Paul Briggs | An Examined Art Practice
VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK
Join Paul as he discusses his ongoing creative practice in relation to the impact of personal, community and social influences.
Paul says “I have a meditative practice. Therefore, my work often explores the inner resources individuals and communities develop in order to maintain equanimity in the face of failing personal supports and demoralizing social systems. I often work across mediums but I'm presently focusing on ceramic sculpture.”
*This webinar was originally aired November 9th, 2020, 7 - 8 PM Eastern Time via Zoom.
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Paul Briggs
is presently an Associate Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Director of the historic Saturday Studios Program. He completed his PhD at the Pennsylvania State University and his MFA at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. He studies art making as spiritual practice, visual culture and representation in the classroom, and the place of the vessel in contemporary ceramic art. Paul started teaching art at summer camp when he was 19 years of age. Since then, he has taught K-12 Art in public and independent schools and at the university level. Paul has also taught AP Art, and been an AP Reader for the College Board and an AP Reader Instructor. Paul was an assistant professor of Art and Art History at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. There he taught Ceramics, Art Making as Spiritual Practice, and Art Education. Paul lives in Lawrence, MA with his partner, Hope, spending evenings discussing sculpture, sewing and quilting, art, life and how far away their three children live.
See Paul Brigg’s works in our past online exhibition: Concepts In Clay: Artists of Color