Cathleen Sullivan
Multidisciplinary Artist | Educator | Mentor | Founder, Treasure Coast Pottery
Cathleen SullivanMultidisciplinary Artist | Educator | Mentor | Founder, Treasure Coast PotteryPort St. Lucie, Florida www.treasurecoastpottery.com">cathleensullivan@rocketmail.comwww.treasurecoastpottery.com
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder & Director, Treasure Coast Pottery
Port St. Lucie, Florida | 2022–Present
• Founder and director of a multidisciplinary community arts studio serving artists working in ceramics, mixed media, printmaking, and painting.
• Develop and teach courses in ceramics, mixed media, printmaking, and creative exploration.
• Mentor emerging and developing artists in studio practice, exhibition preparation, materials exploration, and creative growth.
• Curate exhibitions and community arts programming.
• Foster an inclusive creative community through education, mentorship, and artistic collaboration.
• Manage studio operations, equipment, kiln systems, memberships, and educational programming.
• Designed, equipped, and developed both a private ceramic studio and the Treasure Coast Pottery community arts facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Arts Consultant
Riverland Cultural Arts Center, GL Homes | 2022
• Advised on development of an 11,000-square-foot community pottery studio including equipment selection, programming, operations planning, instructor recommendations, and sustainability strategies.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 — Nature's Wild Beauty: Rainforest Meets the Pacific, SAL Gallery, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, LIU Post
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS & PUBLIC ART
• Through the Eyes of a Storm licensed by Port St. Lucie Area Regional Transit and reproduced on public transit vehicles throughout Port St. Lucie, Florida (2021–Present)
• Through the Eyes of a Storm featured in a public transit shelter installation, Port St. Lucie, Florida (2022)
• Artwork exhibited in the St. Lucie County Administration Building (2023)
• Artwork exhibited in the St. Lucie County Courthouse (2024–Present)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Remnant Construction, Fort Pierce, Florida
2021–Present — Multiple juried and invitational exhibitions through the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance (detailed exhibition history in progress)
2021–2022 — Ohana Group, Fort Pierce, Florida
2021–2022 — Grunge Exhibit
2021 — Vero Museum of Art
2021 — Us Exhibit, Fort Pierce, Florida
2019 — 10 by 10 = 100 Art Show & Sale, VSOP Gallery, Greenport, New York
2019 — Mills Pond Gallery Member Artist Showcase
2019 — Long Island Craft Guild 60th Anniversary Echoes Exhibit, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York
2018 — Empire State College Art Show, Albany, New York
2017 — Holiday Harvest of Artists, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York
2017 — A Quotidian Life, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York
2017 — Fourth Annual Print Parade, Dan Welden Studio, Sag Harbor, New York
2017 — Patchogue Arts Council Festival, Arts on Terry
2016 — LIU Post Sculpture Building Exhibition
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Susan Burgess. "Firing a New Artistic Future." Indian River Magazine, 2023. New pottery studio is a place to shape clay and community
Art St. Lucie Magazine. Feature on Treasure Coast Pottery and community arts programming. Winter 2024/Spring 2025. ARTSTLUCIE Magazine Winter 2024 Spring 2025 by artstlucie - Issuu
Art St. Lucie Magazine. "Meet the Cover Artist." Winter 2025/Spring 2026. https://issuu.com/artstlucie/docs/s_artstlucie_magazine_winter_2024_spring_2025?utm_source=chatgpt.com
TEACHING, MENTORSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Founder and Lead Instructor, Treasure Coast Pottery (2022–Present)
• Develop and teach ceramics, printmaking, mixed media, and creative exploration courses for adults and youth.
• Design and administer scholarship-supported summer camp programming funded through the Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County.
• Develop homeschool arts curriculum in ceramics and painting.
• Mentor emerging artists in studio practice, exhibition preparation, materials exploration, and professional development.
• Organize exhibitions, demonstrations, community art events, and artist opportunities.
• Invited Workshop Presenter, Double-Walled Vessel Workshop, Gallery Lodge, Kenai, Alaska (2017), presented to ceramic artists from the United States and Europe.
• Organized and led a ceramic arts and cultural immersion program to Gallery Lodge, Kenai, Alaska (2023), coordinating travel logistics, educational programming, studio practice, and cultural experiences for participating artists.
