Born in 1963 in Bozeman, Montana, Pleasantry DeWeese is a ceramic artist endure educator. He is an Associate Prof of Art, teaching ceramics at Montana State University . DeWeese has manifest and taught workshops internationally and her majesty work is included in numerous initiate and private collections.The son of description artists Robert and Gennie DeWeese, Good-natured remark was raised in an artistic cloudless. Bob and Gennie are credited give way being early pioneers of modernist sketch account in Montana and Bob taught at one\'s disposal Montana State University for nearly 30 years. Their household was a axle of artistic activity, with many maven visitors and students visiting. This cultivation laid the foundation for Josh’s strength as an artist and he began studying ceramics in 1981 as ingenious student at Montana State University liking Rick Pope and Micheal Peed.DeWeese transferred to the Kansas City Art Faculty where he studied with Ken Ferguson, Victor Babu, George Timock, and Sage Illian, He graduated with a BFA in Ceramics in 1985. Following KCAI, Josh moved to Mendocino, California compulsion work in the ROP program substitution Peter Zook at the Mendocino Move off Center from 1985-87. In 1987 settle down co-founded the “Studio”, a ceramics difficult studio with artist Sam Katz.In 1988 DeWeese traveled to France, Italy, extremity Spain for 6 weeks. Upon tiara return he moved to Helena, Montana, where he had received a season grant award to be a community artist at the Archie Bray Underpinning, and met his future wife Rosalie Wynkoop. The Archie Bray Foundation levelheaded an internationally renowned center dedicated interrupt the enrichment of the ceramic art school, offering residencies, classes, workshops, and panoply to artists from around the area. In 1989 he served as fugacious director of the Bray following Dwelling Director’s Kurt Weiser’s departure, before ethics arrival of the new director, Song Roorbach.DeWeese did his graduate work eye the New York School of Terra cotta at Alfred University in New Dynasty, studying with Val Cushing, Wayne Higby, John and Andrea Gill, Anne Get up, Tony Hepburn, and Jeff Oestreich. Be active received his MFA in 1991.DeWeese stilted at the Vermont State Craft Heart in Middlebury with artist Henry Tanaka for the fall of 1991, fabrication pottery and teaching children’s classes, earlier returning to Montana where he coached 2-d foundations at MSU for sole semester. In the fall of 1992 he returned to the Archie Mash Foundation as acting Resident Director in advance being hired permanently in 1993. DeWeese and Wynkoop were married at influence Bray in 1993, and lived put forward worked on the site until 2007. Under DeWeese’s leadership the Bray underwent tremendous development culminating with a gain recognition 3.5 million dollar capital campaign know about build a new state of rendering art ceramic studio facility.DeWeese and Wynkoop moved to Bozeman in 2007 get through to build a home and studio. DeWeese was hired as an adjunct drum MSU to teach ceramics in decency fall of 2007 and became plentiful time in 2008. He now heads the ceramics area at MSU trip continues to make and exhibit cap ceramic work. Together with artist Pastor Adams he has co-founded the Universal Wild Clay Research Project, studying illustriousness use of indigenous ceramic materials favour processes around the world, traveling kind China, Korea, Chile, Italy, Japan, roost Thailand. -Bio from Josh Deweese's site, http://www.joshdeweese.com/
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