This tote bag is one-of-a-kind, created by Wesley Harvey to support Art Papers' mission.
Wesley Harvey is originally from Van Buren, Indiana, "the popcorn capital of the world." He currently lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia and is a Senior Lecturer in Ceramics and Graduate Director at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University. He received his BFA in Ceramics in 2002 from Indiana University-Bloomington, Indiana and then received his MFA in Ceramics in 2007 from Texas Tech University-Lubbock, Texas. His current body of artwork examines different facets of gay male sexuality and homoeroticism through the lens of queer theory using appropriation of imagery and objects, relevant to the history and social/political activism of the AIDS crisis.
Wesley has exhibited his artwork both nationally and internationally. His artwork can be found in various publications including Ceramics Monthly, Art in America, 500 Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures, and The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting, and more. His artwork is included in permanent and private collections in the United States, South America, China, and Italy. In the spring of 2017, Wesley had artwork in the Whitney Biennial exhibiting as a participating member of Debtfair, an installation and project of Occupy Museums. In February 2023, the Asheville Art Museum purchased three artworks from his first solo exhibition in Atlanta, “I’m down on my knees, I wanna take you there,” at Signature Contemporary Craft. The gallery is one of the nation’s longest running commercial galleries focusing on craft mediums since 1962.
