Artist Info
Terri Kennedy's Artist Statement
Louisiana is America’s original melting pot, and I like to incorporate all of Louisiana's culture into my pieces by carving the crumbling brickwork I see around me. My work is reminiscent of the Ol’ French architecture of New Orleans, incorporating the impressionistic style by layering a multitude of glazes, and hand-building flowers native to Louisiana. My work is mainly decorative but functional wheel-thrown earthenware vessels I call "Functional Sculpture.” Pieces are thrown in separate sections, appliquéd, carved and assembled.
My love for clay and sculpting goes back to when I was a child. I would use leftover piecrust clippings and form the pieces into flowers and animals. For the past 20+ years I have turned my love of molding things with clay into a life-long and loving endeavor to make pottery for the everyday world. With all of my processes I strive to merge form with function while encompassing the beauty I see in the Southern Louisiana Culture from my home studio in Denham Springs, Louisiana.
Memberships & Teaching:
LSU Leisure Classes in Ceramics
BREC Hand building pottery class
Board of Directors of Louisiana Craft Guild
Louisiana Crafts Guild Master Craftsman
Biloxi Art Association Member
Mudslingers Potters Guild (Biloxi)
Louisiana Art Market Artist
Bywater Art Market Artist
New Orleans Art Market Artist
Art Council of Baton Rouge Market Artist
Awards: Peter Anderson Legacy Award 2019
Louisiana Master Craftsman 2015
Best in Show 3-D work Three Rivers Festival 2010
2nd Place Art in Pass Festival 2009
1st Place Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival 2004
Honorable Mention Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival 2003
Honorable Mention Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival 2002
Honorable Mention Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival 2001
2nd Place Meridian Arts in the Park Festival 2002
Publications & Television:
Weekends with Witney, WBRZ, April 2016
Featured artist at Louisiana Marketshops at the 115, Sept. - Nov. 2016
The Advocate, March 2016
The Advocate November 2015
LPB Art Auction, Oct 2015
The Advocate, May 2015
The Livingston Parish News October, 2014
LPB Art Auction, Oct 2014
The Advocate January 7, 2014
The Livingston Parish News April 4, 2013
225 Magazine 2013
The morning show on WBRZ-TV May 2012
Country Roads Magazine Featured artist Oct 2011 issue
The morning show on WAFB-TV nov 2011
The Advocate 2010
WAFB-TV Evening news 2009
The Morning show on WAFB-TV nov, 2008
The Advocate 2008
Sunshine Artist Magazine August 2007
WBRZ TV May 2007
WAFB TV May 2007
The Advocate News April 2006
Livingston Parish News November 2005
Ascension on the Move "Show #32" Art in the Gardens, Nov. 2005
In Register Magazine August 2005
American Press Sept 17, 2004
Jennings Daily News Sept 19, 2004
Livingston Parish News "the Applause Section" April 29, 2004
Iris Magazine April 2004 Issue
Natchitoches Times June 2003
Livingston Parish News November 18, 2003
Livingston Parish News November 20, 2003
Natchitoches Times June 2002
Country Sampler Magazine March 2001 issue
WAFB - TV Baton Rouge, LA April 2002
KLAX-TV Alexandria, LA December 2002
WBRZ - TV Baton Rouge, LA April 2002
Denham Springs Art Association, Guest speaker June, 2014
Livingston Parish Art Association May, 2014
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery, B.R., LA, May 2014
Livingston Parish News "applause, applause" March 27, 2014
Livingston Parish News Arts and Entertainment March 20, 2014
Featured Artist "White Light Night" Mid City B.R., LA, Nov 2013
The Vault "Blossoms and Brick..an ageless beauty" Acadiana Center for the arts May - July 2013 Zeigler Art Museum "Red Stick Artist" June - July 2013
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery, B.R., LA, May 2013
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery B.R. LA May 2012
Solo Exhibit at "The Vault at Acadiana Center for the Arts" Laf, LA May - July 2012
San Souci Gallery "Art Walk" Lafayette, La Oct 2012
Featured Artist "White Light Night" Mid City B.R., LA, Nov 2011
Featured Artist “The Gallery” Ocean Springs, MS 2011
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery, B.R., LA, May 2010
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery, B.R., LA, May 2009
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Elizabethan Gallery, B.R., LA, May 2008
Featured Artist "White Light Night" Mid City B.R., LA, Nov 2007
Featured Artist "Hot Art, Cool Nights" Mid City B.R., LA, May-June 2007
Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA , B.R., LA 2007
Mary Sherry Library Biloxi, MS
Ziegler Museum Jennings Louisiana Oct 2004
George Ohr Museum "Candugun Teapot Exhibit" Biloxi, MS July 2004
Galleries:
La Jardin & Adorn, Royal St. New Orleans, LA French quarter
Louisiana Marketplace at the 115, Breaux Bridge, LA
Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
San Souci Gallery, Lafayette, LA
The Craft, Natchez, MS
ArtCetera, Hattisburg, MS
Novelle Lune, New Orleans, LA
The Purple Pelican, Pass Christian, MS
The Gallery, Ocean Springs, MS
Moran Art Studio, Ocean Springs, MS
George Ohr Museum Gift Shop, Biloxi, MS
For the Love of Art Gallery, Gulfport, MS
Louisiana Pottery, Sorrento, LA
St Luke’s Gift and Gallery
Juror: Louisiana Craft Guild
Oak Alley Arts & Crafts Festival 2005
Oak Alley Arts & Crafts Festival 2006
