Tenille Blair-Neff

Education:

Master of Science Degree, 2003

College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

(Emphasis Art Therapy and Counseling)

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 2001

Fort Hays State University, Hays, Ks

(Emphasis Ceramics, Minor Psychology)

Work Experience:

Recreation Coordinator/ Art Therapist, CAMBA Broadway House Women's Shelter, Brooklyn, NY. 2003-Present

Graduate Assistant, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. From 2001- 2003

Project Liberty, Westchester Arts Council, Port Chester, NY, summer 2002. Designed for community participation in a large-scale tile mural as a memorial for September 11.

Studio Assistant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Ks, 1997 to present Duties include mixing clay and glazes, bisque firing and glaze firing kilns, and general studio maintenance.

Wheel Thrown Pottery Instructor, ages 12-16, Hays Arts Council, Hays, Ks, Three Week Workshop from July 10-27, 2000

Set Builder for University Theater, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Ks, 1996- to 1997

Mural Painter, Kansas Arts Commission Mural Grant, Wichita, Ks, May-July 1996

Service Experience:

Intern, Northern Westchester Hospital Center, Behavioral Health Unit, Mount Kisco, NY. From 2002-2003. Led individual art therapy sessions and group art therapy sessions working with a wide range of individuals suffering with mental illness.

Intern, Mount Vernon Hospital Adult Psychiatric Unit, Mount Vernon, NY. From January 2002-Present. Assist and observe art therapist Ori Cruz during group art therapy sessions and individual art therapy sessions. Working with a wide range of individuals suffering from many different psychiatric pathologies.

Fieldwork Intern, Heartsong, Bronxville, NY. From September 2001-January 2002. Worked alongside Art Therapist Nancy Landy facilitating creative expression for children with emotional disturbance and developmental delays.

Crisis Line Volunteer, Northwest Family Shelter, Hays, Ks. From October 1, 2000- May 2001. Provide crisis counseling for victims of domestic violence, rape, and suicide.

Very Special Arts Workshop, Every Citizen Counts Organization Incorporated, Madison, S.D, Week long Workshop from August 7-11, 2000. Helped to create a variety of art projects working with people with disabilities ranging from profound to moderate.

White Dot Project Docent, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Ks, From October 1995 – April 1996.

Very Special Arts Workshop, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Ks, April 1995. Assisted in a one-day workshop creating and decorating tiles working with people with profound disabilities.

Junior Docent Program, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Ks, January 1995 – January 1996

Organizations:

American Art Therapy Association, member 2002- present.

National Ceramic Educators Council of America, member 1996 to Present.

Hays Arts Council, member 1999 to 2001.

Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association, member 1997 to 2001.

Creative Arts Society,member 1996 to 2001.

Exhibitions:

2005Emanations: Works from the Clay Art Center, Elkton, Maryland

2003Clay Art Center members exhibition, Labin City Gallery, Labin, Croatia

College of New Rochelle Graduate Exhibition, New Rochelle, NY

2002Clay Art Center Member Exhibition, Port Chester, NY

Pushing Clay, international juried/ Invitational, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine.

Body Text, Invitational Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition New Works Gallery, Kansas City, KS

College of New Rochelle Graduate Exhibition, New Rochelle, NY

2001 College of New Rochelle Graduate Exhibition, New Rochelle, NY

2000 Plains State Undergraduate Exhibition, juried exhibition,

Emporia, KS

Grand Opening, Wind Song Gallery, Russell, KS

Menagerie of the Imago, Solo BFA exhibition, Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS

Body Text, Invitational Exhibition, Moss- Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, KS

31st Annual Smoky Hill Competition and Exhibition, Statewide Juried Exhibition, Hays, KS

Something New from Something Old: Art from recycled Materials, Juror Richard Stauffer, Sternberg Museum, Hays, KS

Fort Hays State University Student Honors Exhibition, Moss- Thorns Gallery, Jurors Recognition Award, Hays, KS

1999 Russell Original Art Review, Juried Exhibition, Russel, KS

Kansas Artist Craftsman Association Members Exhibition, State Juried Exhibition, Juror Sheery Leady, Emporia, KS

The Bakers Arts Center 3rd National Juried Art Exhibition, Liberal, KS

Fort Hays State University Student Honors Exhibition, Moss- Thorns Gallery, Jurors Recognition Award, Hays, KS

Home on the Range, Hays Public Library, Invitational Exhibition, Hays, KS

Plains States Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Emporia, KS

NCECA Scholarship Cup Exhibition and Sale, Invitational Exhibition and Sale, Columbus, OH

1998Russell Original Art Review, Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Russell, KS

Plains State Undergraduate Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Emporia, KS

Home on the Range, Stouffer Lounge, Invitational Exhibition, Hays, KS

Inspirations and Expressions, Felten Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Hays, KS

Fort Hays State Student Honors Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Scholarship Award Winner, Hays, KS

Publications:

Tenille Blair-Neff, “The Form of Character and the Character of Form: The Sculpture of Kelli Damron”, Ceramic Art and Perception, September 2004 (57), pp. 59-62.

Linda Ganstrom, " Body Text", Ceramics Technical, November 2002 issue, pp. 86 Photo of "Shadow" on pg. 19.

Linda Ganstrom, “Stained Surfaces”, Clay Times, March/ April issue, pp. 16-19. Photo of “When the Angels Fall” on pg. 19.

Workshops:

Maria E.v.B. Gibbons, Symbolism and iconography.

Peter Voulkos, Wheel thrown and altered.

Rudy Autio, Slide symposium.

Glenda Taylor, Slab constructed forms and paper clay.

Elaine O. Henry, Low fire stains and oxides.

Conrad Snider, Large- scale wheel thrown and altered.

Robert Bede Clarke, Expressionist philosophy, form construction.

Ken Ferguson, Wheel thrown forms.

Tom Coleman, Wheel thrown functional pottery.