Lyla L. Nelson
www.lylanelson.com
lylanelson@gmail.com
833 S. Trenton Ave.
Wilkinsburg, PA 15221
770.500.7769
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Education
2011
BFA- Glass
Tennessee Tech University, Appalachian Center for Craft
Smithville, TN
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Extended Education
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Judith Schaechter, Glass workshop
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
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Fritz Dreisbach, Glass workshop
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
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Boyd Sugiki, Glass workshop
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007
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Elin Christopherson, Glass workshop
Penland School of Crafts, Penland,NC, 2005
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Janice Strawder & Jenny Lou Sherburne, Ceramics Concentration
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2002
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Sam Clarkson & Allegheny Meadows, Ceramics Concentration
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2001
Brian Ransom, Ceramics workshop
Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, 2001
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Professional Experience
2011-12
Workshop Instructor
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2008-12
Lyla Nelson Glass, Owner
Pittsburgh, PA
2006-11
Workshop Instructor for FACCT Outreach program
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2010
Teaching Assistant – Intro to Glass
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
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Selected Exhibitions
2012
Teapot Collection
Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia
2012
Teapots!
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2012
Liberty In Bloom
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Layered Up
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2011
Exhibit 3,
Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2011
In Bloom, Solo Exhibition
Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2010-11
55th Mid-States Exhibition
Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
2010
One and Only: Gifts Made by Hand
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2010
International Student Exhibition
GAS Conference, Louisville, KY
2010
Works from the Appalachian Center for Craft
Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2010
Juried Student Show
Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2009
Glass Student Exhibition
Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2009
Juried Student Show
Joan Derryberry Gallery, Cookeville, TN
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Grants/Awards
2011
2011
2010
2010
Windgate Fellowship Nominee
NICHE Finalist
NICHE Award
Merit Award, Juried Student Show
Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Craft
2009-10
Bacchanal Scholarship
Tennessee Tech University, Appalachian Center For Craft
2009-10
Windgate Scholarship
Tennessee Tech University, Appalachian Center For Craft
2010-11
Windgate Scholarship
Tennessee Tech University, Appalachian Center For Craft
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Memberships
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Glass Art Society Member, 2006-12
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Visual Art Society, Appalachian Center for Craft, TTU, 2006-11
President 2007-2010
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Pi Lambda Theta International Honors Society, 2007-10
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National Scholars Honor Society, 2007-10
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Gallery Representation
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Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
www.morganglassgallery.com
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
www.edgewoodorchard.com
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Galeria of Sculpture, Palm Beach, FL
www.galeriaofsculpture.com
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The Gallery @ Appalachian Center for Craft, TN
www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/gallery
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