Virtual Clay™ Online Classes

by | Sep 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

Virtual Clay and NCECA announce our most exciting and compelling online lecture season to date. Featured presenters for the 2017-2018 season include Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Kathy Butterly and Neil Brownsword.

Virtual Clay is a series real-time online classes that gather a vibrant community of artists, designers and art historians to speak with you about important topics in ceramics. These online conversations are meant to challenge preconceptions and explore new territory, inspiring you to think about the world in fresh and different ways.

To celebrate #GlobalDayofClay on November 8, 92Y is offering Jessica Jackson Hutchins’ lecture free! Space is limited, so patrons purchasing a two-lecture subscription for $50 will be given priority access. After October 15, if space is available, Hutchins’ lecture will be available free of charge on a first come, first served basis.

Enjoy the new season of OnDemand lectures from the comfort of your home, studio or classroom, at the incredibly affordable price of $15 each. Browse the OnDemand archives for past Virtual Clay lectures here.

Tickets must be purchased by noon of the day of the event.

Please Note: All times are Eastern Standard. An email with login instructions will be sent to all participants prior to the event.

www.92y.org/tickets/uptown/subscription/virtual-clay-3-pack.aspx

Domestic Mysteries: Ceramics Group Exhibition @ New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum

by | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized

陶博家庭秘事210*297摺頁印刷檔

Family is romanticized and kitschified. It is a paradox at the same time being the most ubiquitous and private institution in the world. While details change from family to family, we all have stories that everyone knows and no one talks about, such as bond between mother and child or the shared burden between spouses or partners. There are even mysteries that people keep to themselves. These mysteries can be sophisticated or primal; ugly or beautiful, and serious or banal.

10 artists, representing 4 countries contributed work to Domestic Mysteries. The interaction of their work reflects this paradox of family dynamics being both universal and intensely personal. The stories are very similar. They deal with intimacy and isolation; identity and community; connections and loss.

Through this exhibition we hope to connect the audience and their personal experience to at least one of the artists’. The intent is to break down the illusion of cultural difference and to consider that the idiosyncratic feelings for life, family or nationality are ubiquitous. Every family experiences these mysteries. Yet, good or bad, they are rarely expressed outside of the family unit. So the secrets, which we all imagine distinguish us from everyone else, paradoxically link us to everyone else.

Curator: Nel Bannier, Anthony Merino

Artists: Alex Kraft, Alfredo Eandrade, Joseph Kowalczyk, Malcolm Smith, Monica Van der Dool, Nel Bannier, Ray Chen, Shao Ting-ju, Tiffany Schmierer, Virginia Scotchie

More here.