Matthew Armbrust's MFA Exhibition

A CWU MFA show from 2014.

Matthew Armbrust's exhibition had fantastic interaction with the audience. And great cello too!

Recent CWU student work from the las few years

These two pieces are recent work of a Dylan Dean's who was a wonderful and dedicated student at UNCP. He is presently now in graduate school.

This piece of Julie Elkins was made in my Intermediate Ceramics class, it was her first large scale coil piece. She was to be working with landscape and was influenced by Jack Earl.

Here are some new pieces of Julie's.

Fiona Ross was another MFA student from VCU. While I was teaching there I was on her thesis committee and worked closely with her for two years. She primarily was firing dry raw materials into molds made from bisque ware and bricks. Presently her main work includes both drawings and sculpture. Here is her website address. 

http://www.fionaross.net/

Andrea Bergman was a student of mine at North Central Michigan College. 

This is an installation Rachel Oke did for her senior show at UNCP.

Rachel Oke, a dedicated ceramic student taking the night shift on the Train.  Rachel not only became a responsible fire chief she also helped build the kiln and did her Honors Thesis on the kiln building and first firing. 

Shelly Romero is an advanced student of mine at UNCP.

She is presently getting her portfolio together and looking to apply to grad school.

A BFA student at VCU while I taught there Brooke Hine. She was a dedicated artist who stayed on to get her MFA. This is recent work of Brooke's. Her is a website address to her installations and other ceramics.  http://www.brookehine.com/

These are two other view of Keith's Piece. One more in progress and one installed.

Student Keith Anderson working on a piece for his senior show. Keith mainly focused in printmaking but was a wonderful student of mine at UNCP.  Presently he resides in Utah and is looking for a graduate school.

These are exhibition shots of Austin's Senior Show at UNCP.

He used the slump molding process for many of his pieces. The arm piece is a good example of that technique. 

This is another example of Austin's work he produced at UNCP.

Austin worked with the figure with me at University of North carolina Pembroke and is now a graduate student in sculpture at ECU.

This is a screen shot of Susan's new work featured on The Washington Post Holiday Guide.

Susan has taken a more commercial approach and is doing well. Her work was just featured on the Washington Posts page. 

Scott is a professor in ceramics outside of Nashville TN.

This is a newer piece of Sandra's. Also a new Name (Sandra farmer) and a new Baby! 

Sandra is another student who has advance far beyond this work and is presently in Seattle working figuratively and actively pursuing a graduate school. 

I wanted to include a student of mine at North Central Michigan College who was an intro student and who later went on to get her BFA and is now looking for a graduate school. Mentorship is a continual process for me and I am working with her now to get into a good grad school. These pieces are the first pieces she made in clay.  

These are a few more examples of Lisa's work.

Both potters here were students of mine while I taught at North Central Michigan College. They both continue to make pots.

This is the work of Julie Elkins. Julie was an intro through advanced student of mine at VCU. She resides in richmond Virginia and is a full-time artist. 

This is the work of Jill Bell who was a graduate student at VCU while I taught there. She presently resides in NYC and has continued with her figurative work. She has been in many national shows and sells her work at galleries around the east cost.

This is more work of Jeff Talor that he created at VCU.

Jeff Taylor was an advanced student of mine at VCU. This work was reflective of the work he did in a mold making class I was teaching. Presently Jeff resides in North Carolina and is an arts administrator. 

Adam Welch was a graduate student  at VCU while I was teaching there and has continued on to be an incredible writer on contemporary issues in art and also is the Director of Greenwich House Pottery in NYC. Here is his personal website where much of his writing can be found. http://www.adam-welch.com/

Rebecca Murtaugh is a Professor at Hamilton College and here her personal website.

http://homepage.mac.com/rebeccamurtaugh/rebeccamurtaugh/index.htm

Hyoinn Kim is also still a ceramic artists and they were both graduate students at VCU while I was teaching there. Both have incredible insight into art and have amazing work ethics.  It was an honor to be a part of their graduate careers.