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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