Artsy Magazine Your Daytrip Guide to the Art of the Berkshires
The July 15, 2015 editorial in Artsy Magazine lists the “six stops not to miss” on your art tour of the Berkshires. Among them are FERRIN CONTRMPORARY and CYNTHIA-REEVES galleries.
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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.
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams
1315 MASS MoCA Way
FREE
Collecting ceramics from George Ohr to Ai Weiwei — join specialists Suzanne Perrault, David Rago, and Daniel Farrell for a panel discussion moderated by Leslie Ferrin about provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics, pottery, and porcelain from 1900 to the present.
Guests will have a chance to view the exhibition, GLAZED & DIFFUSED, before the panel discussion and afterwards during a wine and cheese reception in the gallery.
1315 MASS MoCA Way
$75. Space is limited.
Enjoy this dinner event in the gallery with collectors, artists, and the panelists. Gramercy Bistro, MASS MoCA’s in-house bistro, will serve modern fare made from locally-sourced food. Ceramic artist Michael McCarthy will provide the handmade dinnerware.
This event has sold out. Call 413-346-4004 to be added to the waiting list. Click here to let us know of your interest and we’ll let you know about other upcoming events and DISH + DINEs.
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.
“Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud Presents My Blue China Exhibition”
by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, Blouin Art Info May 29, 2015
In their effort to “showcase how much ceramics is used around the world by artists and how creative the medium can be,” the Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud presents My Blue China in Limoges, France from June to November 2015.
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Read more, see more about “My Blue China” and the featured artists.
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams
1315 MASS MoCA Way
FREE
Collecting ceramics from George Ohr to Ai Weiwei — join specialists Suzanne Perrault, David Rago, and Daniel Farrell for a panel discussion moderated by Leslie Ferrin about provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics, pottery, and porcelain from 1900 to the present.
Guests will have a chance to view the exhibition, GLAZED & DIFFUSED, before the panel discussion and afterwards during a wine and cheese reception in the gallery.
1315 MASS MoCA Way
$75. Space is limited.
Enjoy this dinner event in the gallery with collectors, artists, and the panelists. Gramercy Bistro, MASS MoCA’s in-house bistro, will serve modern fare made from locally-sourced food. Ceramic artist Michael McCarthy will provide the handmade dinnerware.
This event has sold out. Call 413-346-4004 to be added to the waiting list. Click here to let us know of your interest and we’ll let you know about other upcoming events and DISH + DINEs.
54 Main Street, Cummington, MA
Saturday, July 25 10am -5 pm
Sunday, July 26, 12 pm-4 pm
FREE
ON VIEW IN THE GALLERIES:
Selections from current projects: GLAZED & DIFFUSED; Family Affair:Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, and their daughter, Roosi; and Paul Scott’s 2015 American Scenery.
ON VIEW IN THE STUDIOS:
Finished pieces and works in progress by artists-in-residence, including Alexandra Jelleberg. Also work by June Ferrin and guest Elenor Wilson.
ARTIST DEMOS
Join us for conversation and lunch with artists and friends at Project Art.
Lunch, from The Olde Creamery, is $15. Reservation deadline is July 23. Please complete the Eventbrite form below.
Mountain Dale and Kinderhook, NY
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Take a field trip to Raymon Elozua’s studio in Mountain Dale, NY, and tour of the El Anatsui exhibition at the Jack Shainman Gallery: The School in nearby Kinderhook.
Tour + lunch without transportation: $40 per person.
Tour + lunch with bus fare included: $75 per person.
Limited space. Registration deadline is August 1.
Thursdays, July 30, August 27, and September 24, 6 to 8 pm
1315 MASS MoCA Way and throughout North Adams
FREE
Ferrin Contemporary and other DownStreet art venues and galleries, stores, and restaurants will extend their hours on the last Thursday of the summer months to celebrate the arts.
In 2015, Elozua received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation grant for a new body of work. The R&D series of mixed media sculpture incorporates glass, ceramics, and steel. They are an extension of an exploration of Abstract Expressionist painting. Colors and shapes from different paintings were sampled and combined using CAD software to create new combinations. From these designs, welded steel armatures were built and covered with terra cotta and glaze. After firing, blown-glass shapes were affixed to the sculptures. “I find the tension between the fractured ceramic and the reflective glass fascinating. There is a feeling of beauty born out of decay,” said Elozua.
Glazed & Diffused will be on view at Ferrin Contemporary’s gallery space at 1315 MASS MoCA Way in North Adams from June 20 through August 16, 2015. This survey exhibition will focus on a select group of international artists chosen for their use of fired clay and glaze pigment to convey abstract content. Their sculpture, objects, vessels, tile, and site-specific installations reveal intended, abstract results using fluidity, abstraction, and color theory.
Exhibiting artists will be Raymon Elozua, Peter Christian Johnson, Jun Kaneko, Jae Yong Kim, Steven Young Lee, Lauren Mabry, Sara Moorhouse, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Peter Pincus, Robert Silverman, Linda Sormin, Toshiko Takaezu, Beatrice Wood and Betty Woodman.
by Anthony Merino in Ceramics Monthly
“Ceramic Top 40: New and Selected Works presents a specific collection of the most innovative artists working with clay. While this casts the exhibition as subjective, it has to be, as no selection of 40 artists could be a true cross section. This does not diminish the overall impact of viewing the show however, as the majority of the work in the exhibition is both unique and engaging.”
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Originally published in June 2015 issue of Ceramics Monthly, pages 56–59. http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/ © The American Ceramic Society. Reprinted with permission.
In May 2015, Melissa G. Post will be joining the team of FERRIN CONTEMPORARY and CYNTHIA-REEVES at their shared gallery space on the campus of MASS MoCA in North Adams, located at 1315 MASS MoCA Way. As director, Post will be managing the galleries and expanding their presence through education, public relations, sales, and marketing in the galleries.
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