College of Liberal Arts E-Mail: Louis.Katz@tamucc.edu
Texas A&M University – Corpus Telephone: (361) 825-5987
6300 Ocean Drive http://LouisKatz.net
Corpus, TX 78412
M.F.A. Montana State University 1986
B.F.A. Kansas City Art Institute 1981
University
of Michigan School of Art 1975
University
of Michigan School of Engineering 1974
TAMU
Reporting Fraud, Waste and Abuse training 2008 January
TAMU
Information Security Awareness 2008 October
TAMU
Creating a Discrimination-Free Workplace 2008 October
TAMU
Ethics 2008 October
FEMA
Certifications (2008):
ISO
700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction 2008
ISO
100: Introduction to the Incident Management System for Schools 2008
ISO
800: National Response Framework, An Introduction 2008
Amateur
Radio Volunteer Examiner Credential 2007
Amateur
Radio Extra Class License W¯IT 2006
Amateur
Radio General Class License 2005
Amateur
Radio Technician Class License from the F.C.C. 2004
Eduprise
WebCT Training, three days, 2002
Train
the Trainer, National Coalition Building
Institute's,
prejudice reduction model, training
to
become a diversity workshop leader 1998
Anagama, Noborigama Kiln Firing Workshop,
Flagstaff, Arizona 1996 July
Rubber Mold Making Seminar,
J. Reynolds Company, Houston Texas 1995 May
Employment History:
2004- Professor,
Ceramics, Texas A&M University
present Corpus,
Texas
1999
September Associate
Professor
-present
Ceramics, Texas A&M University
Corpus, Texas
1994-1999 Assistant
Professor
Ceramics, Texas A&M University
Corpus, Texas
1992-1994 Assistant
Manager, Product Development
Archie Bray Foundation Clay
Business
Helena, Montana
1992 Instructor,
Ceramics, Helena Art Center Helena,
Montana
1991-1992 Visiting
Assistant Professor, Writing Intensive Art
Appreciation
University of Missouri, Columbia
1990-1991 Visiting
Artist, Assistant Professor
Memphis State University, Advanced and
Graduate
Ceramics and Sculpture, Beginning
Ceramics,
Drawing, Graduate Seminar, Memphis,
Tennessee
1990 winter Guest
Artist Arizona State University
Tempe,
Arizona
1988-1989 Fulbright
Scholar, "The Folk Pottery of
Thailand", funded by the Southeast
Asian Regional Research Program
1988 Visiting
Professor, Faculty of Art Education, Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok, Thailand
1988 winter Visiting
Assistant Professor of Ceramics
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Freshman-Graduate Ceramics
1986-1988 Resident
Artist, Community Class Instructor, Clay Business Assistant Manager,
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1984-1986 Competitive
Teaching Assistantship
Montana State University, Introduction
to Art for non-majors
1981-1982 Operation
of personal ceramics studio,
Shannock, Rhode Island
1973-1981 Ceramics
Lab Coordinator, Staff Member
Fresh Air Society, Ortinville, Michigan
summer-camp ceramics instructor
1975-1976 Ceramics Lab Assistant,
University of Michigan, Arbor, Michigan
Select Exhibitions:
2009 Louis
Katz: Manifesto, Brookhaven College, Dallas
2009 Louis
Katz: Clayer, Kingwood College, Houston
2008 Louis
Katz: Not Intended for Functional Use, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus, Texas
2007 Different
Directions, San Angelo Museum of Art,
San
Angelo, Texas
2007 Busch, Neese, Katz,
Edwards
University Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
2006 South
Coast Clay, Space 301, Mobile Alabama, Tony Wright Curator
2006 Exhibition
of Presenters, Tozan Kilns International Wood Fire Conference Northern Arizona
University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
2006 Art
Museum of South Texas Display of piece in the permanent collection
2006 Art
of the Teapot, Lux Center for the Arts, group exhibit, Pete Pinnell
Curator, September
2006 Thresholds:
Innovative Clay, Portland Oregon, Curated by Rebecca Hutchinson and Sidonie
Villere
2005 Grand
Opening Exhibition, Bentley Projects Gallery Phoenix, AZ, January
2004 Louis
