Gary L. White, a Native of Nashville, received his Bachelors of Fine Arts at Watkins College of Art and Design in 2011. He obtained a Masters Degree in Ceramics from University Tennessee Knoxville. Since then, his works have been included in solo shows and group exhibitions throughout the country. White conducts a cross-cultural visual investigation, which explores folkways, identity, and the experiences of the “Southern Other.” White currently teaches Ceramics at Belmont University in Nashville Tennessee, while maintaining his studio practice.

His project will utilize clay from both the banks of the Mississippi River to create a series of ceramic pots. The pieces will be built on site and fired in the traditional method of pitfiring, which has ties not only to his home region, but also to southern Louisiana. The ceramic pieces will be effigies of local animals, incised with imagery of flora and fauna of the woods. Through this process old stories of the land will emerge, as place holds memory, and the clay holds place.