Laura McCracken - lauramccrackenglass@gmail.com
Awards
2015 Penland School of Craft Work Study Scholarship - Boyd Sugiki and Granite Calempong
2015 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship - Arrowmont School of Art and Craft - Jason Chakravarty
2014 Penland School of Craft Work Study Scholarship – Hyunsung Cho
2013 Penland School of Craft Work Study Scholarship – Jeff Mack
2012 Penland School of Craft Work Study Scholarship – Beth Lipman
2005 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Scholar – 3.5 wk study in Japan
2004 Colorado Elementary Art Educator of the Year
Solo/Featured Artist Exhibitions
2014 Ambiguous Balance The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2013 Transitions The Commonwheel Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO
2012 Potentiality The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2010 Fused Glass The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2009 Celebration Host: Liz Cooper, Colorado Springs, CO
2008 2D Retrospective Phantom Canyon Brewery Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 Sleepless Dreamstate The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2006 Eye Opening The Commons Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2005 Emergence The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2003 The Space Within The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2000 Presence The Flashcube Building, Colorado Springs, CO
Select Group Exhibitions
2016 WOW CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
2015 Losing Love CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
2014 Holiday Market Kreuser and Aha Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO
2014 Glass Artists of the Pike’s Peak Region Manitou Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2013 Co-Curator: Glass Artists of the Pike’s Peak Region Member Show Cottonwood on Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO
2013 Holiday Market in June The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2012 Handmade Holiday The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2012 Glass Magic Tri-Lakes Center for Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2012 Glass in the Springs Cottonwood Center for Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2012 Tri-Lakes Member Exhibit Tri-Lakes Center for Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2011 Holiday Market The Commonwheel, Manitou Springs, CO
2011 Motion Studies The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2011 Glass Magic Tri-Lakes Center for Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2010 Clayprints Revisited The Commons Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2003-2004 Body Packaging: Identity Crisis, The Broadmoor International Resort (Runway Shows & Wearable Art Exhibit)
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and The Colorado Springs City Auditorium
2003 Colorado Art Educators Exhibit CORE Gallery, Denver, CO
2002-2006 Atrium The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
2001 Trio Exhibition: A Gathering of Three Sirens The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2001 Curator: Creative Community The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2000-2001 Body Packaging: The Third Millennium The Colorado Springs City Auditorium
(Runway Shows and Wearable Art Exhibit Presented by The Pikes Peak Arts Council)
Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO and Tri-Lakes Center for Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2000 Seeding Limited The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
1999 Clayprints The Bridge Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1999 Women’s Arts Festival Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Gallery Representation
1999-present The Bridge Gallery Co-operative Gallery, Member Artist
2009-present Cambio Yoga Gallery Curator and Featured Artist
2013-2014 Western Museum of Mining Featured Artist, Colorado Springs, CO
2011-2014 Stone Path Gardens Featured Artist
2010-2014 Tri-Lakes Center for Arts Member Artist, Gift Shop Featured Artist
2012 Funky Soul Caravan Old Colorado City, Colorado Springs, CO
Professional Affiliation
2012-present C&H Glassworks, Denver, CO – studio rental/trade for Hot Glass
Fall 2012 Business of Art Center, Associate Artist, studio rental for Flameworking
2011-2014 Glass Artists of the Pikes Peak Region – 2013 Annual Show Co-curator
2002-2008 CO Art Education Assoc. Regional & Elem. Rep. for Board of Directors
1999-2013 The Commonwheel Artists – Coordinator of Annual Children’s Show
1998-2010 Manitou Springs Arts Academy Board of Directors and Advisor
1996-present National and Colorado Education Association member
Education
2015 Penland School of Craft; studied with Boyd Sugiki and Granite Calempong
2015 Arrowmont School of Art and Craft; studied with Jason Chakravarty
2014 Penland School of Craft; studied with Hyunsung Cho
2013 Penland School of Craft; studied with Jeff Mack
2012 Penland School of Craft; studied with Beth Lipman
Fall 2012-present Ongoing Hot Glass Study at C&H Glassworks, summer internship 2013
1996-present Workshops: monoprint, foil relief, clayprint watercolor, solar etching, etc.
1993 BFA in Drawing, Education Certification, Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania