Agape Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

Big Muddy Juried Ceramics Exhibition Clarke College Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA

Silent Conversations Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Earth/Fire: Expressions in Clay Boileau Hall of St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

1830° F: Contemporary Expressions in Clay Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL

Silent Conversations Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Salt and Pepper Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

Invitational Salon of Small Works New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Edwardsville Arts Center Invitational Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL

Feats of Clay XX Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA

Small Favors The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Hand Held Drinking Vessels Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
 

Tooth & Claw: An Ark of Animals Re-Imagined Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

Alive Inside: the Lure and Lore of the Sideshow Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN

Bluegrass Clay National Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

Mastery in Clay 2006 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

ARTEAST Studio Tour Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

Melody Ellis: Figurative Ceramics Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Portraits/Traits: Representations and Impressions Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ

The Art of the Doll Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, WI

One Square Foot Clay Squared to Infinity, Minneapolis, MN

Small Works Invitational Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

Dog Days of Summer Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, MI

Just a Head: a Survey of Ceramic Heads Bloch Hall Gallery, Calera, AL

La Mesa Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Portland, OR

5th Annual Sul Ross State Ceramic Invitational Francois Fine Arts Gallery, Alpine, TX

Watershed 20th Anniversary Exhibition Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
 

Day of the Dead Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

Beyond Dolls Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

Material Attraction - Diverse Reactions  Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL

Mastery In Clay 2005 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Body Language: The Figure in Clay  Lucinda Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Tyler Ceramics Past and Present   Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

ArtEast Studio Tour Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

The Clay Studio:  Thirty Years of Excellence  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
 

Our Cups Runneth Over  Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

30th Anniversary Auction The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

15th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition  San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. 

Materials: Hard & Soft  Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX

ArtEast Studio Tour  Open Studio, Edwardsville, IL
 

Artists Invite Artists  Morris University Center Gallery, Edwardsville, IL. 

Mastery in Clay  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.

Mighty Midwest Biennial 2003 New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI

Crafts National 2003 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Domesticated Animals Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA

SOFA New York  Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY.  Represented by Finer Things Gallery

The Word Made Clay: Ceramics in its Own (W)rite Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

Women Playing with Fire Texas Women's University Art Gallery, Denton, TX

Fun & Games: A Playful Look at Fine Craft Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA

ArtEast Studio Tour Open Studio, Edwardsville, IL
 

21st Century Tiles: From Earth to Fire Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN

Our Cups Runneth Over Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

Earthbound: Ceramics by Matt Wilt & Melody Ellis Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN

Mastery in Clay: New Work The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Pushing Clay University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, ME

Elit-Tile 2002 Talleres Igneri, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

SOFA New York  Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY.  Represented by Finer Things Gallery
 

Figurative Differences University of Texas Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Victoria College Ceramic Invitational Victoria College Gallery, Victoria, TX

33rd Annual Celebration of American Crafts  Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. 

Le Grande Buffet  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. 

Emerging Artists of the U.S. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT

SOFA Chicago  Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.  Represented by Finer Things Gallery

Melody Ellis & Matt Wilt: New Work Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX

New Blood: 8 New Artists from the U.S. & Canada Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN

Invitational Salon of Small Works  New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA. 

Two Views of the Cup Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT

Viewpoint: Ceramics 2001 Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA

Attachments 2001  Houston Potters' Guild, Houston, TX. 
 

3rd International Open Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Exhibition 2000 Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY

32nd Annual Celebration of American Crafts  Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. 

Couplets: Duality in Clay The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Texas Women in the Arts Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, TX

Figure & Form Art Spaces, California, MD

2000 Art Craft Juried Competition Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

Featured Shop Artist  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.  Invited artist

Three Rivers Juried Visual Arts Exhibition  PPG Wintergarden, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Attachments 2000  Fort Concho Museum, San Angelo, TX.  People's Choice award

Autobiography Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
 

Attachments Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX

Walrus Talk  Knights Gallery, Palmerton, PA. 

Yeiser '99 Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

31st Annual Celebration of American Crafts  Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. 

Little Buffalo Juried Art Exhibit Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA

Form '99 The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO

The Art of Pouring The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Invitational Salon of Small Works  New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA. 

Three Rivers Juried Visual Arts Exhibition  PPG Wintergarden, Pittsburgh, PA. 
 

La Petite VI Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR

Mid-Atlantic Contemporary Tile Exhibition The Philadelpia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

On the Fringe  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. 

Tiles The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Artists Honor James Colavita  River Run Gallery, Lambertville, NJ. 
 

Philadelphia Clay Conney M. Kimbo Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Lotsa Clay VII  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. 

Made at the Clay Studio  Cheltenham Center for the Arts,  Cheltenham, PA. 

Just Clay Show of Hands Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Lotsa Clay VI  The Clay Studio,  Philadelphia, PA. 
 

