Join us for an opening reception and artist talk with Thomas Mann on Thursday, October 17th from 5:30 – 7:30 PM.  His talk, THINK-DRAW-WRITE-PAINT will be a reflection on his recent artist-in-resdience experience in Portugal.

His exhibition, Chaos & Vibes in the PaintScape will be on view on the second floor of the City of Biloxi Center for Ceramics Building, kicking off his two-day workshop as part of Charm School on Friday and Saturday.

This event is free for everyone to attend with RSVP and light refreshments will be available.

Thomas Mann, an icon of the American Craft Jewelry movement and a full-time practicing professional artist for over 50 years, describes himself as an artist working in the medium of jewelry and sculpture. He works with a variety of metals, thinking of them as painters think of their palettes — Each metal having its own color and luster. Inspired by parts from machines, electronic instruments, costume jewelry, and old postcards & photos, Mann’s recurring but always changing parts give his work its storytelling quality and theatricality. He calls this design vocabulary, which combines industrial aesthetics and materials with evocative themes and romantic imagery, “Techno-Romantic.”

Mann has been a featured artist in the Peabody Award-winning PBS television series “Craft in America.” His work is featured in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute’s Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C., as well as the Museum of Art and Design in New York.

Thomas Mann lives and works in Uptown New Orleans where he oversees a jewelry design and production studio, sculpture studio, and gallery.