Visions In Clay 2018
September 4 - 21
Opening Reception: September 6, 5 to 7 pm
Exhibition Juror
Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Exhibiting Artists
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with the seemingly endless variety of the human form. I am equally...
Archaeology, as stated by The American Century Dictionary, is a “study of ancient cultures, esp. by the excavation and...
The results of the last presidential election left me desperately seeking ways to get the sexism, racism, and nonstop...
The Vessel Forms both as a series and individually looks whole when viewed on the outside. A look inside each piece...
Symbols and metaphors are the language of the unconscious, and are rife throughout my sculptures. In my work, symbols...
Currently, my ceramic sculptural work explores the creation of form through the accumulation of parts and fragments...
My current focus with creating ceramics is the process of slip casting. It allows me to create the same shape...
Land of Milk & Honey portrays larger than life action figures battling in an arena of a Willowware creamer. It...
HandWork, the recently developed series by Sandy Frank, focuses on the variety of expressions found in hand gestures....
I explore the intersection of the public and private spheres and question our awareness of self and others.
My...
My current investigation in clay illustrates the harmonious transformation of life and death as observed in the natural...
My artwork deals with political, social and personal issues. It is influenced by current events and places I have lived...
I am a vessel maker.
My vessels are made, not so much for use, but for their visual impact and symbolic significance...
In my work I look at the human condition through my personal experiences with love, loss, prejudice, emotional...
My current work combines opposing concepts about animals: cultural perceptions and scientific knowledge. I seek to pose...
Poets use expressive language to paint a picture in the mind’s eye. Similarly, with the aid of familiar idioms,...
I came to ceramics later in life when I moved from Boston to Salt Lake City in 2013. My work is hand-built, and I use...
My ceramic works take the form of wall pieces and sculptural vessels in porcelain. Ideas about growth and...
My work is very much inspired by nature and investigates the role of objects and images as carriers of meaning. It is a...
Revisions Underway came from an idea about balance, and precariousness, and the threshold between them. Physical...
Santa Clara-based artist Francisco (Pancho) Jiménez explores the elusiveness of dreams and memory joining together...
"I approach the composition of my work with spontaneity and immediacy, discovering the form during the process of...
The piece was created with regard to living in a rural area near a large city. People from the city are traveling for...
I work in porcelain, because of its starkness, purity, strength and translucence, all depending on its manipulation. I...
The abstract paintings of the past several years are morphing into figurative combinations asking question and...
My current work (Mired in Humanity)is a collection of ceramic sculptures using humor and satirical narratives to...
I throw classic forms and use surface textures to give them energy and vitality, resulting in art that is both pleasing...
This series of slab-built work is about reflecting the natural world through geometrical expressionism, a space where...
“The Dead Man” is part of a larger series of Ghost Pots which are pots thrown on the wheel, cut and disassembled and...
The mark and history of the hand play important roles in my philosophy and practice as an artist. I work in clay for...
Arny Nadler’s work explores the predicament of the human form, both its fragility and its dominance in the environment...
My current work is Inspired by the individual's relationship with industrial equipment. While the development of new...
I am constantly curious about the phenomena in the natural world, and this fuels my interest in morphology. I use the...
The tray selected to this year's Visions in Clay exhibition is in a newer style that is inspired for me by my long...
My work casually travels within arenas of installation, sculpture, performance and photography. For this work, a...
I make useful ceramic vessels that are designed for aesthetic pleasure as well as utility. I am attempting, via my work...
Jan Schachter and Peggy Forman have been collaborating for over 30 years. These are Peg’s comments.
Thinking of words...
Schmierer creates assembled environments with a visual density of pattern, imagery, and detail. Rather than edit down...
Marti Schoen’s figurative ceramic sculptures express emotion and narrative through attention to details, texture and...
The work represented in this show comprises two different aspects of my current explorations in the ceramic medium. ...
In ancient times a fulgurator was an Etruscan or Roman priest who would interpret omens from lightning strikes....
This work is part of a series called Ridges. The series explores the idea of composition in space and how space itself...
This is a demonstration piece that I made at the closing of the “Tall Tales Small Works” show of which I was a part, in...
My career as a California artist began with the practice of ceramic art; my greatest love, expression and freedom have...
In Chinese culture, the Lotus symbolizes perfection, and ultimate purity of the heart and mind, because it rises...
A native Californian, I have worked with clay for more than 40 years and professionally for 20 years. My training...
From Anasazi cliff dwellings to oil refineries and abandoned buildings, my dreams are inhabited by architectural...
The act of creating has been a driving force in my life. My primary career focus was as a script writer and director...
These pieces serve as canvasses for my use of line and color, and their various forms allow me to express different...