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SHAPING THE FUTURE OF
THE LIFE OF HELEN
WILLIAMS DRUTT ENGLISH
Hats of fro HELEN!
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FRIDAY MARCH 27
Exhibition Preview
A Tribute to Helen Drutt
Lecture by Helen
SATURDAY MARCH 28
Tour of private collections
Hats Off to Helen!
Gala Dinner @ Four Seasons Hotel
SUNDAY MARCH 29
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CELEBRATION INCLUDES raffl es of Robert Turner,
Wayne Higby, SunKoo Yuh and others.
Visit www.theclaystudio.org for raffle details.
EXHIBITION ARTISTS:
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela, Chris Berti, Jill Bonovitz, Mark Burns,
Nancy Carman, Anne Currier, Val Cushing, William Daley,
Andrea Gill, John Gill, Wayne Higby, Karen Karnes, Howard Kottler,
James Makins, Kirk Mangus, Graham Marks, Judy Moonelis,
Richard Notkin, Lisa Orr, Jacquelyn Rice, Lizbeth Stewart,
Bill Stewart, Patti Warashina, Paula Winokur, Robert Winokur,
SunKoo Yuh, Arnold Zimmerman (as of 2/08)
Contact Lisa Brown for further information.
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B ooks
Duet
O n the R iv e r through the
V a lle y o fF ire : T h e C ollab -
orative C eram ics o f F ra n k
B oyden and Tom Colem an
Essay and com m entary by
D aniel Lam berton, forew ord
by D avid W . A rm strong
Am erican M useum o f
Ceram ic A rt
Pom ona, C alifornia
$39-95
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W h y would tw o ceramic art-
ists at the top o f their game
choose to collaborate? T he
simple answer, suggests David
W . Arm strong, in his introduc-
tion to this elegant book© ,
is that “ each recognizes that
the other has talents as a ce-
ramic artist that complement
his ow n expert abilities.
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and each has the aspiration to
participate in the creation o f
artw ork over and beyond his
individual capabilities.” Frank
Boyden, a native Oregonian
recognized for his masterful
line drawings incised into por-
celain vessels, and Tom C ole-
man, now o f N evada, known
for his prowess at the wheel
and his glaze formulations, are
tw o such artists. L ong estab-
lished through their w ork and
teaching as leaders in the field,
and lifelong friends w ith abso-
lute trust in one another, they
have periodically come to-
gether betw een 1985 and 2008
in different locations to create
the rare body o f w ork docu-
mented here in dramatic pho-
tographs that reveal the ves-
sels from different sides.
T h e shapes o f these porce-
lain or stonew are vessels—
bold rounded and colum nar
vases and dim inutive tea
bow ls b rillian tly executed
by Colem an—interact w ith
B oyden’s fluid, sym bolic
draw ings o f fish, birds and
skeletons, reflections o f his
interest in nature and ecol-
ogy. Both artists “ think
through the fire,” w rites
D aniel Lam berton, a hum an-
ities professor, in his in-
sightful essay about the pro-
cess that brings everyth ing
together—significantly, these
39 vessels are grouped chron-
ologically according to the
type o f kiln w here they w ere
fired: the anagam a, the w ood-
fired train kiln, the G eil gas
kiln and the cross-draft soda
kiln. C om paring the Boyden-
Colem an collaboration to
p o etry—“ the clear expression
o f m ixed feelin gs”-L am b er-
ton sees it as a quest for clar-
ity and new ideas: “ B y build-
ing and testing and using each
oth er’s know ledge,” he says,
“ the men earned the opportu-
n ity to express a clear kind o f
art and, together, find a new
thing to say.”—
b . s .
The book is companion to an
exhibition at AMOCA (through
February 14).
