Gallery Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00
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November 11 - December 31, 2011
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HOME TEAM
Birdie Boone
Cindy Gutierrez
Jennie Johnsrud
Jesse Ring
Amy Slater
Opening
Reception:
Friday, November 11,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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The Santa Fe Clay Staff exhibits
their ceramic artworks!
This small staff manages a supply store, national gallery
and educational studio program: Birdie Boone
(Studio Manager), Cindy Gutierrez
(Retail Manager), Jennie Johnsrud (Retail
Assistant), Jesse Ring (Warehouse
Manager) and Amy Slater (Gallery
Assistant). The five co-workers at this ceramic facility
have varied and extensive knowledge of the ceramics medium.
Their individual skills and techniques range from wheel-thrown
to hand-built and slip-cast. The processes, glazes and finished
pieces are as varied as the individuals who make them. This
exhibit showcases the people who sell, ship and answer hundreds
of questions about ceramics daily.
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September 23 - November 5, 2011
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INHABITED PORCELAIN
Sandra Byers
Jennifer McCurdy
Susan Schultz
Opening
Reception:
Friday, September 23,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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The artwork presented in this three-person show at Santa
Fe Clay is inhabited by emotion and spirit. Sandra
Byers, Jennifer McCurdy,
and Susan Schultz bring SFC all
white work.
Translucent porcelain is just one underlying theme in these
three women’s work. The dynamic play between light
and shadow is achieved with this beautiful ceramic medium.
Light is absorbed and reflected. It dances through the lucent
porcelain.
Sandra Byers, from Wisconsin,
hand builds, pinches, alters and carves her vessels until
their surface texture resembles a combination of bark, feathers,
shells and torn paper. Her pieces have an air of a closed
rose bud or maybe a cresting wave, always an impression
of the natural world.
Jennifer McCurdy, from Massachuetts,
throws her vessels. The porcelain is then incised and cut
away. In the end they look and feel as though a whirlwind
has picked up and spiraled the clay into elegantly designed
vessels.
Susan Schultz, from Conneticut,
takes her inspiration from the ocean. She hand-builds pieces
that form narrative stories. Walks down the beach bring
about ornate trays filled with driftwood, shells and lost
possessions.
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This show features two master ceramicists, STEVEN HEINEMANN
and TOM PHARDEL. Both men make sculptural
work focusing on the vessel.
Canadian ceramic artist STEVEN HEINEMANN lives
and works near Cookstown, Ontario. He received his
MFA from Alfred University, NY and his BFA from Kansas
City Art Institute, KS. He has taught at Sheridan
College in Ontario and Ontario College of Art and Design.
He lectures and teaches workshops extensively.
Michigan native TOM PHARDEL is Chair of the Ceramics
Department at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit,
a position he has held since 1988. He received his BFA at
Eastern Michigan University and his MFA at University of
Michigan.
Heinemann slip casts his paper-thin vessels; and Phardel
throws and hand builds his often double-walled pieces. The
treat is in the detail and subtlety of the surfaces.
Hidden flecks of gold at the bottom of Phardel’s work
dazzle the eye. Heinemann utilizes the cracks in the texture
to reveal delicate flowers across the soft pastel interiors
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June 10 – July 23, 2011
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Nicholas Bivins
Tara Dawley
Mike Jabbur
Opening
Reception:
Friday, June 10
5:00 – 7:00 pm
DECORUM
Workshop
Saturday, June 11
10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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Three potters will display their functional work in this summer
exhibition. With a focus on creating well-designed, balanced functional
pottery, each artist brings a unique approach to his or her art.
NICHOLAS BIVINS slip-casts meticulously created forms. He received
his BFA from University of Washington and his MFA from Ohio University.
Nicholas is currently a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena,
MT.
TARA DAWLEY throws and carves her handmade pottery. She is
a functional potter at 323Clay in Independence, Missouri.
MIKE JABBUR has been the Studio Manager at Santa Fe Clay for
the last three years. He throws, stretches and assembles his wares.
He received his BA in Graphic Design from Virginia Tech and his MFA
in Ceramics from Ohio University. This will be his farewell show at
Santa Fe Clay, as he has taken a position at The College of William
& Mary in Virginia this fall.
In addition, the three artists will be teaching a one-day DECORUM workshop at Santa Fe Clay on Saturday,
June 11 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. They will be discussing and demonstrating
their individual approaches to making functional pots. Please check
it out and call Santa Fe Clay to sign up for this event! There is still
room for more attendees!
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April 22 - June 4, 2011
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FIGURINES
National Invitational Exhibit
Opening
Reception:
Friday, April 22,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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ARTISTS: |
TOM
BARTEL |
DAVID
FURMAN |
MAX
LEHMAN |
RUSSELL
BILES |
MISTY
GAMBLE |
BETH
LO |
GINA
BOBROWSKI |
MAGDA
GLUSZEK |
ANNE
DREW POTTER |
JOE
BOVA |
CHRISTINE
GOLDEN |
KELLY
RATHBONE |
PATTIE
CHALMERS |
ARTHUR
GONZALEZ |
ESTHER
SHIMAZU |
LISA
CLAGUE |
JULIANNE
HARVEY |
JANIS
MARS WUNDERLICH |
CYNTHIA
CONSENTINO |
CLAYTON
KEYES |
KENSUKE
YAMADA |
MELODY
ELLIS |
ANDREA
KEYS CONNELL |
LIZ
ZACHER |
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March 4 - April 16, 2011
SUMMER WORKSHOPS PREVIEW EXHIBITION
Work by the artists featured in our 2011
Summer Workshop Program:
Chuck Aydlett
Pattie Chalmers
Charity Davis-Woodard
Steven Heinemann
Kristen Kieffer
Curt LaCross
Liz Quackenbush
Lisa Reinertson
Emily Schroeder
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 4,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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January 21 - February 26, 2011
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» SMALL SCULPTURES
Miguel Abugattas
Cynthia Rae Levine
Karen
Thuesen Massaro
and
Katherine
Taylor
Opening Reception:
Friday, January 21,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Santa Fe Clay is hosting an exhibit of four ceramic sculptors
whose work is small in scale and unique in presentation.
We are pleased to showcase these artists who have not shown
a substantial body of work in our gallery until now.
Miguel
Abugattas lives and works in San Antonio,
TX. His naturalistic forms are reminiscent of caves and
the landscape of the Southwest.
