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Roane State art professor’s ceramics showcased in national magazine

Posted at 11:03 pm November 4, 2019
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

This ad featuring some of the whimsical creations of Roane State Community College art professor Bryan Wilkerson was featured in a recent edition of “Ceramics Monthly.” (Photo courtesy RSCC)

A Roane State Community College art professor’s whimsical creations—including grinning skulls and mystical creatures on ceramic mugs and bowls, and a brightly painted ceramic wheel—are showcased in a page ad in “Ceramics Monthly,” the nation’s foremost magazine devoted to clay artistry, a press release said.

Bryan Wilkerson’s handiwork, including his painting of a pottery wheel, are featured in the ad taken by AMACO Brent, also known as the American Art and Clay Company, in celebration of the company’s 50th year in business.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment Tagged With: AMACO Brent, American Arts and Clay Company, art professor, Bryan Wilkerson, ceramics, Roane State Community College, Teres Duncan

Reception for Roane State Student Art Show is Thursday

Posted at 2:00 pm April 25, 2018
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Roane State Community College will host a reception on Thursday, April 25, 2018, as part of its annual Student Art Show in the O’Brien Art Gallery on the Roane County campus. (Submitted photo)

Roane State Community College will host a reception on Thursday, April 25, 2018, as part of its annual Student Art Show in the O’Brien Art Gallery on the Roane County campus. (Submitted photo)

 

Roane State Community College will host a reception on Thursday as part of its annual Student Art Show in the O’Brien Art Gallery on the Roane County campus, 276 Patton Lane in Harriman.

The reception and awards ceremony is Thursday, April 26, at 12:30 p.m. in the art gallery. The public is invited, a press release said.

This annual event (April 19-26) is open to all Roane State student artists and is an opportunity for students to hone their skills and gain exhibition experience. This year’s juror is Marc Dombrosky.

For more information, contact Stacy Jacobs at [email protected] or (865) 354-3000, extension 4311; or Bryan Wilkerson at [email protected], or (865) 354-3000, extension 4748.

This press release was submitted by Owen Driskill.

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News Tagged With: art, art show, Bryan Wilkerson, Marc Dombrosky, O'Brien Art Gallery, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Stacy Jacobs

Reception for Roane State Student Art Show is April 27

Posted at 8:22 pm March 29, 2017
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Roane State Community College will host an April 27 reception as part of its annual Student Art Show in the O’Brien Art Gallery on the Roane County campus.

The reception and awards ceremony is Thursday, April 27, at 1 p.m. in the art gallery. The public is invited.

This annual event (April 12-27) is open to all Roane State student artists and is an opportunity for students to hone their skills and gain exhibition experience. This year’s juror is Brian Jobe.

For more information, please contact Stacy Jacobs at [email protected], (865) 354-3000, ext. 4311; or Bryan Wilkerson at [email protected], (865) 354-3000, ext. 4748.

This press release was submitted by Owen Driskill.

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News Tagged With: art, Brian Jobe, Bryan Wilkerson, O'Brien Art Gallery, Roane State, Roane State Community College, Stacy Jacobs, Student Art Show

Roane State, ORHS dual enrollment art program gives students unique experiences, opportunities

Posted at 6:00 pm November 2, 2016
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Roane State associate professor of art and design Bryan Wilkerson teaches dual enrollment ceramics at Oak Ridge High School, partnering with ORHS teacher Gisela Schrock. Front from left are student Katie Stewart, Wilkerson, and students Olivia Hoyt and Brennan Whitson. Back, from left, are students Waverly Mullins, Josh Stanfill, Chloe Southmayd, Stevie Logan, Kaitlan Paine, Melena Haynes, Katie Roach and Mary Klages. (Photo by Roane State)

Roane State associate professor of art and design Bryan Wilkerson teaches dual enrollment ceramics at Oak Ridge High School, partnering with ORHS teacher Gisela Schrock. Front from left are student Katie Stewart, Wilkerson, and students Olivia Hoyt and Brennan Whitson. Back, from left, are students Waverly Mullins, Josh Stanfill, Chloe Southmayd, Stevie Logan, Kaitlan Paine, Melena Haynes, Katie Roach, and Mary Klages. (Photo by Roane State)

 

Artists working in ceramics must also be part scientist and part engineer, says Roane State’s Bryan Wilkerson, an associate professor of art and design on the college’s Oak Ridge campus.

Oak Ridge High School students involved in the college’s dual enrollment program in ceramics are mastering those challenges as they mold their artistic skills. They are being supervised and taught by Wilkerson and high school art teacher Gisela Schrock.

Wilkerson and Schrock launched the dual enrollment program after meeting at the Knoxville Museum of Art and becoming friends.

“Gisela and I are very different in how we approach teaching art,” Wilkerson said. “I think it’s good for students to get multiple feedback and instruction, but we also communicate so we’re on the same page.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: art, Brennan Whitson, Bryan Wilkerson, Chloe Southmayd, Gisela Schrock, Josh Stanfill, Kaitlan Paine, Katie Roach, Katie Stewart, Mary Klages, Melena Haynes, Oak Ridge High School, Olivia Hoyt, ORHS, Roane State, Stevie Logan, Waverly Mullins

Roane State-ORHS dual credit ceramics class gives students new perspectives

Posted at 12:37 pm May 19, 2015
By Roane State Community College Leave a Comment

Bryan Wilkerson and Katie Stewart in Ceramics Class

Roane State art professor Bryan Wilkerson works with student Katie Stewart during the college’s dual credit ceramics class at Oak Ridge High School. (Submitted photo)

 

For now, Oak Ridge High School ceramics students create sculptures, bowls, and figures.

Maybe later, they’ll create new businesses, innovative products, and groundbreaking technology.

Either way, the process is the same. Start with mush—clay for the moment. Use creativity, problem-solving, and analysis to turn the mush into something special. That’s the lesson Roane State Community College art professor Bryan Wilkerson wants the Oak Ridge students to learn in his dual credit ceramics classes.

“I treat this no differently than all of my classes,” Wilkerson said. “I want them to come away with an understanding of techniques. I’m also trying to help them develop their own artistic direction, creative problem-solving, how to start with an idea and see it through to a finished piece.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: art, Bryan Wilkerson, ceramics, ceramics class, ceramics courses, ceramics students, Gisela Schrock, Oak Ridge High School, pottery, Roane State Community College

Work by Roane State art professor selected for exhibition on Hilton Head Island

Posted at 9:00 pm September 29, 2013
By Roane State Community College Leave a Comment

Bryan Wilkerson Sculpture on Hilton Head Island

The description of Bryan Wilkerson’s “Faux Rest,” on exhibit through Dec. 31 at Hilton Head Island’s Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn, notes that the piece features “four perforated ‘walls’ that balance shadow with solid form, creating a seek-and-find interplay of positive and negative space against the open field setting.” (Submitted photo)

A work by Roane State Community College associate professor of art Bryan Wilkerson has been selected for exhibition during the renowned Public Art Exhibition on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Wilkerson’s entry, “Faux Rest,” will be on exhibit through Dec. 31 at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. Twenty outdoor sculptures were chosen from more than 500 submissions for the Public Art Exhibition, presented by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry.

A nationally recognized jury will review the pieces and select one for purchase to be installed on Hilton Head Island. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Top Stories Tagged With: Bryan Wilkerson, Coastal Discovery Museum, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Faux Rest, Hilton Head Island, Honey Horn, Public Art Exhibition, Roane State Community College, RSCC

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