Art

Handsome Drifter: Ron Nagle and Don Ed Hardy in Conversation

Conversation: Ron Nagle and Don Ed Hardy In conjunction with the exhibition Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter, Nagle is joined in conversation by his longtime friend the internationally celebrated tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy. The two artists will discuss mutual tastes and interests including the visual culture of Japan, the concept of wabi-sabi and the value […]

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52 for 150: What’s So Special About Ken Ferguson?

Follow us! Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Pinterest – Website – For week 16 of our Kansas sesquicentennial series, we're focusing on ceramist Ken Ferguson (1938-2004), former Professor and Chair of the ceramics department at Kansas City Art Institute for over thirty years. "In 1981 Ferguson was voted one of the twelve greatest living

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SCULPTOR Clayton Bailey with a series of CERAMIC exploding bottles.

SCULPTOR Clayton Bailey with a series of CERAMIC exploding bottles. Clayton, respected for his pioneering ceramic works, and beloved for his eccentric robots and metal figures, creates a World of Wonders that inspires generations of Bay Area artists. A major influence on the Bay Area art scene since the 1960's, Bailey defines the Bay Area

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Victor Babu on art

www.craftinamerica.org. Victor Babu on art. 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

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Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Gordon Brodfuehrer

Nature, Tradition and Innovation Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Gordon Brodfuehrer This exhibition explores the evolution of contemporary Japanese ceramics through the work of many artists and a variety of forms, from tea bowls and noodle cups to stunning vases and robust platters. Strong and sculptural, these ceramic pieces also reveal an earthy

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Art and Love in Renaissance Italy – Imagery of Love and Marriage on Italian Ceramics – Part 1 of 4

View images from this exhibition: Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to celebrate love and marriage in the Italian Renaissance. Dora Thornton, curator of Renaissance Collections and of the Waddesdon Bequest, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum

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