THE WOMEN
Ferrin Contemporary presents selected works by women artists whose primary medium is clay. On view in the gallery and online, we introduce new works by emerging and established artists along with masterworks available from private collections and artist archives.
ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
through Dec 31, 2017
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Susan Thayer, “Return” teapot, 2016
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CRISTINA CÓRDOVA
Upcoming: CRISTINA CÓRDOVA: JUNGLA
Solo Exhibition at Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
Opening February 2018
Cristina Córdova, “Cabeza I con pájaro,” small head, 2017
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KADRI PÄRNAMETS
Kardri Pärnamets’ biomorphic forms are a canvas for paintings drawn from art history’s iconic images of women. Currently on view in THE WOMEN at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA.
The Turkish Bath after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, teapot, 2016
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CHRISTIE BROWN
Featured in EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes
our recent exhibition of figural ceramic sculpture from 1965 to the present featuring masterworks by noted American and British sculptors.
Christy Brown, “Ghost Portrait” 2015, ceramic sculpture.
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CLAIRE CURNEEN
one of Great Britain’s most well-known figural sculptors
On view in THE WOMEN
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
through December 31, 2017
Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” 2015, ceramic sculpture.
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CRYSTAL MOREY: WORK IN PROGRESS
Introducing artist Crystal Morey to be featured in
Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists at The NY Ceramics & Glass Fair and The Frick Pittsburgh in 2018
Crystal Morey, “Entangled Wonders: Across a Divide” 2017–8, work in progress.
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TOSHIKO TAKAEZU: PENNINGTON COLLECTION
The Margaret Pennington Collection includes works for sale by pioneering female artists Ruth Duckworth, Viola Frey, Elsa Rady, Toshiko Takaezu, and Patti Warashina.
Toshiko Takaezu, “Untitled Form #53” 1990.
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LINDA SIKORA: Upcoming at NYCGF
New works by Linda Sikora to be featured at
The New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
Lecture Saturday, January 21, 4:00 pm
“American Studio Pottery — Making of a Movement”
Join Linda Sikora and Mark Shapiro in a conversation about divergent backgrounds, training, and influences as a way to touch on significant themes in postwar North American ceramics. Moderator Adrienne Spinozzi is Assistant Research Curator of American Decorative Arts, The American Wing, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
STUDIO POTTERY AND DESIGN: IN THE SHOP
Visit our square shop to purchase available works by Laura Andreson, Kim Dickey, Karen Karnes, Linda Sikora, Jenny Mendez, Dorothy Hafner, and Kadri Pärnamets.
Linda Sikora, “Cruet Set”, c.1990.
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WOMEN CURATORS AND ARTISTS AT NYCGF
Curators and Artists in Conversation at the
New York Ceramics and Glass Fair
Friday, January 19th
“Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists”
Dawn Brean with Crystal Morey, 2:00 pm
“Time Travel in the Period Room”
with Elisabeth Agro, Barry Harwood, Sarah Carter; 4:00 pm
STUDIO POTTER: WOMEN IN CERAMICS
Women in Ceramics Vol. 45 No. 1
In this issue of Studio Potter: nine essays remembering the life of Karen Karnes, a deep investigation of the legacy of women in wood-firing, several narratives about artists’ personal journeys in clay, artist profiles, and international perspectives.
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