Biography & Resume
Carol Long draws influence from plant and animal life. With joy, whimsy and beauty as her goal, her work continues to evolve as she experiments with new ways of expressing these qualities of her surroundings.
Carol's work is featured at Plinth Gallery in Denver, CO, Charlie Cummings gallery in Gainsville, Florida, Karg Art Glass in Kechi, Kansas and The Filley Art Museum in Pratt, Kansas. In recent years she has been a presenter at workshops throughout the US.
Born in 1965, Carol Long was raised on a farm in Stafford County, Kansas. The family farm having been homesteaded in the 1880's, had by the time of her childhood, matured with trees and a thick shelter belt. In these wooded areas Carol explored and found a connection with nature developing an appreciation of plant and animal life. Her mother also had an interest in art and often took Carol to art museums. Carol often felt a need to express herself by bringing her imagination to life. She remembers as a child using one of her father's cattle syringes filled with mud to build structures in the driveway. In high school, Carol excelled in art. Her teacher, Sheldon Ganstrom, who is now a prominent Raku artist, helped spark Carol's interest in ceramics. She then moved on to Barton County Community College where she realized that she was always drawn to the ceramics lab. She has studied under Glenda Taylor, Linda Ganstrom, and Steve Dudek. Carol enjoys learning from other contemporary artists while keeping an eye on historical ceramics.
Carol's work is featured at Plinth Gallery in Denver, CO, Charlie Cummings gallery in Gainsville, Florida, Karg Art Glass in Kechi, Kansas and The Filley Art Museum in Pratt, Kansas. In recent years she has been a presenter at workshops throughout the US.
Born in 1965, Carol Long was raised on a farm in Stafford County, Kansas. The family farm having been homesteaded in the 1880's, had by the time of her childhood, matured with trees and a thick shelter belt. In these wooded areas Carol explored and found a connection with nature developing an appreciation of plant and animal life. Her mother also had an interest in art and often took Carol to art museums. Carol often felt a need to express herself by bringing her imagination to life. She remembers as a child using one of her father's cattle syringes filled with mud to build structures in the driveway. In high school, Carol excelled in art. Her teacher, Sheldon Ganstrom, who is now a prominent Raku artist, helped spark Carol's interest in ceramics. She then moved on to Barton County Community College where she realized that she was always drawn to the ceramics lab. She has studied under Glenda Taylor, Linda Ganstrom, and Steve Dudek. Carol enjoys learning from other contemporary artists while keeping an eye on historical ceramics.
Carol Long
Ceramic Artist
991 NE 10th Avenue
St. John, Kansas 67576 [email protected]
Education:
St. John High School, St. John, Kansas 1983 *National Honor Society
Barton County Community College, Associates Degree 1985
*Art Departmental Awards 1983-85
Community Involvement:
2002-Present 4-H Club Jolly Workers Ceramics Leader
2011-03 St. John School Board Member
2009-2011 Vice President St. John School Board Member
2012-Present Gray Photography Studio, Inc. Board Member
2012-Present President Gray Photography Studio, Inc. Board Member
Life long member of St. John Kansas Community (Stafford County)
Juried Exhibitions:
*2021 “Workhouse Clay International” (BOS)Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2019 “Materials Mastery” Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Conference, Topeka, KS
2019 Mark 100 Regional, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS
2018 Strictly Functional Pottery National Show, Lancaster, PA
*2018 “Last Call III” Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN
2018-20 Vernon Filley Bi-Annual Invitational, Pratt, KS
2007-93, 09,10 Prairie Art Exhibition, Sterling, KS*
1994 Yuletide Art Exhibition, BCCC, Great Bend, KS*
1990,89 Art Inc. Juried Exhibition, Great Bend, KS*
1990-87 Topeka Crafts Competition, Topeka, KS*
1989-87 Art Inc. Barton County Show, Great Bend, KS*
One Artist Show:
2025 Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2024 In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina
2022 Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, Florida
2017 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2014 Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
2013 City Arts, Wichita, Kansas
2013 "February Flowers," Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Newton, KS
2013 “Efflorescence,” Bethel College Fine Arts Center, North Newton, KS
2012 Marilyn Grisham Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS
2012 547 Gallery, Greensburg, KS
2007 Southwest Arts and Humanities, Garden City, KS
2006,10 Ellsworth Arts Council, Ellsworth, KS
1999 Pratt County Community College, Pratt, KS
1993 Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
1990 Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS
1990,98 Gallery XII, Wichita, KS
1989 Hutchinson Art Association, Hutchinson, KS
1988 Seward County Community College, Liberal, KS
1988 Stone Gallery, Hays, KS
1986 Jordan Memorial Library, Larned, KS
Shows: * Denotes Award
2025 Lake Placid Pottery Invitational, Lake Placid, New York
2023 MSClayworks Invitational, Tupelo, Mississippi
2023 “Salon 50” Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
2023 “Lagomorph Show” Fuller Craft Museum,
2022 “Flora and Fauna” Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2020 “Who Does She Think She Is” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2019 “National Invitational Biennale” Pratt, Kansas
