There are many great competitive craft exhibitions one can count on each year, such as The Octagonal, Materials Hard and Soft, and CraftForms. But its always a pleasure to find a new one pop up; and even better when one has work accepted! I was very pleased to find the call for Craft Nouveau at the Blue Line Arts Gallery. Juror Ariel Zaccheo has a great reflective statement here. If you find yourself near Roseville, California, please check it out. Images of included work and an exhibition catalog are also available on their website.
Art for Everyone
i am very grateful to Heidi Grew and the rest of the faculty at Chemeketa Community College for including my work in their art appreciation textbook, Art for Everyone. This is the just-released revised edition published by Oxford Press.
Materials Hard and Soft
I love this show and I am so grateful that it happens in Denton every year. Not only do my students get to see some excellent work from an international selection of makers but some years I even get to participate! One of my newer pieces, Fort Worth Trash Chute, was selected for inclusion this year. The show runs from February 7 - May 9 with a reception on the 7th from 6-9. The juror this year was Beth C. McLaughlin, Chief Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. She will be giving a gallery talk on Thursday the 6th at 2:30.
SHELTER
The Jodee Harris Gallery at Seton Hill is currently hosting the "Shelter" exhibition, a sibling exhibition to the "Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home" exhibition at the Contemporary Craft Center in Pittsburgh. My piece, aptly named Shelter, is one of many in the exhibition. If you are in the Greensburg, Pennsylvania area I hope you will check it out!
Shelter is based on the form of a plumb bob - a device for finding a true vertical line. Similarly, the need for dependable shelter is a significant element in decision-making.
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Arrowmont
An invitation to YOU!
I love teaching.
I love Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
This summer I get to TEACH AT ARROWMONT.
Mind blown.
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Refined Exhibition
I am very happy to share that two of my pieces, "Attic Turbine Vent" and "Alchemist's Utensils" have been accepted to the 9th Refined Exhibition in Nacogdoches. I am looking forward to visiting on Friday for the reception and to see all the great work. Hope to see you there!
Materials: Hard & Soft Opening this Friday!
I hope you will join me this Friday, February 6th from 6-8pm at the Greater Denton Arts Council to celebrate the work in this exhibition. If not, please try to see it - its up until April 2nd and its a terrific show, if I do say so myself!
JUROR: Materials Hard and Soft 2015
I was so excited when I received the letter inviting me to be the juror for the next Materials Hard and Soft Exhibition at the Greater Denton Arts Council! For those who are not aware, this is a National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition that has been running strong for twenty-seven years. Past jurors have included such luminaries as Brent Kington, Mary Lee Hu, Paul J. Smith, Arline Fisch, Kenneth Trapp, Michael Monroe, Lloyd Herman, Marylin da Silva and the incomparable Harlan Butt. I am honored to be named among them and SOOOOO excited to see the applications! You can find more information and the prospectus here.