Marcia Polenberg 524 South First Street Ann Arbor, MI 48103 734-327-1084 ©2 Fields : Ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, design, art history, art gallery director Education: M.F.A., Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Major: Ceramics, Minor: Sculpture GPA : 8.0 / 8.0 Studied with John Stephenson (Ceramics), Georgette Zirbes (Ceramics), Jon Rush (Sculpture), Ken Baird (Photography) Studied ceramics with Bob Turner, Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, Don Reitz, Gerry Williams, Howard Yana Shapiro, David Davidson, Ken Vavrek Studied Japanese art history and Chinese art history at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY with M. Young Studied computer graphics, typography, graphic design at Delta College, University Center, MI Studied toward MFA degree in painting at CUNY Brooklyn College with Jimmy Ernst B.A., Cum Laude, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, NY. Major: Art. Studied with Ad Reinhardt, Kurt Seligmann, Harry Holtzman, Burgoyne Diller, Jimmy Ernst, Walter Rosenblum and Robert Jay Wolff. Academic Positions and Work Experience: 2008- Full time studio artist 2007 Member of Clay Gallery, a cooperative in Ann Arbor, MI 2007-08 Ceramics instructor, Ann Arbor Pottersʼ Guild, Ann Arbor, MI 2002-08 Lecturer, Introduction to the Studio Arts, Ceramics I, II, Life Drawing and Painting,

African and Indigenous Art, University of Michigan/Flint, Flint, MI 2002-04 Foundations Art Faculty; Drawing I, Drawing II, Color; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 2003 Visiting Artist, Ceramics, Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2002-03 Adjunct Assistant Professor; Basic Drawing; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Adjunct Assistant Professor; 2D Design, Mott Community College, Flint, MI 1999-2002 Assistant Professor; Art History Survey, Non-European Art History Survey, Ceramics, 2D Design; Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor; Life Drawing I and II; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1994-9 Tenured Faculty; Ceramics I, II, III, IV, Sculpture I and II, Art History 1 and 2, 2D Design, 3D Design, Art Appreciation; Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS 1993-94 Faculty; Painting, Figure Drawing, Drawing; Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Faculty; Figure Drawing, Drawing; Delta College, University Center, MI 1990-93 Assistant Professor; Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Director of the University Art Gallery 1990-91 Faculty; 2D Design I and II; Midland Center for the Arts, 1988-90 Faculty; Ceramics I, II, III, IV, V, VI; Sculpture I and II; Drawing; Figure Drawing; Jewelry Design; Delta College, University Center, MI 1988 Associate Exhibitions Director; Slusser Gallery, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1988 Teaching Assistant with John Stephenson; 3D Design, School of Art,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Teaching Assistant; Beginning Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics (with Marge Levy) – School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1986 Drawing Instructor; Northeast Elementary School, Ithaca, NY 1986 Ceramics Instructor; Belle Sherman Elementary School, Ithaca, NY 1983-86 Ceramics Instructor; Northeast Elementary School, Ithaca, NY 1983 Guest Lecturer; "Aesthetics of Line," Drawing 101, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1982 Ceramics Instructor; Tompkins County Arts Council, Ithaca, NY

1979-85 Ceramics Instructor; Gifted and Talented Program for Junior and Senior High School Students, Board of Cooperative Education Services, Ithaca, NY 1975-86 Self Employed Studio Ceramic Artist, Polenberg Pottery and Silks : Functional and

Sculptural Ceramics, Painter - Ithaca, NY Scholarships Museum of Modern Art- All New York City Scholarship Competition for studies in painting Fellowship, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Rackham School of Graduate Studies Non-Traditional Fellowship, University of Michigan Teaching Assistantship, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Grants, Awards and Honors: FRCE Grant, Central Michigan University, March 1991 - abstract expressionist paintings FRCE Grant, Central Michigan University, March 1992 - premier display FRCE Grant, Central Michigan University, May 2002 - premier display-Kansas City, MO FRCE Grant, Central Michigan University, May 2002 - premier display-Tonkawa, OK FRCE Grant, Central Michigan University, May 2002 - premier display-Pittsburg, KS Silver Medal (first prize), 2005 Silver Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 2005 Sculpture First Prize, Michigan Ceramic Artists Jurored Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, 2010 Katharyn Rave Award for Crafts, "Great Lakes Jurored Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, 2010 Jurorsʼ Award, School of Art Alumni Show, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-2012 Jurorʼs Award, Michigan Ceramic Artistsʼ Association, Bonnie Seeman, juror- 2008

Jurorʼs Award, “Celebrate Clay”, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Susanne Stephenson, Professor Emerita, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2004

