Resume

Rebecca Stevens 

email: contact@rebeccastevensceramics.com

Education

2021 BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics, University of North Carolina Asheville,

Asheville, NC 

Professional Experience

2021-2023 Artist-in-Residence, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL (duties 

include: studio maintenance, firing kilns, gallery install, front desk sales)

Teaching Experience, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

Intro to Wheel Throwing (6 week sessions), Next Steps on the Wheel (6 week sessions),

Friday Night Clay (2 hour handbuilding and wheel throwing), kids camp (ages 11-16,

handbuilding and wheel throwing)

2017-2021 Sales Associate, Southern Highland Craft Guild Gallery at Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC


Exhibitions

2024 25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, in loving memory of Darlene Williams, San Angelo

Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, juror: Louise Rosenfield

By Hand - An International Fine Craft Competition, Blue Line Arts Gallery, 

Roseville, CA, juror: Elizabeth Kozlowski

Teapot X, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, juror: Mike Jabbur

2023 FunctionFest 2023, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, juror: Sarah Anderson

Little LUSH, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL, Judges: Nate Ditzler and 

Laura Konecne

The Good Life, Solo Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

Claybash Triennial, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, juror: Jennifer D. Martin

50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El (main gallery), Temple Beth-El, Saint 

Petersburg, FL (invitational)

2022 International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New 

Taipei City, Taiwan

2022 One and Only, Parachute Gallery, Tampa, FL (invitational, curated by Jessica 

Todd)

Splendiferous - Dunedin Fine Arts Center Annual Holiday Invitational of Fine 

Art, Craft, and Design, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL

Florida CraftArt Festival (Emerging Artist Program), Florida CraftArt, Saint 

Petersburg, FL

CraftForms 2022: 27th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine 

Craft, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Juror: Jeannine Falino

Lush 2: A Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, 

FL, Judge: Brian Rochefort

30th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, 

Lancaster, PA, Jurors: Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier

Woodland Tea Party, Solo Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

All the World’s a Stage: an International Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of 

Art, Dennis, MA, Juror: Bill Evaul

Teacher’s Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

Hygge - The Art of Contentment, Pour-d Gallery, Rockford, MI

2021 Best of the East Coast, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Fresh AIRArtist in Residence Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

BFA show “Dancing with Porcelain”Solo Exhibition, Highsmith Gallery, University of North

Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC 

Presentations

2022 Artist in Residence Presentations (in conjunction with “A.I.R. Space” exhibition), 

Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

2021 Artist in Residence Presentations (in conjunction with “Fresh AIR” exhibition), Morean Center

for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL

“Dancing with Porcelain,” Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of North Carolina at

Asheville, Asheville, NC

Awards / Distinctions

2024 Second Place Award, By Hand - An International Fine Craft Competition, Blue 

Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, juror: Elizabeth Kozlowski

2023 First Place Award, Little LUSH exhibition, Lighthouse Arts Center, Tequesta, FL, Judges: Nate Ditzler

and Laura Konecne

Finalist, 2022 International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, 

New Taipei City, Taiwan

2021 Distinction in Art, Summa cum laude, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC

2017 Graduation with High Honors, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA