Metals/Enameling Instructor BioGraphy

Katy Bergman Cassell

kcassell@greenville.k12.sc.us

Dr. Cassell recently earned her doctorate in education from Converse University. She was awarded a National Artists Teachers Fellowship travel to the Jurassic Coast in England, a huge inspiration for her current work. She earned an MFA from Kent State University, and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She taught at the college level for eight years before joining the faculty of the Fine Arts Center. She also worked as an archaeological illustrator in India and as a museum educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters, in New York, and at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH, all of which continues to influence her art.

She recently exhibited her work in Taipei, Taiwan, as part of the Blaze International Enameling Exhibition. She has had eight solo exhibitions, the most recently at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Mesa, AZ in 2017 and at Riverworks Gallery in downtown Greenville, SC in 2018. Her artwork has been recently published on web and postcard promotional material for the Society of North American Goldsmith’s Exhibition in Motion, and the Richmond Art Center’s Place as Landscape exhibition. Books and other publications include The Art of Enameling, 500 Enameled Objects, Metalsmith magazine, Cleveland Scene, At Home in the Upstate, and The Greenville News. Her website is www.katybergmancassell.com