About

Pottery Artist & Instructor

Olive B. Durant

Education:

Lee University, Cleveland, TN. Professor, Instructor, & Supervisor: Art Methods, Printmaking, and Student Art Teachers (2017-2021).
Shakerag Artist Workshop, Sewanee, TN. Session1: Nick Joerling-Clay: Pots & Possibilities, June 9-15^th, 2013
Post Graduate Studies in Ceramics and Art Education; University of
Tennessee in Knoxville and the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga
Graduate: M.A. Studio Art and Education, New York University, NY
B.A. Studio Art and Education, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
Tennessee Certification Professional License Visual Arts K-12

Work Experience:

Self- employed artist/ potter/ pottery class educator: Down & Under Studios
July 9 – 11, 2013: M.T.S.U., Tennessee Arts Commission, CREATE 2013: Creativity in Education Institute: Teaching artist and instructor for Authentic Marbling: A World of Color with Standards & Face Jugs Appalachian Folk Art with Common Core State Standards
June 17 – July 2013: Summer Art Camps for Montessori World, Mountain Arts Community Center, Jewish Cultural Center Philanthropy Camp, Ten Mile, Tennessee Foster Care Camp for Teenage Girls, Beersheba Art Camp for Community (grandmothers, youth, & teens) and Dalton Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA: Summer Clay Camp.
April 15-18, 2013: Tennessee Arts Commission Mini-grant with Mitchell Neilson Schools: “Empty Bowls” & “Clay Artist at Work” residencies
March 16, 2013: Authentic Marbling Workshop at (MACC), Mountain Arts Community Center/ involves paper marbling & cloth application.
February 16, 2013: Authentic Marbling Workshop at (MACC), Mountain Arts Community Center/ involves paper marbling with exploration.
October 15-19, 2012: Tennessee Arts Commission Mini-grant with Signal Mtn. High School: Authentic Marbling with Research Unit on the Silk Road.
July 2012 Create2012 presenter for Tennessee Arts Commission: Creativity in Education Institute July 15-18: “Authentic Marbling”
March 2012 Senior Arts Council “Empty Bowls”: Chattanooga Public Housing
2011- 2013 Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, Georgia: Adults & Children Pottery
2012-2013 Creative Arts Guild: Summer Children Pottery Camp
2004 -2012 “Empty Bowls In Tennessee” Southeast Coordinator with LifeWorks Foundation, Nashville, TN to alleviate hunger through interactive Fundraisers, “Hullabowloo” Chattanooga Area Food Bank; Tennessee Association of Craft Artist (TACA) Artist Spring and Fall Craft Fairs;
Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga, Mitzvah Meals
2002 – 2009 Mountain Arts Community Center: Adult & Children Pottery
2013 – 2014 Down & Under Studios: Adult, Teens & Children Pottery
2000 – 2010 Mountain Arts Community Center (MACC): Children Art Camp
June 2013 Mountain Arts Community Center: Children Art Camp
July 2007-2013 Beersheba Springs, TN: Children and Community Art Camp
2004 – 2006 Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Adjunct Professor Art History, Drawing and Painting, and Continuing Education Chattanooga State:
1997 -2004 Tyner Academy of Math, Science and Technology: Art Instructor (9-12) [Integrated, Cross-Curriculum mapped, art activities/ Art & Beta club Sponsor, Girls Softball Coach, recycle coordinator]
1993 -1997 Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts (CSLA) Art Instructor (K-8)

Leadership Roles & Accomplishments

2015 – 2018 Craft Artist of South TN Chapter, Treasurer
2012 – 2014 Tennessee Association of Craft Artist, (TACA) Chairman of Membership Committee
2012-2014 Craft Artist of Southern Tennessee, Chapter President
2012-2013 Art and Cultural Alliance, Knoxville, TN, Member
2012-2013 Regional Art Alliance, Chattanooga, TN, Member
2010 – 2012 Tennessee Association of Craft Artist, Board member
2004 – 2012 Craft Artist of Southern Tennessee, Repre. for TACA
2011 – 2012 Tennessee Arts Commission, Teaching Artist Roster
2005 -2011 Craft Artist of Southern Tennessee (CAST) “Empty Bowls Project, Membership committee, Representative member to Tennessee Association of Craft Artist, (TACA) Board
2005 -2006 Regional Kennedy Center Workshop: Artist as Educators Fellow Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, Artists-in-residence
1999 -2009 Mountain Arts Community Center, (MACC) Active Board member
1983 -2004 Chattanooga Area Art Instructor member of (CAAI)
1988 -1991 Association of Visual Artist (AVA) Active Board member

Exhibitions:

Fall/ Spring (2017-2021) Art Faculty Exhibit at Lee U., Cleveland, TN.
July 12- Aug.23, 2013: Miller Building Windows: Mixed media, paintings & prints
April- May, 2013:Regional Art Alliance: The Colonnade Spring Show, painting & prints
Spring 2013 Jewish Cultural Center: “Tree of Life” exhibit: Mixed media
March 1- April ’13 Knoxville, TN, Art & Cultural Alliance: gourd assemblages exhibit
Feb.1- March 1’13 Regional Art Alliance members show at Mountain Arts Community Center, Signal Mountain, Tennessee: marbled paper
January/Feb.’13 First Friday, AVA’s Gallery, Chattanooga, TN: “Water Lily Sailing”
January/Feb.’13 Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA. Retrospective “Lolly’s” Works
Dec. 2012 Knoxville Cultural Alliance Members Show, Knoxville,TN: gourds
Dec. 2012 Holiday Craft Fair/ Studio Tour, Sewanee/Monteagle, TN: variety
Dec. 2012 Full CAST Exhibit, St. Andrews, Sewanee TN: gourd assemblages
Nov. 2012 Henry Horton State Park, Chapel Hill, TN: gourd assemblages exhibit
October 2012 HodgePodge Exhibit, Mountain Arts Community Center, Signal Mtn.
Summer 2012 Museum Center 5ive Points, Cleveland, TN: pottery, gourds, Marbling
Summer 2012 Regional Art Alliance Exhibit in the Miller Brother Windows: gourds
Summer 2012 Dalton Creative Arts Guild Exhibition: gourd Assemblages
Spring 2012 TACA Spring Fair, Craft Artist of Southern Tennessee (CAST) Chapter booth, Nashville, TN: pottery, gourds, marbled papers & paintings
Spring 2012 Jewish Cultural Center: Jewels: Small Works Exhibition (pottery)
April 2012 Nexus 2012, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN: (gourds)
Jan./ Feb., 2012 Museum Center at 5ive Points, Cleveland, TN:(child’s quilt)
April 2011 Renaissance Center: “Naturally Tennessee” (gourd assemblage)
2009 – 2010 Harris Art Center: Folk Art Show (gourd sculptures and pottery)
2007 -2009 Talle Johnson Pottery Studio: pottery sale
2008 -2009 Chattanooga Market: weekly pottery vendor Greenlife Grocery: local potter kiosk display in the store