
CV
Education:
2024 PhD Arkansas State University
2020 M.A. Arkansas State University
Heritage Studies
3.93 GPA
2002 M.A.T. Manhattanville College
Art Education
4.0 GPA
Kappa Delta Pi (National Education Honors Society)
Valiant Educator Award 2011
1990 B.S. Visual Art SUNY New Paltz
Visual Art -Concentration in Metals/Sculpture
Post Graduate Work:
Degree-Seeking:
Arkansas State University
Ph.D. Program in Heritage Studies (ABD)
Continuing Education:
University of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Employment:
2016-present Assistant Professor, Arkansas State University, Beebe, AR
2003- 2016 Teacher, New Canaan Public Schools, New Canaan, Ct
2012-2013, 2016 Instructor, Clay Arts Center, Portchester, NY
2002-2003 Teacher, Yorktown Public Schools, Yorktown, NY
2001-2002 Teacher, Eastchester Union Free School District, Eastchester, NY
1987-2006 Instructor, Community Arts Outreach
Selected Exhibitions:
2023 You Can Go In, But You Won't Come Out, UA Monticello, AR
(Solo Exhibition)
2022 Lousiana Purchase Project, UA Monticello, Monticello, AR
2019 Next Generation, Landmark Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
2018 Delta Visions: Tornadoes and Earthquakes, England Center Gallery, Beebe, AR
(Solo Exhibition)
2018 A Question of Faith 2: My New Life on the Delta, Thayer Gallery, Braintree, MA
(Solo Exhibition)
2017 Tea: the Ritual and the Art, Plough Gallery, Tifton, Ga
2017 What’s Inside, A.S.U. Beebe Gallery, Beebe, AR
2017 What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Tea is H.O.T., Ceramics Center Tiendschuur Tegelen, Netherlands
2015 Silent Energy: Ceramics and Tea, Hohr- Grenshausen, Germany
(work acquired)
2015 Muengyon Teabowl Festival, Muengyon, Korea
(honorable mention, work acquired)
2014 Acceleration of Mass, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Muengyon Teabowl Festival, Muengyon, Korea
(work acquired)
2013 Sculpture Under the Tree, Federal, N.S.W., Australia
2013 Smalls, Federal, N.S.W., Australia
2012 Weather or Not, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Seattle, WA
2011 Invitational group exhibit, Jonesville Store, Clifton Park, NY
2010 Invitational group exhibit, Jonesville Store, Clifton Park, NY
2010 International Celadon Festival Invited Artist Exhibit, Gangjin, Jeolla, Korea
(work acquired by Celadon Museum for collection )
2009 Oil and Water (solo exhibition), St Marks School, Southboro, MA
2009 Drink it In, Gorse Mill Studios, Needham, MA
2008 Fish, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2003 Lamia Ink, 135 W 29th St. NY
2003 Jewel Tones, Casola Galleries, Peekskill, NY
2001 The Way of the Cross, St Joseph’s, Croton Falls, NY
(Solo Exhibition)
2000. Jihad of the Niles, St. Joseph’s, Croton Falls, NY
(solo exhibition)
2000 In-house/Outhouse NWCA, Mt Kisco, NY
2000. Faces, Levine Gallery, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
1999 Habitat, Levine Gallery. Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
1999 Art of Woman, NWCA, Mt Kisco NY
1997 Fine Arts Exhibit, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
1997 Growth of Soil, Levine Gallery, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
1996 Small Works Exhibition, Levine Gallery, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
(Directors Choice Award, entry published and sold)
Residencies
2006 Loloba Ranch, Steamboat, Colorado
2007 Watershed Center for Ceramics
Selected Presentations:
2022 Wild Clay, Collaborative Intercollegiate workshops, Parkin Archeological State Park, Parkin, AR
2022 SWPACA Mennonite Cooking: A Cuisine Rooted in Faith
2020 Arkansas Community College Conference (Virtual) Remote Learning Strategies - Shifting Online in Lab and Hands-On Programs & Courses
2019 RE4Clay (Delhi, India) Clay Talks
2018 Potters Shop and School (Needham, MA) Pushing the Limits of Material
2018 Thayer Academy (Braintree, MA) Artist Talk on Abstracting Form
2018 NCECA Teaching with Touch
2012 NCECA Digital Portfolios
2010 NCECA Bridging the Gap
2010 Clay Art Center K12 Clay forum
2008 NCECA Teaching High School Ceramics a panel discussion
Publications:
Floryshak, L. (2019) “Adele Johnson,” The History of Woman Suffrage, Tomas Dublin and Kathryn Kish Sklar (ed), Alexander Street. https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010111683
Floryshak, L, (2019) “Mary Newton Gibb,” The History of Woman Suffrage, Tomas Dublin and Kathryn Kish Sklar (ed), Alexander Street. https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010111682
Floryshak, L. (2018) Tactile Learning. NCECA Journal 39.
Floryshak, L. (2017) Touch the Primal Power. In Chatman, K. 2017 College Wise. (pg. 28) Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Floryshak-Windman, L. (2011) Is it Only Art. Knickerbocker Ledger.
Floryshak-Windman, L. (2008). On Teaching and Learning. Studio Potter (Vol 36. No.1).
Selected Professional development experiences:
2011-present Founder/Administrator of Ceramics Teachers K12 Facebook group, which boasts 11.5 thousand members
2023 Harvard School of Graduate Education (online) Teaching Students To Ask Their Own Questions
2023 Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, Community Art, Building A Collaborative Learning Community
2023 artWAYS University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR - Jewelry as Self-Expression with Lydia Martin
2022 Wild Clay, Collaborative Intercollegiate workshops, Parkin Archeological State Park, Parkin, AR (Project Coordinator)
2022 artWAYS University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR - Figure Sculpture with Michael Warrick
2022 Wild Clay, Collaborative Intercollegiate workshops with University of Memphis Ceramics, Memphis, TN
2021 III Summer Ave Art and Clay, Memphis, TN- Soda Firing Workshop with Jesus Minguez
2017-2022 Woodfirings at Little Mulberry Gallery, Oark, AR
2020-2021 Ceramics Congess (online)
2021 NISOD
2020 Quality Matters Workshop
2019 Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
2016-2020 Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, North Little Rock, AR
2005/2016 Chimney Rock, Pagosa Springs, CO, Ancient Arts Workshops
2003-2016 Clay Art Center, Portchester, NY
1999-2016 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY- Educator Series
2015 Potters Shop and School, Needham, MA- Pre-NCECA workshop with John Baymore
2008-2010 New England Ceramics Educators Symposium
2003-2013 Gustin Studios Anagama Firings/Watershed benefits
Professional Memberships
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Southeast Asian Ceramic Society
International Ceramic Arts Network
Volunteer Work:
Arkansas Young Artists Association (adjudicator) 2017-2023
N.Y. State Art Teachers Association (portfolio adjudicator) NYSATA Region 7
Teaching Assistant (C.E. Painting) SUNY Purchase Professor Roger Hendricks
U.S. Speedskating Coach Level 3 Certification
Taconic Speedskating (assistant) 2003-2014 (head coach)
Newburgh Speedskating (head coach) 2005- 2010
Fairfield Speedskating (assistant) 2006-2009