Teresa Taylor has been a studio potter at Salty Dog Pottery in Barnstead, NH since 1973. She is a member of the League of NH Craftsmen, the NH Potter’s Guild and a participating Artist-In-Education through the NH State Council on the Arts. Teresa serves as President on the Planning Committee for North Country Studio Workshops. She has exhibited in galleries and shows throughout NH and the Northeast. She has served on grant review panels for the NH State Council on the Arts and panels reviewing proposals for a Percent for Art projects in NH. During the summer, she provides an apprenticeship position in her studio to an interested art student.
Invitational Exhibits
September 2017 Dressed to Draw: Let’s Party Kimball Jenkins, Concord, NH
1978-Current Living With Crafts League of NH Craftsmen – Awarded Best Collaborative Piece in 2013
Summer 2013/15 NH Potters Guild Biennial Show at Sharon Arts Center
Summer 2017 NH Potters Guild Biennial Show at Discover Portsmouth
Spring 2005-2008 Friends Finding Friends – Chebnets and Mirrors – The Friends Program, Concord, NH, Exhibited at Craftings
Winter 2007 Message in Mud Potters Guild Show, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Spring 2006 Governors Arts Awards - Artist creating art
Spring 2006 Beads Gallery 205, Concord, NH
February 2006 Black and White – Gallery 205, Concord, NH
March 2005 Smaller Than a Breadbox – Gallery 205, Concord, NH
January 2005 Virgin Vessels – Gallery 205, Concord, NH
Spring 2004 Friends Finding Friends – Benches/Accent Tables – The Friends Program, Concord, NH – Exhibited at Gibson’s Bookstore
March 2003 Crafting From Life - Biennial Potters Guild Exhibit, League of NH Craftsmen Gallery, Concord, NH
January 2003 Inside, Outside - NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
November 2002 Paintings and Pottery - Belknap Mill, Laconia, NH. Three Women exhibit. Two painters and one potter.
September 2002 Faculty Exhibit - Kimball Jenkins Community Art School, Concord, NH
August 2002-2007 Sculpture Garden Exhibit - League of NH Craft Fair, Sunapee, NH.
August 1981-2007 Living With Crafts - League of NH Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH Craft Fair, August 1999-Best in Ceramics – Potters Guild Award
May 2001 Into The Garden - League of NH Craftsmen Show Gallery Show
January 2001 On The Wall - Biennial Potters Guild Exhibit, Paul Creative Arts Center, UNH Clay Times Award
November 2000 Holiday Settings - League of NH Craftsmen Gallery, Concord, NH
April 1998 WoodFired - Manchester Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Jan-Feb 1993 Potters Guild ~ New Work - Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences Show, Manchester, NH
Oct-Nov 1992 Clayful~Play - League of NH Craftsmen Gallery, Concord, NH.
September 1992 Artists In Residence Conference Exhibition - Moultonborough, NH.
December 1982 Craft Showcase 1982 - Brookline Arts Center - Brookline, MA
March 1981 An Exhibition of 5 N.H. Potters - Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH
March 1980 Art Under Fire - Concord Art Association - Concord, MA
December 1979 Christmas Show - The Artisans Gallery, Ltd. - Great Neck, New York
December 1978 Annual Celebration of American Crafts - Creative Arts 1979 Workshop, New Haven, CT New Crafts, New England - Voltaires - New Milford, CT
June 1978/79/82 Artists Choice - Guilford Handcrafters Center - Guilford, CT
March 1978 4th Edition New Horizons Show - New England College, Henniker, NH
June 1976 Clay Structures - Something Nice Gallery - Boston, MA
June 1975 Annual Fall Show - Leverett Craft Center - Leverett, MA
Juried Exhibitions
Oct-Dec 2017 North Country Studio Workshops, League of NH Craftsmen Gallery Concord
April 2015 North Country Studio Workshops, New Work, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH
February 2008 North Country Studio Workshops, McGowan Gallery Concord, NH 2015
January-March 2004 High Tech*Hand Made – Technology in the creation of fine craft, League of NH Craftsmen, Gallery 205, Concord, NH – January 2004
The NH Institute of Art Gallery, Manchester, NH – April 2004
March-June 2004 The Creative Hand III An Exhibition in two parts, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – March 2004
League of NH Craftsmen, Gallery 205 – Concord, NH April 2004
August 1974-1983 League of NH Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibit - Sunapee, NH
Honorable Mention for Ceramic Box - 1974
Published in “Ceramics Monthly” and “Craft Horizons”
January 1983 Potters Guild of NH Exhibition - Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Manchester, NH
March 1980/82/84 NH Crafts Biennial - Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Manchester, NH Ceramics Award – 1980
March 1982 Make It New - New England Crafts - University of NH, Durham, NH
Juried Fairs and Sales Exhibitions and Residencies
June 2016 Haystack Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
May & October 2006 Paradise City Festival - Northampton, MA
August 1976-Present Annual League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair - Sunapee, NH and League of NH Craftsmen Shops throughout the state
August 2001 Artists in the Park Fair - Wolfeboro, NH
December 1996 Concord Art Association Holiday Exhibit - Concord, MA
