Barbarann Beckett-Gaines - Showing Artist
Barbarann Beckett-Gaines is a mathematician and computer scientist who fell in love with clay. Now retired from the faculty at Jefferson State Community College, she is Artist in Residence at the Spain Park High School in Hoover, where she works with students in the school's Park Gallery.

"In recent years I have enjoyed hand building and decorating my pieces with my personally designed stamps related to my favorite subject (guess what?) as you can see in this photo. This is not an artist's statement to tell you how to interpret my work. Anyone with eyes can see that it is non-functional and decorative. My goal is to produce a smile on your face when you look at it."

Nada Boner - Showing Artist
This Birmingham artist’s work is as diversified as her life. She teaches clay classes for beginners in the art of hand building and sculpture, but her passion and focus is in organic ceramic sculpture, influenced by nature, reflecting the world around her. Aspiring, as an artist, to capture a mere glimpse of God’s beauty in the form of human, floral and animal depictions, is her goal. Clay is Nada’s chosen medium and Raku her favorite glaze technique. The extremes of nature’s elements, fire, air and water create the effect on her work. A number of successful shows have made her name stand out among local artists. Nada’s work may be seen in local galleries: Art Alley (Edgewood), Bare Hands (Birmingham), Four Seasons (Bluff Park), and Lyda Rose (Homewood). Click here to see more on the web.

Tamara Shadinger - Showing Artist
Tamara Shadinger creates handbuilt clay sculptures inspired by the wonders of God's kingdom. She considers their formation to be a personal act of worship and prays that they will call attention to the true Creator. As Tamara researches the animals that she plans to sculpt, she is constantly amazed by their intricacy and the special features that make them perfectly suited for their environment. Each of her animals has its own unique personality and is accompanied by a Scripture verse. Click here to see more on the web.

Jayne Harrison - Showing Artist
Jayne Harrison is an award winning sculptor who lives, works, teaches, and shows in the Birmingham area. She is the Artist in Residence at Hoover High School. Her work can be found at Cobb Lane Gallery and Four Season's Gallery.

"My work incorporates age-old materials and techniques translated into a modern statement reflecting my life and loves. I love being involved in every aspect of production from inspiration to finished piece. Each work is hand sculpted with the emphasis on 'hand.' My work shows my thumbprints. Clay is a lasting medium. Shards of pottery and sculptural work are found where ancient man has lived. Clay records the textures I impose on it from the world around me, and those imprints will be preserved after I am gone."

John Rodgers - Showing Artist
"I make functional decorative pottery of reasonable durability for everyday use. It is my intent that my pots will delight the eye, and engage the user, whether on the table, in the hand or on the shelf. My pots are food safe, and can be used under what might be called classic pottery use conditions. With reasonable care, they will last a lifetime, and with a little luck, will last for generations to come."

Daniel Livingston - Showing Artist
Daniel grew up in Pearl, Mississippi but has lived in Tuscaloosa since the middle 1970's. He received his MFA in ceramics and painting from The University of Alabama in 1979. For most of the past 20 years, he has concentrated working with Raku, a Japanese style of firing ceramics. For the last 15 years, Daniel has been a demonstrating artist for the Kentuck Association. He is active in art shows around the southeast and has work in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, England, France, Japan and New Zealand. Along with being a member of the Alabama Designer/Craftsmen Guild, he is also a member of the Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi; Daniel teaches ceramics at The University of Alabama.