Upcoming Events
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Fall 2024 events
Start the holiday season with ceramic art! The Fall Ceramics Sale is coming Tuesday Nov. 5 and 6 from 10am to 9pm and Wednesday Nov. 6 from 8am to 7pm in CLC's Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC Building.
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for wood firings, the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for wood firings, the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
SPRING 2024 EVENTS
Look for the signs for the SPRING Ceramics Sale in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC Building from 10am to 9pm Tuesday April 2 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday April 3, 2024.
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for wood firings, the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for wood firings, the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
Fall 2023 Events
Look for the signs for the Fall Ceramics Sale in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC Building from 10am to 9pm Tuesday November 7, 2023 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday November 8, 2023.
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, wood firings, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
Thank you for supporting CLC Ceramics and the Ceramics students. The Ceramics Sale is the sole source of funding for the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, wood firings, and additional equipment for the Ceramics studio. The students use their earnings to pay tuition and to purchase supplies.
For additional information contact: Head of Ceramics David Bolton at [email protected].
Hope to see you there,
David
Spring 2023 Events
CERAMICS SALE: April 4 (10a-9pm) & April 5 (10am-9pm)
Look for the signs for the Spring Ceramics Sale in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC Building from 10am to 9pm Tuesday April 4 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday April 5.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for Ceramics Events and of the visiting artist program, field trips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio such as wood for the wood kiln.
Hope to see you there,
David
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for Ceramics Events and of the visiting artist program, field trips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio such as wood for the wood kiln.
Hope to see you there,
David
Fall 2022 Events
CERAMICS SALE: Nov. 8 (10a-9pm) & Nov. 9 (10am-9pm)
Look for the signs for the Ceramics Sale in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC Building from 10am to 9pm Tuesday November 8 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday November 9.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, field trips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, field trips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
Kip O'Krongly Hands-on workshop -Filled immediately
Just posting the the Kip O'Krongly Hands-On Workshop for posterity. After almost a 3-year Covid wait, our CLC Ceramics students filled the hands-on workshop immediately, since it was limited to 24 attendees. It was a great workshop, apologies we could not accommodate more attendees. Since the workshop filled with CLC students there was no reason to post in advance to fill the workshop.
Please note, we no longer receive extra funding from the Student Activities Office from student activity fees. Therefore we will no longer have the funds for workshops every semester and still have funds for other initiatives. All Ceramics and Student Community Clay Association events are funded by our Ceramics Sale. As sale earnings allow we will have future workshops and events. Thank you for your support.
Please note, we no longer receive extra funding from the Student Activities Office from student activity fees. Therefore we will no longer have the funds for workshops every semester and still have funds for other initiatives. All Ceramics and Student Community Clay Association events are funded by our Ceramics Sale. As sale earnings allow we will have future workshops and events. Thank you for your support.
Spring 2022 Events
CERAMICS SALE:
In the Robert T. Wright Gallery/Esper A. Peterson Reading Room from 10am to 9pm Tuesday April 19 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday April 20. The sale will be located in the Esper A. Peterson Reading Room just down the steps from the main gallery.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
In the Robert T. Wright Gallery/Esper A. Peterson Reading Room from 10am to 9pm Tuesday April 19 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday April 20. The sale will be located in the Esper A. Peterson Reading Room just down the steps from the main gallery.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
FALL 2021 EVENTS
CERAMICS SALE: Online and In-Person!
This year we will start by having the sale online from 9am Monday Nov. 1 to 10pm Sunday Nov. 14, 2021: https://clcceramicssale.squarespace.com/
The In-person Sale will be in the Robert T. Wright Gallery from 10am to 9pm Tuesday Nov. 16 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday Nov. 17.
Pickup of purchased work from the Online Sale will occur during the In-person Sale in the Gallery.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
This year we will start by having the sale online from 9am Monday Nov. 1 to 10pm Sunday Nov. 14, 2021: https://clcceramicssale.squarespace.com/
The In-person Sale will be in the Robert T. Wright Gallery from 10am to 9pm Tuesday Nov. 16 and 8am to 7pm Wednesday Nov. 17.
