Carolyn Ford - Southernisms
Carolyn Ford
Professor of Art

Upcoming Courses

- Basic Drawing and Composition
- Figure Drawing
- Ceramics Hand Building
- Crafts
- Art Appreciation
- Studio Problems
- Studio Problems
- Studio Problems

The above list of courses is not an exhaustive list. It only includes courses for the current and imminent terms. For more information visit the Course Schedules page.

Education
  • MFA: Washington State University (Ceramics and Drawing)
  • BFA: Middle Tennessee State University (Ceramics, Drawing and Painting)
  • Study Abroad Program: Italy
Professional Accomplishments

Other College Responsibilities

  • Art Program Manager 2020-2021
  • Chair of the Art Department: 2010-2020
  • Exhibit Curator/Director: 2010-2020
  • Candelabra: Faculty Sponsor, Art Department: 2010-2012
  • Total Immersion Methodology Program Teacher, China, Summer 2013

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Professional Development Research Track: 2023-2026
  • Sabbatical & Artist in Resident at Mission Clay Art & Industry: Phoenix, AZ, 2021
  • People’s Choice Award in both Market to Market and Town & Country exhibits: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery, 2022
  • First Place in the 2nd Annual Traveling the World exhibit at the In Art Gallery: 2021
  • Best in Show in GRIT at A1 Art Labs: Knoxville, TN,2021
  • Dr. Andrea Alison Student Success Advocate Award: Limestone College, 2020
  • Second Place in All Things Country Music Juried Exhibition: Cookeville, TN, 2019
  • Third Place in Anything Goes Juried Exhibition: CAVA Gallery, 2018
  • Promotion and Tenure: Limestone University, 2011
  • Fullerton Teaching Award: Limestone University, 2006 and 2009

Selected Exhibitions, Publications and Collections

2022

  • Terracotta Corridor, International Travels (public art with publication & documentary film): RAD (Rail Arts District) Napa, CA
  • Through Our Eyes: Art Alumni Revisited: Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN 
  • Strained Separations-Reflections on a Pandemic: LU Hines & Riggins Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Intersections in American Art: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
  • Art for All-I AM: Identity*Stories*Connections: Waterworks Center for the Arts, Salisbury, NC
  • Market to Market, Locals Supporting Local: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery, Gaffney, SC (People’s Choice Award)
  • Town & Country: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery, Gaffney, SC (People’s Choice Award)
  • Laguna Market Exhibition: NCECA Makers Space Hall, Sacramento, CA (now permanent collection)
  • Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminism: Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY. 
  • Red: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery, Gaffney, SC 
  • Strained Separations: Reflections on a Pandemic: Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Brockport, NY
  • The Crafted Narrative: Limestone University Gallery with juror Carrie Fee, Gaffney, SC

2021

  • 2nd Annual Traveling the World: The In Art Gallery (juror Jason Brown (First Place)
  • All Creatures Great and Small: Carthage Junction, Gordonsville, TN
  • Deck the Walls: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Material Mugs VI: Underglaze: Companion Gallery (juror Michelle Ettrick), Humbolt, TN
  • Hella Cups: Applied Contemporary (jurors Jamie Bates & Justin Paik Reese), Oakland, CA
  • A Place of Our Own: Limestone University Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Ceramics (2nd Annual): The In Art Gallery (juror Chase Gamblin)
  • The Midas Touch: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Last Call IV: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations: Companion Gallery (exhibit and publication)
  • GRIT: Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN (Best in Show)
  • This is Us: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Faculty Show: Limestone University Granberry Gallery
  • 100th Anniversary for the Women’s Right to Vote: CAVA Gallery, Gaffney, SC

2020

  • Guide: Group Invitational Exhibit at Limestone University
  • Permanent Collection: Asheville Art Museum (acquisition of six works)
  • Permanent Collection: Mission Clay Art and Industry (visiting artist acquisition)
  • Speak My Language: Solo Show: Spartanburg Community College, SC

2019

  • Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
  • ART/RE/RE Pop Up Show: Morganton, NC
  • Anything Goes Again: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Black and White with a Pop: Gaffney Visitors Center & Gallery

2018

  • Anything Goes! CAVA Juried Show: Gaffney Visitors Center and Gallery
  • Storyteller--Recent works by Carolyn Ford: Eoff Hall Fine Art Gallery, Motlow State
  • SC Clay>Higher Ed group show: Adele Kassab Art Gallery of Francis Marion Uni., Florence, SC
  • Southern Sampler--Contemporary Artists of the New South: Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery of SUNY Brockport, NY

2017

  • Architecture & History, Go To & Go By…: Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
  • MTSU Juried Alumni Exhibition: Todd Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
  • I Am Man, Juried Show: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Cherokee County OPEN: Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery, Gaffney, SC

2016

  • Faculty Exhibition: Limestone College Granberry Gallery, Gaffney, SC
  • Circular--Recent Works by Carolyn Ford: North Greenville University, SC

2015

  • Discombobulated--Recent Ceramic Works by Carolyn Ford: Wofford College, SC

2014

  • MTSU Juried Alumni Exhibition: Todd Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
  • Empty Bowls: Gaffney

Selected Memberships and Organizations

  • CHAPS
  • National Potter¹s Guild
  • NCECA (National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts)
  • SCAA (Smith County Arts Association)
  • CAVA (Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Artists)

Most Recent Community Service, Volunteerism, Charitable Events and Fundraising:

2022

  • SC 250 Revolutionary War Committee
  • Downtown Christmas Window Painting
  • Juror: Union County Art Contest
  • Scholars Academy Fall Festival Art Auction Donation
  • Homecoming Craft Sale Fundraiser

2021

  • Peach City Brewery Mural
  • Downtown Christmas Window Painting
  • Homecoming Craft Sale Fundraiser

2019

  • Alumni & Development Art Donation and Reprinting Rights for “Curtis Hall”

2015-18

  • Potter: Sales for departmental trip to Italy, Spain and Portugal