Bruce M. Breckenridge - Resume

EDUCATION:

1960 University of California-Berkeley (education)
1956 Academy of the Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France (drawing)
1953 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - Master of Fine Arts (painting, ceramics)
1952 Milwaukee State Teachers College - Bachelor of Science (education)
1949-51 Summer School of Painting, Saugatuck, Michigan (painting, ceramics)
1948-50 Western Michigan University-Kalamazoo

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1977 Professor, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1971-77 Associate Professor, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1969-71 Assistant Professor, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1968-69 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1968 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, Arizona State University, summer
1967 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, University of California-Berkeley, summer
1966-67 Lecturer, Art Department, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, New York
1965-68 Lecturer, Brooklyn Museum Art School
1961-64 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1954-55 Visiting Instructor, Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan

GRANTS:

2002 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2000 Urban Clay Residency Program, Los Angeles, California
1997 Urban Clay Residency Program, Los Angeles, California
1996 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1994 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1993 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1993 Ucross Foundation Residency Program, Clearmont, Wyoming
1991 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1990 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1989 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Semester I
1989 Graduate School/School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, equipment
1989 Sabbatical Leave, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Semester II
1987 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1983 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, student assistant
1982 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1981 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1977 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer
1973 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer
1971 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin- Madison, summer
1970 Castolite Company, Woodstock, Illinois
1970 University Arts Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, travel grant

EXHIBITIONS:

2007 “Voicesproject”, Phoenix, Arizona
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2006 “Bruce Breckenridge”, Solo exhibition, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
“Bruce Buddies”, Sugar River Gallery, VAHS, Verona, Wisconsin
2005 “NCECA National Exhibition, University of Maryland, Baltimore County in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
2003 “21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada”, Canzoni Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,Ohio
2003 “Digital Ceramic Murals By Bruce Breckenridge”, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, Wisconsin
2003 “Art Department Faculty Exhibition”, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
2002 “Work in Progress”, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, Wisconsin
2002 “Bruce Breckenridge-New Works” 137 E. Wilson, Madison, Wisconsin
2002 “Edinboro National Invitational Exhibition”, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2001 “Midwest Ceramics Invitational”, Grundel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2001 “Wisconsin Ceramics”, Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, Wisconsin
2000 “Paoli Family Reunion Exhibition”, Sugar River Gallery, Verona, Wisconsin
2000 “Recent Work by Suzanne and Bruce Breckenridge”, Lazzaro Signature Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
2000 “Don Reitz and Bruce Breckenridge and Alumni Exhibition, Sunrise Center, Aurora, Colorado in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
1999 University of Wisconsin System Ceramics Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1998 Group exhibition, Percival Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
1998 "MUDluscious" recent works by ceramic artists, Humanities Gallery, University of Wisconsin Madison
1997 "MUDluscious" recent works by ceramic artists, Humanities Gallery, University of WisconsinMadison
1997 One Person Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan County Campus; Fine Arts Gallery
1997 3 Clay Seasons: The Des Moines Art Center at Dahlquist Clayworks, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
1996 One Person Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha County Campus, Fine Arts Gallery
1996 One Person Exhibition, Jahn Arts International, Minneapolis
1995 "Super Bowls", Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1995 "TILE 95, Concept, Artifact, Ornament" (a national juried exhibition in conjunction with the Tile Heritage Symposium), Pebwabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
1995 "Shrines", Colucci Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1995 American Craft Art Resources Gallery, Edina, Minnesota
1995 Paoli Clay Family Show- A National Invitational Art Resources Gallery , St.
Paul, Minnesota (in conjunction with the annual NCECA Conference)
1995 One Person Exhibition, Jahn Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (in conjunction With the the annual NCECA Conference)
Paoli Clay Family Show- A National Invitational, Art Gallery , Verona Area High School, Verona, Wisconsin
1994 Faculty Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin- Madison
1993 Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
1973 The Plastic Earth, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1973 One Person Exhibition, Reeve Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
1972 Summer Faculty Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1972 University of Wisconsin Art Faculty, Charles Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
1971 One Person Exhibition, Coyote Center, University of South Dakota - Vermillion
1971 The large and the Small of It, Ceramics by Don Reitz and Bruce Breckenridge, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
1971 National Ceramics Invitational, Scripps College, Claremont, California
1971 Objects Wisconsin, l'Atelier Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1971 Coffee, Tea and Other Cups, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York
1970 One Person Exhibition, Edward Sherbeyn Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1970 Breckenridge, Reitz and Friends, l'Atelier Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1969 National Ceramics Invitational, Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1968 National Ceramics Invitational, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
1968 Objects as Objects, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York
1965-67 Faculty Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York
1964 One Person Exhibition, Hansen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1964 5th Winter Invitational, California Palace of the legion of Honor, San Francisco
1963 One Person Exhibition, Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley, California
1963 82nd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
1963 California Painting, la Jolla Art Center, la Jolla, California
1962 One Person Exhibition, Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley, California
1962 One Person Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1960 Northern California Sculptors Annual, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
1959 9th Annual Exhibition Oil and Sculpture, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1955 One Person Exhibition, Olivet College Art Gallery, Olivet, Michigan
1954 Momentum Mid-Continental, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, etc.

