Angela Fina Studio Potter- part 1
Angela Fina Studio Potter- part 1
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Steven Montgomery on Steven Young Lee—Connections: Renwick Gallery
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.
Steven Young Lee – Visions and Revisions: Renwick Invitational 2016
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.
JRA Distinguished Artist Talk with Akio Takamori
A professor and ceramic sculptor, Japanese-American Akio Takamori has exhibited his work internationally for more than three decades. Most recently, Takamori's focus has been figurative sculpture, often autobiographical. Join the artist as he discusses his process and work as part of the James Renwick Alliance's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Wayne Highby on Steven Young Lee—Connections: Renwick Gallery
Taken by the transgressive nature of Steven Young Lee’s porcelain “Vase with Landscape and Dinosaurs," ceramic artist Wayne Highby appreciates that it challenges and questions the traditional vessel, porcelain history, and also traditional ceramic art.
Ceramic Artist Randy Johnston on his Yunomi
Ceramic artist Randy Johnston describes his yunomi.
Narrated by Craft in America Center.
Pictured: Randy Johnston, Yunomi, 2020
Upon the centennial of the founding of Leach Pottery, the Craft in America Center presents an exhibition celebrating the cup as object and the impact of Bernard Leach on studio ceramics. "A Humble Legacy" is an exhibition of approximately two dozen historic and contemporary cups made by a selection of artists affiliated with Leach Pottery and others who continue in its legacy. For more information, visit .
The Craft in America Center in Los Angeles is a craft-focused library and gallery offering artist talks, workshops, exhibits and educational programs.
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All Craft in America programs are viewable on craftinamerica.org, the PBS iPhone/iPad app, and pbs.org/craft-in-america
Peter Voulkos at Archie Bray, 1955
Peter Voulkos at Archie Bray, 1955, from “Peter Voulkos Working,” produced by Susan Fanshel and Ann Voulkos, and distributed by Documentary Educational Resources.
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Photography by Maxime Blackmer
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Peter Voulkos making a sculpture, c. 1956
Peter Voulkos making a sculpture, c. 1956, from "Revolutions of the Wheel, the Emergence of American Clay Art," produced by Queens Row.
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