About Pocosin Arts

Dorothy Ansell is a jewelry artist.  She has always felt that beautiful handcrafted glass deserved an equally beautiful handcrafted finish. So, she found her way to metalworking.  While living in the southwest, she studied silver-smithing in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. She learned how to bezel set glass with sterling silver.  After retiring from a social work career, she moved to North Carolina and enrolled in the College of the Albemarle (COA) where she learned other ways to bring glass and metal together. Copper and brass are both metals that can be used to finish glass designs. You can see my work at Windmillhillstudios.com 

Christina Boy is a one woman woodworking studio at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Madison County, Virginia. Her original pieces are made from locally sourced, domestic wood using both traditional and modern woodworking techniques. Aside from her one of a kind pieces and small batch production items, Christina also works with her clients one-on-one to create custom furniture pieces for their homes. Her work is inspired by the clean, straightforward design of the Bauhaus era and early to mid century modern Scandinavian design. The clean, straight lines of a table or bench are often juxtaposed with a funky edge, bright color, or a dynamic diagonal detail.

Dr. Kirstin Bradley, Pharm.D. was raised in Cary, NC. In 2009, she graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s of science in Biochemistry. She then attended the University of Chapel Hill where she received her Doctorate of Pharmacy in 2014. In 2014 Kirstin relocated to Eastern North Carolina where she lives on the shores of Lake Phelps in Creswell. She currently manages Columbia Pharmacy in Columbia, NC. Kirstin volunteers with a multitude of local organizations. However, her true passion is helping homeless and abandoned animals find their forever homes.

A. Blair Clemo is an Artist and Associate Professor of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his MFA in Ceramics at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University in 2010.  Originally from Doylestown Pennsylvania, Clemo spent many years out west studying ceramics and working at small production potteries in Idaho and Montana. Artist Residencies include: The Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), the Da Wang Culture Highland (Shenzhen, China), the Zentrum für Keramik (Berlin, Germany), The Jingdezhen International Studio (Jingdezhen, China), The Archie Bray Foundation Invited Artist Program (Helena, MT) and The International Ceramics Studio (Kecskemét, Hungary) funded by the 2013 NCECA International Partnership Grant. In 2018, he was a Visiting Professor at Shandong Univeristy in Jinan, China. Clemo’s utilitarian, installation and sculptural work has been included in over 130 solo and group exhibitions both nationally and abroad. Recent exhibitions include: Moving Target (solo) at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Call & Response at the Tweed Museum, Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics at the Western Carolina University Fine Arts Museum and Dining and Discourse at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Debbie Giachini

Nicole Jacquard is a Professor and Area Coordinator of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design at Indiana University. She received her BA from Indiana University in 1991 and her first MFA in 1994 from The University of Michigan. While on a Fulbright Fellowship in Australia she received her second MFA from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 1995. In 2001 she returned to RMIT University and completed her Ph.D. in Fine Arts in 2004 focusing on computer applications in the arts.  Jacquard was awarded a second Fulbright to Scotland in 2017-18 where her research focused on the incorporation of augmented reality.

Andy Keeler is Professor Emeritus of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University and the retired director of UNC’s Outer Banks Field Site. Keeler was formerly a professor of public policy at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University. He served as the Senior Staff Economist for Environment at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2000 – 2001) where he was a member of the US negotiating team for climate change. He has a long association with Pocosin Arts through Board membership, bringing students there for educational programs, and playing music at Pocosin’s annual benefit auction.