CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
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 molds.
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 molds.
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.
Artwork: "Nuthatch Yunomi Pair"
Rebekah Strickland, 2018
"GEAUX CUPS II" OPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST!
Juried this year by ceramic artist Jennifer Allen, “Geaux Cups” is an annual juried group exhibition of ceramic drinking vessels. The show’s title spoofs New Orleans’ infamous plastic “go-cups”—essential for wetting one’s whistle while wandering its 300-year-old streets.
Opening Reception
First Friday, February 1, 2019, 6 - 8 pm
Drinks, snacks, great art and king cake!
About the Juror
Jennifer Allen is a studio potter based in Morgantown, West Virginia. Determined to keep “handmade” as an essential part of the contemporary home, her ongoing focus is to reinforce personal sentiments of beauty, joy, nourishment and celebration through porcelain tableware.
From 1998 to 2002, Jennifer worked as a production assistant to Kris Bliss at Bliss Pottery in Anchorage, Alaska. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2002, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2006.
In March 2008, the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) recognized Jennifer as an “Emerging Artist.” She was also the recipient of the 2006/2007 Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. In addition to keeping a home studio, Jennifer teaches ceramic classes at West Virginia University and travels throughout the United States and Canada teaching workshops at such venues as Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Touchstone Center for Crafts, and Pinecroft Centre for the Arts.
Juried this year by ceramic artist Jennifer Allen, “Geaux Cups” is an annual juried group exhibition of ceramic drinking vessels. The show’s title spoofs New Orleans’ infamous plastic “go-cups”—essential for wetting one’s whistle while wandering its 300-year-old streets.
Opening Reception
First Friday, February 1, 2019, 6 - 8 pm
Drinks, snacks, great art and king cake!
About the Juror
Jennifer Allen is a studio potter based in Morgantown, West Virginia. Determined to keep “handmade” as an essential part of the contemporary home, her ongoing focus is to reinforce personal sentiments of beauty, joy, nourishment and celebration through porcelain tableware.
From 1998 to 2002, Jennifer worked as a production assistant to Kris Bliss at Bliss Pottery in Anchorage, Alaska. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2002, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2006.
In March 2008, the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) recognized Jennifer as an “Emerging Artist.” She was also the recipient of the 2006/2007 Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. In addition to keeping a home studio, Jennifer teaches ceramic classes at West Virginia University and travels throughout the United States and Canada teaching workshops at such venues as Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Touchstone Center for Crafts, and Pinecroft Centre for the Arts.