“Surface Dreams and Superstructures”: Robert Harrison Discussion & Exhibition Reception

Celebrated artist Robert Harrison will discuss his work in the featured exhibition Surface Dreams and Superstructures, slated through January 12, 2024.

Join us on September 15, 2023 at 5:30pm for a conversation with Robert Harrison and, Nicole Maria Evans, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art.

Free and Open to the Public

Robert Harrison is a practicing artist who lives and works in Helena, Montana, USA. He has built his 40+ year career in the site-specific large-scale architectural sculpture realm along with smaller-scale ceramic studio activity. He holds BFA and MFA degrees in Ceramics and is a member of the IAC (International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva), WABA (World Association of Brick Artists), RCA (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts) and is a Fellow of NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts). His exhibition and installation record is extensive and global. His book Sustainable Ceramics: A Practical Guide was co-published by Bloomsbury (London) and the American Ceramic Society (Ohio) in the fall of 2013.

Robert’s 35+ year association with the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts began in the summer of 1982 as a summer Resident Artist and from 1983-85 he was a full-time Resident Artist. In 1993 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bray and served as President of the Board from 1998-2004, overseeing the first capital campaign at the Bray and construction of new year-round resident artists studios and resident center. He continues to serve on the facilities committee.