Curriculum Vita

Amy Kephart

5407 Rosewood St

Roeland Park, KS 66205

913-575-0996

clayajk@yahoo.com

amykephart.com

Education

Experience

Courses Taught

Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

Ø     AR 142 Ceramics l

Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

Ø     AR 111 Ceramics: A Metaphor for Understanding the Human Condition

Ø     AR342 Ceramics l

Ø     AR441 Ceramics II

Ø     AR541 Ceramics III

Ø     Activities included the organization and facilitation of “The Student Fall Art Exhibition and Sale”, the “Annual Student Assessment Exhibition”; and the student and faculty Turkey Festival in November for the Artists Guild.

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Ø     AD101 Introduction to Art and AD304 Intermediate Ceramics

Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR

Ø     High School Summer Programs, Aesthetics and Creativity

Evidence of Student Achievement

·      Derek Taylor, Fine Arts Talent scholarship Award, JCCC

·      Jesse Forys, Distinguished Merit Award, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Jesse Forys, Purchase Award from Provost, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition , SEMO

·      Rebecca Ramdial, Ceramics Merit Award, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Elinor Wilson, Best of Show, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Kelly Blakeslee, Best of Show, ceramic sculpture, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Jennifer Taylor, graduate student placement, Washington University, SEMO

·      Kelly Blakeslee, graduate student placement, Central Illinois, SEMO

·      Jennifer Taylor, teaching position, Continuing Education Workshop, Wheel-Thrown Pottery, SEMO

·      Mindy Horrell, teaching position, Continuing Education Workshop Wheel-Thrown Pottery, SEMO

·      Kelly Blakeslee, Best of Show & Purchase Award, ceramic sculpture, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Andy Dunaway, Fine Craft Merit Award, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Chrissy McMullen, Honorable Mention, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Eric Ejchler, Best of Show, ceramic art, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Marika Miya, graduate student placement, SUNY, New Paltz, SEMO

·      Michael Baird, Best of Show & People’s Choice Award, ceramic sculpture, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

·      Matt Miller, First Place, Fine Crafts/Sculpture, Annual Student Assessment Exhibition, SEMO

Additionally, I developed the following:

exhibitions of student work

·      “Crossing Paths Ceramic Artists/Faculty & Students, From Missouri, Illinois, Alabama and Texas” Curator Amy Kephart at the Gallery 100 and the Lorimier Gallery, Arts Council of SEMO

·      Exchange Exhibition with University of Evansville, IN and SEMO

·      I took 3 students from AR541: Ceramics III to a 3-day workshop at Red Star Studio, Kansas City, MO

·      “Two Person Show, Clay: Simplicity to Complexity,” Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Department Committees

·      Chair Recruitment and Retention Committee

·      Scholarship Committee

·      Chair, Student Opportunities Committee

·      Co-chair, Student Opportunities Committee

·      Chair, 3-D Studio Committee

·      Safety Committee for Memorial Hall

·      Curriculum Committee

·      Student Opportunities Committee

·      Emergency Floor Coordinator

·      3-D Studio Committee

College Committees

·      International Studies Committee

·      Visual and Performing Arts Committee

·      Search Committee for Museum Director

University Committees

·      Faculty Senate

·      Academic Affairs Committee

·      Alternate Faculty Senator

·      Governance Committee

Sponsorship of Campus Organization

·      Faculty Sponsor and Advisor for “Artist Guild”

Service

Community Service

·      “Pottery,” (workshop) Continuing Education, Southeast Missouri State University

·      “Pottery: the Hidden Relation Technique” (workshop), wellness Advantage Program

·      “Throwing on the Potters Wheel” workshops with children in the after school program, House of Hope; “Pottery,” Continuing Education,  Southeast Missouri State University

·      “Wheel-Thrown Pottery,” Horizons Summer Youth Enrichment at Southeast Missouri State University

·      Facilitated a relationship between the Black History Month Commemoration committee with the Missouri Arts Council, which resulted in a successful grant for an exhibition. I hung the exhibit for the “Emerging African American Artist”, held during Black History Month

·      “Tile Making” Bootheel Partnership (BHP) GEAR UP Academy

·      “Art in Process,” Cotton Festival of the Arts ’01, Sikeston, MO

·      “Pottery,” Continuing Education at Southeast Missouri State University, and “Tile Making: Hand-Building Using Slab Construction” Continuing Education at Southeast Missouri State University

·      “Pottery for Kids,” Continuing Education at Southeast Missouri State University

·      “Teapots,” Arts Council Summer Workshop

Lectures/Workshops

Exhibitions, Grants and Reviews

Collections

Scheduled Exhibition

International Exhibitions