Pickup of purchased work from the Online Sale will occur during the In-person Sale in the Gallery.
Thank you so much for your continued support of the Ceramics program and the Ceramics students. The Sale is the sole source of funding for the Student Community Clay Association and its support of the visiting artist program, fieldtrips, and additional equipment and supplies for the ceramics studio.
Hope to see you there,
David
Fall 2020 Events
The CLC Ceramics Sale is BACK, but ONLINE!
The Website/Online Shop will OPEN at 10am on Monday Nov. 23, 2020.
CLC Ceramics has gone online to sell student and faculty work in support of the visiting artist program, field trips, and new equipment for the studio. After work is purchased online. A curbside pick-up will be held outside the Ceramics Studio in the Dock Lot of the LRC Bldg. Pull into the small lot staying to the right. Have your email purchase confirmation with Name of Purchaser, so we can bring the work out to you. Thank you for your continued support of CLC Ceramics.
The link will not be OPEN till 10am on Monday Nov. 23, 2020 and will CLOSE at 10pm Friday Dec.11, 2020. Purchased work will be available for pick-up Dec. 16 from 1 to 7pm.
https://clcceramicssale.squarespace.com/
A small sampling of student work that will be in the sale is posted on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/david.bolton.9659/posts/10214208642689794
Share this email and our event link with friends!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/346862700366/events
The Website/Online Shop will OPEN at 10am on Monday Nov. 23, 2020.
CLC Ceramics has gone online to sell student and faculty work in support of the visiting artist program, field trips, and new equipment for the studio. After work is purchased online. A curbside pick-up will be held outside the Ceramics Studio in the Dock Lot of the LRC Bldg. Pull into the small lot staying to the right. Have your email purchase confirmation with Name of Purchaser, so we can bring the work out to you. Thank you for your continued support of CLC Ceramics.
The link will not be OPEN till 10am on Monday Nov. 23, 2020 and will CLOSE at 10pm Friday Dec.11, 2020. Purchased work will be available for pick-up Dec. 16 from 1 to 7pm.
https://clcceramicssale.squarespace.com/
A small sampling of student work that will be in the sale is posted on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/david.bolton.9659/posts/10214208642689794
Share this email and our event link with friends!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/346862700366/events
Spring 2020 Events
CLC EMPTY BOWLS MARCH 4, 2020, 4-7PM
The Ceramics Department at the College of Lake County are proud to present the 11th annual CLC Empty Bowls Project Wednesday March 4, 2020 from 4 to 7pm in the Multi-Purpose Room C106 (Grayslake campus). For a minimum donation of $15 per piece choose from over 1000 handmade ceramic bowls, cups and plates created by CLC ceramics students and faculty. All proceeds benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank. For more information or to be added to our e-mail list contact David Bolton at [email protected] or join the CLC Community Clay Association Facebook Group to hear about future events. Please note that no chili will be served this year, it will be a feast for the eyes and a full heart knowing that you have helped fill someones else's bowl, but not your own.
Kip O'Krongly Hands-on workshop
Due to concerns over the corona virus the Kip O'Krongly Workshop will be postponed till the Fall 2022 semester. The date is now October 21-22, 2022 is now the date!
Spring 2020 CLC Ceramics Sale
April 1st and 2nd: Wednesday 10am to 9pm, Thursday 8am to 7pm. The Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold aproximately $200,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2019 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold aproximately $200,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2019 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Fall 2019 events
Linda Christianson Workshop:
Friday October 11 , 2019 (6pm Catered Dinner Reception, 7pm Slideshow) in C106 Multi-Purpose Room
Saturday October 12, 2019 (9am-4pm Workshop) in L035 Ceramics Studio. (Catered Lunch)
at the
College of Lake County
19351 W. Washington St.
Grayslake, IL 60030
https://www.clcillinois.edu/
$40 for students, $80 for Non-CLC Students. To reserve a spot contact David Bolton, Head of Ceramics at [email protected].
https://www.christiansonpottery.com/
Saturday October 12, 2019 (9am-4pm Workshop) in L035 Ceramics Studio. (Catered Lunch)
at the
College of Lake County
19351 W. Washington St.
Grayslake, IL 60030
https://www.clcillinois.edu/
$40 for students, $80 for Non-CLC Students. To reserve a spot contact David Bolton, Head of Ceramics at [email protected].
