Meet Judi Israel
"I look for the whimsy and even the silliness in my surroundings. My art should make people smile."
Rhode Island clay artist Judi Israel grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts and has a B.S. and a M.S. from Boston University. Over the years she has taken clay related classes at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston Adult Education, Cambridge Adult Education, Framingham’s Danforth Museum, R.I.S.D., and has participated in many workshops in the U.S. and Mexico. Her works have been shown in Nantucket, the Danforth Museum School, the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Morgan Library & Museum and Columbia University in New York, Women at Work Museum in Attleboro, and galleries in Newport, Providence, and Warren, R.I. Some of her works are included in permanent installations at Hasbro Children’s and Rhode Island Hospitals. She is proud to be a member of Mudstone Studio in Warren, R.I.
Judi’s work reflects her constant quest for humor in the world around her. “I look for the whimsy and silliness in my surroundings. My art reflects the synergy between art, humor and life and I hope it makes people smile.”