About THE ARTIST
Jessica Lentych Loyd is an artist who explores cultural norms within the attention economy, time, space and the function of ceramics as support. Working in sculptural ceramics, Lentych Loyd creates art referencing our shared culture of over-productivity and constant distractions with an emphasis on the need to slow down. The artist comments:
“The impulse to stay busy is designed to include spending every natural resource we embody; our peace of mind, health, humor, joy, and love are depleted in our hum of busy. In a world of busy our worth Is all too often decided by our daily productivity.”
Jessica Lentych Loyd is a South Bend, Indiana-based artist with 25 years of teaching experience across multiple settings including museums, art centers, and schools. After graduating from Saint Mary’s College, she completed multiple workshops and residencies at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University; The Vermont Studio Center; Watershed Center for Ceramics; and the Glen Arbor Resident Artist Program. She received her MFA from The University of Nevada Reno-Lake Tahoe. With a passion for the visual arts, Lentych Loyd continues to teach and make art with the knowledge that art can inspire and change lives.