ABOUT
Mud Mesa was an artist-run ceramic studio in Taos, New Mexico that supported mid-career artists and ceramic students through residencies and workshops. Mud Mesa was a certified 501 (c)(3) non-profit. The Price Artist in Residence program offers two mid-career artists a 6-week residency at Mud Mesa, the former home and studio of Ken Price. PAiR encourages artists to explore, experiment and expand their relationship to clay and making. Maggie was the organization's Executive Director and founded the project with the Ken Price Family.
The Price Artist-in-Residence (PAiR) program provides ceramic artists the opportunity for an inspirational environment to unplug from the daily routines of their studio and be inspired to explore new boundaries of their work.
PAiR is open to mid-career artists working in the ceramic field. Each 6-week session encourages the artist to find inspiration in the solitude of the landscape and experiment with new ideas and techniques. Ken Price wrote “it is about process not product” in one of his teaching journals, here at Mud Mesa we have taken that sentiment to be the ethos of the Price Artist-in-Residence program. The artist will receive a $1,500 stipend at the start of their session. The artist will live and work in the Price home and studio that was designed by Ken and Happy Price. The artist is responsible for their own travel expenses. Meals are not provided, the artist is responsible for their own food and will have access to a shared kitchen. The artist should bring all the necessary tools and materials they require for their residency. The studio is available 24 hours a day for the exclusive use of the resident.
Kiyoshi Kaneshiro
Kiyoshi received his BFA in Art & Design with a Concentration in Ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2018. His most recent exhibitions were with Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami Beach and Galleria Mascota in Mexico City. Kiyoshi Kaneshiro was the Spring 2022 PAIR Candidate.
Mallory Wetherell
Mallory Wetherell is a native of South Carolina and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and the Head of Ceramics at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She received her BFA in ceramics from the University of South Carolina in 2006 and her Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2010. It is Mud Mesa’s pleasure to welcome Mallory Weatherell was the Fall 2022 PAIR Candidate.
