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curriculum vitae

Education

2013

Masters in Education 

Mary Lou Fulton School, Arizona State University. 

Masters in Education, Art Focus, Additional graduate non-degree studies in ceramics. Independent study with Kurt

Weiser. Herberger School of Art and Design, Arizona State University, Tempe,

AZ.

2009

Bachelors of Studio Art, Photography 

Herberger School of Art, Arizona State University 

Concentration in photography,

 

2008 Undergraduate portfolio building in ceramics and photography. Mesa Community College

2007

Diploma in Western Herbalism 

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts

Concentration in various aspects of clinical practice of Western herbalism (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, botany).  Additional areas of study: traditional medicine making, traditional applications, wildcrafting, and entheology. 

from tech to teacher 

June 2025-August 2025 Adjunct Faculty Ceramics. Dallas College, Mountain View Campus. Part time. 

Aug 2024- May 2025 Faculty, full time (temp), ceramics, art appreciation, art club. Institutional service: curriculum committee, and safety/space committee.  Dallas College, Mountain View Campus.

Aug 2023-Aug 2024. Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics and Art Appreciation, Dallas College, Mountain View Campus. Part time.  

2021-2023 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Mesa Community College. Part time. 

2015- 2017 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Gateway Community College. Part time.

2014-2017 Adjunct Faculty, Beginning Ceramics, Mesa Community College. Part time. 

2013- 2014 Substitute Adjunct faculty, all levels, Mesa Community College Art Department Part time. 

 

2009-2013 Studio Technician, Mesa Community College, Ceramics. Part time. 

2020-2023 Senior Studio Technician, Mesa Community College, Ceramics. Full time. 

exhibitions 

2025

-Mountain View College Annual Faculty and Staff Show, Dallas, TX

 

-Undefined #8, Kush Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.  Selected. 

 

-Legacy in Motion: Mesa Community College Alumni Faculty Invitational.  Mesa, AZ. Selected, juried. 

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-Afterhours #9, Kush Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.  Selected. 

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-Ceramics on the Wall VII, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.  Juried by Colby Parsons. 

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2024

-Ceramics on the Wall VI, Goldmark Cultural Center Dallas.   Juried by Ariel Bowman. Honorable Mention 

 

-Sick, Sad, Surreal World, Eclectika, Irving TX.  Selected,         juried by Opal. 

 

-On My Own Time, Dallas College Galleries, Faculty Show.     Dallas, TX. 

    

-Mountain View College Annual Faculty and Staff Show,         Dallas, TX

2023

-Ceramics on the Wall V. Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.  juried exhibition. 

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-MCC Art Faculty Biennial Show, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ

2009-2012

2012: 

    MCC Ceramics Student Alumni Invitational, Mesa Community College

 

2011: 

    -The Third Dimension, Braggs Pie Factory,

     -Desert Mountain Member’s Art Fair,

    Scottsdale AZ,

     -Mesa Community College Student Art Show,

     -Phoenix Matsuri Tea Ceremony Booth

 

2010: 

    -Empty Bowls Mesa Community College,

     -Zoni to Zoni Mesa Community College,

      -Mesa Community College  Student Art Show

 

2009: 

    -Zoni to Zoni, Central Arizona College,

     -Dumpster Dive Show, Mesa Community

    College,

      -Mesa Community College Empty Bowls, Mesa Community College

    -Student Art show, Mesa Community College

     -N.C.E.C.A. Student Show Mesa CC Library

published in 

2013 NCECA Catalog 2013, Studio assistant to Susan Beiner for Organic

Disillusion

 

2012 Peterson Jan, Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay 5th edition.

Laurence King, London. 2012.

All images ©2025 by Alecia Zirignon.

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