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Emily Grace Gleason
EDUCATION
2025 MFA Candidate Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023 Coursework in Human Psychology, Hawaii Community College, Hilo, HI
2012 BA Environmental Studies, Certificate in Writing, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS
2025 State of Clay Juried Exhibition, Lex Arts, Lexington, MA (forthcoming in May)
2024 Storytellers National Juried Exhibition, Mudflat Studios, Somerville, MA
2024 Marblehead Festival of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Marblehead, MA
2023 ‘Level Up’ Cambridge Arts Association Student Member Exhibition, Cambridge, MA
2023 Haystack Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023 ARTOBERFEST, Salem Arts Association, Salem, MA
2023 Annual Art Auction, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2022 Hawaiʻi Craftsman Annual Juried Statewide Exhibition, Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2022 Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2021 Hawaiʻi Craftsman Annual Juried Statewide Exhibition, Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i
EXPERIENCE
2025 - present Founder & Instructor, Clay for Recovery, Jamaica Plain Recovery Center, Boston, MA
2024 - 2025 Ceramics Studio Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2022 - 2023 Founder & Instructor, Clay for Recovery, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2021 - 2023 Ceramics Studio Apprentice, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2022 - 2023 Ceramics Hand-building Instructor, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2016 - 2023 Freelance Writer and Editor, M the Writer, Kailua-Kona, HI
2011 - 2012 Ceramics Studio Assistant, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
ORGANIZATIONS
2024 — Present Student Member, Salem Arts Association, Salem, MA
2023 — Present Student Member, Cambridge Arts Association, Cambridge, MA
PUBLICATIONS
“The Sculpted Word: Telling Tales Through Ceramic Form ,” Studio Potter Magazine, 2024
“Eschew Blue: An Interview with Printmaker Robert Corsair,” DMAC Blog, 2023
“Painting Love: An Interview with Artist Saumolia Puapuaga,” DMAC Blog, 2023
“My Year of Clay,” DMAC Blog, 2023
“In the Moment with Onggi: Interview with Ceramic Artist Yeonsoo Kim”, DMAC Blog, 2022.
“Morinoue’s Hale: A Gathering Place”, Keola Magazine, 2022.
“A Meditation with Nature: Interview with Artist Hunter Buck”, DMAC Blog, 2022.
“Talk to Your Art: An Interview with Akiko Cutlip”, DMAC Blog, 2022.
“Blacksmithing for Sanity,” M the Writer Blog, 2019.
“Cat Island,” West Hawaii Today, 2019.