Arrowmont releases the first video in new series, Arrowmont Craft Conversations, featuring longtime staff member and ceramic artist, Bill Griffith.
Bill Griffith is a studio artist, administrator and educator at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. He has lectured and taught throughout the U.S. at craft schools, universities and craft guilds. A recipient of a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artists Fellowship, Griffith continues to exhibit his work, jury and curate exhibitions nationally.
Currently the Outreach & Partnership Liaison, Bill came to Arrowmont in 1987 to help invigorate his studio practice during his summer break as a high school art teacher. In this Arrowmont Craft Conversation, Bill shares his early experiences at Arrowmont, the origins of his founding the Utilitarian Clay Symposium, and the influence of befriending so many ceramic artists through his roles at Arrowmont over the past 30 years. BILLGRIFFITHCLAY.COM
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ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series that highlights artists in the Arrowmont community. Our partnership with Arrowmont faculty and community members has contributed to Arrowmont’s outstanding reputation. The artists who appear in this series exemplify the characteristics that represent the School — among the most experienced, capable, and innovative in the arts and crafts world.
Each of the artists in this series offers insights into their work and their reflections on being a part of the Arrowmont community. Artists in the series include Erin Anfinson, Heather Ashworth, Leslie D. Boyd, Miriam Carpenter, Emily Cobb, Sunshine Cobb, John Cogswell, Andrea Keys Connell, Josh Copus, Mark Errol, Susan Fecho, Frances Fox, Bill Griffith, Buie Hancock, Chris Hoehle, Richard W. James, Jeana Eve Klein, Zeke Leonard, Emmy Lingscheit, Andy McFate, Danielle Muzina, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Jaques Vesery, and more.
