Kristin McKirdy
Artist

Artist Kristin McKirdy (featured in Sèvres Extraordinaire!) will introduce the various influences that have participated in her transition from functional potter to ceramic sculptor. She will reveal how her education—specifically her background in art history and archaeology—influence and permeate her oeuvre.

Kristin McKirdy is a French-based American ceramic artist known for her organic sculptural forms characterized by purity of design and abstract vision. She holds a master’s degree in art history and archaeology from the Sorbonne specializing in ceramic history and an MFA from UCLA. A four-year artist residency at the Manufacture national de Sèvres culminated in a retrospective exhibition at the Musée de Sèvres in 2012. McKirdy exhibits internationally and has been awarded the prestigious Bettencourt Prize for Exceptional Talent and been named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French minister of culture.

Tuesday, October 7, 12:15 pm

38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall
Tea, coffee, and snacks will be served starting at noon. No registration required.