Teri Walker Works

Teri began her creative life in her hometown of Toronto, Canada. First, she took painting and drawing classes at the Art Gallery of Ontario, followed by the Ontario College of Art and Design, and glass courses at the Harbourfront Glass Studios. Teri spent a year painting in Florence, Italy as well as a year in the Masters Program at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has taken classes at Corning in New York, Espace Verre in Montreal and the Pittsburg Glass Center. She has traveled all over Canada and the U.S. teaching glass, sculpture, and participating in workshops, residencies, and work study programs. In 1997, Teri arrived in New Orleans and became the artist in residence at New Orleans School of Glassworks and an instructor soon after. For twenty years, she has created whimsical one-of-a-kind animals and birds, Mardi Gras Indians, figures, skeletons, gargoyles and fancy glasses. One of her most noted, ongoing commission projects have been the glass awards for the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame, held each year in New Orleans.