Starting with a ceramics class at a YWCA over 40 years ago, Judy Ericksen is a distinguished potter, educator and supporter of the arts. Living and working in Great Falls, Montana; her achievements have been recognized with Governor’s Cultural Foundation Award (1990), the YWCA Salute to Woman Award (1994), and the Governor’s Award for Service to the Arts (2003).
Ericksen’s service to the arts goes beyond her own creations. She helped organize and is a current corporate member of Gallery 16, one of Montana’s first artist-owned cooperative galleries. She’s been a member and officer of the Great Falls Art Association and a director on the Montana Institute of the Arts, and served three terms on the Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Legislative Review Committee.
Ericksen has taught ceramics and pottery at the University of Great Falls and has offered workshops at C.M. Russell Museum. She continues to offer classes at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, an institution she was instrumental in creating.
“Judy is an artist’s artist,” fellow artist Jean Price said. “She even teaches and mentors other artists at her home studio and has been especially notable for helping artists with disabilities.”
Ericksen’s service to the arts goes beyond her own creations. She helped organize and is a current corporate member of Gallery 16, one of Montana’s first artist-owned cooperative galleries. She’s been a member and officer of the Great Falls Art Association and a director on the Montana Institute of the Arts, and served three terms on the Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Legislative Review Committee.
Ericksen has taught ceramics and pottery at the University of Great Falls and has offered workshops at C.M. Russell Museum. She continues to offer classes at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, an institution she was instrumental in creating.
“Judy is an artist’s artist,” fellow artist Jean Price said. “She even teaches and mentors other artists at her home studio and has been especially notable for helping artists with disabilities.”