Potter artist Bebe Gianakos has won recognition for her works, but continues to be “a student, ever seeking to improve.” Some of her accomplishments include:


Memberships
~Meridian Museum of Art~
Board of Directors 2003 - present

MMA Artists’ Group
Vice-President 2002-2004
& Secretary 2004

~ Meridian Council for the Arts~
Board of Directors 2003-2007

~The Potters’ Council~
a branch of The American Ceramic Society, 2005 - present

~Meridian Artists’ Co-Op~
Board of Directors 2007 - present

Shown/Sold Pottery at:
~Cotton Patch Studio~
York, AL

~Lucas Road Gallery~
Meridian MS presently

~Plant the Earth~
Meridian, MS

~The Daily Grind~
Meridian, MS

~Seafood/Art Jamboree~
Sacred Heart School, PTO
Hattiesburg, MS 2005

~Day in the Park~
Laurel, MS 2005

~The Rooster Day Festival~
York, AL 2004

 
 

Juried Shows
Selected and Participated in The Meridian Museum of Art’s
2005 Bi-State Competition


Pottery Classes
~Meridian Community College~
under Winkie Allen 1999
under Larry Van Dyke 2000
under Daniel L. Saucier 2002
under Bruce Guraedy 2001


Workshops ~Conferences
~Wood Burning Kiln Workshop~
Brookhaven, MS
under Mary Bourner 2000

~Alabama Clay Conference~
Montgomery, AL 2009
Calera, AL 2006
Florence, AL 2007

~Pickenpaugh Pottery~
under Robert Pickenpaugh
Madison, MS 2001

~Tougaloo Art Colony~
Tougaloo, MS

Raku Pottery Class under Robert Reedy

University Of Central Florida 2002

Salt —Kiln Building Workshop 2006
under Dong-Hung Chung, Prof. of Art

Wonkwang University

College of Fine Arts, Korea

~Conner Burns Participation Workshop~
Burns Pottery
Natchez, MS 2005 & 2008

~Demonstration Workshop~
Burns Pottery
Natchez, MS 2005, under Jed Schlegel

~Workshop with Conner Burns~
“Form, Function, Aesthetics & Processes of Making, Well-Designed Vessels of Clay,” June 2007, in conjunction with the Mississippi, Clay Invitational

~Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art~
Biloxi, MS

~Potter’s Council Throwing Workshop~
Mendocino, CA 2005

~“The English Connection”~
Staunton, VA June 2006

“Natural Instincts”—Beaufort, NC June 2007

~Potters Council Conference~
Cinncinnati, OH 2009

  

~Threefoot Arts Festival~
Meridian, MS 2004 - 2008

~Aimee’s Linens & Fine Gifts~
Meridian, MS 2004

~A. G. Edwards~
Meridian, MS 2006 - present

~Rivergate Arts Festiva~
Tunica, MS 2008

~Demonstrations Agricultural Center~
Meridian, MS 2005


~Renaissance Festival~
Camp Binache Boy Scout Camp
Meridian, MS 2007

~Clarkdale Attendance School Festival~
Spring 2007

~Boys’ and Girls’ Club~
Meridian, MS 2008 - present

~The Oaks Rehabilitation Center~
Meridian, MS, 2008 - present

~Soule Steam Festival~

~West Lauderdale Elementary School~

~Poplar Springs Elementary School~