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Sake Set and Tray - Yoshi Fujii  - Kansas City Gallery
Yoshi Fujii
Sake Set and Tray, 2014


Teapot with Two Cups - Clinton Berry - Kansas City Gallery
Clinton Berry
Teapot with Two Cups, 2014
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POUR: Function + Form

June 5 – August 15, 2015
Opening Reception, First Friday, June 5, 6-9 PM
Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64108

mdickens@belgerartscenter.org
816-474-3250

Belger Arts Center presents an exhibition of innovative, utilitarian, and sculptural ceramic works by local and national artists. Guest juror Linda Arbuckle selected contemporary pouring vessels from submitted works that represent the skillful marriage of function and form. This exhibition opens on First Friday, June 5, with an opening reception from 6-9PM. The public is invited to the reception and 6:30PM presentation by Linda Arbuckle, where the following awards will be announced:

  • Best in Show
  • First Place
  • AMACO/brent Corporate Purchase Award
  • Sherman-Eirich National Collection Purchase Award

In conjunction with the exhibition, Arbuckle conducts a two-day, hands-on workshop on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 from 10am to 4pm each day. The workshop is part of the Summer Workshop series that takes place at Belger Crane Yard Studios, located at 2011 Tracy, Kansas City, MO 64108. For more information about the workshop, presentation, and exhibition, please visit www.RedStarStudios.org.

Juror biography:
Ceramic artist Linda Arbuckle is renowned for her majolica-glazed earthenware. Her work has been recognized through an Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. Artistic residencies in Wales and the People's Republic of China have provided further balance of Eastern and Western resources in her works. Arbuckle was recently awarded the Excellence in Teaching award at the 2015 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference. She’s presented summer faculty sessions at Penland School, Arrowmont School, Haystack Mountain School, Appalachian Center, Santa Fe Clay, The Odyssey Center, and the Archie Bray Foundation, as well as visiting artist workshops at many art centers and universities across the U.S.

 

  The Belger Arts Center - 2100 Walnut, 3rd Floor - Kansas City, MO 64108 - Office: (816) 474-3250  
  The Belger Arts Center is located on the 1st & 3rd floors at 2100 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO in the Crossroads Arts District.
Open Wed-Thur-Fridays 10am-4pm & Saturdays Noon-4pm or by appointment. Open "First Fridays" of each month until 9pm.
Exhibition is always free and open to the public. Please call to schedule tours for groups 10 or more.
 

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