Old Growth: 2022-2023 Arrowmont Artists in Residence
November 4-26, 2022
Old Growth: 2022-2023 Arrowmont Artists in Residence
Opening reception: Friday, November 4, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Closed Wed-Fri Nov 23-25, re-opening Sat Nov 26
Old Growth features work by Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts’ current Artists-in-Residence: Yael Braha, Megan Koeppel, Anela Ming-Yue Oh, Jada Patterson, and Tyler Quintin. The Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program, started in 1991, provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to develop new work and be an active part of the Arrowmont community. Each year, five artists are selected to participate in the eleven-month program, which begins mid-June and continues through late May of the following year. Residents receive a monthly stipend, housing and meals, and a private studio as well as exhibition opportunities, teaching experience, and professional development. The program encourages applications from early career artists who embrace community, are highly self-motivated and enjoy working in a team environment.
Old-Growth includes work made during the artists’ residencies alongside previously-made works which provides a chronological thread through each artist’s creative development and exploration. Each artist works contemporarily, yet all are inspired by centuries of craft traditions, and take inspiration from the natural world. The artists’ studios are located in the heart of the Smoky Mountains where they are supported by a craft school that is over 100 years old, and a verdant forest that is over 200 million years old. Both environments inspire the artists’ content, methods and materiality.
“But as always, I take my guidance from the forests, who teach us something about change… Eventually the old forest is disrupted and replaced by the understory, by the buried seedbank that has been readying itself for this moment of transformation and renewal.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer
+ Working at the intersection of craft, art, and multimedia, Yael Braha creates functional, sculptural and installation ceramic work. She received her BA from the European Institute of Design in Rome, and her MFA from San Francisco State University. Instagram @yaelbraha.ceramics and https://www.ceramics.yaelbraha.com – download statement/bio
+ Megan Koeppel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a quilter and textile artist with a background in painting, exhibition installation, and gallery administration. She earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she studied fine art and curatorial practices. https://www.meganclairekoeppel.com and Instagram @megankoeppel – download bio/statement
+ Anela Ming-Yue Oh is a multidisciplinary artist with a BFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She uses materials that have a life of their own such as clay, paper, and fiber to feed her studio practice and create environments full of color and texture. https://anelaoh.com/ and Instagram @turmericandclay – download artist statement/bio
+ Jada Patterson is an artist and gallerist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Art History. Her studio practice is multi-disciplinary as she makes work primarily in clay and beeswax. https://www.jadapatterson.com/ and Instagram @color.andshape – download bio/statement
+ Tyler Quintin completed residencies at the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL and the Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, MN. He received a BFA from Washburn University where he worked across a variety of mediums, eventually transitioning from drawing to ceramics. https://tylerquintin.com and Instagram @tyler_quintin_arts – download Curriculum Vitae – download bio