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Alexis Gregg

Assistant Professor of Practice
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Education

MFA Ceramics, California State University Long Beach, 2010

 

BFA Ceramics, University of Georgia, 2007

Alexis Gregg's CV

Alexis Gregg is a visual artist specializing in architectural ceramics and public art. Her work explores play, the intersection of art + industry, memorials, and community engaged practice. She is co-founder of AnT Sculpture and Design, a collaborative studio that has completed more than 30 large scale permanent public art installations nationally and internationally. Her current research centers on developing methodology for group collaboration to create meaningful community built public art projects. As an educator, Alexis brings extensive experience developing professional practice, leadership, and experiential learning programming, and she mentors students in translating creative skills into sustainable career pathways through design thinking and real-world project work.

 

Public Art, Ceramics, Community-Engaged Practice, Experiential Learning, Arts Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, Career Exploration and Readiness

ART 3854: Professional Studio Practices

Residencies:

Spring Pentaculum Invited Artist: Arromont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2026

Sponsored Residency/ Resident Artist: The Hambidge Center for Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gab, GA, 2022-25

Visiting Artist Residence: Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2019

Long Term Resident Artist: Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, 2012-13

Artist in Residence: New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011-12

Public Art Commissions & Exhibitions:

“Serious Play” McCrary Gallery, Macon, GA, 2026

"Column of Change" Macon Bicentennial Park, Macon, GA, 2025

“Down to Earth” Dorothy Leland Gallery, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, 2025

“Fire and Ice” Carolyn Crayton Park, Macon, GA, 2024

“This is Us” Wesleyan College Leadership Lab, Macon, GA, 2023

“Blossoming” Macon Mall Bicentennial Exhibition, Macon, GA, 2023

“Macon Crosstown” McEachern Art Center, Macon, GA, 2023

“My Studio” Instituto Allende, SMA, Mexico, 2022

“Art in Everyday Life: 15 Years” Red Lodge, Red Lodge, MT, 2021

“New Macon Open” McEachern Art Center, Macon, GA, 2020

“Fire and Ice” Central City Park (juried), Macon, GA, 2020

“Drawn to Macon II” Macon Arts Alliance (juried), Macon, GA, 2020

"Frog on a Log" Museum of Arts & Sciences in Macon, GA, 2019

“Fire and Ice” Mill Hill Community Center, Macon, GA, 2019

"Ant Sculpture and Design” Northern Clay Center (solo), Minneapolis, MN, 2019

“Fired Works” Macon Arts Alliance (juried), Macon, GA, 2018

“I Used You” Macon Arts Alliance (solo), Macon, GA, 2017

“Shaping the New South” Hudgens Center for Art and Learning (invited), Duluth, GA, 2017

"Slider Turtle" Museum of Arts & Sciences in Macon, GA, 2016

“Like Talking to a Brick Wall” MMC Longview, Lee’s Summit, MO, 2016

“The New Southern Aesthetic” Museum of Arts and Sciences (invited), Macon, GA, 2016

Selected Honors:

City of Atlanta MAF Bond 2.0 Public Artist Roster, Atlanta, GA, 2024

Distinguished Residency Award, The Hambidge Center, Ruben Gap, GA, 2024

South Carolina Clay Conference, Invited Presenter, Newberry, SC, 2024︎︎︎

Visiting Artist lecture and workshop, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2023

Residency Award, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, 2022

Visiting Artist lecture and workshop, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2022︎︎︎

Workshop Exchange, Visiting Instructor, Instituto Allende, SMA, Mexico, 2022︎︎︎

“Studio Visit” Ceramics Monthly (Feb. issue), 2019

Macon-Bibb Earth Day Community Award, Macon, GA, 2019 

Northern Clay Center short term residency/workshop, Minneapolis, MN, 2021︎︎︎

“Here’s the Story..” The Telegraph, Macon, GA, 2018

“Bernd Park” 13 WMAZ, Macon, GA, 2018

“Bernd Park Upgrades” 41 NBC/WMGT, Macon, GA, 2018