| Opening reception:
Thursday, April 1, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Out of Place: Clay and Context is one of 95 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 to April 3, 2010. The Clay Studio
in Philadelphia, PA is serving as the on-site liaison and organizing
body of exhibitions program. For a complete list of programmed
exhibitions visit www.theclaystudio.org
Nine clay artists work in Chester County, Pennsylvania, an area
rich in pot making tradition. From the 18th and 19th century,
the county was home to over 100 potteries producing Quaker stoneware,
majolica, and slipware from the German tradition. This exhibition
will underscore that contemporary forces in the larger world alter
the shape of Regionalism. As individual artists, each of us is
driven by a personal vision informed by the expansive accessibility
of information and experience in contemporary culture. What we
share as Chester County potters is a fertile region which filters
our experiences through the vibrant energy of its rolling and
gentle hills. Artists: Susan Bankert, Paul Bernhardt, Nell Hazinski,
Lyla Kaplan, Carla Lombardi, Lisa Muller, Joyce Nagata, Dale Shuffler,
Jeanie Silver.
Out of Place: Clay and Context is among the Concurrent
Exhibitions scheduled as part of the conference, and are professionally
juried exhibitions selected from a vast array of proposals submitted
by NCECA's membership. Jurors for the 2010 CIE Exhibition program
were Linda Ganstrom, NCECA Exhibitions Director, Jeff Guido, Artistic
Director of The Clay Studio, and Conference On-site Liaison, and
Amy Sarner Williams, President and CEO of The Clay Studio, and
Conference On-site Liaison.
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