Cynthia Rae Levine is from Minneapolis,
MN. She finds inspiration in the natural world, and simplifies
nature’s complex structures to create her unique vessels.
Karen Thuesen Massaro is from
Santa Cruz, CA. Her intimate geometric sculptures lead the
eye across detailed surface patterns and shadows.
Katherine Taylor lives in Little
Elm, TX. She watches how humans interact with their landscapes.
Their movements, contours, and textures influence her sculptures.
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For the last six years, Santa Fe Clay has hosted a unique exhibit of dinnerware during the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference in cities across the U.S. Due to the success and popularity of “La Mesa”, Santa Fe Clay is bringing this unique show back to our gallery in New Mexico this December.
This spectacular one hundred foot banquet table display will fill the entire gallery, and over one hundred artists from across the country will present their place settings and centerpieces. This is a wonderful opportunity to view work in an extraordinary variety of styles, and to collect one-of-a-kind pieces. It is also a chance to see work from some sculptural artists who shift focus and create functional pieces.
"La Mesa Santa Fe" will be on display at Santa Fe Clay December 10, 2010 - January 15, 2011, just in time for the holidays. |
This year some of the artists will include:
Jennifer Allen, Christa Assad, Posey Bacopoulos, Mary Barringer, Ingrid Bathe, Hayne Bayless, Susan Beiner, Maggie Mae Beyeler, Nicholas Bivins, Margaret Bohls, Birdie Boone, Joe Bova, Lynn Smiser Bowers, Jenni Brant, William Brouillard, Conner Burns, Mary Louise Carter, Pattie Chalmers, Victoria Christen, Linda Christianson, Sam Chung, Bede Clarke, Naomi Cleary, Craig Clifford, Mark Cole, Tom Coleman, Michael Corney, David Crane, Joe Davis, Charity Davis-Woodard, Deirdre Daw, Tara Dawley, Josh DeWeese, Elisa Di Feo, Maria Dondero, Kowkie Durst, David Eichelberger, Sanam Emami, Heather Mae Erickson, Diana Fayt, Marty Fielding, Susan Filley, Debra Fritts, Julia Galloway, Terry Gess, Andrew Gilliatt, John Glick, Ryan Greenheck, Bill Griffith, Chris Gustin, Dara Hartman, Samuel Harvey, Molly Hatch, Sarah Heimann, Jason Hess, Steven Hill, Ayumi Horie, Matthew Hyleck, Mike Jabbur, Marlene Jack, Sarah Jaeger, Julie Johnson, Randy Johnston, Brian Jones, Matt Kelleher, Gail Kendall, Diane Kenney, Kathy King, Ben Krupka, James Lawton, Leah Leitson, Brenda Lichman, Suze Lindsay, Beth Lo, Kirk Lyttle, Frank Martin, Karen Thuesen Massaro, Leanne McClurg Cambric, Jan McKeachie Johnston, Ryan McKerley, Kent McLaughlin, Alleghany Meadows, Blair Meerfeld, Anna Metcalfe, Andy Nasisse, Farraday Newsome, Jeff Oestreich, Lisa Orr, Scott Parady, Kristin Pavelka, Mark Pharis, Joseph Pintz, Donna Polseno, Liz Quakenbush, Kari Radasch, Seth Rainville, Don Reitz, Matthew Repsher, Scott Roberts, Steven Roberts, Elizabeth Robinson, Justin Rothshank,Tim Rowan, Judith Salomon, Ted Saupe, Emily Schroeder, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Brad Schwieger, Virginia Scotchie, Bonnie Seeman, Laurie Shaman, Andy Shaw, Linda Sikora, Dennis Sipiorski, Kevin Snipes, Shawn Spangler, Chris Staley, Curtis Stewardson, Muneitsu Taguchi, Shoko Teruyama, Sue Tirrell, Triesch Voelker, Tara Wilson, Gwendolyn Yoppolo.
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October 24 - December 4, 2010
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FERTILE GROUND
John Chwekun,
Nathan Craven,
Walter McConnell,
Jonathan Mess
and
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 29th,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
In conjunction with
Critical Santa Fe Symposium
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The work in this five person exhibition is tied together
by a common interest in material, yet is diverse in the
way each artist pushes the limits of what is possible with
clay.
From the tumbling, collapsing finely coiled vessels by Cheryl
Ann Thomas, to the thinnest threadlike ceramic
constructions by John Chwekun,
these two artists experiment with the fragility and delicacy
of clay taken to inconceivable extremes. Walter
McConnell makes installations with solid,
unfired, raw clay, creating temporary “encapsulated
environments” that are assembled on-site for the exhibit.
Nathan Craven builds porous extruded
tile installations that can be walked on, or integrated
into architecture. Jonathan Mess
fires solid layers of clay and glazes to form “landfills”
of abstract color from assorted ceramic materials.
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Santa
Fe Clay is pleased to exhibit three functional potters,
Ingrid Bathe, Hiroe
Hanazono and Deborah Schwartzkopf.
Each woman will show a variety of pots in her own distinctive
style. They all share the same goal of making exquisite
vessels for the presentation and serving of food.
Ingrid Bathe makes delicate porcelain
pinch pots. A pale celadon glaze accents the impressions
her fingers leave on the vessels.
Hiroe Hanazono is a master mold
maker. She creates intricate multi-pieced molds for each
of her pieces.
Deborah Schwartzkopf throws and
alters her porcelain functional work. She darts and patterns
them much like a tailor would a suit. g to polemics or cuteness.
For that reason it is very challenging.”
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Santa Fe Clay presents a show of paintings by the collaborative
duo SCUBA from San Francisco and
works on paper by Santa Fe based artist Sean
Di Ianni.
SCUBA is the collaborative painting
duo Sandra Wang & Crockett Bodelson. Their paintings
often depict dense landscapes of spontaneous characters
and unusual terrain that are inspired by their local surroundings:
palm treed parks, dog walkers, old cars, public radio, industrial
machines, and urban gardens. They have a solo show this
December at FM Gallery in Oakland, California. See their
work at www.drawingwhiledriving.com.
Sean Di Ianni lives in Santa Fe,
New Mexico where he is a key organizer of and creative contributor
to Meow Wolf. His work on paper treats the page as a rectangular
Petri dish in which marks combine to form images that are
both landscape and object.
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Santa Fe Clay is pleased to present new work by David
Hicks and Patricia Sannit in a two-person
exhibit. This will be the first time that each of these
artists is exhibiting at Santa Fe Clay. These artists are
connected by material, but unique in their approach to the
medium. They both are working in large scale, confronting
the viewer with the power and impact of work that is architectural
in nature.
