Brooke Armstrong
armstrongbrookej@gmail.com
Education
2021 MFA in Ceramic Art, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2013 Post Baccalaureate in Ceramic Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
2012 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communication, The State University of New York,
Potsdam, NY.
Professional
Experience
Present- 2023 Assistant Professor of Instruction, Southwest Campus Area Head, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX.
Present-2024 Community Workshop Instructor, BluSeed Studio, Saranac Lake, NY.
Community Class Instructor, Sculptural Vessels, Intro to Handbuilding, Clay and Copper Wearable Art, University of Texas, San Antonio,
South West Campus, San Antonio, TX.
2023-2022 Community Mural Workshop Instructor, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
Community Mural Workshop Instructor, Bathing Beauties Beads, Missoula, MT.
Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics and Drawing 1, University of Montana, Ceramics, Missoula, MT.
2023-2021 Ceramic & Sculpture Technician, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Selected
Residencies
2024 BluSeed Studios, Community Clay Mural Project, National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship,
Saranac Lake, NY.
2017 Red Lodge Clay Center, Artist-Invite-Artist, Red Lodge, MT.
2016 Red Lodge Clay Center, Short Term Artist in Residence, Red Lodge, MT.
Zlakusa Ceramic Symposium, International Symposium, Zlakusa, Serbia.
2015 Mendocino Art Center, Long Term Residency, Mendocino, CA.
Selected
Exhibitions
2024 Form and Space, Juried Exhibition, Juror Eliza Au, Deland Art Museum, Deland, FL.
11th Annual Texas Artist Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX.
15th Annual Ceramic Showdown, South Texas College, Library Art Gallery, Rio Grande, TX.
Influence/d, Invited Artist, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH.
Materials Hard and Soft, Best In Show Award, Greater Denton Arts Council, Juror Du Chau, Denton, TX.
Fahrenheit, Juried Exhibition, Juror Kathy King, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
2023 Faculty Exhibition, UTSA Main Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
Clay National XVII: The Autobiography of the Object, Juror’s Choice Award. Juror Sam Harvey, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO.
RLCC Juried National Exhibition VII, Red Lodge Clay Center, Juror Steven Lee, Red Lodge, MT.
Montana Clay Tour, Exhibiting Artist, Tara Wilson’s Studio, Helena, MT.
Materials Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Juror, Brooks Oliver, Denton, TX.
Potsketch, The Clay Studio of Missoula annual benefit auction, Missoula, MT.
9th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT.
Across the Divide, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
BEAD, Wilkins Gallery, Lewiston Art Center, Lewiston, MT.
Art in An Emergency, Sci-Art Collaborative Show, Gallery 709, Missoula, MT.
Identity, Allez! Exhibiting Muralist, Missoula, MT.
2022 Growing Seeds, SAFE Credit Union, NCECA sponsored exhibition, Sacramento, CA.
Potsketch, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
A Labor of Love, co-exhibitor, Wildfire Ceramic Studio, Missoula, MT.
Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2021 International Masters Exhibit, Virtual Fourth International Woodfire Arts Festival, Shanghai Institute for Visual Arts, Shanghai, China.
2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Artistic Excellence Award, Juror Patrick Dougherty, The In Art Gallery, Virtual Gallery.
Beside| |Between, Thesis Exhibition, The Gallery of Visual Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
NCECA Juried Student Show, Juror’s Jessika Edgar and Malcolm Mobutu Smith, DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, OH.
2019 Earth and Sky, Solo Exhibition, The University Center Gallery, Missoula, MT.
NCECA Juried Student Show, Jurors Steven Lee and Linda Lopez, Aardvark Clay Purchase Award, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Clay AF, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
Selected Awards
& Publications and Lectures
2024
Resident Artist Lecture, Bluseed Studio, Saranac Lake, NY.
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Artist Lecture, The Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX.
2023
Sensorial, Ceramics Monthly reader wide Contest, September Issue.
2022DeKlein K, Contemporary Dutch Ceramics Publication, No. 95,
https://inspiratie.ceramic.nl/K/95COU/K95.pdf
Strategic Investment Grant, Montana Arts Council. Missoula, MT.
2021
Allez! Mural Space, Funded Exhibiting Artist, Missoula, MT.