December 1980-83 WBAI Holiday Crafts Fair - New York, NY
April 1977-1981 New England Buyers Marketplace - Manchester, NH and Boston, MA
July 1978/79/82 Guilford Handcrafts Exposition - Guilford, CT
June 1974-1978 American Craft Enterprises Rhinebeck - Rhinebeck, NY
October 1978 Foliage Festival - Stowe, VT
February 1978 Winter Market American Craft Enterprises - Baltimore, MD
June 1975-76 Frederick National Crafts Fair - Frederick, MD
Commissioned by Babson Bros., Surge Company of Oakbrook, Illinois to create pieces for their incentive program and Christmas presents for their employees in the US and Canada
August 1974 Berkshire Crafts Fair – Berkshire, MA
Public Art
May 2017 Public Art Tile Installation, NH State Council on the Arts, Concord Women’s Prison, Concord, NH
January 2013 Public Art Tile Installation, NH State Council on the Arts (36 ft) at Hillsborough Superior Court, Manchester, NH
Fall 2010 Public Art Wall forms, Laconia District Court, NH State Council on the Arts
Summer 2006 Public Art Tile Panels at NH Technical Institute Dental Lab, NH State Council on the Arts
Spring 2006 Creator of an art piece for NH Governor’s Arts Awards
Teaching Experience
2012 – 2015 Adjunct Faculty Ceramics, NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2001-2005 Ceramics instructor, Kimball Jenkins Community Art School, Concord, NH
Grants and Scholarships
2014 Artist Entrepreneurial Grant/NH State Council on the Arts to study with Adrian Arleo, Figurative sculptor
2010 Artist Entrepreneurial Grant/NH State Council on the Arts to study with Bernadette Curan
2006 League of NH Scholarship to study with Syd Carpenter, ceramic sculptor
Artist in Schools Residencies
March 2017 Amherst Street School. Nashua, NH
March 2016 Errol Elementary School, Errol, NH Winnicunnet High School, Feb-April 2016 Hampton, NH Gilmanton Elementary School, Gilmanton, NH Jan-May 2015 Pittsfield Middle High School, Pittsfield, NH April 2014/2017 Crotched Mountain Rehab Center/School Jan 2013/2015/2017 Spaulding Youth Center Northfield, NH
March 2008 Derry Village School, Derry, NH (Tile Installation)
January 2008 Union Sanborn School, Northfield, NH (Tile Installation)
March 2007 Sanbornton Central School, Sanbornton, NH (Tile Installation)
February 2007-2008 Pittsfield Elementary School Pittsfield, NH
January 2007 School Street School, Rochester, NH
April 2006 & 2007 Beaver Meadow School, Concord, NH (Tile Installation)
May 2005 Hancock Elementary, Hancock, NH (Outdoor Garden Tiles)
April 2005 Jonathan Daniels, Keene, NH (Tile Installation)
March 2005 Gilford Elementary, Gilford, NH
March 2005 Dunbarton Elementary, Dunbarton, NH (Tile Installation)
January 2005 Walker School, Concord NH (Tile Installation)
June 2004 Nominated for Best Teacher “Points of Light” Award at Beaver Meadow School, Concord, NH for AIE residency
April 2004 Woodside School, Concord, NH (Tile Installation)
February 2004 School Street School, Rochester, NH
March 2004 Beaver Meadow, Concord, NH
April 2004 Gilford Elementary, Gilford, NH
April 2004 East Rochester Annex School, Rochester, NH
May 2004 Beaver Meadow School, Concord, NH (Tile Installation)
March 2003 Newington Public School, Newington, NH (Tile Installation)
Artist in Schools Residencies (Continued)
October 2002 New Durham Elementary School, New Durham, NH (Tile Installation)
October 2002 Exeter Academy - Visiting Artist, Exeter, NH
March 2002 Beaver Meadow School, Concord, NH
January 2002 Atkinson Academy, Atkinson, NH (Tile Installation)
January 2001/1999/97/95 East Rochester Annex School, Rochester, NH
February 2001 Bow Public Library, Bow, NH
July 2001 Franklin Public Library, Franklin, NH
June 2001 UNH Ceramics Department - Visiting Artist Durham, NH
May 2001/1996/93 Barnstead Elementary School, Barnstead, NH (Tile Installation)
April 2001 Family Stories Children’s Museum, Portsmouth, NH
October 2000 San Bani School, Sanbornton, NH
November 2000 Warren Elementary School, Warren, NH
April 1999 Bow Elementary School, Bow, NH (Tile Installation)
November 1998 McDonough School, Manchester, NH (Tile Installation)
March 1997 Pittsfield Elementary School, Pittsfield, NH
May 1997 Hollis Elementary School, Hollis, NH (Tile Installation)
March 1996 Gilford Elementary School, Gilford, NH
March 1995 Pembroke Elementary School, Pembroke, NH
April 1993/91 Bear Hill School, Pittsfield, NH
May 1993 Loudon Elementary School, Loudon, NH
November 1992 Lebanon Middle School, Lebanon, NH
February 1992 Dondero School, Portsmouth, NH
May 1991 Harold Martin School, Hopkinton, NH
April 1991/92 Salisbury Elementary School, Salisbury, NH
Sept 1989-Present Presenter at NH Arts in Education Conference
May 1989 Kingswood Junior High, Wolfeboro, NH
April 1989 Alton Elementary School, Alton, NH
March 1989 Presenter at Folk Art Fair, Bristol Elementary School, Bristol, NH
March 1988/97 Webster Elementary School, Webster, NH
May 1987 Stoddard Elementary School, Stoddard, NH
April 1986 Arts Blitz, Seacoast Schools, Somersworth, NH
March 1986 Epsom Grammar School, Epsom, NH
January 1986/97 Great Falls Elementary School, Somersworth, NH
1981-1984 Pittsfield, Elementary School, Pittsfield, NH
Summer 1983 Handbuilding, Glazes, Kiln Workshop, Pittsfield, NH River Valley
October 1977 Ventures Freedom Elementary School, Freedom, NH