Alyse Lucas Corcoran
Artist

Alyse was born in Washington, DE. She grew up in South Carolina on her grandfather's Spring Island Plantation, also in Charleston and in Asheville, North Carolina. In Charleston, Alyse was the fifth generation of her mother's Lucas family to be presented at the Saint Cecilia Ball. Alyse's primary residence now is in Atlanta, Ga. She also maintains a town home in Georgetown, Washington, DC, and a condominium on the Battery in Charleston and a home on Botany Bay Island in South Carolina.

Alyse began seriously sculpting as a way to deal with her cancer treatments. In a short time she had been in numerous shows and galleries. Highlights include the sculptural centerpiece for the South Carolina Nature Conservancy's annual meeting, a benefit action for the National Cancer Society (Vince Lombardi) and tow shows during the 1998 Spoleto Festival in Charleston. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has featured several articles about her sculpting.

Alyse's Low Country Series of sculptures, based on her childhood experiences while growing up in coastal South Carolina, are displayed in a gallery in Charleston as well as here at Higdon House. Additional pieces are planned for the series.

Alyse has completed several pieces based on her experiences with breast cancer and is now working on an adversity series (abuse, homeless, special awareness. She is also working on a life size sculpture of Senator Max Cleland. A nine-foot tall bronze, Spirit, is presently being considered for the Nation Museum of Women's History in Washington, D.C. to be their signature piece for the next century.