Wishful Thinking Studio
Dedicated to Handbuilt Ceramic Arts


Name: Caron Baker (Wike)
Born:
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (a few years ago)
Moved: (at a young age) to
Charlotte, NC, U.S.A.: 1966
Currently living near
Lenoir, NC (Caldwell County)
Married: one ex- and one "Final"
Children: two sons (adult aged now)
Hobbies: gardening, travel, books, decorating, home-remodeling


Art Education:
1988-1991: Brevard Community College, FL
1991-1995 Co-op Studio, Melbourne, FL
1996-1998:
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, NC


Exhibits:
1991 - Brevard Communtiy College Student Exhibit
1997 - Caldwell Communtiy College Student Exhibit
1998 - Caldwell Communtiy College Student Exhibit
2000 - Caldwell Arts Council Visual Artist Competition
2001 - Caldwell Arts Council Visual Artist Competition
2001 - University of Tennessee - Johnson City
2001 - 16th Annual Sculpture Celebration - Lenoir, NC
2001 - Spring and Fall exhibits at Daniel's Antiques, Conover, NC
2001 - North Carolina Furnishings Festival, High Point, NC
2001 - Full Circle Gallery, Hickory, NC
2001 - Burke Arts Council - 'First Frost' exhibit
2001 - Burke County Historic Society 'Tree Lighting'


Teaching Experience:
1998 - 'Super Summer' - Caldwell Communtiy College
1999 - Continuing Education Class - Caldwell Communtiy College
2000 to 2004 - Mulberry Recreation Center - Lenoir, NC
2000 - Caldwell Senoir Center, Lenoir, NC
2001 - Gamewell Middle School, NC
2001 - Family Resource Center, Lenoir, NC
2001 - Whitnell United Methodist Church - 'Fall Hootnany', NC
2004 to the present - Wishfulthinking Studio annex at the 'Old Lenoir High School'


Awards:
1998 - Honorable Mention - Caldwell Communtiy College Student Exhibit
2000 - Honorable Mention - Caldwell Arts Council Visual Artist Competition
2001 - Wildacre's Retreat 


Galleries:
'87 Ruffin Street' , Linville, NC
'Wilcox Emporium' , Boone, NC
Brush and Palette gallery, Lenoir, NC
Western Carolina Expo , Lenoir, NC
Burke Arts Council Gallery Shop, Morganton, NC
Mud Hunter Pottery, 66 Broadway, Asheville, NC
'By Hand' Gallery, Edenton, NC
Mainstreet Art Company (MAC), 21 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA


 

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