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Sam's Resume
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Potter / Instructor: |
I am primarily a functional potter. I work predominantly in porcelain, although not from a traditional perspective. My forms are defined by functional simplicity—the white surface of each piece is decorated with abstract designs in blues, browns, and grays. I am currently exploring the contrast of the white porcelain surface with a matte black glaze. As a potter, clay directs and influences my lifestyle. Thus, the synthesis of clay, artist, and individual is my philosophical approach. |
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Education: |
Degree |
College |
Graduated |
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· Phi Beta Kappa |
Alpha of University of Washington |
June 1975 |
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· B.F.A. · A.A.S. |
University of Washington Shoreline Community College |
June 1975 June 1972 |
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· Awards |
Lambda Rho Alumni Memorial Scholarship |
1974–1975 |
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Memberships: |
· Northwest Designer Craftsmen · Washington Potters Association |
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Teaching Positions: |
School |
Year(s) |
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Shoreline Community College |
1990–Present |
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Shoreline Community College, Shoreline Clay Club Demonstration Workshop |
May 2005 |
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Washington Potter’s Association, Pottery Northwest (Seattle, WA) Slide Presentation and Panel Discussion |
Apr 2005 |
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Gene Nastri School of Art, Workshop |
Apr 2000 |
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Edmonds–Woodway High School, Artist in Residence |
May 1999 |
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Snohomish County Crafts Guild Workshop |
1985 |
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University of Washington Workshop, Spring Qtr |
1983 |
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Snohomish County Crafts Guild Workshop |
1980 |
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Pacific Lutheran University Workshop |
1979 |
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Lower Columbia Community College Workshop, Summer Qtr |
1978 |
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Highline Community College Workshop, Winter Qtr |
1978 |
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University of Washington, Summer Qtr |
1977 |
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Everett Community College |
1975–1998 |
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Sammamish High School |
1974–1975 |
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Juror Positions: |
Event |
Location |
Year |
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Edmonds Art Festival, Craft & Artisan Work |
Edmonds |
1996 |
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Shoreline Arts Festival |
Shoreline |
1995 |
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Arts of the Terrace, Craft & Sculpture |
Mountlake Terrace |
1992 |
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair |
Bellevue |
1982 |
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University District Street Fair |
Seattle |
1981 |
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Gallery |
Gallery |
Location |
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Representation: |
Chuckanut Bay Gallery |
Bellingham, WA |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
La Conner, WA |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
Port Townsend, WA |
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Earthworks Gallery |
Yachats, OR |
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Gallery North |
Edmonds, WA |
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Gaskill/Olson Gallery |
Langley, WA |
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KOBO |
Seattle, WA |
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Northwest Craft Center |
Seattle, WA |
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The Art Stop |
Tacoma, WA |
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Juried Exhibitions: |
Event |
Year(s) |
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· Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, “Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50” · Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, “Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50” · Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, Craft Bi-Annual—“A Review of NW Arts & Crafts” (Portland, OR) |
Oct 2005
Jun–Oct 2004
Aug 2003 |
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· Cedar Creek Gallery, “National Teapot Show V” (Creedmore, NC) |
June 2002 |
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· Smithsonian Institution Museum Gallery Shop, “NW Artists Show” |
1993 |
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· Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds Jury Accepted |
1973, 1974, 1976–1981, 1983–2003. |
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· PNW Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue Jury Accepted |
1975, 1977–1981 |
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· NWCC Exhibition, Henry Gallery Jury Accepted |
1973, 1977 |
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Awards: |
Art Form |
Event |
Year |
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Black & White Bottleneck Vase |
Arts of the Terrace 2nd Place, $125 |
2004 |
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Porcelain Tea Set |
Shoreline Arts Festival 1st Place, $100 |
1998 |
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Raku Vase, “Copper Landscape” |
Edmonds Arts Festival Award, $100 |
1998 |
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Black & Red Deco Vase |
Arts of the Terrace, 1st Place, $100 |
1996 |
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Tea Set |
Shoreline Arts Festival, 1st Place, $100 |
1994 |
