Current Residents Fall 2011
Eva Champagne
Eva grew up in Hong Kong, one of the great cultural melting pots of the
world. She has traveled, studied and made work in Asia, Africa, Europe,
the Caribbean, and North and Central America. She received her B.A. in
Studio Art from Humboldt State University and completed Post-Baccalaureate
study at the University of Florida. In May 2009 she earned her M.F.A. from
the University of Montana-Missoula. Since then, she has been a resident
artist at AIR Vallauris in France and the cook at a fishing lodge in
Alaska, a long term resident at Red Lodge Clay Center, and is currently a
long term resident at The Clay Studio of Missoula. In February 2011, she
departs once again for Europe to participate in the 6 week long Project
Network symposium at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center
in Denmark. Her peripatetic existence continually offers her proof of
what Emerson called, “the Unity of Cause, the variety of appearance.”www.eva-champagne.com
Perry Haas
Perry has been working in ceramics since 2003. He holds a BFA in ceramics from Utah State University. Ceramics has taken him to China and Korea, where he spent his time studying their unique ceramics history and processes. His work consists of functional woodfired ceramics and he is now the Woodfire Resident at the Clay studio of Missoula.
I have developed my forms by the influence of human shapes and inspiration of the nature that surrounds me. Both function and form is deeply considered while choosing to fire my work in an atmospheric wood firing process. The firing method of wood kilns has captured my interest because of its ability to record the symbolic elements of the fire and clay relationship. A minimalist approach to the glazing process allows the ware to form a reflection of textured skin, a combination between humanity and the movement of the landscape.
www.perryhaasceramics.com
Alison Reintjes
Alison received a BFA at Northern Michigan University and was an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation from 2001 to 2003. Since then she has participated in numerous exhibitions and residencies around the country. She moved to Missoula over a year ago, and started her residency here at the Clay Studio in October 2010. Her work exists both as ceramic wall tiles and simple dishes - geometric polygon vessels that lend themselves to natural groupings in the way each form fits the next.
Tai Rogers
Tai Rogers started his residency at Clay Studio of Missoula in September 2011. He completed a post-baccalaureate position at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2011). Tai is originally from the southeastern USA, and has a BA in Visual Arts from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL (2001). In the years between, he volunteered for both AmeriCorps and the US Peace Corps. He has live in the west, specifically Colorado, for several years working as a wild-land fire fighter for the US Forest Service.
Lilly Zuckerman
Lilly Zuckerman was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in rural Greensburg, PA with rescued horses, geese, chickens, dogs, and cats. It has been said that "she enjoys being a rare combination of country girl and city slicker; comfortable in both the barn yard and Soho". She received her BFA in Ceramics with an Art History minor from The Pennsylvania State University in 2010. While at Penn State she was funded to conduct research in Morocco about contemporary ceramics for the Matson Anthropology Museum. In the past she received a grant to attend Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts in Maine and has been a studio assistant at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee. She is has recently completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, The Anderson Ranch, and is currently at The Clay Studio of Missoula.
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