Show at Pentagon Gallery

Pentagon Gallery in Cleveland Heights

Opening on March 13th 

5:30-9:30

It is entitled: Art Show 2010,Subjects of Emotion

The 3 featured artists are Sherri Koppel/pottery, Susan

Hood-Cogan/printmaking and Patricia Simmons/mixed media

The show will hang until may 15th

Sherri Koppel

Middle School Art Teacher

Don't be Ordinary........Be Extraordinary

Kent Cup Show!

Took myself down to the Kent Cup Show today.  Great way to spend an afternoon.
Here are a few of the cups.  Hope they peak your interest enough to go support the KSU
Gallery at 141 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio  44240

ENJOY!

Fun trip through Penland coming up.

Penland has planned a special trip to London during the run of the British craft fair COLLECT. We hope you will join us!

We begin our time together on May 12 and have full days planned for May 12, 13, 14, and 15. We have VIP tours of the Victoria & Albert Museum with curators, visits to collector homes, a tour of the historic Goldsmiths Hall, special previews of COLLECT, and private openings at numerous artists' studios. We will cap our visit to London with dinner at Penland Trustee Sarah Elson and her husband Louis' home.

 

See the detailed itinerary at the end of this message.

PLEASE CONFIRM WITH US NO LATER THAN MARCH 24, 2010. We currently have reserved 15 double rooms at the Kensington Hilton Hotel and can accommodate up to 30 people on our tour.

Note: the reserved hotel rooms are doubles with twin beds. If you want to make adjustments, please discuss this with Susie Gross, see contact information below. Note the times on our itinerary when you are on your own. Air transportation is on your own.

Your cost will vary depending on your housing arrangements. Each participant on the tour will pay the fee that covers ground transportation for 4 days, 3 lunches, one evening meal, gifts to our hosts, and Penland's planning time.

How to pay-you MUST make two payments-one payment to Susie Gross at CWT Vacations + one payment to Penland. The payment to CWT Vacations covers hotel and bus costs for 3 days. The payment to Penland covers the day with the Renwick, meals, gifts, and Penland-related costs.

For hotel and ground transportation, provide Susie Gross with a credit card number for either $770 if you are staying in the Kensington Hilton Hotel and joining the tour or $195 if you have made your own housing arrangements but are joining the tour. The Kensington rate covers 5 nights, breakfasts, and taxes.

Send a check payable to Penland School of Crafts ATTN London trip or call me (ext 12), Mike Davis (ext 33), or my assistant Betsy Dewitt (ext 13) with a credit card for $765 per person which covers the day we spend with the Renwick Alliance, four meals, Collect tickets, host gifts, and Penland's expenses. $555 of the Penland amount is tax deductible.

I wish this didn't have to be so complicated, but it provides us with a great hotel and ground travel rate.

Summary Costs:

Penland check or credit card $765 per person + CWT Vacations credit card $770 (hotel and bus) or $195 (no hotel/bus only)

Susie's contact information is below. You may contact her to help with extending your hotel stay at this rate prior to May 11 or after May 15. You may want assistance with flights, transport to hotel from the airport, or other travel questions.

Susie Gross | Travel Advisor

CWT Vacations

tel:+1 (704) 552-9841 ext. 227 | tel:+1 (800) 523-6945  ext.227

fax: +1 (866) 914-3859

6115 Park South Drive Suite 300 | Charlotte, NC 28210

sgross@cwtvacations.com

Many thanks again to Sarah Elson, the British Crafts Council, and Susie Gross for these wonderful plans

Best wishes,
Jean

Sandy Miller at Juma

Reminder, scroll down to view Sandy Miller's opening at Juma gallery this Friday night, March 5th!

Friday March 5th info

Harris Stanton Gallery presents a fabulous silent auction of over 80 regional & international artists. A portion of the proceeds goes towards the Akron Art Museum. There is a $10 charge at the door on the closing night for the vodka tasting party & all of that money goes directly towards the museum. The proceeds this year will be used for the museums first multi- media video installation, Isaac Julien's "True North". The Akron Art Museum is one of Northeast Ohio's best
contemporary museums. Please come & help them raise money by attending
this event. Date Friday March 5th Time 5:30-8 pm. Location Harris Stanton Gallery, 2301 W. Market St. in Akron.

What is Good is Given Back Anthony Bartholomew has realized an art career high. Opening on Fri 3/5 at 6PM, he'll exhibit his newest prints alongside his former art professor, Noel Reifel, who's taught printmaking and drawing at Kent since '76. See a student and his teacher (now colleague) together in What is Good is Given Back at Zygote Press. Runs through Sat 4/3 @ 1410 E 30th St

10th Annual National Juried Cup Show at Kent

Downtown Gallery

Posted Feb, 12, 2010

The 10th Annual National Juried Cup Show will be on display March 5-27 at the School of Art's Downtown Gallery in downtown Kent, Ohio. The juror, Dean Adams, is currently an Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics/Foundations at Montana State University. Mr. Adams exhibits nationally and internationally and has participated in many artists/ residencies, including the Archie Bray Foundation, The Banff Center and the Watershed Center for Ceramics. He is also a founding board member for the LH project onOregon.
There will be a reception on Friday, March 5 from 5 until 7 PM.

The National Juried Cup Show, now an annual event, has been promoted nationally for eight years. It was originally sponsored in part by the Kent State University, School of Art, Ceramics Department. The department, which has been an internationally-recognized program for many years has been and continues to be an integral part of the cup show and helps to maintain its integrity.

"At six weeks prior to the opening we had already gotten well over 100 entries with more expected," said Anderson Turner, director of galleries. "We've received submissions from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii - it really is amazing!"

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The Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio, is open Wednesday through Friday 12-5 PM and Saturday 10-4 PM.

For more information contact:

Anderson Turner, Director of Galleries
330-672-1369
haturner@kent.edu

A few catch up workshops and conferences

Just in from a very quick trip to the south and found my mailbox full of interesting things going on in the clay world.

Here are a few:

Don't forget the up and coming Wooster Workshop,  April 15th - 17th.
Looks like Phyllis out did herself this year!
Bill VanGilder, Sylvie Granitelli, & Fong Choo.

http://www.functionalworkshop.com/

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NCECA 2010 pre-conference and post-conference happenings:
http://www.theclaystudio.org/events/nceca/events.php

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Theresa Yondo is now teaching classes out of her awesome studio in Russell.

Anyone looking for classes contact her!

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And from Neil Patterson:

Greetings Pottery enthusiasts!

We are excited to present “Pots and Potters” a Pottery showcase during the NCECA conference in Philadelphia March 31 to April 3. We have invited six of the nations best known potters to exhibit a body of work at our studio. Come meet all eight potters and see hundreds of great pots!
We are walking distance from the convention center and hope to see you! See our web site for a more detailed map with an insiders guide to pottery attractions and restaurants in Philly.
We also have a few spaces left in our Pre-conference workshops. See our web site for details.
Best regards, Sandi and Neil



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Neil Patterson and Sandi Pierantozzi
Neighborhood Potters
2034 Fairmount Ave
Philadelphia PA 19130
215 236-1617
pots@sandiandneil.com
www.sandiandneil.com