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Victor Babu Tribute: From the Past Masters Presentations during the 2021 Virtual NCECA Conference

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By Mo Dickens. I was friends with Victor for 20 years. He was a most impressive individual, as an artist and as a teacher. And as a storyteller. The presenters were tasked with paying tribute to our departed friends in five minutes or less. So for background I will tell you that Victor was born in The Bronx in 1936 and died in Kansas in the spring of 2019. He attended the New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, NY, for undergrad and for his MFA. He was a veteran of the US Army. He taught for a couple of years at the U. of Texas in Austin and then moved to the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri where he taught from 1968 – 2001. At his retirement party during the 2002 NCECA in Kansas City more than 200 former students showed up to swap stories and sing his praises. With good reason. I dedicate this video to Victor's beloved family, especially nieces Barbara Shola and Victoria Babu. I must be one of the few people in the clay world who knew of Victoria before Victor! In general, EG Schempf made the images of Victor's artwork and I made the images of Victor's students. Thanks EG! Thanks Former Students! Your Bro in KC,MO

Victor Babu on art

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www.craftinamerica.org. Victor Babu on art. PROCESS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.

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Victor Babu on teaching

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www.craftinamerica.org. Victor Babu on teaching. PROCESS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.

For more on Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org.
All Craft in America programs are now viewable on www.craftinamerica.org, the PBS iPhone/iPad app and video.pbs.org/program/craft-in-america.
To purchase DVDs: www.shoppbs.org

Ken Matsuzaki: “Elemental” feature film about Japanese potter

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Ken Matsuzaki is a Japanese potter working from Mashiko who enjoys an international reputation. He was apprenticed to the late Tatsuzo Shimaoka (National Living Treasure) who in turn had been apprenticed to Shoji Hamada. Matsuzki's work can be seen in some of the world's most prestigious private collections.

This 45 minute film shows him throwing in his workshop and features unique footage of him firing his Anagama kiln, with the help of British potter Phil Rogers who commentates on the process. The film ends with Matsuzaki's 2007 major exhibition of pots at the Goldmark Gallery in Uppingham, Rutland. You can visit us online at

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Biography – Ken Matsuzaki was born in 1950 in Tokyo. Growing up Matsuzaki's life was filled with art and culture and his family's influence began to show when, around the age of 16, Matsuzaki developed an interest in ceramics. In 1972, after graduating from Tamagawa University's College of Arts, he began a 3 year apprenticeship with (National Living Treasure) Tatsuzo Shimaoka.

Nearing the end of his apprenticeship Matsuzaki asked Shimaoka if he would consider extending it for another 2 years, whilst he learned to develop his own style, and began creating his own motifs and palette of glazes that he would use for the next 15 years. Today, Matsuzaki has exhibited widely in Japan, America and the UK and his work is held in major galleries worldwide.

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A family business started by Mike Goldmark, we've been selling art from the Goldmark Gallery in Uppingham, UK for over 40 years and hold over 50,000 items in stock. Explore a wide range of the very best art and ceramics available to you through our website where you'll also find scholarship pages, books, online catalogues and even GoldmarkTV! Enjoy your visit here: