Rate My Professor Heather Mae Erickson

Her research interests include ceramics, design, sculpture, education, curation, writing, entrepreneurship, and engaged scholarship, with specialization in prototyping, mold-making, and slip-casting. As a community-engaged artist, designer, educator, and curator, she leads in ceramics nationally and internationally, particularly as a mold maker and slip caster. Notable contributions include curating the “Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics” exhibition and symposium at the WCU Fine Art Museum in 2016. She developed the Pride Pots: Community Conversations project to promote LGBTQ+ visibility and fund scholarships. Awards include election to the International Academy of Ceramics (2011), first-place Hunter Douglas Horizon Award from the Museum of Arts and Design (2004), honorable mentions at the World Ceramic Biennale Korea (2007, 2009), Independence Fellowship for Guldagergaard residency (2009), Fulbright to Aalto University (2004-2005), and summer residency at Archie Bray Foundation. Key publications comprise “Setting the Table: Completing the Story” (Ceramics Monthly, 2015), “(My) Parts and (My) Wholes” (Studio Potter, 2011), and features in American Craft Magazine.