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CRISTINA M. GAVIRIA

Greensboro, NC ~ cg.potsnprints@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2017-2020 BA in Ceramics and Environmental Studies, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
GPA: 3.77 
2019-2020 Selected to Participate in the Guilford College Honors Art Thesis Program

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

2019-2020 James S Laing Art Scholarship 
2017-2020 Guilford College Performance Scholarship
2017-2020 Guilford College Dean’s List
2018 Presenter at Guilford College Undergraduate Symposium

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2018 Drawing Teaching Assistant

Guilford College Art Department

  • Assisted professor Katy Collier in teaching introductory drawing class and maintaining organization of drawing studio

  • On-call for office hours and assistance for students in class

2019 Ceramics Tutor, and Studio Assistant 

Guilford College Art Department

  • Assisted professor Charlie Tefft in teaching advanced ceramics class

  • Worked with students of all ceramics levels one-on-one to advise projects and use of studio equipment

  • Maintained inventory of tools, organization of studio, recycled clay, and operated gas kilns 

2019 Substituted for Ray Knirs

Art Alliance of Greensboro

  • Instructed introductory ceramics class and performed demonstrations of wheel throwing and handle pulling for students 

EXHIBITIONS

2018, 2019 Annual Guilford College Juried Student Art Show
Bauman Galleries, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
2020 SHIFT: Guilford College Senior Art Thesis Exhibition
Bauman Galleries, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2017-2020 Free Press

  • Participating artist at a community printmaking collaborative between Guilford College Art Department and other campus departments and clubs

  • Created designs, screen prints, and woodcuts to be used at large collaborative events

  • Organized print shop for events, tasks included: food, music, social media posts, and setting up for communal screen and hand printing

SKILLS

  • Wheel-throwing ceramics, firing bisque kilns, firing electric gas kilns, screen printing, woodcut, etching, hand printing, photography, drawing, social media administration, proficiency in radio station equipment 

CV: CV
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