Faculty Rebecca Hutchinson

Rebecca Hutchinson joined the Artisanry faculty at UMass Dartmouth as Assistant Professor of Ceramics in 2001. Her BA in Ceramics is from Berea College and she received her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Georgia. Her work is large scale, installation in format, and engages concerns for both the observation of place and the myriad of possibilities in building site specifically. The work embraces qualities of developmental theory and observation of both animal and human architecture. With this personal and equal interest in both human and animal behavior, she has recently built responsive pieces at the Vertigo Gallery in Denver, Manchester Crafts, Pittsburgh, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and Lowe Museum of Art, Miami.

Her work has been recently featured in American Craft by Rick Newby. Additional articles have appeared in Korean Ceramics by Choi Suk Jin. Ceramics Arts and Perception by Jessica Knapp and Ceramics Monthly by Glen Brown.

Rebecca Hutchinson was a New England Artist Award recipient, fellowship recipient from the Virginia Commission of the Arts, has been a NEA fellowship finalist for the Southern Arts Federation and previously was awarded grants from University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Kalamazoo College, Myrna Loy Art Center and the North Carolina Arts Council. Prior to coming to UMass Dartmouth, she held positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Washington, Seattle, and the San Francisco Art Institute. She has also participated as Resident Artist at various art centers throughout North America including the Banff Centre for Fine Art, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, the Greenwich House Pottery, The Archie Bray Foundation and Vermont Studio Center.