Todd Sherman with Teresa Shannon
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TODD SHERMAN
Todd Sherman, born in the territory of Alaska, is an Emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and Emeritus Professor of Art. He taught printmaking and other art classes for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Art Department and served as CLA’s Dean from 2012 to 2020. He received a BA in Art from UAF and an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. His artwork has been shown in over 40 solo shows and well over 100 group exhibitions since 1977. His work is in private and public collections in Alaska, the U.S.A., Spain and Thailand.
TERESA SHANNON
Teresa Shannon was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. She attended the University of Alaska, Fairbanks where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. In 2005 she completed a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Wichita State University in Kansas. After finishing graduate school she returned to Fairbanks where she teaches ceramics part time at UAF. She makes pots and ceramic sculptures inspired by woodland creatures and dinosaurs in her home studio in Fairbanks. Her work is nostalgic and lighthearted; commemorating quiet moments at home and in nature. Teresa’s work has been exhibited across Alaska around the country. She recently completed a one year Visiting Assistant Professor position at Nicholls State University in Louisiana where she saw many connections between the rural life of coastal Louisiana and the rural life of interior Alaska.
Website: tsceramics.com
