Andrea Gill Ceramics

Andrea gill received her bfa from the rhode island school of design and her mfa from the new york college of ceramics at alfred university in 1976 she s been teaching at alfred since 1984 gill has won fellowships from the national endowment for the arts and the new york foundation for the arts as well as the ohio arts council.

Andrea gill ceramics. He began his teaching career at the rhode island school of design in 1975 leaving in 1977 to teach for a year at colorado state university in fort collins colorado. Both john and andrea gill won awards at the young americans exhibition in 1978 and were. Beatrice wood american 1893 1998. The thrust of her work is more preoccupied with the decorative than functional which liberates the scale of her works and scope of her designs.

Andrea gill 1948 andrea gill was first introduced to ceramics in high school in bethesda maryland. Andrea gill is a professor of ceramic art at alfred university s school of art and design. Jul 17 2017 explore deitra blackwell s board andrea gill followed by 163 people on pinterest. Often using hand cut ste.

Andrea gill american born 1948 illusionary flight. Kansas city art institute and alfred university mfa ceramic art 1976. Born in newark new jersey in 1948 gill studied at the rhode island school of design bfa painting 1971. She continued to pursue ceramics and painting.

The art institute at that time was probably one of the strongest ceramics programs in the country she says. Antonio prieto american born spain 1912 1967 bottle. Aug 13 2014 explore contemporary ceramic artists s board andrea gill followed by 377 people on pinterest. Gill creates functional vases that are decorative and sculptural.

Andrea gill is a ceramic artist and former professor for alfred university. Detailed imagery and patterning is an ever present feature of her ceramics which she successfully integrates into her. Andrea gill 2014 andrea gill believes that ceramics is the ideal media to combine surface color and three dimensional form. Gill earned a bfa in painting from rhode island school of design in 1971 and after a serendipitous job working for a potter went on to study ceramics at the kansas city art institute.

Fellow ceramics student andrea gray and they were married in 1975. She won a competition with one of her pieces and the prize was a scholarship to a summer program at corcoran school of art in washington d c. See more ideas about ceramics ceramic art ceramic sculpture.