Moravian Pottery & Tileworks Apprentice Exhibit Courthouse, Doylestown, PA

Staff writer.  "Gallery Exhibit Proves Small Works".  On the Edge (August 3, 2006), p.14

Staff writer.  "Melody Ellis".  Ceramics Monthly (May 2006), p.20

Staff writer.  "Interpretations of the Portrait at Harrison Street Gallery".  Nouveau (January 2006), p.31

Staff writer.  "Portraits at Harrison Street".  Bucks County Herald (January 5, 2006), p.20

Staff writer.  "Portraits/Traits at Harrison Street Gallery".  Primetime A & E (January 5, 2006), p.37
 

McCauley, Mary Carole.  "Ceramics Central".  Baltimore Sun (February 17, 2005), p. 15T

Staff writer.  "Body Language:  The Figure in Clay".  Ceramics Monthly (February 2005), p. 18
 

Staff writer.  "San Angelo National Competition."  Ceramics Monthly (October 2004), p.44

Gunter, Veronica.  500 Figures in Clay,  Lark Books (2004), p.312-313

Bennington, Vicki.  "Artistville."  Alton Telegraph (October 2004), p.B1 & B3

Staff writer.  "Our Cups Runneth Over."  Clay Times (November/December 2004), p.24

Johnson, Patricia C.  "Works Show Eye Appeal, Speak Volumes About Culture."  Houston Chronicle (July 26, 2003), p.18D

Staff writer.  "Exhibition of Figurative Sculpture in Texas."  Ceramics Monthly (December 2003), p.20

DeBruin, Mararet Pace.  "Our Cups Runneth Over:  Functional & Sculptural Ceramic Cups."  Clay Times (January/February 2003), p.32

DeBruin, Margaret Pace.  "Our Cups Runneth Over."  The Craft Digest (December 2002), p.10

Staff writer.  "Art is Busting Out All Over."  Daily News online (March 1, 2002), p.1  <http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/2002/03/01/living/2769388.htm>

Tennant, Donna.  "Matt Wilt and Melody Ellis: New Work."  ArtLies Magazine (Fall 2001), p.76

Staff writer.  "Gallery." American Craft Magazine (December 2001/ January 2002),  p.81

Staff writer.  "Art Around Town".  The Alexandria Gazette (October 11, 2001), p.24

Colby, Joy Hakanson.  "Galleries and More."  The Detroit News (July 8, 2000), p.25

Hazlehurst, John.  "Shape Shifters."  The Independent Weekly (August 5-11, 1999), p.29

Lincoln Arts & Cultural Center, Lincoln, CA. Purchase Award

Ceramic Museum of the Caribbean (MUCEAC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, NM.  Private collection

Karen Halenda,  Gilbertsville, PA.  Private commission

Paul Sheriff & Nancy Singer,  Philadelphia, PA.  Private commission

Rohm & Haas Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA.  Purchase Award
 

Visiting Artist BFA Seminar, "Artist Residencies", Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
 

Co-curator Material Attraction - Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
 

Slide lecture and tile mosaic demonstration

Juror  Texas Art Education Association's Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE),  Region VI,  Conroe, TX

Portfolio critiques with high school honors art students

Visiting Artist  Girl Scout Cadet Troop 8124,  Huntsville, TX

Community outreach:  lecture, demonstration and group project,  "Careers in the Arts"

Visiting Artist  George Strake Region Boy Scouts,  Sam Houston State University,  Huntsville, TX

"Merit Badge University",  demonstration and group project for Art merit badge

Low-fire surfaces presentation
 

Portfolio critiques with local high school students
 

Visiting Artist  Beginning Ceramics,  Sam Houston State University,  Huntsville, TX

Slide lecture and tile mosaic demonstration
 

Claymobile Community Outreach Program

Apprentice  The Fabric Workshop & Museum,  Philadelphia, PA

Commission Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance (MANNA),  Philadelphia, PA

Designed, fabricated and installed 7' x 40' tile mosaic with four other artists.  Fundraising effort

Teaching Assistant  Summer Community Class,  Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts,  Newcastle, ME

Visiting Artist  Senior Ceramics & Glass Seminar,  Tyler School of Art,  Elkins Park, PA

Slide lecture and panelist:  "Life After Art School"

Coordinator Moravian Pottery & Tileworks Apprentice Exhibit, Doylestown Courthouse, Doylestown, PA

Visiting Artist  Boyertown Junior High School,  Boyertown, PA

After-school workshop leading Crafts Club students to create and install a tile mosaic in their school

Instructor  Boyertown Junior High School,  Boyertown, PA

Conducted pit-firing weekend workshop with Ceramics students

Planned and implemented summer art projects at three local playgrounds

Second Place Award  Yeiser '99,  Yeiser Art Center,  Paducah, KY

President's Scholar  Tyler School of Art,  Elkins Park, PA

Dean's Merit Scholarship  Tyler School of Art,  Elkins Park, PA