Malcolm Mobutu Smith | Ceramic Artist

Anton Reijnders - New Frontiers Visiting Scholar

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:23:22 +0000

A collaborative event with Anton Reijnders, sculptor and scholar from the Netherlands.

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

Ceramics Monthly Article

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:54:47 +0000

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/

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Anne Potter’s New Works

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:58:13 +0000

A recent Indiana University MFA Graduate and Archie Bray resident, Anne Potter exhibits at that the Bray.

“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.”

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BLING at Santa Fe Clay

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:46:58 +0000

The BLING show at Santa Fe clay has just one more week on exhibit. Some spectacular works celebrating and exploring the pop culture excesses expressed by the hip hop concept of bling. See all the works at this link.

http://www.santafeclay.com/

Enjoy!

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Welcome!!!

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:16:17 +0000

Welcome to the Relaunch of my website

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.

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Show extension

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:50:29 +0000

The exhibition Black Clay in PA currently in Pittsburg at the August Wilson Center during the 2008 NCECA conference has been held over by popular demand. The show originally scheduled to run throught the end of May will now run until July 12 of this year. This exhibition of works by eight ceramics artists with significant connection to Pennsylvania was curated by Dr. Sharif Bey and includes Dr. Bey, Syd Carpenter, Michael Clemmons, Justin Coleman, Vanessa German, Mary Martin, Paul Andrew Wandless and myself.

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

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Pembroke workshop part 4

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:46:30 +0000

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

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