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TCC Instructors
Education is at the very heart of TCC's mission. We love ceramics and want to provide a premier resource and supportive environment for high-quality instruction for all those who desire to learn or further their knowledge of the art. We recognize that the quality and depth of our instructors is essential to the success of our goals. We are quite proud of our team!
REBECCA
BROWNING-YAGER
Rebecca works in her studio in El Prado, NM. She fires in an anagama wood kiln as well as Raku. Rebecca states that her goal when creating ceramic works is to amplify the simplicity and elegance of a form that she visualizes first on paper or in her mind. Rebecca holds a BFA in Sculpture from The Cleveland Institute of Art; an MA in Art Education from Case Western Reserve University; and was awarded a full fellowship to The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; and Teaching Assistantship at The Lacoste School of The Arts; Lacoste, France
LEE AKINS
Lee received a B.F.A. from the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio in 1975 and a M.F.A. in Ceramics in 1986 from Southern Methodist University. He has taught ceramics at the college level for more than 40 years and is currently an instructor at UNM, Taos, and the Taos Ceramics Center. Over the years, Lee has taught hundreds of classes and workshops on all aspects of the ceramic arts. His students and peers consider him to be among the most knowledgeable and accomplished instructors in New Mexico. His work has been featured in ceramic magazines and publications, including Ceramics Monthly.
GRAYSON FAIR
Grayson Fair is an artist living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He attended the University of North Texas and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2016. He studied sculpture, drawing, fibers, and majored in ceramics. In 2018 he spent a year as an Artist in Residence in Taos, New Mexico. In 2019 Grayson moved to Northern Arizona for a residency at the Reitz Ranch. In 2020, he moved to Pomona, CA for an Artist residency at AMOCA (American Museum of Ceramic Art). From Southern California he moved to Montana where he spent two years as the Woodfire Resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula. He then moved to Omaha, to work as a studio assistant to Jun Kaneko. Grayson's introduction to ceramics was through functional pottery, but now his focus is nonobjective, action-based sculpture.
ALMA QUILLIAN
Alma Quillian received her BFA at SMU as a sculpture major. She has a Masters in Art Education from Sul Ross State University. After teaching art at the secondary level in Texas for 24 years, she moved to New Mexico where she continued to teach at a clay studio in Sandia Park. After moving to Taos, she taught clay sculpture privately as well as at UNM in their Dual Credit classes.
Throughout her teaching career, Ms. Quillian has been an active artist with a concentration in clay sculpture and printmaking. Her love of animals and nature is reflected in her work. She is currently showing her work at Wilder Nightingale Fine Arts in Taos and Artisans on Main in La Veta, Colorado.
