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Tricia C. Tuttle

Tricia C. Tuttle

Via Francesco Ferruccio 2

Trento, Italy 38122

Education

  • University of Washington, School of Art, BFA Spring 2010, Seattle, WA
  • Shoreline Community College 2003-2006, AAS Spring 2006, Shoreline, WA

Teaching Experience

Camp Echo, Ceramics Program Director, June 2022 – present (seasonal), Echo Lake, New York

  • Planned and taught 5 classes a day, 6 days a week to 500 campers with minimal help
  • The age range is from 7-17 
  • I also volunteered to add evening staff programming for kitchen and support camp staff
  • This position also involved loading/unloading and firing 2 large kilns as well as tracking all inventory

Art In Seattle, LLC, Owner/Operator, Seattle, WA, 2015-2021

I taught primarily ceramics of all levels to children ages K-12 and private lessons to adults, hand building and wheel throwing. Group sizes varied from 2-100. I also had 3 employees to assist me. During the pandemic, I was forced to shut down but when it was safe to do so, I was able to create a new network through social media and make my business completely mobile. Even though this was a challenging time, I believed that it was very important to give children and expressive outlet. I travelled to individual homes and taught small groups outside and also via Zoom.

  • Seattle Girls School, Seattle, WA, Winter 2020 
    • Taught beginning ceramics classes to high school girls
  • KidsQuest Museum, Bellevue, WA, winter of 2019
    • Designed and taught ceramics classes throughout the City of Seattle library system, sponsored by the National Endowment for the arts. 4 classes at 4 different library locations. As part of learning about other cultures, I taught a few Hebrew words and their meaning. We made clay beads spelling out the word(s) of choice, which were later assembled into a bracelet or necklace
  • B’nai B’rith Art Director, Oregon, June – August 2018 (seasonal)
    • Taught hand building ceramics and a multitude of other arts/crafts including but not limited to painting, beading, button making, collage, & tie dye. I also had a small specialty class who I taught glass fusing to
  • Greenlake Elementary, Seattle, WA, 2016 – 2018
    • As part of Art In Seattle, LLC, I developed and expanded from 1 to 3 after school classes. The first was beginning ceramics, then intermediate ceramics, and finally I added Multicultural World Art.
    • Taught lessons that built upon skills and also had students design their own- I enjoyed seeing the evolution of skills and ideas and had many continuing students
  • New Jersey “Y” Round Lake Camp, PA, June – August 2011, Ceramics Art Director (seasonal)
    • Ordered all studio supplies for co-ed special needs camp (ages 7-21), formulated lesson plans, taught 6 days a week, pinch, coil and wheel throwing. I helped in other capacities at camp including baking challah (for about 150), leading a field trip and buying and organizing art supplies for the drama, arts, and crafts program.
  • Seattle Hebrew Academy, Seattle, WA 2008, 2009, 2016
    • After school ceramics teacher
    • Taught hand building techniques (pinch, coil, slab) to children K-8
    • Created original curriculum
  • New Jersey ‘Y’- Camp Shoshanim, PA, June – August 2009, Ceramics Art Director (seasonal)
    • Ordered all studio supplies (including wheels and kiln) for a new camp of 65 girls (ages 7-15), formulated lesson plans, taught 6 days a week with 2 assistants, including pinch, coil, and slab techniques. I also taught wheel throwing as well. We took a field trip and did a Raku firing. I taught painting and drawing. Assisted with the arrangement and creation of stage props for the drama program.
  • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009, Teaching Internship
    • Co-taught beginning ceramics class of 30 students. Pinch, coil and slab technique and student critique at the end of the course

Volunteer Work

  • Empty Bowls Fundraiser for North Helpline Food Bank, Seattle, WA 2019-current
    • Recruited local ceramic artists to donate bowls to be sold with soup to raise money for the food bank.
    • Volunteered 1 day handing out bowls & soup.
  • WeGotThisSeattle, Seattle, WA, 2020
    • This organization helps support frontline medical workers during the pandemic. I volunteered to help decorate some vases for Ida Culver House (retirement community) as well as coordinated organic care products from Ora’s Amazing Herbal (located in NJ) to be delivered to staff at University of Washington Medical Center.
  • Cascade Parent Partnership (homeschool group), Seattle, WA. 2016
    • In the spring of 2016, I taught a parent & child hand building class
  • Guest artist & teacher at Edmonds High School, Edmonds, WA, 2010
    • Taught hand building class to high school students and had an exhibition at the end of the quarter.