ELLISVILLE – Jones College art students and those interested in the creation of art enjoyed a special demonstration by two artists, Jeff Brown and Benjie Heu in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on campus. The art instructors’ collection of ceramic sculptures and stonework pottery has been on display at the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery for the last month. Students learned how Heu builds his unique characters out of clay and molds the parts together before adding intricate designs, bringing his creatures to life. Heu is a Professor of Art and Ceramics and has been teaching since 2005 at Southeast Missouri State University, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His ceramic figures are creatively sculpted and then colored with illustrations using multiple techniques.
Also demonstrating his pottery skills was Jeff Brown who has been teaching art for more than 30 years, beginning at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He has been an Associate Professor of Art at Nicholls State University in Thibodeaux, Louisiana for the last 23 years. Additionally, Brown also codirects the Ameen Art Gallery and is co-advisor for the University Ceramics Club. He showed students how he manipulates the clay on the pottery wheel to create his large pieces of work.
For more information about upcoming JC art shows or to arrange a visit to the gallery call 601-477-8401. The Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery is open Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., and by appointment only on Fridays. The gallery is closed during the holidays. To learn more about the Jones College Art Department, https://www.jcjc.edu/programs/finearts/ or the JC Art Department’s social media: Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/JCJCFineArts/ and on Instagram @artatjonescollege.
