David Morris
Art Educator and Artist
Taipei City
Summary
A dedicated Visual Arts Instructor with 18 years of experience, passionately nurturing creativity and fostering a love of art in students. Leveraging innovative teaching methods, cutting-edge technology, and real-world applications, empowering students to explore their artistic potential. Expertise in curriculum development, assessment, and 3D clay printing ensures a well-rounded and engaging learning experience. Committed to providing a supportive and inspiring environment for students to thrive.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Art Instructor and Visual Art Dept Head
Taipei American School
07.2014 - Current
- Team Management: Managed a team of eight educators, increased student engagement, improved external assessment of AP Portfolios with a mean score of 4.43 in AP Art and Design in 2024.
- Budget Management: Efficiently managed department budget, resulting in improved resource allocation
- Planned 20 in-school student exhibitions.
- Alternative Firing and Forming Techniques: Expanded student knowledge in reduction firing, soda firing, wheel-throwing, hand-building, and 3D printing techniques.
- Curriculum Alignment: Integrated the National Core Art Standards into curriculum development, ensuring that students synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Teacher’s Assistant
University of Dallas
09.2010 - 07.2011
- Team Leadership: Led a team of 12 graduate and undergraduate students, successfully completing the Univerisity of Dallas Regional Ceramics Competition.
- Facility Management: Maintained the Glaze room, clay-mixing room, atmospheric kiln yard, and gas kiln yard, ensuring a safe and functional workspace for students.
Adjunct Instructor
Cedar Valley College
02.2010 - 08.2010
- Facility Development: Created a new glaze storage facility and glaze lab, improving efficiency and organization of materials.
- Facility Maintenance: Maintained the kiln yard and clay mixing room, ensuring a safe and functional workspace for students.
Instructor
Indianapolis Art Center
06.2008 - 01.2006
- Skill Development: Demonstrated wheel throwing and slab-building techniques, providing students with hands-on experience and essential ceramic skills.
- Workshop Facilitation: Provided Raku and wood-firing workshops, introducing students to specialized techniques and expanding their artistic horizons.
- Glazing Expertise: Demonstrated high-fire reduction glazing techniques, helping students achieve a variety of surface effects and finishes.
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Art -
University of Dallas
Irving, Texas05.2011
Master of Arts in Art -
University of Dallas
Irving, Texas05.2010
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (cum laude) -
Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin05.2005
Skills
Student Engagement
Group Instruction
Classroom Management
Teaching strategies
Exhibition Record
Solo Show marked with *
- Collision of Curves*, Yingge Ceramics Museum, 1F Sunlight Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2024
- Effervescence, Da’an District, Taipei, Taiwan, 2021
- Curved and Encapsulated Spirits*, Cloud Forest Collective, Yang Ming Mountain, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020
- Metamorphose*, Bopiliao Historic Block, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020
- The 8th Taiwan Golden Teapot Prize, Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung City, Taiwan, 2020
- A Tale of Food and Tableware, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019
- Tableware Exchange Project, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019
- The Exchange, 20 Ceramic Artists, 200 artworks, Cloud Forest Collective, Yang Ming Mountain, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
- The 7th Taiwan Golden Teapot Prize, 人文遠雄博物館, Farglory Exhibition Hall, Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2018
- International Tea Ceramics Exhibition, Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung City, Taiwan, 2017
- Irons in the Fire, Companion Gallery, Tennessee, USA, 2016
- View from the Art Village, 50 – Year Retrospective, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2016
- The Second Taiwan Tea Competition, Association of Taiwanese Tea Culture Society, Taichung, Taiwan, 2016
- The 6th Taiwan Golden Teapot Prize, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, Taiwan, 2016
- The 5th Taiwan Golden Teapot Prize, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, Taiwan, 2014
- The 4th Taiwan Golden Teapot Prize, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, Taiwan, 2012
- CAMEO Emerging Artist Show, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2012
- The Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 2012
- Northern Lights, Dexter Library, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 2012
- New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2012
- 125 Plano Art Association 6th Annual Juried Show, The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, 2012
- Prominent Stance*, Focus Gallery, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, 2012
- Quasi-mobile, Galleries 4 & 5, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012
- Stand Guard, Educational Art Gallery, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas, 2012
- TBA, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2010
- Influx, Mokah Gallery, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas, 2010
- Posture and Pattern*, Gorman Atrium, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2010
- Will Work for Food, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2009
- Preservatives, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2008
- Teapot Show, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008
- Indianapolis Art Center Faculty Exhibition, IAC, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007
- Teapot Show, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007
- Private Pieces, Hall Gallery, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 2005
Other professional experience
- Summer Workshop leader, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2014
- Ceramics Instructor, Wu XIng, Eslite department store, Songshan Creative and Cultural Park, Taipei, Taiwan, 2013
- Summer Workshop leader, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2013
- Summer Workshop leader, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2012
- Artist in Residence, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2011
- Curator, University of Dallas Regional Juried Exhibition, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2011
- Adjudicator, Independent School Association of the Southwest (ISAS), Deep in the Art of Texas Fine Arts Festival, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas, 2010
- Ceramic Technician, Cedar Valley Community College, Lancaster, Texas, 2010
- Curator, Adjunct Faculty Exhibition: UD Ceramics: Four Views, Thompson Loggia, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2010
- Curator, University of Dallas Regional Juried Exhibition, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2009
- Curator, Bo Lauren Lovelace: Painting with Fire, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 2009
- Glaze testing, Foundations Underglazes tested at Cone 04/ Cone 6/ Cone 10, Mayco Colors, Hilliard, Ohio, 2008
- Ceramic Technician, The Potters House, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008
- Apprentice Potter, Eckels Pottery, Bayfield, Wisconsin, 2005-2004
- Ceramic Technician, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 2005-2004
Timeline
Art Instructor and Visual Art Dept Head
Taipei American School
07.2014 - Current
Teacher’s Assistant
University of Dallas
09.2010 - 07.2011
Adjunct Instructor
Cedar Valley College
02.2010 - 08.2010
Instructor
Indianapolis Art Center
06.2008 - 01.2006
Master of Fine Arts in Art -
University of Dallas
Master of Arts in Art -
University of Dallas
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (cum laude) -
Northland College
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