2002 Visiting Artist, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2000 " Glaze Doctor", Wisconsin Art Education meeting, Verona Area High School
2000 Visiting Artist, University of Southern California
2000 Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton
1999 Juror, Empty Bowls, Habitat for Humanity, West High School, Madison
1999 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1998 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-la Crosse
1998 Workshop with Nicaraguan potters in conjunction with Madison sister cities
1998 Dahlquist Clay Works, Visiting Artist/Workshop for students of the Des Moines Art Center, Drake University, and Grandview College
1998 Visiting Artist/lecture/Demonstration, University of New Mexico
1998 Visiting Artist/lecture/Demonstration, Northern Illinois University
1998 Visiting Artist/lecture/Demonstration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1998 Visiting Artist/lecture/Critique, Verona Area High School
1998 Moldmaking Workshop with Duane Weick, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
1996 External Reviewer for the Ceramics Degree Program, Undergraduate and Graduate, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
1996 Panelist with faculty and graduate students, representatives from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northern Illinois University, The School of the Chicago Art Institute, The University of Iowa, in conjunction with the
ceramic exhibition "Midwest Graduate Students". ( Two Department of Art ceramic graduate students were included in the exhibition) University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
1996 Visiting Artist/lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
1996 Visiting Artist/lecture, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha County Campus
1996 Visiting Artist/lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1995 Lecture/Visiting Artist/Demonstration, Dahlquist Clayworks, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Slide Talk, Summervail25, Vail, Colorado
1994 Visiting Artist/Lecture/Demonstration, Verona Area High School, Verona, Wisconsin, West High School, Madison, Wisconsin, Bethel Horizons, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Grandview College, Des Moines, Iowa
1994 Panel: "View Point Ceramics: The Photographic Image", Richard Shaw, Les Lawrence, NCECA, New Orleans, Louisana
1993 Lecture/Visiting Artist, University of California-Berkeley
1993 Visiting Artist, Arizona State University , Tempe
1993 Lecture, Arts Group, Prescott, Arizona
1993 Slide Lecture, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
1992 Moderator for Panel Discussion "Some Reflections on Twenty Years of Teaching Ceramics", Mid-America College Art Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama
1992 Juror, Belvidere Art Fair, Belvidere, Illinois
1992 Visiting Critic, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1992 Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1991 Board Member, Mid-America College Art Association, Madison, Wisconsin
1991 Panelist, Mid-America College Art Association, Madison, Wisconsin
1991 Board Meeting at the National College Art Association Meeting, Washington, D.C.
1991 Conference Host, 55th Annual Meeting, Mid-America College Art Association, Madison, Wisconsin
1991 Panelist, Faculty Compensation, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
1991 Chairman, Program Review Committee, Department of Art, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
1991 Visiting Artist, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa
1989 Moderator for Panel Discussion "Foundations Education," National Association of School of Art and Design Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
1989 Visiting Artist, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California
1989 Visiting Critic and Lecturer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
1989 Visiting Artist, California State University , San Bernardino, California
1989 Lecture, Rockford College, Ceramic Invitational, Rockford, Illinois
1989 Moderator, Intermedia Conference, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1989 Visiting Artist, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1989 Panelist, "Faculty compensation," Annual Conference of the National Council of Art Administrators, Memphis, Tennessee
1989 Member, Site Visitation Training Panel, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, San Diego, California
1989 Program Reviewer, Department of Art, Denison University, Granville, Ohio
1989 Juror, Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Wisconsin
1989 Panelist," Annual Faculty Evaluation Process: Safeguard or Corruption," Annual Conference of the National Association of Art Administrators, Memphis, Tennessee
1988 Lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1988 Visiting Artist, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
1988 Panel Moderator, "Teaching Assistants - Below Minimum Wage", F.A.T.E. National Conference, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
1988 Panelist, "International Perspectives: U.S. Institutions Abroad; International Students in U.S. Institutions", National Association of Schools of Art and Design Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio
1988 Consultant for External Review of Tenure Decision, University of Illinois-Champaign
1988 Lecture/Demonstration, Ninth Annual Yuma Symposium, Yuma Fine Arts Center, Arizona
1987 Lecture, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1987 Lecture, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1987 Juror, Belvidere Art Fair, Belvidere, Illinois
1986 Panel Moderator, “The Ceramic Educator”, National Council of Education in the Ceramic Arts, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
1986 Juror, Belvidere Art Fair, Belvidere, Illinois
1986 Member, Artists Advisory Panel for the Festival of the Lakes, Madison, Wisconsin
1986 Panel Moderator, “The Problems of Integration and the Relationship of Research with Computers to Existing Art Programs”, 50th Annual Conference of the Mid America College Art Association, Memphis, Tennessee.
1986 Paper/Panel, “Establishing a Solicitation List for Successful Fundraising”, National Association of Schools of Art and Design Conference, Charleston, South Carolina
