My Clay Biography

Design Major, Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 1962
Film Major, Columbia College of Communications in Chicago, IL 1969
First contact with clay at the Clay People, Bruce Jacobsen, Chicago, IL 1976
Illinois Valley Pottery, Marseilles, IL 1977
Charles Counts Workshop, Eastern KY 1977
NCECA Denver, CO 1978
Raku Classes, North Central College, Naperville, IL 1980
Barry Wilson, Pottery Classes, College of DuPage, Wheaton, IL 1998
Robin Hopper Workshop, McHenry Comm. College, Crystal Lake, IL 1998
Tom Coleman Workshop, Oakton Comm. College, DesPlaines, IL 1999
 "Glaze Technology", Ron Roy, Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999
Steven Hill Workshop, Waubansee Comm. College, Elburn, IL 1999
John Glick Workshop, McHenry Comm. College, Crystal Lake, IL 1999
Malcom Davis, Steven Hill, Lynn Smiser-Bowers Workshop, Denver, CO 2000
NCECA Higher Ground 2000, Denver, CO 2000
Tom & Elaine Coleman Workshop, McHenry Comm. College, Crystal Lake, IL 2000
Handbuilding Fundamentals Class, Instructor, TLD Gallery, Westmont, IL 2000
Ian Currie GRID Workshop, Terra Incognito, Oak Park, IL 2001
Handbuilding Fundamentals Class, Instructor, TLD Gallery, Westmont, IL 2001
Steven Hill Single-firing Workshop, Red Star Studio, Kansas City, MO 2002
 "Painting on Clay", David Gamble, Odyssey, Asheville, NC 2005
Roundhouse Pottery, Campobello, SC 2005
Pottery Instructor - Spartanburg County Museum Art School, Spartanburg, SC 2005-07
Pottery Instructor - Tryon Arts & Crafts, Tryon, NC 2005-07
"All Fired Up" - Potter's Council Regional Conference, Adelphi University, NY 2006
"Mono Printing", Mitch Lyons, Adelphi University, NY 2006
"Terra Sig and Alternative Firing", Charlie & Linda Riggs, Odyssey, Asheville, NC 2007
"Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies" Instructor, Wildacres, NC 2007

PRETTY MUCH SELF TAUGHT,
WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

                           Jim Cullen
Charter Member of the Potter’s Council