https://www.christiansonpottery.com/
Fall 2019 CLC Ceramics Sale
Dec 4 and Dec 5, 2019: Wednesday 10am to 9pm, Thursday 8am to 7pm. The Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold aproximately $190,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2019 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold aproximately $190,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2019 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
SPRING 2019 EVENTS
CLC EMPTY BOWLS MARCH 13, 2019, 4-7PM
The Ceramics Department and the Hospitality and Culinary Management Department at the College of Lake County are proud to present the 10th annual CLC Empty Bowls Project Wednesday March 13, 2019 from 4 to 7pm in the Multi-Purpose Room C106 (Grayslake campus). For a minimum donation of $15 per piece choose from over 1000 handmade ceramic bowls, cups and plates created by CLC ceramics students and faculty. Each piece comes with a serving of chili and cornbread prepared by the CLC HCM students. All proceeds benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank and for the first time the CLC Share Market. For more information or to be added to our e-mail list contact David Bolton at [email protected] or join the CLC Community Clay Association Facebook Group to hear about future events.
Spring 2019 CLC Ceramics Sale
April 3 and 4, 2019: Wednesday 10am to 9pm, Thursday 7:30am to 7pm. The Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $180,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2018 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $180,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2018 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Kyle Carpenter Workshop: Spring 2019
Friday April 5, 6pm Slideshow and Dinner Reception in Multi-Purpose Rm. C106
Saturday April 6, 9am-4pm Workshop in Ceramics Studio L035.
$40 for students, $80 for Non-CLC Students
Why so cheap? Cost for the workshop is subsidized by funds from the CLC Ceramics Sale and Student Activities.
This workshop will focus primarily on developing throwing and decorating skills. We'll cover techniques for repeating, joining, and altering functional forms as well as adding surface decoration with texture, slip, glaze, and commercial underglaze. These techniques can be applied to all types of firing methods and temperatures. Discussions about aesthetics, studio life, and business development will be ongoing throughout the workshop.
https://www.carpenterpottery.com/
Saturday April 6, 9am-4pm Workshop in Ceramics Studio L035.
$40 for students, $80 for Non-CLC Students
Why so cheap? Cost for the workshop is subsidized by funds from the CLC Ceramics Sale and Student Activities.
This workshop will focus primarily on developing throwing and decorating skills. We'll cover techniques for repeating, joining, and altering functional forms as well as adding surface decoration with texture, slip, glaze, and commercial underglaze. These techniques can be applied to all types of firing methods and temperatures. Discussions about aesthetics, studio life, and business development will be ongoing throughout the workshop.
https://www.carpenterpottery.com/
Fall 2018 Events
Akira Satake Workshop October 6 & 7, 2018 Saturday and Sunday 9am-4pm
in the CLC Ceramics Studio (L035).
$40 for CLC students, $100 for non-CLC students.
FINDING THE BEAUTY IN IMPERFECTION
Akira Satake will lead a workshop involving both the handbuilding and throwing techniques he uses to make his tea ceremony bowls, teapots, ikebana vases, sculptural objects and more.
Participants will learn how to create rich surfaces inspired by the natural world. Some techniques that will be demonstrated are:
brushing kohiki slip on clay slabs and stretching the slabs to crack and distort the surfaces
applying a coating of clay mixed with sand onto the surface of wheel thrown or hand built pieces and then altering them
mixing air and other materials into the clay body and then tearing off the clay and/or cutting with a wire to create the shapes
He will share his experience and knowledge in a discussion of the Japanese aesthetic. Participants will gain insight into finding the beauty in imperfection, the meaning of "wabi-sabi," and the importance of "ma" -- the space in between.
Artist Statement
For me, the act of creation is a collaboration between myself, the clay and the fire. Collaboration means finding what the clay wants to be and bringing out its beauty in the way that the beauty of our surroundings is created through natural forces. Undulations in sand that has been moved by the wind, rock formations caused by landslides, the crackle and patina in the wall of an old house; all these owe their special beauty to the random hand of Nature. The fire is the ultimate random part of the collaborative equation. I hope the fire will be my ally, but I know it will always transform the clay in ways I cannot anticipate.
