Amber Hamblin
I was born and raised in San Diego, California but now live about twenty miles east of my childhood home in a city called El Cajon. I live with my husband, dad and fur children in a quiet neighborhood called Fletcher Hills. I grew up doing all the stereotypical southern California activities. My down time […]
Brent Pafford
I grew up on a family farm in Rock Hill, SC and completed my BFA at Winthrop University and an MFA from Clemson University. Since the completion of my MFA I have operated studios in New Orleans, LA; Washington, DC; and I currently live and work in Eugene, OR. I create objects that elicit inquiry. […]
Mark Vander Heide
As a child, growing up in Holland, MI, I was an avid drawer, often creating fantastical creatures and the worlds they lived in. It wasn’t until my last year of college, while studying sociology, that I found my way to the ceramics studio and the world of clay, where my art practice is currently rooted. The years […]
John Masello
I grew up in the suburbs outside of Chicago, IL before moving to Bloomington-Normal to attend Illinois State University to study art. In 2016, I completed my BFA with a concentration in ceramics. I am currently in my third year of the MFA program at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. My recent work […]
Ian Park
My name is Ian Park. I’m originally from the southern rural village called Hartman, Arkansas. The population is still about 600 people. From there, I began making art at a preschool age by sketching with pen in wide ruled notebooks on my grandparent’s couch and gluing popsicle sticks together to make sculptures, all while experimenting […]
Meet Britny Wainwright
Britny Wainwright, artist in residence at Main Street Arts during the month of June 2019, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Britny some questions about her work and studio practice: Q: Please tell us about your background. Hi, I’m Britny. I grew up just south of the Finger […]
Momoko Takeshita Keane
The real heart of ceramics for me is simply the effect of fire on clay. The technique I use to form my ceramic sculpture is called coil building. Slender ropes of clay called coils are wound in a spiral, and pinched one upon another, to build the desired shape. Then the work is fired in […]
Art From a Dream State
Similar to the four artists included in this exhibition, I also make artwork that floats in the realm of dreams and a questioning of reality. Many of the exhibitions that we have here (selfishly) relate to my own studio practice or ideas that I am personally interested in and it is because I find these […]
Hedy Yang
I am a 21 year old artist at Michigan State University, majoring in ceramics and minoring in entrepreneurship. I started a small business in college, and plan on growing it after I graduate in May of 2018. Believe it or not, my career as an artist started pretty unintentionally. My high school required that we take […]
Sam Lopez
I was born and raised in a small dairy town in Riverside County called Mira Loma just one hundred miles north of my current home in San Diego. As a kid, I spent most of my spare time in my dad’s leather shop either helping sew up saddles or struggling along with my own projects. Working […]