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120-56 193rd
Street St. Albans, New York 11412
718.712.3107
E-mail: musasama@hotmail.com
Web site: www.sanamusasama.com |
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EDUCATION |
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MFA
Alfred University College of Ceramics Alfred, NY |
1987
Alfred, NY |
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Special
Student
City College/CUNY New York, NY |
1982
- 1984
New York, NY |
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Specialized Studies
Mende Pottery Mende Land |
1974 -1975
Sierra Leone, West Africa |
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BA
City College/CUNY
Ceramics/Education New York, NY |
1968
- 1974
New York, NY |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Associate
Adjunct Professor
Hunter College
Ceramics |
1995
- Present
New York, NY |
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Instructor,
92nd St. Y
Ceramics |
2006-2007 |
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Resident
Artist, CASES - Alternative-to-Incarceration Center
Mixed Media Teacher |
1995
- 2010
New York, NY |
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Craft
Student League at the Y
Ceramics |
1997
- 1999
New York, NY |
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Assistant Adjunct
Professor
City College
Ceramics |
1990
- 2002
New York, NY |
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Assistant
Professor
Maryland Institute College of Art
(Sabbatical
Replacement)
Ceramics |
1994
- 1995
Baltimore, MD |
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Assistant
Professor
Community College of Pennsylvania
(Sabbatical
Replacement) |
1992 - 1993
Pennsylvania, PA |
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Ceramic
Instructor
Greenwich House Pottery |
1991
- 1994
New York, NY |
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Ceramic
Instructor
Tuscarora International Ceramics Institute |
1989
Tuscarora, NV |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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Solo |
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2010 |
"The UnKnown, The UnNamed", June Kelly Gallery, NY |
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"The Hand", Meta House Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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2009 |
"Wo men," Chatham University, Pittsburg, PA |
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"Ceramic Sculpture," Robert Hudges Gallery, San Antoinia, Texas, November |
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2008 |
"Ceramic Sculpture," Suffolk Community College, Suffolk, Long Island, NY
"Unspeakable," Weens Gallery,Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina |
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2006 |
"ETHOS,
Social Consciousness and Craft", Penland
School of Craft, Penland, NC
"The Maple Tree Series," Coppin
State University,
Baltimore, MD |
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2005 |
Sh
h h h..., June Kelly Galley, New York, New York
"Unspeakable," Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL |
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2004-2005 |
"Works
in Clay," Dartmouth College, Handover, NH |
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2002 |
"Unspeakable",
Swarthmore College, PA
"Unspeakable", Noel Gallery, Charlotte,
NC |
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2001 |
"Unspeakable",
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
"Outer Beauty/Inner Anguish", June Kelly
Gallery, New York, NY
"The Maple Tree Series",
New Jersey State University, Jersey City, NJ |
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1998 |
"The
Maple Tree Series", Long Island University
South Hampton College, Long Island, NY |
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1995 |
"The
Maple Tree Series II", June Kelly Gallery,
New York, NY
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1993 |
"The Maple Tree Series I", June Kelly
Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
"A
Review of 10 Years",: Sewickly Academy, Pittsburgh,
PA |
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1989 |
"Echoes
& Excavations", Manchester Craftsman Guild,
New York, NY
"Echoes
& Excavations", Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY |
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1987 |
"The
Garden Series", Cinque Gallery, New York, NY |
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1986 |
"Artist-in-Residence
Exhibition," Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica,
NY |
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1985 |
"Montana
Series," The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY |
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Group |
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eArth, Westchester Arts Council, Westchester, New York |
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2009-10 |
"AidaShed," Givat Haviva Peace Center, Israel
"To Die For," Projects Gallery, PA
"Fertile Grond", NCECA, Philadelphia, PA
"Modern and Contemporary Art," Dartmouth, Hood Museum, NH |
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2009 |
"Confrontational Clay," Westchester Art Council, Westchester, NY
"Former Penland Faculty," Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina |
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2008 |
"Confrontational Clay," Katonah Musuem, Katonah, New York
John Malloy Gallery, New York, NY
Bilingual Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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2006 |
"Edges of Grace," Fuller Craft Museum, Boston, MA |
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2005 |
"Edges of Grace," Fuller Craft Museum, Boston, MA
"Social Concerns,"Pewabic, Pottery Detroit, MI
Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
"NCECA 2005 Tour de Clay", James Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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2004 |
"Unity in Diversity," Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
"Honoring Our Roots," Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD |
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2002 - 2000 |
"Ceramic National 2000", Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
"NCECA Traveling Exhibit, " Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2002
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2001