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Variation on a Cylinder |
Shoreline Arts Council, 3rd Place, $50 |
1993 |
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Black Vessel with Handles |
Edmonds Arts Festival (EAF) Award, $100 |
1993 |
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Black, White & Green Vase |
EAF Award, $50 |
1992 |
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Large Porcelain Bowl |
EAF Award, $100 |
1988 |
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Large Porcelain Bowl |
EAF Award, $50 |
1986 |
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Large Porcelain Vase |
EAF Award, $100 |
1983 |
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Porcelain Vase |
EAF Award, $50 |
1980 |
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Canister Set |
EAF Award, $100 |
1978 |
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Stoneware Jar |
EAF Award, $50 |
1977 |
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Porcelain Plate |
Old Milltown Merchants Assoc., $150 |
1977 |
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Porcelain Plate |
EAF Purchase Award, $200 |
1977 |
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Permanent Collections: |
Collection |
Year |
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· President Bill Clinton, The White House in Washington, D.C. |
1995 |
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· Edmonds Collection to Hekinan, Japan for the Hekinan Cultural Association (Hekinan, Japan) |
1991 |
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· Edmonds Arts Festival Purchase Award Collection at the Francis Anderson Art Center |
1977 |
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Solo Gallery Exhibitions: |
Gallery |
Location |
Year |
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Eastshore Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
2003 |
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Gallery North |
Edmonds, WA |
2000 |
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White Dove Gallery |
Tacoma, WA |
1993 |
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Childers/Proctor Gallery |
Langley, WA |
1991 |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
Port Townsend, WA |
1989 |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
Port Townsend, WA |
1987 |
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Edmonds Art Festival Museum |
Edmonds, WA |
1987 |
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Contemporary Crafts Gallery |
Portland, OR |
1985 |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
Port Townsend, WA |
1984 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1983 |
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Northlight Gallery |
Everett Community College, WA |
1982 |
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Earthenworks Gallery |
La Conner, WA |
1982 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1982 |
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Real Mother Goose Gallery |
Portland, OR |
1981 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1981 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1980 |
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Gallery of Fine Woodworking |
Seattle, WA |
1980 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1979 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1978 |
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GoodYears Gallery |
Edmonds, WA |
1977 |
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Northwest Craft Center |
Seattle, WA |
1977 |
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Panaca Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1976 |
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GoodYears Gallery |
Edmonds, WA |
1975 |
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Northwest Craft Center |
Seattle, WA |
1975 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1975 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1974 |
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Gail Chase Gallery |
Bellevue, WA |
1973 |
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Group Gallery Exhibitions: |
Gallery |
Location |
Year |
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Gallery North (Celebrate the Crafts) |
Edmonds, WA |
2002 |
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Snohomish County Arts Council |
Everett, WA |
1992 |
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Bellevue Art Museum |
Bellevue, WA |
1990 |
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Janet Houston Gallery Teapot Invitational |
La Conner, WA |
1990 |
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Art Center Ceramics Invitational |
Everett, WA |
1989 |
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North Central Washington Museum |
Ellensberg, WA |
1988 |
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Bellevue Art Museum, “10-40 Invitational Show” |
Bellevue, WA |
1986 |
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JCPenney Northgate Opening |
Seattle, WA |
1985 |
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Western Washington State University |
Bellingham, WA |
1984 |
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Seattle Pacific University |
Seattle, WA |
1983 |
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Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery |
Bainbridge, WA |
1981 |
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Bellevue Art Museum, “Crafts 1978 Invitational” |
Bellevue, WA |
1978 |
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Hoffman Gallery |
Portland, OR |
1976 |
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Washington Potter’s Association Exhibitions: |
Gallery
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Location |
Year |
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N.W. Craft Center, “One on One, National Invitational Pottery Exhibition” |
Seattle, WA |
1992 |
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Boulder Colorado Show |
Boulder, CO |
1991 |
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N.W. Craft Center |
Seattle, WA |
1991 |
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N.W. Craft Center “National Claylines” |