Katz and his Amazing Flaming Pipe Organ, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio
Texas, July
2004 "Texas
Clay", Texas State University, San Marcos
2004 "Texas
Ceramics", Clark Gallery, University of Texas Permian Basin
Edinburgh,
Texas
2004 "
Little Bear: Contemporary Art from Houston and South Texas", Weil Gallery,
Curated by Gus Kopriva of the Redbud Gallery
2004 Ceramics
in Texas, Charles and Dorothy Clark Gallery, University of Texas Pan American,
Curated by Fred Spaulding
2003 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada,
Canzani
Center Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2002 March "A
Visit by A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman",
Trax
Exhibition curated by Cary Esser,
as
part of the National Council on Education for the
Ceramic
Arts, Union
Station, Kansas
City Missouri
2001 summer "2001:
Clay Odyssey", performance and lecture, "A Visit
by the Pipe Organ Repairman", Archie Bray Foundation,
Helena,
Montana
2001 "Archie
Bray Foundation Demonstrating Artists Exhibition",
Warehouse
Gallery, Helena, Montana
2001 summer Performance,
"A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman",
Texas
A&M University, Corpus
2000 South
Texas Institute of the Arts, Juried Art Exhibit,
Corpus,
Texas
1999 "Terra
Incognita", curated exhibition, Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus,
Texas
1999 "Lighten
Up", curated exhibition,
Ohio
Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
1999 "Landing
of Aliens" TAMU-CC Campus, collaborative performance with
Don Luna, Phil Johnson, Flicka Rahn, and Keith Rowley
1998 "Form
Function and the Boogie-Woogie Blues", curated exhibition,
Third Floor Gallery, University of Texas of Permian
Basin, Odessa, Texas
1998 Director,
and Producer, "Mercator Projections", a monologue
by Mamet, performed by camera obscura projection
for the Texas Association of Educators of Art (TAEA) annual
conference
1998 Invitational
exhibit in conjunction with the Texas Association of Educators
of Art (TAEA) conference, Peoples Art Space, Texas
1998 "Deep
in the Clay of Texas", invitational, Tyler Museum
of Art Tyler, Texas
1998 "Within
the Borders", Curated Exhibition, Meadows Gallery,
University of Texas Tyler, also traveled
to: Bank One Building, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 "Alice",
multimedia performance collaboration with Don Luna
and
Keith Rowley performed at Baley's Casino, Las Vegas, for the National
Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference
1997 "Grit",
Solo Exhibition, Simon Michael Art Gallery,
Bee County College, Beeville, Texas
1997 "Fire
and Fiber", group show, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas
1996 "Cup
and Goblet", group exhibition, Margo Jacobsen
Gallery, Portland Oregon
1996 "Alternative
Barbie Exhibit", Peoples Art Space, Corpus,
Texas
1995 "Jim
Edwards, Louis Katz, Barbara Riley",
Weil
Gallery, Texas A&M Corpus
1994 "Performance
of The Rhythm of Plastic Skin", director,
Wilson Studio Theatre,
Corpus,
Texas
1992 "Lecturers
Exhibition", 1994 Malispina College Seminar,
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
1993 "The
Whole Truth", solo exhibition, Myrna Loy Center,
Helena, Montana
1993 "Montana
Bray Clay", Myrna Loy Center, Helena, Montana
1993 "2nd
Annual Benefit Exhibit for the Archie Bray Foundation" in conjunction
with National Council on Education for the Ceramic
Arts Conference, International Gallery, San Diego, California
1993 "Mardi
Gras Edible Art Exhibition", "The Plain of Jars" in cast chocolate,
first place award, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1993 "Montana
State University Centennial Invitational Alumni Exhibition",
Haynes Fine Art Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
1993 "Helena
Art Club Exhibition", Myrna Loy Gallery, Helena,
Montana
1992 "Artist
Generated Toys and Games",
Holter
Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1992 "Grand
Illuminations", Salem Art Association,
A.N.
Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon
1991 "The
Whole Truth", curated exhibition, Memphis Brooks Museum
of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1991 "Six
States of Clay", Kansas City Artists' Coalition
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1991 Ferrin
Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1991 "Former
Artists in Residence", Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona
1991 "Faculty
Show", University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
1990 Performance
of "Kiln for Itawamba", Itawamba Community
College, Fulton, Mississippi
1990 "Memphis
State University Sculpture", Itawamba Community
College, Fulton, Mississippi
1990 "Exhibition
of Fulbright Excellence", American Association,
Bangkok, Thailand
1989 "Archie
Bray Foundation Residents", exhibition in conjunction
with the National Council on Education
in the Ceramic Arts Conference, Central
Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1988 "Archie
Bray International", Holter Museum of Art,
Helena, Montana
1988 "Residents
of the Archie Bray Foundation", Gallery,
Missoula, Montana
1987 Invitational
Teapot Show, Sales Area, Yellowstone
Art Center, Billings, Montana
1987 "Gail
Busch, Helen Farron, Louis Katz", Artifacts Gallery,
Bozeman, Montana
1987 "Residents
of the Archie Bray Foundation", Paxon Gallery,
Missoula, Montana
1986-1987 DeWeese
Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
1985 Dorothy
Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985 "Lenexa
National 3-D Art Show", Legler Museum, Lenexa,
Kansas
1985 "Fifth
Biennial Paper and Clay National", Gallery,
Memphis Tennessee
1985 "National
Small Image and Object",
100%
Realart Gallery, Spokane, Washington
1984 "Sweet
Pea Exhibition", Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman,
Montana
1982 "Chicago
and Vicinity Clay III",
Lill
Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1981 "NCECA
Student Invitational Exhibition",
Wichita,
Kansas
1977 Artforms Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Art work: http://falcon.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/LK/index.htm
Class materials: http://falcon.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/materials/materials.html
Complete index: http://www.tamucc.edu/wiki/Katz/
Youtube School http://youtube.com/LouisKatzCeramics
Featured Artist: http://wood-fired-ceramics.blogspot.com/
Authored Booklet:
Revision of "Traditional Thai
Pottery Guide and Dictionary" (formerly "English-Thai Potter's
Dictionary and Quick Guide to Thai Potteries"), originally published in
1991, 2001
Essay:
"Clay
is not Painting" in the book "21st Century Ceramics" edited by
Bill Hunt, published
by the American Ceramics Society (also contains two images of my work), 2003
Artist
Statement, "I am a Clayer,
This is my Manifesto" for the OSO BAY Biennial XV 2008
"Teaching
Glaze Calculation to Mathiphobes", National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts Journal 2005
Artist
Statement, Critical Ceramics Magazine, 2004
Technical
columnist, "Questions Column", Ceramics Monthly Magazine 1995-1998
"Ask
The Doctor" column, Technical columnist, National Council on Education, or
the Ceramic Arts (tri-annual) Newsletter, 1996-1998
"ALICE",
Journal of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Volume 18
Page 100, 1997
"Calcia
oh Calcia", National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Journal,
1995
"The
Rise and Fall of Cast Glaze", January, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 1994
"Thai
Folk Pottery", September, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 1991
"A
Former Mortar Maker Comments", Journal of the National Council on
Education in the Ceramic Arts, Volume 12, 1991
"Firing
Scientifically", October, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 1987
"Unloading",
September, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 1985
Videos:
"Kiln
Building at the Island University" stop motion short, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nCdjOvjkbM&feature=channel_page
2008
"Traditional
Thai Pottery Part 1", rebuilt to DVD with some new dubbing and minor edits
shown at The Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution 2008 as part of my
lecture on Thai Pottery (above).
"Ceramic
Installation by Louis Katz" teaser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wi4yiXrnbA&feature=channel_page
2008
"Styrene" (20 minutes) was completed. It is art video depicting a critique of the Expanded Polystyrene Cup. 2007
