McKenzie Smith

EDUCATION 

BFA University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 

MFA University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES 

Residency, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana 

Core Student, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina 

Residency, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada 

Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE 

Studio potter 

BIOGRAPHY 

McKenzie Smith is known for functional stoneware pottery influenced by English folk pottery. The pots are typically wheel thrown and often altered. Areas are left unglazed to contrast the warm stoneware color with the tan, black, and occasionally blue brush strokes1. Regarding firing, Smith says, “I am drawn to wood and salt/soda firing because of the rich effects these firings techniques have on the clay, slips, and glazes I use.”2 

1.https://www.northernclaycenter.org/artist/mckenzie-smith-Cited February 18, 2019, 4:00PM. 

2.https://www.sasweb.org/page.cfm?p=816-Cited February 18, 2019, 4:00PM.