BIO

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

2025
  • Farenheit 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
2021-2024
  • 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

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