"ARS:._ ._. ..." (20 minutes) was completed. It is an art video about conflicting definitions of art. 2007
"Why
Fire With Wood 2006", 20 minute art video, shot, edited, produced, 2006,
presented at the "20 + 1 Years of the Tozan Kilns, An
International Wood Fire Conference", Flagstaff Arizona, also at the
San Angelo Ceramic Week 2006
"Spun Tales V2C3", 20 minute
art video on the differences between painting and ceramics, shot, edited,
produced, 2006 presented
at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference 2006, also
distributed on CD by Trinity Ceramics Supply, Dallas
"Traditional
Thai Pottery: Part 1, Dankwean", Video, 56 minute, documentary, shot,
edited, produced, dubbed, 1992
"Traditional
Thai Pottery: Part 2, Beyond Dankwean", Video, 56 minute documentary,
shot, edited, produced, dubbed, 1992
Review
of "Louis Katz: Clayer" by Joe Kagle
http://www.lonestar.edu/8097.htm bottom
Summer of Mudders, a video by
Martin Holt, and interview with Louis Katz and images of his work. Shot in 1988
but published in 1995
"When is a Kiln not a Kiln", Ceramics in Society,
Issue 55, 2004 series, page 2
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Journal Vol. XXIII pg. 114, image of Organ Kiln, 2003
"The
Archie Bray Foundation: A Photographic Exploration" an interactive CD
includes images of
"Kiln for the Brickyard" sculpture and "Extruded
Bottles" installation, 2003
Five
Octaves: where fire, kilns, & pipe organs intersect, Fine Art Ceramics
magazine, Vol. 1 Issue 2, March 2002
"Renaissance
Man, Artist Profile: Louis Katz", Gulf Scapes Magazine, Vol.1 Issue 5,
March/April, 2002
"Five
Octaves", Video Documentary on fire breathing organ performance in Helena
Montana by Ethan Notkin http://www.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/o/octaves.mov, 2001
"Ceramics
a Potter's Handbook", textbook by Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, page
196 image of Cylindrical Scove, 2001
"A
Ceramic Spectrum", textbook by Robin Hopper, image and credits, 2001
"A
Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence", book by
Peter Held, page 177, image of Brickyard Kiln, 2001
"Mastering
the Craft", textbook by Richard Zakin, pages 133, 196, 197 images of kilns
as art and pots, 2001
"Playing
With Fire", Corpus Caller-Times newspaper, April 26 2001, B-8 Center,
article on "A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman", 2001
"The
Sound and the Fiery", Helena Independent Record newspaper, June 17, 2001,
C-1 full page, article on A Visit by the Pipe Organ Repairman, 2001
Three
A&M Publications, The Island University Alumni Magazine Volume 6, Number 1
page 11, "Great Balls of Fire", University Currents, Volume IV,
Number 8 page 4, "Louis Katz and his Fire-Breathing Organ", A&M
System News, "Great Balls of Fire", June 2001, reprint from The
Island University Alumni Magazine, 2001
Island
Waves campus student newspaper, interview, 2001
Louis
Katz, a chapter in the book "Ways of Creation", Richard Zakin pages
48-53, 2000
Acknowledgement
in "Clay and Glazes for the Potter", textbook by Robin Hopper, page
19, 2000
Image
"Cart of Pots" and quote appear in clay/words: High Ground goes to
the Bray, published by: High Ground PO Box 8961, Moscow Idaho, 1997
Ceramics
Monthly Magazine, March page 43, "Louis Katz", article on work in the
faculty exhibition of spring of 1995, 1996
Caller Times Newspaper, "Teapottery", January 20, 1996
"Art
Journeys, Journey into Clay Art", Televised Interview, Museum of South
Texas and KEDT, 1995
Luminaria
Magazine, "Edwards, Katz, Riley", Volume 2, Issue 8, 1995
Luminaria
Magazine, "Rhythm of Plastic Skin", Volume 2, Issue 6, 1994
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, December, video review, "Thai Folk Pottery", 1992
Independent
Record Newspaper, Helena Montana, December 18, review and picture of Party Hats
from "Artist Generated Toys" exhibition, 1992
Number
Magazine, Memphis Tennessee, summer, review of "Whole Truth" exhibition, 1991
Columbia
Daily Tribune, Columbia Missouri, September 26, picture of slipcast teapots,
1991
Chieftain Newspaper, Itawamba Mississippi, October 22 review and picture of installation of "Kiln for Itawamba", 1990
Independent Record Newspaper, Helena Montana, August 5, "His Passion for Clay" feature article, 1987
Michigan
Daily Newspaper, Ann Arbor, April 2, picture of "Tooth-decay" costume, 1975
Good Morning Michigan Newspaper, Ann Arbor, April 2, picture of "Tooth-decay" costume, 1975
LH
Projects 2007
Archie
Bray Foundation ~1985-1988
Arizona
State University 1990
New
York Experimental Glass Workshop 1985
Demonstrating
Artist, International Khmer Ceramics Festival 2007
Conference
