Michael Schwegmann resume stuff:

Education: University of Illinois
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics, 1999

Experience: Studio Artist
Boneyard Pottery, Champaign, Illinois, 1995-present
Operate and maintain self-supporting art pottery business.

Chairman
City of Champaign Arts Commission, Champaign, Illinois, 2005-present
Evaluate and recommend action for public art works to city council.

President
Champaign-Urbana Gallery Guild
Organize local galleries for outreach efforts and marketing consolidation.

Exhibitions and Awards:
2008
• Second Place, Elmhurst Art Museum's Art in the Park, Elmhurst, IL
• Porcelain, Solo exhibition, Richland College, Decatur, IL
2007
• "Collage and Clay" Two-person exhibition, Town Gallery, Chillicothe, IL
• First Place, Lower Town Arts Festival, Paducah, KY
• Second Place Fine Art, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
• Second Place, Downtown Festival of the Arts, Champaign, IL
2006
• Museum Purchase Award, Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mount Vernon, IL
2005
• First Place, Downtown Festival of the Arts, Champaign, IL
2002
• Best of Show, Barrington Arts Council At Fair, Barrington, IL
• Barb Bihler Award, Fourth Street Festival of the Arts, Bloomington, IN
2001
• “Small Sculpture 2001”, Honorable Mention, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
• Two-Person Exhibit, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
• Mary C. McLellan Scholarship in Art, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Best of Clay, Midwest Salute to the Masters, Fairview Heights, IL
2000
• Best of Show, Round the Fountain Art Fair, Lafayette, IN
• “Beauty”, Solo Exhibit, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL
• “The Bennett Project”, 15 Artists’ Installations, Urbana, IL
• “Pottery and Leather”, Three-person Exhibit, Buchanon Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
1999
• Best of Show, Arts in Central Park, Decatur, IL
• Coral Bliss Taylor Award, Waterfront Invitational, Saugatuck, MI
• First Place--Fine Craft, Sugar Creek Art Festival, Normal, IL
• “The Bennett Project” 13 Artists’ Installations, Urbana, IL
• “Flesh and Bone”, Two-person Exhibit, Champaign, IL
• “An Art Show”, Group Exhibition, Champaign, IL
1998
• First Place Ceramics, Coca-Cola Riverplace Arts Festival, Greenville, SC
• Juror’s Award, Waterfront Invitational, Saugatuck, MI
• First Place in Show, Arts in Central Park, Decatur, IL
1997
• Best of Show, Art in the Park, Galesburg, Illinois
• Award of Excellence, Arts in Central Park, Decatur, IL
• Second Place, Art in the Park, Libertyville, Illinois
• Second Place-Ceramics, Art in the Park, Danville, Illinois
• (3)Purchase Award, Art in the Park, Danville, Illinois
• “Landscapes from the Male Perspective”, Group Exhibition, Blue Moon Gallery, Skokie, IL
• “International Collegiate Ceramics Competition”, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
1996
• First Place-Ceramics, Art in the Park, Danville, IL
• (2)Purchase Award, Art in the Park, Danville, Illinois
• Award of Excellence, Art on the Village Green, Skokie, IL
• Juror’s Award, Art in the Park, Galesburg, Illinois
• (2)Purchase Award, Art in Central Park, Decatur, Illinois