Bradford Davis (MFA '24), an alum of Tyler's Ceramics program, will join The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, one of the nation's oldest and most respected centers for ceramics, as a Resident Artist this fall. The residency program offers the top emerging ceramic talent in the U.S. and abroad the space, time, and resources to develop their artwork and their professional lives.

Davis is an award-winning multimedia artist who uses ceramics to express his emotions and responses to his traumas and life experiences. As a retired Army Artillery Officer, his journey of healing feeds his creative research. 

"I am humbled to say that the return to clay has been one of the greatest catalysts in my path of healing," Davis wrote in an artist statement. "As a veteran contemplating the sum of my life experiences and their weight on my mental health, I have come to co-exist with my traumas and disabilities, journeying through stages of denying, researching, acknowledging, and fighting them, akin to a circle of acceptance."

Davis will be one of four new residents at The Clay Studio beginning in September 2024, along with 2023 Tyler Ceramics Artist-in-Residence Michael Dika.