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Monica Rudquist, MFA

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

I am ceramic artist and teach all the ceramics and sculpture classes in the Art and Art History Department.  I am interested in how the arts can build community and create opportunities to learn from one another, to look closely, reflect, and discover connections and new perspectives. 
I have worked with clay for most of my life, and love sharing my passion with students and others. My own work begins on a potter’s wheel, thrown objects (such as bowls and cylinders) are my starting point—They ground me in the tradition of functional wheel work. Through the process of throwing, altering and abstracting these familiar forms, I re-imagine and reinvent the shapes and the spaces they inhabit. I make both functional work meant to be used and large scale sculptural installations. 
In the class studio, I work to build a community of mutual respect and exploration. In my classes students learn to work within a studio community that is mutually dependent upon one another.  Many of my classes include service learning opportunities which gives students hands on experience using art to promote social justice. 
I also coordinate the St Kate’s Empty Bowls Project that brings people together, to build community and expand perspectives through shared experiences. The St. Kate’s Empty Bowls Project epitomizes my desire for clay collaborations grounded in community and social justice. 

About Monica Rudquist, MFA

I am ceramic artist and teach all the ceramics and sculpture classes in the Art and Art History Department.  I am interested in how the arts can build community and create opportunities to learn from one another, to look closely, reflect, and discover connections and new perspectives. 
I have worked with clay for most of my life, and love sharing my passion with students and others. My own work begins on a potter’s wheel, thrown objects (such as bowls and cylinders) are my starting point—They ground me in the tradition of functional wheel work. Through the process of throwing, altering and abstracting these familiar forms, I re-imagine and reinvent the shapes and the spaces they inhabit. I make both functional work meant to be used and large scale sculptural installations. 
In the class studio, I work to build a community of mutual respect and exploration. In my classes students learn to work within a studio community that is mutually dependent upon one another.  Many of my classes include service learning opportunities which gives students hands on experience using art to promote social justice. 
I also coordinate the St Kate’s Empty Bowls Project that brings people together, to build community and expand perspectives through shared experiences. The St. Kate’s Empty Bowls Project epitomizes my desire for clay collaborations grounded in community and social justice. 

2018 - 2019	APDC Arts and Humanities creative projects grant
	St Catherine University
2018 - 2019	Carol Easley Denny Award
	St Catherine University
2013 - 2014	Artist Initiative Grant
	Minnesota State Arts Board

2020 - Present	Member, Search Committee faculty position
2016 - Present	Co-President, Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists
2011 - Present	Director, The St. Kate's Empty Bowls Project
1991 - Present	Member ( founding member), Northern Clay Center
1983 - Present	Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
2021 - 2021	Member, Artist Panel, 30th anniversary exhibition Pearl, Northern Clay Center
2021 - 2021	Facilitator, Food for Thought, Alumna event, SCU ( virtual event)
2021 - 2021	Visiting Artist, Macalester College
2020 - 2020	Member, Search Committee for Community Work and Learning

1985	MA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan ‐ Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics
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1983	BA, Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota ‐ Bachelor of Arts, Art, Magna Cum Laude
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Present	Assistant Professor, Art and Art History, St. Catherine University ‐ Art and Art History Department
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