2018 “Ninnescah Art Exhibit” Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2018 “Four Apart” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2017 Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson, KS
2016 “Frogs Sounding the Future” Shafer Gallery, Great Bend, KS
2013 " Lineage: A Ceramic Tradition," Shafer Gallery, Great Bend, KS
2013 “All About Connections” Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
2019-97 Century II Outdoor Living Show (Wichita Garden Show), Wichita, KS
2017-20 "Wrappable," Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2012 Hutchison Arts Association Third Thursday, Hutchinson, KS
2012 Strecker-Nelson-West, Manhattan, KS
2011 Shaffer Gallery two Person Show, Manhattan, KS
2012 City Arts Final Friday, Wichita, KS
2009 Lincoln Two Person Show, Lincoln, KS
Juried Art Fairs:
2015-16 Kansas City Plaza, Kansas City MO
2015-18 Cottonwood Art Fest, Richardson, TX
2015-18 Golden Fine Art Fest, Golden, CO
2013 Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, CO
2013 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2013 Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
1994,90-88 Art Fair on the Square, Madison WI
1994, 90-88 Wichita Book and Art Fair, Wichita, KS
1992-91 State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
1992-91 Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
1991 Las Olas Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1991,89 Milwaukee Lakefront Festival, Milwaukee, WI
1990 Festival of the Arts, Oklahoma City, OK
1990 Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, FL
1989 Omaha Summer Art Festival, Omaha, NE
1989 Dallas 500 Art Festival, Dallas, TX
1987 Smokey Hill River Festival, Salina, KS
Demonstrations:
2025 The Art Center at Historical Gray Photo Studio, St John, Kansas
2024 Adamah Art workshop, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
2023 Clay Con West, St George, Utah
2022 Fire Me Up, Topeka, Kansas
2020 West Virginia Potters Gathering, Ripley, WV
2019 13th Biennial Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA
2019 Buckeye Ceramic Supply, Mayco, Hilliard, OH
2019 Carolina Clay Matters, Charlotte, NC
2019 McHenry Community College, Crystal Lake ,IL
2018 Brickyard Ceramics, Amaco, Indianapolis, In
2018 Kansas Art Education Association Summer Camp, Sterling, KS
2018 Tampa Golding Art Studio, Tampa, FL
2018 “Four Apart” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2017 Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS
2015 Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Conference, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2015 Charlie Parker Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2014 Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Publications:
Ateliers d'Art Magazine, November, 2024
Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, October 2021
Sunshine Artist-Cover, November 2015
Clay Times-Cover, Volume 19 Issue 96, Summer 2013
Studio Potter, June 1999Volume 27, Number 2
Galleries:
2024 In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville North Carolina
2018 Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2013 Modern Bungalow, Denver, CO
2011-2020 Strecker –Nelson-West, Manhattan, KS
1994-2020 Courtyard Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2011-2019 Bella Luz, Wichita, KS
Gallery XII, Wichita, KS
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
Phoenix Gallery, Topeka, KS
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Memberships:
NCECA member 1991-93
NCECA premium member 2013-2020
Vernon Filley Museum Member 2014- present
Collections:
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, KS
Commissions:
2018 Green tile commission:
-72 piece tile mural
-Hand built tile, pressed and slip trailed floral images
2006 J.E. Long Fireplace surround commission:
-Hand built tile, relief tile, and extruded moldings
-Local flora and fauna imagery $9,000
2000 City of St John, St John, KS
-50 hand built relief tiles of varying sizes made for the city square.
Images are germane to the region. $3,000
2000 Long floor and bath commission:
-Floor tile for laundry room and foyer
-Hand built floor tile, 6”x 60’ running mosaic, extruded moldings, wheel thrown and altered niches for bathroom. $12,000
Ceramic Artist
991 NE 10th Avenue
St. John, Kansas 67576 [email protected]
Education:
St. John High School, St. John, Kansas 1983 *National Honor Society
Barton County Community College, Associates Degree 1985
*Art Departmental Awards 1983-85
Community Involvement:
2002-Present 4-H Club Jolly Workers Ceramics Leader
2011-03 St. John School Board Member
2009-2011 Vice President St. John School Board Member
2012-Present Gray Photography Studio, Inc. Board Member
2012-Present President Gray Photography Studio, Inc. Board Member
Life long member of St. John Kansas Community (Stafford County)
Juried Exhibitions:
*2021 “Workhouse Clay International” (BOS)Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2019 “Materials Mastery” Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Conference, Topeka, KS
2019 Mark 100 Regional, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS
2018 Strictly Functional Pottery National Show, Lancaster, PA
*2018 “Last Call III” Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN
2018-20 Vernon Filley Bi-Annual Invitational, Pratt, KS
2007-93, 09,10 Prairie Art Exhibition, Sterling, KS*
1994 Yuletide Art Exhibition, BCCC, Great Bend, KS*
1990,89 Art Inc. Juried Exhibition, Great Bend, KS*
1990-87 Topeka Crafts Competition, Topeka, KS*
1989-87 Art Inc. Barton County Show, Great Bend, KS*
One Artist Show:
2025 Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2024 In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina
2022 Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, Florida
2017 Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2014 Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
2013 City Arts, Wichita, Kansas
2013 "February Flowers," Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Newton, KS
2013 “Efflorescence,” Bethel College Fine Arts Center, North Newton, KS
2012 Marilyn Grisham Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS
2012 547 Gallery, Greensburg, KS
2007 Southwest Arts and Humanities, Garden City, KS
2006,10 Ellsworth Arts Council, Ellsworth, KS
1999 Pratt County Community College, Pratt, KS
1993 Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
1990 Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS
1990,98 Gallery XII, Wichita, KS
1989 Hutchinson Art Association, Hutchinson, KS
1988 Seward County Community College, Liberal, KS
1988 Stone Gallery, Hays, KS
1986 Jordan Memorial Library, Larned, KS
Shows: * Denotes Award
2025 Lake Placid Pottery Invitational, Lake Placid, New York
2023 MSClayworks Invitational, Tupelo, Mississippi
2023 “Salon 50” Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
2023 “Lagomorph Show” Fuller Craft Museum,
2022 “Flora and Fauna” Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2020 “Who Does She Think She Is” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2019 “National Invitational Biennale” Pratt, Kansas
2018 “Ninnescah Art Exhibit” Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, Kansas
2018 “Four Apart” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2017 Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson, KS
2016 “Frogs Sounding the Future” Shafer Gallery, Great Bend, KS
2013 " Lineage: A Ceramic Tradition," Shafer Gallery, Great Bend, KS
2013 “All About Connections” Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
2019-97 Century II Outdoor Living Show (Wichita Garden Show), Wichita, KS
2017-20 "Wrappable," Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2012 Hutchison Arts Association Third Thursday, Hutchinson, KS
2012 Strecker-Nelson-West, Manhattan, KS
2011 Shaffer Gallery two Person Show, Manhattan, KS
2012 City Arts Final Friday, Wichita, KS
2009 Lincoln Two Person Show, Lincoln, KS
Juried Art Fairs:
2015-16 Kansas City Plaza, Kansas City MO
2015-18 Cottonwood Art Fest, Richardson, TX
2015-18 Golden Fine Art Fest, Golden, CO
2013 Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, CO
2013 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2013 Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
1994,90-88 Art Fair on the Square, Madison WI
1994, 90-88 Wichita Book and Art Fair, Wichita, KS
1992-91 State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
1992-91 Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
1991 Las Olas Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1991,89 Milwaukee Lakefront Festival, Milwaukee, WI
1990 Festival of the Arts, Oklahoma City, OK
1990 Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, FL
1989 Omaha Summer Art Festival, Omaha, NE
1989 Dallas 500 Art Festival, Dallas, TX
1987 Smokey Hill River Festival, Salina, KS
Demonstrations:
2025 The Art Center at Historical Gray Photo Studio, St John, Kansas
2024 Adamah Art workshop, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
2023 Clay Con West, St George, Utah
2022 Fire Me Up, Topeka, Kansas
2020 West Virginia Potters Gathering, Ripley, WV
2019 13th Biennial Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA
2019 Buckeye Ceramic Supply, Mayco, Hilliard, OH
2019 Carolina Clay Matters, Charlotte, NC
2019 McHenry Community College, Crystal Lake ,IL
2018 Brickyard Ceramics, Amaco, Indianapolis, In
2018 Kansas Art Education Association Summer Camp, Sterling, KS
2018 Tampa Golding Art Studio, Tampa, FL
2018 “Four Apart” McPherson College, McPherson, KS
2017 Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS
2015 Kansas Artist and Craftsman Association Conference, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2015 Charlie Parker Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2014 Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Publications:
Ateliers d'Art Magazine, November, 2024
Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, October 2021
Sunshine Artist-Cover, November 2015
Clay Times-Cover, Volume 19 Issue 96, Summer 2013
Studio Potter, June 1999Volume 27, Number 2
Galleries:
2024 In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville North Carolina
2018 Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2013 Modern Bungalow, Denver, CO
2011-2020 Strecker –Nelson-West, Manhattan, KS
1994-2020 Courtyard Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2011-2019 Bella Luz, Wichita, KS
Gallery XII, Wichita, KS
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
Phoenix Gallery, Topeka, KS
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Memberships:
NCECA member 1991-93
NCECA premium member 2013-2020
Vernon Filley Museum Member 2014- present
Collections:
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Vernon Filley Art Museum, Pratt, KS
Commissions:
2018 Green tile commission:
-72 piece tile mural
-Hand built tile, pressed and slip trailed floral images
2006 J.E. Long Fireplace surround commission:
-Hand built tile, relief tile, and extruded moldings
-Local flora and fauna imagery $9,000
2000 City of St John, St John, KS
-50 hand built relief tiles of varying sizes made for the city square.
Images are germane to the region. $3,000
2000 Long floor and bath commission:
-Floor tile for laundry room and foyer
-Hand built floor tile, 6”x 60’ running mosaic, extruded moldings, wheel thrown and altered niches for bathroom. $12,000