Catharine Magel has a distinguised career as a studio artist spanning over 30 years of national exhibitions in museums and galleries. Her work is in many permanent international collections, including the Het Kruithuis Museum in s'-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, and the American Ceramic Museum in Fuping, China. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship grant and a Connecticut Commision of the Arts Fellowship grant. Catharine received her Masters in Fine Arts from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, and is certified in Community Arts Training (CAT) from the Regional Arts Commission's CAT Institute in St. Louis.