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Upcoming Exhibitions
2009 Artists of NCC
Galleries M and A
July 17 – August 30, 2009
Opening Reception, Friday, July 17, 6 – 8 pm
Once every two years, Northern Clay Center turns the exhibition spotlight on our many talented teachers, students, resident artists, and clay camp-goers. We invite you to view the wide variety of art making that goes on at NCC: functional and sculptural works, made with low- and high-fire clays, traditional reduction glazes and soda-fired surfaces, and everything in between.
Participating studio artists and instructors confirmed as of press time include:
Mary Aguilar, Kate Bauman, Sue Bergan, Megan Bergström, Margaret Bohls, Karen Brown, Kasey Bullerman, Philip Burke, Cynthia Burns, Tom Carli, Ryan Casey, Krissy Catt, Kevin Caufield, Alex Chinn, Eileen Cohen, Theresa Crosby, Attila Ray Dabasi, Andrea Leila Denecke, Ann Fendorf, Joel Froehle, Art Gannett, Daniel Gardner, Katharine Gotham, Martha Grover, Jim Gubernick, Ursula Hargens, Lois Ann Helgeson, Mike Helke, Bob Hemming, Jim Holan, Peter Jadoonath, Andy Juelich, Julie Kinney, Matthew Krousey, Cynthia Levine, Angie Renee Lund, Peter Lupori, Roberta Massuch, Tippy Maurant, Karin Muchemore, Susan Obermeyer, Claire O'Connor, Kip O'Krongly, Patti Olson, Mary Otremba-Olson, Claudia Poser, Erik Riese, Mary Roettger, Jennifer Rogers, Suzanna Schlesinger, Ginny Sims, Aaron Sober, Steve Wicklund, Michele Wiegand, Holly Williams, Lucy Yogerst.
The following are the eligibility criteria and submission requirements for any present or past students interested in participating in this exhibition:
NCC students are eligible to participate if you have completed at least two regularly scheduled adult or children’s classes between the dates of July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009. These students are invited to deliver one piece to the exhibition gallery on Thursday, July 9 from 12 noon – 6:00 pm. This work will be subject to a juried selection process. A panel of two instructors and Jamie Lang will select up to 30 student works for this representative group exhibition. If your work is not selected, you must be available to pick it up Saturday or Sunday, July 11 or 12 from 12 noon – 4 pm.
Clay Camp students are invited to deliver one piece created during clay camps in the summers of 2008 and 2009 (to date) on Thursday July 9 from 12 noon – 6:30 pm. This work will also be subject to a juried selection process. If your work is not selected, you must be available to pick it up Saturday or Sunday July 11 or 12 from 12 noon – 4 pm.
2009 Regis Masters: Ron Meyers and Patti Warashina
Gallery M
September 25 – November 8, 2009
As part of the 2009 Regis Masters Series Exhibition, Northern Clay Center will mount a two-person exhibition of new work by 2008 Regis Master Ron Meyers and 2009 Regis Master Patti Warashina. The exhibition will showcase the work of these renowned artists. Both Mr. Meyers and Ms. Warashina will attend the opening of the exhibition of their work at Northern Clay Center on Friday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm.
Ron Meyers received both a B.S. (1956) and an M.S. (1961) in art education from the State University College at Buffalo, and an M.F.A. (1967) from the School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology. Meyers first taught for six years at the University of South Carolina, and then in 1972 began a long career of teaching ceramics at the University of Georgia in Athens, where he remains today as Professor Emeritus. Working with earthenware, Meyers makes functional pots in a casual spontaneous manner—revealing the juiciness of the material as well as the pleasure of the process. The colored slip paintings that float on the surface integrate a gestural style while telling a story. Meyers’ work has been shown extensively around this country and the world and is in many public and private collections.
Patti Warashina earned a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she went on to teach for twenty-five years. In 2001, she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement/Woman of the Year Award by Seattle’s Artist Trust, and received cultural exchange invitations from China and Korea. Warashina’s work is found in public collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the John Michael Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Warashina states, “The human figure has been an absorbing visual fascination in my work. I use the figure in voyeuristic situations in which irony, humor, and absurdities portray human behavior as a relief from society’s pressure and frustrations on mankind. At times, I use the figure in complex arrangements so that it will be seethingly alive. I like the visual stimulation of portraying human energy, as a way to compare it to any biological organization found in nature.”