CHRYSALIS AWARDEE PRESENTATION

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 | 2PM
FREE VIRTUAL LECTURE

Feb 28, 2021 | 
Meet 2020 JRA Chrysalis Awardee, Kate Roberts as she speaks about her innovative use of the ceramic medium in untraditional, delicate forms.

​After Kate speaks, ceramic artist and former DC resident, Ani Kasten will kick off the 2020/2021 Distinguished Artist Series with a free public lecture. 

Kate Roberts was selected as this year's JRA Chrysalis Awardee for her innovative use of the ceramic medium in untraditional, delicate forms. Roberts received her BFA from Alfred University in 2010 with a major in Ceramics and minors in Art Education and Art History. She has traveled extensively and completed Residencies and Internships at Art Centers around the world including Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, La Meridiana in Italy, Cite International des Arts in Paris, Project Art in Massachusetts, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Massachusetts, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine and  Archie Bray Foundation in Montana. In 2015 she received a Master of Fine Art from the Ceramics New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and in 2017 she was the NCECA Emerging Artist, National Council on the Education for Ceramic Arts. Throughout her career she has been teaching and currently is Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis.

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Four times a year, the James Renwick Alliance brings notable American craft artists from around the country to Washington DC for the Distinguished Artist Series. The visiting artist series includes a Saturday workshop and free Sunday lecture. This year, the series will be held virtually via Zoom at half price!