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优蜜传媒 Professor of Art Carolyn Ford took home a Best In Show award for her works of art featured in a recent juried exhibit in Tennessee.

Ford was awarded the Best In Show/Susan Becker Award by juror Coral Turner at the A1LabArts exhibit 鈥淕RIT鈥� held March 5-26 at The Emporium Arts Alliance in Knoxville.

Ford鈥檚 selected works included a large ceramic platter entitled 鈥淜iss My Grits鈥� and a ceramic wall-hanging disk called 鈥淚f You鈥檝e Got Time to Lean, You鈥檝e Got Time to Clean,鈥� inspired by who she calls the grittiest person she knows, her mother. Ford fuses nostalgic imagery to humorously illustrate concepts, regional colloquialisms of wisdom, as well as tell personal narratives.

Through exhibitions, performances, and educational activities, it is A1LabArts鈥� intention to develop the creative artists鈥� and the community鈥檚 appreciation for interdisciplinary and new art forms. A1LabArts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 by a group of local artists in Knoxville.

Ford currently has two works featured in the exhibit 鈥淟ast Call VI: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations,鈥� which runs through April 30, at The Companion Gallery in Humboldt, TN. The exhibit consists of pitchers, decanters, bottles, ice buckets, shakers, flights, goblets, steins, shots, rocks cups, tumblers, etc. of every type of clay, temperature, and atmosphere. Ford鈥檚 selected works humorously illustrate drinking puns.

She has been a part of Limestone鈥檚 Department of Art since 2003, previously serving as Department Chair for 10 years. Her works are exhibited nationally as well as belonging to the Asheville Art Museum鈥檚 permanent collection. She is currently on sabbatical from Limestone, creating new works until she departs for Mission Clay Art and Industry鈥檚 Artist in Residence program in Phoenix, AZ. For more information on her work, please visit .