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| Date | Start | End | Title | Event | Description |
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| 10/04/2008 | 7:00pm | 9:00pm | 3rd Rail Studio presents The Figure Evocative | Opening Reception | The Figure Evocative takes an unconventional look at the human form and its many idiosyncrasies. Through often distorted and bizarre depictions, the figure suggests more than what is present. |
| 10/19/2008 | 5:00 pm | 7:00 pm | Opening reception for Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay | Opening Reception | Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay explores the long history and contemporary relevance of clay as a sculptural medium, revealing the exceptionally expressive and transformational qualities of clay - its ability to reference human history while transcending time and space.
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| 10/18/2008 | 2pm | 3:30pm | Confrontational Ceramics-- Meet the Artists: Judith Schwartz, curator | Lecture Gallery Talk Special Event | Judith Schwartz will lecture about the artists and the social issues related to their work. The show will have an exhibition catalog as well as a book signing of Dr.Schwartz’s new book, Confrontational Ceramics, published by A&C Black, London. This is one in a series of four Meet the Artists afternoons with the artists of Confrontational Ceramics at the Westchester Arts Council's Arts Exchange. Please RSVP 914-428-4220 x278 or jdixon@westarts.com.
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| 10/25/2008 | 12:00 noon | 8:00 pm | New Rochelle Clay Fest | Festival Kids & Families | New Rochelle Clay Fest is a host of programs and activities in seven
venues. There will be something for everyone...exhibits of
internationally-renowned and local ceramic arts, family workshops,
"Terrific Terra Cotta" walking tours, demonstrations, food cooked in
clay, and live musical performances taking place in public and private
cultural institutions-- all of which will be "stops" on a free trolley
service operating throughout the afternoon.
Clay Fest is made possilbe in part by support from Iona College
Council on the Arts, New Rochelle Council on the Arts, New Rochelle
Downtown Business Improvement District,
The City of New Rochelle,
The College of New Rochelle,
and New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce.
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| 10/04/2008 | 10:00 am | 1:00 pm | A Mini Gallery @ 590 presents Clay’s Inner Voice | Opening Reception | Clay’s Inner Voice includes five members of the Hudson River Potters, who will present their voice and aesthetic in a successful interplay of spontaneity within the discipline of clay work. These functional pieces are glazed to highlight facets of individuality through firing techniques, surface patterning, color, and texture. |
| 10/11/2008 | 4:00 pm | 6:00 pm | Opening reception for Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay | Opening Reception | Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay introduces work that ranges from abstract to totemic and symbolic creating an odyssey of clay through various cultures and geographic locations by ceramic artists who are all using clay as their primary medium. |
| 10/04/2008 | 4:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Media Loft presents Elemental Color | Opening Reception | Elemental Color's non-functional wall installations explore three distinctly different approaches to clay through the common denominator of color by juxtaposing works that are distinctly different in style and philosophy. |
| 11/01/2008 | 2:00 pm | 6:00 pm | Slide presentation and demonstration | Lecture | Slide presentation and demonstration |
| 10/23/2008 | 5:00 pm | 7:00 pm | Opening reception Inside/Outside | Opening Reception | Opening reception Inside/Outside, the ceramic installations by Chuck Plosky and Puneeta Mittal use clay materials and firing processes to create an environment that invites the viewer to touch and take with them tactile memories in time and space. |
| 11/16/2008 | 2:00 pm | 6:00 pm | Closing reception for Elemental Color | Closing Reception | Closing reception for Elemental Color |
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