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Date of birth: August 22, 1947
Address: 2107 Cooper Lake Road
Bastrop LA. 71220
318-281-8244
Married: Peggy (Bamber) Horton
One daughter / Erin Elizabeth
ARTIST STATEMENT
My interest in clay started in undergraduate school. After graduation I began to teach in the public school system. This association of teaching and working in clay lasted for 33 years. Over this time I earned a Masters Degree in Education, and have worked and exhibited with other well-known artists.
I consider myself an artist in clay, working in both stoneware and porcelain. My stoneware pieces retain an earthy, raw quality, while my porcelain has a polished, refined look.
My ideas are produced in a series until they run their course or some other idea motivates me. Most pieces have the vessel form, while others are abstract in shape and texture. My intention is not to distinguish between functional or nonfunctional, but convey aesthetic qualities in my work.
In recent years, Venetian glass beads and fused dichroic glass have become part of my artistic endeavor. Working with dichroic glass is a lot like working with glaze on pottery. You simply mix various colors of glass together, apply heat and the result is an array of beautiful colors
– Wayne Horton
EDUCATION
B.S. Degree in Advertising Design - Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, 1970
Education Certification - Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA, 1972
M.Ed. (Ceramics) - Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA, 1977
Advanced Studies at Arrowmont School of Arts And Crafts Gatlingburg, Tennessee (University of Tenn. Summer 1982) Pi Beta Pi Scholarship
POSITIONS/EXPERIENCE
University of Louisiana At Monroe-art instructor (pottery)
Studio artist (clay and glass)
Art teacher Snyder Museum (summer art program)
Retired art teacher at Bastrop High School, Bastrop LA (33 years)
Board of Directors - Snyder Museum (vice president}
Board of Directors - Friends of Main Street, Bastrop LA.
Past talent evaluator for the State Department of Education in the area of art
Past member of the evaluation committee of the art curriculum development project for secondary art (LA. State Dept. of Education)
Past president of the Morehouse Arts And Crafts Association
Past school board member - St. Fredericks High School
EXHIBITS
Central Louisiana Arts Association Show 1st Place 1973
France-Louisiana Crafts Festival, International Trade Mart, New Orleans, La., 1975, 1976
Masur Museum- Monroe Art Association Show, 1974-1977
Canadian National Exposition, Toronto, Canada, 1977
One Man Show- Bry Art Gallery, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, La. 1977
Louisiana Crafts Council Gallery, New Orleans, La. 1978
Rountree Gallery, Monroe La. 1979
South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1980, 1982
Northeast Louisiana University Alumni Show, Bry art Gallery, Monroe, La. 1982, 1983, 1984
Functional Pottery (A Competition by Invitation) Rountree Gallery, Monroe La. 1982,1983, 1984
Snyder Museum Invitational Art Exhibition, Bastrop, La. 1983
Charles Ford Gallery Holiday Exhibition, Baton Rouge, La. 1983
Spar National '83 Barnwell Art and Garden Center, Shreveport, La. 1983
Ceramics Southeast, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida, 1984
1985...."Clay Artist, America's Best" International Identite Ceramique Conference in Auxerre, Yonne, France
Mississippi Mud Exhibition, Hickory Street Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1985
"Exhibition On Paper", Louisiana Crafts Council Directory, Baton Rouge, La. 1985
Craftswork '85 Louisiana Crafts Council Invitational, West Baton Rouge Museum, Port Allen, La.
Clay And Glass, Snyder Museum Bastrop La. 1985
Baton Rouge Gallery, Guest Artist Baton Rouge La. 1985
La. Crafts Council's 25th Anniversary Invitational Traveling Show 1985-1986
Teacher Of The Year 1987
"Made In The Shade" Foster Gallery Lsu Baton Rouge 1987
Bastrop Fall Arts And Crafts Show (Best Of Show) 1987
Designer Of The 1989 Northeast Louisiana Arts Award (Outstanding Individual Award)
1999 Outstanding Artist Nominee For Northeast Louisiana (Awarded By The Chase Manhattan Bank And Northeast La. Arts Council)
Alpha-Omega Show Snyder Museum 2000 "A Presence Of Others19 1-20 Group Show Snyder Museum 2001
"Gallery Night" Featured Artist Gecko Gallery 2001
Guest Artist North Louisiana Cotton Festival 2001
MEMBERSHIPS
Snyder Museum
Louisiana Master Craftsman Program
Rose Theatre Bastrop, La.
ARTICLES
Bastrop Daily Enterprise August 1982
Bastrop Daily Enterprise Pride Edition 1994
Bastrop Daily Enterprise Pride Edition 1998
Bastrop Daily Enterprise June 2004
State-Times - Baton Rouge Feb. 1983
State-Times - Baton Rouge Dec. 1985
Delta Style Featured Artist Louisiana Road Trips Featured Artist Dec. 2004
Louisiana Alliance For Art Education Journal May 1994
Fait'a la Main (A Source Book of Louisiana Crafts) Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism