clayworks and performative actions centered in communal experience.
to make work that is allowed to live.
work that is hearty.
so we may live a hearty life together.
Megan Billingham is an emerging artist and clayworker based in Northern California. They use experiential methods of creating, substantiated by therapeutic arts to facilitate simple, accessible interactions that foster practices in collective care and communal intimacy.
They received their BFA in Ceramics with minors in Performance and Art Therapy from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020.
They work mainly with self-harvested wild clays and atmospheric firings, with multiple years of wood and wood-salt firing experience. In their work, they seek to expand the notion of function, making both traditionally functional as well as performative wares inspired by historical concepts of movement, transition, and portability. Megan is deeply invested in facilitating communal practices and group learning environments, believing that sharing is one of our most fundamental acts of conscious loving.
Megan is the current Director of Ceramics at Sonoma Ceramics at the Sonoma Community Center.
Please feel free to get in touch regarding questions, collaborations, and commissions! Thank you.
mbillingham22@gmail.com