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Brett Beasley
Brett Beasley is a ceramic artist based out of Charlotte, North Carolina who creates utilitarian pottery intended for everyday use. He also creates one-of-a-kind, abstract ceramic sculptures. Earning a Master of Fine Art degree from East Carolina University, Brett has taught ceramics to students in the private and public university setting, craft schools, at his home studio and local community ceramic centers.
Brett has assisted top-ranked, professional artists such as Ayumi Horie, Justin Rothshank, Steve Loucks and Lynnette Hesser at various nationally recognized craft schools. He has been an active member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) since 2011 and attends the annual conference. Beasley exhibits his artwork at both the national and regional level and has been published in Ceramics Monthly magazine.
More information can be found at www.BeasleyCeramics.com or on Instagram @BeasleyCeramics
Although art is the chosen profession, fishing is his primary passion!
Claire Kiester
Claire Kiester is a fiber artist, printmaker and public artist from Chapel Hill, NC. She completed her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Charlotte, NC. She uses fiber and crochet techniques to transform and activate interior and exterior space. She aims to reduce her waste as an artist by utilizing recycled materials and eco-friendly production methods. In recent projects, she is exploring pattern and repetition as a visual tool and performative process of making. This work investigates the systems within our society and the residue they leave behind.
Her work has been featured in galleries and events such as Goodyear Arts, McColl Center, The Compound Gallery in Emeryville, CA, and The LeRoy Nieman Center in Chicago, IL. She has created many large-scale public art installations throughout North Carolina. These include her pieces for The Charlotte International Arts Festival, Charlotte SHOUT!, and Uproar Festival of Public Art in Chapel Hill, NC.
Kiester currently works as a teaching artist at Studio 345, an afterschool program for at-risk youth, and as an artist in the greater Charlotte community.
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