ABOUT BLAISE

E. Blaise DePaolo earned her MFA in Ceramic Sculpture with a minor in Glass from the Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Craft, in 1997.  DePaolo is the Associate Professor of Sculpture at Morgan State University, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University). She did her undergraduate work at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, an alternative Liberal Arts College with a focus on experiential education.

Her travels to Mexico and Guatemala, touring Mayan ruin sites, have been a defining influence on her work. She exhibits at Baltimore Clayworks, a nationally and internationally recognized ceramic arts center. She has work in numerous public and private collections and identifies herself as a professor and community-artist.  In partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools and art organizations, DePaolo has collaborated on numerous public art projects with her Morgan students in underserved communities.

Some installations include: Health Care for the Homeless, ‘Everyone Deserves to go Home’ mural, Loyola University’s Center for Civic Engagement and Social Justice, League for the People with Disabilities, and the ‘Grow Justice Mural’ for the Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City, California.