Lynn Basa (b.1954, Pittsburgh, PA) works with encaustic, clay, and public space. She has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University in fine art (ceramics), a Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in public art policy and administration from the University of Washington, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Studio. Her work is in numerous museum, corporate, and private collections including the Museum of Art and Design (New York), the Museum of Fine Art (Boston), the Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence), and the Spencer Museum (University of Kansas). She has taught in the Sculpture Dept. of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is the author of The Artist's Guide to Public Art.