Booke Armstrong
Brooke Armstrong is a ceramic artist interested in creating sculptural forms from processes tied to traditional craft. Brooke grew up in a rural mountain town in the Adirondack Park in New York State. She received a BA in Communication with a minor in Art from SUNY Potsdam. Brooke attended the University of Colorado as a Post-Baccalaureate specializing in ceramics. Brooke earned her MFA from The University of Montana. She has attended residencies at The Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, CA and The Red Lodge Clay Studio in Red Lodge, MT. She is currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas in San Antonio.
The Project
We Are Mountain is a Mural project by Brooke Armstrong and Jazen Reuss that invites the Saranac Lake and North Country communities to create a mural. A Mountain, made of many layers of sediment, symbolizes the people and parts that make it what it is: strong, solid and lush. Reuss will hold bead making workshops throughout the year to make beads with the community. Armstrong will hold a workshop on how to assemble the mural as well as have open artist hours for the community to see the construction of the mural between June 3-17th, 2024. All events are free and open to the public.
