Alice Ballard

My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on hikes and on walks in my neighborhood, while I am at work in my garden, on visits to the produce section of the grocery stor or, appear as gifts from friends who share my fascination with beauty inherent in Nature's abundant variety of forms. To be more specific, it is often the metamorphosis of Nature's forms, as they change from season to season, that attracts me. What astounds me is man's and nature's ability to withstand horrific abuse and to regenerate new life, to put forth a magnificent new budding.

Undergraduate and Masters Degree from the U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, '67 and '68

Studied with the following artists at Penland School of Crafts: Don Reitz, Wayne Higby, Kyoung Ae Cho, George Kokas, Deborah Groover

A summer semester in China with West VA U. studying ceramics under Robert Anderson

Solo Exhibitions at:
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Sumter Museum of Art, Sumter, SC
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
SECCA, Winston Salem, NC
Francis Marion U., Florence, SC

Invitational Exhibitions:
Winthrop U., Rock Hill, SC
U. of NC Asheville
Metropolitan Arts Council
SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities
Columbia Museum of Art
SC Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Hodges/Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Christa Faut Gallery, Lake Norman, NC