Juror's Award, Miami Valley Annual Crossroads in Clay National Exhibition, Middletown Art Center, Middletown, OH – 1996; juror, Bob Shay, Dean, Herron School of Art

Juror's Award, !6th Annual Five State Jurored Art Exhibition, Salina, KS - 1995-96 ; juror, Ruth Weisberg, Dean, School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (sculpture) Juror's Award, 20th Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, 1995, 1996, 1997 (sculpture) Juror's Award, Smoky Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Ft. Hays Art Center, Ft. Hays, KS, 1995,1997 Juror's Award, Celebrate Clay National Exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac, MI: juror, Mark Chatterley, 2001 Jurorsʼ Award, School of Art Alumni Show, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, peer award Merit Award, Monarch Tile National Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Florence, AL, 1995 Best of Show Award, Celebrate Clay National Exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac, MI; juror, Tom Phardel, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, 2000 Special Merit Award, Saginaw Township Arts in Public Places Statewide Jurored Exhibition, Saginaw, MI Best of Show Award, 19th Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, 1994; 1998. Best of Show Award, Smoky Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Ft. Hays Art Center, Ft. Hays, KS,1994 (clay) Best of Show 3D Award, 1994 Yuletide Exhibit, Shafer Gallery, Great Bend, KS, 1994 First Prize, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI (Sculpture Installation) 1992 - James Bridenstine, Director, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI First Prize, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI (Painting) 1990 - juror, Ben Mitchell, Curator, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI First Prize, "Great Lakes Works on Paper", Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 1990 First Prize, Creative Arts Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI (sculpture) Best of Show Award, Upstate Craftfair, Ithaca, NY (Ceramics) – juror, Mary Roehm, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY Jean Wolf Exceptional Merit Award, "32nd MidMichigan Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts,

Midland, MI, Neal BenEzra, Director, San Francisco Contemporary Art Museum Second Prize, Aesthetics 2000, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, McPherson, KS (drawing) Second Prize, All Area ʼ99, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI (mixed media) Second Prize, Smoky Hill ʻ99 Juried Exhibition, Hays Art Center, Hays, KS (drawing) Second Prize, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA (Silk) Second Prize, "Innovation in Functional Clay", Wainscott Gallery, NY Third Prize, Michigan Artists' Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI (sculpture) Third Prize, Saginaw Art Museum , Saginaw, MI (ceramic sculpture) Fourth prize, "Out of Clay Ceramic National", Clara von Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI, 1992, juror-Ruth Butler, associate editor Ceramics Monthly Magazine Cedar Heights Clay Award, Michigan Ceramics '91, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI - juror, Victor Babu, Kansas City Art Institute Consumersʼ Energy Company Special Merit Award, State of the Arts Exhibition, Saginaw Township Hall, Saginaw, MI, 2001- juror, Jacquelyn Ruttinger, Western Michigan University (Sculpture) Merit Award, "Aesthetics '90, Juried National Exhibition, McPherson College, McPherson, KS Court of Honor, Upstate Craftfair, Ithaca, NY (Ceramics, silk) - 4 New York State Artisan's Award (Ceramics) Court of Honor, New York State Craftfair, Ithaca, NY (Ceramics) Graphics Prize, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Honorable Mention, Tompkins County Trust Co., Ithaca, NY (Photography) Honorable Mention, "Call it the Blues", Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI (sculpture) Honorable Mention, Michigan Ceramic Artistsʼ 2012 Exhibition, juror, John Glick Honorable Mention, Scarab Club Silver Medal Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 2014 Work Included in Selected Exhibitions: The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Mariana Beach Museum, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Hanover Gallery, Syracuse, NY Period Collectibles, New York, NY Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY Smedley's Gallery, Ithaca, NY Appalachiana, Washington, DC Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, NY Centerway Gallery, Corning, NY Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY Detroit Artists' Market, Detroit, MI Fifteen Steps Gallery, Ithaca, NY Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, DC Whimsey Gallery, Aurora, NY Chris Butler Gallery, Branford, CT Wainscott Gallery, Callicoon, NY FWS Finewares, Washington, DC Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI Moon, Blossoms & Snow, Washington, DC Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI Cortland Arts Council, Cortland, NY Sola Gallery, Ithaca, N.Y Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI Prodigy, Endicott, NY Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Delta College, University Center, MI Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX Kennedy-Douglass Art Center, Florence, AL Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI Colby College, Colby, KS University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI Aud Art Gallery, New York City, NY Hays Art Center, Hays, KS Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO The Source Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Dance Theater Collaboratives: 2008 Props for “In the House”, commissioned by Professor Jessica Fogel, performed as one of the

dances in “Stravinsky Revisted”, Power Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2005 Props for dance “Where the Book Falls Open”, commissioned by Professor Jessica Fogel,

University of Michigan, traveling dance performances 2004 Props for dance “Dragon Tree, Waterfall,Tea”, commissioned by Professor Jessica Fogel,

performed Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-

three painted large papyrus scrolls 1988 Props for dance "Enfield in Winter", commissioned by Jessica Fogel, Ann Arbor Dance Works performed in Studio A, Modern Dance Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Props used in dance tour in Mexico City and several other Mexican cities. l988 Dance Set - Commissioned by Marsha Paballis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – Three freestanding turning panels twelve feet five inches in height, faced with six expressionistic paintings reflecting interchangeable moods

Power Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - stage set for "Downriver", modern dance performance choreographed by Jessica Fogel, Ann Arbor Dance Works, Summer Festival '87: Three twenty foot high panels of painted silk; mixed media set. Selected Invitationals: 2012: Winter Holiday Show, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2011: “Family Ties”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI “16 + 16”, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2010: Women.s Image, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI 2009: Best Michigan Ceramic Artists Exhibit, Bay St Gallery, Northport, MI 2008: Marcia Polenberg and Ted Ramsay Figurative Exhibition, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI John Stephenson Retrospective and Works By Some of His Former Students, Clay Gallery Ceramic Invitational, Red Ink Studios, Flint, MI 2007: Detroit Artistsʼ Market Ceramic Invitational, Detroit, MI 2005: Master Paintersʼ Exhibition, Delta College, University Center, MI 2004: Michigan Ceramic Artists Invitational, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Michigan Clay Artists Invitational, Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, MI “Prairie Fire”, Invitational, Wheeler Community Arts, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Guest artist, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2003: “Prairie Fire”, Invitational, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD “Prairie Fire”, Invitational,,Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO Artreach Invitational, Work gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Invitational, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2002: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2001: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK 2001: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO 2000: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO 1999: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 1999: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, IAO Artspace, Oklahoma City, OK 1998: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 1998: "Prairie Fire", Invitational, The Source Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1997: Invitational, Aud Art Gallery, New York City, NY "Home on the Plains", Invitational, Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS; coordinated with scholarly paper presentations on the frontier experience in Kansas and current ethnic migrations, Ft. Hays State University, Hays, KS Invitational, Group exhibit, Shafer Art Gallery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS 1996: Invitational, "Handle, Spout, Story, Shrine", University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1994: "The Artful Garden", Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

"Earthly Delights II", Meadowbrook Hall, Rochester, MI 1993: "Ceramics Invitational", Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI (Sculpture )Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 1992: "Selections From the Seventh Annual Monarch Tile Exhibition", Kennedy-Douglass Art Center", Florence, AL (Ceramic Sculpture) 1992: "New Works", Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI (Ceramic Sculpture, Drawings) 1991: "Arrangements", UICA, Grand Rapids, MI (Ceramic Sculpture) 1991: "Mirrors and Reflections", Delta College, University Center, MI (Ceramic Sculpture) 1989: "Saginaw Valley Ceramics Invitational", Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI 1991: "Garden of Earthly Delights", Galleria, Southfield, MI (Ceramic Sculpture) 1990: Ceramics Invitational, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI (Ceramic sculpture) 1988,89,91: "Earthen V, VI, VII Exhibitions", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI (Ceramic sculpture) 1986: "Upstate Crafts at Fifteen Steps Gallery", Ithaca, NY (Ceramics, Painted Silk) 1985: "Not Just Your Basic Box", Fifteen Steps Gallery (Clay) "All Media '85"- Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT (Clay) "Craft Concepts '85"- Margate, NJ (Painted Silk) 1984: White Apple Gallery Photography Show, Ithaca, NY "Animal Imagery", Fifteen Steps Gallery, Ithaca, NY (Clay) "Good Works, Sacred Spaces"- Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, NY, (Painting, Clay) 1984,83,82: Invitational, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 1983: "New York State Craftsmen", Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY, Oswego (Clay) 1983: "Painterly Visions", Cortland Arts Council, Cortland, NY 1982: "Herland", Oswego Arts Council, Oswego, NY (Clay) “New Ceramics”,Eisenhower College Art Gallery, Geneva, NY (Clay) 1981: "Collected Visions"- travelling show throughout New York State (Painting) 1979: "A Show of Hands", Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca,NY (Clay) Selected One Person Shows: 2012 “The Birthday Party and Invited Guests”, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2009 “Superfluous Beauty”, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mi 2001 Art In Public Places, Saginaw Township Hall, Saginaw, MI 1998 Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, KS - ceramic sculpture, functional ceramics and paintings 1997 Colby College, Colby, KS - sculpture 1996 Hutchinson Arts Council, Hutchinson, KS - sculpture and paintings 1995 Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO -sculpture and paintings 1994 Shafer Art Gallery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS - "Sculpture and Paintings - Marcia Polenberg" 1994 General Motors Institute, Flint, MI - "Paintings, Sculpture and Photography" 1994 Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI - "Reflections and Sacred Places" - Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings 1993 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI - "Sculpture by Marcia Polenberg" 1993 General Motors Institute, Flint, MI-"Sculpture and Drawings by Marcia Polenberg" 1992 Oak Park Library, Oak Park, MI - "Sculpture and Drawings by Marcia Polenberg" 1992 University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI- "Paintings, Sculpture and Ceramics by Marcia Polenberg" 1990 Artreach Center, Mt. Pleasant, MI, "Marcia Polenberg: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture" 1988 Rackham Galleries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - "Special Treatment" (paintings) 1988 Hillel Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI - "Special Treatment" (paintings) 1987 DeWitt Atrium, Ithaca, NY - "Painted Silks and Ceramics by Marcia Polenberg" 1986 Cortland Arts Council, Cortland, NY -"One Inspiration:Diverse Directions" (paintings, silks, ceramics) 1985 Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY- "Faces In the Whirlwind" (paintings) 1984 Fifteen Steps Gallery, Ithaca, NY- "Strong Visions in a Fragile World", (painted silks and ceramics) 1984 Cayuga Color Lab, Ithaca, NY - "Color Photography by Marcia Polenberg"

