Resume
Professional Experience
Director of Residencies and Adult Education: Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 - currently
Studio Manager: Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Publicity Design: Ceramics Department, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2011-2012
Concept Designer- Digital Media: Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan, 2010-2011
Technician: Andy Brayman, Easy Ceramic Decals / Matter Factory, Kansas City, Kansas, 2008-2009
Studio Assistant: Gail Kendall, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2008
Gallery Manager: Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006-2007
Assistant Gallery Manager: Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005-2006
Education
Master of Fine Arts: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2010-2013
Post-Baccalaureate Program: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2007-2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics: University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, 2002-2007
General Engineering - Civil: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 2000-2001
Residencies
Resident Artist (2 weeks): The Skopelos Foundation, Greece, 2023
Resident Artist (3 weeks): LH Project, Joseph, Oregon, 2018
Winter Residency (2 weeks): Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 2018
Open Studio Residency (2 weeks): Haystack, Deer Isle, Maine, 2016
Resident Artist: Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2013-2014
Resident Artist (2 months): Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark, 2013
Long-term Resident: Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, 2009-2010
Summer Resident: Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, 2009
Summer Resident: Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, 2008
Teaching Experience
Adult Education Instructor, Lawrence Arts Center: fall 2013-currently
Animals and Pots - summer 2014, spring 2024 (co-taught, upcoming)
Lovin’ Cups - summer 2022, winter 2024 (upcoming)
Throw Me Some Skills - fall 2021, winter 2023, fall 2023
Greek Pottery Throw down - summer 2023
Baskets, Vases, & Planters - summer 2020 via zoom, spring 2022
Ceramic Jewelry - winter 2021 via zoom, winter 2022 via zoom
Atmospheric Firings (partnership with University of Kansas) – fall 2016, fall 2017, fall 2018, fall 2021
First Time Potter – fall 2013, winter 2014, spring 2014, spring 2015, spring 2016, summer 2016, summer 2021
Uncommon Use - spring 2021 via zoom
Glazed & Confused - summer 2020
Returning Potter – fall 2013, winter 2014, winter 2017
Beginning Drawing – fall 2014, winter 2015
Ceramic Surface – spring 2014, summer 2014
Image (Instructor of Record), Teaching Associate, Ohio University, Spring 2013
Introduction to Ceramics II- Wheel (Instructor of Record), Ohio University, Spring 2012
Awards and Grants
Purchase Award: Working Pots III, James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin, 2018
Graduate Assistantship: Ohio University, 2010-2013
Full Tuition Scholarship: Ohio University, 2010-2013
Harry and Grace Foster Memorial Scholarship: Ohio University, 2011
Chancellor’s List: Spring Semester, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006
Juror’s Selection Award: Student Juried Art Show, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006
Student Travel Grant: USUAA Travel Board, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006
Juror’s Selection Award: Student Juried Art Show, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Clay Body Club NCECA Scholarship: University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Chancellor’s List: Fall Semester, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004
McBride Honors Program: Colorado School of Mines, 2001
Selected Exhibitions (solo shows denoted with *)
Cups, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2024 (upcoming)
* Legs, Wings, & Everyday Things, The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence, Kansas 2023 (upcoming)
Lawrence Arts Center Art Auction, Lawrence, Kansas, 2023
Edible Ink, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2023
Speckles & Spots, Theatre of Lawrence, Lawrence, Kansas, 2023
Holiday Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2022
Edible Ink, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2022
Lawrence Arts Center Art Auction, Lawrence, Kansas, 2021
Vicinity, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2020
Lawrence Arts Center Art Auction, Lawrence, Kansas, 2020
Last Call IV, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee, 2019
Ceramic Mugs, Phoenix Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2018
The Image & the Vessel, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2018
Working Pots III, James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin, 2018
Midwest Pottery Fest, KC Urban Potters Studio, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018
Coffee & Clay, Pacific Northwest Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2018
Cups of Conversation, Everyday Café, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018
The Shoe Box Show, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark, 2018
Lead-In, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas 2018
* Lingering Lines, Phoenix Underground, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017
Locally Brewed, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017
I made these things with my hands, Decade, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017
Progression, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2017
Atmospheric Firings: Life on the Range, Yantra, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Something Fleeting, University of Kansas School of Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
* A Quiet Cadence, 2016 Main, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
Heartland Table, Tom’s Town Distillery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
Across the Table, Across the Land, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
701 Louisiana, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Holiday Exhibition, Wonderfair, Lawrence, Kansas, 2015
Rotation, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2015
Emergence, 2016 Main, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
Cider Holiday Show, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Let there be Light, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2014
Cup: The Intimate Object X, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, 2014
Laces, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
*Waggle Dance, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
NCECA Gallery Expo, Lillstreet Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2014
Ceramic House Christmas Show, The Ceramic House, Brighton, United Kingdom, 2013
Nu Er Det Nok, Bruuns Hjorne Gammeltorv, Skaelskor, Denmark 2013
* Inflorescence: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Trisolini, Athens, Ohio, 2013
Functional/Dysfunctional, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2013
Pour 2012, Terra Incognito Studios & Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois, 2012
Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibit, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson,
South Carolina, 2012
Mug Extravaganza, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, Alabama, 2012
From Here and There, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2012
5th Annual Lillstreet International: The Perfect Plate, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
