Marsha's Résumé | ||
| Professional Experience | ||
| 1980 | Student assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina | |
| 1981 | Core student, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina | |
| 1983- | Self-employed potter working out of own studio | |
| 1984-1985 | Resident potter, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina | |
| 1991 | Pottery teacher, Penland School summer session | |
| 2011-2013 | Pottery teacher, Claymakers, Durham, NC | |
| 2013- | Pottery teacher, teaching private classes, Raleigh N.C. area | |
| Selected Exhibitions | ||
| 1985 | "Penland Resident Artists" - Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina | |
| 1988, 1989 | American Crafts Enterprises Winter Market, Baltimore, Maryland (Juried Show) | |
| 1989 | "National Teapot Show" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, North Carolina | |
| 1991 | "Functional Art: Forms in Porcelain" - Two-person show, Gallery A, Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| 1991 | "Penland Overlook" -Asheville (N.C.) Art Museum, Fayetteville (N.C.) Art Museum; and Art Museums in Dallas, Texas; Vero Beach, Florida; and Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| 1991-1999 | Carolina Designer Craftsmen Show - Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| 1992 | "Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object" - National Clay Conference, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee | |
| 1993 | "North Carolina in New York" - National Arts Club, New York, New York | |
| 1995 | "Setting the Place" - Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina | |
| 1996 | Teapot Exhibition - National Museum of American Art in association with The Renwick Museum, Washington, D.C. | |
| 1996 | "Third National Teapot Show" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 1996 | Wood-Fire Show - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 1997 | Juror's Choice Award, Strictly Functional Pottery National - Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, PA | |
| 1997 | "Hot Ice II: A Tea Ceremony" - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 1997 | National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Symposium Show - Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC | |
| 1998 | Juror's Choice Award, Strictly Functional Pottery National - Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, PA | |
| 1999 | "Premeditated Function: The Corsaw Collection of American Ceramics" - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 1999 | "The National Teapot Show IV" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 1999 | "To Have and to Hold" - Astra Design Gallery, Richmond, VA | |
| 2000 | "From These Hands" - Photographs of area potters by Michael Schwalbe with examples of the potters' works - NC State Crafts Center, Raleigh, NC | |
| 2000 | Featured Artist at the Museum Store - Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC | |
| 2001 | "Sum and Substance: Penland Clay Resident Artists" - Penland, NC | |
| 2001 | "To Have and To Hold - An exhibit of recent works by North Carolina and Virginia Ceramic Artists" - Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC | |
| 2002 | "Hot/Ice III: Teapots & Pitchers" - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 2002 | "National Teapot Show V" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2003 | American Craft Council - Southeast Region - "Spotlight 2003" - Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 2004 | "Penland: Gather 'Round the Table" - Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC | |
| 2005 | "Penland Resident Artists" - Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC | |
| 2005 | "National Teapot Show VI" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2005 | "Friends of Silvan: Pottery by Marsha Owen and Silvan Goddin" - Lyn Morrow Pottery, Pittsboro, NC | |
| 2006 | "EXPRESSIONS: A survey of spiritually based art in the Triangle" - Longview Gallery, Raleigh, NC | |
| 2006 | "Winter Show" - Green Hill Gallery, Greensboro, NC | |
| 2007 | "A Cup of Tea" - Penland Gallery, Penland, NC | |
| 2008 | "Collaborative Work by Marsha Owen & Silvan Goddin" - Collectors Gallery, Raleigh, NC | |
| 2008 | "National Teapot Show VII" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2008 | "Salt and Pepper: Handmade Shakers" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2009 | "Wonderfully Functional" - Claymakers, Durham, NC | |
| 2009 | "Art of the State" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2009 | "Season of Light!" - Claymakers, Durham, NC | |
| 2009 | "Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort" - The Center for Southern Craft and Design, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA | |
| 2010 | "Put a Lid On It" - Collectors Gallery, Raleigh, NC | |
| 2010 | "Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild: A Tradition of Excellence" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2011 | "Tea Time: Series I" - The North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC | |
| 2011 | "National Teapot Show VIII" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2011 | "Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists" - 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 2011 | "Dining with Frank" - Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 2012 | "Paper Plate, Plastic Plate, White Plate, Artist Plate" - Penland Gallery, Penland, NC | |
| 2012 | "Mentoring" - Claymakers, Durham, NC | |
| 2012 | "Strictly Functional Pottery National" - Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA | |
| 2013 | "Bountiful Harvest: Handmade Fruit" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2013 | "Spring Ceramics Show" - outdoor garden show, Raleigh, NC | |
| 2014 | "National Teapot Show IX" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2014 | "Hops & Crafts: Mugs, Steins & Tankards by Regional Artists" - Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 2015 | "Simple Cup Show" - KOBO Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 2015 | "Summer Still LIfe: A Collection of Vases and Pitchers" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2015 | "Spruce Pine Potters Market" - guest artist - Spruce Pine, NC | |
| 2016 | "Inside Out: Sculpture for Every Environment" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2016 | "Penland Clay: Shaping North Carolina Ceramics" - North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC | |
| 2016 | "Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational" - Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC | |
| 2016 | "2016 Winter Show" - GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC | |
| 2017 | "National Teapot Show X" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2018 | "Three Potters' Journey" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| 2019 | "CUPful - Celabrating the Daily Ritual" - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC | |
| Education | ||
| 1974-1975 | Florida State University | |
| 1976-1977 | Mississippi University for Women | |
| 1977-1979 | North Carolina State University | |
| 1979, 1980, 1981 | Penland School of Crafts - Eight-week spring concentration three consecutive years under the tutelage of: (1) Jon Ellenbogen and Becky Plummer; (2) Bill Brouillard;and (3) Steve Howell | |
| 1979-1991 | Penland School of Crafts - Two- and three-week summer sessions each year, studying with Susan Parks, Chuck Hindes, Jeff Oestrich, Tom Turner, Bob Turner, Martha Holt, Michael Simon, Val Cushing and David Keator | |
| Fall, 1992 | Alfred University Ceramics Department, Alfred, New York. Study, with emphasis on glazes. | |