Presenter, Changes in Dankwean that brought about Ceramic Development,
Siem Reap, Cambodia (International). This was conference of archaeologists, and artists
concerning Khmer glazed stoneware, its history and the possibility of its rebirth. 2007
Greater
Austin Clay Artists slide lecture, "Clayer" 2007
Demonstrating
Artist and Slide Lecture, San Angelo Ceramics Week 2007, San Angelo,
Texas
"Presenter
of Suwanee Natewong", Archie Bray International, Helena Montana, 2007
"Spun Tales V2C3",
presented at the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, 2006
"WhyFireWithWood2006", a
lecture with videos at the "20 + 1 Years of the Tozan Kilns, An
International Wood Fire Conference", Flagstaff Arizona, 2006
"Teaching
Glaze Calculation to Mathiphobes", National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts, 2004
"Glaze
Doctor", National Council on Education For the Ceramic Arts Conference,
Minneapolis Minnesota, 1995
Lecture,
"Metamorphosis in Dankwean: of Faxes and Ceramics", Council on Thai
Studies Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995
"Traditional
Thai Pottery", National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
Conference (NCECA), Tempe Arizona, 1991
Translator,
Commentator, Thai Folk Pottery Demonstrations, National Council on Education in
the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA), Tempe, Arizona, 1991
"Traditional
Pottery of Thailand", screening of rough cut video footage, American
Woodfire 91 Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, 1991
Guest Lecturer, "Conference on Ceramic Design", Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1989
Demonstration
and Lecture at Kingwood College 2009
Demonstration
at Brookhaven College 2009
Demonstration
at South Texas College 2009
OSO
Bay Biennial XV, A lecture on the roots of my work, TAMUCC, Wilson Theatre 2008
Edwards University, Austin, Texas, A demonstration on throwing off the hump, textural additions to clays and rational for making pottery in the 21st century 2007
"Conceptual Basis", an introspective lecture on my work, given in Thai,
Silipakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003
Glaze Experimentation, Lecture, Victoria Community College, Victoria, Texas 2003
Lectures, San Diego State University, "Conceptual Veins", and "Changes in Dankwean Ceramics", 1995
Participation
in Raku workshop, demonstration of forced air coal firing, lecture, Victoria
College, Victoria, TX, 2001
Slide
lecture on my work, Laredo Community College, Laredo, Texas, 1999
Demonstration,
Slide Presentation and Lecture, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos,
Texas, 1999
"Why
Dankwean?" slide lecture for Korat Technological College, Korat, Thailand,
1998
Introspective
Slide Lecture, Bee County College, Beeville, Texas, 1997
Lecture
and firing of "Glazed Cylindrical Scove", Southwestern University Art
Department, Georgetown, Texas, 1996
Distinguished
Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tuscon, 1994
Workshop
Presenter, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1994
"Changing
Sexual Roles in Pottery Making Villages of Thailand", Extension Services,
Thai- U.S. Exchange Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1991
"The
Folk Pottery of Thailand", Itawamba Community College, Fulton,
Mississippi, 1990
Nine
Lectures "The Folk Pottery of Thailand", Nagano Craftsmen
Association, Nagano, Japan, Montana State University, Kansas City Art
Institute, Archie Bray Foundation, Bemis Project, Detroit Center for Creative
Studies, Alfred University, C.W. Post College, and Philadelphia College of Art,
1989
Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Silicate Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1989
Louis
Katz, "Forms of Function The New School", Manhattan, New York,
organized by New York Experimental Glass Workshop, 1985
Other Professional Presentations
"Dankwean:
A "Traditional" Pottery making community in Thailand", Freer
Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2008
"Art
History", Corpus Festival of the Arts, The Art Center of Corpus, 2008
"The
Effects of Historic Japanese Pottery on Contemporary American Ceramics", for an exhibition
at the Museum of Asian Culture, Corpus, Texas, 2005
Tour
Leader, "Thailand" with Discovery Art Travel, a tour for ceramic
artists of Traditional Thai Potteries, 2003- 2004
"The
Effects of Historic Japanese Pottery on Contemporary American Ceramics", for an exhibition
at the Japanese Embassy, Houston, Texas, 2003
Nottingham
Center for the Arts, weeklong workshop on textured clay bodies and rudimentary kiln
