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Local artist honored by international publication - published December 4, 2025
WATAUGA — Ceramic artist and Appalachian State University professor Andréa Keys Connell was selected as one of the artists featured in Ceramics Now’s upcoming 15th anniversary edition, a special international publication set for release in December.
Ceramics Now, an online and print journal highlighting contemporary work in the field, received more than 950 submissions from 73 countries for the anniversary issue. From those, 24 artists were chosen to represent the publication’s description of the most forward-thinking work in ceramics today.
Connell, who joined App State in 2017 and teaches in the Department of Fine and Applied Art, said the recognition came as a surprise.