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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Group Exhibition, Figuratively Speaking III, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2023
Group Exhibition, Material Mugs VIII, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Group Exhibition, Last Call VIII, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2022
Group Exhibition, Welcome To My World: Ceramics With Narrative, The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK
Group Exhibition, Material Mugs VII , Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Group Exhibition, Welcome To My World: Ceramics With Narrative, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK
Group Exhibition, Figuratively Speaking II , Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2021
Group Exhibition, Welcome To My World: Ceramics With Narrative, The Burton at Bideford, Bideford, UK
Solo Exhibition, Carlynne Ceramics, D.S. & DURGA, Brooklyn & New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Annual Invitational Cup Show & Winter Warmers Benefit, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2020
Group Exhibition, Cup: The Intimate Object XVI, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
Solo Exhibition, mis•perception of the black female, Artshack Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Group Exhibition, Liberal Arts: Selected Works, Flood Plain Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibition, Negritude or Attitude: Redefining the Natural Armors of Black Women, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
Group Exhibition, Annual Juried Student Exhibition (Guest Juror: Cora Lynn Deibler), Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
Group Exhibition, Celebrating Women of Color, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2017
Group Exhibition, Annual Juried Student Exhibition (Guest Juror: Rafael E. Vera), Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
Group Exhibition, Gallery 104 Exhibition, Gallery 104, Kirksville, MO
Group Exhibition, 6X6NW, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Shoreline, WA
RESIDENCIES & COMMISSIONS
2024
Socrates Park 2024 Fellowship, Socrates Park, New York, NY
2023
Pocoapoco Residency, Pocoapoco, Oaxaca, MX
2022
Queen City by Nekisha Durrett, Queen City Vessels Residency & Commission, Met Park, Arlington, VA
2020
Lena Horne Prize for Artists Celebrating Social Impact, Awardee: Solange Knowles, The Town Hall, New York, NY
2019
Condo Residence Design, 233 Eighteenth x Gasworks, Brooklyn, NY
2018
The Prodigal Son (set prop), Fox Broadcasting Company, New York, NY
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection, Captive Adornment Series, Clay By the Bay, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Collection, Queen City Vessels, Queen City, Met Park, Arlington, VA
SELECTED PRESS
2021
Dominique Pariso, “30 Ceramic Pieces From Black Artisans and Black-Owned Businesses”, New York Magazine, The Strategist, October 2021
Nick Duxbury, “Welcome to My World: Ceramics With Narrative”, Exhibition Catalog, July 2021
Mariah Phillips, “Nala Turner on 3D Animation for Youth and Creative Arts Therapy,” Ed Gap Evolution, July 2021
Nina Del Rio, “Nala Turner from The Animation Project,” iHeart Radio 106.7 FM Lite - Get Connected, July 2021
Dr. Bob Lee, “Nala Turner from The Animation Project,” BronxNet TV - OPEN, July 2021
Zawadi Morris, “BKLYN Sauce: Nala C. Turner”, The Brooklyn Reader, March 2021
Nick Duxbury, “Srinia Chowdhury, Katy Stubbs and Nala Turner: femininity and strength”, Welcome To My World Blog, March 2021
Paul Blais, “Clay is Medicine | Nala Turner | Episode 708”, The Potters Cast, February 2021
2020
Stacey Filé, “Nala Turner: Redefining Black Femininity”, ColorBloc Magazine, December 2020
Allison Meier, “Pratt Alumna & Student Design First Ever Lena Horne Prize Honoring Solange Knowles’ Social Impact”, Pratt Institute News, Brooklyn, NY, March 2020
2019
Sarah Griesbach, “The Courage to Push Through”, All the Art, St. Louis, MO, March 2019
Jorie Jacobi, “‘Liberal Arts’ Show Opens at Flood Plain Gallery on Cherokee Street This Month”, ALIVE Magazine, St. Louis, MO, October 2019
EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & GRANT WRITING WORK
THE ANIMATION PROJECT | New York , NY
Development & Data Impact Manager, July 2022 - present
Program Development Manager, July 2021 - July 2022
Clinical Program Associate, June 2020 - July 2021
ARTSHACK BROOKLYN | Brooklyn , NY
Community Programs & Development Coordinator, July 2020– September 2022
THE TOWN HALL X SPARK IMPACT | New York, NY
Curriculum Developer, September 2021 - August 2022
ART EDUCATIONAL & ART THERAPY WORK
THE GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE | New York, NY
Independent Creative Arts Therapist, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC, October 2022 - present
ARTSHACK BROOKLYN | BROOKLYN , NY
Youth Programs & Adult Programs Educator, July 2018– present
Studio Manager, July 2019-July 2021
THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | New York, NY
Youth & Family Programs Educator , March 2019 - March 2020
THE ANIMATION PROJECT | New York, NY
Creative Arts Therapist, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC, September 2019 - present
MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY | New York, NY
Creative Arts Therapy Intern, September 2018 - May 2019
ST. PATRICKS CENTER, CLIENT CHILD CENTER | St. Louis, MO
Art Therapy Intern, May 2016 - July 2016
LECTURES & VISITS
Crayola ®, Creative Spa for Teachers: Calming Clay, Visiting Creative Arts Therapist/Lecturer, September 2022
POT LA, Exploring Clay & Body, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, January 2022
POT LA, Transforming Clay & Body, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, January 2022
New York Children’s International Film Festival Industry Forum, A Solid Foundation: Funding Kid’s Media, Panelist, June 2021
Gasworks NYC, Women in Clay III, Visiting Artist Lecturer, February 2021
Gasworks NYC, Women in Clay II, Visiting Artist Lecturer, October 2020
Gasworks NYC, Healing with Handbuilding, Visiting Artist Artist/Creative Art Therapist, June – July 2020
Whitney Museum of American Art, Department of Education, Visiting Art Therapy Lecturer, January 2020
Artshack Brooklyn, Community Day, Visiting Artist Instructor, May 2019
PUBLICATIONS
Turner, N. (2020). Do Expressive Activities Improve Mood and Subjective Well-being?. McNair Scholarly Review.
AWARDS & GRANTS
Intro To Wheel for POC Teens (Artshack Brooklyn), Anonymous Funder, Brooklyn, NY,
June 2021AATA, Laura Greenstone Memorial Scholarship, October 2019
ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
American Art Therapy Association (AATA), Student Member, 2015 - present
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Member, 2016-
present
Phi Beta Kappa, Oldest National Academic Honor Socety in the Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Member, 2018 - present
EDUCATION
MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development , Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA in Ceramics & BA Psychology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO