Craft Objects & Design Atlanta

Executive Director of SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion

Alex Delotch Davis is the Executive Director of SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion and Film in Atlanta and Lacoste, France, overseeing exhibitions, marketing, fundraising, and strategic direction. With more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of art, fashion, and cultural strategy, she previously held leadership roles at the High Museum of Art, Cadillac, Bloomingdale’s, and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. A SCAD alumna, she serves as Board President of the Atlanta Center for Photography and is a member of the Mayor’s Arts Advisory Committee.

Contemporary art jeweler

Ashley Buchanan is a contemporary art jeweler based in Atlanta, GA. She received her BFA in Jewelry/Metalsmithing in 2009 and has been making her living as an artist since 2011. Her work has been featured in two 500 Series books, Ornament Magazine, Metalsmith & American Craft. She participates in high end craft shows around the US, where she’s received multiple awards of excellence and she was short-listed for American Craft’s Emerging Voices Award. Ashley’s goal when making her powder coated metal jewelry is to create wearable works of art that push the boundaries of jewelry while maintaining a clean, contemporary aesthetic.

Multidisciplinary artist

Ato Ribeiro (b. 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of media including sculptural installation, drawing and printmaking. He was born in Philadelphia, PA. and spent the formative years of his life in Accra, Ghana before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia. His work is in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Mercedes-Benz USA Headquarters among others. He earned his B.A. from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and his M.F.A. in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Executive Director, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences

Mr. Badoud joined The Hambidge Center as Executive Director in 2009 and previously served in a similar role leading Art Papers Magazine for seven years. Formally trained in both studio art and accounting at Auburn University, Badoud leads from a broad spectrum of skills and experiences. He served as a medic in the U.S. Army Reserves for eight years and has worked as a CFO and public accountant. He has chaired and participated in numerous award panels including American Institute for Architects, South Arts, and Georgia Council for the Arts among others. An adventuresome world traveler with his wife Stefanie, they now tote two teenagers.

Artist, designer, and Associate Professor of Art, Kennesaw State University

Jeff’s work explores the new potential of digital fabrication technologies in ceramics, and the new aesthetics possible with these powerful tools. He has been an Artist in Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Red Lodge Clay Center, Studio 740, The Clay Corner, and most recently the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. His work has been featured in more than 150 exhibitions, and numerous magazines and books. Prior to his appointment at Kennesaw State, he has held teaching positions at Bennington College, Indiana University Southeast, and the University of Louisville. He has a BFA in Ceramics from University of Wisconsin – Whitewater and an MFA from Indiana University – Bloomington.

Executive Director, Museum of Design Atlanta

As Executive Director of the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) since 2013, Laura Flusche has positioned the museum at the forefront of conversations about what design education and community-centered institutions can accomplish. She regularly curates exhibitions for the museum, including SALT: A Design Story, on view through October 31. A classical archaeologist by training, Laura spent fifteen years in Rome teaching, excavating on the Palatine Hill, and co-founding the Institute of Design + Culture. She fiercely maintains that design is archaeology backward.