WILLIAM D. PARRY
(MC 48)
SHOWS
1948 “M” Gallery, Pasadena, California (solo) 1948 Syracuse Annual National Ceramics 1949 Decorative Arts & Ceramics Exhibition, The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS (honorable mention) 1950 House Unique, Washington, DC (solo) 1951 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 1953 Artisan Studio’s, Gulph Mills, PA (solo) 1956 Festival of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1956, 1957 Faculty Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (BRE) 1959 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 1960 Alexandra Studio Grotto, Philadelphia, PA 1960 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 1960 International Exchange Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland 1961 Bryn Mawr Art Center, Bryn Mawr, PA 1962 Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA (solo) 1962 3rd Philadelphia Arts Festival (catalog?) 1963 3 Dimensions, Exhibition at the Dubin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1964 Sculpture Parry, AU Campus Center Gallery (solo) 1965 23rd Ceramics International, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 1965 29th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1965 Sculpture and Ceramics, Old Main Gallery, State University College, Fredonia, NY (solo) 1965 Scripps College Invitational, Claremont, CA 1966 Ceramics U.S.A, Smithsonian Institute, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, Skokie, IL 1966 Craftsman-Designer-Artist, Upton Gallery, State University College, Buffalo, NY 1966 Appleton Gallery, Syracuse, NY (solo) 1966 30th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1966 24th Ceramics International, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 1966 Rochester-Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 1967 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 1968 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1968 NCECA, Sheldon-Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN 1968 Everson Museum of Art 1969 Albion College, Michigan (solo) 1969 University Artists Exhibition, SUNY Albany 1969 32nd Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (prize award)
1970 Cite International des Arts, Paris, France 1970 Rochester-Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 1971 33rd Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (prize award) 1972 SUNY Agricultural and Technical College, Alfred, NY (solo) 1973 Eating Things: Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, SUNY College at Oswego, NY 1973 Special Exhibition, Carborundum Museum of Ceramics, Niagara Falls, NY 1974 Rochester-Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 1974 From Sea to Shining Sea, 3M Company, St. Paul, MN (competition) 1975 Faculty Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, NYSCC 1975 Clay! Works by 16 Who Teach It. Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 1976 Objects in Clay III, from Alfred University. SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 1976 Works in Clay, Bennington College, Bennington, VT 1977 Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NY 1978 Rochester-Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 1978 Works in the World Exhibition, NCECA, Hessel Park, Champaign, IL 1978 Sculpture-Subdivisions, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (solo) 1980 Contemporary Ceramics: A Response to Wedgwood, Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 1980 38th Western New York Exhibition, Albrigh-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (prize award) 1980 A Comprehensive Exhibition Celebrating Materials and Concepts in 3-D, Carnegie- Melon, Pittsburgh, PA 1981 Works on Paper, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY 1981 NCECA, Past Presidents Invitational Exhibition, Whichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS 1981 Fire and Earth, Nazareth College Gallery, Rochester, NY 1982 William Parry – Sculpture, Ruth Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, Cortland, NY (solo) 1982 Members Gallery Invitational Exhibitions, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1982 Banff Design Symposium IV, Banff, Alberta, Canada 1982 Affects/Effects: Past Faculty of the Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1983 Allegany County Ceramics Invitational, Hinkle Library, SUNY Alfred State College, Alfred, NY 1984 40th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1984 Wyvern Gallery, Severna, MD 1985 Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY (solo) 1985 4 Sculptors from Alfred, Olean Public Library, Olean, NY 1986 American Potters Today, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England 1986 Faculty of 3-D Studies, NYSCC, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY 1987 Three Dimensional Diversity, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY 1987 David A. Howe Library, Wellsville, NY 1987 Selections: Empire State Crafts, Wilson Art Gallery, LeMoyne College Library, Syracuse, NY 1987 5 x 7: 35 Works in Clay, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY 1988 Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA 1988 Alfred 3-D, Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
1989 Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY 1989 ARTECTONICS, Henry Bauer Gallery, Alfred, NY 1990 43rd Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1991 William Parry: Sculpture in Ceramics and Mixed Media, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (solo) 1992 William Parry, NCECA, Arronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 1992 Generations of Alfred Ceramists: The William L. Pulos Alfred Art Collection, Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred, Alfred, NY 1993 Local Clay Samples, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY 1993 Soup Tureens ’93, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1994 Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY 1994 William Parry, Stratton Gallery, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI (solo) 1994 Orga-Morphic Clay: Non Representational Organic Form Vessels and Sculpture, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY 1996 SUNY Wide Ceramic Exhibtion, NCECA, SUNY Geneso, Geneseo, NY 1996 NCECA Benefit Auction, Strong Museum, Rochtester, NY 1996 Maximum Occupancy, NCECA, Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1996 Alfred Teaches Ceramics,1900-1966, Schein-Joseph IMCA, Alfred, NY 1996 Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME 1997 Contemporary Masters, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI 1997 Annual Benefit Auction, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 1997 The Best in Contemporary Clay (Exhibtion & Sale), Miller Gallery & Cincinnati Art Museum, New York, NY 1998 NCECA Honors and Fellows Exhibition, Forth Worth, TX 1998 Tools, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 1998 William Parry: Selected Works, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (solo) 1999 Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 1999 William Parry: Ceramic Sculpture, Gettysburg College Art Gallery, Gettysburg, PA (solo) 2004 William Parry: (don’t forget to) Wonder, Schein-Joseph International Museum of ceramic Art, Alfred, NY 2006 Alfred Ceramics: The Henry Bauer Collection, University Gallery, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
LECTURES:
1960 Northeast Regional Conference of the American Craftsmen’s Council, New Paltz, NY 1960 Design Division, American Ceramic Society, 62nd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, NY 1964 Workshop at Ohio State University, Nov.16-18, 1964 1969 Albion College, MI 1974 8th National/International Sculpture Conference, University of Kansas, KS, April 24-26 1976 NCECA, Baton Rouge, LA 1976 SUNY Conference on Visiting Artists Program, Fredonia, NY 1978 Quality in Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1980 Avila College, Kansas City, MO
1981 Bergen Forum. Ceramics as Art or Craft: The Want of Criticism, Alfred University, NY 1988 Insight Events in Studio Learning: Panel Moderator’s Statement, NCECA, Portland, OR 1991 Visiting Artist Lecture, Clemson University, SC 1997 Ceramic Sculpture, Spring Arts Lecture Series, Allegany Arts Association, Wellsville, NY
JUROR:
1975 Associated Art Organizations Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1985 Allentown Village Society Annual Outdoor Art Show Days, Allentown, NY