David Hicks is concerned with agriculture and life cycles
in nature. His “System Pieces” are large honeycomb
terracotta structures that resemble the substructure or
vascular systems of all organic life. His wall sculptures
reference found objects from farm, barn or machinery.
Patricia Sannit’s handbuilt pieces combine her interests
in geology, archeology and history to create work that reflects
her studies and travels in the Near East and Africa. Raw
clay and patterned textures “explore the development
and transmission of culture through time and across distance.”
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May 28 - June 26, 2010
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National invitational exhibit of ceramic work
using decals, curated by
Maggie Beyeler and SFC staff.
Opening
Reception:
Friday, May 28th,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Live music provided by
David Yard
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Santa
Fe Clay presents Decalcomania, a national invitational
show featuring over twenty-five artists who all work with
the decorative technique of decal applications. This process
of transferring a design from a prepared paper onto another
surface was developed in England in 1750. Decals can be
anything from the simple printer toner transfer to full
color photographic images. Guest curator, Maggie Beyeler,
intends for the show to “represent the full spectrum
of how decals are being used in the ceramic arts today.
The use of imagery in any kind of art has the potential
to be narrative, political, decorative. You name it. It
is so rich, but tricky to be utilized well, without being
hackneyed, or resorting to polemics or cuteness. For that
reason it is very challenging.” This is not your “grandmothers
china."
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ARTISTS: |
SHAY AMBER |
MARKO FIELDS |
HEESEUNG LEE |
DAN ANDERSON |
ERIN FURIMSKY |
VINCE PALACIOS |
IAN ANDERSON |
ANDREW GILLIATT |
GILLIAN PARKE |
LESLEY BAKER |
JUAN GRANADOS |
SCOTT RENCH |
MAGGIE MAE BEYELER |
RAIN HARRIS |
ELIZABETH ROBINSON |
ANDY BRAYMAN |
JEFF IRWIN |
JUSTIN ROTHSHANK |
MARK BURLESON |
JEREMY KANE |
RICHARD SHAW |
PATTIE CHALMERS |
LES LAWRENCE |
STACY SNYDER |
SANAM EMAMI |
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Santa Fe Clay presents twenty-five
invited artists whose work is inspired by the sculptural
forms and materials used in architecture and the built environment.
Clay has always been a component in man-made structures:
dirt floor, tiles and bricks, adobe or earth plaster, corbels,
columns and architectural decoration.
Just as spatial planning, order, design and functionality
go into architecture, so do these elements all play a part
in ceramics. A wide range of architectural interpretations
will be shown, everything from abstracting international
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ARTISTS: |
WAYNE
BRANUM |
MAREN
KLOPPMANN |
JOSEPH
PINTZ |
LIDYA
BUZIO |
NICHOLAS
KRIPAL |
MATT
REPSHER |
MARY
FISCHER |
YIH-WEN
KUO |
BRAD
SCHWIEGER |
JASON
GREEN |
SIMON
LEVIN |
MICHELLE
TOBIA |
NINA
HOLE |
CYNTHIA
RAE LEVINE |
PENNY
TRUITT |
JUDITH
POINTER JIA |
BLAIR
MEERFELD |
JOHN
UTGAARD |
BRIAN
JONES |
ALLISON
PASCHKE |
ROBERT
WINOKUR |
SIDDIQ
KHAN |
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Santa
Fe Clay is pleased to exhibit two functional potters.
"CONSONANCE" features Charity Davis-Woodard
and Gwendolyn Yoppolo. Each woman will show a variety
of pots in her own distinctive style.
Charity Davis-Woodard is a studio
potter in Edwardsville Illinois. Her pieces are subtle,
sweet and understated. Their strong form and structure
is enhanced by a sensitivity to surface and detail. Her
porcelain pieces are wood fired, and pop with matt and
muted soothing colors that showcase the often-complex
surface treatments.
Gwendolyn Yoppolo is currently
a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation, in Helena, MT.
Her work, while grounded and functional, appears to be
floating on soft gentle clouds. The subtle pastel glazes
enhance the gentle curvaceous forms of her pots.
There is a quiet graceful appeal to both of these talented
women’s artwork. Their work will entice the viewer
to not only take in the beauty with their eyes, but also
to touch the soft surfaces and enjoy the undulating curves.
Charity and Gwendolyn create one of a kind pieces that
are satisfying to hold and intended to be used.
This two-woman show will be presented in conjunction with
our exhibition “2010 Summer Workshop Artists’
Preview”. The artists included in this show are:
Katheryn Finnerty, Jerilyn Virden, Ayumi Horie, Andy Brayman,
Esther Shimazu, Pamela Earnshaw Kelly, Judith Condon,
Steven Roberts, Brad Schwieger and Kate MacDowell.
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March 5 - April 17, 2010
SUMMER
WORKSHOP PREVIEW EXHIBITION
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Andy
Brayman
Judith Condon
Kathryn Finnerty
Ayumi Horie
Pamela Earnshaw Kelly
Kate MacDowell
Steven Roberts
Brad Schwieger
Esther Shimazu
Jerilyn Virden
Opening
Reception:
Friday, March 5th,
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Santa
Fe Clay’s “2010 Summer Workshop Artists’
Preview” is a show of master ceramic artists
who will conduct summer workshops at the Santa Fe Clay
Studios, in 2010. The mission of our workshop program,
established in 1994, honors the recognized masters in
the field while also presenting a younger, up-and-coming
generation of newer artists. Our summer artists will show
recent work in this exhibition, encompassing a broad range
of the best in sculptural and functional ceramics being
made by these internationally recognized artists.
This exciting exhibition will offer an overview of these
artists’ work and give a great introduction for
new and returning students. The artists included in this
show are: Katheryn Finnerty, Jerilyn Virden,
Ayumi Horie, Andy Brayman, Esther Shimazu, Pamela Earnshaw
Kelly, Judith Condon, Steven Roberts, Brad Schwieger and
Kate MacDowell.
The 2010 Summer Workshop Artists’ Preview will be
presented in conjunction with our "Consonance"
exhibition of Charity Davis-Woodard and Gwendolyn
Yoppolo. Two potters present their functional work.
An opening reception for both shows is planned for Friday,
March 5th from 5:00-7:00 P.M.
