BROOKE MILLECCHIA

EDUCATION

1995 West Virginia University • Morgantown, WV • BFA, Ceramic Art

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 - Present Ceramics Instructor • Intermediate wheel throwing and hand building • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

2016 - 2020 Artist-In-Residence • Advanced Senior Course • Fairport High School, Fairport, NY

2017 - 2019 Ceramics Instructor • Intermediate Wheel Throwing, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2015 Adjunct Professor • Beginner Wheel Throwing • spring semester • Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY

2014 Ceramics Instructor • Glaze Calculation • Home Studio, Fairport, NY

2010 - 2016 Ceramics Instructor • Pottery for Anyone Memorial Art Gallery • Creative Workshop, Rochester, NY

2004 - 2013 Ceramics Instructor • Studio Sales Pottery, Avon, NY

2005 - 2006 Ceramics Instructor • Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2005 Lab Technician and Manager • Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

1998 Production Potter • Stoneware Specialties, St. Paul, MN

PUBLICATIONS

2020

Ceramics Monthly

Tips and Tools • The Magic Sponge • January 2020

INVITATIONALS

2023                                       

NCECA Gallery Expo • Gandee Gallery • Cincinnati, OH

2022                                       

Featured Artist • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

        Mo’town Studio Tour Exhibition • Love Hope Center for the Arts, Fayetteville, WV

Surface II • Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

Finger Lakes Pottery Tour • Julie Crosby Studio • Danby, NY

2021                                       

NCECA Gallery Expo • Gandee Gallery • Cincinnati, OH (cancelled)

Functional Canvas • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

Our Lives in Clay II • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

2020                                       

NCECA Gallery Expo • Gandee Gallery (online) • Richmond, VA

Functional Canvas • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

Cup: The Intimate Object XV • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Our Lives in Clay • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

2019

Worcester Pottery Invitational • Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

NCECA Gallery Expo • Gandee Gallery • Minneapolis, MN

Functional Ceramics Exhibition • Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH

White/Black Invitational • Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

Steinfest: Present Day Interpretations • Claymakers • Durham, NC

Cup: The Intimate Object • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainesville, FL

Mo’town Studio Tour • Morgantown, WV

2018

Tea Party Invitational • Campbell Pottery Store • Cambridge Springs, PA

Steinfest • Claymakers • Durham, NC

I Love Ceramic Surface • Gandee Gallery • Fabius, NY

NCECA Gallery Expo • Gandee Gallery • Pittsburgh, PA

CUPful • Cedar Creek Gallery • Creedmor, NC

Finger Lakes Pottery Tour • Julie Crosby Studio • Danby, NY

WVU 40 years of Excellence • 3rd Street Gallery • Carnegie, PA

2017

The Almighty Cup • Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY

2016

Redefining The Vessel Invitational • Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022                                       

Strictly Functional Pottery National • Juror, Jack Troy • Lancaster Museum of Art • Lancaster, NY

2020                                       

Short & Stout • 2020 ICAN Juried Exhibition • NCECA • Richmond, VA

Material Mugs V• Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

2019                                       

Last Call IV • Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

        Teabowl National • Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, KS                       

2018

Material Mugs III • Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

Cup: The Intimate Object XIV • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2017

Holiday Showcase • Coach Street Clay, Candaigua, NY

The Cup, The Mug • Main Street Arts Gallery • Clifton Springs, NY

2016

International Cup Show • The Clay Studio of Missoula, Helena, MT

Last Call • Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

Small Works XI • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Carbondale Clay National XI The Intimacy of Scale • Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

DelecTABLE: The Art of Fine Dining • Art Students League of Denver, Denver CO

Material Mugs: Irons In The Fire • Campanion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

The Almighty Cup • Juror, David McDonald • Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY

Good Things....Comes in Small Packages • Juror, Doug Peltzman • Center for Arts and Education, Rochester, NY

Ceramic Tile 2016 • Juror, Bobby Silverman • Pewabic, Detroit MI

The Cup, The Mug • Juror, Peter Pincus • Main Street Arts Gallery • Clifton Springs, NY

2015

Holiday Showcase • Coach Street Clay, Candaigua, NY

2011 – 2015

Faculty Show • Memorial Art Gallery Creative Workshop, Rochester, NY

2010

Maker(s) Mark(s) • Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2009

All forms: Studio Pottery ’09 • Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY

Functionally Informal • Myers Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

2005

Works by Brooke Millecchia, Jamie Lester, and Kenneth Kreider • Zen Clay Galleries, Morgantown, WV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022                                       

Featured Artist • Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainsville, FL

2019

Scratching The Surface • Clayscapes • Syracuse, NY

2017

Works by Brooke Millecchia • Plough Gallery •Tifton, GA

2013

Holiday Showcase • Gallery on Turk Hill • Fairport, NY

2010                                       

Makers Marks • Flower City Arts Center • Rochester, NY

2009

Elegant Abundance: Assembled Clay Vessels • Constance Mauro Gallery • Rochester, NY

2005

Works by Brooke Millecchia • Genesee Pottery • Rochester, NY

WORKSHOPS

2023                                       

Forms & Surface Hands on Workshop • Mudqueen Pottery • Harrisburg, PA • Fall (TBD)

2022                                       

Handbuilding & Bisque Molds Demonstration • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

2021                                       

Handbuilding Techniques: Soy Bottle • Presenter • Alabama Clay Conference

2020                 

Surface Design with Digital Stencils: Pre-conference • Alabama Clay Conference •

Orange Beach, AL

        Handbuilding Techniques: Soy Bottle • Ceramics Congress • The Clay School

2019

Surface Design and its Relationship to Form • Mudqueen Pottery • Harrisburg, PA

Form and Surface • Clayscapes • Syracuse, NY

2018

Ornament Making Workshop • Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY

2017

Ornament Making Workshop • Helping Hands Wellness Center, Fairport, NY

2015

Glaze Calculation Workshop • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

Base Metal Clay Workshop • Home Studio, Fairport, NY

Pit Fire Workshop • Home Studio, Fairport, NY

2014

Glaze Calculation Workshop • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

Base Metal Clay Workshop • Home Studio, Fairport, NY

Pit Fire Workshop • Home Studio, Fairport, NY

2013

Introduction to Base Metal Clay •Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

Brush Making • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

2012

Brush Making • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

Brush Making • Memorial Art Gallery Creative Workshop, Rochester, NY

2010

Introduction to PMC • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

Introduction to PMC • Studio Sales Pottery, Avon, NY

Introduction to PMC • Glaze and Glass, Rochester, NY

2008

Brush Making • Turk Hill Craft School, Fairport, NY

2006

Get a Grip, Mixed media handles and fancy footwork, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY

2005

Manipulating the Surface, Altering wet work • Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY

Manipulating the Surface, altering wet work • Zen Clay Galleries, Morgantown, WV

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Charlie Cummings Gallery • Gainsville, FL

Gandee Gallery • Fabius, NY

Main Street Arts Gallery • Cliffton Springs, NY

Plough Gallery • Tifton, GA