Beechmont Community Center Glass and Pottery Studios
Xin Chen
Xin Chen is a Chinese-born, US-based artist who combines class and ceramic in her though-provoking artworks. With a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts and a Master's degree from the University of Louisville, Xin's work explores the viewer's relationship with the environment. By embracing her multicultural background, Xin brings a unique voice and perspective to her artwork, bridging traditional Chinese artistic traditions with contemporary practices encountered during her time in America.
Rhonda Snyder
With over 30 years experience in glass art, Rhonda can truly claim it as her artistic calling. Glass work started as a hobby but evolved into a lifetime of creative endeavors. 15 years of her career were spent with Architectual Glass Art and Louisville Glassworks, where she became proficient at glass carving, laminating glass, fiber board mold making, glass enameling, and kiln fired glass. She also co-created the Glassworks Walk in Workshop which is still in operation today! Her fore, however, is glass mosaics. Her love of mosaic glass is what prompted her to begin her glass art journey and is where she finds herself most involved today. Warm glass, or kiln fired glass, is another her favorite glass modalities, which she works with weekly! Aside from creating commissioned pieces, she currently teaches both mosaics and kiln fired glass at Beechmont Community Center in Louisville, KY where she was asked by Louisville Parks and Recreation to create a full-service glass studio. Rhonda takes pride in her student's achievements, and finds immense fulfillment in sharing her love of glass and in her ongoing exploration of her favorite medium.