08/24/2026
PAST RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT
Jim Brashear Jim Brashear
Red Lodge Clay Center - Short-Term Resident 2008, 2017, (wood fire AIA) 2026
As an artist, Jim Brashear’s inspiration is nature, clay is his medium, and he uses the ceramic vessel as his form for expression. He explores the process and rhythm in the construction and development of ceramic form and surface. He chooses the vessel because it is timeless and universal. His most recent work has been experimenting with forms and surfaces that are enhanced by the wood fire process. Each pot that comes from the wood kiln is unique in its surface, color and flame pattern. When completed, his pots are a fired chronology of his technical and aesthetic interaction with clay.
Jim received his Master of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University, and has exhibited, lectured, and taught workshops throughout the United States. He has been a Resident Artist at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (ME) and Red Lodge Center (MT). His works are included in private and public collections including Carnegie Museum of Art, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, and the Museum of the North.
Jim recently retired from teaching and was appointed as Professor of Art Emeritus from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Â His teaching career spans over 30 years spent at the University of Alaska, Syracuse University, and Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He currently resides in Fairbanks, Alaska with his wife and two children.


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