Carolyn Ford

Other College Responsibilities

• Art Program Manager 2020-2021
• Chair of the Art Department: 2010-2020
• Exhibit Curator/Director: 2010-2020
• Candelabra: Faculty Sponsor, Art Department: 2010-2012
• Total Immersion Methodology Program Teacher, China, Summer 2013

Selected Honors and Awards

• Professional Development Research Track: 2023-2026
• Sabbatical & Artist in Resident at Mission Clay Art & Industry: Phoenix, AZ, 2021
• People’s Choice Award in both Market to Market and Town & Country exhibits: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery, 2022
• First Place in the 2^nd Annual Traveling the World exhibit at the In Art Gallery: 2021
• Best in Show in GRIT at A1 Art Labs: Knoxville, TN,2021
• Dr. Andrea Alison Student Success Advocate Award: Limestone College, 2020
• Second Place in All Things Country Music Juried Exhibition: Cookeville, TN, 2019
• Third Place in Anything Goes Juried Exhibition: CAVA Gallery, 2018
• Promotion and Tenure: Limestone University, 2011
• Fullerton Teaching Award: Limestone University, 2006 and 2009

Selected Exhibitions, Publications and Collections

2022

• Terracotta Corridor, International Travels (public art with publication & documentary film): RAD (Rail Arts District) Napa, CA
• Through Our Eyes: Art Alumni Revisited: Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN 
• Strained Separations-Reflections on a Pandemic: LU Hines & Riggins Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Intersections in American Art: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
• Art for All-I AM: Identity*Stories*Connections: Waterworks Center for the Arts, Salisbury, NC
• Market to Market, Locals Supporting Local: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery, Gaffney, SC (People’s Choice Award)
• Town & Country: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery, Gaffney, SC (People’s Choice Award)
• Laguna Market Exhibition: NCECA Makers Space Hall, Sacramento, CA (now permanent collection)
• Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminism: Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY. 
• Red: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery, Gaffney, SC 
• Strained Separations: Reflections on a Pandemic: Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Brockport, NY
• The Crafted Narrative: Limestone University Gallery with juror Carrie Fee, Gaffney, SC

2021

• 2^nd Annual Traveling the World: The In Art Gallery (juror Jason Brown (First Place)
• All Creatures Great and Small: Carthage Junction, Gordonsville, TN
• Deck the Walls: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Material Mugs VI: Underglaze: Companion Gallery (juror Michelle Ettrick), Humbolt, TN
• Hella Cups: Applied Contemporary (jurors Jamie Bates & Justin Paik Reese), Oakland, CA
• A Place of Our Own: Limestone University Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Ceramics (2nd Annual): The In Art Gallery (juror Chase Gamblin)
• The Midas Touch: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Last Call IV: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations: Companion Gallery (exhibit and publication)
• GRIT: Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN (Best in Show)
• This is Us: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Faculty Show: Limestone University Granberry Gallery
• 100th Anniversary for the Women’s Right to Vote: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC

2020

• Guide: Group Invitational Exhibit at Limestone University
• Permanent Collection: Asheville Art Museum (acquisition of six works)
• Permanent Collection: Mission Clay Art and Industry (visiting artist acquisition)
• Speak My Language: Solo Show: Spartanburg Community College, SC

2019

• Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
• ART/RE/RE Pop Up Show: Morganton, NC
• Anything Goes Again: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Black and White with a Pop: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery

2018

• Anything Goes! CAVA Juried Show: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery
• Storyteller--Recent works by Carolyn Ford: Eoff Hall Fine Art Gallery, Motlow State
• SC Clay>Higher Ed group show: Adele Kassab Art Gallery of Francis Marion Uni., Florence, SC
• Southern Sampler--Contemporary Artists of the New South: Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery of SUNY Brockport, NY

2017

• Architecture & History, Go To & Go By…: Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
• MTSU Juried Alumni Exhibition: Todd Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
• I Am Man, Juried Show: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Cherokee County OPEN: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC

2016

• Faculty Exhibition: Limestone College Granberry Gallery, Gaffney, SC
• Circular--Recent Works by Carolyn Ford: North Greenville University, SC

2015

• Discombobulated--Recent Ceramic Works by Carolyn Ford: Wofford College, SC

2014

• MTSU Juried Alumni Exhibition: Todd Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
• Empty Bowls: Gaffney

Selected Memberships and Organizations

• CHAPS
• National Potter¹s Guild
• NCECA (National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts)
• SCAA (Smith County Arts Association)
• CAVA (Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Artists)

Most Recent Community Service, Volunteerism, Charitable Events and Fundraising:

2022

• SC 250 Revolutionary War Committee
• Downtown Christmas Window Painting
• Juror: Union County Art Contest
• Scholars Academy Fall Festival Art Auction Donation
• Homecoming Craft Sale Fundraiser

2021

• Peach City Brewery Mural
• Downtown Christmas Window Painting
• Homecoming Craft Sale Fundraiser

2019

• Alumni & Development Art Donation and Reprinting Rights for “Curtis Hall”

2015-18

• Potter: Sales for departmental trip to Italy, Spain and Portugal