Joe Taylor, USA

Joe Taylor is a ceramic sculptor from rural Northern Nevada. He received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Sierra Nevada College in 2004 with an emphasis in New Genres, Drawing and Painting. After earning this degree, he was hired to build and implement K-12 art programming for a small school in Truckee, California where he taught for 10 years. While working as a teacher, Joe maintained a dedicated ceramics practice, and in 2022 he quit his job to return to school to pursue an MFA from the University of Montana. Joe fostered his keen interest in service at the University of Montana through teaching classes, directing the UC Student Gallery, working for the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, co-founding the Love Child Gallery, holding the position of President and Vice president for the UM Clay Guild, and working as an assistant to Julia Galloway and Casey Zablockki. Joe's ceramic work references his time working with children and the adventures he had growing up in Nevada. His...