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Grace Brogan Chinook Winds Double head broom

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Grace Brogan is an artist and broom maker practicing at the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary design. She graduated with a BA in Studio Arts and English. Then went on to receive an MS in interdisciplinary Environmental Studies.

Simultaneously, she spent the last 15 years learning technique from craftspeople across the country in the mediums of fiber, ceramics, and wood and prioritized her study with broom makers.

Grace employs familiar household forms while also expanding into sculptural pieces that speak to those domestic items through the lens of texture and pattern found most frequently in wild places, contrasting the subdued earth tones of broomcorn (a variety of sorghum used in traditional broom making) and wood with subtle pops of color in her woodfired ceramics and woven cordage. The materials invite viewers to reflect on the items that surround our everyday lives as well as those that may be conspicuously absent and to consider the lines between labor and ritual, art and craft, home and nature, handmade and industrial.

Grace spends her time maintaining a studio practice and loving on her family. When she’s not in her garage workshop, you can usually find her on the trails and rivers surrounding Missoula.

Chinook Winds
Medium: wood, broomcorn, nylon and waxed linen thread
Intention for use: primarily sculptural, although entirely capable of sweeping
Made in 2024
Size: 43” x 26” x 3.5”

Shipping information:  This artwork is apart of the exhibition currently showing at our Brick and Mortar store - ‘Swept Away: The Broom Show’ All brooms / brushes will ship or can be picked up after November 3, 2024


Grace Brogan is an artist and broom maker practicing at the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary design. She graduated with a BA in Studio Art and English from the College of Saint Benedict and went on to receive an MS in interdisciplinary Environmental Studies from the University of Montana in 2012, pursuing dual sustainable agriculture and writing tracks culminating in a thesis that combined social science research and stories of people who build livelihoods around ecological value and land-based practices, including farmers, builders, and artists. She went on to work with NGOs that supported such populations for a decade.
Simultaneously, she spent the last 15 years learning technique from craftspeople across the country in the mediums of fiber, ceramics, and wood. She prioritized study with broom makers - in particular - in 2009 and 2019 at North House and John C Campbell Folk Schools, respectively. She participated in a winter residency at Penland School of Craft in 2020 to integrate more textile knowledge. In 2022, she participated in Montana’s Open AIR artist residency at Moon Randolph Homestead, integrating placed-based materials into her work. In 2023 she was selected to participate in John C Campbell’s Broom Maker Mentorship to delve into advanced broom making techniques and explore the ins-and-outs of making a living as a broom maker with two of the nation’s most prestigious working broom makers.
Grace employs familiar household forms while also expanding into sculptural pieces that speak to those domestic items through the lens of texture and pattern found most frequently in wild places, contrasting the subdued earth tones of broomcorn (a variety of sorghum used in traditional broom making) and wood with subtle pops of color in her woodfired ceramics and woven cordage. The materials invite viewers to reflect on the items that surround our everyday lives as well as those that may be conspicuously absent and to consider the lines between labor and ritual, art and craft, home and nature, handmade and industrial.
Grace spends her time maintaining a studio practice, loving on her family, and trying - but usually failing - to prevent bindweed from overtaking her garden. In recent years, she was selected to participate in American Craft Council and Smithsonian Craft marketplaces, Penland’s Lucy Morgan Gallery began representing her work, and two of her sculptural brooms were acquired by Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts for their permanent collection following the brooms’ inclusion in a group show highlighting young artists who are bridging the gap between the traditional and contemporary craft. When she’s not in her garage workshop, you can usually find her on the trails and rivers surrounding Missoula.

Grace Brogan Chinook Winds Double head broom

$435.00

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