Features the work and words of Steven Young Lee of Helena, Montana. From a series of films about the Montana clay community. Funded in-part by a Big Sky Grant from the Montana Film Office.
Filmmaker, Geoffrey Pepos
Producer, Cynthia Knutsen
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Detroit-native Steven Montgomery discusses the influence of damage, destruction, and the passage of time in his own works, and finds similar narratives in the works of Steven Young Lee and Peter Voulkos, and other artists in the collection.
This video is part of a series of lectures spotlighting artists from the exhibition “Crafting America” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Here, “Crafting America” artist Steven Young Lee presents a special demonstration and talk, sharing his process in action. Lee presents in his studio, giving you a close look at his process as a ceramic artist and discusses his collision of influences, unique forms, and current works.
This program is included as a part of the Northwest Arkansas Community College Spring Arts and Culture festival, a multi-day, interdisciplinary festival that brings together artists, academics, intellectuals, performers, and others to reflect on an annual theme. You can find more information about the festival at Spring Arts & Culture Festival:
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Steven Young Lee has been the resident artist director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana since 2006. In 2004-’05, he lectured and taught at numerous universities throughout China as part of a one-year cultural and educational exchange in Jingdezhen, Shanghai and Beijing. In 2005-06 he was a visiting professor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver BC.
Steven has lectured extensively in North America and Asia. In March 2013 he participated on a panel, “Americans in the Porcelain City,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2013, he was one of several international artists invited to participate in “New Blue and White,” an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that featured contemporary artists working in the blue-and-white tradition of ceramic production. In the fall of 2016 his work will be featured as part of the Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
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Enjoy another Spotlight Talk with “Crafting America” artist Joyce J. Scott:
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Steven Young Lee blends Eastern and Western traditions with anachronistic, often playful imagery and striking pattern in his porcelain works. His process allows the clay forms to sink under their own weight in the kiln, creating dramatic “broken” silhouettes that can never be replicated. The resulting vessels embody equal parts mastery and chance, and reflect Lee’s own inquiries into the nature of perfection, the construction of identity and balancing tradition with personal expression.
Steven Young Lee’s artwork often considers his own experience navigating his Korean-American cross-cultural identity through the process of working in ceramics and building installations. In this talk, he discusses his work and the creative process that brought about his current APEX exhibition at the Museum.
This lecture was recorded on February 24, 2019 in Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium
On March 27, 2019, as part of the celebration of our new ceramics exhibit, "The Persistence of Mingei: Influence through Four Generations of Ceramic Artists," we hosted a special gathering with women artists featured in the exhibition.
Rebecca Sive moderated this informal conversation, focused on each artist's ceramic practice, their relationship to the Mingei influence, and the role gender has played in their practice and larger context. Panelists included Margaret Bohls, Linda Christianson, Maren Kloppman, Jan McKeachie-Johnston, Linda Sikora, Sandy Simon, and Rhonda Willers.
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This is an awesome project if you're just starting out, or if you have not yet tried making pinch pots. Neil is an excellent, thorough instructor, and he covers everything you need to reach success. This video is available in the Ceramic Arts Network Shop:
Neil and Sandi were Resident Artists at The Clay Studio before they opened their popular studio and shop, Neighborhood Potters, in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. They will join us to discuss their fondest memories of their time at The Clay Studio and how it inspired them to the work they do today.
Pottery by Design is part of a trio of exhibitions specifically crafted for DesignPhiladelphia 2014. The Clay Studio's design-focused exhibitions showcase both the depth and breadth of design in contemporary ceramics.
In a world where autoCAD and rapid prototyping tend to dominate, it is worth remembering that potters have been honing their design skills for over 10,000 years. For this exhibition, The Clay Studio will exhibit functional work by contemporary potters. Each potter will produce a brief video that explains a design decision (visual, functional or ergonomic) in their work that is based on a lifetime of experience with clay. –
