Biography

GEORGE T. MASON

123 Borland Hill Road
Nobleboro, Maine 04555
207-563-5754
mason886@roadrunner.com



Education


MFA Master of Fine Art Degree
New York State College of Ceramics
Alfred, New York 1974-1976

BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1971-1973


Grants


National Endowment for the Arts
“Artists Fellowship” 1986

National Endowment for the Arts
“Emerging Artists’ Grant” 1982

National Endowment for the Arts
“Building Arts Grant” 1981


Public Commissions


New York Public School System “Percent for Art” commission; P.S. 181, 1995

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia 2004

Completed 30“Percent for Art” projects in the state of Maine; 1985 to 2003


Professional Experience


Founding Board Member
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts
Edgecomb, Maine 1986

Designer
Design Technics 1978-1994
New York, NY

Artist in Residence
Syracuse Clay Institute, NY. 1980

Artist in Residence
Clayworks Studio Workshop, NYC. 1978 and 1980

Artist in Residence
The Kohler Company, Wi. 1976-1977


Teaching Experience


Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Head of Ceramics Department 1978-1979

Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 1979

College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Alfred, New York 1981-1982

Bezalel Academy of Art
Jerusalem, Israel 1982-1983

National Ceramic Research Center and I.T.B. and I.K.S. Universities
Java, Indonesia 1985


Teaching Residency or Workshop


Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia 1985 summer

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Deer Isle, Maine 1985

Portland School of Art
Portland, Maine 1985

Maine Public Schools
Numerous residencies 1987-1995

Radcliff College Ceramics Studio
Boston, MA (workshop)

Southwest Craft Center
San Antonio, Texas 1993 (workshop)

Brookdale College
New Jersey 1995 (workshop)

Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts
Maine Teacher’s Workshop 2004


Museum Collections


Everson Museum
Syracuse, New York

Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan


Publications


Spiral A Literary Magazine, “Casar Devi”, 1991

Ceramics Monthly “Portfolio: George Mason”, June, 1980


Selected Shows


Fusion; The Greenhut Galleries
Portland, Maine 2007

Gallery 170
Damariscotta, Maine 2007

Cranbrook to Lancaster and Back;
Contemporary Works in Clay, Fiber and Metal
From the Robert Pfannebecker Collection 2005

Tile: Matter & Motif
Baltimore Clayworks 2004

Ornamentia: A Ceramic Exhibit
Framing Girl Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2002

Artistry in Tile
Greater Reston Arts Center, Virginia 2002

Connections With Antiquity
Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 1997 one person show

Rule Modern & Contemporary
Collaborative Drawings by Scott Chamberlin and George Mason, Denver, CO 1995

Makers ’93
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine 1993

Goldsmith Gallery Invitational
Boothbay Harbor, Maine 1993,1994, 1995, 2001

O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine 1991

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Porland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine 1988

Stark Gallery, New York, New York 1987

13th Chunichi International
Exhibition of Ceramic Arts, Nagoya, Japan 1985

Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel 1983

Haber-Theodore Gallery, New York 1982

Fosdick Nelson Gallery
New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University 1982

Nina Freudenhein Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1982

New Works in Clay III
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York 1981


The Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. 1980. American Porcelain

Architectural Ceramics
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1980

Exhibit A, Chicago, IL One Person Show 1980
Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI 1979

Young Americans Clay/Glass
The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY 1978

The Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine. One Person Show 1978

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. One Person Show 1977


Percent for Art Commissions


Edgecomb Eddy School, Edgecomb, Maine 2003

Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Maine 1997

Herman High School, Herman, Maine 1996

Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, Maine 1996

University of Maine at Orono 1996

P.S. 181, Brooklyn, New York, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects 1995

Hanson Elementary School, East Lebanon, Maine, Foster & Ingalls- Architects 1995

Gorham High School, Gorham, Maine, Portland Design Team 1995

Crescent Park Elementary School Bethel, Maine, Rea Associates 1994

Guilford Middle School, Guilford, Maine 1994

Oak Hill High School, Sabattus, Maine, Sasaki Architects 1994

Garland Street Middle School, Bangor, Maine, Allied Architects 1993

Hope Elementary School, Hope, Maine, Moore/Wenrich Architects 1993

Winslow Elementary School, Winslow, Maine, Harriman Assoicaites 1992

Department of Transportation, The Consolidated Motor Vehicle Facility,Augusta, Maine, T.F.H. Architects 1992

Greely High School, North Yarmouth, Maine, Terrian Architects 1992

Manchester Elementary School, Manchester, Maine, Steven Blatt Architects 1992

Readfield Elementary School, Readfield, Maine, Steven Blatt Architects 1992

Oxford Elementary School, Oxford, Maine, Moore/Weinrich Architects 1991

Searsport Elementary School, Searsport, Maine, Steven Blatt Architects 1991

Fort Fairfield Elementary School, Fort Fairfield, Maine, Steven Blatt Architects 1991

Nobleboro Central School, Nobleboro, Maine, Terrian Architects 1991

Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, Buckfield, Maine, Steven Blatt Architects 1990

Leeds Elementary School, Leeds, Maine, Rea Associates 1990

Biddeford Primary School, Biddeford, Maine Portland Design Team 1989

Scarborough High School, Scarborough, Maine, Porland Design Team 1989

Union Elementary & Gaul Junior High School, Union, Maine, Rea Associates 1989

Limington Elementary School, Limington, Maine, Rea Associates 1988

Jordan Small School, Raymond, Maine, Terrian Architects 1988

Margaret Chase Smith Elementary School, Sanford, Maine, Moore/Weinrich Architects 1987

Jonesport High School, Jonesport, Maine 1985