• 2013-present Artist, Sculptor

• 2006-present, Sheila Morley Glass Art / Morley Art studlios , Owner / Operator

• 1997-present, Farnell Contracting, Inc. AutoCAD Drafting / Project Management / Lab Furniture Design (Full time from 1997 to 2013. part time Autocad drafting from 2014-present)

• 1994-1997 Michigan State University Department Studio Assistant

• 1995-1996 Main Street gallery, Leland, MI. Sales

  Teaching/ Demonstrations

• 2013-2018 The Michigan glass project sculptural bead making demonstrations 

   

• 2007-2014 Flame working workshops at the studio. 1 or 2 students at a time

• 2013 International Flame conference Panel discussion on Marbles, as we call them Orbs

• 2012 Spring ISGB retreat. Mandrel implosions demonstration at ABR imagery

• 2011 bead making retreat class on landscape beads

• 2010 Murrini Demonstration for Glassact

• 2009 Decal Demonstration for Glassact

• 2008 Making a petal Murrini with Glassact

• 2008-2012 part time bead making Instructor at Dearborn glass academy

Volunteer Positions:

• 2012-The Michigan Glass project, Volunteer, Staff, Visiting Artist, and Vendor

• 2007 GLASSACT, Southeast Michigan glass bead makers guild, Volunteer secretary

• 1994 Artistic sabbatical, Sketch book study in the Western, US (See blog Archives)

  Publications:

• 2015 Spring issue: Flow Magazine. Glass image marble collaboration with Ron Morley

• 2012 Winter issue: Flow MAgazine. Women in glass

• 2010 Winter issue: Flow Magazine. Women in glass

• 2010 January: Glassline magazine, Digital Imagery on Lampwork Glass by Sheila Morley

• 2009 Summer: The Glass Bead, ISGB publication by the ISGB -Sculptural Goddess beads by Jim Kervin

• 2008 Winter issue: Flow Magazine. Women in glass

• 2008 Out of the box travelling exhibition with The International Society of Glass Beadmakers

• 2008 April/May: Glassline Magazine, Making a petal murrini, Article by Sheila Molrey

• 2007 Winter issue: Flow Magazine, Women in Glass

• 2007 Summer issue: Annealer Magazine

• 2007 April/May: Glass Line Magazine, Boogie down Beads! Article by Sheila Morley

 

Exhibitions

 

• 2013 Wheaton Arts Museum Gallery

• 2012 Lawrence Street Gallery Glass art show, Ferndale, Michigan

• 2010 Ariana gallery Glass Month Exhibit and demonstration

• 2009 Ariana gallery Glass Month Exhibit and demonstration

• 2009 Collaboration with Glassact, Convergence

• 2008 Out of the Box traveling exhibition with the ISGB

• 2007-2008 Orchard Lake Fine Arts show

1. 2007 Frantz Art glass Anything goes 3rd place award

• 1998 Kaleidoscopic slide presentation, Lansing. MI

• 1996-1997 Michigan State University Kresge Art Museum

• 1997 Michigan State University Gallery One Dichotomous Duo

Education:

• 1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Michigan State University – Major in Sculpture and Ceramics (Graduated with High Honor)

Continued Education with Masters in Art:

• 2014-2016 Michigan hot glass, Albert Young. Furnace glass continuing class

• 2013 Masters Seminar with Paul Stankard (Philosophy of Art and flame working)

• 2012 Beadmaking Stringer control with JC Herrell

• 2010 – 2012 Independent borosilicate studies with Gideon Rockwood

• 2008 Furnace Glass I with Touch of light Studio in Royal Oak, MI

• 2007 Loren Stump II

• 2007 Andrew Brown Hot and Cold glass

• 2006 Loren Stump I

• 2005 Introduction to glass bead making with Genessee Glassworks

• 2004 Independent Soldering Studies

• 1993 Oil Painting with Tom Parish

Personal Artistic Accomplishments:

• 2014 Decals meet the hot shop!!

• 2007 Decal tests begin, flameworking soft and hard glass

• 2006 Sheila Morley Glass Art (dot com) began

• 2004 Updated my studio to be heated, and used year round

• 1999 Purchased my 1st Studio space

• 1997 Built the room of beads with hundreds of beads made out clay

• 1996 Cast a 30″ tall hollow bronze figure sculpture

• 1994 Applied and was accepted into CCS, Fine arts~ College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan

Museum’s:

• Bead Museum, Arizona, USA 2007

• Bead Museum, Canada 2007