Professional Activities: 2010 Juror, Ann Arbor Woman Artistsʼ Exhibition, Riverside Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI 2009 Curator, “Loss” invitational, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI 2007- Member of cooperative gallery devoted to the display and sale of quality sculptural and functional ceramics, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI; exhibitions committee, publicity committee; special events committee 2008 Empty Bowls Project, twelve bowls donated 2007 Empty Bowls Project, eight bowls donated 2006 Text reviewer, Foundations, Thomson Publishers 2004 Text reviewer, Studio Art, Wadsworth Thomson Publishers 2003 Workshop, slide lecture, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ceramics Juror, Ann Arbor Original Street Fair 2002 Text reviewer, Non-European Art History, McGraw Hill Publishers Art Department Advisory Board, Alma College, Alma, MI Juror- Hillsdale College Student Exhibition, Hillsdale, MI 2001 Critique Presenter, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI 2000 Exhibition Reviewer, National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts, Denver, CO 1999 President, Barton County Arts Council, KS 1998-9 Editor, Newsletter, Kansas Artist-Craftsmen's Association 1997-9 Board of Directors, Kansas Artist-Craftsmen's Association 1996 Juror, Hutchinson Outdoor Art Fair, Hutchinson, KS Lecture demonstrations, Central Kansas Regional Art Educators, Ellinwood, KS 1996 Graphic design adopted, Barton County Community College honors certificate 1995- Advisor, Art Inc, central Kansas arts organization 1994 Invited Panelist, Michigan Education Association in Art Conference, Grand Rapids, MI 1994 Graphic design adopted, Delta College, Budget and Planning 1994-1995 1994 Graphic design adopted, Kansas Association of Community College Bands, 17th Annual Conference of Honor Bands 1993 Guest lecturer, Alma College, Alma, MI 1993 Juror, Dow Corning Sponsored School Christmas Card Contest 1992 Demonstrator of Aesthetics of Wheel Throwing, Panel participant - Michigan Mud Conference, Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus, Farmington, MI, sponsor: Michigan Potters' Association 1992-3 Editor, Michigan Potters' Association Newsletter; board member, Michigan Potters' Association 1991 Juror, Summer Art Fair, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI 1991 Juror, Royal Oak Summer Art Fair, Royal Oak, MI 1984-86 Regional Representative; Empire State Crafts Alliance 1985-86 Board of Directors; Tompkins County Arts Council 1985 Demonstrator of Wheelthrown Ceramics, Painted Silks; Upstate Craftfair, Ithaca, NY 1981-3 Board of Directors, Publicity Director, Fair Organizer; Upstate Crafts Exhibitions 2014 June- West of Center 2014 Exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI-juror:Robert Schefman Womenʼs Caucus for Art Jurored Exhibit, Riverside Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI April-May Detroit Artistʼs Market Biennial Jurored Exhibition, Detroit, MI Scarab Club Silver Medal Exhibit, Detroit, MI, honorable mention March-Apr Janice Charash Gallery, W. Bloomfield, MI Feb-Apr Gifts of Art Clay Gallery Exhibit, Taubman Center, University of Michigan Health System

