Regis Brodie
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Regis Brodie is a tenured Professor of Art at the Department of Art and Art History at Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....

 in Saratoga Springs, NY and a potter
Pottery
Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...

. Since 1972, he has been serving as the Director of the Summer Six Art Program at Skidmore College. He also wrote a book called The Energy Efficient Potter which was published by Watson-Guptill Publications in 1982. He started the Brodie Company in 1999 in the interest of developing tools which would aid the potter at the potter's wheel.

Biography

Mr. Brodie was born in 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

 in 1965, his Masters of Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his Masters of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art
Tyler School of Art
The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art, usually just referred to as Tyler School of Art is Temple University's school of art, which confers BFA and MFA degrees. The school was originally founded by sculptors Stella Elkins Tyler and Boris Blai on a separate 14-acre estate in Elkins Park...

 of Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 in 1969.

Books

  • "The Energy-Efficient Potter" by Regis C. Brodie, Book, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1982.

Articles

  • The Studio Potter, June 1997, Article, "Re-firing a Second Chance”, Vol. 25, #2
  • Ceramics Monthly, May 1994, Article, "The Creative Process", pp. 5, 31-33.
  • Ceramic Scope, 1993, Volume 30, # 1, Article, "Kilns: The Potter's Fire", pp. 12–18
  • The Studio Potter, June 1988, pp. 55–56, "Close Encounters with the Third Dimension: Making College Resources Available."
  • The Studio Potter, December 1986, pp. 39–40 & 48 Article "Multi-Firing: Another Way."
  • NCECA Journal, 1984, Volume 5, Article, "Efficiency in Kiln Building and Firing", pp. 59–61 (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
  • The Studio Potter, June 1984, Article, "Ceramic Fiber 1984," pp. 33–41.
  • Ceramics Monthly, March 1984, Article, "Fiber Insulating a Salt Kiln," pp. 67–71.
  • Ceramics Monthly, September 1983, Article, "Ceramic Fiber 1984," pp. 38–40.

Contributing author

  • "Studio Practices, Techniques and Tips" Edited by Anderson Turner, A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly, Updated Article on Insulating Existing Kilns, by Regis C. Brodie, pp. 101–103, Published by The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio, 2003
  • "Ceramics, Mastering the Craft”, by Richard Zakin. A section on multi-firing with step-by-step photos and text, pp. 238–241. Chitton Book Co, Radnor, PA ,1990.

Work included in books or periodicals

  • Revista Ceramica (National Ceramics Magazine Of Spain), Issue No. 86, 2003,”Regis Brodie- A Vision Defined”, by Roberta Griffith, Madrid, Spain, pp 78– 81, (six color & 7 black & white images)
  • "Working With Clay" 2nd ed., by Susan Peterson, Prentice Hall
    Prentice Hall
    Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher-education market. Prentice Hall distributes its technical titles through the Safari...

    , London, UK, 2002 p.127
  • "Make it in Clay: A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics," 2nd Edition by Charlotte F. Speight & John Toki, Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001, pp. 129 & 143, color plate p. 27.
  • "Ceramics: Mastering the Craft," 2nd edition, Krause Publications, Iola, WI, by Richard Zakin, 2001, pp. 107 & 159
  • "The Contemporary Potter," Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, MA, Fall 2000, pp 130 & 146,
  • "Working With Clay," by Susan Peterson, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999 p. 103.
  • "The Best of Pottery 2," selected by Angela Fina & Chris Gustin, Quarry Books, MA, 1998 p. 70, and cover
  • "Make it in Clay: A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics," by Charlotte F. Speight & John Toki, Mayfield Publishing Company, 1997, pp. 111 & 123, color plate p. 24.
  • "The Best of Pottery," selected by J. Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Quarry Books, Rockport, MA, 1996, p. 81.
  • "The Electric Kiln Ceramics," 2nd ed., by Richard Zakin, Chilton Book Co., Randor, PA, 1994, pp.195 & 213.
  • "The Craft and Art of Clay," by Susan Peterson, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991, pp. 59, 330, & 361.
  • "Ceramics, Mastering the Craft," by Richard Zakin. Chilton Book Co. Radnor, PA, 1990, p. 240.
  • American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art," edited by Barbara Perry
    Barbara Perry
    Barbara Mazzel Anne Perry MP, , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Auburn for the Australian Labor Party since 2001. Perry is the Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Family and Community...

    , Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1989, pp. 216–217.
  • Revista Ceramica, Issue No. 28, Page 63, and Revista Ceramica, Issue No. 21, Page 52
  • Revista Ceramica, Issue No. 16, 1983, "Regis Brodie," by Barry Targan, pp. 40–47 (18 photographs).
  • The Studio Potter, Volume 12, #1, Dec. 1983, "Hudson Valley Potters," article & photos, pp. 2–4.
  • Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, 1976 through 1982 editions, (Image Illustrating Contemporary Porcelain)
  • "Porcelain: Traditions and New Visions," J. Axel & K. McCready, P. 91. Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981.
  • "Salt-Glazed Ceramics," Jack Troy
    Jack Troy
    Jack Troy , was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League - Australia's major rugby league competition...

    , Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977, New York, New York
  • "Getting Into Pots," George and Nancy Wettlaufer, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1976, pp. 86,137 & 159.
  • "Clay Work, Form and Idea in Ceramic Design," Leon Nigrosh, David Publications, Inc., 1975.

International

  • Escuela de Arte Francisco Alcantara, (National School of Ceramics), Madrid, Spain
  • World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea (Outdoor Installation)
  • Musee National de la Ceramique, (National Ceramics Museum of France), Sèvres, France
  • National Museums and Galleries of Wales, National Museum & Gallery, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales
  • The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, (National Museum of England), Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK
  • University of Wales Institute, Center for Art & Design Education. Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Embassy of the United States of America, Cairo, Egypt
  • The Regional Museum of Art, Tula, Russia
  • Mori Hospital Collection of Art, Hakodate, Japan

National

  • Everson Museum of Art
    Everson Museum of Art
    The Everson Museum of Art in Downtown Syracuse, New York is a major Central New York museum focusing on American art.-History:The museum was founded in 1897 by art historian George Fisk Comfort ; at that time, it was called the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts...

    , Syracuse, New York
  • Delaware Art Museum
    Delaware Art Museum
    The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 works. The museum, was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle and is now celebrating its centennial...

    , Wilmington, Delaware
  • Albany Institute of History & Art
    Albany Institute of History & Art
    The Albany Institute of History & Art is a museum in Albany, New York "dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art, and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region". The museum is located at 125 Washington Avenue in downtown Albany...

    , Albany, NY
  • Utah Museum of Fine Arts
    Utah Museum of Fine Arts
    The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is Utah's primary resource for culture and visual arts. It is located in Salt Lake City, Utah on the University of Utah campus near Rice–Eccles Stadium. Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis. It is a university and state art museum...

    , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • The Hyde Collection
    The Hyde Collection
    The Hyde Collection is an art museum in the city of Glens Falls in Upstate New York. The collections were endowed by the Hyde family. The museum is housed in a historic refurbished early twentieth-century residence, the Hyde House, located at 161 Warren Street in Glens Falls, New York, a building...

    , Glens Falls, New York
  • Schenectady Museum
    Schenectady Museum
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    , Schenectady, New York
  • Long Beach Museum of Art
    Long Beach Museum of Art
    The Long Beach Museum of Art is a museum located on Ocean Boulevard in the Bluff Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California. The museum occupies the historic 1912 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson house and carriage house and a new two-story pavilion, and includes oceanfront gardens. The museum is open...

    , Long Beach, California
  • Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...

    , Indiana, Pennsylvania
  • Nelson Museum of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
  • Tyler School of Art
    Tyler School of Art
    The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art, usually just referred to as Tyler School of Art is Temple University's school of art, which confers BFA and MFA degrees. The school was originally founded by sculptors Stella Elkins Tyler and Boris Blai on a separate 14-acre estate in Elkins Park...

    , Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Southern Connecticut State University
    Southern Connecticut State University
    Southern Connecticut State University is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut...

    , New Haven, Connecticut
  • Roberson Center for Art & Sciences, Binghamton, New York
  • Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceutical, Nutley, NJ
  • Verizon Corporation, White Plains, NY
  • Lehigh-Portland Cement Company, Allentown, PA
  • Avon Products, Inc., World Headquarters, NY, NY
  • General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY
  • United States Steel, "Laurel Ridge", Corporate Home Site, Ligonier, Pennsylvania

Juried and Invitational Exhibits

  • "Gestural Currents", Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • "2006 Collectors Show", Invitational Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center
    Arkansas Arts Center
    One of the leading cultural institutions in the state, the Arkansas Arts Center is located on the corner of 9th and Commerce streets in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The Arkansas Arts Center was founded in 1960, but the idea began in 1914, when the Fine Arts Club of Arkansas formed...

