FACULTY


Sally Brogden- Associate Professor
Office: A+A 001A
Telephone: 865.974.6668
Email: sbrogden@utk.edu
Education: New York State College of Ceramics - M.F.A.

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"Beneath consciousness lies that great area of the soul (subconscious) which is still a total mystery, but which demonstrates its workings in dreams, in the somnambulistic state under hypnosis and which existed before one’s earthly life and which will exist after death. From there arise ... [anxiety], the passions, love, hate, and all that which occurs without reflection."
- Gerhard Von derLippe Gran, 1893

"I am fascinated by the associations that we make as we interpret the world around us. Presently, I am most interested in form with a broad and ambiguous reference, form that is perplexing due to its many allusions."

Sally Brogden has taught at the University of Tennessee since 1994. Her background includes Art History and Studio Art degrees from the University of Michigan and an M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred. Her ceramic works have been exhibited throughout the country, and she was one of fifty artists recently chosen to represent the United States in the survey exhibition Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium, held in conjunction with the World Ceramics Conference in Yeoju, Korea. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and four residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation. Her work has been included in a number of books and catalogs including: Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook, The Craft and Art of Clay, A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence, Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium, 2001: Clay Odyssey: Celebrating Fifty Years Of The Archie Bray Foundation, and many NCECA National catalogs. An active member of the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), she pioneered the NCECA Graduate Student Slide Forum.

Frank Martin - Assistant Professor
Office: A+A 212
Telephone: 865.974.0432
Email: fmartin2@utk.edu
Education: Cranbrook Academy of Art - M.F.A.

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"The focus of my work explores the possibility of going beyond the limits of utility. Through the use of color and form, an investigation of the division and the reassembling of disparate elements is considered either for special celebration or for everyday use. I am inspired by the results of process, the interactions of color and form, and the physiognomic perception of an object. In my work, intent of function is vital and inescapable. My goal is to challenge the viewer’s notion of an object’s “use”, while assuring that the vessel performs flawlessly in its function and beautifully in its appearance."

Frank Martin earned his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Rhode Island School of Design, The State University of New York at New Paltz, and was Departmental Director at Chautauqua School of Art, Worcester Center for Crafts, and the 92nd Street YM-YWHA in Manhattan, New York. He was craftsman-in-residence at Pewabic Pottery (1989/90) and received two distinction awards from the Detroit Artist Market for “Michigan Ceramics.” Since 1987 he has conducted numerous workshops throughout the country, was a recipient of two Worcester Cultural Arts Lottery grants (1992-93) and received awards from the 92nd Street Y for professional development (1996-2001). His work was chosen for the Young Americans Exhibition at the Museum of American Craft (1988). His work is in the collection of the Charles A. Wusum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1995 he served on a panel of jurors for the Wyoming Arts Council. His work has been included in various articles and was published in The Ceramic Design Book (1998) and Make it in Clay (1997). Martin’s work has been collected widely and is currently represented by the John Elder Gallery in New York City.