2016 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Artist Interview: Akio Takamori

2016 Contemporary Art Awards February 13 – May 8, 2016 The Contemporary Northwest Art Awards is the Portland Art Museum’s biennial awards exhibition showcasing contemporary artists living and working in the Northwest. This year’s exhibition has a distinct international energy with four of the eight artists bringing and immigrant’s fresh view of America.

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Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America

www.craftinamerica.org. Ceramic artist Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America. Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of Archie Bray Foundation in 2001. 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

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Still Here: Remembering Seattle’s Renowned Ceramics Artist Akio Takamori

When Japanese-American artist Akio Takamori died in January after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, the art world lost one of its more revolutionary ceramics artists. And the students and faculty at the University of Washington lost a beloved teacher and colleague. From painted ceramic vessels to large installations of figurative work, Takamori’s renderings of

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