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Their individual work appears deceptively simple. Yet, with
examination, the gestural complexity of Edward
Eberle’s work and the utilitarian communal
aspect of Peter Beaskecker’s
draws the viewer to study more.
Both artists employ traditional pottery forms and techniques,
but draw different conclusions to the same question. How
can one deal with space?
Eberle has left his standard fare of highly painted pieces
for a sculptural realm of using the wall, paying attention
more to what is not there as in 'the space between things'.
Beaskecker meticulously throws individual simple cylinders
and containers, but combined they create a well-balanced
carrier, expressing the lessons he has learned from his
travels.
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Santa
Fe Clay Gallery presents “Cups”,
a national invitational exhibition of cups that are the
work of close to 100 artists from across the US.
In the upcoming Santa Fe Clay exhibit, each of our artists
will present their unique and individualistic approach
to the classic cup form. Whether hand-built, thrown, altered,
stretched, functional or sculptural, all are original
interpretations of cups, tumblers, mugs, teabowls, yunomis,
shot-glasses, etc. Cups will feature an engaging selection
of work from such artists as Lorna Meaden, Tom Coleman,
Debra Fritts, Munemitsu Taguchi and so many more.
Opening in the second gallery, invited artists will display
their interpretations of "Pouring Vessels".
Everything from pitchers and teapots to ewers and oil
pots will be shown along with their counterpart, the cup.
There will be a range of stylistic approaches from Steven
Hill’s graceful pitchers to Jeff Oestreich geometric
teapots.
Cups and Pouring
Vessels promise to be exciting shows, full
of a variety of different approaches to the most basic
pottery forms.
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October
30 - December 5, 2009
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CHRIS STALEY:
" Harmony and Dissonance,
New Work”
Chris
Staley will be in
attendence at Santa Fe Clay
for the opening of his show Friday, October 30th, and
again on Saturday to discuss the process and theory behind
his work. Please join us for these events!
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 30, 2009
5 - 7 pm
Gallery Talk:
Saturday, October 31st
3pm
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This
solo exhibition honors one of the most established masters
in the national ceramics field. Chris Staley’s
incomparable talent ranges from exquisite “Still Life”
sculptures in pure white porcelain, to huge dramatic gun-metal
black covered jars, to soft India ink drawings.
Educated at Wittenberg University, OH, the Kansas City Art
Institute, and Alfred University, Chris has pursued an active
exhibiting schedule as well as a commitment to teaching.
He has been a professor of Ceramic Arts at Penn State University
since 1990. His most essential challenge: to balance family,
art making, and teaching.
He states, “Clay’s formlessness is its greatest
gift. This affords it infinite possibilities of becoming.
It is clay’s ability to reveal traces of the moment
when it is touched, and then our capacity to revisit that
moment, that makes it so life affirming.”
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You are cordially invited to
a gallery talk given by
CHRIS STALEY
In conjunction with his
solo exhibition at
SANTA FE CLAY
Saturday, October 31, 3:00
pm
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This show will introduce two wonderful established ceramic
artists to the Santa Fe audience. Ted Saupe
is a Professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.
Chuck Aydlett is the Manager of
the Clay Business at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena,
MT.
These two artists are both obsessed with surface. Handbuilders
of sculptural and functional ceramics, they seem to need
to cover their pieces with tattoo-like sketches and drawings.
Ted Saupe’s drawings become a stream of consciousness
as he covers the surfaces of his work with people and events
from his everyday life. These drawings have a sketchbook
quality, sometimes right side up and at other times turned
sideways or upside down. Chuck Aydlett’s drawings
have a surreal and dreamlike quality, and his complex sculptures
of animal forms or human figures take on multiple meanings
when viewed in varied positions.
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Santa Fe Clay presents selections from our star-studded
national ceramic artists’ team.
The
players:
Joe Bova
Robert Brady
William Brouillard
David Crane
John Gill
Chris Gustin
Mike Jabbur
Jared Janovec
Myung-Jin Kim
Mark Pharis
Scott Rench
Tim Rowan
Kensuke Yamada
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Santa
Fe Clay presents figurative/narrative sculpture by two of
the masters in the ceramics medium:
Gina Bobrowski creates sculpture
in a variety of scales, from monumental free-standing figures,
to smaller intimate animal based pieces. For this show, Gina
will be assembling an installation in the main gallery, mounting
a large grouping of wall sculptures. Her surface narrative
is a stream of consciousness of incised drawings and added
found objects.
James Tisdale’s work is political,
irreverent and satirical. His personal iconography is rich
with references to the cultural, social, political and religious
experiences of growing up in Mississippi. His outlook is humorous
or poignant, sometimes confrontational or scathing.
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June 12 - July 18, 2009
“CURIOSITIES
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Lindsay
Feuer,
Kate MacDowell,
Andy Rogers
and
Kathleen Royster Lamb.
Opening
reception :
Friday,
June 12, 2009
5 - 7 pm
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This
show will introduce four emerging artists to the Santa Fe
audience:
Lindsay Feuer, Kate MacDowell, Andy Rogers, and
Kathleen Royster Lamb.
Nature, through human, botanical, and animal forms is the
common thread of these artists’ sculptures, with a focus
on issues of growth, decay and metamorphosis. Using richly
varied and hybridized fruit, flower, animal, and human forms,
the work presented comments on man's relationship to his environment.
Each of these young artists works in an intimate scale, with
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April
24 -
May 30, 2009
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House”
Santa
Fe Clay presents an exhibit of work by our faculty who
teach the community classes for children, teens and adults,
and our weekend workshops. These local and regional artists
bring a tremendous range of skills and experiences to
Santa Fe Clay that enrich our programs and our community.
Please come by and give your support!
Opening Reception:
Friday, April 24, 2009
5 - 7 pm
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ARTISTS: |
LEE
AKINS |
ELIZABETH
HUNT |
MICHAEL
PROKOS |
MAGGIE
BEYELER |
MIKE
JABBUR |
JOHN
REEVE |
JOE
BOVA |
SIDDIQ
KHAN |
KARI
RIVES |
CHERYL
CROWNOVER |
CAMI
LIEN |
GRETA
RUIZ |
GRETCHEN
EWERT |
SHEREEN
LOBDELL |
BARRY
SLAVIN |
SEAN
FAIRBRIDGE |
LORNA
MEADEN |
PENNY
TRUITT |
RICHARD
GARRIOTT-STEJSKAL |
BLAIR
MEERFELD |
EDIE
TSONG |
ANITA
GINOCCHIO |
JUDY
NELSON - MOORE |
MIKE
WALSH |
JULIANNE
HARVEY |
CINDY
GUTIERREZ |
BETSY
WILLIAMS |
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ARTISTS: |
TED
ADLER |
JASON
GREEN |
JOSEPH
PINTZ |
MARY
BARRINGER |
CHRIS
GUSTIN |
DON
REITZ |
PETER
BEASECKER |
NINA
HOLE |
TIM
ROWAN |
RUTH
BORGENICHT |
MIKE
JABBUR |
FRANK
SALIANI |
MEREDITH
BRICKELL |
MAREN
KLOPPMANN |
BRAD
SCHWIEGER |
SALLY
BROGDEN |
PETER
KUENTZEL |
VIRGINIA
SCOTCHIE |
ANNE
CURRIER |
YIH-WEN
KUO |
CHRIS
STALEY |
HEATHER
MAE ERICKSON |
EVA
KWONG |
KAREN
SWYLER |
BEAN
FINNERAN |
TYLER
LOTZ |
JOHN
UTGAARD |
YUKARI
FUKUTA |
KAREN
THUESEN MASSARO |
JERILYN
VIRDEN |
ERIN
FURIMSKY |
TOM
PHARDEL |
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Abstraction, as applied to the visual arts, can be defined
as the process of taking away or removing detail in order
to reduce a thing to a set of essential characteristics.
It is art that is solely about the creation of beautiful
effects using the visual language of form, color, and
line, which may suggest, but never seeks to faithfully
render, the visual world as we know it. And while abstraction
in art is a 19th century invention, truly, this sort of
peeling away, paring down, tinkering with the whole, is
not a new concept. It seems to be an essential part of
our DNA: we appear to be driven by a curiosity to strip
things to their basic elements in order to discover the
fundamental truth or identity of a thing.
In February, some 30 nationally recognized clay artists
known for exquisitely crafted abstract forms will participate
in a month long exhibit at Santa Fe Clay.
The work promises to be varied and rich with submissions
by artists Anne Currier, Don Reitz, Jill Oberman, Maren
Kloppmann, Eva Kwong, Tim Rowan, Ted Adler, Jerilyn Virden,
Jill Allen, Ruth Borgenicht, Jason Hess, Mike Jabbur,
Sally Brogden, Yih-Wen Kuo, Nina Hole, Jason Green, Joseph
Pintz, Heather Mae Erickson, Tyler Lotz, Erin Furmisky,
Karen Thuesen Massoro, Karen Swyler, Frank Saliani, Marie
Weichman and many others.
Please join us on Friday, February 27th from 5 to 7 pm
for an opening reception.
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April
8 - 11, 2009
“LA
MESA ”
A
National Invitational
Dinnerware Exhibition
Once
again, Santa Fe Clay presents La Mesa,
a tableware show featuring the work of over 150 artists.
Held in the Wyndham Phoenix Hotel in Phoenix, AZ. during
NCECA, it promises to be one of the
places to see and buy great work by great artists.
Reception
with the artists:
Thursday,
April 9
6 - 8 pm
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ARTISTS: |
JESSE
ALBRECHT |
JASEY
JONES |
PAVEL
AMROMIN |
RON
KOVATCH |
RENEE
AUDETTE |
CHARLES
KRAFFT |
JOE
BOVA |
MAX
LEHMAN |
GEORGES
BOWES |
RICHARD
NOTKIN |
JIM
BUDDE |
VINCE
PALACIOS |
MARK
BURLESON |
DIEGO
ROMERO |
NUALA
CREED |
BENJAMIN
SCHULMAN |
JOHN
de FAZIO |
JUDY
SIGUNICK |
GENA
FOWLER |
JAMES
TISDALE |
MISTY
GAMBLE |
EHREN
TOOL |
VANESSA
GRUBBS |
SHALENE
VALENZUELA |
WESLEY
HARVEY |
MARYANN
WEBSTER |
ELIZABETH
HUNT |
MARIE
WEICHMAN |
BART
JOHNSON |
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A
few months back, when nearly everyone in this country,
if not the world, was a little afraid to wake up on the
morning of November 5th, we posed this question to 50
ceramic artists: What does that post-Bush world look like
to you? Are you hopeful? Scared? Renewing your passport?
Then we asked that they express their speculation or dread
or celebration, whatever it was they might be feeling
as we rounded this corner into the unknown, in clay.
Some 30 national recognized artists took up the challenge
and on January 23rd we will open a month-long exhibition
titled "What the Future May Hold: Artists
Consider the Post-Bush World". The
roster of artists who have agreed to participate is impressive
and includes many newcomers to Santa Fe Clay like Pavel
Amromin, Renee Audette, Jesse Albrecht, Ehren Tool and
Nuala Creed, as well as artists we have shown in the past:
Joe Bova, Bart Johnson, Misty Gamble, Gena Fowler, Charles
Kraft, James Tisdale, Diego Romero and many more.
We think Artists Consider the Post-Bush World will prove
to be a thoughtful, amusing and challenging exhibition
and we hope you will join us for an opening reception
on Friday, January 23rd from 5 to 7 pm.
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Russell
Biles
Meredith Brickell
William Brouillard
Sequoia Miller
Lynn Smiser Bowers
Shoko
Teruyama
James Tisdale
Christina West
SunKoo Yuh
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December
19 - January 17, 2008
click
to view » FLORAL EXPLORATIONS:
Megan Bogonovich,
Kim Dickey,
Maria Dondero,
Molly Hatch,
Kristen Kieffer,
and Tim Ludwig
Opening Reception:
Friday, December 19, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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It’s
flowers in December at Santa Fe Clay Gallery with an exhibition
of work by a group of artists who incorporate flower references
on the surface and in the form of their ceramic creations.
"Floral Explorations" features
a range of functional and sculptural work created by six
emerging and established clay artists. The show’s
lineup includes Megan Bogonovich, Kim Dickey,
Maria Dondero, Molly Hatch, Kristen Kieffer and Tim Ludwig.
While each artist is drawn to the floral as a motif, there
are few similarities in their approach and execution.
In this wide-ranging exhibit the work flows freely from
the fanciful to the formal. In her latest series, Vermont
artist Molly Hatch places delicate
cups and plates that are intricately patterned with flowers
and birds inside formal “frames” and displays
them on the wall.
