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1999 Exhibitions
Three Jerome Artists:
Kelly Connole, Sarah Heimann, Maren Kloppmann
January 15 – February 20
Recipients of 1998 Jerome Artists Project Grants were Kelly Connole, Sarah Heimann and Maren Kloppmann. Work in the exhibition included figurative sculptures and installations by Kelly Connole; functional porcelain pots by Sarah Heimann; and coil-built vessels by Maren Kloppmann. The exhibition was underwritten by the Jerome Foundation as part of their support for the emerging artists grant program.
Sarah Heimann and Kelly Connole
Edward Eberle, Anne Kraus and Ron Meyers – Storytellers
March 5 – April 7
A three-person exhibition of contemporary clay vessels which utilize myths, stories and narration as surface decoration. The simultaneously predatory and loopy creatures on Ron Meyers' deceptively rough pots contrasted with the elegant simplicity of Ed Eberle's porcelain jars and platters covered in densely drawn gray and black terra sigillata figures which often referred to Greek Attic vases. Anne Kraus' pots refer formally to the porcelain traditions of Sèvres and Meissen, and are painted with elaborate visual and verbal stories, haunting and occasionally surreal.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Ed Eberle led a weekend workshop to introduce participants to his distinctive methods and styles of applying terra sigillata, working with the participants on forms and compositions that addressed design issues of pattern, rhythm, framing and balance.
Edward Eberle and Ron Meyers
Revelations of the African Potter
April 30 – June 12
Historic and contemporary African handbuilt vessels, selected by guest curator Douglas Dawson, a dealer and private collector in Chicago. The exhibition was made possible in part by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation. The Rochester Art Center subsequently exhibited about half of the pots from the Clay Center's exhibition, in conjunction with an exhibition of contemporary African American artists.
With additional funding from the Jerome Foundation, the Center was able to bring New York ceramic artist Sana Musasama to conduct a weekend workshop at the Center. Musasama shared experiences and images of working with pottery collectives in West Africa and Japan. She also taught the participants in the hands-on workshop traditional and experimental approaches to surface decoration and firing methods.
NCC Faculty and Student Exhibition
June 26 – July 25
Biennial exhibition of work by NCC faculty and selected students; students' work juried by the faculty. The exhibition included 56 faculty and students.August Four McKnight Artists
August 6 – September 4
Recipients of the 1998 McKnight Ceramic Artists Fellowship and 1997 Residency grants – Judith Altobell, Jeff Oestreich, Marina Kuchinski, George Pearlman. Jeff Oestreich showed functional, soda-fired stoneware pots. The other three artists are all primarily, if not exclusively, sculptors or installation artists: Judith Altobell exhibited figurative sculptures; Marina Kuchinski and George Pearlman showed individual and collaborative sculptures made during their residency at the Center. The exhibition was funded by the McKnight Foundation as part of their support for the artists' grant program.
Judith Altobell and Jeff Oestreich
Jun Kaneko: A Solo Exhibition
September 17 – October 30
A solo exhibition of this Japanese-born sculptor who has gained international recognition for his minimalist, yet colorfully patterned and elegant dangos, large head sculptures and wall plates. The NCC exhibition included a tile wall installation 8' high by 30' long, and two large (6' high) ceramic heads. During the exhibition, Jun Kaneko gave a lecture about his work at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The exhibition and Mr. Kaneko's lecture were made possible in part by a generous grant from Continental Clay Company.