Bio
Akira Satake was born in Osaka, Japan and has been living in the U.S. since 1983. In 2003 he relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Swannanoa, North Carolina.
The Philadelphia Museum awarded him the National Award for Excellence in Contemporary Clay. A Craftsman’s Legacy - a national weekly television series on PBS, featured his life and work.
Akira is widely sought after for workshops, lectures and exhibitions and has been invited to France, Belgium, Israel, Australia, Spain and Bali.
Collections: The Mint Museum and The Phillips Collection.
in the CLC Ceramics Studio (L035).
$40 for CLC students, $100 for non-CLC students.
FINDING THE BEAUTY IN IMPERFECTION
Akira Satake will lead a workshop involving both the handbuilding and throwing techniques he uses to make his tea ceremony bowls, teapots, ikebana vases, sculptural objects and more.
Participants will learn how to create rich surfaces inspired by the natural world. Some techniques that will be demonstrated are:
brushing kohiki slip on clay slabs and stretching the slabs to crack and distort the surfaces
applying a coating of clay mixed with sand onto the surface of wheel thrown or hand built pieces and then altering them
mixing air and other materials into the clay body and then tearing off the clay and/or cutting with a wire to create the shapes
He will share his experience and knowledge in a discussion of the Japanese aesthetic. Participants will gain insight into finding the beauty in imperfection, the meaning of "wabi-sabi," and the importance of "ma" -- the space in between.
Artist Statement
For me, the act of creation is a collaboration between myself, the clay and the fire. Collaboration means finding what the clay wants to be and bringing out its beauty in the way that the beauty of our surroundings is created through natural forces. Undulations in sand that has been moved by the wind, rock formations caused by landslides, the crackle and patina in the wall of an old house; all these owe their special beauty to the random hand of Nature. The fire is the ultimate random part of the collaborative equation. I hope the fire will be my ally, but I know it will always transform the clay in ways I cannot anticipate.
Bio
Akira Satake was born in Osaka, Japan and has been living in the U.S. since 1983. In 2003 he relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Swannanoa, North Carolina.
The Philadelphia Museum awarded him the National Award for Excellence in Contemporary Clay. A Craftsman’s Legacy - a national weekly television series on PBS, featured his life and work.
Akira is widely sought after for workshops, lectures and exhibitions and has been invited to France, Belgium, Israel, Australia, Spain and Bali.
Collections: The Mint Museum and The Phillips Collection.
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Fall 2018 Ceramics Sale
Wed & Thurs November 7 & 8, 2018 in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the CLC LRC Building
Wed & Thurs November 7 & 8, 2018 in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the CLC LRC Building
Spring 2018 Events
CLC Empty Bowls March 7, 2018, 4-7pm
The Ceramics Department and the Hospitality and Culinary Management Department at the College of Lake County are proud to present the 9th annual CLC Empty Bowls Project Wednesday March 7, 2018 from 4 to 7pm in the Multi-Purpose Room C106 (Grayslake campus). For a minimum donation of $15 per bowl choose from over 1000 handmade ceramic bowls, cups and plates created by CLC ceramics students and faculty. Each piece comes with a serving of chili and cornbread prepared by the CLC HCM students. All proceeds benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank. For more information or to be added to our e-mail list contact David Bolton at [email protected] or join the CLC Community Clay Association Facebook Group to hear about future events.
CLC Ceramics SALE, April 3rd & 4th, 2018
Melanie Sherman Workshop: China Paint, Luster, & Decals, April 13-14, 2018
Melanie Sherman China Paint, Luster, & Decal Workshop April 13-14, 2018
http://www.melaniesherman.com/
http://www.melaniesherman.com/
Fall 2017 Student/Faculty Ceramics Sale
Tuesday Nov. 14 10am-9pm, Wednesday Nov. 15 7:30am-7pm
in the Robert T. Wright Gallery in the CLC Library
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $150,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2017 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
The Warren MacKenzie Collection Exhibition
CLC art exhibit features works by renowned potter, Warren MacKenzie
More than 60 ceramic art pieces created by world-famous potter Warren MacKenzie will be on display at the College of Lake County Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art from Nov. 17, 2017 to January 13, 2018. An opening reception for Daniel and Caroline Anderson’s Warren MacKenzie Collection will take place from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and is free and open to the public with live music and refreshments.
