"Adventures first...": Archive

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"Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry...

“The sculptures that I make are driven by a desire to investigate how an individual’s personal history affects their identity, behaviors, and actions. …By conveying the sense of the conscience in otherwise unconscious figures, I hope to stimulate pathos between the character’s situation and the viewer.” Andréa Keys Connell Andréa Keys Connell is a large-scale ceramic...

Feb 22nd

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"Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close...

“Something conscious and knowing is captured in their gestures and expressions. An invitation and a rebuke.“ - Beth Cavener Stichter Beth Cavener Stichter is a ceramic artist who sculptures large scale animals with emotion, movement, and life. Process Shot The Choleric, 2010, of The Four Humours Series The Melancholic, 2010, The Four Humours Series A Rush of Blood to...

Feb 22nd

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ALCC 28

The Alabama Clay Conference will be in Birmingham again next year. For the first time, it will be in conjunction with a Clay Symposium being hosted by the Birmingham Museum of Art. The overall theme will be the body! (Which means figurative work! Yay!) The Museum will host speakers and the Conference will host artists. Not all of the presenters have been booked yet, but a few big names have...

Feb 22nd

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"It was the black kitten's fault entirely."

“I am a student of the universe and a participant in the harmonic chaos of contrasts and opposites: dark – light; male – female; good – evil. Working instinctually and using my observations, I create a new, intimate universe that reveals the relationships, connections and contradictions as I perceive them. For me, I find clay to be the most versatile material and it is well suited to the...

Feb 22nd

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27th Annual Alabama Clay Conference

This year’s conference was in beautiful Birmingham. The presenters were Chris Gryder, Lorna Meaden, and Sergei Isupov! The conference began with a reception for the 1st Clay Market at the Art Folk Gallery. Numerous local potters and sculptors set up tables and sold their wares. It was nice to see work by Alabama artists. The second day, Friday, was pretty basic. The student-teacher art show...

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Feb 10th

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Feb 5th

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Feb 5th

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Jan 13th

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Jan 13th

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Jan 13th

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"He did not look at all comfortable, and it was...

Joseph Kowalczyk is an award-winning sculptor, painter, and draftsman in the California bay area. His work is killer. (Joe also runs a kiln repair business.) “Gotya!” (Ceramic) “Never Again” (Ceramic, Fiber, Wood) “Beside Malice and Anger” (Ceramic, Fiber, Metal) “Follow the Feeder” (Ceramic, Watercolor, Wood) “(In) the Hands of a...

Jan 10th

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