Kirsten Bassion

Kirsten Bassion received her MFA in Ceramics from The School of American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY in 2004. She graduated cum laude with her Bachelors from Skidmore College in Saratoga, NY in 1997 with a major in studio art. Kirsten has been a visiting artist at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada, and Fundacion Josep Llorens Artigas in Barcelona, Spain. Her work is inspired by her years of quilting and collecting antique American quilts. When she decorates her work the thinks about breaking up the surfaces to juxtapose highly patterned areas with solids fields of color. Kirsten is the owner and founder of The Clay School in Lynn, MA (est. 2005) where she has been making her own work and teaching classes for adults who want to learn the fine art of working in clay. The Clay School offers classes and work space for artist in residence to explore the artistic side of ceramics and has become the biggest ceramics art studio North of Boston. She resides in Marblehead, MA with her husband and two daughters. http://www.kirstenbassion.com/