Art(s) on the Air with Jessica Broad

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Jessica Broad, a ceramic artist, professor, and Savannah Clay Community organizer.   Jessica Broad is an artist living and working in Savannah, GA. Her art explores the sculptural and functional potentials of clay, and sometimes other media. She received a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1996 and her M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 2003. She has completed residencies at the Vermont Clay Studio and the Baltimore Clayworks where she received the Lormina Salter fellowship. She was honored with the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts in 2006. She was featured as an emerging artist in the May 2006 issue of Ceramics Monthly, her work has also been published in countless books and magazines, and she's received countless awards and accolades. Jessica has been teaching ceramics since 2001, she is currently a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the director/coordinator of the Savannah Clay Community.   Broad is a guest artist in the upcoming show "Fur - Feathers - Familiars: A Ceramic Exhibition Commemorating the Animal Kingdom" at Ology Gallery, located at 415 Bonaventure Rd., Unit 3 (around back), in Thunderbolt.    The show runs Saturday, August 8th through Saturday, September 12th. Join us at the Opening Reception on Saturday, August 8th, from 5:30PM - 8PM, and/or the Closing Reception on Saturday, September 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM.       Learn more about Jessica Broad here: https://www.jessicabroadceramics.com/index.html https://www.savannahclaycommunity.com/jessica-broad.html https://www.scad.edu/academics/faculty/jessica-broad https://www.instagram.com/jessicabroadceramics/     Learn more about the upcoming show at Ology here: https://www.ologygallery.com/furfeathersfamiliars https://www.instagram.com/ologygallery/?hl=en