published articles

Recent Publications

• Exhibition narrative highlighting the work of figurative clay artist Cristina Cordova. Published and translated in association with Museo Arte Contempraneo de Puerto Rico, March-May 2009.
  
• "On the Shoulders of Giants," craft article in Asheville's Mountain Xpress. April, 2009. Read it here.
• NATIONAL COVER: Feature on ceramic artist Liz Zlot Summerfield, Ceramics Monthly, April 2009. Also in this issue, "The Nature of the Pod" on ceramicist Alice Ballard.
• "Informed Wildness,"essay in Ceramic Art & Perception, December 2008. 
• "Studio Visit" essay on Elizabeth Brim in Metalsmith, November 2008. 
• "The Poetics of Collaboration," essay on ceramic artists Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama, Ceramics Monthly, October 2008.
• Articles for Mountain Xpress, October 2008: 1) Penland's Core Show, 2) The Longest Undeclared War in History, and 3) Smart Craft (Brent Skidmore at the Mint), October 2008.
• "The Surface of Skin," essay on mixed-media sculptor Anne Lenamski in Surface Design Journal, July 2008.

Archived Publications

• "Carolina Mountains Literary Festival" blurb in Our State, Agenda, September 2008.
• COVER STORY May 2008 Ceramics Monthly, "Jenny Mendes: From Center to Surface." Read it online now.
• "Renewal and Hope in Spruce Pine," published in local papers and online. 
• "Fire on the Mountain" in WNC Magazine, March 2008.
• "Mountains of Tea" in Now & Then, Winter 2008.
•  "On the Edge: Southern Appalachian Living," a personal narrative  in Cadillac Cicatrix, print and online, Winter 2008.
• Ceramics Monthly, feature article, "A Reasoned Approach," November 2007. 
• "Self Portrait," poem, Winter 2007, Perigee Art. Click here and follow link archived issues, poetry.
• Runner Up in M Review's creative nonfiction category for "Islandia," a memoir vignette to be published June 2007. Sponsored by Marylhurst University.
• 3rd Place Winner in the Student Category of the Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest, published in a chapbook, June 2007. Read the essay titled "Meditation on Activism" now.
• Contemporary Impressions, March 2007, "Interview with Kore Loy Wildrekinde McWhirter" (copyrighted text version).
• Read a recent PR article for the upcoming Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, published in local papers
• Ceramic Art and Perception, Lisa Clague: To Sculpt a Dream (copyrighted pdf), January 2007, Issue #66
• Now & Then Magazine: Inner Peace and Patience (reprint), Winter 2007.  This article was mentioned on air at WETS 89.5 FM!
• Our State Magazine, "Booking It," December 2006 
• Ceramic Art and Perception: The Creation and Experience of Cristina Cordova's Clay Sculptures (copyrighted pdf), Issue 63, 2006
• Yancey Common Times Journal, "Award-winning Author Gloria Houston," Summer 2006
• Tomorrow's Child Magazine, Inner Peace and Patience: On Guiding Adolescents (copyrighted text version)
• Western North Carolina Woman, Dispatches from the Not-So-Common Cold
•  Southern Arts Journal, The Meeting That Made History, Spring 2006.
•  Southern Arts Journal, The South (personal narrative), Fall 2005.
• Looking For Clues, In-Between Time  (scroll to bottom of page)
• The Dabbling Mum, The Nature of the Blog
• Western North Carolina Woman: Peace Narrative
• Western North Carolina Woman: Blogging Leads to Publication
• MEPI Open Forum, "The Building of a 9th Grader and A Living, Learning, Community," 2004
• SCA Corps Report, "The NY Adirondack Program’s Education Season," Srping 2002
• Livewire, "Home is Where You Are," Winter 2001
• The Nature Conservancy Newsletter, "Conservation With Intention," Fall 2001.
• The Nature Conservancy’s Last Great Places website, Invasive Plant Species Report (links to one sample page), Fall 2001
• The Artful Mind, "Young Musician Cleo Post," Fall 2001
• blue moon Literary Magazine, "Turn Toward," poem, Spring 2001