Biography
Breana Hendricks is currently Clay Art Center’s Westchester Community Foundation’s Young Artist Fellow in Port Chester, NY. Originally from the Bronx, NY, she received her BFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz, NY. After graduating, she received the Windgate Fellowship Award for travel across the continental United States and Jamaica in pursuit of assistantships, internships and workshops to further develop her career and skill in craft. Before coming to Port Chester, she was a Chili Bowl Intern and teacher at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY. They have been with Clay Art Center since 2019 as a Community Arts Assistant.
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 2018
Statement
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
Audre Lorde
I make pottery that examines the intersection of my racial and gender identities. This is leading me to a new understanding of my own body image after confronting my muddied familial history of alcoholism, obesity, and intergenerational social exclusion. My introspective analysis is supported by learning about the history of servitude unique to my African American and Caribbean culture, and the women who became matriarcal leaders supporting their communities despite facing adversity.