Starbrick Clay National: Salt & Pepper Shaker Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2012
Drawing Clay, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 2012
Craft Forms 2011, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2011
Cup: The Intimate Object VII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, 2011
Making Thinking, Ohio University Art Gallery, Ohio University, 2011
Clay Studio of Missoula Retrospective, Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana, 2011
Strength in Numbers, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, 2011
Athens Bloc, Hermann Fine Arts Center, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, 2011
Winterfest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010
National Ceramics Invitational, Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne,
Indiana, 2010
In three, two, one... Esther Allen Greer Museum Gallery, Rio Grande, Ohio, 2010
Flora, Schaller Gallery, www.schallergallery.com, 2010
Residents’ Farewell Exhibition, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, 2010
Contemporary Clay, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado, 2010
Baked Goods, Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming, 2010
Eight Fluid Ounces, LSU School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2010
Pour, Terra Incognito Studios & Gallery, La Grange, Illinois, 2010
Altitude, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, 2010
Clay Studio of Missoula, Whitefish Pottery, Whitefish, Montana, 2009
Influences, Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009
*Kyla Strid: Ceramics, Songbird Café, Kansas City, Kansas, 2009
National Juried Cup Exhibition, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2009
Residents Past and Present, Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana, 2009
Eight Fluid Ounces III: LSU School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2008
Voyeurs, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007
*BFA Thesis Exhibition: Fitting In, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006
Eight Fluid Ounces II: LSU School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006
2006 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, NCECA, Portland, Oregon, 2006
Student Juried Art Show, Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2006
Flux: Contemporary Ceramics, Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Student Juried Art Show, Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Student Juried Art Show, Campus Center Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004
Curatorial Experience
Curator: A Bit of Bite, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017
Organized: Something Fleeting, University of Kansas School of Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Organized: 701 Louisiana, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Curator: Paper | Plate, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Co-curator: Laces, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Curator: Machined Botany: Del Harrow, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2012
Co-curator: Flora, Schaller Gallery, www.schallergallery.com, 2010
Curator: Flux, Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Related Professional Experience
Board Member: 38 North Adventure Fest, 2018-2019, 2023
Exhibitions Curator & Design Consultant: Decade, Lawrence, Kansas, 2017-2020
Consultant: Minoan Pottery Workshop at Gournia– Archeological dig, John Younger, INSTAP, Pacheia Ammos, Crete, 2014, 2017
Administrator: Artist INC. Lawrence, Kansas, 2016, 2017, 2019
Juror: Shooting Stars, Scholarship Program for High School Art Students, Arts Council of Johnson County, Olathe, Kansas, 2017
Juror: Art in the Park, Lawrence Art Guild, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Artist INC. Fellow: Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
Study Abroad: Art History in Italy, Marilyn Bradshaw, Ohio University, 2011
Gallery Attendant: Eisentrager Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 2008
Publicity Design: Clay Club, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007-2008
Treasurer: Clay Body Club, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004-2007
Associate Field Engineer: Alyeska Pipeline, General Communications Inc., Alaska, 2001
Presentations and Workshops
Artist talk and workshop: Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, 2024 (upcoming)
Presentation -residencies: Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023
Presentation -residencies: Indiana University, 2023 [via zoom]
Presentation -residencies: Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021
Artist talk and workshop: Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2019
Artist talk and workshop: Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 2018
Artist talk: Midwest Pottery Fest, KC Urban Potters Studio, Kansas City Missouri, 2018
Artist talk and demonstration: Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 2017
Artist talk: “Phoenix Awards”, Lawrence Arts Center – Main Stage, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Demonstration: “Pottery Jam” with Mark Shapiro, Pete Pinnell, and Erica Iman, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Demonstration: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016
Artist talk: School of Business- graduate class, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, Kansas, 2016
Artist talk and demonstration: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, 2015
Artist talk and workshop: Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, 2015
Presentation “Building Communities / Expanding Opportunities”; NCECA, Providence, Rhode Island, 2015
Presentation (experimental archeology): John Younger and Kyla Strid: Gournia, Crete, Lawrence Arts Center – Main Stage, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Curator talk: Paper | Plate (Curator), Lawrence Arts Center - Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Artist talk: Waggle Dance, Lawrence Arts Center - Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 2014
Artist talk: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2013
Artist talk and demonstration: Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2013
Artist talk: Lawrence Arts Center, Main Stage, Lawrence, Kansas, 2013
Artist talk: Art 110- Seeing and Knowing the Visual Arts, Ohio University, 2011
Artist talk: Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, 2009
Artist talk: Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, 2009
Artist talk and demonstration: Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana, 2008
Artist talk: Foundations class, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 2008
Artist talks: Ceramics Classes, Robert Service High School, Anchorage, Alaska, 2006
Bibliography
Making a beeline by Imafidon, Nadia, Lawrence Journal-World, June 29, 2014, sec. C: 1, 3.
Contrasting Styles by Shepherd, Sara, Lawrence Journal-World, August 25, 2013, sec. C: 1, 8.
Form Follows Function, Fun Follows Form: Kyla Strid at Songbird Café by Brisendine, Steve, Review: Mid-America’s Visual Arts Publication, May 12, 2009, http://ereview.org/2009/05/12/form-follows-function-fun-follows-form-kyla-strid-at-songbird-cafe/
Wood, plastic and clay dominate student art show by Howard, Meaghan, The Northern Light, April 4, 2006, p.12.
Professional Affiliations
National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts: member, 2006-present
Southern Graphics Council International: member, 2016-present
Alliance of Artist Communities: member, 2017-present
NCECA Green Task Force
38 North Fest