Bradley W. M. Benn

Brad was Assistant Director of the Edina Art Center for nine years. His major responsibility during the time was managing the pottery department where he maintained the equipment and built a large gas kiln.

His pottery has two foci: functional pots including wine vessels and decorative fish.
He has won awards at art fairs and juried shows. Brad has mounted solo shows at the
Northern Lakes Center for the Arts in Amory, Wis. and the Eden Prairie and
Edina City Halls. He has been artist in residence at Quadna Mountain Village.

The fish, made in plaster molds cast from real fish, are all inscribed with the Greek
word for “fish.” As time goes on, they continue to take on more dimension as Brad works them onto his functional pots, making some of the vessels more decorative.

Brad teaches beginning clay classes at Edina Art Center.