Artist: Gertrude Graham Smith | Location: Bakersville, NC
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Artist: Gertrude Graham Smith | Location: Bakersville, NC
Bakersville, NC
Gertrude Graham Smith, nicknamed Gay, is a studio potter and teaching artist who single fires porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland School in Western North Carolina. Artist-in-residencies include Archie Bray Foundation and Penland School. Teaching credits include workshops at Penland, Haystack, Harvard, and the Findhorn Foundation. Her work is shown internationally, included in collections like the Mint Museum, Taiwan's Taipei County Yingge Museum, and can be viewed in numerous publications including Functional Pottery, Mark Making by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and as a cover feature of Ceramics Monthly magazine. Grants include a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship and NC Regional Arts Project Grants. She currently serves on the Board of Penland School of Crafts.