"New Works," Samuel Pharn Museum, University of Florida, Gainsville, 2001 |
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2001
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Lasuerte
Studio Space, Limon, Costa Rico |
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2001 |
"Five Ceramists", Suffolk County College, Long Island, NY
"Florence Biennale", Florence, Italhy
"Unspeakable", Rush Arts Gallery, NY, NY
"Five African American Artists," Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
"Twenty Years," Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
"Clay On The Wall," Gallery 128, Manhattan, NY
"Selected Works from the Permanent Gallery," The Studio Museum in Harlem
"Stop Asking, We Exist," Traveling Exhibit: The Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA,
"Ceramic Sculpture," American Craft Museum, NYC
:Ceramic Sculpture," New Bedford Museum, New Bedford, MA
"Ceramic Sculpture," The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
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2000 |
"Annual Show," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
"Faculty Show at City College," Eisner Gallery, New York, NY
"Passages," Traveling Exhibition, The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Florida Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
"Contemporary Ceramics 1999: The Work of an African American Artist"
NCCU Art Museum, Durham, NC
"On Fire, School House Gallery, Peekskill, NY
"Cultural Influences in Craft," North Carolina, Central University
"Contemporary Ceramics 1999: The Work of a Ceramic Artist, Penland School of Craft", Penland, NC
"Watershed Benefit," Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine
:Haystack Faculty Show," Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine
"Secret Objects, Concealed Spaces," Paramount Art Center, NY
"Viewpoint Ceramic 1999," Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, California
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1998 |
"Multiple Hues and Multiple Voice," Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Black New York Artist of the 20th Century," The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
"Introductions," Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"On Fire," Clay Studio, Baltimore, MD
"Faculty Exhibition," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
"Faculty Exhibition," Eisner Gallery, New York, NY |
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1997 |
"Faculty Auction," Leobsdorf Gallery, New York, NY |
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1995 - 96 |
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90's," Staten Island University, Staten Island, NY
"Exploring a Movement," Feminist Visions in Clay," The Wignal Museum, Chaffney College, Rancho Cucamonha, CA
"New York Clay," Traveling Exhibition: Clay Nordenfieldeske, Kunstindustri Museum, Trondheim; Ostfold Kunster Center, Fred Rikstan, Rogaland Dustner Center, Stravanger Hordland Kunstner Center, Bergen, Norway Catalogue |
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1994 |
"Uncommon Beauty," American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
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1993 |
"Former Resident," Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
"2 Artsit African American Craft Artist," Kingsborough Comunity College, Brooklyn, NY |
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1992 |
"Reader's Digest," White Plains, NY
"Maternal Evidence," Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore School of Arts, Baltimore, MD
"6 African American Clay Artist," The African-American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
"The Garden Series," The French Consulate, New York, NY
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1991 |
Residence Show
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
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RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS/GUEST LECTURER |
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Clay Studio, Port Chester, New York
Chautaqua Institute, Chautaqua, New York
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine |
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2010 |
Givat Havivi Peace Center, Israel |
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2007 |
Dartmouth
Fellowship, Dartmouth College, Vermont |
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2006 |
Penland
School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Social Conscious Workshop |
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2004 |
Penland
School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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2003 |
Arrowmont
School of Crafts, Gat, TN |
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2001
- 2000 |
Lasuerte
Studio Space, Limon, Costa Rico |
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2001 |
Wadastick
Art Center, El Potrero, Mexico, Residency |
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2000 |
Lasuente
Studio Space, Costa Rica, Residency
"Women in Ceramics", Sotheby's - New York, Lecture |
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1999 |
Baltimore
Clayworks, "The Next Millenmium"
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Residency
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Three Day Workshop
Watershed, "Artist Invite Artist", Edgecomb,
Maine
Haystack School of Arts, Deer Isle, Maine, "Alternative
Surface" |
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1998 |
Clay
Studio, Portchester, NY, 3-day Workshop/Lecture
Baltimore Clayworks. Baltimore, MD |
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1997 |
Penland
School of Crafts, North Carolina, "Alternating
Surface"
National Council for the Education for the Ceramic Arts,
LasVegas, NV, Demonstrator |
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1996 |
Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York, Visiting Artist
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Art Forum Lecture
Series |
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1994 |
Cite
Des Aris, Paris, France
Sewickley Academy, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1992 |
The
College of New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, Guest Lecturer
Ching Mai University, Thailand, Guest Lecturer
Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD |
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1991 |
Watershed
Ceramic Center, Edgecomb, ME
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
