This tuesday I’m headed out on tour once again with my Artstream posse – here’s the press release from Austin potters’ “Art of the Pot” event, which kicks off our Texas roamings. We’ll also be stopping off at Louise Rosenfield’s home in Dallas to meet, greet, eat, and sell! More details can be found at www.art-stream.com and below the press release.
See you there! xo christa
Press Release
Art of the Pot 2009
6th Annual Invitational Utilitarian Ceramics Exhibition
At Westlake High School
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Utilitarian ceramics is a very intimate and accessible kind of art that has experienced tremendous creative development in recent decades. Amazing technical proficiency and artistry or what might be termed “visual poetry” have been achieved in functional objects such as platters and mugs. Gorgeous as sculptural gemstones, they handle like a dream. And yet this remains a unique form of art that one interacts with to the point of smearing with food, bringing to lips, and caressing in hands. It is the art asking to be utilized and most at home in daily life.
Contact: Lisa Orr 512.799.7133 lisa@lisaorr.com
Photographs: Image CD www.ArtofthePot.com
AUSTIN, TX
Art of the Pot 2009 is THE Austin invitational pottery show. This event is free of charge to attend and it is held Mother’s Day Weekend 2009, May 9th 10-6pm and May 10th 12-5pm.
The five local organizers are Lisa Orr, Claudia Reese, Ryan McKerley, Marian Haigh, and Chris Campbell. 16 internationally renowned local and guest artists will be showcased. These highly acclaimed ceramists are represented in numerous publications and collections throughout the country.
In the past, Art of the Pot was held at the founders’ five local studios. This year Dawn Delgado, ceramics instructor at Westlake High School, has asked Art of the Pot to join with the Westlake Pottery Festival creating one large, multifaceted, extraordinary clay event.
Work will be available for purchase at the show, and the ArtStream Nomadic Gallery, a 30-foot silver Airstream land yacht remodeled into an exhibition space, will be presenting its own show of leading hot new ceramists, www.art-stream.com. Free lectures, demonstrations and concurrent shows will be occurring at the Westlake location throughout the weekend.
Consult www.artofthepot.com for details regarding the Art of the Pot show, featured artists and concurrent events: http://eanes.tx.schoolwebpages.com/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=54
