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Betsy Vollmar​
vollmarb@mail.gvsu.edu
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Education

 

2014-2017

Grand Valley State University, BFA Ceramics, Allendale, MI

2011-2014

St. Clair County Community College, Associate of Arts, Port Huron, MI

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Activities

 

April 2017

Godfrey Lee Early Learning Center Workshop, Allendale, MI

Inviting 2nd grade students to use GVSU ceramic facilities and demonstrating pinch pot, coil, and underglazing techniques

2017-2015

GVSU Contemporary Ceramics Association, Allendale, MI

President and student member

October 2016

Anne Havel Enamel Workshop, GVSU, Allendale, MI

October 2016

Greek Pottery Workshop, GVSU, Allendale, MI

Demonstrate coil pot construction for Greek Honors Class

March 2016

West Michigan Academy of Arts Workshop, Spring Lake, MI

Guest teaching 8th grade students pinch and coil techniques

 
Exhibitions

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March 2019

West Michigan Art Competition, LowellArts, Lowell, MI

September 2018

Cold Connections Exhibition, Benedum Fine Arts Gallery Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA

October 2018

MCAA Exhibition, Williams Family Fund Vessel Award Emerging Artist, Allendale, MI

February 2018

4th Annual ALL Women Online Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online

December 2017

New Works by Emma Hoekstra, Kristina Petrash, & Betsy Vollmar, DeWitt Exhibition Space, GVSU, Allendale, MI—BFA Group Exhibition
November 2017
Edible Reflections, Padnos Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI

October 2017

Graveyard Shift, Padnos Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI

September 2017

ORIGIN, Padnos Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI

July 2017

GVSU & SeoulTech International Ceramics Workshop and Exhibition—Presenter in Seoul, South Korea

April 2017

Grand Valley State University Student Scholars Day, Allendale, MI

March 2017

5th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, GVSU, Allendale, MI

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

West Michigan Art Competition, LowellArts, Lowell, MI

Metals 2017, Eastern Michigan University School of Art and Design, Ypsilanti, MI

January 2017

Intimate Interbeing, Padnos Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI

September 2016

Transformative Vessels, Padnos Gallery, GVSU, Allendale, MI

March 2016

4th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, GVSU, Allendale, MI

July 2011

Expansion, Solo Exhibition, Studio 1219, Port Huron, MI

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Awards and Scholarships

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October 2018

MCAA Exhibition, Williams Family Fund Vessel Award Emerging Artist—Allendale, MI

January 2018

Artwork addition to GVSU Permanent Art Collection—Allendale, MI

May 2017

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI—Recipient of Summer Fellowship Alexander Calder Honors Scholarship, GVSU, Allendale, MI—Award granted by Calder Scholarship Committee to outstanding students within art & design, film, music, video, dance, theater or photography

Branstrom Fine Arts Scholarship, GVSU, Allendale, MI—Award granted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to students in art & design, music, and the School of Communication

April 2017

Academic Excellence Award in Studio Art, GVSU, Grand Rapids, MI

March 2017

Senior Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, GVSU, Allendale MI

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI—West Michigan Potters Guild Eleanore Smith Memorial Award for Ceramics

March 2016

4th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, GVSU, Allendale MIPurchase Award, GVSU Permanent Art Collection

June 2014

McDonald’s National Employee Scholarship, Port Huron, MIRecipient Award for Higher Education

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Conferences
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May 2018

Society of North American Goldsmiths, Portland, OR

October 2017

9th Annual Ceramics Forum, GVSU, Allendale, MI

May 2017

Society of North American Goldsmiths, New Orleans, LA

March 2017

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Portland, OR

November 2016

Chicago SOFA, Chicago, IL

October 2016

8th Annual Ceramics Forum, GVSU, Allendale, MI

March 2016

NCECA, Kansas City, MO

November 2015

Chicago SOFA, Chicago, IL

October 2015

Michigan Mud, Dearborn, MI

October 2015

7th Annual Ceramics Forum, GVSU, Allendale MI

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Employment

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Present-September 2018

Studio Assistant of Captured in Clay by Jen Dyke, Hudsonville, MI

Present-January 2018

Meijer Cashier and Customer Service, Holland, MI

August 2017-May 2017

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency Housekeeping Staff, Saugatuck, MI

April 2017-August 2016

Padnos Student Art Gallery Assistant, Allendale, MI

2017-2010

McDonald’s Crew Chief, Port Huron, MI

2017-2011

Roche Bar Money and Record Keeping, Port Huron, MI

2016-2015

Tropical Smoothie Café Shift Leader, Walker, MI

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Technical Skills

 

  • Able to fire gas, electric, soda kilns, and turn knob test kilns.

  • Experienced in mixing with large clay mixers and pugmill.

  • Able to mix glazes from dry material ingredients.

  • Skilled in numerous metalsmithing practices.

  • Adobe Creative Suite. 

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