point the color

Meg howton, bethany moody, catherine nelson

august 3-17, 2024

Meg Howton is a mixed-media artist with a background in ceramics. Her work challenges conventional notions of beauty through unconventional means, employing both found and crafted materials to create sculptures that evoke comfort and explore visually tactile experiences. The interplay of color and texture in Howton’s sculptures achieves a harmonious visual coherence that draws viewers into a compelling sensory experience. Howton holds a BFA in Ceramics and Photography from the University of Alabama and completed a post-baccalaureate program at the University of Florida before earning her MFA in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Currently based in Tuscaloosa, Howton serves as an instructor of ceramics at The University of Alabama.

Bethany Moody (she/they) is an educator and interdisciplinary artist who processes locally sourced, reclaimed textile materials with craft-based techniques, including natural dyeing and soft sculpture. Through forms that are at once abstract, bodily, and functional, Moody troubles the relationships among the waste we create, the communities we choose, and the built and natural environments we inhabit. Born and raised in central Alabama, Moody received her BFA from the University of Montevallo and her MFA from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. The Old Bailey Gallery, HPL Galleries, and COOP Gallery have recently held solo exhibitions of their work. Moody is the recipient of the 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship in Craft from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and is currently an Instructor of Foundations at the University of Alabama.

Catherine Nelson is an interdisciplinary sculptor originally from Shreveport, LA. Curious about materials and their origins in the landscape, she collects, observes, and composes using wood, natural dyes, metals, found objects, and drawings. She has exhibited across the US and internationally, most recently at Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, NC; Abigail Ogilvy in Boston, MA; and the Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Nelson has participated in residencies including the Women’s Studio Workshop and Vermont Studio Center. She earned her BA from Duke University and her MFA from the University of Connecticut, and she currently manages the fabrication shops at the Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT.