Ashlyn Pope
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Joyner Institute
Contact Ashlyn Pope
apope1@coastal.eduEHFA 271(A)
Fall 2023 Office Hours
Mondays/Wednesdays 11:00am - 12:00pm
Biography
Ashlyn Pope is an educator as well as a ceramic and textile artist of Gullah descent. Ashlyn is from Morristown, New Jersey but her ancestry is from Georgetown, South Carolina. Ashlyn’s professional work is centered around the human figure and speaks to collective and personal experiences of being an African American, and of being a Gullah woman in the contemporary world. Ashlyn earned her undergraduate degree from Kennesaw State University. There, she received her BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking in 2013. She went on to complete her Master’s degree in Ceramics at The Pennsylvania State University in 2019. Currently, Ashlyn is an Assistant Professor in 3-d foundations at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.