Catalogue, December

2013 WHRO, Glass on Fire full-length documentary, December

2013 The Daily Press, Contemporary Studio Glass, Mark St. John Erickson, December 14

2013 The Virginian Pilot, Performance with Glass Morphs into new art form, Teresa Annas Exhibition Review, Dec 5

2013 Glass Art Society Newsletter, Assistantship Programs, Author, September 6

2013 The Vermont Cynic, Grand Point Weird exhibits national artwork, Aidan Dolbashian, Sept 17

2013 Burlington Free Press, Grand Point Weird, September 13

2013 Huffington Post, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Kenny Chesney Headline Grand Point North, Milos Balac, Sept 9

2013 Seven Days, Art Installation come to Grand Point North, Pamela Polston, Sept 9

2013 Our RISD, This summer Charlotte Potter is getting weird, Abigail Crocker, July 18

2013 Rolling Stone Magazine, Grace Potter Promises Expansion, Steve Baltin, July 6

2013 Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet; While Chrysler Museum renovates, the glass studio innovates, Andrew Page, August

2013 Distinction Magazine, The Mystery of Glass, Janine Latus, Feb

2013 Alt Daily, The Glass Theater, video by Paul Chin, Feb

2012 The Virginian Pilot, Charlotte’s Web, Teresa Annas Exhibition Review, Dec 15

2012 Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Artist Video interview, Oklahoma City

2012 Marlin Virginia Wesleyan Magazine, Glass Act, 2012-2013

2012 The Chrysler Magazine, Artists in our midst; Charlotte’s Web, November-December

2012 Bergens Tidende, Glassmenasjeriet, Exhibition Review Bergen Norway, Aug 11

2012 Art Daily, OKCMOA organizes FUSION: A New Century of Glass for 10th anniversary downtown

2012 Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet; Craft Materials Featured in art jewelry exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York City, Nov 29

2012 Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet; Group Exhibition at Norway open-access glass studio S12, Aug 8

2012 Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet; Charlotte Potter explores social networking as conceptual art strategy, Jun 22

2011 Art Daily, Charlotte Potter Joins the Chrysler Museum of Art, June

2011 Inside Business, First Person Charlotte Potter, July 15th

2011 Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet;

Top artists to visit the new Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Feb 9th

OPENING: The story behind the Chrysler Museum of Art’s new glass studio, Nov 1st

A Conversation with the head of the Chrysler Museums Glass Studio, June 17th

2011 The Virginian Pilot:

Scenes; Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Opens, Nov 1st

How Hampton Roads became the center for Glass Art, Nov 6th

Chrysler Bring new heat to Glass, Oct 29

Chrysler Museum Picks Artist to Run Glass Studio, Jun 10th

2010 The Boston Phoenix, Celebration of Sensation, Exhibition Review, Greg Cook, May 27th  

2010 The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet, Seen: Diverse materials in RISD MFA graduate thesis exhibition, Andrew Page

2010 New Glass Review # 31,The Corning Museum of Glass. Featured Artist, page 41

2010 American Style, Artists’ Spaces; The Potter’s Place, Angelo Lynn, pages 44-49

2009 Glass Quarterly Magazine, Adventures in The Lands, Judith Schaechter, Exhibition Review

2009 Glass Quarterly Magazine, Rebecca Park, Performance Art, the next wave; Cirque de Verre

2009 Vermont Public Television, The Late Night Show with Tim Kavenaugh, The Potter Family

2008 NJN Public Television, State of the Arts Series, New Glass at Wheaton, winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award

2008 Wheaton Arts, Robin Rice, Online Critical Essays, Charlotte Potter

2007 Mountain Living Magazine, Contemporary Art in Jackson Hole, Sept

2006 -2009 The Planet Jackson Hole: Potter Returns, July 09’

Not just another Genius Waitress, Oct. 23rd 08’

Potter at Artlab, April 30th 08’

2006-2009Jackson Hole News and Guide Articles: The Tourist Trap, July 09’

Cutting Edge Art, Guest Editorial, Sept. 26th 07’

Glass Artist becomes increasingly Popular, Sept. 7th 07’

Glass Artist Explores Encaustic Work, Aug. 22nd 07’

Mixed Media Artists, show review, Feb. 28th 07’

Abstract glass work categorizes experience, Dec. 13th 06’

Gallery Representation 

Heller Gallery, New York, NY

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