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Brian Harper

@bharperstudio.bsky.social

Artist. Professor. Executive Director of Artaxis (@artaxis.bsky.social). I like to learn stuff. More about my work can be found at brianharperstudio.com. My teaching website is claybucket.com

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Math and old pots! #ceramics

17.01.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, so the guy who lied about the East Wing renovation, then bulldozed it, is having his corrupt buddies at the DOJ investigate Powell for supposedly lying about a building renovation. This administration is criminal, from top to bottom.

12.01.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get these masked goons off our streets NOW.

08.01.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Austin Peay State University caved to a Republican politician's tweet and it cost them half a million. Good for this guy for fighting back. And he's a theater professor!

07.01.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"We got a lot of problems in America today and invading, occupying, and running Venezuela doesn't solve any of them."

03.01.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Casual reminder that the myth of β€œpulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

27.12.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 21324    πŸ” 5836    πŸ’¬ 535    πŸ“Œ 220
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Graded student projects nearly all day long, so I figured I earned a little studio time today. #wip #ceramics #ceramicart

16.12.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine signing up to be a State Trooper. You work hard, pass all the tests, and you're ready to protect the people and make a difference in your community. Your assignment: guard a women's restroom.

16.12.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed! Now if they would only stop attacking higher education. One can dream …

12.12.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm also a professor in Indiana, and I'm shocked and proud of Indiana today, too!

12.12.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great final critiques today at IUS Ceramics! It’s such a gift working with these students πŸ’™ #iusceramics

12.12.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, I love the detail on those dragonfly wings!

11.12.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a father of a five-year-old, I wish that every restaurant had a bag of frozen chicken nuggets in the freezer - then there could be a secret code word that all parents and servers know. The nuggets aren't on the menu, but they're always there to subvert a meltdown.

09.11.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only it would tell them to slow down on small narrow residential streets with kids playing.

22.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome. Congratulations!

23.09.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For some reason, this post from last week never posted the images. Anyway, I finally finished this new work. It's headed to the State of Clay in Indiana exhibition next week, so if you're headed to the Indiana Clay Conference, check out the exhibition! #ceramics #indianaclayconference #ceramicart

11.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a great idea! I have my students maintain a weekly blog where they chronicle their successes (and failures) in the ceramics studio (I teach ceramics at Indiana University Southeast). Often, the students write about ideas and other life happenings, but I love the idea of a commonplace book!

11.09.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tenured folks, you may not know how to catch up on preparing, so some starting points from someone who was once faculty & is now a higher ed labor organizer:

-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start oneβ€”talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont

10.09.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Ugh, what an absolute disgrace. Hoping that professor can find a new home somewhere far away from Texas.

10.09.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh, what a disgraceful set of actions from these administrators. In the video, it's very clear that the student baited the professor into this. It's so awful. I'm in Indiana, which has a political climate similar to Texas. It's a matter of time before this happens at my university.

09.09.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Question for the academics out there. Have you ever heard of a program without a coordinator or chair? The admin at my university (IU Southeast) removed the coordinator role from all programs. Our Fine Art Program has 140 majors, 6 fulltime and 7 parttime faculty .. and nobody coordinating it.

06.08.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course! I can send you the case study, too. It talks about your work creating the Planned Parenthood Saved Me Tumblr. The course is Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, and it's at IU's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. What's the best way to send it?

31.07.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm working on a paper for my nonprofit class based on a case study about when Komen tried to pull funding from Planned Parenthood years ago. An inspiring part of the story is the "Planned Parenthood Saved Me" Tumblr that @deanna.bsky.social made. I love amazing grassroots stories like this :)

24.07.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We love ours too :) My daughter feeds them "snackos" everyday, so they chase her around the yard sometimes :)

12.07.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My daughter made this card for her friend Rosalind. I love how she ran out of room for the words, "Happy Birthday", so she just continued it backwards so it looks like it's bouncing off the heart πŸ˜‚

12.07.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too late! We only have three chickens, but they make tons of noise in the early afternoon, around 1-3pm!

12.07.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The regional campuses will suffer the most. Bloomington and Indy will find a way to protect themselves. Interesting that IU President, Pamela Witten, just got a 28% salary raise and another $225,000 bonus. Curious timing, especially since there was a no-confidence vote for her earlier this year.

25.06.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for a place to put your thinking about craft and learning into writing? This could be the anthology.
Proposals are due by August 15. Link to the Google form for submissions and call for proposals docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can help make the book you want to read.

10.06.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m very proud of my student, Hailey Cruz Pereyra for a great BFA Thesis exhibition tonight. Her work is beautifully rendered, thoughtful, and poignant. It’s been very cool seeing her work build momentum throughout her undergraduate experience. Congratulations Hailey! #iusceramics

18.04.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NCECA had many highlights, but this is one of my favorites. Seeing so many friends and peers come out to cheer me on when I received NCECA’s Outstanding Achievement Award was amazing. I’m honored and humbled you would come out and support me like this. Thank you!!! ❀️ #iusceramics #artaxis #nceca

01.04.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0