Cara  Long                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [email-masked]
www.caralong.com

EDUCATION

2004                       Bachelor
of Fine Arts, Double Major, Ceramics and Art History, Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, MO.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008                       Translucent Porcelain Tiles, Appalachian
Center for Craft, Smithville, TN. (scheduled August
08).

2008                       Dainty Sketches: New Works on Translucent
Porcelain, J*Bird Studios, Kansas
City, KS (scheduled
March 08).

2006                       Eat Cake / Buy Pottery, White Horse
Club House, Independence,
MO.

2005                       Recent
Work: Cara R. Long, Tchoupitoulas, Kansas
City, MO.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007                       J*Bird Studios Resident Holiday Sale,  J*Bird Studios, Kansas City, KS.
(scheduled November 07).

2007                       J*Bird Studios Grand Opening Exhibition, J*Bird
Studios, Kansas City, KS.

2006                       Empty Bowls, Fundraiser, Red Star
Studios, Kansas
City, MO.

2006                       Recent Works: Cara R. Long, Jori C. Hebert,
Lisa Iovine, Three-Person Exhibition, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

2005                       14 Artists on October 14, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas
City, MO.

2005                       Light and Dark, Invitational
Exhibition, The Late Show, Kansas City,
MO.

2005                       Annual BFA Exhibition, H & R Block
Artspace, Kansas City, MO.

2004-2005            Kansas City Flatfile, Invitational
Exhibition, H& R Block Artspace, Kansas
City, MO.

2004                       She’s Hotter Than Cone 10, Invitational
Exhibition and Fundraiser, The Cube at Beco,

Kansas City, MO.

2004                       Senior Ceramics Exhibition, Juried
Exhibition, The Cube at Beco,
Kansas City, MO.

2003                       More Surprises Than A Christmas Stocking, Invitation
Exhibition and Sale, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

2003                       8th Annual Undergraduate Student
Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Kansas City
Artists Coalition, Kansas City,
MO.

2002-2004            Annual Ceramics Spring Exhibition, Juried
Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute,

Kansas City, MO.

2001-2004            Annual Ceramics Holiday Exhibition, Group
Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute,

Kansas City, MO.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007                       Valentine Cake and Clay Sale, Kansas City Metro Area, MO
and KS.

Designed
and created numerous works of art with cake and clay as commissions for the
Valentine Holiday season.

2006                       Founded Sweet Mud Clay Works,  A Self-Run Hand-Made Pottery and
Tile Business, Kansas City,
MO.

2006                       Art Commissions, Kansas City Metro Area, MO. and KS.

Designed
and created numerous pottery and tile commissions between the months of
November

and December.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2004                       Award Designer and Producer, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City, MO.

2003-2004            Assistant to the Chair of the Ceramics
Department, Kansas City Art Institute,

Kansas City, MO.

2003-2004            Steward, Ceramics Department Teaching
Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO.

2003                       Assistant Director, Annual Ceramics
Holiday Exhibition, Kansas City Art
Institute,

Kansas City, MO.

2003                       Volunteer, Kansas
City Clay Guild, Kansas
City, MO.

2003                       Art Instructor, America Reads, Kansas City, MO.

2002-2003            Co-Chair, Annual Ceramics Holiday
Exhibition, Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, MO.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2003-2004            Dean’s List Honorable Mention, Kansas
City Art Institute, Kansas City,
MO.

2003                       Brooks Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts
Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

2003                       McKeown Grant, Byron and Deanne McKeown, AZ.

2000-2004            Merit Scholarship, Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, MO.

PUBLICATIONS

2005                       The Pitch Weekly, 16 June 2005, page
24.

COLLECTIONS

Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City, MO.

Kansas City Art Institute Ceramics Department Teaching Collection, Kansas City, MO.

QUALIFICATIONS

Ceramics: wheel throwing, coil
building, slab building, slip casting, mold making, ceramic repair in various
states, surface decoration techniques, gas kiln firing, electric kiln firing, glaze chemistry and calculation knowledge.

Design
and Illustration: Business
Card / Postcard design, digital typeface design, pen and ink drawing, graphite
drawing, charcoal drawing, acrylic painting, watercolor  painting.

Photography: digital and analog camera
knowledge, film developing, black and white film printing.

Technology
/ Communication Skills:  intermediate computer
knowledge, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft
Word and Works, presentation skills, public speaking, leadership skills,
organizational skills, research skills.

Pastry
Arts: cake
design and production, cake and cookie decoration.