Susan Feagin

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Aug 4, 2024, 5:38:47 PM8/4/24

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Bornin Burbank, California, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb, Feagin decided she wanted to live in North Carolina while in high school. Home to both sides of her family, she recalls with fondness the frequent family trips there. But going to college in North Carolina meant paying out-of-state tuition, so she worked hard and received an academic scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), where she majored in design.

During those years in between the Core Fellowship and graduate school, Feagin moved to Athens, Georgia, where she worked as a paste-up artist for the Athens Daily News and the Athens Banner-Herald. She also held a job as a studio assistant and instructor at Good Dirt Clay Studio, continuing to make pots, both there and in a rental space she shared with a friend, before applying to graduate school in 2004.

the author Susan McHenry, is a studio potter, writer, and educator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College. To learn more, visit susanmchenryceramics.com or follow on Instagram @susanmchenryceramics.

Susan Feagin grew up in Burbank, California and Kennesaw, Georgia. She has a BFA in design from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Florida. Susan has a long-time Penland School of Craft connection, having been a Core Fellow there and now being the Clay Studio Coordinator since 2007. Her current collection of pots reflects her interest in collage, handwriting, printmaking, patterns, wallpaper, letters and all kinds of visual clutter. The soda firing process adds another layer of texture to the clay surface. susanfeaginceramics.com

To learn more, visit SusanFeaginCeramics.com or find her on Instagram @ #susanfeagin. Look for her work at In Tandem Gallery at 20 North Mitchell Avenue in Bakersville or at Penland Gallery near Spruce Pine.

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