construction, 1999
"Louis Katz, A Function of Form", and "Traditional Thai Pottery", 1994 Malispina College Seminar, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, 1994
Presenter for Thai Potters, 1994 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1994
"Rock,
Scissors, Paper, Clay: Changes in Traditional Thai Crafts", Holter Museum
of Art, Helena, Montana, 1993
"Traditional Thai Pottery", Cambridge Pottery Festival, Cambridge, Wisconsin, 1992
Corpus
Independent School District Inservice training presentation
on
kiln firing and safety
Several
gallery talks at the Islander Art Gallery during my exhibition. 2008
Workshop for Children during the Art Museum of South Texas new wing opening celebration Fall 2006
Engineering Technology, presentation on slipcasting and other ceramic technology for Materials and processes course
Demonstration on making charcoal for Drawing classes Fall 2005
Demonstration on making wax crayons for Drawing classes Spring 2005
Pinhole Cameras; how they work and what to use them for, Wynn Seale Academy, October 2005
Large Scale Coil Throwing, Vanderbuilt High School, Vanderbuilt, TX, 2001
Retrospective
slide lecture, Victoria College, Victoria, TX, 2001
"Bulk
Image Processing, Organizing and Handling", for TAMU-CC Art Faculty, 2001
"Publishing
Databases on the Web", Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC, 2000
"Bulk
Image Processing" workshop, Center for teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC, 2000
"Uses
for Filemaker Pro", Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC, 2000
"Getting
it up on the Web", Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU-CC, 1999
Raku
Workshop, Texas Art Education Association, 1999
"Slide
Documentation of Small Scale Art", presented for the Society of Evolving
Artists, TAMU-CC, 1999
"Being
Jewish in America", four discussions with Race and Ethnic Relations Class,
TAMU-CC, 1994-1999
"Nigunim",
workshoplet for the TAMU-CC Music Department, 1999
"Pronunciation
of English Final Consonants", a lesson given at two elementary schools in
Thailand, Ampoe Kirimat, Sukhothai, and Baan Non Muang, Dankwean, Korat, 1998
"Camera
Obscuras and Pinhole Photography", an in-service workshop for Corpus Independent School District art
teachers, 1998
Rockport
Fulton High, Introspective slide lecture, 1998
Skidmore-Tynan
High School, Pottery and Introspective slide lecture, 1998
"Photographing
3-D Artwork", Southwest Sculpture Society, 1998
"Thoughts
on Thailand", Short Closed Circuit TV Presentation for Travis Elementary
School Corpus, Texas, 1997
Lecture
"Thai Culture and Art", William Travis Elementary, CCISD, 1997
"Pinhole
Photography", Lecture for photography students at Winn Seale Academy of
Fine Arts, Corpus, Texas, 1997
Jim
Berman's Core Curriculum Seminar, Bonfire Workshop, 1996 Fall
Workshop
Presenter, CCISD in-service training, the making and firing of bonfired wares
in one day., Del Mar College, 1995
"The
Crafts of Thailand", a slide presentation Corpus Water Color Society, 1995
Bonfired
Ceramic workshop for an Archaeology student of Bob Drolet 2008
TAMUCC
Soda
Kiln Workshop for Victoria College Students
TAMUCC
2008, 2009
Kiln
Firing Workshop (s)
Art
Center of Corpus 2008, 2009
Daniel Johnston Big Pot Workshop, TAMUCC, September 2007
Clay Houston Craft Fair Juror
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Parking Lot, May 2006
Curator
of Exhibition of Leach School Pottery in the U.S., Art Museum of South Texas,
April 2004
Curator
of "OSO Bay Biennial
XIII", "Great Pots of Texas", Weil Gallery, April 2004
Texas
Association of Schools of Art Conference organizing committee member for the
April 2004 conference, April 2004
Curator of a collection of small functional pottery for the Art Museum of
South Texas, 2003
Co-Juror,
2nd Annual Exhibition of Art for Social Justice in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther
King, The Progressive Caucus, Corpus, Texas
Co-Juror,
"Erotica", K-Space Art Studios, Corpus, 2003
Co-Juror
of Graphic Design Promotion at the Business Professionals
of America State Leadership conference, 2003
Co-Juror
of the Ray High School Student Art Competition, 2000
Juror
of San Antonio Potter's Guild Annual Exhibition, 1999
Organizer
"OSO Bay BIENNIAL XI; The Elephant and the Bear", Texas A&M
University, Corpus, Texas, 1999
Curator,
"OSO Bay BIENNIAL XI" exhibition, Texas A&M University, Corpus,
Texas, 1999
Juror
and Presenter of 1998 Emerging Talent Presentations, National Council on
Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Forth Worth, Texas 1998
"December
