Artist News

Nov

2015

C-File: Ceramists Selected for $50k US Artists Fellows Awards

Congratulations to Cristina Córdova: 2015 USArtists Distinguished Fellow in Crafts

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NewsFile | Ceramists Selected for $50k United States Artists Fellows Awards

“At least four artists out of the 37 inducted as United States Artists Fellows this year work in the medium of ceramics… This year’s inductees were chosen from a pool of more than 400 applicants… The organization states that it has awarded more than $20 million over the lifetime of the program, the idea being to help artists realize new creative opportunities through financial support.”

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Congratulations to Cristina Córdova recently awarded 2015 USA Distinguished Fellow in Crafts.

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Oct

2015

Maine Antique Digest: Paul Scott in “Historical Accommodations”

“Historical Accommodations” by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
from Maine Antique Digest Oct. 5, 2015

“Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has ‘a penchant for rescuing cast-offs…[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,'” Click here to read full article.

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Sep

2015

C-File: Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio

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Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio

Since his emergence, Walker has remained in the top tier of a group of artists who have defined a sub-genre of ceramic art with expert optical play between illustrated surface and form. The provenance of this prominence began with thrown and slipcast elements assembled into compact objects based on domestic functional forms. Read more, see more…

Aug

2015

C FILE: Robert Silverman Celebrates the Reclamation of Soviet Architecture

In this article, C File explores Silverman’s piece entitled “Tirana” in the GLAZED & DIFFUSED exhibition. “The story reminds us of similar public works projects that have attempted to heal the soul of a community.” Click here to read full article.

Aug

2015

C FILE: Exhibition | “Glazed and Diffused” at Ferrin Contemporary

C File investigates the story behind GLAZED & DIFFUSED. On the topic of ceramics in the art world, Leslie Ferrin said, “What’s happening today is that contemporary ceramics are no longer relegated to mere craft.” Click here to read full article.

Aug

2015

Wallpaper: Ceramic Futures at GLAZED & DIFFUSED

“Collecting ceramics has long been sequestered to the worlds of Wedgewood and Worcester, but there’s a new and evolving chapter when it comes to contemporary work….”

Brooke Mason, in an August 2015 edition of Wallpaper, interviews Leslie Ferrin about the impact contemporary ceramics on the art world.

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Aug

2015

Ceramics Monthly: Impenetrable Ambiguities, The Illustrated Sculpture of Jason Walker

“In some very essential way, the same heady mixture of keen observation and self-awareness that nourished the spirits of America’s Transcendentalist explorers, artists, and naturalists also defines Walker.” from “Impenetrable Ambiguities, The Illustrated Sculpture of Jason Walker” by Anthony E. Stellaccio in Ceramics Monthly Sept 2013.

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Aug

2015

American Craft: Jason Walker and The Nature of Invention

“Through his painted porcelain sculptures, Jason Walker asks us to ponder technology, wilderness, and our place in the world.” from “The Nature of Invention” by Joyce Lovelace in American Craft Magazine Aug-Sept 2012.

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Jul

2015

Gingras & Elozua present Made in Mountaindale

Micheline Gingras & Raymon Elozua in “Made in Mountaindale”

On Saturday, August 8th from noon to 4, Raymon Elozua and Micheline Gingras welcomes the public to the Grocery Story Gallery in Mountaindale, NY. The show consists of a series of 12 life-size, collage figures by Micheline Gingras titled, “What is a Clown?” which float directly on the walls, and a second series by Raymon Elozua, “R&D Sculptures,” made of metal, glass, and glazed terra cotta.

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Jul

2015

CFile: My Blue China

Exhibition | “My Blue China: The Colors of Globalization” at Foundation Bernardaud

The July 7, 2015 edition of CFile presented an essay by Laurent de Verneuil, curator of the My Blue China: The Colors of Globalization exhibition at Foundation Bernardaud in Limoges, France (June 11 – Nov. 21). The exhibition assembles 13 international contemporary artists who explore the phenomenon of cultural globalization through blue and white ceramic wares.

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Congratulations to Cristina Córdova: 2015 USArtists Distinguished Fellow in Crafts

C-File 9-23-15 Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio

Micheline Gingras & Raymon Elozua in “Made in Mountaindale”

Exhibition | “My Blue China: The Colors of Globalization” at Foundation Bernardaud

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Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio