Margaret Park Smith, M.F.A.

Professor of Ceramics, Sculpture, and Creativity in Practice

Department: Art & Design

Office: Art Annex

Biographical Information

Dovetail Practice is the collaboration of Josh + Margaret Park Smith. Since 2005, their work has been shown and sold nationally and internationally in places such as the Orange County Museum of Art, Urban Outfitters, and most recently the New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC. Currently, Dovetail Practice is represented by the American Design Club based out of Brooklyn, NY.

Professor Park makes ceramic work that includes screen-printing processes on clay. She has a strong interest in the role ceramics plays as an enduring part of material culture and hopes to help students make those integral connections.

Website

https://dovetailpractice.com

Education

BA, Wheaton College 1998
MFA, University of Minnesota 2004

Additional studies:

Syracuse University
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Penland School of Crafts

Artist-in-Residence:

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC 1999-2001
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL 2004-05

Courses Offered

Art + Creativity in Practice
Ceramics 1 & 2
Sculpture

Recent Activities

2024

Fahrenheit 2024, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) Pomona, CA, juried
Rendered Fusion: Clay, Connection, Attention—2024 NCECA Annual, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA, juried

2022-2024

Attention Jars, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, museum shop and online

2022

Artist as Truth Teller: Faculty exhibition, Galleries at Asbury University, Wilmore, KY

2021

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY; work acquired

2020

Canal Street Market, New York, NY

2019

New York Now: Accent on Design, New York, NY; juried
AmericaSmart: High Design, Atlanta, GA; juried
Uncommon Goods, Brooklyn, NY; commission

2018

Renegade Craft + Design, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY; juried
American Design Club, Brooklyn, NY; representation

2017

Sources, Baugh Center for the Visual Arts, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Temple, TX
State of Time, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY; invitational

2015-2020

KMAC, Kentucky Museum of Art + Craft museum shop, Louisville, KY