Robert Arneson & The Davis Group — Revolutions Of The Wheel

Part Four of the five-part American ceramics history film, Revolutions Of The Wheel, examines the career and work of one of the most controversial of 20th Century American potters, the San Francisco Bay resident and professor, Robert Arneson – the father of ceramic Funk Art. Fellow artists Jim Brady, Peter VandenBerge and Richard Shaw reminisce

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California Draftsman – Robert Arneson – Self Portrait Drawing

Robert Arneson was an American sculptor and ceramicist who is considered as the father of Funk Art, the anti-establishment movement that incorporated a mélange of found objects, autobiographical subjects, and humor. Although he worked in many media (including painting and printmaking), Robert Arneson is perhaps best known as the most important ceramic sculptor in the

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Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting

Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting for a teapot. Richard is featured in the Landscape episode of Craft in America, which premiered in May 2007 on PBS. For more on Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org. All Craft in America programs are now viewable on the PBS iPhone/iPad app and online at video.pbs.org/program/craft-in-america. To purchase

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Richard Notkin – John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Arts/Industry Program

Richard Notkin BIO: Richard Notkin is a full-time studio artist who lives and works in Helena, Montana. He received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1970, and an MFA from the University of California, Davis in 1973. Mr. Notkin has worked mainly in ceramics for more than thirty-nine years, averaging over one

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