Treasure Box Co-Juror", Art Center of Corpus 1997
Juror,
"Tri-Group Exhibition", South Texas Art League, Joseph A. Cain
Memorial Art Gallery, Delmar College 1995
Workshop
Organizer, "Umdang at TAMUCC", Texas A&M University Corpus, 1995
Curator,
"Oso Bay Biennial IX Exhibition", Weil Gallery, Texas A&M
University, Corpus, 1995
Juror,
"Dimension 1994", The Art Center of Corpus, Texas 1994
Professional Organization Positions:
Board Member, Texas Clay Arts Association, 2002-2003
Director of Electronic Communication, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (ad hoc), 1999-2001
Director At Large, elected by the General Membership of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts after a nomination from the floor, 1997-1999
Professional Memberships and Conference attendance:
San Angelo Ceramics Week 2007
Archie Bray International 2006
Tozan Kilns International Wood Fire Conference, 2006
National Council On Education For The Ceramic Arts attendee or participant each year except 1989 and 2003, 1984-present
Texas Clay Arts Association 2002- present
Texas Association of Schools of Art 2002-2004
Clay Odyssey, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, 2001
Different Stokes, attendee, translator and assistant to Suwanee Natewong, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1999
Tradition
in Transition, attendee, Symposium, Asheville, NC, 1997
American
Woodfire 91 Conference, attendee, Iowa City, Iowa, 1991
Grants:
2005
Nominated: Senior Fulbright Research Grant, " Documentation of recent
changes in traditional Thai pottery from an artist's viewpoint"
Municipal
Arts Commission Grant for 2004 Texas Association of Schools of Art Conference
(not awarded), 2003
Grant
writer for Fulbright Visiting Scholar in Residence Grant of Suwanee Natewong,
1999
Grant
writer, Internal Grant for the purchase of Nikon Bulk Slide Scanner, 1999
Fulbright Research Grant, The Folk Pottery of Thailand, 1989
Research
in Creativity Grant, Montana State University, 1984
Assistant
County Liaison Officer (CLO 31-355-X), Radio Amateur Emergency Service
(RACES) 2008-2009
Net
Control Operator for Thailand Amateur Radio Echolink Operators, operating under station
HS8AS, ~January 3, 2008
Radio
Interview FM 91 Dankwean, Thailand 2006
Returned Daniel Johnston's work to
North Carolina by truck 2007
Completed Security, Ethics and
Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Training 9/ 2006
Extra Class Amateur Radio License
2006
General Class Amateur Radio License
2006
Technicians Class Amateur Radio
License 2004
Skywarn
Storm Spotter Volunteer training 2006
Member
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) (2004-2009)
Lecture and Demonstration for the
Flint Hills Summer Program 2005, 2006
Assembled Hurricane Relief
Websites: (2005)
http://falcon.tamucc.edu/wiki/Katz/LAMIPotters
http://falcon.tamucc.edu/wiki/Katz/RitaClayers
Arranged workshop and residency for
Sidonie Villere
Two
Interviews on Dankwean Pottery Village Thailand Radio, 2005
Arranged for visiting artist
Sidonie Villere to spend 3 weeks at TAMUCC after Hurricane Katrina
Numerous lectures for TAMUCC Art
and Society Classes 2000-2005
Crayon
making workshop for Drawing class 2005
Loan of artwork to the Faculty
Renaissance Center
Attendance: Ways to Promote Active
Learning Faculty Renaissance Center 2003
Katrina affected Ceramists web
page:
http://falcon.tamucc.edu/wiki/Katz/LAMIPotters,
2005
External Reviewer for the promotion
of Rebecca Hutchinson at University of Massachusetts, 2005
Ceramics@listserv.tamucc.edu, listserv administrator 2005-2009
Music@listserv.tamucc.edu, listserv administrator, 2009-2009
Theatre@listserv.tamucc.edu, listserv administrator, 200-2009
Art@listserv.tamucc.edu, listserv administrator, 2004-2009
Artstudents@listserv.tamucc.edu, listserv administrator, 2008-2009
Rewrite of Glaze Calculation software first written by Katz in 1975-76. New version is accessible on the web: http://falcon.tamucc.edu/~lkatz/gc2beta1/input.htm 2003
Planning for Potter's tour of Thailand, Denys James Tours, 2003, 2005
Solicited for possible (ultimately not successful) inclusion in the 20th anniversary celebration of Cirque du Soleil, July 11 2004, in Montreal Canada, 2003
Credit for firing technique given in Pottery Making Illustrated magazine January/February 2003, "Pressure Vessels: Organic Burnout Material for Texture"
by Richard Burkett, 2003
Tuning
the TAMUCC Harpsichord, 2002
National
Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Site Designer and Webmaster,
http://nceca.net, 1998-2002
The
NCECA Ceramic Institution Database, using CDML and LDML, 1999-2002
