Location: 600 South Kings Drive (Little Sugar Creek Greenway) by the large circular fountain
Schedule:
May 4, 2019
11:00am – 6:00pm Désirée Petty (Ceramicist; live wheelthrowing demo)
11:00am – 6:00pm Allison Luce (Painter, sculptor, printmaker).
May 5, 2019
12:00pm – 5:00pm Désirée Petty (Ceramicist)
12:00pm – 5:00pm Allison Luce (Painter, sculptor, printmaker).
What is “Meet the Artist”?
Kings Drive Art Walk is inviting friends of the festival to share their art during the Festival. This will be an opportunity for festival goers to learn and see the work and excitement that goes into each piece of art or note of music created.
Presented by Lexicon Gallery
The mission of Lexicon Gallery is to encourage a broader swath of people to feel comfortable buying art, and to help under-represented artists become more appreciated. Representing progressive local / regional, as well as West Coast contemporary talents, Lexicon Gallery proudly launches in Historic Plaza Midwood this Fall.
Desiree Petty
Marks, Porcelain vessels Ridge & Marks, Porcelain stacked place setting
Désirée Petty Bio:
Désirée Petty is an award-winning ceramicist whose exhibition history includes the LUX Center for Arts in Nebraska, the Worcester Center for Crafts in Massachusetts, Arts Worcester in Massachusetts, Savanah Clay in Georgia, The Blue Line Arts in California, a solo exhibition entitled “Marks” at CPCC’s Pease Gallery, and the GreenHill Center for NC Art. In 2017 her work was juried by Linda Arbuckle and accepted into a Cup Show hosted by Clayworks, where she is now a wheelthrowing instructor. Désirée graduated with honors with a BFA from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a concentration in ceramics.
Website: www.desireepetty.com
Instagram: @pettypottery_nc
Instagram Hashtag: #desireepetty
Facebook: Artist Désirée Petty and Désirée Petty
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Allison Luce
“Enduring,” Fired clay, oxides, mixed media. 14″ x 13.5″ x 3.5″
“Ancient Expanse Shadowbox,” Fired Clay, oxides, mixed media.
“Untitled” (Section of a triptych), Ink on panel, 16″ x 16″
Allison Luce Bio:
Allison Luce explores the ephemeral nature of existence and the mystery of eternity through her ceramic sculptures and monoprints. Luce graduated with dual BFA degrees in Painting and Art History from Ohio University and her MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where she is a studio artist and an adjunct art instructor. She has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally and her work is included in private and corporate collections.
She has been a Resident Artist at the International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, the Zentrum für Keramik-Berlin in Germany, and the Medalta International Artists in Residence in Canada. She has been an Affiliate Artist at the McColl Center for Art and Innovation and a Visiting Artist at Baltimore Clayworks. In 2014, she was a Resident Artist at The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences where she was awarded The Antinori Fellowship for Ceramic Artists. She was a Resident Artist at the GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art and the Noble and Greenough School in Massachusetts in 2015.
She served as Guest Faculty for Gordon College’s study abroad program in Orvieto, Italy in 2016 and 2017. Her artwork was on display on a billboard on 1-77 North in Charlotte as part of the Art Pop 2016 program. She has participated in the American Craft Council shows in Atlanta, Georgia and serves on the Board of Directors of Christians in the Visual Arts. She completed a fifty-sculpture commission for the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte as a participant in their Community Supported Art program. She also received two Regional Artist Project Grants from the ASC to purchase a kiln and a slab roller for her home studio.
Website: AllisonLuce.com
Instagram: @allisonluce
Instagram Hashtag: #allisonluce
Facebook: Allison Luce