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1990 |
Baltimore
Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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"Trade Winds," Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 84, page 85
"Art News," Listing, September 2010
"Confrontational Clay," New York Times, 28 November 2008
"Ambivalent Beauty," Dartmouth College, NH, 2007
"American
Ceramics", Review, Fall 2006, page 71
"Art News," Review, Summer 2005, page 199
"The Baltimore Sun", Review, 2005
"The American Craft Magazine", Feb/March 2002,
Review
"New York Arts Magazine", Vol 5 No. 5, Review
"Women of Color of the 20th Century", A Bio-Critical
Sourcebook of 20th Century Art in Ceramics, Greenwood Press,
p. 295
"American Ceramics", Vol 13, page 47: Review
"American Ceramics", Vol 3, page 10, 1998:
Review
"Art News", page 28, January 1998: Listing
- June Kelly Gallery, page 28
"Art Guide", The New York Times, January
1998
"Art Review", The New York Times, March 1998
"From the Studio", East Hampton Star, March
1998
"African American Sculptor", Sag Harbor Express,
February 1998
"At Galleries", East Hampton Star, February
1998
"Mirror, Mirror", Village Voice, January
1998
"5 African-American Ceramists", Studio Potter,
Vol 26, No. 1, December 1997
"National Conference on the Education of the Ceramics
Arts Journal", pg. 52, Spring 1997
"Positive Pathways", Baltimore City Sun,
July 1997
"The Stars of Today Pick the Stars of Tomorrow",
Art News, pg99, March 1997
Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthropology of african American Women Artists,
Arts Press, 1996
African American Art: The Long Struggle, Smith Mark Publisher,
NYC, 1996, p.112
Voices of Color, Dr. Dufrene, Phoebe Harris, 1997, Humanities
Press, Chap 12
"Adventurous Women", Essence Magazine, July
1995
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PERMANENT
INSTALLATIONS |
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1997 |
The
Woodburne Center, Baltimore, MD |
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1996 |
Mosaic/Concrete
Stepping Stone Walkway, Stateway Gardens, Chicago, IL |
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1992 |
Mosaic/Sidewalk:
Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1985 |
Mosaic,
Concrete Installations: Art Park, Lewiston, NY |
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1983 |
Mosaic
Sidewalk: Art Park, Lewiston, NY |
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AWARDS
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2008 |
CUNY Faculty Incentive Award |
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2007 |
Dartmouth Exhibition Studio Award |
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2003 |
Heiman
Fellow, Swarthmore, Swarthmore, PA |
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2002 |
Anonymous
Was a Woman Award 2002 |
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2000 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance, Saratoga, NY |
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1998 |
Artist
As Catalyst, Mid Atlantic Grant |
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1995-96 |
Perspectives
in African American Art, Seagram's Gin Award |
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1995 |
New
York Foundation Fellowship |
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1993 |
The
Dalton School Summer Research Grant, Thailand |
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1992 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance Grant
Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY |
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1990 |
Mid-Atlantic
Grant, Manchester Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Mid-Atlantic Grant, Baltimore, MD
Excellence Award, The Dalton School, New York, NY |
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1989 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance Grant, Saratoga, NY |
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1987-88 |
Atlantic
Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA |
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COLLECTIONS |
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Givat Havia Peace Center, Israel
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
"The
African American Design Archive", Cooper Hewitt National
Design Museum, NYC
Jingdez hen Ceramic Institute: China
European Ceramic Center: Hertogen bosch, Holland
The Studio Museum: Harlem, NY
Atlanta Life Insurance Co.: Atlanta, GA
Tuscarora Historical Museum: Tuscarora, NY
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Schomboug Center for Research in Black Culture:
New York, NY
Sande Webster Gallery: Philadelphia, PA
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC |
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TRAVEL RESEARCH |
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2011 |
Cambodia |
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2010 |
Israel |
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2007-2008 |
Cambodia |
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2007 |
Cusco, Peru |
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2006 |
Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam |
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2001 |
Costa
Rica
Tuscany, Italy |
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Costa
Rica
Kondimini, Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa |
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Segou,
Mali, West Africa |
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China
and Tibet: Yixing International Conference |
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1992-95 |
Vietnam,
Thailand and China |
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1994 |
France |
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1992 |
Holland |
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1986-88 |
France |
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1988 |
India |
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1981 |
Japan |
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1975-76 |
West
Africa |
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Nominations |
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2010 |
Gottlieb Grant |
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1995/1992 |
Louis Tiffany |
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1995/1995 |
Joan Mitchell |
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