Winter 2016 - 2017
Week 1
I was awarded a three week residency to the Red Lodge Clay Center over the winter break of 2016-2017. My residency was funded through a Faculty Research Scholarship Award through UT Tyler. Thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible!!!
We arrived in Red Lodge, Montana on Sunday, December 18, 2016. What a beautiful town! We settled into our digs above the RLCC Gallery in downtown Red Lodge. The folks at RLCC have made Cody, Wren, and I feel so welcomed! I am so excited to be here!
We arrived in Red Lodge, Montana on Sunday, December 18, 2016. What a beautiful town! We settled into our digs above the RLCC Gallery in downtown Red Lodge. The folks at RLCC have made Cody, Wren, and I feel so welcomed! I am so excited to be here!
Our view as we arrived at Red Lodge, MT. |
My fellow short-term residents are Brooke Armstrong, Holly Thompson, and Jared Peterson. The long-term residents are Allison Chochran, Matt Fiske, Raven Halfmoon, Joyce St. Clair Voltz, and Lars Voltz. I am so excited for the opportunity to focus on working in the studio for the next three weeks!
RLCC Short-Term Residency Wing |
view from the studio window |
Rock Creek, which runs just behind the studio. |
Week 2
Woke up to a snowy Christmas!!! Spent the day with my family then ventured out in the snow for an amazing pot luck dinner with all of the residents who are here at the Red House.
Have been busy in the studio working on components to new sculptures and new cliff cups and mountain cups. Below is a sneak peak of the work-in-progress.
Week 3
The family has gone home and I am finishing up everything this week. New Year's Day is snowy and quiet in the studio. A herd of deer were moving through the woods behind the studio while I ate my lunch!
Loading and unloading my final kilns. I've ended up with over 20 sculptural cup forms and components for about 10-12 sculptures! Spent the last day packing seven boxes of work to ship home, whew!
Beautiful sky on my last day in Red Lodge! Thank you to the amazing folks at Red Lodge Clay Center. I am so grateful to have been able to spend time here and get to know everyone. I can't wait to come back!!!