• Specialized training and continuing education in working with students and adults with special needs, supporting an inclusive and adaptive teaching approach.
LEADERSHIP, BOARDS & SERVICE
• Member of the Board, St. Lucie Cultural Alliance (2024–Present)
• Member of the Public Art Advisory Board (2023–Present)
• Member, St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce (2022–Present)
• Arts advocate for regional arts education and cultural programming
• Chairperson, Glaze Committee, Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, Florida
EDUCATION
• B.A. Visual Arts, Empire State University, Summa Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Member, St. Lucie Cultural Alliance (2021–Present)
• Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) (2017–Present)
• Member, International Ceramics Art Network (ICAN) (2013–Present)
• Member, Indian River Clay (2021–2022)
• Member, Long Island Craft Guild (2017–2020)
• Member, Long Island Art League (2013–2020
COMMUNITY SERVICE & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
2021 — Participant Artist, Samaritan Center Soup Bowl Fundraiser
2009–2011 — District-wide Chair, Disabilities Awareness Committee, Commack School District
2009–2011 — Arts-in-Education Chair, Wood Park K–2, Commack School District
2005–2015 — PTA & Special Education Volunteer Activities
WORKSHOPS, IMMERSIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL STUDY
2025–Present — Art & Success Master Course, Pamela Caughey
2026 — Collage Joy, Catherine Rains
2026 — Tuscany Workshop, Pamela Caughey, Tuscany, Italy
2025 — Fused Harmony, Jane Monteith Art
2025 — Layer by Layer, Jane Monteith Art
2024 — Gaya Ceramic Arts Center Immersion (ICAN), Ubud, Indonesia
2021–Present — Online Encaustic Studies, Alicia Tormey
(Includes Working Large in Encaustic, Wild Botanicals, and Introduction to Encaustic Painting)
2021–2022 — Essence of Mulranny, Ireland (Virtual Encaustic Workshop Series)
2021 Attended Painting Workshops with Al Black, Black Friday art events hosted by Manor Auctions, Vero Beach, Florida. Participated in two workshops exploring Florida Highwaymen painting traditions and landscape painting techniques.
2021 — Maine Encaustic Retreat, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Kennebunkport, Maine
2020 — Oil & Cold Wax: Techniques and Abstraction, Rebecca Crowell, Bennington College, Vermont
2020 — Collagraph Printmaking with Encaustics & R&F Pigments, Jeff Hirst, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut
2019 — Encaustic Workshop with Gold Leaf, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, R&F Paints, Kingston, New York
2019 — Abstraction by Design, Michael Shemchuk, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2019 — Exploring Materiality: Fiber & Wax Intensive, Susan Stover, Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Western Carolina University, North Carolina
2019 — Raku Firing Workshop, Bill Shallaly, Nassau County Community College, New York
2019 — Exploration of Encaustic Techniques, Lorraine Glessner, R&F Paints, Kingston, New York
2019 — National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018 — A Conversation About Color, Lisa Pressman & Richard Frumess, R&F Paints, Kingston, New York
2018 — Encaustic, Paper & Monotypes, Laura Moriarty, R&F Paints, Kingston, New York
2018 — Encaustics & Yupo Paper, Dorothy Cochran, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York
2018 — National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2017 — Glaze Chemistry Workshop, John Britt, Long Island Craft Guild, New York
2017 — Solarplate Printing Workshop, Dan Welden, Sag Harbor, New York
2015 — Ceramic Techniques: Wheel & Handbuilding, Bill van Guilder, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, New York
2014 — La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Tuscany, Italy
(Handbuilding, Obvara Firing, Terra Sigillata, and Ceramic Studio Immersion)
2013–2019 — Independent Studio Development & Ceramic Practice, Port St. Lucie, Florida
2012–2013 — Ceramic & Raku Studies, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, New York
2009–2012 — Ceramics Teaching Assistant & Continuing Study, Commack Adult Education, New York
2003–2009 — Earth & Vessel Cooperative Pottery Studio, Bay Shore, New York
GRANTS, FUNDING & AWARDS
• Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County Summer Camp Scholarship Funding (2025–Present)
• Long Island University O'Malley Supply & Travel Grant (2017)
• Transfer Scholarship, Long Island University (2016–2017)
• Merit Scholarship, Long Island University (2016–2017)
• Art Scholarship, Long Island University (2016–2017)