He is the Founder and Editor of Critical Ceramics, an online journal of issues and ideas of interest to the serious ceramic artist. In addition, Forrest has been the Artistic Programs Director at Baltimore Clayworks, an Independent Curator, and Ceramics Instructor. Currently, he teaches in the Harvard Ceramics Program. In 1996, Forrest was awarded an MFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred. He has exhibited, taught, and worked in Maine, New York, Vermont, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and other such exotic locales.