Seattle, WA |
1989 |
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Benefit Auctions: |
Fund Raiser |
Year |
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Pratt 20th Annual Art Auction |
May 2002 |
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Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction |
April 2002, 2005 |
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Art that Works Auction, NW AIDS Foundation |
May 2000 |
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Publications & Reviews: |
Publication |
Date |
Topic |
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500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of Utility and Grace (Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books) |
2005 |
One piece is included on p. 90; mentioned in “Introduction” on p. 6: “In fact, this book has a large selection of work devoted to decorative technique, a range exemplified by the exuberant low-fired majolica overglaze by Farraday Newsome, as well as the restrained Japanese brushwork on high-fired porcelain by Sam Scott.” |
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Making Marks, by Robin Hopper (book) |
2004 |
Two pieces are included in the book as examples of decoration techniques |
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Catalog from Whatcom Museum |
6/2004 |
The Whatcom Museum’s Show, “Looking forward, Glancing back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50” |
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Ceramics Monthly |
6/2003 |
Photo and review of Jan 2003 show at the Eastshore Gallery in Bellevue, WA (p. 22) |
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Clay Times (magazine) |
9/2002 |
Story about Sam’s work and lifestyle as a potter for 33 years (cover story, pp. 48–51) |
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Bon Appetite (magazine) |
2/96 |
Pottery featured in article |
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Seattle Pottery Supply (SPS) Calendar |
2/95 |
Photo |
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SPS Calendar |
7/94 |
Photo |
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Edmonds Enterprise |
6/10/93 |
Vol. VII, No. 17 |
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Everett Herald |
5/1/92 |
Review of NWDC Show at Everett Arts Center Gallery: “The ceramic vessel produced on the potters wheel is a staple for many of Northwest Designer Craftsman production artists such as the tea service by Everett Community College ceramics instructor, Sam Scott” (by Ron Glowen) |
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Edmonds Enterprise |
1/29/92 |
Pg 9, Vol. VI, No. 7 |
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Edmonds Enterprise |
8/29/91 |
Review of Collection of Art from Edmonds to Hekinan, Japan |
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N.W. Designer Craftsman Show Catalog |
7/90 |
Bellevue Art Museum Show |
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Ceramics Monthly |
6/90 |
Review of Washington Potters Association Show at NWCC: “The 1960s were a high water mark for pottery in Seattle...since then former students of U.W. chairman emeritus, Robert Sperry, such as Gerald Newcomb, Regnor Reinholdtsen and Sam Scott, have continued to build and refine their art” (by Mathew Kangus, pp. 86–87) |
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N.W. Designer Craftsman Show Catalog |
3/90 |
NW Designer Craftsman Bellevue Art Museum Show, p. 13–15 |
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Seattle Post Intelligencer |
5/25/89 |
What’s Happening Section, p. 15, Featured Article |
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Everett Herald |
5/4/89 |
Key Section, p. 4, Snohomish Art Council Show |
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Washington Magazine |
7/86 |
Photo of Canister Set, p. 140 |
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Everett Herald |
1/82 |
Photo from Everett Community College Show, Section C, p. 6 |
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Everett Herald |
1/17/82 |
Venture Section, Feature Article |
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Everett Herald |
4/16/81 |
Review of Show at Shoreline Community College |
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Edmonds Enterprise |
6/6/79 |
Featured Article |
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Everett Herald |
12/7/78 |
Bellevue Art Museum Show Review |
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The Seattle Times |
11/12/78 |
Bellevue Art Museum Show Review |
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By Hand (magazine) |
7/78 |
Front Cover Photo |
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Edmonds Enterprise |
6/21/78 |
Photo |
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Everett Herald |
6/17/77 |
Photo, Arts & Entertainment Section |
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The Seattle Times |
10/1/76 |
Northwest Craft Center Show Review: “Elena Canavier, Crafts coordinator for the National Endowment for the Arts, is in Seattle to see exhibits in galleries all over town celebrating crafts week. She said she was ‘wowed’ by the excellence of the craftsmanship in the area. ‘I was astonished to see so much work of such fine quality’…she also loved the concentration on fine ware pottery, singling out for praise, pieces by Sam Scott, on display at the NW Craft Center” (by Deloris Tarzan) |
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The Seattle Times |
6/22/76 |
Gail Chase Gallery Show Review |
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The Seattle Times |
3/21/75 |
Northwest Craft Center Show: “Scott appears to throw with ease, turning out huge jars and lidded pots with loose, splashing, Japanese designs, suggesting leaves of bamboo, or wave forms” (by Deloris Tarzan) |
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U.W. Daily |
5/20/74 |
Review of Undergraduate Show |
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U.W. Undergraduate Show Catalog |
3/17/74 |
U.W. Undergraduate Show, Henry Gallery |
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N.W. Craftsmen Exhibition Catalog |