Denise Joyal
Education:
- 2014 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Arts, Hood College, Frederick, MD
- 2010 Master’s Certificate in Ceramic Arts, Hood College, Frederick, MD
- 2005-2007 Apprenticeship, Foxcross Pottery with owner/potter Del Martin
- 1990 BA in Art, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
- 1986 St. Maria Goretti HS, Hagerstown, MD, member National Art Honor Society
Areas of Specialization:
- Functional Stoneware and Porcelain pottery, Ceramic Sculpture and Art Tile
- Atmospheric Firing techniques, including soda, wood, salt, pit, gas reduction, and Raku.
- Kiln building: wood, Raku, gas reduction, and soda.
- Clay and glaze chemistry
Publications:
- 2021- Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, for Creepshow III
- 2020- Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, for Kindled Spirits
- 2018- Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, for Ash & Flash
- 2014- MFA Thesis, Capturing Light
- 2011- Ceramics Monthly, Aesthetics and Environment, Kilns and Carbon: February issue technical article.
Awards and Exhibitions
· 2022 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA
· 2022 Creep Show IV, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
· 2022 Clay: A Southern Consensus, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
· 2021 Creep Show III, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
· 2021 Proximity, The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
· 2021 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
· 2021 Malcom Davis: A Passion for Shino, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
· 2020 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
· 2020 Kindled Spirits, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
· 2020 Cup: The Intimate Object XVI, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
· 2020 Material Mugs V: Underglaze, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
· 2020 Tea Time, Belger Arts, Kansas City, MO
· 2020 Proximity, The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
· 2020 Small Favors 2020, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa
· 2020 Cup Invitational , Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
· 2019 Chia! US Bontanic Gardens, Washington, DC
· 2019 Steinfest: Present Day Interpretations, Invitational, Claymakers. Durham, North Carolina.
· 2019 Cups, An Invitational Able Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
· 2019 Best Of Show Twin Cups National Exhibition, Missouri Western State University Clay Guild, St. Joseph, MO
· 2019 The Cups Show Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
· 2019 Faculty Exhibition, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2018 Proximity: The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
· 2018 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
· 2018 Kiln To Kitchen Eutectic Galley, Portland, OR
· 2018 Fire in Many Forms- Berkley Artworks, Martinsburg, WV
· 2018 Ash and Flash, Co-Organizer and Participant: NCECA sponsored exhibition, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
· 2018 Last Call III- Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
· 2018 Twin Cups- MSU Clay Guild, St. Joseph, MO
· 2018 On the Rocks- Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
· 2017 Cup: The Intimate Object XIII- Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
· 2017 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
· 2017 The Art of the Drink. Butler Art Center, Butler, PA
· 2017 & Co. Invitational Exhibition, Artist and Makers Studios, Rockville, MD
· 2017 The National Beer Drinking Vessel Invitational. District Clay, Washington, DC
· 2017 Battle of the Bowls Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia
· 2017 Proximity: The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
· 2017 The Hudgens 2nd National Juried & Invitational Cup Exhibition, Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, Duluth,, GA
· 2017 Naked and Refined : Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
· 2017 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
· 2017 Faculty Exhibition, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2016 24th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National. Lancaster, PA
· 2016 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
· 2016 2016 Cup Show , Goggleworks Center for the Arts , Reading, PA
· 2016 AtmospHERE, an Invitational Exhibition, Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2016 Small Favors XI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
· 2016 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
· 2016 Off the Table: Plates for the Wall, MWSU Clay Guild, St. Joseph, MO
· 2016 Opening Exhibition, an Invitational Exhibition, The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
· 2015 The John Stewart Memorial Library Inaugural Exhibition, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2015 Coming Together, an Invitational Exhibition, Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2015 Potter's Council Alternative Firings Calendar- Month of July
· 2015 Pour, Form and Function- Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO
· 2014 A Single Stem- The Kiln Studio and Gallery, Fairhope, AL
· 2014 Dining in: An Artful Experience- 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX
· 2014 Faculty Exhibition, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2014 Capturing Light, MFA solo exhibtion- Whitaker Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2014 Ceramic, Caffeine, Chocolate- Shape Gallery, Shippensburg, PA
· 2013 Cup: The Intimate Object IX- Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
· 2013 Hood College Juried Student Show- 1st place in Graduate Ceramics, Frederick, MD
· 2012 Donald F. Blentz Teaching Award, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2012 Evolution, Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2012 Faculty Exhibition, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2012 Hood College Juried Student Show- 1st place in Graduate Ceramics, Frederick, MD
· 2012 Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival , Waynesboro, PA
· 2011 Hood College Alumni Ceramic Art Show, Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2010 Sacred Geometry, solo exhibition- Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2010 East Asian Coil, group exhibition- Hood College, Frederick, MD
· 2010 Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival , Waynesboro, PA
· 2010 Faculty Open Studios- Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2010 Hood College Juried Student Show, Frederick, MD
· 2009 Faculty Show- Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2009 Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival, Waynesboro, PA
· 2008 Hood College Juried Student Show- 2nd place in Graduate Ceramics, Frederick, MD
· 2008 Faculty Show- Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
· 2005 History in the Making, Washington County Fine Arts Council Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
· 2005 Fire/Works, Washington County Fine Arts Council Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
· 2005 Hagerstown Community College Student Art Show- 2nd place, Hagerstown, MD
· 2004 Summer Solstice, regional artists exhibition, Baltimore, MD
· 2003 Hagerstown Community College Student Art Show- 3rd place, Hagerstown, MD
Workshops
- 2020 Throwing Toroids and Whiskey Rollers, Clay Buddies virtual NCECA
- 2018 Atmospheric Firing The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
- 2018 Enhancing the Surface Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
- 2017 Feeling Flashy The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
- 2016 Firing, Fluxes, Oxides and Atmosphere The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
- 2015 The Thrown and Altered Teapot The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies , Waynesboro, PA
- 2014 Soda-Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
- 2013 Raku Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
- 2013 Pit Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
Professional Affiliations
- 2009-present- American Craft Council Member
- 2005- present: National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) member
- 2005- Present Founder/owner Kiln Joy Ceramics, LLC, a woman-owned business focusing on handmade ceramic art tile and pottery.
Public Speaking
- 2023 Earth-Friendly Kiln Firing, an online International Seminar hosted by Here and Now Pottery
- 2022 Montgomery Potters, To Build a Kiln: Kiln Design and Atmospheric Effects,
- 2022 The Roomshow, Decorative Techniques for Atmospheric Firing
- 2021 The Roomshow, Optimizing Flashing in Atmospheric Firing
- 2020 The Roomshow host
- 2016- NCECA, Blinc, Kansas City, MO
- 2015- NCECA, Clay Stories, Providence, RI
- 2014- Capturing Light MFA Thesis presentation
Kiln Building
- 2022-Hybrid Wood/Propane fired- Soda kiln 90% re-used kiln brick
- 2011- Propane-fired soda kiln from recovered and re-used kiln brick
- 2007-Gas-fired Raku Kiln
- 2007- 2 “build & fire in a day” wood & salt fired kilns
- 2005 Gas fired sprung arch soda kiln
Teaching Experience
- 2006- Present-Wilson College- Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts specializing in Ceramics
- 2012 Donald F. Blentz Teaching Award
- 2012- 2014- The Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick. MD- Instructor
