Heights Arts Spotlight Showcase: Helen Liggett

Helen Liggett is an academic and photographer who teaches in the Architectural Studies Program at Kent State University.  She is the author of numerous articles and professional presentations, often incorporating urban photography.  She is author of Urban Encounters.  Recent projects include Design/ReBuild  (available through Amazon) and “City Built by Hand” (forthcoming through The American Roundtable), both as parts of projects initiated and sponsored by the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.

“This is a quiet exhibit about making pots and clay sculpture– standing in counterpoint to “Posing the Question.”

It is based on a project begun several years ago when I was invited to photograph a group of women potters who had worked together for many years – first at Karamu House and then later at Bratenahl Community Center. They worked  in an open space with layers of clay below and floating, flowing, rippling conversation above – fashioning worlds based firmly in experience and in the clay.