Erica Lynn Hood
Education
2014 BFA 3D/Ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Professional Work Experience
2020
Professor. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Courses: Handbuilding
Instructor. Chases Garage. York, ME.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate, Surface Design
Instructor. The Umbrella Community Arts Center. Concord, MA.
Courses: Thrown & Altered Pots
2019
Professor. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Courses: Intro to Ceramics
Instructor. Chases Garage. York, ME.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate, Surface Design
Instructor. The Umbrella Community Arts Center. Concord, MA.
Courses: Thrown & Altered Pots
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate
Visiting Artist: Emmanuel College
2018
Teaching Assistant. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Professor: Megumi Naitoh Course: Image and Clay
Instructor. Chases Garage. York, ME.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate, Surface Design, Image Transfer
Raku Workshop Instructor. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Trip
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate
2017
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate
Instructor. Wells Ogunquit Adult Community Education.
Course: Handbuilding
2016
Raku Workshop Instructor. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Trip
Instructor. Feet of Clay, Brookline, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding, Intermediate
2015
Resident Artist. Feet of Clay, Brookline, MA.
Raku Workshop Instructor. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Trip
Ceramics Instructor at Summer Time Arts Camp. Waynflete School. Portland, ME.
Part Time Instructor. Shore Country Day School. Beverly, MA.
Course: Wheelthrowing.
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding
Teaching Assistant. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Professor: Janice Jakielski Course: Handbuilding
Professor: Ben Ryterband Course: Mold Making and Casting
2014
Instructor. The Clay School. Lynn, MA.
Courses: Wheelthrowing, Handbuilding
Instructor. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Trip
Teaching Assistant. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Professor: Ben Ryterband Course: Wheelthrowing
Professor: Janna Longacre Course: Ceramic Design
Professor: Sarah Williams Course: Image and Clay
Professor: Janice Jakielski Course: Surreal Clay
2013
Teaching Assistant. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA.
Professor: Ben Ryterband Course: Ceramic Handbuilding
2012
Teaching Assistant. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA.
Instructor: Evelyn Rydz Course: Visual Language I
Installation Assistant for J.J. McCracken, Earth and Alchemy Exhibition,
Stephen Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Stories, Feet of Clay, Brookline, MA.
Selected Exhibitions
2016
All Fired Up, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA.
2015
What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
Eclectic Traditions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.
2014
Senior Show, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
All School Show Awards Show, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
All School Show, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Twin Cups, MWSU Clay Guild National Ceramics Exhibition, St. Joseph, MO.
Swap, North Crackatorium, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2013
Lutaceous, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Student Show, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA.
Of the Sea, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin MO
All School Show Awards Show, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
All School Show, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2012
Clay; Metamorphosis, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2011
Ceramics Collective, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Studio Foundation Award Exhibition, Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Honors and Awards
2014
Ceramics Department Honors Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Academic Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Honorable Mention, Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award
Carl Bersin Memorial Award
All School Show Exhibition Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2013
Honorable Mention, Of the Sea, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin Missouri
All School Show Exhibition Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2011
Studio Foundation Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Publications
2018
"Meet Trailblazer Erica Hood", Boston Voyager.
2015
"Kummerspeck", Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
Inside the mind of Erica Hood- Wells ceramic artist, York County Coast Star
2014
All School Show Catalog, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2013
All School Show Catalog, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
