Gallery Exhibition: Common Ground

Apr 6 - Jun 23, 2026

Patton-Malott Gallery

This exhibition highlights the shared creative drive that unites Anderson Ranch Arts Center staff, whose diverse practices collectively shape the character of the Ranch. Common Ground brings together works by Betsy Alwin, Liz Ferrill, Jack Fox, William Lanzillo, Lane Preston, Joanne Seongweon Lee, Andrea Jenkins Wallace, and Lindsey Yeager. Though each artist’s medium and approach is unique, the collection of showcased artworks together speak to the community and the place we build together.

Featured Artists

Betsy Alwin

Artistic Director of Ceramics and Expanded Media

Betsy Alwin is the Artistic Director of Ceramics and Expanded Media at Anderson Ranch. She is a sculptor working in ceramics and mixed media. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and holds an MFA from Illinois State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Berkshire Botanical Gardens (Mass MoCA), the National Botanic Gardens in Washington D.C., AIR Gallery, New York, The Phipps Center, Hudson WI, Gallerie Lucida in Red Brick, NJ, and The Ceramic Art Avenue Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China. Public commissions include sculptures at the Onoden Elementary School in Tokyo, Japan, Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, MN, and Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, MN. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a 2022 Artist Individual Support Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and is a 2025 Aspen Museum Artist Fellow. Alwin is represented by Rubine Red Gallery in Palm Springs, CA.

Learn More

Liz Ferrill

Artistic Director of Painting, Drawing & Printmaking; Artists-in-Residence Program; Critical Dialogue Program

Liz Ferrill is the Artistic Director of Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking at Anderson Ranch. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has had solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including in Aspen, Nashville, Omaha, New York City, and Berlin, Germany.

Learn More

Jack Fox

Studio Coordinator of Photography and New Media and Artistic Workshop Coordinator

Jack Fox is a Virginia raised photographer and visual artist and the current Studio Coordinator of Photography and New Media at Anderson Ranch. In 2023 he received a BFA in Photography and Film from Virginia Commonwealth University. His publications are in the collections of the Harvard Houghton Library, William & Mary Earl Gregg Swem Library, the VCU Cabell Library Special Collections, and the New York Public Library. He has guest lectured at William & Mary University and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University. He has worked with clients such as Berliner Zeitung, Interscope Records, New York Times Magazine, Outside magazine, and Wall Street Journal.

Learn More

William Lanzillo

Studio Coordinator, Sculpture

William Lanzillo is the Studio Coordinator of Sculpture at Anderson Ranch. He is a sculptor whose work includes objects, performances, and interactive experiences. He recently earned an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Learn More

Lane Preston

Studio Coordinator, Furniture Design and Woodworking

Lane Preston, originally from Houston, Texas, received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an emphasis in Photography and Sculpture in 2016. After graduation he worked as an exhibitions coordinator and photographer for art and design galleries to put on exhibitions all over the world.  In 2021, he went to Florence, Italy, for his MFA in Furniture Fabrication and Design, after teaching abroad for two years.

Learn More

Joanne Seongweon Lee

Studio Coordinator, Ceramics

Originally from South Korea, Joanne Seongweon Lee received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and was awarded the Franz Rising Star Project Scholarship: Outstanding Performance in Porcelain Design. Lee attended residencies at the Korea Ceramics Foundation, Icheon Cerapia in Korea, and at Sonoma Ceramics in Sonoma, CA. Formerly an instructor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA,she is currently ceramics coordinator at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Learn More

Andrea Jenkins Wallace

Vice President of Artistic Affairs, Artistic Director of Photography and New Media

Andrea Jenkins Wallace earned her M.F.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder after completing her undergraduate degree in Communications Media. Prior to joining Anderson Ranch, she spent over a decade in academia, holding tenure-track appointments at Lake Forest College and Willamette University. She continues to teach courses at Colorado College and the University of Denver. An accomplished speaker, Andrea has presented at institutions such as the Denver Art Museum and the Stonewall National Museum. Her documentary film, Rochell and Brian, which explores teenage pregnancy, premiered at the New York International Independent Film Festival. Andrea’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with numerous shows across the Americas, Europe, China, and the Middle East. Preferred Pronouns: She/Her

Learn More

Lindsey Yeager

Studio Coordinator, Paint and Printmaking

Lindsey Yeager paints and illustrates connections between society and nature, between human and animal, translating and reframing human contexts into fearful, raw, and feral allegories. Yeager received BFAs in New Studio Practice and Illustration from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Her work has been shown at Var Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Soft Times Gallery, Museum of Wisconsin Art, and Society of Illustrators, among others. Lindsey is represented by Var Gallery in Milwaukee, WI and works as the Studio Coordinator of Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking at Anderson Ranch.

Learn More