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aMANDA OUTCALT Amanda Outcalt is an artist living and working in Norfolk, VA. Outcalt received her BFA in painting and metalsmithing from East Carolina University in 2008. Operating under the name Out of Print, Outcalt began a printmaking business in 2015 and sells her work internationally. In addition to being a studio artist she is an educator as well, teaching workshops in different mediums toall ages and instructing elementary art for kindergarten through fifth grade artists |
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andREW DUTCHER Andrew’s pots are made with many ideas |
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Andy denton Andy Denton is a figurative sculptor whose |
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ANGEL RYPKEMA Angel is a full-time Realtor and a part-time Photographer. She loves to take pictures and explore new places. She stays very busy but photography is her escape and keeps her going. |
ANNA SMALL Anna Small is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with a concentration in textiles. Her work is inspired by biodiversity and culture. Through different shibori techniques, surface design, and screen printing she focuses on creating bold colorful wearables and wall hangings to showcase her wildlife obsessions, color theory, and knowledge of art history. Anna’s long term goal is to run her own textile boutique selling home accessories and garments. She is currently working full-time at her art studio at Art 105 and is in the smART program in Kinston, NC. Anna’s work has also been exhibited both locally and regionally. |
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ashlyn hall Ashlyn is a ceramic artist currently residing in New Bern, North Carolina and an alumna of East Carolina University. Her body of work is sculptural, with North Carolina animals comprising the majority of her pieces. She has a great love of biology and tries to encompass some of those elements into her work. She is always exploring new techniques and methods to create unique and personable art. |
bj smith BJ started at East Carolina University as a fine arts major, but soon changed to marketing to follow his dream to create designs for a big ad agency. After spending 20 years in the web design industry and teaching himself essential graphic design software, BJ now creates his art using the skills he learned creating stencils along with his graphic design knowledge. |
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brandon cordrey Brandon Cordrey received his BFA from East Carolina University. He is a studio artist working mainly in mixed media collage in Raleigh, North Carolina. He also manages Flanders Gallery, is the administrative and programming assistant for Arts Access Inc., and teaches painting and drawing at the Pullen Arts Center. |
Brenda hughes Brenda spends her time creating cigar box journals. Each journal is created with love in her home studio and offers wonderful writing papers surrounded by beautifully colored specialty papers, within unique cigar box covers. She offers the journals as a way to honor and celebrate as well as to “write” your own passage. |
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Brett beasley Beasley makes wheel thrown utilitarian pottery |
carolyn buss Carolyn hails from Seattle, WA, but relocated to Greenville, NC in order to experience a different pace of life, and to attend ECU's MFA in Metal Design program. She attended Central Washington University and graduated in 2012 with her BFA in Studio Art. She has worked as an arts administrator and jewelry lab technician |
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catherine spruill Catherine is a native to Falkland, North Carolina, receiving her BFA in Painting from East Carolina University in 1979. She has made Greenville home for 30 years and is employed as a graphic artist at East Carolina. Catherine works mainly in watercolor, but enjoys other media as well. Combining her love of nature and gardening, she studies those plants and animals that inhabit the world and draws inspiration from her own backyard. |
catherine walker Catherine’s images are made to be visually compelling. Each work presents the viewer with an aesthetic unity. Her subject matter is drawn from her life experiences and she paints objects collected and treasured by people from both her past and her present. Catherine aims to present the viewer with something unique but not inaccessible, something elegant and interesting that has a lasting visual appeal. |
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charity hall Charity Hall graduated with her MFA from |
chip shackleford Chip was raised in rural Eastern North Carolina. His art is a fusion of mixed media and Outsider Art. The colorful pieces blend into a colorful pallette. The way he feels about his art is, “What does it do for you and how does it make you feel?”, and is it to be handed down for generations. His pieces have been purchased for private collections throughout the United States. All are one of a kind. |
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cindy reed Cindy, along with her husband and son, have lived in Greenville since 1986. In 2004 she took a pottery class at the local recreation center and immediately knew she had found her passion. She now teaches beginning and intermediate |
dan elliott An instigator. An artist and designer that |
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daniel peoples Daniel earned his BFA in Wood Design from East Carolina University and has applied his art background to custom furniture and cabinets. "Functional art is what brings me the most satisfaction in my work."....."To create something that is useful but also beautiful is my ultimate goal." Daniel can befound working at Tyson Creek Studio in Greenville NC. It is a Greenville NC based furniture studio specializing in handcrafted work. The studio was established in 2002 by Daniel Peoples with the intent of creating an artist environment that would foster design and fabrication of functional art. |
deborah harris Deborah's work is influenced by many factors, |
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erica stankwytch bailey Erica is a native, and now current resident in Fayetteville, NC. Erica attended East Carolina University receiving her BA in Women’s Studies and a BFA in Metal Design. She has begun her career as a full-time metalsmith participating in many craft shows, internationally exhibiting her work, being published, and having her work in permanent collections. |
gary fuquay Gary’s artistic stoneware vessels reflect an interest in natural forms, involving mechanical lines and shapes and the use of earth-tone glazes to enhance his designs. He produces exquisite bowls, platters, mugs, and many other vessels that combine function and beauty to create usable works of art. Currently, Gary resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
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gay smith The movement and soft responsive feel of porcelain clay thrown on a potters wheel is celebrated in the vessels I make. My pots are animated by thoughtful and spontaneous manipulation of their forms, surfaces, and attachments. Handles sweep up and out from bellies and shoulders. Jars raised on feet dance in space. Scale and surfaces appeal to the human hand. In the kiln, flames filled with sodium decorate anticipated edges. I’m looking for my vessels to bring joy with their use and presence, to be good companions for daily living. |
