Maria Mosette Kretschmann
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
585.749.8485
mariakretschmann@gmail.com
mariakretschmann.com
Education
School for American Crafts
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Ceramics and Sculpture 2004
Hiram College, Ohio
Undeclared Arts- Fall and Spring 1999
Exhibitions
2012 “Intension” – (curator) Art at the Bridge Club, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Many Entendres” – Midwives Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Consumed: Affairs with the Edible” – Femina Potens, San Francisco, CA
2009 “A Touch of Pleasure” – Femina Potens, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Dualis”- Grand Theater Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
2008 “The Greatest Show on Earth” –National Council on the Education for the
Ceramic Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 “Maturation”-Trocadero Theater, Philadelphia, PA
2006 “You Come | Taken From” (solo exhibition) Ice Coast Gallery,
Burlington, VT
2005 “You” (solo exhibition) - Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
2004 “Perpetual Explorations”- BFA Exhibition- Ford Street, Rochester, NY
2002 “Journtions” - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Awards
Cultural Access Award- Honorary Committee - 2014
Jody Klein Scholarship in Mixed Media – 2010
School for American Crafts Alumni Award - 2004
Professional Experience
Teacher – 3rd Ward, Philadelphia , PA 2013
Replication Artist- Touch Tours for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology & Anthropology 2011-2013
Mixed Media Workshop- Arthur Ganson, Haystack Mountain School for
the Crafts, Deer Isle ME 2010
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 2009
Wax Specialist & General Foundry, Ward Elicker Casting,
Philadelphia, PA 2007-2009
Interviewer & Writers Assistant, “Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans”,
Faculty Development Grant RIT, Rochester, NY 2006
Life-casting Demonstration- RIT, Rochester, NY 2006
Studio & Personal Assistant- Julia Galloway, Rochester, NY 2004-2007
Summer Workshop for High School Students
School for American Crafts, RIT, Rochester, NY 2004, 2005
Slip-Casting Demonstration- Webster High School, NY 2004
Potter- Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky Ohio 2000
Studio Assistant- Dick Lumagi, Abique New Mexico, 1999
Selected Commissions
Art Reach Philadelphia - 2014
Damien Weldon - 2011