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Carroll Dorrell-Hightower
tinybill1@aol.com
Carroll Dorrell-Hightower is a
native of Brooklyn, New York. She and her husband William relocated to
Colorado Springs in the spring of 1994 as a result of having been
exposed to the area through visits with her father-in-law, the late
Emory Hightower, who was the mayor of Palmer Lake, Colorado.
Carroll was introduced to
pottery while volunteering at the Colorado Springs Senior Center. There
she saw pottery being done for the first time by her good friend, Ken
Tanner. Thereafter she took her first classes under the guidance of
Jennifer Hanson; and later with master potter instructors Lance Timco
and Mike Janes.
Carroll's enthusiasm for
pottery has developed quickly and substantially and she hes become a
familiar face in many venues. For example, her works in clay have gained
first place at The Artists' Liar display in Colorado Springs. In
addition, her endeavors have juried-in and sold at the Common Wheel
Gallery in Manitou Springs and at several Colorado Springs Senior Center
events. Her works were shown at the 2007 Colorado Springs Airport
Exhibition, the 2008 Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, winning one third
place and two honorable mentions.
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Garner Studios
JP Garner
garnerstudios@gmail.com
719-466-1114
J.P. was born into a military family and traveled extensively throughout
his childhood. After leaving home, He continued traveling throughout
Europe and Asia. In Asia he grew to appreciate the simplicity of line
and color in oriental furniture and architecture. A lifetime of travel
exposed him to a rich diversity of culture and art. Although, J.P. holds
graduate degrees in Psychology and a doctorate in Theology, he is a
self taught artist and metal smith.
Christine Garner has been an artist all her life, she was
first taught by her artist mother and later broadened her skills and
knowledge at the Denver Art Institute. Christine has distinguished
herself as a figurative painter and expert in wood burning arts long
before she emerged as an abstract painter. Chris's first interest in
metalwork began when she and J.P. began making jewelry and copper work
together in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Their work grew increasingly
larger and moved from precious metals to steel. The combining of their
skills led them to their newest art form. Now, the couple uses steel to
express their creativity.
They bend and shape steel into
interesting forms and paint the shapes with enamels and acrylics,
texturing them to sometimes appearing like fabric. Chris and J.P. use a
variety of materials and technics to create their product. Some pieces
incorporate metallic leaf, stained glass, dichroic glass and pottery to
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Craig Cantrell
cocantrells@mac.com
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Kat Strickland
928.862.9031
katstrick@msn.com
Somewhere between the rough
clay edges of her abstract sculptures and the refined delicate and
smooth prosperity bowls she throws on the wheel, you can find an artist
who cannot settle on just doing one thing. So to call her an artist is
true, but she is not a painter or a potter or a collage artist. She
combines through experimentation all the above disciplines. Her work
weaves, sculpts, photographs, and creates a collage of interests as she
also often writes poetry or stories that help the viewer experience her
imaginations as they come to life.
Kat has been an artist for over
30 years, and has recently moved back to her home state of Colorado
after living in the desert for ten years. She has taught several art
classes
in
clay, drawing, and mixed media in both private and group settings. She
has been
an Art Director for the Cottonwood Boys and Girls Club, Geneva Glen
Camps, and
has run a business for twelve years in both the art and service
industry.
Her experiences of working with all ages from school age
children to elderly and handicapped populations shine forth with an attitude of
patience. She loves helping people express their creativity, so that healing
and personal growth stand out as the main thrust of her intentions. Kat quotes,”
The act of doing art is likened to breathing in fresh air, and teaching is the
joy of the exhale.”
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Linda Ross
719-685-3036
linda.ross55@hotmail.com
Linda Ross, born
and raised in
California,
began experiencing the joys of art at a young age, paper, textiles and scissors
quickly became her best friend. Her creative journey continued with a move to
Oregon in 1972. There
the opportunities of living on a century old farm and participating in her new
family’s antique business fueled Linda’s interest in both folk art and
primitives. Mentored by Jean Armstrong a passion for antiques and classic furniture
restoration developed into a twenty-year career.
At
Lane
Community College in
Oregon, Linda enhanced her skills in
woodworking, upholstery and textiles. With retirement came a new interest in
pottery sparked while attending a ceramic class at
Bemis
Art
School
in
Colorado Springs.
This emerging artist studied clay sculpture under Susan Halls at the historic
Penland School of Arts in
North
Carolina. And additional
Colorado instructors Frank Gray, Mark
Sheperd, and Darlene Wells stimulated a richer diversity in Linda’s work.
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bluefishmanitou@aol.com
My prints reflect my interest
in the natural form. At times it is literal and other times it is
metaphorical. I grew up in an agricultural area north of Denver. I
worked and studied in Wisconsin for several years. Now I live in the
wonderful surrounds at the foot of Pikes Peak.
There has been a reoccurring
interest in rocks, fish, birds, the land and the beauty of gardens in my
artwork. At times I combine several of these elements. I am in the
process of learning the art of fly-fishing. Much of my work is done in
the print studio at the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs,
Colorado, and often includes watercolor painting with the print.
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 Glenda
Kleinsasser was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She attended Augustana College and took her
first class in making pottery while living in State College, Pennsylvania. She also attended pottery classes at the
Opportunity School in Denver, Colorado and then moved to Minnesota where she
continued her pottery education at the College of St. Benedict‘s. It was here, studying with Bill Smith, that
she developed her love of porcelain and the bottle form.
After a long hiatus, it was not
until 1994 that she would begin work in clay again, studying with Sandy Cryer
at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs. This lead to her affiliation with the
Colorado Springs Senior Center, where she was a long time volunteer eventually
hired to mix glazes, fire kilns, and teach classes. While there she was instrumental in starting
their Open Studio program.
Later, she and four other potters,
would establish The Pottery Co-op in Colorado Springs. She was a member of their board of directors
during the time she spent there. It was
during these years, she took a workshop with Stephen Jepson which lead to a
month long internship at the World Pottery Institute in Florida.
In 1999, she became a member of Commonwheel
Artists Cooperative in Manitou Springs and until recently was a member of their
board of directors and is currently an active artist member. She was an original member of the
Clay Center in Colorado Springs and became affiliated again in 2009, along with
becoming a Studio Artist at the Business of Arts Center in Manitou Springs.
Since 1994, she has taken numerous
pottery classes, demonstration workshops and hands-on workshops from local,
national and international potters to further develop her ceramic skills and
has shown her work in many pottery shows and exhibitions. She’s a charter member of the
Potter’s Council and has been a member of the National Council for Education in
the Ceramic Arts since 1998. Glenda is an avid collector of books
on pottery making, potter’s and pottery.
She also has an extensive collection of pottery magazines, videos and
DVDs.
Her current ceramic art is primarily
wheel thrown bottles and classic vase forms in both porcelain and stoneware in
high fire gas reduction, although she does produce some functional work, as
well as handbuilt slab work and extruded forms.
She has also produced work in raku, salt bisque, pit firing, sagger
firing, electric oxidation, high fire salt & soda, wood firing and
crystalline firing.
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