ABOUT
Bex Pottery is a one woman show run by Rebecca Layson. Rebecca is a ceramic artist living and working in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rebecca began taking ceramics classes in the fall of her senior year at Georgia State University. In May of 2017, Rebecca received her BFA in photography from GSU. By fall of 2017 Rebecca had joined the ceramics department at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center as a Resident Studio Assistant; a position she left in May of 2022. As an assistant, Rebecca received hands-on training on how to run and maintain a ceramics studio.
In Summer of 2019, Rebecca began teaching a teen wheel throwing camp at Callanwolde. This experience was an eye opening one which led Rebecca to becoming the Ceramics and 3D Foundations instructor at Atlanta Girls’ School in Fall of 2019. By fall of 2021, Darkroom Photography was included in Rebecca’s lineup of class offerings at Atlanta Girls’ School, thus adding running a black and white wet darkroom studio to her skillset.
In Fall of 2022, Rebecca began working towards her Master’s Degree at Kennesaw State University. While attending Kennesaw, she worked as a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) from Fall 2022 through Summer 2023. While working as a GRA, Rebecca attended and presented at the SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah, Georgia hosted by Georgia Southern University in February 2023. Rebecca received her Master of Art in Art and Design with a concentration in Art Education in July of 2023.
Outside of the classroom, Rebecca creates her own work through wheel throwing, mold making, and hand building.
EDUCATION
2023 Master of Art in Art & Design, Concentration in Art Education, School of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Concentration in Photography, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023
Positively Neutral: A Master of Art Thesis Exhibition, Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga
2022
Shine, Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga
2021
Solo Exhibition, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
2020
“Meet Rebecca Layson | Ceramic Artist & Teacher”, Shoutout Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
FILLED UP: A Ceramic Cup Show, New Harmony Clay Project, New Harmony, Indiana
MerriMINT: Multiples, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sip: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
2019
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Holiday Pottery Show and Sale, Atlanta, GA
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Spring Pottery Show and Sale, Atlanta, GA
2018
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Holiday Pottery Show and Sale, Atlanta, GA
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Spring Pottery Show and Sale, Atlanta, GA
2017
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Holiday Pottery Show and Sale, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
The Cup Show, The Hudgens Center, Duluth, GA
2014
Post Card Pinup Show, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012
Old Red Kimono, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
2011
Old Red Kimono, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2023 Teaching and Learning in Art and Design: Results and Reflections on Two SoTL Projects Within a New Master of Art, SoTL Commons Conference, Atlanta, GA
2018 Live Pottery Demonstration, Atlanta Craft Show, Atlanta, GA
2012 Artist Talk, Old Red Kimono, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA