Contact Name

Joe Pintz

Contact Email

pintzj@umsystem.edu

Speaker(s) Information

Rebekah Bogard received her MFA from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2003.  She received a BFA from the University of Wyoming in Laramie in 2000.  She is currently an Associate Professor in Ceramics at University of Nevada Reno as well as a studio artist.

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She has received numerous awards including being named an “Emerging Artist” by both the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and Ceramics Monthly Magazine.  She has been awarded residencies in places such as the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, CRETA Rome, and Shangyu Celadon International Center in Zhejiang, China.   In addition she is a two-time recipient of the Nevada Fine Arts Council Fellowship, as well as receiving the “Best of Show” in several national art competitions.   Her work has shown in several solo and group exhibitions nation wide.  Moreover, her work has been reviewed in publications such as Art in America, LA Times, Sculpture Magazine, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Clay Times Magazine, and Artweek.