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Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT
During this week long course offering participants will have the opportunity to camp out on the land, eat plant based meals, and learn about the connection between art, nature, and our creativity.
Summer 2025 Visiting Artist
July 7-11, 2025
Dr. Bryan Winfred Massey, Sr. will be the first guest Visiting Artist at Kindred Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT. He will be teaching a week-long wood carving workshop for artist of all levels.
Introductory Wood Sculpting
Tuition & Meals: $1,600
Camping/Lodging: $300-$1,000
Limited to 15 participants
*Sliding scale available on a case by case basis.
Dr. Bryan Massey Sr., EdD
Professor of Art/Sculpture, University of Central Arkansas
Dr. Bryan Winfred Massey, Sr. was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1960. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Art & Design and a Professor of Art/Sculptor/Designer at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC; his Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He completed his Doctorate of Education at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock in Higher Education Administration.
We are honored to host Dr. Bryan Winfred Massey, Sr. Summer 2025 as the first Visiting Artist Educator at Kindred Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT.
Bryan is primarily a stone carver. He works with a variation of stones from alabaster, soapstone, limestone, marble, and granite. He also casts in iron, bronze, aluminum, as well as fabricating steel for incorporating with many of his stone works.
Bryan began his career figuratively, but now works with both the figurative and abstract. His recent combinations of stone and steel have begun to carry him to a higher dimension in his work. In October of 2006 he was awarded the Governor’s Award “Individual Artist of the Year” and received the “2007 Faculty Excellence Award for Research” Scholarship and Creativity Award. His sculpture, “Father Forgive” was selected as one of the top ten “Best of Show” awards at the 2009 National Sculpture Guild’s Show and Sale at the River Market.
“My work for years has been focused on creating interesting works of art that deal with social, political, cultural and spiritual issues. In my work, I want the viewer to experience the raw emotions that I experienced in the creative process whether it is stone, steel or cast metal."
