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, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, and painting.
• Develop and teach courses in ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, and creative exploration.
• Mentor emerging and developing artists in studio practice, exhibition preparation, materials exploration, and creative growth.
• Curate exhibitions and develop community arts programming, workshops, artist opportunities, and collaborative events.
• Foster an inclusive creative community through education, mentorship, artistic collaboration, and accessible programming.
• Manage studio operations, kiln systems, memberships, educational programming, instructors, visiting artists, and community partnerships.
• Designed 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
• Consulted on the development of the pottery studio and ceramics program within an 11,000-square-foot cultural arts center, advising on programming, studio operations, instructor recommendations, and long-term sustainability strategies.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC ART & PRESS
SOLO & FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Cathleen Sullivan: Community Through Art — Featuring the Artists of Treasure Coast Pottery
MIDFLORIDA Event Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida, July 22–August 31, 2026
Presented in collaboration with the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance
Featured artist and curator in collaboration with the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance
2017 — Nature’s Wild Beauty: Rainforest Meets the Pacific
SAL Gallery, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, LIU Post, Brookville, New York
SELECTED GROUP & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2026 — The Tides of Time
St. Lucie County Courthouse, Fort Pierce, Florida
Opening October 8, 2026
Long-term exhibition anticipated to remain on view approximately one year
2026 — Autumn Unfolding
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
August–September 2026
2026 — Us of Art: Reflections of 250 Years
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
June–August 2026
2026 — Luminescence
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
March–May 2026
2026 — Who Grows There?
Oxbow Eco-Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida
April–December 2026
2025 — Inspired
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
April–June 2025
2025 — Remnant Construction Exhibition
Fort Pierce, Florida
2024 — Controlled Chaos
MIDFLORIDA Event Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Fall 2024
2024 — Habitatude: Featuring the Artists of Treasure Coast Pottery
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
August–September 2024
Featured exhibition of artists from Treasure Coast Pottery
2024 — Urban Parts
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
April–May 2024
2024 — Elements
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, The Vault, Fort Pierce, Florida
January–February 2024
2021–Present — Selected Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, St. Lucie County, Florida
2021–2022 — Ohana Group Exhibition
Fort Pierce, Florida
2021–2022 — Grunge Exhibit
2021 — Vero Beach Museum of Art
Vero Beach, Florida
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
St. James, New York
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
Patchogue, New York
2016 — LIU Post Sculpture Building Exhibition
Brookville, New York
PUBLIC ART & PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
• 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, Fort Pierce, Florida (2023)
• Selected artwork exhibited on long-term display at the St. Lucie County Courthouse, Fort Pierce, Florida (2024–2026)
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2026 — Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller
Podcast interview with Cathleen Sullivan, Treasure Coast Pottery
July 8, 2026: Discussion of Treasure Coast Pottery, community arts programming, and the upcoming Community Through Art exhibition at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center.
Listen to the interview on Apple Podcasts
2026 — The Rickie Report
“Cathleen Sullivan’s Treasure Coast Pottery Exhibition Presents ‘Community Through Art’”
Feature profiling Cathleen Sullivan, Treasure Coast Pottery, community arts programming, and the Community Through Art exhibition.
Winter 2025/Spring 2026 — Art St. Lucie Magazine
“Meet the Cover Artist”
Cathleen Sullivan featured as cover artist.
Winter 2024/Spring 2025 — Art St. Lucie Magazine
Feature on Treasure Coast Pottery and community arts programming.
2023 — Indian River Magazine
Susan Burgess, “Firing a New Artistic Future: New Pottery Studio Is a Place to Shape Clay and Community.”
TEACHING, MENTORSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Founder and Lead Instructor, Treasure Coast Pottery (2022–Present)
• Develop and teach ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, and creative exploration courses for adults and youth.
• Approved service provider for Step Up For Students, providing arts education to eligible homeschool students.
• Develop and administer a vibrant homeschool arts program at Treasure Coast Pottery, including pottery wheel instruction, sculpture, hand-building, and painting.
• Design age-appropriate progressive ceramic instruction that introduces homeschool students to hand-building, sculpture, wheel throwing, glazing, and studio practices.
• Develop and administer Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County-funded summer arts programming, serving approximately 150 children each summer through ceramic and creative arts experiences.
• Mentor emerging artists in studio practice, exhibition preparation, materials exploration, creative development, and professional growth.
• Organize exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops, community art events, visiting artist programs, and exhibition 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.
• Treasure Coast Pottery, Sponsor, Taste of the Arts Kids Corner, Fort Pierce, Florida (November 13, 2026)
LEADERSHIP, BOARDS & SERVICE
• Secretary, Board of Directors, St. Lucie Cultural Alliance
• Chair Pro Tem, Public Art Advisory Board, City of Port St. Lucie
• Member, St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce
• Arts advocate for regional arts education, public art, 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
• St. Lucie Cultural Alliance (2021–Present)
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts — NCECA (2017–Present)
• International Ceramics Art Network — ICAN (2013–Present)
• Indian River Clay (2021–2022)
• Long Island Craft Guild (2017–2020)
• Art League of Long Island (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
2026 — Tuscany Workshop, Pamela Caughey, Tuscany, Italy
2026 — Collage Joy, Catherine Rains
2025–Present — Art & Success Master Course, Pamela Caughey
2025 — Fused Harmony, Jane Monteith Art
2025 — Layer by Layer, Jane Monteith Art
2024 — Gaya Ceramic Arts Center Immersion, International Ceramics Art Network
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: Virtual Encaustic Workshop Series, Ireland
2021 — Florida Highwaymen Painting Workshops with Al Black
Black Friday art events hosted by Manor Auctions, Vero Beach, Florida
Exploration of Florida Highwaymen painting traditions and landscape painting techniques with Florida Highwayman Al Black
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 Handmade 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 Community College, New York
2019 — Exploration of Encaustic Techniques, Lorraine Glessner
R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, New York
2019 — National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018 — A Conversation About Color, Lisa Pressman & Richard Frumess
R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, New York
2018 — Encaustic, Paper & Monotypes, Laura Moriarty
R&F Handmade 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 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
Art League of Long Island, 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
Commack, New York
2012–2013 — Ceramic & Raku Studies
Art League of Long Island, 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 Arts Program Funding (2025–Present)
Approximately $7,500 awarded in 2025 and $7,100 in 2026 to support Treasure Coast Pottery summer programming serving approximately 150 children annually.
• 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)