1986 Lecture, “The Americanization of Design Education in the 20th Century: Asserting the Indigenous Traditions”, at the symposium “Functional Visionaries: Issues in Architecture and Design”, in conjunction with the exhibition, “Cranbrook Vision”, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1983 Lecture, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, New York
1983 Lecture, Maryland Art Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1982 Visiting Artist, Summervail Workshop of Art and Critical Studies, Vail, Colorado
1982 Juror, Wausau Festival of the Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
1982 Technical Consultant for Madison Area Retarded Citizens (MARC)
1982 Gallery Talk, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Faculty Exhibition
1982 Rocky Mountain Clay Symposium (organized and participated), Breckenridge, Lipscher,Reitz, Rice, Turner
1981 Visiting Artist, Summervail Workshop for Art and Critical Studies, Vail, Colorado
1981 Juror-Selector of Purchases, Art Fair on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
1980 Lecturer, Norway-Muskego Wisconsin School District
1980 Visiting Artist-Juror, Northern Illinois University-DeKalb
1980 Visiting Artist, Barrington School, Barrington, Illinois
1980 Lecturer, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin (“Contemporary Ceramics”)
1979 Visiting Artist, Queens College, New York
1979 Lecturer, AAUW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (“American Ceramics Since 1945")
1979 Lecturer, Wausau Festival Committee, Wausau, Wisconsin (“Contemporary Ceramic Trends”)
1979 Juror, Wausau Festival of the Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
1978 Juror, Wausau Festival of the Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
1978 Consultant Regarding Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City
1978 Visiting Artist, University of South Florida-Tampa
1978 Juror, Wisconsin Festival of the Arts
1978 Advisor, Wisconsin Arts Council, Madison, Wisconsin
1978 Lecturer, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
1977 Participant, Parents Art Week, Randall School, Madison, Wisconsin
1977 Lecturer, Wisconsin Art Education Association
1976 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Extension
1976 Juror, Scholastic Art Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
1975 Lecturer, Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
1975 Juror, Spring Green Art Fair, Spring Green, Wisconsin
1975 Juror, Student Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
1975 Lecturer, Wisconsin Art Education Association
1974 Lecturer, Public School Art Teachers from Madison, Middleton, Verona, Monona and Waunakee, Wisconsin
1974 Lecturer, Waukesha Public School Art Teachers, Wakesha, Wisconsin
1974 Lecturer, Elvehjem Museum of Art Docent Program, Madison, Wisconsin
1974 Visiting Critic, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1974 Visitor, Hastings Plastic Corporation, Los Angeles, California
1974 Lecturer, NCECA Conference with Art Shade and Mike Peed, Madison, WI
1974 Moderator-Panel, NCECA Annual Conference with Robert Hudson, Richard Shaw, Robert Arneson, Clayton Bailey, Madison, Wisconsin
1974 Panel, Discussion of Faculty Exhibition with Walter Hamady and Ronnie Hess, WHA Radio, Madison, Wisconsin
1973 Artist in Residence, Reeve Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1973 Lecturer, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1972 Lecturer, Art Survey Class, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1972 Lecturer, Oxbow Summer School, Saugatuck, Michigan
1972 Visiting Artist-Critic, Northern State College Aberdeen, South Dakota
1972 Lecturer, Baltimore Potters Guild, Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Juror, Student Ceramic Exhibition, Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Visiting Artist-Critic, Maryland Art Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Lecturer, Corcoran Art School, Washington, D.C.
1972 Lecturer, Michigan Potters Association
1972 Juror, Michigan Potters Association, Michigan State University, Detroit, Michigan
1971 Attendee, 5th Annual Conference on Ceramic Arts, Pennsylvania State University-University Park Advisor, Ceramics Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City
1971 Juror, William Tell Art Fair, New Glarus, Wisconsin Juror, Wisconsin Festival of the Arts, West Allis, Wisconsin Juror, White Hare Amateur Topless Contest with Steve Antonakos, Madison, Wisconsin
1971 Juror, Great Lakes Ceramic Exhibition, Platteville, Wisconsin
1971 Lecturer-Panel, with Al Held, Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin
1971 Lecturer, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1971 Lecturer-Critic, Summer Studio, Wausau, Wisconsin
1971 Exhibition Coordinator, UW-Madison Graduate Student Exhibition, Edward Sherbeyn Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1970 Advisor, Ceramic Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City
1970 Juror, Art Fair on the Green, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
1970 Panel, National Conference of NCECA, Oakland, California ("Clay Decoration")
1970 Lecturer, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
1970 Lecturer, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1970 Visitor-Meeting Participant, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
1970 Demonstrator, Midwest Art Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1970 Chairman-Panel, "Problems of Small College Art Departments", Midwest Art Conference, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1970 Lecturer, Madison AAUW, Madison, Wisconsin
1969 Lecturer, Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York
1969 Moderator-Panel, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland ("Voulkos")
1969 Lecturer- Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, (“Voulkos”)
1968 Lecturer, Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York
1968 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Wausau
1967 Visiting Critic, Art Festival, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan
1967 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc
1967 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Marshfield
1966 Lecturer, Alfred University , Alfred, New York
1966 Lecturer, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
1966 Panel, WGBH Radio, Boston, Massachusetts
1965 Lecturer, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1964 Moderator-Panel, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1963 Moderator-Panel, University of California-Berkeley

EXHIBITION REVIEWS:
2003 Two pieces reproduced in a book of the exhibition, "21st Ceramics in the United States & Canada”, published by the American Ceramics Society
2003 The Wisconsin State Journal
2003 The Capital Times
2000 The Art and Craft of Clay" , Susan Peterson also included in Robin Hopper's new ceramic book
1982 Ceramics Monthly
1982 The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1982 The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin
1982 The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin
1978 The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1978 The Complete Book of Pottery Making, by John B. Kenny (color photo)
1976 The Janesville Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin (October)
1976 Ceramics Monthly (July, with photo)
1976 C raft Horizons (May, with photo)
1971 Craft Horizons
1971 Ceramics Monthly (March)
1971 Appleton Times-Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin
1971 The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1971 The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin
1964 San Francisco Examiner
1964 San Francisco Chronicle
1963 Berkeley Gazette
1963 Art News
1960 Oakland Tribune

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS WRITTEN:

1979 “NCECA Invitational 1979", NCECA Newsletter
1971 "Bacia Edelman, Pat Smith, Anne Swann Exhibition”, Craft Horizons (August)
1971 "John Satre Murphy Exhibition", Craft Horizons "
1971 James Leedy Exhibition", Craft Horizons
1971 "National Invitational Exhibition II, Glass", Craft Horizons
1971 "Donald Trudel Exhibition", Craft Horizons (August)
1970 "Don Reitz Exhibition", Craft Horizons (Summer)
1969 "Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen", Craft Horizons (Summer, review)
1965-66 Catalogs for the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City
1965 "New Ceramics Forms", Craft Horizons