Brickell, Meredith K., MFA
Contact
765-658-4340
meredithbrickell@depauw.edu
Personal Website
Art and Art History, Peeler Art Center, Room 106A
Greencastle, IN
46135
Associate Professor of Art and Art History and Chair of the Art and Art History Department
MFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; BED, North Carolina State University; Core Fellowship Program, Penland School of Crafts
Teaching interests
Ceramics, Social Practice/community-based art
Courses regularly taught
Introduction to Ceramics, Ceramics:Food and Community, Ceramics: Material Explorations, Ceramics: Making Meaning, and Ceramics: the Body
Research Interests
Brickell’s artwork is informed by particular places, especially those that are continuously shifting and being redefined. Brickell is the founder and project leader of the House Life Project, a neighborhood initiative in Indianapolis that facilitates collaborations between artists and local residents to activate vacant properties through creative, community-focused projects and public events.
Awards
Fulton Family Faculty Fellowship, DePauw University
Creative Renewal Fellowship, Indianapolis Arts Council
Peter S. Reed Foundation Fellowship, New York, New York
Silver Prize, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan