EDUCATION

  • MFA Program in Artisanry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 1993

  • Graduate Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1986–1988

  • BA, Fine Arts / Mathematics, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, 1985

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Owner, Julie Peck Ceramics, Somerville, MA, 1993 – present

    Create artwork for show, sale and commission, teach adult and children’s classes

  • Massachusetts Cultural Council STARS Residency, 2011 – present

    Fifteen, 4–5 month long residencies, designing, teaching and installing large scale, ceramic projects in a number of regional schools

  • Visual Arts Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council, 2023

  • Somerville Art Council Project Grants, 2020, 2013, 2010

    3–4 month residencies, designing, teaching and installing a permanent installation or gallery exhibition

  • Instructor, Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA, 1995 – present

  • Participant and Volunteer, Somerville Open Studios annual event, 2000 – present

  • Participant, Brickbottom Open Studios annual event, 2022, 2023

  • Instructor, Amplify Your Voice, Mystic Learning Center and Mudflat Collaboration, 2022

    Lead a multi-generational class designing, fabricating and installing a ceramic mural at the Mystic Housing Development, Somerville, MA

  • Instructor, Indigo Fire, Watertown, MA, 2023 – present

  • Instructor, New Art Center, Newtonville, MA, 2021

  • Instructor, Sawmill Pottery (two-day workshop), Putnam, CT, 2021

  • Instructor, Local Pottery (two-day workshop), Norwell, CT, 2019

EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS

2024

Color Pop, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Saratoga, NY

Solo exhibition, Launchpad, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

2023

Lushly Juried exhibition at NCECA, Fern, Cincinnati, OH

Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV

Green House, Mission Creek Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Inside-Out Somerville Open Studios Member Exhibit, Somerville, MA

State of Clay, Award for Outstanding Functional Work, LexArt, Lexington, MA

Strictly Functional Pottery National Show, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Small Works Exhibit, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL

2022

Natural Visions, Lex Art, Lexington, MA

Small Works Show, Bow Street Market, Somerville, MA

Annual Cup Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

2021

Solo Exhibition, Sawmill Pottery, Putnam, CT

Squish, Fold, Twist, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA

Reflection/Reawakening/Resilience, Lex Art, Lexington, MA

The Endless Cup, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

The State of Clay, Lex Art, Lexington, MA

Fireplace Façade, Chau family, Somerville, MA

Botanical Panel Mural, Kaj Wilson, Newton, MA

2020

Botanical Abundance, McGroaty Arts Center, Tujunga, CA

CHEERS! Drink-up!, Commonwheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO

Undercover, Goodearth Pottery, Bellingham, WA

2019

Solo Exhibition, True Bistro Restaurant, Somerville, MA

2018

Created and installed a 42-foot tile frieze, referencing the historic detail in Mudflat Pottery School’s newly renovated building

Garden Tile Surround Kitchen Backsplash, Green family, Somerville, MA

2017

Replication and production of historic tile medallions, Sander family, Weston, MA

INFLUENTIAL EXPERIENCES

University of Massachusetts/AR.CO Student exchange Program, Lisbon, Portugal

Apprentice, Moravian Pottery and Tileworks, Doylestown, PA