The Familiar and The Indefinable in Clay: The 71st Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest continuous exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United State. A selection of hybrid works, this exhibition represents both emerging and well-established artists and features an illustrated catalog with an essay by art writer Leah Ollman. The Jan. 24 opening began with a special lecture from 4 to 5 pm at the Scripps College Humanities Auditorium, followed by an opening reception at the Williamson Gallery from 7 to 9 pm, which included live music and light refreshments.
Traditionally an 鈥渁rtist鈥檚 choice鈥� exhibition, a leading ceramic artist is invited to choose the participating artists each year. This year鈥檚 guest curator is Julia Haft-Candell, a Lincoln visiting professor at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University. Haft-Candell has consistently shown her work across Southern California as well as New York and Houston. Her own work melds the ceramic with a wide array of other materials and her selection of artists for the Ceramic Annual reflects her free and eclectic approach. The exhibition features artists whose individual works first appear dissonant, yet resonate in an underlying harmony when shown together. Haft-Candell says the pieces in the show 鈥渉int at the familiar and steer towards the indefinable.鈥�
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The Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest continuous exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United State. A selection of hybrid works, this exhibition represents both emerging and well-established artists and features an illustrated catalog with an essay by art writer Leah Ollman. The Jan. 24 opening began with a special lecture from 4 to 5 pm at the Scripps College Humanities Auditorium, followed by an opening reception at the Williamson Gallery from 7 to 9 pm, which included live music and light refreshments.
Traditionally an 鈥渁rtist鈥檚 choice鈥� exhibition, a leading ceramic artist is invited to choose the participating artists each year. This year鈥檚 guest curator is Julia Haft-Candell, a Lincoln visiting professor at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University. Haft-Candell has consistently shown her work across Southern California as well as New York and Houston. Her own work melds the ceramic with a wide array of other materials and her selection of artists for the Ceramic Annual reflects her free and eclectic approach. The exhibition features artists whose individual works first appear dissonant, yet resonate in an underlying harmony when shown together. Haft-Candell says the pieces in the show 鈥渉int at the familiar and steer towards the indefinable.鈥�
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