Exhibitions 2013 Dec ʻ12-Feb ʼ13 One person exhibit” The Childrenʼs Birthday Party”, Taubman Center, University of Michigan Health System June-July Alumni Exhibition, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor June-Sept Invitational, Bay Street Gallery, Northport, MI Nov-Dec Invitational, Holiday Show, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor Exhibitions 2012 May-June Invitational, Dexter Library Exhibition May-June “The Childrenʼs Birthday Party and Invited Guests, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor,MI July School of Art Alumni Show, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, jurorsʼ award Oct-Nov Honorable Mention, Michigan Ceramic Artistsʼ 2012 Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI juror, John Glick Exhibitions 2011 Jan-March: “Animal Imagery”, Dexter Public Library, Dexter, MI June-Aug: Invitational, Joppickʼs Bay Street Gallery, Northport, MI June-Aug: “Family Ties”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI July-Sept: “16 + 16”, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Sept: Three Artists Exhibition, Riverside Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI Exhibitions 2010 Jan-Feb: “Dance and Music” Exhibit, Dexter Public Library, Dexter, MI Aug: Ann Arbor Art Association Jurored Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI Sept-Oct: Michigan Ceramic Artistsʼ Association Jurored Biennial Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI Sept-Jan 2011 Great Lakes Jurored Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Exhibitions 2009 June- “Superfluous Beauty” -one person ceramic sculpture exhibition, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI June-July: School 0f Art, University of Michigan Alumni Show May-Aug- Best Michigan Ceramic Artists Exhibition, Joppichʼs Bay Street Gallery, Northport, MI Nov-Dec: “Loss”, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI-curator and exhibiting artist Dec-Jan 2010: “Faces” Exhibit, Dexter Public Library, Dexter, MI Exhibitions 2008 Jan-Dec Exhibiting artist, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Apr-May: Ceramic Invitational, Red Ink Studios, Flint, MI June-Aug: Figurative Two Person Exhibition with Ted Ramsay, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI June-July: School of Art, University of Michigan Alumni Show- award Aug: Invitational, John Stephenson Retrospective and Works By Some of His Former Students, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Exhibitions 2007 May: The Last Picture Show, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI July-Aug: Alumni Show, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Detroit Artistsʼ Market Ceramic Invitational, Detroit, MI Oct-Nov: Juried All Media Show, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI Oct-Dec: Exhibiting artist, Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Exhibitions 2006 Jan-Feb: “The Body Eclectic”, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI June “Soulstice” jurored exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI - sculpture and drawings Oct-Nov: Michigan Ceramics 2006, Michigan Ceramic Artists Association biennial jurored exhibition,

Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI, juror: Professor Wayne Higby, New York State University at Alfred, Alfred, NY Exhibitions 2005 Jan-Mar: Guest artist, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Mar: “The Art of Art Teachers”, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI – sculpture and drawings Sept-Oct: Master Painters Exhibition, Galleria, Delta College, University Center, MI Oct-Nov: 2005 Silver Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, juror, Professor Stanley Rosenthal, Wayne State University; award- the Silver Medal (first prize)

Exhibitions 2004 Mar: “Prairie Fire” Invitational, Wheeler Community Arts, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN June-Aug: Michigan Ceramic Artists Invitational, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Nov-Dec: Foundations Faculty Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI “Celebrate Clay”, Lawrence Street Gallery, juror-Susanne Stephenson, professor emerita,

Eastern Miichigan University Exhibitions 2003 “Prairie Fire”, Invitational, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD “Prairie Fire”, Invitational,,Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO july-Dec: Artreach Invitational, Work gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Oct-Nov: Invitational, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Dec: “Self Portrait”, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Exhibitions 2002 Jan: “Bare Walls”-jurored small sculpture six person exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI Jan-Feb: Art Faculty Art Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Feb-April: Prairie Fire Invitational, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO Apr-May: Plain Arts IV International Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, juror: Sandra Blain, director, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN May: Celebrating the Figure, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI; juror-Matthew Holland, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Saginaw Township Art in Public Places Jurored Exhibition, Saginaw, MI. juror, Joe DeLuca, Professor Emeritus, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI May-July: 23rd Annual Michigan Artistsʼ Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI Sept: “A Room of Oneʼs Own” Invitational, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Sept-Oct: The Art of Fine Craft Invitational, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE Oct-Nov: Michigan Pottersʼ Association 2002 Ceramics Exhibition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI Nov-Dec: Washington Street Gallery Two Person Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI Dec-March 2003: Michigan Pottersʼ Association 2002 Ceramics Exhibition, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI

Exhibitions 2001 Jan-Mar: Twenty-third Annual Contemporary Crafts National, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, juror, Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator in Charge, Smithsonian-Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC Jan-Mar: Michigan Ceramics 2000, Kalamazoo Art Institute, Kalamazoo, MI Feb-Apr: Prairie Fire Invitational, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO Mar-Apr: Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI

Chairs Jurored Exhibit, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI May: Saginaw Township Arts in Public Places Statewide Jurored Exhibition, Saginaw, MI; Consumersʼ Energy Special Merit Award, juror : Jacquelyn Ruttinger, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Jul-Aug: All Area Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI August: One person show, Saginaw Township Hall, Saginaw, MI Aug-Sept: Prairie Fire, Invitational, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK Dec: Celebrate Clay National Exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac, MI; Jurorʼs Award, juror, Mark Chatterley Exhibitions 2000 Jan-Mar: Aesthetics 2000 National Juried Exhibition, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, Second prize (drawing) Feb-Mar: “Conceptual Vision:Three Clay Artists-Marcia Polenberg, David W. Bolton, Holly Hanessian”, Alma College, Alma, MI Feb-Mar: Invitational, "Prairie Fire", Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO Feb-Apr: 56th National Jurored Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA Mar: Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI April: State of the Art, Saginaw Township Hall, Saginaw. MI May-Jul: Michigan Artistsʼ Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI Sept: Art Department Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Oct-Nov: “ConFiguration -Ted Ramsay and Marcia Polenberg” : Two Person Exhibition, Delta College, University Center, MI Oct-Nov: Michigan Ceramics 2000, Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI, Michigan Pottersʼ Association juried exhibition, juror, Mark Burns, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NA Nov-Jan01: Michigan Ceramics 2000, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, Michigan Pottersʼ Association juried exhibition Dec: Celebrate Clay National Exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac, MI; Best of Show Award, juror, Tom Phardel, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Exhibitions 1999 Feb-Apr: "Kennedy-Douglass Center National Ceramic Competition", Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL; Juror, Ruth C. Butler, Editor, Ceramics Monthly Magazine April: Invitational, Gallery 509, Memphis, TN April-May: "Thirtieth Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition", Hays Art Council, Hays, KS; Juror, Warren Taylor, Midland College, TX; cash award (drawing). Invitational, "Prairie Fire", IAO Artspace, Oklahoma City, OK “Prairie Art Juried Exhibition”, Sterling College, Sterling, KS May-July: "Crafts National 33", Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA; juror - Sandra Blain, Arrowmont School of Crafts. June-Aug: "Origins in Clay", San Antonio Potters' Guild, Ingram, TX; juror - Eddie Dominguez, University of Nebraska, honorable mention. Sept-Oct: "Wichita National 1999", Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS; Juror - Wendell Castle, RIT, Rochester, NY “Out of Clay”, national exhibition, Susannah Keith Gallery, Dexter, MI; juror- Susanne Stephenson Faculty Art Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Oct-Dec: Invitational, "Prairie Fire", Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Dec-Jan 00: All Area Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, 2nd prize Exhibitions 1998

Jan-Feb: Kansas Artist Craftsman Juried Exhibit, Columbian Art Center, Wamego, KS Mar: "Ceramics:Viewpoint '98", Grossmont College-Hyde Gallery, Grossmont, CA, juror : Ivan Karp, OK Harris Gallery, NY Mar-Dec: Invitational, Susannah Keith Gallery, Dexter, MI Aprl-May: "Twelfth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX; Ronald Kuchta, juror May: Twenty Fourth Annual Prairie Art Exhibit, Sterling College, Sterling, KS May-June: "Portrait as Icon National Jurored Exhibition", Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA; Terri Sultan, curator, Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC June-July: Westmoreland Art Nationals 1998, Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA and Westmoreland Community College, Youngwood, PA Invitational, "Prairie Fire", The Source Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO "Miami Valley Crossroads in Clay National Ceramic Competition", Middletown Art Center, Middletown, OH; juror, Josh DeWeese, Director of the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT Sept-Oct: One person show of ceramic sculpture, functional ceramics and paintings, Dodge City Community College, Dodge City, KS Kansas Art Educators' Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS Oct-Nov: Invitational, "Prairie Fire", Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS Oct-Nov: Twenty Third Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, Best of Show award, juror-Donald Byrum, Chair of School of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS Oct-Jan: Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association Jurored Exhibition, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; juror-Wendell Castle, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Dec-Jan 99: Alumni Artists Invitational Exhibition, Delta College, University Center, MI; juror- Gregory Wittkopp, Director, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (paintings, drawings) Exhibitions 1997 April: Invitational, "Home on the Plains", Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS May: Twenty Eighth Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition, Hays Art Council, Hays, KS Juror, Sherry Leedy of Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO-juror's award May-July: National jurored "Ceramics '97 Exhibit", Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT. Jurors William Daley and Wayne Higby. May-Aug: Invitational, Group exhibition, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS Aug-Nov: Invitational, Group exhibitions, Chris Butler Gallery, Branford, CT August: Invitational, Aud Art Gallery, New York City, NY Sept-Oct: Monarch National Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL; Juror, Michael W. Monroe, President, American Crafts Council Nov: Twenty Second Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, juror's award, juror : Rex Replogle, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Nov-Dec: One person exhibit, Colby College, Colby, KS Exhibitions 1996 Jan-Feb: One person exhibition of sculpture and paintings, Hutchinson Arts Center, Hutchinson, KS Apr-May: Twenty-Second Annual Prairie Art Exhibit, Sterling College, Sterling, KS Apr-May: Twenty Seventh Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition, Hays Art Council, Hays, KS June-Jul: Crafts National 30 at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Miami Valley Annual Crossroads in Clay Competition 1996, Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH; juror - Bob Shay, juror's awards Aug-Sept: "Ceramics USA National Exhibition", Denton, TX; juror - Don Reitz Sept: Marcia Polenberg and Steve Dudek-Sculpture and Painting, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS

