photo by Kat Wilson
Winston Taylor
b. Little Rock Arkansas, 1948
Resides in Russellville Arkansas
Education
BA University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1987
Hall High School, Little Rock, 1967
Selected workshops attended
Peter King, architectural ceramic methods, 2001
Adelphia Martinez, Native American black ware pottery methods, 1993
Paul Soldner, raku and low fire salt firing methods, 1994
Don Reitz, large scale wheel throwing and hand building methods, 1989
Harvey Sadow, wheel throwing and raku firing, 1988
Selected exhibitions
Historic Arkansas Museum Trinity Gallery, featured artist , 2017
Fenix and Friends at the Walker-Stone House, guest featured artist, 2017
Gallery Central, Hot Springs Arkansas, featured artist, 2016
Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock Arkansas, group exhibit, 2016
Arkansas Living Treasure Exhibit, Historic Arkansas museum, Little Rock Arkansas, 2015
Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock Arkansas, group exhibit, 2014
River Valley Arts Center, Russellville Arkansas, solo exhibit, 2014
Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock Arkansas, group exhibit, 2013
Awards
Beaux Arts Academy Outstanding Visual Artist, 2012
Arkansas Living Treasure, 2011
Arkansas Arts Award, Art Education, 1993
Bibliography
Katie Cox, “Meet Winston Taylor”, At Home In Arkansas, January/ February 2017 p.30
Sandra Spotts Hamilton, “Winston Taylor”, The Idol Class, Spring 2016, p.30-31
Celia Storey, “Raku firebrand”, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Style section, June 14, 2011, p.1 and 6
Teaching and employment
River Valley Arts Center, former artist in residence teaching pottery and presenting demonstrations in the community, Russellville Arkansas, 1990-2019
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas, 1988-1989
Selected commissions
Russellville High School Center for the Arts, three bas-relief clay murals representing drama, dance and visual art, five feet high and five feet wide Russellville Arkansas, 2014
Arkansas Arts Council, 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards, designer and creator, 2011
First United Methodist Church, Fort Smith Arkansas, “The Woman at the Well”, a bas-relief clay mural measuring four feet in diameter, 2011
River Valley Arts Center, Beaux Arts Academy Awards, designer and creator, 2007 to present
First United Methodist Church, Russellville Arkansas, “Christ Teaching”, a bas-relief clay mural measuring eight feet in diameter, 2006
Galleries
contact at: wtsclay48@gmail.com