In Megan Bogonovich’s
clay world small figures launch themselves head first
through highly decorated spheres that look like elaborately
decorated Easter eggs, whether in an effort to hide or
make a break for safety, it’s hard to tell. The
artist, in talking about her work has said, “The
sculptures combine naturalistic and abstracted imagery
to suggest the possibility of the real and the imagined
combining, a whimsical reality.
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Kim Dickey, who received her
MFA from Alfred University in New York and is currently
Associate Professor of Ceramics at the University of Colorado,
Boulder, infuses a kind of formalism into her sculptural
pieces, creating potted topiary plants that, while frozen
in clay, look as if they would be quite at home in the
palace gardens at Versailles or lining a path in the Tuilleries.
A reviewer recently referred to Dickey’s work as
“artificial gardens in clay.”
Florida-based ceramic artist Tim Ludwig,
meanwhile, finishes the surfaces of his highly crafted
functional forms with imagery inspired by historical botanical
prints. The results are lush surfaces replete with strong
lines and bold color.
Kristen Keiffer’s work
is also evocative of another era with its emphasis on
sophisticated and beautiful lines. The artist cites the
influence of clothing and metalwork on the raised and
repetitive patterning that is typical of her functional
forms. Kieffer chooses to work largely in monochromatic
satin glazes in order to, as she points out, “allow
the pattern to coexist with but not dominate the form.”
Potter Maria Dondero, an MFA
recipient from the University of Georgia, creates functional
pieces in terra cotta and adorns the surfaces with loosely
drawn images of flowers and people. Dondero’s Italian
heritage informs her approach to ceramics – it’s
as much about the food as it is about beautiful presentation
and the love of a meal that brings people together around
a table. In Dondero’s hands, fine, functional ceramics
are an integral and complimentary part of this important
cultural ritual.
Please
join us on Friday, December 19th for an opening reception
from 5 to 7 pm.
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Stepping
into the artistic worlds of Lisa Clague,
Linda Cordell and Debra
Fritts means leaving preconceived notions
of the figure and clay behind : This isn’t your
grandmother’s ceramics after all! In November, Santa
Fe Clay Gallery will showcase these preeminent artists
with an exhibition of work that is at once challenging,
playful and exquisitely executed.
In their collective hands, the figure has been reexamined
and reconfigured in ways that are fresh, inventive, and
strangely unnerving. None of the three can be accused
of playing it safe; each approaches her work with an unflinching
honesty and a level of intimacy that allows a rare glimpse
into a private and mysterious place. The viewer is dared
to not look away.
Lisa Clague’s imagery
is populated with dream-figures that we can all recognize,
and while her pieces are intensely personal, Clague readily
acknowledges the influence of the Surrealist movement
on her work. The figures rise up out of the unconscious,
some with multiple heads, beaks or talisman animal figures
perched on their shoulders, evoking both curiosity and
anxiety. Clague sculpts these works in white-ware, treats
them with stains and oxides, and often attaches metal,
wood or glass components that allow her to expand upon
the work, creating structures that would be impossible
with conventional ceramic method alone.
Linda Cordell finds her inspiration
and challenge in the traditional figurine. And a cursory
glance at Cordell’s highly decorative white porcelain
figures (the artist prefers animals to the human form)
does bring 19th century porcelain figurines to mind; that
is, until the viewer takes a closer Iook. Cordell’s
figures combine the decorative cuteness of 19th European
statuettes with darker references to violence, death and
our complicated relationships to animals and the natural
world. In a work titled “Deer Bomb” a delicate
fawn gazes serenely at the viewer while a mushroom-cloud
of blood erupts from its back – the effect is startling
and unsettling.
Georgia ceramic artist Debra Fritts
is a self-avowed storyteller who constructs her narrative
in clay. Her terra cotta figures reference both the mysterious
and mundane aspects daily life. Fritts’ sculptures
are hand built and her rich surfaces are the result of
layers and layers of clay and multiple firings. Her training
as a painter is evident in the intricate surface treatment
where color, symbolic imagery and found objects add texture
and depth and layers of meaning to her work.
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November
7 - November 9, 2008
SOFA
CHICAGO«click to view
Thursday,
November 6:
First
Choice Preview
5 - 7 pm
Friday & Saturday, November 7 & 8:
10 am - 8 pm
Sunday, November 9:
Noon - 6 pm
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Santa
Fe Clay at SOFA Chicago
from November 7th through the 9th at Navy Pier.
It was SOFA Chicago's 15th anniversary and our third year
as an exhibitor at the internationally renowned art fair
featuring the best in contemporary decorative arts and design.
This year, Santa Fe Clay exhibited 11 of the finest contemporary
ceramic artists working today - some of whom made their
SOFA debut. New and seasoned collectors found a wide range
of work in our booth: from functional to figurative and
sculptural. Artists represented by Santa Fe Clay Gallery
this year included:
Meredith
Brickell
Richarde Cleaver
Michael Corney
Melody Ellis
Andy Nasisse
Mark Pharis
Porntip Sangvanich
Ted Saupe
Kevin Snipes
James Tisdale
Kensuke Yamada
(You will be able to view the work soon online
at www.santafeclay.com.)
Please
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Titling
a show, like titling a work of art, can be a tricky thing;
occasionally serving to confuse, rather than illuminate.
When it came to this exhibit, featuring the work of three
prominent, functional ceramists, we turned to the artists
themselves to save us from “Martin, Martin &
Chung”; which sounded too much like a law firm for
our tastes!
In a clearly playful frame of mind, the artists came up
with “Beauty Sandwich”,
an apt title given the artists’ names and the work.
In this exhibit of perfectly realized, graceful and functional
forms, beauty abounds; found in the utility, and the timelessness
of classic vessels, and informing each of the works by
this wonderful trio of artists.
Like many of the accomplished potters in their field,
Andrew Martin, Frank Martin and Sam Chung make reference
to the thousands of years of history attached to ceramic
art in their forms and their treatment of the surface.
Yet each of the three artists address the particular challenges
raised by clay in their own unique way.
Sam Chung, whose work often
features a crackle surface over subtle color, uses soda
and salt firing to subdue the glaze and, as he says, “intensify
and heighten the linear quality of the work.” There
is a very real sense of architecture in the clean lines
of Chung’s slab built constructions. The artist
is currently an Associate Professor at Arizona State University.
Andrew Martin, a studio potter
based in California, uses mold making - in fact, he is
the author of a definitive book on mold making for the
ceramic artist - and slip casting to achieve his unique
and highly recognizable forms. Over many years of working
with molds, Martin has pushed the application, finding
fresh and innovative ways to use molds in the creation
of one of a kind ceramic work. Martin’s surfaces
are often adorned with delicately drawn images and, not
surprisingly, the artist cites Japanese, Chinese and Middle
Eastern ceramics as sources of inspiration for his gorgeously
glazed works.
Similarly, throughout his career Frank Martin
has experimented with materials, designs and styles. Yet
wherever his curiosity took him, his natural surroundings
remained the touchstone of his work. Known for his bold
use of color, as well as for disassembling and then piecing
together his forms, Martin seeks to press on, beyond utility,
and challenge the viewer’s idea of function, all
the while creating a beautifully realized and functional
form.
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Deciding how and with whom to populate a group show is
always a challenge: The curator performs a delicate balancing
act between commonality and difference – if the
work is too similar the exhibit is without tension; and
where the work is too disparate, the lack of cohesiveness
can be an show’s undoing. In September, Santa Fe
Clay Gallery hits just the right note when it opens a
three-person exhibition featuring a trio of nationally
regarded ceramic artists: Mary Barringer,
Matthew Metz and S.C. Rolf.
Surface is where all three come together. Each artist’s
work features a richness and depth of surface that truly
engages the viewer. And while the forms may differ - Metz
and Rolf focus on functional work while Barringer has
often moved back and forth between functional and sculptural
forms – the thoughtful pace of hand building is
evident in the work of each artist; from the careful layering
and building up of the piece to the paring down and smoothing
of the final form. And in the final stages, each creates
appealing surfaces that are incised, painted or intensely
decorated using terra sigillata, scraffitto and low relief
carving.
One can imagine in the soft, undulating lines of her forms
an echo of the physical landscape of artist Mary
Barringer’s western Massachusetts
home. Barringer, who began her career making wheel-thrown
pots, soon moved to handbuilding, an approach that opened
up countless possibilities and changed the nature of her
work. Whether functional or sculptural, Barringer brings
a perfectly nuanced layering of texture and color to each
of her pieces. In viewing the subtle shapes of her work
there is always something new to discover.
Matthew Metz is a full time
studio potter in New York. In his process, Metz places
an emphasis on the building of pattern and images that
read strongly and clearly through numerous glazings. By
carving and incising his surfaces, and through the use
of terra sigillata and scraffitto, Metz adds depth and
layers to surfaces that are engaging, dynamic and lovely.
In his artist statement, Wisconsin-based potter, S.C.
Rolf says of his work, “My work employs
the physical process of layering which describes to me
a sense of growth of the pot, both inward and outward.”
Like the work of the other artists in this exhibition,
Rolf’s work is at once spare and detailed, distinguished
by richly hued, warm surfaces.
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August 1 - August 30, 2008
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to view » FUSE
Paul Kotula
Howard Kottler
Melissa Mytty
James Shrosbree
Opening Reception:
Friday, August 1, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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"FUSE"
is the vision of artist and curator Paul
Kotula.
In this exhibit Kotula presents his own work with that
of Howard Kottler, Peace Projects Ceramics (lead by Jim
Shrosbree) and Melissa Mytty. Each artist approaches their
functionally informed work through a merger of craft and
design.
Fellow artist and critic Michael Frimkess called the late
Howard Kottler "The first
of the true postmodernists working in ceramics."
Kottler worked within the context of craft as hobby by
using and manipulating commonly available decals: cutting
and reorienting familiar images which were then applied
to ready-made plates.
Melissa
Mytty finds her inspiration in the fashion
industry and enjoys taking the traditional notion of cups
and cups and saucers, and turning it on its head with
work that evokes everything from hip-hop to couture. Hers
is a challenge to the familiar notion of pot maker and
ceramic artist.
James
Shrosbree is best known for sculptural ceramic
work defined by quiet yet dynamic forms and unusual colors.
The Santa Fe Clay exhibit features work from Peace Projects
Ceramics, a collective located in Fairfield, Iowa, where
Shrosbree is the head designer.
Paul
Kotula "makes pots to facilitate intimacy
for a post-digital society increasingly divorced from
human interaction." While his forms appear simple,
they are formed through a complex engagement of ideas
within craft, art and design, and the social politics
that frame the ritual of dining.
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May
23 - June 21, 2008
click
to see» Bling
On its surface, the term "BLING"
describes the gold, silver and gemstones that bedazzle
contemporary celebrities, specifically those in the music
industry. However, the term originates from the commercial
sound effect that accompanies the flash, shine, glitz
and sparkle that is the result of toothpaste and other
"new and improved" cleansig products offered
up daily for our consumption. The popularization and proliferation
of the term has become synonymous with ostentation, pretension
and swagger. The derogatory implications of the term are
not vague nor are they subtle.
The
irreverence of the hip-hop celebrity lifestyle bacame
fashionable as a repudiation of mainstream celebrity and,
simultaneously, society. It is no suprise the term and
the ideals of "BLING" have proliferated.
It's a story of the outsider, the underdog and the maverick
and can find comparison in other cultural genres from
fashion (Versace) to architecture (Gehry). One must only
consider the French Rococo style and its response to stifling
aristocratic court life to see the parallel throughout
history. Rococo was about "pretty" instead of
beauty, "novelty" flying in the face of tradition
and, often, intolerably poor taste trumping staid social/political
order.
It
may be summer in Santa Fe, but come get "iced out"
with us.
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 23, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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Jennifer
Allen |
Matt
Harris |
Tony
Natsoulas |
Chris
Antemann |
Rain
Harris |
Lucian
Pompili |
Rebekah
Bogard |
Wesley
Harvey |
Brian
Rochefort |
Toby
Buonagurio |
Garth
Johnson |
Paul
Sacaridiz |
Richard
Cleaver |
Jasey
Jones |
Benjamin
Schulman |
Craig
Clifford |
Jeremy
Kane |
Virginia
Scotchie |
John
de Fazio |
Steve
Lee |
Malcolm
Mobutu Smith |
Bean
Finneran |
Linda
Lighton |
Xavier
Toubes |
Julia
Galloway |
Laurel
Lukaszewski |
Shalene
Valenzuela |
Cyndy
Giachetti |
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Irina
Zaytceva |
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April
18 - May 17, 2008
Emerging
Talent «click to see
In March of 2008, the gallery at Santa Fe Clay will host
an exhibit featuring the innovative new artistic vision
of five emerging artists:
Naomi Cleary
Myung-Jin Kim
Vince Palacios
Shoko Teruyama
Kensuke Yamada
Opening Reception:
Friday, April 18, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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March
14 through April 12, 2008
CATS
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view
In
March of 2008, the gallery at Santa Fe Clay is pleased
to present an exhibit honoring humanity’s eternal
fascination for felines.
