Resident Artist

Bethany Rusen

Medium: Porcelain Artist
Residency: January 1, 2005–
January 1, 2006

Bethany Rusen draws on a wide variety of interests, materials, theories, and personal histories to construct her mixed-media, site-responsive sculptural objects. Her work seeks to explore the visceral and emotional aspects of body experience.

Rusen graduated with a BFA from Tyler School of Art in 2003 and earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, in 2010. Her work has been exhibited nationally at a variety of venues, including Texas Tech University, Boston University and Concordia University in Minnesota. She is currently the ceramics studio technician at Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA.  For more information, visit https://bethanyrusen.com.

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August 31, 2018 –
February 28, 2019
Medium: METAL
June 1, 2018 –
August 31, 2018
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Medium: FIBER

The application for the 2025 – 2026 cycle opens December 1, 2025. It’s free to apply!

The Artist Residency Program is designed to offer time and space for craft artists to focus on their creative work and interact with the public. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in all craft media, including but not limited to clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and mixed media.

The application for the 2025 – 2026 cycle opens December 1, 2025. It’s free to apply!

The Artist Residency Program is designed to offer time and space for craft artists to focus on their creative work and interact with the public. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in all craft media, including but not limited to clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and mixed media.

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