Get to know The Bray teachers
Allyson George
Teacher Bio
Allyson George recently received her BFA from West Virginia University and is currently a participant in The Bray's Education Assistantship program.
Perry Haas
Teacher Bio
Perry Haas has been working with clay since 2003. He studied at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Illinois and Utah State University where he received his BFA. Perry has been a resident artist in Demark at Guldagergaard , The Archie Bray Foundation, Clay Studio of Missoula and the Red Lodge Clay Center. Haas’s work continues to evolve and has been seen in numerous collections. He’s inspired by the mountains and streams of the landscape that surrounds him in Montana. Currently Perry is the Facilities and Studio Manager at The Archie Bray Foundation. He lives and works out of his home studio in Clancy, Montana.
Danielle O’Malley
Teacher Bio
Danielle O’Malley is a large-scale sculptor working and residing in Helena, Montana. O’Malley received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, completed a ceramics focused post baccalaureate program at Montana State University, and her BFA from Plymouth State University. She has been a resident artist at: Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, and the Red Lodge Clay Center. She consistently participates in solo and group exhibitions. O’Malley’s work can be found in the permanent collections of: the Northwest Art Gallery in Minot, ND, the Silver Bow Art Gallery in Butte, MT, and the Taoxichuan Art Center in Jingdezhen, China.
Stephanie Seguin
Teacher Bio
Artist and Educator, Stephanie Seguin received her MFA from Pennsylvania State University, and BFA from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Born and raised in the Minneapolis area, Stephanie used her ambitions in clay to work and study at various production and educational studios across the United States and abroad. Stephanie was a Resident Artist and Education Coordinator at Carbondale Clay Center (CO) and has taught community and academic classes for Pennsylvania State University, Colorado Mountain College, and Western New Mexico University, among others. Stephanie currently works from her home studio in Helena, MT and is the Education Manager of The Archie Bray Foundation.
Bill Wilkey
Teacher Bio
Bill Wilkey is a studio artist living in Helena, Montana. He received his MFA from the University of Missouri, and BFA from East Tennessee State University. Bill came to the Archie Bray Foundation as a long term resident artist in 2014 and was awarded the Lincoln and Lillstreet Art Center Fellowships, then became an artist in residence and visiting faculty at Indiana University Southeast 2016-2017. Bill exhibits his work widely and teaches workshops nationally. He has been featured in Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist, as well as a cover article for Pottery Making Illustrated. Most recently, he rebuilt the soda kiln and built a new cross draft soda kiln for The Bray.
Maura Wright
Teacher Bio
Maura Wright's sculptural, terracotta vessels are often draped with laurels, florets, and vignettes. Braids, ropes, and fruit clusters are intertwined with floral and geometric patterns. The forms are expressively bulged and distorted. She weds high art to low until we can’t tell the difference, until we must acknowledge the staginess of all art, of all life. Based in Helena, Montana, Maura Wright is originally from Columbia, Missouri. She received a MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2018 and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2013. Residencies include: the International Ceramic Research Center in Skaelskor, Denmark; the International Ceramic Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary; Red Star Studios in Kansas City, MO; The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT; and Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT. She is currently the Gallery Program Manager at the Archie Bray Foundation.
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