The
NCECA World Contemporary Ceramic Image Database, using CDML and LDML, 1998-2002
DVPA
Web Master http://www2.tamucc.edu/~dvpa/, 1996-2002
Faculty
Advisor, TAMUCC Student Art Association, 1996 -2001
"The
New World Chapter 7: Final Training", video short by Clay Kronke, former
student. Credit for critique of film in early stages, 2001
Built
the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts eStore for Conference
Registration, using Miva Merchant 2.0, 2001
Camp
Sandcastle Ceramics Workshop with children ages 5-8, 2000
Noel-Levitz
Survey of classes, participant, 2000
The
Coastal Bend Arts Calendar, using CDML, 1998
Oveido
Giberga, 1999, used slides of "Slipcast Glass", a body of work and
unique glass forming process, as a significant portion of a lecture on
Innovation in the Ceramic Arts for the American Ceramics Society
Luther
Jones Elementary School Tour and Pinch Pot Workshop, 1996
Proofreader
for Woodfired Stoneware and Porcelain by Jack Troy, Chilton Books, acknowledged
page xvi, 1995
Setting up of Ceramic Materials and Glaze Inventory and Recipe Database to be accessible by students, 1995
Grand
Prize, Mardi Gras Edible Art Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana,
1993
Costume
Award 3rd place, "Head of the Caterpillar", Helena Community School
Halloween Dance, Helena, Montana, 1993
Costume
award 3rd place, "Montana Exterminator", Rose's Cantina Halloween
Dance, Helena, Montana, 1992
Korat
TV, Thailand, Artist Juggles at Dankwean Folk Pottery Festival, 1989
Sweet
Pea Exhibition 2nd Place, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, 1984
Faculty
Senate Deputy Speaker 2009-2010
TAMU
System Faculty Senate officers groups Chair 2009-2010
Environmental
Advisory Council (represent the college) 2008
M.A.
Thesis Committee Chair (2) Member (7) 2008
Faculty
Senate (finance sub-committee) 2008
University
Calendar Committee faculty representative 2008
University Technology Council 2005-2009
Institutional Technology Council,
1999-2005
Media Specialist Replacement
Committee Fall 2006
2-D Foundations Search Committee
Chair, Spring 2005-Spring 2006
School of Art and Communication
Faculty Promotion Advisory Committee (DVPA FPAC), 2005-2007
Weil Gallery Committee 1994-
Present
Arts
and Humanities Post-Tenure Review Committee (though Spring 2008)
Information Technology Task Force,
Spring 2005
Information Technology Task Force: Distance
Ed Tech Support subgroup,
Spring 2005
Information Technology Task Force: Organization
Subgroup, Spring 2005
School of Arts and Communication
Strategic Planning Committee 2004-2006
Institutional Technology Council,
1999-2005
Programmatic
Working Group of the Focus on Expansion Task force 2005
Supervised M.A. thesis committee for Jacqueline Anderson, Spring 2004
Fall 2003 graduating M.A. student committees served on, 3 in Art, 1 in Computer Science
Geology
Program Review Committee, 2004
Texas
Association of Schools of Art Conference (2004), organizing committee
2003-2004
Art
Program Review Committee, 2002-2003
Art
History/ Curator Search Committee, 2002-2003
College
Computer Committee, 1997-2004
College
Library Committee, 2000-2001
A&H
Graduate Committee, 1998-2000
Foundation
Artist Search Committee 1999-2000
GroupWise
and Novel Administrator Search Committee, 2000
Computer
Lab Coordinator Search Committee, 1999
College
Web Committee (ad hoc), 1997-99
Student
Network Administrator Search Committee Online Database Designing and
Maintenance, 1998
University
Web Committee (ad hoc), 1997
-98
A&H
Library Committee, 1995-97
Cambodia,
9 Days at Angkor Wat and Khmer Center for Ceramic Revival
December
2007
Thailand,
three weeks visiting pottery villages, and ham radio contacts, December 2007-
January 2008
Thailand,
Summer 2005, four days visiting potteries in Thailand professionally during a
family vacation.
Ten
months in Thailand, documenting traditional Thai pottery,
Fulbright
grant, 1988-89
Four
weeks in Japan visiting Shigaraki, and Mashiko villages, and crafts people in
Nagano, 1989
Return
to Thailand to revisit and note changes, 1992
Return
to Thailand to revisit and note changes, and to find the basis for future
Fulbright grants, 1998
Queretero
Mexico, a visit to affiliated university, a utilitarian pottery village and a
stone quarry with Suwanee Natewong a Fulbright Scholar in Residence, 1999
Tour
leader for a potter's tour of Thailand, Denys James Travel, December/January
2003-2004, revisited Ratchaburi, Pakred, Koh Kred, Dankwean, Baan Maaw
Mahasarakham, Baan Koh Noi, Muang Kung Chiang Mai, Baan Maaw Chiang Mai with
research related stops at Wat Arun, and Wat Po.