Oct-Nov: "Bodybuilders" Juried National Exhibition, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA Oct-Nov: Invitational, "Handle, Spout, Story, Shrine", University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Nov-Dec: Twenty First Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, juror's award, juror : Micky Jilg, Ft. Hays State University, Hays, KS

Exhibitions 1995 Jan-Dec: Saginaw Arts Council, Saginaw, MI Apr: Twenty-First Annual Prairie Art Exhibition, Sterling College, Sterling, KS Apr-May: Smoky Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS, juror's award Sept-Oct: Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, merit award, juror - Sandy Simon Sept-Oct: Art Educators' Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS Oct-Nov: Twentieth Annual Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, juror's award, juror - Marlana Stoddard Hayes Nov-Dec: One person exhibition, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO Nov -Jan 96: Seventeenth Annual Five State Jurored Art Exhibition, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS, juror's award - juror, Ruth Weisberg, Dean, School of Fine Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Exhibitions 1994 Jan-Feb: Clay National, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, juried by Wayne Higby Mar-Apr: One person show, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI May-June: Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI June: Earthly Delights II", Meadowbrook Hall, Oakland University, Rochester, MI June-Sept: Artwalk, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI July-Aug: One person show of paintings and sculpture, General Motors Institute, Flint, MI Oct: One person show of sculpture and paintings, Shafer Art Gallery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS Nov-Dec: Nineteenth Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS, Best of Show Award Juried Art Exhibit, Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS, Best of Show 3D Award Exhibitions 1993 Jan: Art Department Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Galleria, Delta College, University Center, MI "All Area 92", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw MI - 1st prize Apr: One person exhibition, General Motors Institute, Flint, MI Apr-Aug: Invitational, Ceramics Exhibition, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI Jun-Jul: International Juried Exhibition, Farrington-Keith Arts Center, Dexter, MI "Second Call it the Blues Juried Exhibition", University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Jul: "Realms of Reality- Looking Out", Fontana Festival of Art and Music, Shelbyville, MI Sculpture Invitational, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Aug: "Realms of Fantasy-Looking In", Fontana Festival of Art and Music, Shelbyville, MI Sept-Oct: "Realms of Reality and Realms of Fantasy", Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek Sept: One person exhibition, Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Oct-Nov: Michigan Artists' Juried Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI Great Lakes Juried Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI All Area '93 Juried Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Exhibitions 1992: Dec ʻ91-Jan ʻ92: "All Area '91", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Jan: "Faculty Exhibition", University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University Feb: "Michigan Annual XX", Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

