May 2012
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Interview with Kimberly Cook - Artist of the...
ARTIST OF THE MONTH, May 2012: Kimberly Cook
/ Read the full interview in Ceramics Now - Issue Two Ceramics Now Magazine: Do you remember your first encounter with ceramics? What made you choose this particular way of expressing yourself?
Kimberly Cook: My first encounter with ceramics was when I was a child. During my family’s summer holiday, my parents would take my sister and I on a very long...
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Interview with Jill Beute Koverman, McKissick...
REVIEW, May 2012:
/ Read more reviews in Ceramics Now - Issue Two Interview with Jill Beute Koverman, Chief Curator of Collections and Research, McKissick Museum - Walter B. Stephen’s work by Vasi Hîrdo You have been working at the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum for over ten years. What are the main responsibilities and attributes of being the Chief Curator of...
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Interview with Teresa & Helena Jané - Spotlight,...
SPOTLIGHT, May 2012: Teresa & Helena Jané
/ Read the full interview in Ceramics Now - Issue Two Ceramics Now Magazine: You have been working with ceramic jewelry and knobs for over 10 years. How did you discover the passion for beautifully crafted objects?
THJane: I suppose it comes from our childhood. We grew up surrounded by photographs, books, stamps and original objects. Some had been...
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Interview with Debra Fleury - New artist, May 2012
NEW ARTISTS, May 2012: Debra Fleury
/ Read the full interview in Ceramics Now - Issue Two Ceramics Now Magazine: Growing up near the ocean around natural diversity and continuous change, you have developed a very finite line of work. Do you visualize your work from the very beginning?
Debra Fleury: I spend a lot of time sketching and planning. My sketches can be very specific and architectural,...
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Interview with Max Cheprack, Clay extrusion -...
TECHNIQUES, May 2012: Max Cheprack
/ Read more articles in Ceramics Now - Issue Two Ceramics Now Magazine: You are studying Industrial Design at the Holon Institute of Technology, Israel, and recently you underwent a research project on clay extrusion. What are its concepts? Tell us about the technical process. Max Cheprack: The extruding clay project started in the third year of my studies, for...
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Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah: The Potteries of...
Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah: The Potteries of Walter B. Stephen / University of South Carolina McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC, USA May 26 – July 27, 2012
Some of the most imaginative and beautiful ceramics of the 20th century will be on display in an exhibition of Walter B. Stephen’s pottery May 26 – July 27 at the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum. Titled “Pisgah Forest and...
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Ehren Tool: Production or Destruction / Craft and...
Ehren Tool: Production or Destruction / Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA May 27 – September 9, 2012
Former Marine and ceramist Ehren Tool exhibits war awareness work at CAFAM. Opening reception: Saturday, May 26, 6 – 9 pm. “The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.” – Abraham Lincoln
Coinciding with Memorial Day, the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM)...
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Oh la la - Majolica… a Pottery Slam, by Peder...
Oh la la - Majolica … a Pottery Slam, by Peder Rasmussen and Michael Geertsen / Copenhagen Ceramics, Denmark May 24 - June 16, 2012
Artists talk: Saturday, 26 May at 2 pm. With their common educational background in the now almost vanished pottery tradition, Danish ceramists Michael Geertsen and Peder Rasmussen are challenging themselves and each other in an exhibition-tour-de-force within...
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Craft Spoken Here / Philadelphia Museum of Art
Craft Spoken Here / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA May 5 - August 12, 2012
Crafts were prominent among the first works of art to enter the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art when it was founded in 1876, and the Museum has continued to collect and exhibit crafts. Today, thanks in large part to the Women’s Committee and gifts from individuals, the Museum is particularly...
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Langenthal retrospective / Musée Ariana, Geneva,...
Langenthal retrospective / Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland May 23 - November 25, 2012
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 22 at 6.30 pm. #1 The Langenthal porcelain manufactory. From industrial design to Sunday china The fascinating history of the only 20th century Swiss porcelain factory began in 1906 in the Bernese town of Langenthal. Deeply rooted in the Swiss identity, the porcelain...
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David Claerbout. the time that remains / Parasol...
David Claerbout. the time that remains / Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London May 30 – August 10, 2012
Preview: 30 May 2012, 6.30 – 9 pm. On 30 May 2012, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art will preview a solo exhibition dedicated to the filmic works of the Belgian artist David Claerbout. The exhibition features works spanning Claerbout’s practice from 2000 to the...
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Anat Shiftan: Stilled Life / Vessels Gallery,...
