Navel Gazing, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

 http://www.indiana.edu/~sofa/

 School of Fine Arts (SoFA) Gallery at Indiana University will present Rendering and Meaning: Infinite Speed, Zero Errors & Total Memory: Creativity and Desire in the Digital Age, which will open February 24 and continue until March 13, 2009. This show represents the combined efforts of Anton Reijnders and myself exploring the creative potentials and intersections for ceramics and rapid prototyping technologies. We will give a Gallery Talk in the SoFA Gallery 3:00 pm, Friday, February 27. An Opening Reception will accompany the exhibit Friday, February 27 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

Anton Rejinders is a ceramicist who lives and works in the Netherlands . Anton regularly leads workshops and involved as visiting artist in the Netherlands and abroad. He was head of the workshop and studio’s at the European Ceramics Workcenter in Hertogenbosch (Nederland) and author of The Ceramic Process.
Rendering and Meaning was made possible by New Frontiers Visionary Scholar Grant “Infinite Speed, Zero Errors & Total Memory: Creativity and Desire in the Digital Age” through Indiana University Office of Vice Provost for Research(OVPR). A special thank you to Advanced Visualization Lab and UITS for their generous support.

Ruschman Art Gallery in Indianapolis Indiana is hosting a solo show of my recent clay works.

The show runs from Dec. 5th 2008 – Jan. 3rd 2009

The title of the show is Backjumps and you will find some images of works in the show at this link and check out the rest of the Ruschman Gallery stable of artists.

http://www.ruschmangallery.com/

anton2008poster

Please see poster for details on the upcoming panel discussion October 11, 2008 3:45pm- 6:00pm  

Great news! Please see the latest issue of Ceramics Monthly for an article on my work reviewed by critic Matthew Kangas.

http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org/magazines/Ceramics%20Monthly/currentissue.aspx/

“The quiet baby” and “B’rer Rabbit” will be on view in the warehouse
gallery of the Archie Bray Foundation as part of the Bray Resident
Summer Exhibition.  The exhibition opened on June 19th and will close
after July 26.  Also on view is “Beggar I” in the silent auction
exhibition in the same gallery.

The quiet baby is rooted in a character from the recent Dave Eggers novel
“What is the What,” the fictional autobiography of Sudanese refugee
Valentino Achak Deng now living in the U. S.  Along the protagonist’s
journey, he and his companions encounter an orphaned baby who miraculously
makes no sound even when danger is near thus protecting all of their lives,
the quiet baby.  B’rer Rabbit is visiting with the quiet baby on break from
the title role in the installation “The Judgement of B’rer Rabbit.”

http://www.santafeclay.com/

Enjoy!

 I must give extra special thanks to my webdesigner Adam Schweigert who was able to capture all the flavor I asked for and more.

I am finally getting up to speed in the internet game and hope to create– if not an everyday habit with the Blog concept–at least a very regular updating of this site. The interface is very user friendly so I should have few excuses.

I will be updating my site with words, pictures, exhibition, lectures and special events imformation  as proactively as possible- so please visit often as I hope to keep things moving.

Again, welcome and feel free to drop me a line at the contact tab with your thoughts, ideas, questions, problems and solutions about clay, art, teaching,opportunities and attractions.

link to the August Wilson Center http://www.africanaculture.org/events/index.php

Link to a show review http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877605-42.stm

Stephen Robison captured me on video during a workshop at the University of North Carolina Pembroke in 2005.