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MO / Sedalia
Uaum Museum of
Contemporary Art
Marc Leuthold, Sculpture,
1995-2010
Feb. 6-Apr. 25
daummuseum.org
Through clay wheels, cones and
hemispheres, Leuthold evokes
metaphysical associations.
In a century of providing ce-
ramics instruction, Greenwich
House Pottery (GH P)© , located
on a picturesque street in New
York City’s historic Greenwich
Village neighborhood, evolved
from a modest program aimed
at acculturating poor immigrants
and providing training in a mar-
ketable skill to a nationally rec-
ognized workplace and show-
case for contemporary ceramics.
Begun in 1909 as a program of
a settlement house founded in
1902, the pottery, under its first
director, Maude Robinson
(from 1911 to 1941), an artist
with a Newcomb College back-
ground, attracted patronage
as well as students from the
city’s social elite, and accepted
commissions and sold works
through a retail shop. Under the
leadership of Jane Hartsook
(1945-82), GHP moved in 1948
to its current three-story brick
building at 16 Jones Street and
broadened its reach to attract
both postwar youth and more
committed artists. On her watch,
a who’s who of ceramists made
their way to the pottery to
teach, lecture or give work-
shops: Peter Voulkos, Tony
Hepburn, Warren MacKenzie,
Margaret Israel©, Rudy Autio,
Jun Kaneko, to name a few.
In 1970 Hartsook opened the
upstairs gallery now bearing
her name, which shows estab-
lished and emerging artists.
The ground floor shop has fea-
tured functional work, as seen
in this 1955 photo©.
Open all year, the well-
equipped facility offers adult
classes from basic hand-build-
ing and wheel work to more
advanced techniques,
g h p
launched a series of celebratory
exhibitions in September with
“Who Lives in Greenwich Vil-
lage?” consisting of a unique
ceramic tile map of Greenwich
Village with the pottery building
at the center, created by Andy
Brayman, a former studio man-
ager, and Ayumi Horie. The
map has two historic reference
points: 1909, the pottery’s
founding year, and 1609, the
year of Henry Hudson’s voyage,
represented by animals and
plants that thrived in early
Manhattan. Other exhibitions
are solo shows of Kathy Erte-
man and Anat Shiftan. Lectures
on historical subjects are also
scheduled and, in April, a panel
discussion on studio pottery
with Glenn Adamson, Howard
Risatti and others.
Musing on the common
thread between the activities
of its origins and today’s com-
munity of GH p artists, director
Sarah Archer says, “My sense
is that although the mission has
shifted quite drastically, the es-
sential role of forging the bonds
of community, values and
shared interests through the
collective process of making
something has not changed
since our founding days.”— B.S.
greenwichhousepottery.org
NE / Lincoln
Robert Hillestad Textiles
Gallery, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Susan Tabor Avila: Oh Naturale
Mar. 1-26
textilegallery.unl.edu
Avila’s large textiles mix digi-
tally printed imagery and ma-
chine stitching.
© NJ / Oceanville
Noyes Museum of Art
2009 New Jersey Arts Annual:
Crafts
to Feb. 28
noyesmuseum.org
Engaging w'orks, such as Lynne
Berman’s four-inch-talli,/////)«-
tia,
by
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artists who employ
techniques rooted in craft.
NM / Albuquerque
Mariposa Gallery
The Albuquerque Glass
Invitational
Mar. 5-31
mariposa-gallery.com
Members of Glass Alliance-
New Mexico offer a rich visual
experience for novice and con-
noisseur alike.
www.journal-plaza.net & www.freedowns.net
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