Don Reitz

Abbreviated Resume

Born: 1929 Sunbury, Pennsylvania

Education: 1962 MFA, New York State School of Ceramics, Alfred

University, Alfred, New York

1957 BS, Art Education, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania

1990- Professional Artist, Clarkdale Arizona

Positions Held: 1962-88 University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin

1962-62 Alfred University, Alfred, New York

1957-60 Dover Public Schools, Dover New Jersey

Honors and Named Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Awards: Named Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters

Honored in Ceramic Monthly Reader’s Roll as “One of twelve greatest living ceramic artists worldwide” 1988 and 2001

Cited by the Maori people of New Zealand and carved on their totem pole for “Distinguished leadership in the dispensing of knowledge to peoples”

Honored as Trustee Emeritus of the American Craft Council

Named Fellow of the World Craft Council

Past President and named Fellow of the National Council on The Education of Ceramic Arts

Recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Grant

Honorary Resident and given the key to the City of Henderson, Kentucky

Recipient of the Governor’s Award in the Arts, State of Wisconsin and State of Pennsylvania

Recipient of the Governor’s Award , Himeji City, Japan

Recipient of the first Ceramic Art Award by The American Ceramic Society

Honored Guest of the Vice President of The United States in Washington, D.C.

Recipient of the Aileen Osborn Webb Gold Medal, American Crafts Council’s Highest Award

Recipient of the James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Educator Award

Recipient of the Peter Voulkos Visiting Artist Fellowship Award

Recipient State of Wisconsin Lifetime Achievement Award

Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award – International Ceramic Festival at Aberystwyth, Whales UK

Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award- Watershed Center for the Ceramics Arts, Maine

Artist- Himeji City, Japan

In-Residence: Palmerston University, Palmerston North New Zealand

Clay As Art, Rotoruro, New Zealand

Tommerup Brickworks, Odense, Denmark

Banff Center For The Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Auckland Potters Guild, Auckland, New Zealand

Artist League, Perth, Australia

Canadian Arts Council, Calgary, Canada

Sydney College, Sydney, Australia

Yeoju, Korea

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Canadian Potters Guild, Toronto, Canada

Sheridan School of Design, Port Credit, Ontario Canada

Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Greenwich House, New York, New York

University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

Mills College, Oakland, California

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

Peters Valley Craft School, Layton, New Jersey

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

92^nd Street Y.M.C.A., New York, New York

Parsons School of Design, Lake Placid, New York

Archie Bray Foundation Voulkos Residency

Private Antonio Prieto Memorial Collection, California

Collections: Leatrus and Mel Eagle, Potomac, Maryland

Stephane Janssen, Scottsdale, Arizona

Dudley Anderson, North Carolina

Sara and David Lieberman, Arizona

Margaret H. Harlow

Sam Takeuchi, New York, New York

Sid and Elaine Cohen, Scottsdale, Arizona

Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Katherine Howd, St. Petersburg, Florida

Joan Lincoln

Ron and Anita Wornick

Ruth Boyd Johnson, Racine, Wisconsin

Joan and Anton Schiffenhaus, Scottsdale, Arizona

Carroll and Hiroko Hanse, Arvada, Colorado

Yoshiko Mori, Tokyo, Japan

Robyn and John Horn, Little Rock, AR

Beth Morian, St. Petersburg, FL

Public Arkansas Arts Center, Littlerock, Arkansas

Collections: Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona

Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mudgee Art Museum, Mudgee, Australia

New York State University, Alfred, New York

Nippon Castle Research Center, Himeji, Japan

Palmerston University, Palmerston North New Zealand

Renwick Gallery, Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Institution, Building of Science and Industry,

Washington, D.C.

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota

Weismann Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Kutztown State University, Kutztown, PA

Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Erishu Art Museum, Himeji, Japan

Horikodden Art Center, Oslo, Norway

Brandt’s Kloedefabrik, Odenese, Denmark

Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah

Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio

Gilmore Art Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, MO

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH

Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Scottsdale, AZ

Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA

The Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO

Shows and International Sculpture Exhibition, Erishu Art Gallery,

Exhibitions: Himeji, City, Japan

International Pottery Exhibition, Korno Arty Gallery,

Himehi City, Japan

Exhibition, Culturele Raad Gemeentehuis, Roden, Holland

“Art, Design, and Research”, Posio, Findland

International Exhibition, Gallery van Alst, Tilburg, Netherlands

Clay as Art, International Exhibition, Auchland, New Zealand

International Exhibition of Ceramics, Hovikodden Art Center, Oslo, Norway

International Exhibition, Brandt’s Kloedefabrik, Odense,Denmark

Oslo International Ceramics Symposium, Oslo, Norway

International Ceramic Exhibition, Yeoju, Korea

“30 Year of Reitz Clay”, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Manchester Art Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Phoenix Rising, Seattle, Washington

Ceramic National 2000, Everson Museum of Arts, Syracuse, New York

Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas

Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.

“American Woodfire”, Traveling Exhibition, National Invitational

Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington

Navy Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois

Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Roswell Visual Art Center, Roswell, Georgia

“Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students”

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

International Woodfire Exhibition, Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa

Artables Gallery, Houston, Texas

Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee

North Harris Community College, Houston, Texas

Indigo Fine Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

“Beyond Serving” Invitational, Moira James Gallery, Greenville,

Nevada

Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah

“Hands on the Goddess” Armstrong’s Gallery, Pomona, California

“Centered in Clay” Potters Council, The St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida

Wall Ceramic Mural, 10’ x 15’, Performing Arts Center, Chandler, Arizona

Commissions: Ceramic Wall, 10’ x 40’, Nippon Castle Research Center,

Hemji City, Japan

Two Wall Sculptures, 10’x36’, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel,

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wall Scuplture, 14’x20’, Waunakee Elementary School,

Waunakee, Wisconsin