    , Little Rock, Arkansas
  • "Third International Biennale- 2005", World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea
  • SOFA New York, 2003, 2004 The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, NY
  • Symmetry Gallery, One-Person Show, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1995, 1997,1999, 2001, 2003 & 2005
  • "Vessel Invitational 2002: Contemporary Clay", Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
  • "Earth, Fire, and Fiber", Invitational Exhibition, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York, 2002
  • "A Gathering of Peers" Invitational Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
  • Invitational Porcelain Exhibition, in conjunction with "20th Century Porcelain from Sevres", American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 2001
  • SOFA Chicago, 2000, The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Illinois
  • "American Masters-Artists from Sante Fe Clay Workshop Program, 1994-1999”, Sante Fe, New Mexico
  • "Winter Solstice-Contemporary Traditions", Albany Inst. of History and Art, NY, 1999
  • The Hyde Collection, One-Person Show, The Rotunda Gallery, Glens Falls, New York, 1998
  • "Inter-D2", International Craft Exhibition, McAllen, Texas
  • "Recent Work- Regis Brodie", Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998
  • College of New Rochelle, College Center Gallery, Two-Person Show, New Rochelle, NY, 1990
  • The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute School of Art, Utica, NY, One-Person Show, 1990
  • Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, One Person Show, 1976
  • Everson Museum of Art
    Everson Museum of Art
    The Everson Museum of Art in Downtown Syracuse, New York is a major Central New York museum focusing on American art.-History:The museum was founded in 1897 by art historian George Fisk Comfort ; at that time, it was called the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts...

    , Robineau Gallery, Two-Person Show, Syracuse, New York, 1976
  • National Juried Exhibition, " Teapots", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
    Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
    The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is an arts and crafts center in the U.S. city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The oldest craft school in Tennessee, Arrowmont offers workshops in arts and crafts such as painting, woodworking, glassblowing, photography, basket weaving, and metalworking, and...

    , Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • The 12th Northeast Fine Crafts Exhibit, (FIRST PRIZE & ARTIST AWARD)
  • The 14th NE Fine Crafts (FIRST PRIZE), The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
  • "Soup Tureens", Traveling Invitational Exhibition to: American Craft Museum, New York, New York, Ohio State University
    Ohio State University
    The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

    , Columbus Ohio, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and Illinois State Univiversity, Normal, Illinois
  • "Ancient Inspirations/Contemporary Interpretations", Traveling Exhibition to: Parsons School of Design, NY, NY, Alfred University
    Alfred University
    Alfred University is a small, comprehensive university in the Village of Alfred in Western New York, USA, an hour and a half south of Rochester and two hours southeast of Buffalo. Alfred has an undergraduate population of around 2,000, and approximately 300 graduate students...

    , Alfred, New York, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, Roberson Center, Binghamton, New York, Craft and Folk Art Museum
    Craft and Folk Art Museum
    The Craft and Folk Art Museum , founded as the popular omelette café The Egg and The Eye, has been an energetic hub of global culture and progressive thought in Los Angeles, California since 1965.-Overview:...

    , Los Angeles, CA
  • "Containers As Form", Traveling Exhibition (sponsored by the Gallery Association of New York) to: SUNY Cortland, New York, Saint Lawrence University, NY, Pace University, New York, SUNY Buffalo, New York, SUNY Brockport, NY, SUNY Fredonia, New York, Alfred University, New York
  • "Golden Years: Tyler's 50th Anniversary Celebration", Tyler School of Art Alumni invitational, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • " Teapots", National Juried Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • National Biennial Art Exhibition, Western Colorado Ctr. for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
  • National Invitational Exhibition, "Functional Ceramics," Wooster Museum, Wooster, Ohio
  • National Juried Competition, "Tradition in the Making," Georgia State University, Atlanta

Awards (teaching)

  • New York State Art Teachers Association, "Special Citation 2005 Award",(in the field of Art Education in New York State)
  • 2004 & 2005 Residency Program, International Symposium on Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Yeoju, Korea
  • "Visiting Fellow", University of Wales Institute, Center for Art and Design Ed, Cardiff, UK, May, 2001
  • "The Ella Vandyke Tuthill Endowed Chair in Studio Art", Skidmore College (First recipient- 1993-1999)
  • "The Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Research Lecturer", Skidmore College - 1988 (highest honor the faculty can confer on one of its members)
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