KIT DAVENPORT EDUCATION MFA Ceramic Sculpture Emphasis, Mills College, Oakland, CA . 1992 BFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI . 1977 Additional Study : Ceramics, Humboldt State University 1986 - 90; Biology Major, HSU 1985 - 86; Intaglio Etching, Studio 24, San Francisco 1979; Scientific Illustration, UC Extension, San Francisco 1980; Graphic Design, City College of SF 1979 and HSU 1986; Spanish Language Intensive, Escuela   Maya, Antigua, Guatemala 1978 . TEACHING College of the Redwoods, 1999 - present; UC Berkeley Student Union Art Studio, 1996 - 98; Hayward Area Rec . and Parks, Hayward, CA . 1996 - 98; Mills College, Oakland CA . 1997; Los Medanos College, Pittsburg CA . 1993 - 95; Mills College Graduate Assistantship, 1991 - 92 . EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS 2003      "Kit Davenport -- Selected Works"   The Ink People Center   for   the Arts, Eureka, CA . 2002      "Ceramics Invitational 2002"   (5 - person   show) Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State U . , Arcata, CA .              Crocker - Kingsley Annual   ,   Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA .   Honorable Mention Award              Victor Thomas Jacoby Award   (Humboldt   County, CA ..   North Coast Cultural Trust   $3500 grant)              Humboldt Arts Council Jurored Members Exhibit, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka ,CA .. 2001      "Kit Davenport: Sculpture & Drawings"   First Street Gallery,   Eureka, CA .              Faculty   Show    College of the Redwoods Art Gallery, Eureka, CA .              Humboldt Arts Council Jurored Members' Exhibit,   Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA . 2000      "Three Viewpoints in Clay"   College of the Redwoods Art Gallery, Eureka              Faculty Show    College of the Redwoods Art Gallery, Eureka, CA . 1999       "Viewpoint: Ceramics '99"   Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA .               One Person Show    College of the Redwoods Art Gallery, Eureka, CA . 1998       "Ink and Clay"   Kellog Gallery, California State University, Pomona, CA .               Two Person Show    Storefront Gallery, Arcata, CA . 1997       "IMAG - IN Clay, Wax, Plaster, Concrete"   Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA .               Gallery Artists Summer Show    Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA . 1996       "Ceramics in Northern California" Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA ..                      Juror and Mayor's Choice Awards              "ARTWORKS 96" Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA .   Best of Show               Two Person Show    Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA .              "California Clay Competition"   The Artery, Davis, CA .   Best of Show and Purchase Award              "Point of View"   Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA . 1995      "Ceramics USA 1995"   Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX .              Three Person Show    Reynolds Gallery, U . of the Pacific, Stockton, CA .             "BACA 11th Annual National"   Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA .             "Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Exhibition"   Aukland Museum, Aukland, N . Z .             "The Poetic Image: Four East Bay Artists"   Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA . 1994       "Glazed: East Bay Glass and Ceramics"   Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA .               Faculty Show    Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA .              "Women Artists '94"   Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA .     First Place 3 - D              "California Clay Competition"   The Artery, Davis, CA .                                                                                             1993       "The Year of American Craft"   Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA .              "Crocker - Kingsley Annual"   Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA .              "Feats of Clay"   Gladding - McBean, Lincoln, CA .      Merit Award              "Matrix International"    Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA . 1991 - 92    MFA Thesis Show     Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA .   1992              "Figurative Expressions"   Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA .    1992               Trefethen Graduate Scholarship Award Mills College, 1991  

             "California Clay Competition 1991"    The Artery, Davis, CA .    Juror Prize 1990        "Discovery '90: Bay Area Emerging Artists" California Crafts Museum, San Francisco                "Feats of Clay"   Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA .    Purchase Award                 One Person Show     Storefront Gallery, Arcata, CA .   (1989 and 1990) 1984 - 89     Two Person Show     The Art Center, Eureka, CA . 1989                 Fall Show   1989   Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA . Best of Show                 Fall Show 1988   Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA . Humboldt Art                    Association Award                 "Benicia Art Explosion"   The Armory, Benicia, CA 1985 (paintings)                 Two Person Show      the farm    San Francisco, CA . 1984   (paintings)                 San Francisco Arts Festival 1984    Brooks Hall, San Francisco, CA .                    (paintings) Publications : Ceramics Monthly Magazine   Up Front   June 2001 and                            November 1996 .