Mar: One Person Exhibition of Sculpture and Paintings, Art Gallery, Saginaw State University, Saginaw, MI Mar-Apr: "Mirrors and Reflections" Invitational, Galleria, Delta College, University Center, MI April-May: "Seventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX, juried by Wayne Higby, Professor of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY "National Juried Exhibition", Farrington Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI May: One Person Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, Oak Park Library, Oak Park, MI May-Jul: "Garden Invitational 1992", Ariana Gallery, Birmingham, MI June-Jul: "Call It the Blues", Juried Statewide Art Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI June-Aug: Invitational, Farrington Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI Faculty Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Jul-Aug: Invitational, Ariana Gallery, Birmingham, MI Aug-Sept: Selected Invitational, Kennedy - Douglass Art Center, Florence, AL- Traveling Exhibition of Selected Work from the "Seventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition" Sept: Central Michigan University Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Sept-Oct: "New Works" - Ceramic Invitational, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI Oct-Dec: Invitational Group Exhibition, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI Nov-Dec: "Out of Clay" - Ceramic Exhibition juried by Ruth Butler, Associate Editor, Ceramics Monthly, Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI Dec: "All Area '92" - Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI - 1st prize, juried by James Bridenstine, Director, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI Exhibitions 199I: Dec ʻ90-Jan. ʻ91:"All Area '90", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI -1st prize "Inner Meanings", National juried exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ "Faculty Art Exhibition", University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Invitational Exhibition, Northwood Gallery , Midland, MI - ceramics Feb: "Michigan Annual XIX", The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI Feb-Mar: Group Exhibition - Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI Apr: "Juried Crafts National Exhibition", Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA Apr-May: Juried National Exhibition, Farrington Keith Arts Center, Dexter, MI May: "Garden of Earthly Delights" Invitational, Galleria, Southfield, MI June: "Pewabic Pottery Garden Sculpture Invitational", Detroit, MI Jun-Jul: "Midland Center for the Arts Faculty Exhibition", Midland, MI Jun-Jul: "Michigan Artists Competition", Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI, 3rd prize Aug-: Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI - painted silks, ceramics Oct: "Arrangements" with Kyong Ae Cho and Thomas Bohs, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI "Allen Ginsberg, Reaction/Interaction", University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Oct-Nov: "Michigan Ceramics "91", Wayne State University, Detroit, MI- Cedar Heights Clay Award Exhibitions 1990: Jan: "All Area '89", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Art Faculty Exhibition, Delta College, University Park, MI Feb: "Mt. Pleasant Art Association Area Juried Exhibition", Creative Arts Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI - 1st prize-Sculpture March: Invitational, "Showcase II", Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI

"Juried National Exhibition", Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, "Great Lakes Works on Paper" Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI - Ist prize – painting April: "Aesthetics '90", Juried National Art Exhibition, McPherson College, McPherson, KS - merit award

"Clay Viewpoint - University of Michigan Faculty and Alumni Exhibition", Invitational, Galleria, Delta College, University Center, MI

May: "Michigan Ceramics '90", Michigan Potters' Association, Detroit Artists' Market, Detroit, MI Sept-Oct: Juried Alumni Exhibition, Slusser Gallery, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (paintings) Oct-Nov: One Person Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Artreach Center of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI "National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts", Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA Nov: "32nd Annual Mid-Michigan Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, Jean Wolf Outstanding Merit Award Dec: Holiday Exhibition, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI - drawings Dec-Jan: "Inner Meanings", national juried exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ Exhibitions 1989: Jan: "Art Department Faculty Exhibition", Delta College, University Center, MI "All Area '89", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI - third prize Feb: Installation Invitational, Expono Gallery, Midland, MI Feb-Mar: "Functional Ceramic Invitational, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw May: "Ceramic Invitational", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI "Earthen VI Ceramics Invitational", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI Oct: One Person Ceramics Exhibition, Main Building, Delta College, University Center, MI Nov: "Mid Michigan Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI

Executive Administrator for Non-Profit Organizations, e.g., PTA, Arts Councils. Duties included serving as president, director, membership chairperson, publicity director, board member - prepared budgets, arranged for evaluations, arranged for informational meetings and panel discussions, arranged for publicity, lobbied, prepared legislative reports, delivered lectures, recruited and hired staff, managed and coordinated staff activities, increased membership, used interpersonal skills in negotiating between parties with grievances. organizational marketing.

Selected Publications: Ceramics: Art and Perception Magazine, summer 2011 issue, review of John and Susanne Stephensonʼs exhibitions Leon Nigrosh, "Sculpting Clay", Davis Publishing, 1991, (hardcover), color photograph of ceramic sculpture, color section p 4. Studio Potter Magazine, 1999 winter issue, Kansas Clay Artists, p.82 Studio Potter Magazine, 1999 summer issue, Color and Form, pp. 65, 66,68 NCECA News, Summer 1999, “Mastery : Interviews with 30 Remarkable People” book review, p15 NCECA Denver Conference Review, Spring 2001, review of retrospective exhibition by James and Nan McKinnell Richard Zakin, “Ceramics -Mastering the Craft” 2nd Edition, 2001, p 51 Richard Zakin, “Ceramics -Mastering the Craft” 3rd Edition, 2005, p 185

Selected Reviews: Michigan Potters' Association Newsletter, San Angelo Standard Times, Ithaca Journal, Cortland Standard, Midland Daily News, Saginaw News, Grand Rapids Press, Macomb Daily, Ann Arbor News, Great Bend Tribune, Manhattan Mercury, Omaha World-Herald, Sunday Oklahoman, River Views Magazine, Flint News Invited Manuscript Critique and Review: Textbook on Non-Western Art, McGraw-Hill, critiqued 2002 Textbook on Studio Art, Wadsworth Thomson Publishers, critiqued 2004 Textbook on Foundations in Art, Thomson Publishers, critiqued in 2006 Collections: Marcia Polenbergʼs work is represented in collections throughout the United States as well as in England, France, Canada and Australia.