The exhibit’s pieces have been collected by the Andersons of Edwardsville, Ill. over 55 years. MacKenzie was born in 1924 and grew up in Wilmette, Ill. and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka. MacKenzie started teaching ceramics in 1952 at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Regents’ professor emeritus and continues to create “everyday” pots in his rural Stillwater, Minn. studio.
The Andersons are donating their extensive collection to the CLC Gallery of Art as a legacy gift to honor the connection between the ceramics program at CLC and his Mounds anagama wood kiln in rural Edwardsville, Ill., where Daniel Anderson shares his wood kiln with the CLC ceramic faculty and students. The CLC wood firing crew has been the primary work force during the twice-a-year anagama firings over the last 10 years.
Anderson taught ceramics for 32 years at SIU-E, where he serves as emeritus professor. One of his students was Ben Bates, a CLC ceramics instructor and lab assistant. Over the years, the two ceramics programs have forged tight bonds, sharing creative expertise and equipment.
“Dan Anderson was my graduate teacher. He and I remained close after I finished at SIU-E in 1998,” Bates said. “I proposed the idea of bringing CLC students down to take part in firing his large 500 cubic foot anagama kiln as a sort of generational tradition, and we have been doing so twice a year since 2008. Warren Mackenzie is one of the most well-known studio pottery artists of all time and what would be considered America’s version of a national living treasure..”
The Gallery of Art is located in the Library at the Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St. Please park in Lot 1 on the north side of campus and enter through the Technology Building entrance (T1). For more information, call the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040 or visit http://gallery.clcillinois.edu/.
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sundays. Hours vary during college breaks and between semesters. For information on the exhibit, call (847) 543-2040.
More than 60 ceramic art pieces created by world-famous potter Warren MacKenzie will be on display at the College of Lake County Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art from Nov. 17, 2017 to January 13, 2018. An opening reception for Daniel and Caroline Anderson’s Warren MacKenzie Collection will take place from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and is free and open to the public with live music and refreshments.
The exhibit’s pieces have been collected by the Andersons of Edwardsville, Ill. over 55 years. MacKenzie was born in 1924 and grew up in Wilmette, Ill. and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka. MacKenzie started teaching ceramics in 1952 at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Regents’ professor emeritus and continues to create “everyday” pots in his rural Stillwater, Minn. studio.
The Andersons are donating their extensive collection to the CLC Gallery of Art as a legacy gift to honor the connection between the ceramics program at CLC and his Mounds anagama wood kiln in rural Edwardsville, Ill., where Daniel Anderson shares his wood kiln with the CLC ceramic faculty and students. The CLC wood firing crew has been the primary work force during the twice-a-year anagama firings over the last 10 years.
Anderson taught ceramics for 32 years at SIU-E, where he serves as emeritus professor. One of his students was Ben Bates, a CLC ceramics instructor and lab assistant. Over the years, the two ceramics programs have forged tight bonds, sharing creative expertise and equipment.
“Dan Anderson was my graduate teacher. He and I remained close after I finished at SIU-E in 1998,” Bates said. “I proposed the idea of bringing CLC students down to take part in firing his large 500 cubic foot anagama kiln as a sort of generational tradition, and we have been doing so twice a year since 2008. Warren Mackenzie is one of the most well-known studio pottery artists of all time and what would be considered America’s version of a national living treasure..”
The Gallery of Art is located in the Library at the Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St. Please park in Lot 1 on the north side of campus and enter through the Technology Building entrance (T1). For more information, call the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040 or visit http://gallery.clcillinois.edu/.
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sundays. Hours vary during college breaks and between semesters. For information on the exhibit, call (847) 543-2040.
