MICHAEL MEDEIROS
poesiapottery.com | poesiapottery@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2023
Studio Arts MFA (in process), University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
2021
MFA in Creative Writing, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
1998
History BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
2022
Certification in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Providence, RI
2021
Certificate in Arts Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2006-08
Digital Filmmaking courses, Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education, Providence, RI
TEACHING
2023-ongoing
Art Foundations, UMass Amherst, Amherst MA
2021-22
Ceramics Instructor, Easthampton Clay, Easthampton, MA
2020
Creative Writing, UMass Amherst’s University Without Walls, Amherst, MA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023
ValleyCreates and MASS MoCA Assets 4 Artists Capacity Grant
Mass Cultural Council Cultural Sector Recovery for Individuals Grant
2022
Spiral Meditation Garden ceramic sculpture installations at Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford, MA
through funding from The Trustees of Reservtions
“HeART of the Garden” UMass Arts Extension Service grant for ceramic sculpture installations
at the Franklin Permaculture Garden, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
2020
MFA Thesis Travel Grant, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
Judith Barter Public History Internship Scholarship,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
2018
Apprenticeship and Studio Residency, Moravian Pottery and Tileworks, Doylestown, PA
EXHIBITIONS, TALKS, AND PRESENTATIONS
December 2023
“Gem Tactics Practicing Sands” photography and ceramics exhibition, Burnett Gallery, Amherst, MA
November 2023
”Record of Existence” group show, Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA
June 2023
“Story/Sound Arbor,” ARC Residency at A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery, Northampton, MA
“We are Gardens Haunted by Each Other/Emily Dickinson Theme,” Tiny Art for All Gallery, Northampton, MA
Summer 2023
“Tijolo e Luz: Brick and Light” ceramic, portraiture and storytelling installation
(New England Foundation for the Arts “Making It Public” grant-funded),
New Bedford Cove Walk, New Bedford, MA
April 2023
“Perpetui Succursus/Perpetual Help” National Poetry Month Poetry and Ceramics Installation, Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA
December 2022
“We are Gardens Haunted by Each Other” sculpture display and collaborative storytelling,
50 Arrow Gallery, Easthampton, MA
November, 2022
Spiral Meditation Garden sculpture installation and community oral history gathering,
Trustees of Reservations’ Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford, MA
“Ritual Grotto” public poetry and local clay tilemaking for public garden sculpture,
10 Forward, Greenfield, MA
June 2022
“Gardens of the Apocalypse” storytelling and traditional garden pottery-making demonstration,
Trustees of Reservations’ Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford, MA
August 2021
Reflective Poetry on Demand, Belchertown State School, Belchertown, MA
May 2021
“Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church: A Sustainable Future for a Historic Church”
outdoor historical interpretation kiosk (graduate public history research and design project),
DuBois Freedom Center, Great Barrington, MA
Spring 2020
“This River of Time and Its Creatures” Covid poetry listening horns collaboration,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
2018-21
Co-host of the UMass Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers Live Lit Poetry Series, Amherst Books, Amherst, MA
2015-19
Co-host of the monthly Amherst Arts Night Plus Poetry Reading and Open Mic, Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA
2013-21
Co-founder and Steering Committee Member of the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA