Brooke Armstrong
(518)744-5023
armstrongbrookej@gmail.com
Education
2021 MFA in Ceramic Art, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2013 Post Baccalaureate in Ceramic Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
2007-2012 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communication, The State University of New York, Potsdam, NY.
Selected Teaching/ Professional Experience
2023 Long Term Resident (forthcoming), The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
2022-2023 Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics for Non-Majors and Drawing 1, University of Montana, Ceramics, Missoula, MT.
2021-2023 Ceramic and Sculpture Technician, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2022 Round Table Presenter, Preparing for Graduate School, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Annual Conference,
Sacramento, CA.
2021-present Ceramic and Sculpture Technician, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2020-2021 Instructor of Record, GTA, 3D Foundations Online, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2019 Instructor of Record, GTA, Ceramics 1, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National VII Exhibition (forthcoming), Juror Steven Lee,
Red Lodge, MT.
Materials Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Juror,
Brooks Oliver, Denton, TX.
Potsketch, The Clay Studio of Missoula,
Missoula, MT.
8th Annual Ceramics Invitational , Radius Gallery,
Missoula, MT.
BEAD, Wilkins Gallery, Lewiston Art Center,
Lewiston, MT.
Identity, Allez! Exhibiting Muralist, Missoula, MT.
Art in An Emergency, Gallery 709, Missoula, MT.
2022 Growing Seeds, SAFE Credit Union, NCECA sponsored
exhibition, Sacramento, CA.
Potsketch, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
A Labor of Love, co-exhibitor, Wildfire Ceramic Studio,
Missoula, MT.
Holiday Exhibition, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT.
Present
-2021 Exhibiting Artist, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT.
2021 International Masters Exhibit, Virtual Fourth International
Woodfire Arts Festival, Shanghai Institute for Visual Arts,
Shanghai, China.
Second Annual Sculpture Exhibition, The In Art Gallery,
Virtual Gallery.
Beside| |Between, Thesis Exhibition, The Gallery of Visual
Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
NCECA Juried Student Show, Juror’s Jessika Edgar and
Malcolm Mobutu Smith, DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, OH.
2020 Plasticity, WildFire Ceramics Studio, Missoula, MT.
2019 Earth and Sky, Solo Exhibition, The University Center
Gallery, Missoula, MT.
NCECA Juried Student Show, Jurors Steven Lee and Linda
Lopez, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Clay AF, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.
2018 An Honest Attempt, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
2016 21st Annual International Zlakusa Ceramics Symposium
Exhibition, The Art School, Uzice, Serbia.
MAC Ceramic Residence Show, C.C.A.C.A., Davis, CA
Artist in Residence Exit Show, Mendocino Art Center,
Mendocino, CA.
Selected Residencies
2017 Red Lodge Clay Center, Artist-Invite-Artist, Red Lodge, MT.
2016 Red Lodge Clay Center, Short Term Artist in Residence, Red Lodge, MT.
Zlakusa Ceramic Symposium, International Symposium, Zlakusa, Serbia.
2015 Mendocino Art Center, Long Term Residency, Mendocino, CA.
Selected Scholarships/ Awards
2022 Strategic Investment Grant, Montana Arts Council.
2021 Allez! Mural Space, Funded Exhibiting Artist, Missoula, MT.
Artistic Excellence Award, The In Art Gallery, Juror Patrick Dougherty, Virtual Gallery.
2019-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Ceramics and 3D Foundations Online, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2020 Associated Students of the University of Montana, Research and Creative Grant, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
2019 Aardvark Clay Purchase Award, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2016 Zlakusa Ceramic Symposium, fully funded scholarship, Zlakusa, Serbia.