Artist: Ilasahai Prouty | Location: Bakersville, NC
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Artist: Ilasahai Prouty | Location: Bakersville, NC
Bakersville, NC
IlaSahai Prouty is an artist and teacher working with several media. She views making art, teaching, learning, and interaction as tools for being an upstanding contributor to our time and culture. She makes art about repetition, dreams, personal experiences and collaboration.
Prouty has lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oregon, California, and North Carolina. Her bi-racial background informs her work, and how she approaches collaboration. She received her MFA from the California College of Art in the Bay Area, CA, and is an Assistant Professor of Art at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, where she teaches Art for Social Change among other courses. Prouty was a Resident Artist at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC and has exhibited at venues throughout the United States including SECCA, the Asheville Museum, and the Cape Ann Museum. Her public works include pieces for the Medical Examiners Office in Charlotte NC and the Waring School in Beverly MA.