Anat Shiftan: Stilled Life / Vessels Gallery, Boston, USA May 4 – May 27, 2012
Vessels Gallery is pleased to present Stilled Life, a solo exhibition of the new ceramic work of Anat Shiftan. Born in Israel, and with a degree from Hebrew University in English Literature and Philosophy, Shiftan received her MFA in Ceramics from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Design. In 2003, the artist joined the...
April 2012
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Ceramics Now Exhibition / Galateea Gallery,...
Ceramics Now Exhibition / Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania April 19 - May 7, 2012
Opening Reception: April 19, 6-9 pm.
The second edition of Ceramics Now Exhibition presents at Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, the works of 22 contemporary ceramic artists from 9 countries - Romania, USA, Canada, Israel, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, South Korea and Poland. The works of the Romanian artists who...
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James Tower and Contemporary Ceramics / Gimpel...
James Tower and Contemporary Ceramics / Gimpel Fils, London April 26 - June 9, 2012
Private View: Thursday 26 April, 6-8 pm.
Uniting art, design, sculpture and craft, James Tower holds a unique position in the history of British ceramics. As an artist who consistently challenged the perceived limits of his medium, throughout his career Tower explored the sculptural and painterly potential...
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Play dice would be nice / Cluj – Paris, Sabot at...
Play dice would be nice / Cluj – Paris, Sabot at Gaudel de Stampa April 13 – June 16
My dear Sir,
Art is useless because its aim is simply to create a mood. It is not meant to instruct, or to influence action in any way. It is superbly sterile, and the note of its pleasure is sterility. If the contemplation of a work of art is followed by activity of any kind, the work is either of a very...
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European Travellers: Art from Cluj Today /...
European Travellers: Art from Cluj Today / Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok), Budapest, Hungary April 19 - July 01, 2012
Cluj’s contemporary art has for years been the subject of special international attention. The term Cluj School in reference to new figurative painting – which appeared in the mid 2000s and has been the topic of debate ever since – and the Paintbrush Factory – which houses studios...
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ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition: Call for...
ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition: Call for entry Entry Deadline: October 31, 2012
Dates: January 26 - March 1, 2013 The ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition will take place January 26 – March 1, 2013 near Los Angeles at the City of Brea Art Gallery. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of handmade ceramic and glass artwork from across the United States. The juror is Carol...
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Figure/Figurine / The Clay Studio, Philadelphia,...
Figure/Figurine / The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA April 6 – April 29, 2012
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia’s premier non-profit ceramic arts organization is pleased to present Figure/Figurine. The exhibition, taking place in the Harrison Gallery of The Clay Studio’s Old City home at 137-139 N. Second Street, runs from April 6 – April 29, 2012. The public is cordially invited...
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Frankoma Pottery / Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art,...
Oklahoma Clay: Frankoma Pottery / Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK, USA April 20 - September 16, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, April 20, 7-9 pm. Works of one of Oklahoma’s favorite potters, John Frank, are featured in a new exhibition, Oklahoma Clay: Frankoma Pottery, opening Friday, April 20, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The exhibit features a selection of work from...
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Patricia Sannit
Patricia Sannit’s profile on Ceramics Now Magazine - View her works
“The impulse to decorate is strong. The push to create a border or impose a structured order on the already beautiful order of the (chaotic) natural world is compelling. Humans have always done so.
My work draws from and responds to visual idioms found throughout human history. Visual languages flow from culture to...
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Lacquer Sculptures by Murata Yoshihiko / Keiko...
Silhouette ’12, Lacquer Sculptures by Murata Yoshihiko / Keiko Gallery, Boston, USA April 7 – May 7, 2012
Artist Reception: April 7, 3 — 6 pm. From its beginning, Keiko Gallery has been committed to introducing contemporary Japanese lacquer art to the American public. We are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by a gifted young lacquer artist, MURATA Yoshihiko, whose work relies...
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1st Santorini Biennale of Arts: Open Call for...
The Inaugural Santorini Biennale of Arts: Open Call for Ceramic Art Submissions: March 6 - May 19, 2012
Dates: July 1 - September 30, 2012 Within the framework of the 1st Santorini Biennale of Arts in 2012, ceramic artists and potters are invited to send in their artworks for consideration for this international exhibition at which a meeting of artists from all over the world will present their...
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Bente Skjøttgaard
Bente Skjøttgaard’s profile on Ceramics Now Magazine - View her works
“The basic elements in my work are the materials: clay and glaze. I enjoy engaging in expressive ceramic experiments that test the boundaries of material and form. I often take my point of departure in nature’s principles and regularities of form. This results in strange inscrutable sculptural growths and large wild and...
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