Learn more about Warren MacKenzie
Warren MacKenzie Oral History Interview Conducted by Robert Silberman for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2002: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/tranSCRIPTs/macken02.htm
Warren MacKenzie: A Potter’s Hands video:
https://vimeo.com/74453002
Warren MacKenzie Oral History Interview Conducted by Robert Silberman for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2002: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/tranSCRIPTs/macken02.htm
Warren MacKenzie: A Potter’s Hands video:
https://vimeo.com/74453002
Past Events
Fall 2017 CLC Visiting ceramic Artist Chris Staley
Spring 2017 Events
CLC spring Visiting Ceramic artist Susan Dewsnap
March 10 & 11, 2017 Friday Evening 6-8pm slide show (C003) and Saturday Workshop 9-4 (L035).
Statement
My work draws from my passion for the visual in art history as an eternal source and presence and is equally tied and indebted to the history of the decorative arts. I consider each pot as presenting a particular issue or problem of invention, to be solved and brought to fruition where interior meets exterior. Recent passions are how to evoke the gesture of a pot by merging the structure of the three-dimensional form with a surface of composed drawing. The pot is the setting for the active and contemplative to work together to create beautiful objects.
Biography
Susan grew up in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Her ceramic study began at a community clay studio in Boulder, Colorado and matured through intensive summer workshops at Haystack Mountain School in Maine and The Penland School in North Carolina. She received a BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire and a MFA in ceramics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she also taught from 2008 through 2012. Susan currently teaches ceramics at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Her work is represented in galleries across the United States. Susan exhibits her ceramic work nationally and internationally with awards from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Biennial, the World Ceramic Biennale Korea International Competition, and Best of Show in the Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition.
My work draws from my passion for the visual in art history as an eternal source and presence and is equally tied and indebted to the history of the decorative arts. I consider each pot as presenting a particular issue or problem of invention, to be solved and brought to fruition where interior meets exterior. Recent passions are how to evoke the gesture of a pot by merging the structure of the three-dimensional form with a surface of composed drawing. The pot is the setting for the active and contemplative to work together to create beautiful objects.
Biography
Susan grew up in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Her ceramic study began at a community clay studio in Boulder, Colorado and matured through intensive summer workshops at Haystack Mountain School in Maine and The Penland School in North Carolina. She received a BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire and a MFA in ceramics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she also taught from 2008 through 2012. Susan currently teaches ceramics at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Her work is represented in galleries across the United States. Susan exhibits her ceramic work nationally and internationally with awards from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Biennial, the World Ceramic Biennale Korea International Competition, and Best of Show in the Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition.
Spring 2017 CLC Empty Bowls
Spring 2017 STUDENT FACULTY CERAMICS SALE
april 4 &5, 2017: Tuesday 10am to 9pm, Wednesday 7:30am to 7pm. CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library
April 4 and 5, 2017: Tuesday 10am to 9pm, Wednesday 7:30am to 7pm. The Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $140,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2016 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $140,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Fall 2016 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
CLC Fall Visiting Ceramic artist
Michael Hunt of Bandana Pottery
November 11-12, 2016
Michael and Naomi live and work in the mountains of western North Carolina. Using many local materials, they collaborate in making wood fired utilitarian pottery. Although they make and glaze the pottery together, individually, Naomi makes the figurative sculptures, and Michael makes the large jars.
Michael got hooked on clay in high school, and became a student at Penland School of Craft shortly after graduating. It was there that he met Will Ruggles and Douglas Rankin who became teachers and mentors to him. Several years later he was invited to go to Korea to learn the traditional method of making large Ongii storage jars with master Ongii potter Oh Hyang Jong. Upon returning from Korea, Michael began setting up a studio and building a large Thai-shaped wood kiln in the Penland area.
