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Cathy Moynihan - Ceramic Sculptor 

Cathy Moynihan was born and raised in the seaside town of Scituate, MA and now resides in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. She has been working in clay since her childhood discovery of the delicious tactile quality of mud found in deep tire tracks in her neighbor’s backyard. Enjoying the timeless techniques of pinch and coil-building she chooses to handbuild in groggy stoneware. 

She holds a B.A. of Fine Art from Messiah College and later continued into a ceramic sculpture concentration at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee. For the last decade she has been making work at the Harvard University Ceramics Studio in Allston. 

Early loves and influences include archaeology,  architecture, and spiritual mysteries. Spending many years drawing from life, she enjoys observation and spends hours honing her sculptural forms.

Education 

2019 - 2021

Simmons University, Boston MA, B.S. in Nursing

2000 - 2002

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA

Art Education Certificate

1997 - 1999

Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville TN

Ceramic Sculpture Concentration

1991 - 1995

Messiah College, Grantham PA, B.A. in Fine Art

Awards 

2013

Brother Thomas Fellowship Award, Nominee

2010

Mima Weissmann Award, Harvard University, Allston MA

2010

Commendation, Aesthetica Creative Works Competition

Exhibitions 

2023

The State of Clay, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington MA

2023

Ceramics Program Spring Show and Sale, Harvard University, Allston MA

2022

Ceramics Program Winter Show and Sale, Harvard University, Allston MA

2014

Paradise City Art Festival, Northampton & Marlboro MA

2013

PICNIC, Somerville MA

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