An exhibition of small-scale functional ceramic works that celebrate surfaces, decoration, and detail. Guest juried by Lindsay Scypta and Mike Stumbras
Please join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 19, from 5:00-7:00 PM
Clay Art Center presents the fourth Annual Functional Fall Exhibition Handled With Care, guest juried by former Artists-in-Residence Lindsay Scypta and Mike Stumbras. The exhibition features small to medium-scale handmade ceramic works that revel in surface, decoration, and detail, and includes works by artists at all stages of their careers. An Opening Reception will take place Saturday, September 19th, from 5:00-7:00 PM. Enjoy artist talks, light refreshments, and be there for the Juror Prize announcement! Free to the public to attend.
The exhibition will be on view in the gallery and online from September 1st to October 17th. Gallery audiences can also participate in the People’s Choice voting to nominate their favorite piece for a prize.
The functional ceramics presented in this exhibition engage audiences with the tactile and visual possibilities of ceramic surface through the use of varied techniques including layering, carving, stamping, slip, glaze, luster, pattern, and more. Small scale invites closeness and embraces the sense of touch, asking the viewer to slow down, to hold, to feel, and to repeatedly return. This exhibition seeks to showcase the ways artists use scale and ornamentation to develop and amplify meaning across a variety of themes from the sheer celebration of ceramics making through materials and processes, to works that explore personal identity, nature, and human relationships.
Participating Artists: Patricia Briggs, Stefanie Burdick, Julie Buyon, Jordan Coons, Sharon Greenwood, Kade Helin-Burnette, Samantha Hostert, Molly Johnson, Yutong, Liao Vasudha, Maiya Aimee, Marcinko Sam, McCall Philip, Perry Gina, Pisto Anna, Price Melodie, Reay Macayla, Sandusky, Steve Sitrin, Bethany Slater, Noah Smith, Julia Steiman, Mark Tarabula, Angela Tilley, and Sofia Vidal.
Juror Prize announcement and People’s Choice Voting take place in September and October respectively.
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