New Artists in Residence 2021-2022: Anny Chen and Able Broyles

Virtual Meet & Greet

Anny and Able will each present a slideshow of their work to date, and discuss their work in progress. We look forward to hearing and seeing more from each of them in the coming year.

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*This Virtual Event was originally aired Tuesday November 9th 2021, 7pm, [Time] Eastern Time via Zoom.

Anny Chen | Artist-in-Resident

Anny Chen holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has studied at the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. She currently works as a studio tech at BKLYN CLAY. Her wheel thrown and handbuilt stools are influenced by traditional Chinese ceramic craft practices, the history of functional pottery and the domestic setting. Through her work, Anny questions what it means to belong to a family, a community, or a place. She was born in New York, New York, and raised in Nowata, Oklahoma interspersed with visits back to her ancestral home in Fuzhou, China.

Visit Anny’s website here

Able Broyles | Artist-in-Resident, Rittenberg Residency

Able Broyles is a multi-media artist from Atlanta, GA. They began their undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina Asheville and earned their BFA in Ceramics at the University of Georgia - Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2016. Able completed Post Baccalaureate Studies in ceramics at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana in 2020, and they also apprentices to be an auto mechanic while pursuing a career as an artist.

Visit Able’s website here