Artist Amber Voorhies Profile (2024)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2024-03-22
Duration: 00:09:25
Subjects: Ceramics | Painters | Arts | ARTISTS
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Voorhies, Amber Interviewee
- Dauzat, Rachael Interviewee
Description
This segment from the March 22, 2024, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of Amber Voorhies, a ceramicist and painter in Alexandria, Louisiana. She discusses: her love of ceramics; creating functional pieces that mimic patterns in nature; her process; teaching ceramics to students at the River Oaks Arts Center in Alexandria; her painting style; and her themes. This segment also includes an interview with Rachael Dauzat, the director of the River Oaks Arts Center.