The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard welcomes artists Shea Burke and Andrew Castañeda to its Artist In Residence Program in Fall 2021. Deighton Abrams, an Artist In Residence at the program during the 2020-21 year, will stay on for an additional year. The 2021-22 Artist In Residence program runs from September 2021 through August 2022.
ANDREW CASTAÑEDA
Andrew grew up surfing and skateboarding in sunny southern California. While he fully embraces the spontaneity of life as an artist, he is also a true Virgo and works hard to move forward, always. Andrew has work in two private collections: The American Museum of Ceramic Arts at Pomona, CA and the Kansas City Art Institute Teaching Collection. Andrew earned his BFA in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute, and then his MFA from Penn State University, where he is currently an instructor of ceramic art. andrewcastaneda.com
SHEA BURKE
Shea is a ceramic artist from Rochester New York. Their work employs the ceramic vessel as a container for thoughts and histories around their Black biracial ancestry. Shea dreams of their role as a future ancestor themself. Shea received their BFA from Alfred University in 2017 and an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021. They were the recipient of a Zenobia Award for a residency at Watershed Ceramics in 2018. @sheaburke_
DEIGHTON ABRAMS
Deighton is a ceramic sculptor and educator. He completed his MFA in Studio Ceramics at Clemson University and his undergraduate studies at Armstrong University in Savannah, Georgia. He was raised primarily in Alaska but has lived an equal amount of time in Georgia, Texas, and South Carolina. He has shown work both nationally and internationally. He has also completed a Residency at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise in Star, North Carolina and conducted a co-lecture, Seeking Ethical Craft, at the 2018 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. deightonabrams.com
