Bio

Jennifer Schumacher Waller grew up on the West Coast and received her BFA from Louisiana State University with a major in ceramics and a minor in photography.

She was the resident artist for the St. Tammany Public Library for 15 years, studied at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Truro Center for the Arts at Craft Castle Hill, Mendocino Arts Center and held residency at the International Artist Residency Exchange in Saint-Raphael France.

She has led art workshops and taught art classes all over South Louisiana, online and in public and private school.

Jennifer received a Post-Baccalaureate in 2024 from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in ceramics and is currently developing her studio practice while running her community ceramic studio Claywork.shop.

Statement

My work reflects the quiet breath in life thought the softness of connection. Each piece is a small composition to the ephemeral nature of being, capturing tender moments, tension and security with the use of hard/soft materials and unfired clay. The narratives or care and attachment and the use of found materials are metaphors for the pliabilibility of fleeting emotions.