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2004 Exhibitions
Three Jerome Artists
January 16 – February 22
Gallery M
The annual Jerome Artists Exhibition featured recent work by three emerging Minnesotan ceramic artists who received project grants in 2003: Megan Bergström, Lisa Buck and Alex Spaulding. Made possible by a grant from St. Paul’s Jerome Foundation, the exhibition presented works completed within the previous year.
Megan Bergström, Fine Arts & Crafts (detail), porcelain, terra sigillata, intaglio, 24" x 30" x 8"
Lisa Buck, Serving Vessel, 2003, 9" x 7.5"
Alex Spaulding, Tank Me, 2003, stoneware, found object, 13" x 4" x 3.5"
Fire, Form and Figure: Recent Work by Jeffrey Noska and Barbara Reinhart
January 16 – February 22
Gallery A
The second exhibition to result from NCC’s 2003 request for proposals, Fire, Form and Figure presented the wood-fired work of Wisconsin ceramic artists Jeffrey Noska and Barbara Reinhart. The exhibition featured sculptural-utilitarian as well as figurative approaches to clay.
Jeffrey Noska, Three Bottles, 2002, wood-fired stoneware
Barbara Reinhart, Branch #3, 2002, low-fired ceramic
2004 Regis Masters Exhibition: Nino Caruso
March 5 – April 11
Gallery M
A simple listing of the general forms Nino Caruso’s clay work takes – architectural installations, sculpture and pots – gives no indication of how his work simultaneously breaks with ceramic traditions of his native Italy while it reflects a thorough understanding and appreciation of those traditions. The results are objects and interpretations of space that make us look at the medium in new ways. His work is embedded in European traditions of humanism, but with clear influences from the forms and surfaces of Japan (haniwa and raku).
Pictured above left to right:
Nino Caruso, Mitovaso, 1989/91, terra sigillata
Nino Caruso, Mitovaso, 1989, terra cotta and engobe
First Helpings: Plates and Platters in Preview
March 5 – April 11
Gallery A
The artists who participated in the 2004 APF exhibited sets of plates or a single platter. This exhibition served as a preview for the 2004 American Pottery Festival.
Pictured above from left to right:
William Brouillard, Simon Levin, Warren MacKenzie, Ellen Shankin
From the Garden: Forms, Images, and Ideas
April 23 – May 30
Gallery M
Guest curated by Robert Silberman, this exhibition featured five outstanding contemporary artists whose work highlighted the relationship between ceramics and gardens.
Pictured above from left to right:
Jan McKeachie Johnston, Tall Wood-fired Basket, 2004, stoneware, 21" x 8"
Kinji Akagawa, Installation (detail), 2004, wood, clay shards
Walter Ostrom, Flower Brick with Cast Iron Flowers, 2000, earthenware, 22" high
Kurt Weiser, High Summer, 2002, porcelain, 10.5" x 10", courtesy of Garth Clark Gallery
Eddie Dominguez, Homage to Fall, 2003, terra cotta
College Bowl I
April 23 – May 30
Gallery A
In this two-part, multi-generational group exhibition, Northern Clay Center featured work by Minnesota ceramics professors and their students. Professors from all four-year institutions offering degrees in ceramics nominated up to three undergraduate or graduate students for consideration by the jury. College Bowl I presented work by artists affiliated with colleges and universities in the Twin Cities metro area and points north.Double Vision
June 11 – July 18
Gallery M
Double Vision presented ceramics, prints and drawings by five artists working in both clay and two-dimensional media. Featured works included vessels and figurative sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints. Participating artists were Edward Eberle, Tony Hepburn, Cindy Kolodziejski, Akio Takamori and Patti Warashina.
Pictured above left to right:
Edward Eberle, Embracing the Void, 2001, porcelain, 23" x 18" x 16"
Tony Hepburn, BREADboard, 2000, clay, wood, 23.5" x 18"
Patti Warashina, In the Shadow of a Silent Attack, 1995, watercolor on paper
Cindy Kolodziejski, Frozen Tears, 2003, earthenware, rubber tubing and metal support, 26" x 9" x 11"
Akio Takamori, Sleeping Woman with Baby, 2004, stoneware with underglaze, 21" x 12" x 6"
The Dinnerware Legacy of Viktor Schreckengost
June 11 – July 18
Gallery A
Although Schreckengost’s work spans multiple media, this exhibition concentrated on his revolutionary designs for dinnerware. His goal was to combine design and practical use in order to bring the most economical and good-looking tableware possible into America’s homes. This exhibition was organized and provided by the Viktor Schreckengost Foundation.
Six McKnight Artists
July 30 – August 29
Galleries M & A
Recipients of the 2003 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Ceramic Artists Chuck Aydlett (Winona) and Mary Roettger (St. Paul) exhibited work in this six-person show, along with 2003 McKnight Resident Artists Miriam Bloom (New York) and Ting-Ju Shao (Taipei, Taiwan), and 2002 Residency Artists William Brouillard (Cleveland, Ohio) and Kirk Mangus (Kent, Ohio).
Pictured above left to right:
Chuck Aydlett, Arctic Ice Bucket, 2003, white stoneware, 11" x 9" x 9"
Mary Roettger, Parallelograms, 2001, earthenware wall tile, 13" x 11" x 1"
Miriam Bloom, Wuz Up I, 1998, terra cotta, slip, glaze, 14.5" x 8" x 8"
Ting-Ju Shao, If we could only listen to the harmonies of nature, then we would truly appreciate the joy of life, 2004, 66"
William Brouillard, Dinner Plate, 2000, majolica, 12" x 12" x 1"
Kirk Mangus, Man Bottle, wood-fired stoneware, 16" x 10" x 7"
Nina Hole and Ron Fondaw
September 24 – October 31
Gallery M
Danish artist Nina Hole built a monumental temporary sculpture at the University of Minnesota. The sculpture formed its own kiln and was fired on-site. Hole’s smaller sculptures were exhibited in Gallery M at Northern Clay Center. Ron Fondaw spent a week in Gallery M making adobe installations in geometric forms that were gradually eroded by water to reveal embedded artifacts.
Pictured above left to right:
Nina Hole, Fire Sculpture, 2002, Athens, Greece
Ron Fondaw, Taukka, 1987, adobe with colored veneers, Lewiston, New York
College Bowl II
September 24 – October 31
Gallery A
In the second installment of this multi-generational group exhibition, Northern Clay Center featured work by Minnesota ceramics professors and their students. Professors from all four-year institutions offering degrees in ceramics nominated up to three undergraduate or graduate students for consideration by a selection jury. College Bowl II presented work by artists affiliated with colleges and universities in the Twin Cities metro area and points south.2004 Holiday Exhibition and Sale
November 14 – December 30
Annual exhibition which featured over 65 regional and national ceramic artists whose work ranged from painted earthenware to soda-glazed porcelain and elegant raku.Lisa Marie Barber
November 14 – December 30
Lisa Marie Barber’s brightly painted ceramic city populated Northern Clay Center’s Gallery A beginning November 14. The crowded fantasy of figures, almost like a three-dimensional children’s book, offered an innocent worldview.