C eramics R esearch C enter
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Topic: Ceramics
Sort Desciption: Ceramic Arts’Collectors Weekend. Many artists, supporters and friends ..... Her family, also enthusiastic supporters of ceramic art, generously made a ...
Content Inside: Ceramics Research Center M U D M A T T E R S Issue No. 4 Fall 2006 Fr om the Cur a t or This past summer, I had the opportunity to partake in the celebrations of several ceramic organizations:The Archie Bray Foundation’s 55th and Pottery Northwest’s 40th anniversaries, and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts’Collectors Weekend. Many artists, supporters and friends joined to note these important benchmarks.The history of these residency programs, all grassroots efforts, have made a significant impact on the field of contemporary ceramics. All were well attended, a testament to the vitality of these programs and to ceramics as an art form. I enjoyed meeting new friends and seeing old acquaintances. Back home, the Ceramics Research Center is developing two retrospective exhibitions, one focusing on the work of David Shaner and the other on Kurt Weiser.The exhibitions highlight not only the milestones of their careers but the evolution and changes ceramics has undergone in the last half century. Shaner, a studio potter trained in the late 1950s, is one of the most revered clay artists of our time.Weiser, a Regents’Professor at ASU, followed Shaner’s generation. He has mastered many techniques and styles over the last 30 years and is widely recognized as a virtuoso of china painting.The ASU Art Museum looks forward to presenting the work of these two artists in the fall of 2007. While I have a deep appreciation for and honor traditional ceramics and their makers, it is equally important to assess the evolution of the field and to identify its next generation of innovators.To that end, I look forward to curating the work of five emerging clay artists this summer in Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West. The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is an active and dynamic collection of objects, histories and activities. Please join us for some of our many offerings in the months to come. And thank you for your tremendous support in helping ...
