Mrs. Kira Enriquez Loya

Education

• Other - Stephen F. Austin State University - 2012
• M.F.A. - Art, Stephen F. Austin State University - 2009
• B.F.A. - Sculpture, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua - 2006

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Teaching Interests

• One of my main concerns is to teach students craftsmanship and quality of work. A well-crafted piece makes the connection between the artist’s intent and the viewer’s response. I encourage quality of craftsmanship through demonstrations, creativity, historical and contemporary research, and most importantly, through practice and a close interaction with the students.<br>I feel that my mission as an educator is to create through art an emotional connection and integrity in my students, to further develop their personality. I want to help students communicate and express their feelings and experiences through visual forms, and assist them to find their own voice through a specific media.

Research Interests

• My creative process begins with an idea, a concept, or a feeling to be expressed, which takes shape using different forms created on the wheel that are later modified through a constructive/ deconstructive approach. I am interested in the shared traits of procreation, fertility and multiplicity between human beings and nature. My ceramic vessels represent my interaction and observation of nature, and my communication with other individuals. They symbolize a symbiosis between me as a human being and nature, or symbiosis between the feminine and masculine attributes found within myself and within every organism when they are in perfect balance. Through my work I strive to create pieces that speak of life, nature, volume, fluidity, and, and the same time, organic simplicity.