Brooke Cassady

brooke cassady grew up in Athens, GA. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a BA in Art History, pursued post-baccalaureate studies in Ceramics at the University of Georgia in 2006, and received her MFA in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 2011. Her practice was deepened by scholarships to study at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. She is the Clarece Harp Lyles Endowed Assistant Professor of Studio Art in Ceramics and 3D Design and the School of Design Gallery Director at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. Brooke was awarded the Early Career Excellence in Creative Arts and the Virgil Orr Undergraduate Junior Faculty Award at LaTech. Her work has been exhibited in 8 solo exhibitions and installations nationwide as well as numerous invitational and juried shows. Her work has been featured by Surface Design Association. She also received a Lagniappe Ladies Grant and a Northeast Louisiana Arts Council Mini Grant in collaboration with Vitus Shell. brooke has been an artist in residence at ProArtes, México City; Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC; Hambidge Center, GA; Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee, TN; Good Dirt, Athens, GA; Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA; and the Ross Lynn Foundation, Ruston, LA. brooke is an interdisciplinary artist working predominantly with ceramics, fibers, metals, and other materials to portray the intimate, visceral experiences of touch, the human condition, and interpersonal dynamics.