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
​ ·      2023  Will of the Kiln New England Woodfire Conference Exhibition
         Juried by Chris Gustin, The Painted Path Gallery, Woodbridge, CT
​ ·      2023  Pots For Ritual and Contemplation, Weigle Ceramics, Hanover, PA
​ ·      2023  The Roomshow, The Hearthroom, Cincinnati, OH
​ ·      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
  • 2023 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2022 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2020 Throwing Toroids and Whiskey Rollers, Clay Buddies virtual NCECA
  • 2019 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2018 Atmospheric Firing The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
  • 2018 Enhancing the Surface Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
  • 2018 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • ​2017 Feeling Flashy The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
  • 2017 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • ​2016 Firing, Fluxes, Oxides and Atmosphere The Clay Co-Op, Rockville, MD
  • 2016 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2015 The Thrown and Altered Teapot The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies , Waynesboro, PA
  • 2015 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2014 Soda-Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
  • 2014 Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
  • 2013 Raku Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
  • 2013 Pit Firing Frederick Clay Studio, Frederick, MD
  • 2006-2013- Annual Raku and Barrel Firing Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA

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