Naomi began making pottery with her grandmother as a child. She studied clay at Earlham College with Mike Theideman, a former apprentice of Warren MacKenzie. She spent a semester in Mexico, where she studied with Mexican potters and discovered pre-colombian clay figures. In addition to making pottery, she began making sculptures inspired by pre-colombian and Japanese Haniwa figures. After college, Naomi came to Penland to take a kiln building class and met Michael, who was building a kiln at his studio. Michael and Naomi discovered they shared a similar passion and approach to making pottery. Now they work together as full time potters, firing their kiln four times a year, and occasionally teaching workshops. Their pottery is named “Bandana Pottery” after the small community in which they live. They exhibit their work nationally.
http://www.bandanapottery.com/
Michael got hooked on clay in high school, and became a student at Penland School of Craft shortly after graduating. It was there that he met Will Ruggles and Douglas Rankin who became teachers and mentors to him. Several years later he was invited to go to Korea to learn the traditional method of making large Ongii storage jars with master Ongii potter Oh Hyang Jong. Upon returning from Korea, Michael began setting up a studio and building a large Thai-shaped wood kiln in the Penland area.
Naomi began making pottery with her grandmother as a child. She studied clay at Earlham College with Mike Theideman, a former apprentice of Warren MacKenzie. She spent a semester in Mexico, where she studied with Mexican potters and discovered pre-colombian clay figures. In addition to making pottery, she began making sculptures inspired by pre-colombian and Japanese Haniwa figures. After college, Naomi came to Penland to take a kiln building class and met Michael, who was building a kiln at his studio. Michael and Naomi discovered they shared a similar passion and approach to making pottery. Now they work together as full time potters, firing their kiln four times a year, and occasionally teaching workshops. Their pottery is named “Bandana Pottery” after the small community in which they live. They exhibit their work nationally.
http://www.bandanapottery.com/
Fall 2016 STUDENT FACULTY CERAMICS SALE
November 15 & 16, 2016: Tuesday 10am to 9pm, Wednesday 7:30am to 7pm. CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library
November 15&16th, 2016: Tuesday 10am to 9pm, Wednesday 7:30am to 7pm. The Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery in the LRC/Library.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $130,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2016semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $130,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2016semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
2015/2016 Events
CLC Spring Visiting Ceramic artist
Sergei Isupov March 9-10, 2016 (9am-5pm)
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Spring 2016 STUDENT FACULTY CERAMICS SALE
April 5-6th, 2016: Tuesday 10am to 9pm, Wednesday 8am to 7pm. Due to construction, the Ceramics Sale will be held in the CLC Robert T. Wright Gallery.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $100,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2014 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
Please come and support the CLC Ceramics students as they raise funds for the visiting artist program, field trips, scholarships, and new equipment for the ceramics studio. Ceramics has sold over $100,000 worth of student and faculty art work in the Ceramics Sale from the Fall 2006 semester to the Spring 2014 semester . Thank you for your continued support as our students gain valuable experience selling and marketing their work.
CLC Art Gallery 2015-16 exhibit schedule
Seven diverse art exhibitions of paintings, clay, sculpture, photography and more are planned for the 2015-16 season at the College of Lake County’s Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art. The exhibits feature work by well-known Chicago area artists as well as exhibits by members of the gallery, CLC faculty and students.
All opening receptions are free and open to the public and include live music and refreshments. Due to construction, please park in Lot 1 on the north side of campus and enter through the Technology Building entrance (T1).
The CLC Gallery of Art will present the following exhibits in the 2015-16 academic year:
Terry Dixon: Lines, Patterns and Images, Aug. 21 to Oct. 4. Dixon, a CLC full-time art professor, juxtaposes photographic images with acrylic paint, oil pastels and ink, creating an interesting marriage between traditional studio techniques and digital media. Combining the various media allows the surface of his work to take on different depths so that the viewer’s eye is drawn into not just one area of the artwork, but to many different angles. Dixon’s artwork reflects his interest in communicating societal and political issues, African art and culture and abstract expressionism and is fueled by his love for jazz and electronic music. Reception: Friday, August 28, 6-8 p.m.
Recent Works: A Juried Competition, Oct. 9 to Nov. 15. The 35th annual competition includes all fine art media and is open to all artists who live or work in Lake County. Approximately $2,000 will be awarded in cash prizes and purchase awards for the college’s art collection. Reception: Friday, October 9, 6-8 p.m.
