Jessica Battes is an artist and educator that lives and works in Arlington,Texas. Jessica studied Fine Art at the University of North Texas in Denton where she received a B.F.A. with a concentration in ceramics. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Jessica's work has been featured in local and national venues. As a student at UTSA she won the Emerging Artist Scholarship Award at the Texas Art and Craft Fair two years in a row. Her work was accepted into Craft Forms 2010, an international juried exhibition for contemporary craft. In 2012 she won a NICHE Award and her work was featured in the NICHE magazine.

Jessica currently teaches at Texas Christian University, Mountain View College, and Tarrant County College Southeast Campus. http://jessicabattes.weebly.com

Reception Saturday, February 7, 5-7 PM
FREE and Open to the Public

Exhibition continues through March 7, 2015

ROCKPORT CLAY EXPO | SCHEDULE OF WEEKEND EVENTS

Saturday, February 7

Bountiful Bowl Pottery Fair (ONE DAY ONLY)
Rockport Fulton H.S. Commons
1801 Omohundro St. 
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$5 Admission

Reception for Featured Ceramic Artist: Jessica Battes
Rockport Center for the Arts
902 Navigation Circle
5:00 -7:00 PM
Free and open to the public

Sunday, February 8

Morning Pottery Demo (@ Rockport Center for the Arts)

with featured ceramic artist Jessica Battes
Large Classroom at Rockport Center for the Arts
11:00 AM - 1:00 PMFree and open to the public


Afternoon Demos (Downtown Rockport)
with Betty Shamel @ Wind Way Gallery203 S. Austin Street1:30 - 3:00 PMFree and open to the public
with Janice Joplin @ Estelle Stair Gallery406 S. Austin Street2:00 - 4:00 PMFree and open to the public