Arthur Halvorsen
c/o Mudflat Studios
81 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145
Education
2003-2007 Maine College of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics
Exhibitions
2013
Mudflat Studios Annual Spring Show and Sale Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
*2013 Yunomi Invitational AKAR Gallery, Iowa City IA
*Worcester Crafts Center Pottery
Invitational Worcester
Center for Crafts, Worcester MA
2012
Mudflat Studios Annual
Holiday Show and Sale Mudflat
Studios, Somerville MA
*Carbondale Clay Center 15th Annual Benefit Cup Auction Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
*Our Cups Runneth Over Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
*Made in America DowStudio Deer Isle, ME
*2012 Yunomi Invitational AKAR Gallery, Iowa City IA
*Create: The Art and Craft of Boston Handmade ArcWorks Community Art Center, Peabody MA
The State of Clay Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington MA
Mudflat Studios Annual Spring Show and Sale Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
2011
Mudflat Studios Annual
Holiday Show and Sale Mudflat
Studios, Somerville MA
*Carbondale Clay Center 14th Annual Benefit Cup Auction Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
Mudflat Studios 40th Anniversary Gala Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
*Bright Schaller Gallery, St Joseph MI
Mudflat Studios Annual Spring Show and Sale Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
2010
Mudflat Studios Annual
Holiday Show and Sale Mudflat
Studios, Somerville MA
Drawing The Line University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
*EWARE: Marc Digeros and
Other Boys That Get Low Red Star
Studios, Kansas City MO
Mudflat Studios Annual Spring Show and Sale Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
2009
*Carbondale Clay Center
12th Annual Benefit Cup Auction
Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
Mudflat Studios Annual
Holiday Show and Sale Mudflat
Studios, Somerville MA
*Maine College of Art, Art
Auction ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland
ME
Artist of the Month at the
Mudflat Gallery Mudflat Gallery, Cambridge
MA
Carbondale Clay National V Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
Jersey Shore Clay National MT Burton Gallery, Surf City NJ
Mudflat Studios Annual Spring
Show and Sale Mudflat Studios, Somerville
MA
*Flamingo-A-Go-Go Maine College of Art, Portland ME
The State of Clay Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington MA
2008
Mudflat Studios Annual
Holiday Show and Sale Mudflat
Studios, Somerville MA
Mudflat Studios Annual
Spring Show and Sale Mudflat Studios,
Somerville MA
2007
Maine College of Art
Senior Thesis Exhibition ICA at Maine
College of Art, Portland ME
Art Honors The Portland Company, Portland ME
Maine College of Art, Art
Auction ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland
ME
NASAD Re-accreditation
Show Maine College of Art, Portland
ME
Craze Resistant: Senior
Ceramic Major’s Show Maine College of
Art, Portland ME
2006
Maine College of Art, Art
Auction ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland
ME
(asterisk denotes invitational group show)
Work Experience
September 2007-Present
Mudflat Studios, Somerville MA
*Technical Assistant- loading, firing, and unloading kilns. Mixing glazes and slips,
recycling clay along with other general studio upkeep
*Dry Throwing adult workshop, using the wheel as a lathe; carving out clay
*Tablescapes Adult Class, emphasis on party themed utilitarian objects
*Beginning
Handbuilding, emphasis on basic handbuilding techniques
*Drape
Molds Adult Class, emphasis on slump and hump molds
*21
Century Elementary School Program Ceramics Teacher
*Full Circle
High School Ceramics
Teacher
*BCS
(Boston Children's School) Summer
Program
*Clay for Teens, wheel and handbuilding assignments
*Clay for Kids handbuilding assignments
May 2007-Present
Boston Duck Tours, Ticket Booth Supervisor, Boston
MA
Fall Semester 2006
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Gallery Intern, Portland
ME
Fall 2003-Spring 2007
Maine College of Art Office of Admissions, Portland ME
Workshops/Lectures
Attended
2013 Adero Willard
2012 Hayne Bayless
Sanam Emami
2011 Randy Johnston
2010 Molly Hatch
Kathy King
2009 Tyler Gulden
Ayumi Horie
2008 Deborah Schwartzkopf
2007 Kari Radasch
2006 Susan Beiner
Sandi Pierantozzi
Ryan Kelly
2005 Justin Novak
2004 Susan Dewsnap
Awards
Penland School of Crafts general work
study scholarship, Summer 2013
Penland School of Crafts general work
study scholarship, Summer 2009
Maine College
of Art Talent Award
2003-2007
Publications
Halvorsen,
Arthur “Cake? Just Add Flower!” Pottery Making Illustrated Nov/Dec 2010 Pages 17-20
Ceramics
Monthly, Upfront Section September 2010 Eware: Marc Digeros and Other Boys That Get Low, page 22
Gallery Affiliations
AKAR Gallery, Iowa City IA
DowStudio, Deer Isle ME
Mudflat Gallery, Porter Square Cambridge
MA
Red Star Studios, Kansas City MO
Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA