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Main-Lining Ceramics
Date: Mar 13, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010
Location: Main Line Art Center
Opening Reception: First Fri., April 2, 6-9 pm
As part of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Main Line Art Center will present a juried exhibition of artists working with ceramics from PA, NJ, DE, DC, MD and NY. Ceramic work can include sculpture, installations, mixed media and new technologies. This exhibition promotes the idea of pushing boundaries and expectations for working with clay.
Join us at the First Friday Reception for a special Raku Firing and Demo Workshop, hosted by our Raku Guild:
Raku Firing & Demo Workshop
Hosted by the MLAC Raku Guild
First Friday April 2, 5:00-7:00
If you have always wanted to give raku a try, now is your chance. Main Line Art Cnter Raku Guild is hosting a First Friday firing. We will show you how we load, run and pull from the raku kiln. If you have done raku or always wanted to give it a try, please join us. Bring your raku bisque fired and glazed piece to the firing. The piece must have been built using raku clay and glazed with raku glazes. You can purchase your clay through the Art Center and use the glazes in our glaze room. The cost is $10 and your piece can not exceed 6" x 6" and may not be more than 10" tall. Please register in advance, space is limited! Observers are welcome!
Click here to register or call 610.525.0272.
Selected Artists for Main-Lining Ceramics:
Chadwick Augustine
Chad Curtis
Shannon Donovan
Heather Mae Erickson
Wen Fan
Lindsay Feuer
Jelena Gazivoda
Joseph Gower
Del Harrow
Gail Heidel
Sarah House
Linda Huey
Nicholas Kripal
Hae-jung Lee
Firth MacMillan
Andrea Marquis
Eric Miller
Jeffrey Mongrain
Judy Moonelis
Gregg Moore
Rina Peleg
Keith Renner
Amy M. Santoferraro
Deborah Sigel
Jessica Stoller
Ian F. Thomas
John Williams
About the Juror:
Glen R. Brown is a critic and full professor of art history at Kansas State University. An elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland, he has written extensively about contemporary and historical ceramics.
His publications have appeared in more than thirty different journals, including Ceramics: Art and Perception; Cerámica; American Ceramics; Ceramics Monthly; American Craft; Sculpture; Ceramics Technical; Temperature; Sculpture (Beijing); Ceramic Review; Kerameiki Techni; The NCECA Journal; and World Sculpture News.
In addition to writing about ceramics he has authored numerous publications on contemporary metalwork, jewelry, and textile art and is a regular contributor to Ornament magazine. Since 2004 he has been an Associate Fellow of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and he is currently treasurer of the Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association.
About NCECA:
Main-Lining Ceramics is one of close to 100 exhibitions that are part of INDEPENDENCE: The 44th Annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference taking place in Philadelphia from March 31 – April 3, 2010. The Clay Studio is serving as the onsite liaison and organizing body of the exhibitions program. For a complete list of programmed exhibitions, visit
www.theclaystudio.org/events/nceca/exhibitions.php
Image: Silhouettes by 2009 Emerging Artist John Williams
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