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...
