VCU Department of Craft/Material Studies presents:
Ariel Brice and Stephanie Voegele
Monday, November 21 | 12 PM
Bowe Street Building, Room 535
609 Bowe Street, Richmond
Stephanie Voegele was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia as a 2011 Fountainhead Fellow teaching Jewelry and Metals in the Department of Craft/Material Studies. May of 2010 she received her MFA from the University of Georgia. While receiving her MFA, Stephanie grew her passion and talents as a jeweler through a diverse set of artistry skills, which include: enameling, casting, metalwork, teaching, and challenging theconventions of jewelry through the use of alternative materials.
As a proactive member of the art community, Stephanie has both hosted and displayed her work in jewelry exhibitions throughout the United States; touching an eclectic variety of audiences. Whether the audience was a classroom, a gallery, or a camp of young artists, Stephanie has nurtured her strong understanding of community to build upon her jewelry’s inspiration and breadth.
Ariel Brice was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He pursued a liberal arts education at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon where he studied fine art, focusing on ceramics. After graduating in 2002, he furthered his interest in ceramics at Oregon College of Art and Craft also located in Portland. In 2004, he earned a post-baccalaureate certificate in ceramics.
In 2007, he attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and graduated with an MFA in May, 2009. Since then, he has held artist residencies at the European Ceramics Work Centre in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and the Sculpture Factory, in Jingdezhen, China. He currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia where he teaches as a Fountainhead Fellow in the Department of Craft/Material Studies.
Featured Image:
Ariel Brice
The Story of Lion and Gazelle (Part 2), 2007
Cast plaster, raw clay, pink fabric, and performance with restraining device
