JOAN CLARE BROWN
Findlay, OH | www.joanclarebrown.com | joancbrown03@gmail.com |267-530-1849
EDUCATION
2018 MFA in 3D Studies (Concentration in Ceramics), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2013 BFA in Ceramics, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Associates of Art, Community College of Philadelphia
STUDY ABROAD
2012
Six-week ceramic course Aichi, Japan
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
2025
Second place, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
Best in Show, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
Colossal, Independent Art Magazine, Article by Kate Mothes
2024
Merit Award, Outstanding Emerging Artist, The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
Art Axis Member, juried online ceramic catalog/website
2018
Magna Cum laude, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2017
Graduate Assistantship at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2016
Graduate Assistantship at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2013
Magna Cum laude, Uarts, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Windgate Scholarship, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Grant, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
Baugh-Barber Trust Scholarship, UArts, Philadelphia, PA
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- present
Ceramic Instructor, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH
Beginning and Beyond
Advanced Ceramics
2022-2025
Adjunct Professor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
11 courses Ceramics 1
2 courses 3D/4D "Space and Time" Foundations
1 course Mural Class
2022
Ceramic Instructor, Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX
Intro to Wheel Throwing
Intro to Hand Building
2017-2018
Intro to Ceramics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2014-2016
Intro to the Wheel, adult classes, Cheltenham Center for Art, Cheltenham, PA
Intro to Ceramics, adult classes, Cheltenham Center for Art
Children’s Hand Building, ages 4-7, Cheltenham Center for Art, Cheltenham, PA
2014-2015
Mudslide and slip class, ages 7-9, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
RESIDENCIES/WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM
2021–2022: Artist in Residence, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2018–2020: Alumni Artist in Residence, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014–2016: Artist in Residence, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
2014-2015: Studio Technician, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2007-2009: Studio monitor, Cheltenham Center for Art, Cheltenham, PA
EXHIBITIONS
Solo show
2019
Seductive Constrictions, Fairmount House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group shows
2026
Shared State, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Mass Movement, 626 Harper Ave, Detroit, MI
2025
Tactile, Queen City Clay Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Interconnected, Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery, Toledo, OH
To Be Continued, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Humans and the Environment, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
It’s the Little Things, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
PROOF/Analog, River House Arts, Toledo, OH
OKI Regional Showcase Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Best of 2025, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Capacity 2025, Toledo Library Gallery, Toledo, OH
2024
Momentum, Gardner Building, Toledo, OH
Studio Days, Art Clvb, Toledo, OH
2023
Relations, Radial Gallery, Dayton, OH
Spring is Here, Gallery 131, Bowling Green, OH
2022
Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
Naturalistic, Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX
Materials Hard & Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
Mindful, 112 Travis Street, Houston, TX
In Residence: 15th Edition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2021
London Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, United Kingdom
Off Center, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Silent Stories, Virtual Exhibition
2020
A Very Short Engagement: Fellows in Craft, Box 13, Houston, TX
Alumni Artist in Residence Show, Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Art Unleashed, Hamilton Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Domestic Landscape,” Hamilton Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
School of Art Alumni Show, Arronson Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Trans-1, Hamilton 316, Philadelphia, PA
UnWedged, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Vitreous, Clay Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Seductive Constrictions, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2015
2 artists/ 2 Views, Cheltenham Center for Art, PA
Fugue Vernacular, Cheltenham Center for Art, Cheltenham, PA
2013
Alumni Artist, Madeline Cohen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Quintessence, Hamilton Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Sea/Sky/Ceramics, Gallery Kyouei-Gama, Tokoname, Japan
2010
Various Sundry,Skybox, Fishtown, PA
2009
Membership Show, Cheltenham Center for Art, Cheltenham, PA