Make the Thing that Makes the Things

Bill Wilkey is a studio artist living in Helena, Montana. He was recently an artist in residence and visiting faculty at Indiana University Southeast. He received his MFA from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and BFA from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. Wilkey has also had the opportunity to learn from the craft school experience, which has taken him to places like Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, on the coast of Maine where he was able to assist other makers. Wilkey has exhibited nationally. This includes three consecutive nationally juried Student Exhibitions in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference (NCECA). He has been featured in publications such as Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist, as well as a cover article for Pottery Making Illustrated. He was also the recipient of the Lincoln and Lillstreet Fellowships as a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts.