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2002 Exhibitions
Three Jerome Artists
January 11 – February 16, 2002
The annual Jerome artists exhibition featured the works of three emerging ceramic artists who received project grants in 2001: Katharine Gotham, Kristin Plucar and Emily Schroeder. Funded by a grant from the Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, Three Jerome Artists showed new work made by each participating artist during the past year. The exhibition included sculptural forms by Kristin Plucar, wheel-thrown functional pieces by Katharine Gotham, and functional pinch pots by Emily Schroeder.
From left to right: Katharine Gotham, Kristin Plucar, Emily Schroeder
Frank Steyaert: Derelict Ships / Timeless Voyage
March 1 – April 13, 2002
Derelict Ships / Timeless Voyage was an exhibition of recent work by Frank Steyaert, one of the most prominent figures in Belgian ceramics. While Steyaert creates ceramic work in a variety of forms, this exhibition featured his boat forms. These ships were usually large in scale and yet very detailed, with subtle surface color. Each piece conveyed a depth of color and finish, with contrasting light and shadow. Several pieces were grouped in series, ranging in scale from small to large, and displayed vertically – illustrating the idea of a vessel as an architectural structure. Beyond their characteristics as physical objects, however, the wrecked ships carried haunting implications of shared fragility and mortality.
Rebecca Hutchinson / Judy Onofrio: Installation / Mixed Media
May 6 – June 15, 2002
This exhibition included the mixed-media sculptures of Judy Onofrio and a site-specific installation by Rebecca Hutchinson. Onofrio (Rochester, Minnesota) and Hutchinson (Marion, Massachusetts) share non-traditional approaches to working with clay, although the results could not be more apparently different. Hutchinson's work is large-scale, installation in format, and explores interests in the observation of place and the myriad possibilities in specific building sites. It embraces qualities of development theory and observation of both animal and human architecture. Onofrio uses a variety of materials and processes to make her sculpture and installation/performance art. Primarily self-taught, her influences and interests range from the formal issues surrounding art to the works of native and visionary artists.
2002 Studio Artists Exhibition
June 28 – July 27
This biennial exhibition featured work made by artists who have rented studio space at Northern Clay Center in the last two years. The exhibition included a wide variety of ceramics, ranging from functional to sculptural forms, from low-fire to high-fire clay and from traditional reduction glazes to soda-fired surfaces.Five McKnight Artists
August 9 – September 7
2001 McKnight Artist Fellowship recipients Margaret Bohls (Minneapolis) and Robert Briscoe (Harris) exhibited new work in this five-person show, along with 2000 recipients Arina Ailincai (Toronto, Ontario) and Mika Negishi (Garden City, Kansas) and 2001 recipient Davie Reneau (Glasgow, Kentucky). All five artists have received extensive recognition for their functional and sculptural work.
From left to right: Arina Ailincai, Margaret Bohls, Robert Briscoe, Mika Negishi, Davie Reneau
Breaking the Plane: 3 Dimensions in Tile
September 19 – November 2
This exhibition featured work from ceramic artists who use tile in nontraditional ways. The show highlighted work by Fuller Cowles and Constance Mayeron (Minnesota), Paul McMullan (Michigan), Annabeth Rosen (California) and Aurora Hughes Villa (Illinois). This exhibition was held in conjunction with "Tiles in the Twin Cities: The Quintessence of Handicraft," a four-day symposium on historic and contemporary tiles.
From left to right: Constance Mayeron & Fuller Cowles, Annabeth Rosen, Aurora Hughes Villa, Paul McMullan