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SYNERGY: IKEBANA AND CLAY COLLABORATION
March 30 - April 5, 2008
Clay Art Center is pleased to present Synergy: Ikebana and Clay Collaboration, a one-week exhibition that brings together two art forms – clay and Ikebana. Five artists will share their combined talents, exhibiting their one-of-a-kind Ikebana containers and arrangements. Participating artists include Beth Herod (curator), Keiko Ashida, Kiyomi Noda, Michiko Nickerson and Yoko Michiko. The exhibit, which will be displayed in Clay Art Center’s Choy Gallery,will run from March 30 – April 5, 2008 with an opening reception on Sunday, March 30 from 3-5pm. Additionally, in the upstairs Henry’s Project space, we will feature Flower Power, an exhibition of containers for flowers by 11 current Clay Art Center artists. This exhibition will continue through April 26. Admission is to both exhibits is free.
In her curator’s statement, Beth Herod writes:
“Just as the Japanese developed an art of the tea ceremony, calligraphy, and an art of the brush, they developed an art of the flower. Ikebana is more than flower arranging, it is, as some have described it, “Living Sculpture.”
“Several years ago, while attending a Garden Club of America Judging workshop, it was brought to my attention by a few very experienced flower arrangers that there are not many opportunities to view an Ikebana exhibition, especially one in which the containers were made by the Ikebana artists. I shared this with my colleagues, and the concept of Ikebana and clay art synergy was born.
“In Ikebana, the shape, color and design of the container is in harmony with the arrangement. Traditionally, Ikebana containers have been made of naturally occurring materials, such as ceramics and metals. The container is not merely a receptacle to hold flowers; it completes the arrangement.
“I have been fortunate enough to meet Ikebana artists who are also clay artists. The purpose of this exhibit is to give the public an opportunity to see five artists integrate Ikebana and clay, showing our individual Ikebana as well as ceramic styles.”
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