Anita Mills

  • “Rare Bird,” wearable neckpiece; sterling silver and turquoise beads with strips of batik fabric.

  • “Precarious Nest,” stoneware vessel with silver encaustic surface, twigs and quartz egg; 25cm tall x 25cm diameter.

  • “Poison Ring,” bronze clay, brass catch, and pale lavender CZ.

  • “Poison Ring,” bronze clay, brass catch, and pale lavender CZ.

  • Beaded Ceramic Vessel

  • Lapwork Bead - Roller Ring

RESIDENT ARTIST

October 2025

  • A native of West Texas, Anita holds a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking, from Texas Tech University, and an MFA in Printmaking and Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. She taught art and art history at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota for 12 years. A resident of North Carolina since 1989, Anita currently lives near Hillsborough where she maintains her home and studio. She is a full-time artist and itinerant teacher of art/design/craft; teaching adults and young adults through workshops and courses offered in community education settings.

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My Residency

“My residency with Mulranny Arts is an exciting opportunity for me to make a deep dive into a natural realm of wonder, as yet barely known to me. I delight in combining any materials to create art: metals, glass, stone, clay, fiber, paper and found objects. Whether from nature or human-made, cast-offs—the materials in my hands guide me. The joy, for me, comes from odd, but visually interesting combinations. The key words to my studio practice are, ‘What if?’ ‘What if I do this? What if I do that? Opening up to any possibility always results in inspiration.”