Steve Hagan, Yeonsoo Kim,
and JIHYE HAN
Artist Talks
JULY 20, 5:30pm
Join us at Starworks on Thursday, July 20, 5:30pm for Artist Talks from Steve Hagan, Glass Resident Artist, Yeonsoo Kim, Ceramics Resident Artist and Jihye Han, Ceramics Resident Artist. Each artist will present slides and discuss some of their processes and influences involved in making their work. Stick around after the talks to meet the artists and ask questions.
Artist Talks are free and open to the public of all ages.
Artist Talks will be followed by Open Mic in the Cafe, starting at 7pm.
Starworks is a family friendly and dog friendly environment. Enjoy refreshments from the Starworks Cafe & Taproom before, during and after the event. The Cafe is open until 9pm and has a large selection of hot and cold beverages, locally crafted wines, beer, pastries, locally prepared sandwiches, desserts and other snacks.
Steve Hagan
Steve Hagan is a glass artist, foodie, and proponent of pure beauty. His works combine a love of function with modern form and design, while often creating a mix of both vessels and citrus inspired sculpture. A Philadelphia native, Steve attended Tyler School of Art formerly in Elkins Park where he was first able to witness the fluid and spontaneous nature of glass. Graduating in 2002 from Temple University he spent the next few years invested in the public access glass scene of Philadelphia teaching at Crefeld School, Hot Soup, and East Falls Glassworks. In 2008, he re-entered academia and began his graduate studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His thesis exhibition titled “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” in 2011 opened up a more sculptural approach to his studio practice, combining both extensive murrini pattern applications and non-vessel glass blowing. Since that time he has lived all around the US while traveling to make his work through residencies and as a visiting artist. Currently residing in Tucson, he runs a private glass studio with Mark Leputa where they have a warm, flame, and cold shop while utilizing Sonoran Glass School’s public access hotshop for their glassblowing applications.
yeonsoo kim
Yeonsoo Kim was born in Haenam, South Korea. He is a long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. Kim earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia in Athens, GA. He was recently selected as a recipient of a 2020 Emerging Artist award by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).
Jihye Han
Jihye Han uses ceramic and mixed media to construct sculptural and installation based pieces that speak about the role of boundaries and how they affect social interaction, with a particular sensitivity to the influence of her Korean heritage and international upbringing. Her surface decoration and forms touch on questions about how we are connected or disconnected through space, time, and material. Jihye Han is earned a BFA in sculpture and ceramics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MFA in ceramics from the University of North Texas. She selected as the award winner for Texas BIPOC ceramic artists in the Emerging artist to the Clay Houston TX in 2021. Also, Han is recently selected as a recipient of a 2022 Emerging Artist award by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Currently she is the resident artist at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.