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Andy McKenzie
Robyn Scott
Sarah Ann Austin
Elizabeth Tfrefney
Andy McKenzie
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Andy MacKenzie
Andy is currently the Studio Manager at the Sertoma Arts Center and its sister site the Pullen Arts Center. He graduated with an MFA from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, and has been an ceramic educator for the past 30 years. He began working on the potters wheel during his freshman year of college and has been addicted to the process of creating work this way ever since. He specializes in the difficult process of crystalline glazes on fine porcelain.
Artist Statement
While working with crystalline glazes can be frustrating and challenging, I enjoy the loss of control. Each firing, the pots are offered up to the kiln gods and sometimes they smile on the work and the crystals grow in interesting ways across the forms. I find that I am so eager to look into a cooling kiln to see what might have occurred that I risk being singed by the heat of the firing. Each firing is a risk and I like that I don't have complete control over the results.
Robyn Scott
Wall Case
Robyn Scott
Scott discovered her love of art at a young age and continued to study art through college. She has an MA in Fine Arts from The Winchester School of Art in the UK. She is also a former elementary and middle school art teacher and visual artist living in Durham. She works in acrylics, fibers, pen and ink, and mixed media.
Sarah Ann Austin
Hall Gallery
Sarah Ann Austin
Sarah Ann, born in Flint, Michigan, received a BFA in Visual Communications and Studio Art from The University of Michigan and a MFA in Studio Art focusing in All forms of Photography, Sculpture, and Papermaking at the University of Alabama. She has taught at universities and community centers since 2012 and has exhibited her Art in various group and solo exhibitions throughout nationally including: the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Flint Institute of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, Oklahoma Museum of Modern Art, Gadsden Museum of Art, Bradley University, Un. of Michigan to name a few. Sarah Ann has received grants and fellowships from Ohio Arts council, FotoFocus, Society for Photographic education, AL Arts council, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, Greater Flints Arts Council, United Arts Council and more.
Sarah Ann Austin makes historical photographic prints on her hand-crafted cotton rag, abaca, and kozo papers. Sarah Ann’s technical and historical knowledge of traditional crafts is used in her everyday practice creating paper, prints, brushes, installations, and art objects that wonderfully capture the depth and many uses of natural resources.
www.SarahAnnAustin.com | Instagram @legacyprintsandpaper
Raleigh Room
Elizabeth Trefney
Elizabeth (EJ) Trefney is a Raleigh-based multimedia artist specializing in pencil drawings, photography, and cyanotypes. Her experiences leading arts-based healing activities in a hospital setting and involvement in public health advocacy keep caregiving at the center of her life as an artist and research professional. Her pieces have been featured in the Greenville Museum of Art, Peel Gallery, and Frank Gallery. She currently lives in North Carolina after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 with degrees in Health Policy and Management (BSPH) and Studio Art (BA).
Trefney's installation is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Raleigh Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
