SEPTEMBER 25 – NOVEMBER 8, 2015
Emily Galusha Gallery
Minnesota New Institute for Ceramic Education (MN NICE) was an NCC intensive certificate program, launched in Fall 2014. The curriculum gave students an overview of ceramic history, provided advanced technical and materials training, and encouraged awareness and debate around larger questions in the field of ceramics. The program also focused on critical dialogue to help students build a body of work reflecting their own ideas as makers.
This exhibition featured the work of seven emerging artists from the inaugural class. Their work ranges from functional pots to hand-built sculptural vessels to sand-cast installations. These bodies of work evolved through one-on-one dialogue with mentoring artists, individual research, and lively group critiques. Work in the exhibition was the result of yearlong investigations into each artist’s questions, motivations, and perspectives.