gerard lange Having been trained in sculpture, drawing, |
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gillian parke Gillian was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and grew up in Weymouth, MA. She moved to Durham, NC after receiving her BA in Chemistry from Boston University in 1993. Gillian spent a year at ECU perusing a MFA in Ceramics. She is currently self-employed as a studio potter and works part-time at the Durham VAMC. Her current work combines elements of manufactured porcelain and Japanese pottery, particularly Shigaraki stoneware. |
graham jones Born and raised in the red clay of peidmont |
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harry goodwin Harry is a retired Presbyterian minister residing |
harvey wooten Harvey Sharp Wooten grew up in Kinston |
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heidi white-dibella A native New-Englander, Heidi White-Dibella |
jacob hermmann I hope these pots will encourage moments for quiet contemplation and spending time around the fire with friends. I currently work in Kinston, NC as an artist in the smART Kinston program. |
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jamie kirkpatrick Jamie Kirkpatrick graduated with a Master |
jessica white She grew up in Taiwan where she learned to love storybooks and traditional crafts, and is now a studio artist in Asheville, NC, where she makes prints, books, and crankies. Fancy degrees she holds include a BFA in sculpture from East Carolina University, an MFA and MA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa, a Graduate Certificate in Book Studies from the UIowa Center for the Book, half of a pilot’s license and half of a sailing certificate. |
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jim warren Jim Warren is a local artist and musician who makes his own guitars in his Simpson workshop. He holds a degree from the ECU Industrial Technology Program, and has designed and worked with wood products for |
jonathan bowling Jonathon is a MFA graduate of East Carolina University, where he concentrated his talents in the media of sculpture. He primarily uses found objects, combining them in unique ways that allow him to create sculptural representations of |
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karen warren Karen Warren creates jewelry in both her Greenville home and her cabin on Doe Run Road in Wilkes County. Karen is always looking for new ways to combine beads and found-objects. It is rare that any two pairs of her earrings be alike. |
kathy lyles Living in Winterville, North Carolina. During |
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Kit paulson Kit Paulson received her MFA from Southern |
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kIM BROWN (ANDROID FLESH) |
KYLE REES Kyle Rees is an artist and educator who lives in Yorktown, Indiana. Kyle teaches at Wapahani High School in Selma, Indiana, and enjoys |
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lAUREN ROGERS Lauren Rogers graduated from East Carolina University in 2012 with degrees in Ceramics and Interpersonal and Organizational Communications. Her current body of ceramic work focuses more on tall, elegant, flowing forms intended for visual aesthetic pleasures. She finds much of her inspiration in the strength and movement of bodies of water. Lauren’s artistic interests also include textiles and |
liSETTE FEE Lisette Fee has been designing and making |
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LIZ STEINER Liz Steiner received her MFA in Metal Design |
MADaLYN MCLEOD Madalyn McLeod is a fantasy artist living in the mountains around Asheville, NC. She takes inspiration from nature, folklore and fairy tales to create ethereal paintings using watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and ink. Her work is characterized by flowing line art, femininity, and moody atmosphere. |
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matt amante Matt is a maker who lives in Winterville, NC and teaches at Pitt Community College. He completed his undergraduate studies in Art Education at Western Michigan University and his MFA in Sculpture from ECU in 2010. |
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matt cook Matthew was born in Florida to a military family, settling in North Carolina upon graduation from East Carolina University with a BFA in Graphic Design. Following school, Matt worked as a freelance graphic designer before committing himself full-time to his art. Currently, his work consists of print-making, woodcuts, and acrylic paintings. |
rakia jackson Painter and illustrator working heavily with gouache and acrylic inks, received her BFA in Graphic Design from ECU. Her paintings are representations and reflections from her life experiences, dreams and her focus to live mindfully through the universe and keep peace within herself as well as the elements around her daily. Crystal healing, mindful meditation, |
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raNDY HINSON Painter and illustrator working heavily with gouache and acrylic inks, received her BFA in Graphic Design from ECU. Her paintings are representations and reflections from her life experiences, dreams and her focus to live mindfully through the universe and keep peace within herself as well as the elements around her daily. Crystal healing, mindful meditation, |
renee tripp Renee is an artist, fabricator, metalsmith, sculptor, welder, and teacher who takes great pride in her work and loves making custom creations. She is a local, small tow girl, and a lifetime student of art; earning both her BFA and MFA at East Carolina University. When Renee is not creating exciting new pieces of custom jewelry or fabricating works of art in her studio, she can be found teaching art in the town of Richlands, NC. |
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ronnie harrison Ronnie Harrison lives and works in Greenville with his wife, and is currently employed as an art educator at DH Conley High School. Ronnie worked in the garment industry for 20 years as a designer and pattern maker before returning to school to obtain his BA in Painting from ECU in 2002. He is an active painter and potter, and continues to develop his skills in ceramics at Pitt County Art Council at Emerge and at Dan Finch's Pottery Studio. |
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scott eagle ![]() Scott Eagle is an associate professor and Area Coordinator of Painting and Drawing at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. His artworks have been exhibited and reproduced internationally. Publications featuring his artwork include The Oxford American, The New York Times, the Cleveland Plains Dealer, Wired Magazine, and numerous books. Scott was selected by Creative Quarterly Magazine as one of their top 100 creatives for 2013. He works in a wide variety of medias including digital and is especially interested in the idea of the creative act as thinking through making. |
suzanne morrow Suzanne ha been hand-crafting pottery in eastern North Carolina for almost ten years. After taking a pottery class at her local Park and Recreation center, she fell in love. She’s been working and learning from local master potter, Dan Finch. Most of her work was made in her private studio. She loves to create colorful pieces that are functional for everyday use. |
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VICTORIA SEXTON Victoria, a Kansas City Native, came to the |