CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
"Bowl" by Coleton Lunt, 2018.
"THE SCULPTURAL VESSEL" OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 29TH!
The Clay Center of New Orleans is proud to present “The Sculptural Vessel,” a group exhibition juried by renowned American studio potter Brett Freund. Featuring artists from around the US and Canada, this juried group exhibition explores the ceramic vessel as both a functional and a sculptural object. “The Sculptural Vessel” will be on display through December 29, 2018.
Opening Reception
First Friday, December 7, 2018, 6 - 8 pm
About the Juror
Brett Freund is a ceramic artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After a residency at St. Petersburg Clay Company in Florida, he earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2011. After school, he was a Lormina Salter Fellow at Baltimore Clayworks, and in 2012 Ceramics Monthly named him an Emerging Artist. In 2018, he was awarded one of two prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Artists grants.
Brett’s work incorporates color, sketching, and repetition. He intuitively constructs his pieces from slip-cast parts. The result is a single product that communicates preciousness, but is manipulated with a psychotic energy. Although he is essentially using prototypes and reproducible parts, he creates decorative objects with personal, interior spaces.
The Clay Center of New Orleans is proud to present “The Sculptural Vessel,” a group exhibition juried by renowned American studio potter Brett Freund. Featuring artists from around the US and Canada, this juried group exhibition explores the ceramic vessel as both a functional and a sculptural object. “The Sculptural Vessel” will be on display through December 29, 2018.
Opening Reception
First Friday, December 7, 2018, 6 - 8 pm
About the Juror
Brett Freund is a ceramic artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After a residency at St. Petersburg Clay Company in Florida, he earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2011. After school, he was a Lormina Salter Fellow at Baltimore Clayworks, and in 2012 Ceramics Monthly named him an Emerging Artist. In 2018, he was awarded one of two prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Artists grants.
Brett’s work incorporates color, sketching, and repetition. He intuitively constructs his pieces from slip-cast parts. The result is a single product that communicates preciousness, but is manipulated with a psychotic energy. Although he is essentially using prototypes and reproducible parts, he creates decorative objects with personal, interior spaces.
Artwork: "Rebirth"
Ramiro Diaz, 2018
"CASTING CALL," JANUARY 4 - 26, 2019
The Clay Center of New Orleans presents “Casting Call” January 4 - 26, 2019. Juried by ceramic artist Peter Pincus, “Casting Call” is a group exhibition of ceramic artworks created all or in part by slipcasting, a unique forming process that utilizes liquid clay poured into plaster molds.
Opening Reception
First Friday, January 4, 2019, 6 - 8 pm
Drinks, snacks, great art and good company!
About the Juror
Born in Rochester, New York, Peter Pincus is a ceramic artist and instructor. He joined the School for American Crafts as Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics in Fall 2014. Peter received his BFA and MFA degrees in ceramics from Alfred University in 2005 and 2011 respectively. In between his undergraduate and graduate years, Peter was a resident artist at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California. Since graduate school, Peter worked as the Studio Manager and Resident Artist Coordinator of the Genesee Center for Arts and Education in Rochester, Adjunct Professor of three-dimensional studies at Roberts Wesleyan College, and has established a studio in Penfield, New York.
His work has been exhibited in venues such as the Salon Art + Design, SOFA Chicago, Collective Design, Lewis Wexler Gallery, Duane Reed Gallery, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Ferrin Contemporary, Greenwich House Pottery, and National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art. Peter's work can be found in numerous private and public collections.
The Clay Center of New Orleans presents “Casting Call” January 4 - 26, 2019. Juried by ceramic artist Peter Pincus, “Casting Call” is a group exhibition of ceramic artworks created all or in part by slipcasting, a unique forming process that utilizes liquid clay poured into plaster molds.
Opening Reception
First Friday, January 4, 2019, 6 - 8 pm
Drinks, snacks, great art and good company!
About the Juror
Born in Rochester, New York, Peter Pincus is a ceramic artist and instructor. He joined the School for American Crafts as Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics in Fall 2014. Peter received his BFA and MFA degrees in ceramics from Alfred University in 2005 and 2011 respectively. In between his undergraduate and graduate years, Peter was a resident artist at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California. Since graduate school, Peter worked as the Studio Manager and Resident Artist Coordinator of the Genesee Center for Arts and Education in Rochester, Adjunct Professor of three-dimensional studies at Roberts Wesleyan College, and has established a studio in Penfield, New York.
His work has been exhibited in venues such as the Salon Art + Design, SOFA Chicago, Collective Design, Lewis Wexler Gallery, Duane Reed Gallery, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Ferrin Contemporary, Greenwich House Pottery, and National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art. Peter's work can be found in numerous private and public collections.