Stephen Hawks
Lumpkin, Georgia
Brownsville, Texas
Website
gshawks.wordpress.com
Artist Statement
Stephen Hawks, born in Washington D.C, has lived most of his life in Georgia. After early training in art, music, and theater, he received his BFA from Valdosta State University and MFA from Florida State University. He was Resident Potter at Westville, a living History Museum for 19 years, and an independent artist for over 30 years. He is married and has two grown daughters. He is currently Ceramic Lecturer on the Brownsville campus of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and resides during the summer with his wife, Nancy, in Lumpkin, GA.
He believes that art, as a discipline, cannot simply be set aside from the culture at large, but is a vital active force in all culture which generates life and meaning.
