Chelsey Albert & Matt Jacob
Artist Talks
July 25, 5:30pm
Join us at Starworks on Thursday, July 25 at 5:30pm for Artist Talks from Starworks Ceramic Resident Artist Chelsey Albert and Starworks Glass Resident Artist Matt Jacob. 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 the Old Time Jam in the Starworks Cafe, starting at 7pm.
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.
Chelsey Albert
Chelsey Albert is currently at Starworks for the Summer as a Resident Ceramic Artist. She obtained her BFA in Art Education with an emphasis on Ceramics from Carlow University and obtained her MFA in Ceramics at Syracuse University. Chelsey taught in Higher Education at Syracuse University and Wells College for four years and presently is an Art Educator teaching K-12 art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chelsey’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including at NCECA 2024 in Richmond Virginia, NCECA 2023 Cincinnati Ohio, NCECA 2022 Sacramento California, Aqua Art Miami, and The American Museum of Ceramic Art and is in private and public collections across the country.
Matt Jacob
Matt Jacob enjoys bending neon, making comics, working with glass in any context, and adding ironic fourth items to lists. For him, art shows others how you see the world, and his own art often explores themes of community, identity, and change. Despite his claims that “the mid-west coast is the best coast” (UW-Madison BFA 2018), he currently lives in Norfolk, VA, where he’s an instructor and local neon wizard at the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio. He was recently a creative glass fellow at WheatonArts (Millville, NJ) and a neon craftsperson in residence amongst other roles at Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA). He also teaches at The Governor’s School For The Arts (Norfolk, VA) as an instructor for high school glass and comics classes.