China: Foreign Reality: Nov. 20 to Jan. 10. David Bolton, Terry Dixon, Hans Habeger, Robert Lossmann, Roland Miller and Erick Rowe. Art department faculty members traveled to China on a U.S. State Department grant in 2014 to share American culture with Chinese university students. The faculty presented lectures and exhibited their work and their students’ work South China Normal University and Guangzhou University in Guangzhou and Xi’an International University in Xi’an. Their artwork describes a still emerging “super nation” with both third world and cutting edge technologies and ancient and modern cultures. Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-8 p.m.
Members Exhibition: January 15 to February 21. Enjoy a diverse group show composed of all types of fine art, created by Lake County artists who are members of the gallery. Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-8 p.m.
Brad Coleman: Drawings, Feb. 25 to March 26. Reception: Friday, February 26, 6-8 p.m.
CLC Student Art Competition: April 7 to May 8. A juried exhibit by current CLC art students featuring painting, drawing, computer graphics, photography, ceramics, jewelry, digital media and sculpture. Approximately $1,200 will be presented in cash prizes and purchase awards. The Lake County Art League will sponsor a $500 scholarship. Reception: Friday, April 8, 6-8 p.m.
CLC Ceramic Art Sales will be held at the Grayslake campus on Nov. 17-18 and April 5-6, featuring works created by CLC faculty and students.
For more information, call the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040 or visithttp://gallery.clcillinois.edu/. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sundays. Hours vary during college breaks and between semesters.
Seven diverse art exhibitions of paintings, clay, sculpture, photography and more are planned for the 2015-16 season at the College of Lake County’s Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art. The exhibits feature work by well-known Chicago area artists as well as exhibits by members of the gallery, CLC faculty and students.
All opening receptions are free and open to the public and include live music and refreshments. Due to construction, please park in Lot 1 on the north side of campus and enter through the Technology Building entrance (T1).
The CLC Gallery of Art will present the following exhibits in the 2015-16 academic year:
Terry Dixon: Lines, Patterns and Images, Aug. 21 to Oct. 4. Dixon, a CLC full-time art professor, juxtaposes photographic images with acrylic paint, oil pastels and ink, creating an interesting marriage between traditional studio techniques and digital media. Combining the various media allows the surface of his work to take on different depths so that the viewer’s eye is drawn into not just one area of the artwork, but to many different angles. Dixon’s artwork reflects his interest in communicating societal and political issues, African art and culture and abstract expressionism and is fueled by his love for jazz and electronic music. Reception: Friday, August 28, 6-8 p.m.
Recent Works: A Juried Competition, Oct. 9 to Nov. 15. The 35th annual competition includes all fine art media and is open to all artists who live or work in Lake County. Approximately $2,000 will be awarded in cash prizes and purchase awards for the college’s art collection. Reception: Friday, October 9, 6-8 p.m.
China: Foreign Reality: Nov. 20 to Jan. 10. David Bolton, Terry Dixon, Hans Habeger, Robert Lossmann, Roland Miller and Erick Rowe. Art department faculty members traveled to China on a U.S. State Department grant in 2014 to share American culture with Chinese university students. The faculty presented lectures and exhibited their work and their students’ work South China Normal University and Guangzhou University in Guangzhou and Xi’an International University in Xi’an. Their artwork describes a still emerging “super nation” with both third world and cutting edge technologies and ancient and modern cultures. Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-8 p.m.
Members Exhibition: January 15 to February 21. Enjoy a diverse group show composed of all types of fine art, created by Lake County artists who are members of the gallery. Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-8 p.m.
Brad Coleman: Drawings, Feb. 25 to March 26. Reception: Friday, February 26, 6-8 p.m.
CLC Student Art Competition: April 7 to May 8. A juried exhibit by current CLC art students featuring painting, drawing, computer graphics, photography, ceramics, jewelry, digital media and sculpture. Approximately $1,200 will be presented in cash prizes and purchase awards. The Lake County Art League will sponsor a $500 scholarship. Reception: Friday, April 8, 6-8 p.m.
CLC Ceramic Art Sales will be held at the Grayslake campus on Nov. 17-18 and April 5-6, featuring works created by CLC faculty and students.
For more information, call the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040 or visithttp://gallery.clcillinois.edu/. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sundays. Hours vary during college breaks and between semesters.