This show, entitled “CATS”,
seeks to identify the inspiration of our feline fascination
despite any indication from cats that our affections
are warranted. Having been lauded (Egyptians named them
as sacred animals and worshipped them to the point of
shaving their eyebrows in mourning when their cats died)
and deplored (in the Middle Ages, cats were often considered
to be evil, and were destroyed during community festivities)
throughout history, cats have rarely inspired ambivalence.
Could it be our human desire to not only domesticate,
but to tame this species or is it the noble beauty inherited
from their imposing ancestors?
“God made the cat in order that
man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion."
-- Fernand Mery
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 14, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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Chris
Berti |
Elizabeth
Hunt |
Katy
Rush |
Joe
Bova |
Bart
Johnson |
Ted
Saupe |
Kelly
Connole |
Debbie
Kupinsky |
Ralph
Scala |
LInda
Cordell |
Jenny
Lind |
Laurie
Shaman |
Michael
Corney |
Sara
Lisch |
Esther
Shimazu |
Melody
Ellis |
Laura
Jean McLaughlin |
Kevin
Snipes |
Gena
Fowler |
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David
Trost |
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March 14 - April 12, 2008
Summer
Workshop
Artists
click to view » Preview
Exhibition
Santa
Fe Clay’s “SUMMER WORKSHOP ARTISTS'
PREVIEW EXHIBITION”
is a show of master ceramic artists who will conduct
summer workshops at the
Santa Fe Clay Studios in 2008.
The mission of our workshop program – established
in 1994 – honors the recognized masters in the
field while also presenting the younger, up-and-coming
generation of newer artists. This exhibition will encompass
a broad range of the best in sculptural and functional
ceramics being made by these internationally recognized
artists.
Artists included in this show are:
Ian Anderson, Tom Bartel, Susan Beiner,
Bernadette Curran, Josh DeWeese,
Beth Lo, AdelaidePaul, Peter Pinnell
and Roxanne Swentzel.
Our
workshop schedule is listed on our website: www.santafeclay.com.
Opening
reception:
Friday, March 14, 2008
5 – 7 p.m.
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February
8 through March 8, 2008
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to view » RED
In
February of 2008, the gallery at Santa Fe Clay will host
an exhibit titled "RED".
The color red truly affects us by raising our blood pressure
and respiration.
This
may explain its' use as the symbol for passion, love,
sex and excitement.
Historically, red has also had political and social meaning.
Commoners forbidden from wearing red (the color of the
rich and powerful) clandestinely wore red as a symbol
of rebellion.
From the simple application of the color red to the emotional,
political and historical meanings and uses of red, artists
will create a wide range of engaging works that will raise
our blood pressure and leave us a little breathless.
Make a statement and wear red!
Opening Reception:
Friday, February 8, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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Linda
Arbuckle |
Bean
Finneran |
Max
Lehman |
Kevin
Snipes |
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Christa
Assad |
Gena
Fowler |
James
Marshall |
Jerilyn
Virden |
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George
Bowes |
Keiko
Fukazawa |
Farraday
Newsome |
Michaelene
Walsh |
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Jeremy
Briddell |
Anne
Hirondelle |
Scott
Rench |
Stan
Welsh |
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Vincent
Burke |
Bart
Johnson |
Porntip
Sangvanich |
Lana
Wilson |
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Tom
Coleman |
Gail
Kendall |
Virginia
Scotchie |
Rosalie
Wynkoop |
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Susan
Filley |
Siddiq
Khan |
Bonnie
Seeman |
Irina
Zaytceva |
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Kovatch |
Sandy
Simon |
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January
4 through February 2, 2008
The Seven Deadly Sins «click
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This show includes work that
illuminates the vices of :
Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth,
Wrath, Envy and Pride.
Historically, the church considered such sins “deadly”
and more dangerous to the human spirit than run-of-the-mill
(and more easily forgiven) venial sins. As a result, they
were considered fatal to an individual’s spiritual
health.
This national invitational exhibit of over sixty invitees
will include both sculptural and functional forms that
describe these vices that are fatal to human spiritual
progress.
Opening Reception:
Friday, January 4, 2008
5 - 7 pm
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November
30 - December 29, 2007
click »
ATMOSPHERIC POTS
Wayne
Branum
Suze Lindsay
Douglass Rankin
Will Ruggles
In November of 2007
the gallery at Santa Fe Clay
will host an exhibit featuring the work of
Wayne Branum, Suze Lindsay and
Douglass Rankin / Will Ruggles.
Opening reception:
Friday, November 30, 2007
5:00 - 7:00 pm
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WAYNE BRANUM : It isn’t surprising
that Wayne’s ceramic works are defined by their
utility. Whether creating a mug, plate, bowl, or lidded
jar, function is Wayne’s focus in both their operation
and aesthetic. His use of color, texture and proportion
are informed by his training and (current) career in architecture
and design. Wayne’s pots though, offer a venue for
him to explore the process of production and the growth
(both artistic and personal) that results from constant
and repeated interaction with the evolution of form.
SUZE LINDSAY : Suze produces pieces that
not only represent various human forms, but also imbue
these forms with beauty, personality and life. An anthropomorphic
approach to her pots begs us to consider their relationships
with one another as they sit on the shelf, as well as
their relationships with us as they beckon us from the
cabinet to be used. Suze feels that each piece has a distinct
personality and even when producing a series of seemingly
identical forms, their individuality and independence
expresses itself through her subtle feminine shapes and
simple, clean surface decoration.
DOUGLASS RANKIN and WILL RUGGLES : A
team in both life and work (Rock Creek Pottery), the theme
of interaction is a recurring one for Douglass and Will.
These artists are in constant contact with the clay materials
from the moment they harvest it together, throughout the
shared collaborative creation of their work and the atmospheric
firings that blend the effects of varying fuels. When
you encounter a piece of work from Rock Creek Pottery
you are acutely aware that your every interaction with
it has been considered. Your touch as the user is directly
connected to theirs as the creators, the pots themselves
serving as pivotal transition points.
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