Artist Lecture Series

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner was born in 1975 and grew up in Pennsylvania. She comes from a family of makers: her mother and grandmothers needlepointed pillows, made quilts, and stitched or knitted their clothes and toys; her father built odd things, cooked outrageous meals, and painted murals in their home. She earned a BFA in Sculpture with a concentration in Fibers from Syracuse University and was a Studio Assistant at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Rozycki Hiltner is a full-time artist living with her husband and two daughters in Red Lodge, Montana. Her work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions in museums and galleries, and has been published in the US and abroad.

Sugar Sand Pottery was created by Kellie Moore after she and her husband returned from their lives of employment by the sand and sea in the British Virgin Islands to even more sand in the Central Florida area. Their move to the country side proved to be pretty sweet, and with a life now amongst their furry and feathered farm animals (chickens and horses, to boot), Sugar Sand pottery was born.

Setting up her studio out in the sandy Florida soil, Kellie combines the aesthetic inspiration of her years of traveling and working abroad along with the printmaking, painting, and ceramic experiences from her Central Florida roots. While the function of her wares remain inspired by farm life and home living, the glazes and details that adorn their surfaces are taken from the colors and textures of her life in the tropics and hint towards the ornamentation of her travels.