TAWA at 45
The Exhibition
Michael Welliver
Untitled
stoneware, 2017; 7.5″h x 11.5″w
Michael Welliver received his MA in ceramics/sculpture from Kean University, his BA in fine art from Thomas Edison State College/Trenton State College, and his AA in advertising design from Mercer County Community College. His exhibits include Breath of Fire: Ceramics Invitational, Trenton City Museum; Form Follows Function – New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, New Jersey State Museum; Through Our Eyes: 2001 Graduate Exhibit, James Howe Gallery, Kean University; Eyes On Trenton, New Jersey State Museum; New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Art, New Jersey State Museum; Artists Commemorate James Colavita, Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ; Politics of Scale, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Colavita & Welliver, Faculty Exhibition, The Gallery, Mercer County Community College; Inaugural Exhibit, Art’s Garage, Hopewell, NJ; The Valentine Show, Artifacts Gallery, Trenton, NJ; Popular Graces, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; TAWA/Soviet Exchange Exhibition, Moscow, Minsk; Students & Faculty, New Jersey Designer Craftsmen Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ; Manifestations of the Earth, Rossi Gallery, Lambertville, NJ; Ceramic Vessels, Trenton Free Public Library; Faculty Exhibition, Mercer County Community College; Raku Vessels, TAWA at Ellarslie Summer Series, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie; Alumni Exhibition, Mercer County Community College; Four Artists, Mercer County Community College; Couples, The Federal Building, Trenton, NJ; Mercer County Artists Exhibition, Mercer County Community College; and Landscapes, Mercer County Community College. Installations and performances were as a member of the Eldridge Park Artists and the Clark Kent Troupe: Burning for Jim, Mill Hill Park, Trenton, NJ; Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Stanhope, NJ; Shadows for Ben, Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum; The Story of Madonna Di Cassandrino, Feast of Lights, Trenton, NJ; Mardi Gras Celebration, Princeton Art Association, Princeton, NJ; The Birth of the Bride Dogs, Brooklyn College; For the Fire, Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum.
Welliver is currently a professor and curriculum coordinator for the ceramics/sculpture department at Mercer County Community College. He was formerly an adjunct professor in ceramics at Kean University; preparator, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ; and production potter, Pacific Art and Design, Trenton, NJ. He has taught for: Mercer County Teen Arts Festival workshop in ceramics; raku workshop, Notre Dame High School, Lawrence Township, NJ; mask making, Burning for Jim, Artworks, Trenton, NJ; Artist in Residence, Hamilton Township Gifted and Talented Program, Hamilton, NJ; Artist in Residence, Ben Franklin Elementary School, Lawrence Township, NJ; instructor, mask making workshop, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Artworks, Trenton, NJ; instructor, wheel throwing, Princeton Art Association, Princeton, NJ; instructor, raku workshop, The Summer Arts Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; instructor, ceramics, three-dimensional design, Tomato Patch Program, Mercer County Community College; instructor, ceramics, figure drawing, Mercer County Teen Arts Festival; and instructor, raku workshop, Princeton Art Association, Princeton, NJ.