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

POSITIONS:           1990-         Professional Artist, Clarkdale Arizona

                             1962-88     University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin

                             1962-62     Alfred University, Alfred, New York

                             1957-60     Dover Public Schools, Dover New Jersey

HONORS &            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

ARTSIST-              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 &              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

COMMISIONS:        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