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Pottery: Showcasing Our Artists

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Southern Turnings is proud to feature local and regional artists. Meet our featured potters. They each possess their own unique skills like creating vases, cups, plates and more!
Danny Calcote

About the Artist: Danny Calcote

Danny Calcote was raised in Mississippi on a dairy farm where he was surrounded by nature on a daily basis. Although there were no art classes available in the schools he attended, Daniel would often draw and build objects in his spare time. 

After high school graduation, he pursued an art degree beginning with drawing and ceramics classes at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. He later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) from Mississippi State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA) from East Carolina University, both with concentrations in ceramics.  
While in school, he would reflect on his own experience on the farm for inspiration to make art. 

Daniel currently teaches Three Dimensional art classes at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on the Perkinston Campus. Nature remains a topic in his art as seen in wall-mounted sculptures that use clay as a container to display local natural material in an artistic way.

He also creates clay pieces as a part of collaborations with Sandra Cassibry; these collaborations take on new shape and form as they pass from one artist to another. At this moment, his art has begun to focus on utilitarian ceramic wares with an emphasis on functionality.  
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Bethany Pittman

About the Artist: Bethany Pittman 

Bethany Pittman is an artist and potter who lives and works in Wiggins in south Mississippi. Soon after her move to Southern Mississippi in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. Nevertheless, she built a studio out of salvaged timber, creating Rain Crow Pottery. 

Originally a native of Jackson, she was first introduced to the medium of clay as a student in the Jackson Public School's APAC program. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in three-dimensional design in sculpture from the University of Southern Mississippi, she worked under Jim Anderson at Shearwater Pottery. 

Bethany has also worked as a stained-glass artist at Pearl River Glass Studio and as a certified high school art teacher. She became a member of the Mississippi Craftsmen's Guild in 2007.   
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