Now & Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics
Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics, features work from current and former faculty, notable alums, and a juried selection of works from an alum call for entries juried by noted artists Matt Wedel and April D. Felipe. This exhibit is not intended as survey of the seventy years of the ceramics program, rather as a show featuring notable highlights.
Artists include in the exhibition: Miska Petersham, John Gill, Kirk Mangus, Eva Kwong, Peter Christian Johnson, Michelle Summers, Andrea Gill, Tom Bartel, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, John Balistreri, Laura Kukkee, David JP Hooker, Sam Hoffman, Laura Dirksen, Rhue Bruggeman, Craig Hartenberger, Tirzah Legg, David Kruk, Jennifer Masley, Cammi Climaco, Brian Sarama, Kirstin Willders and Gabriel John Poucher.
David JP Hooker, Striding Arches , Ceramic, 2022
John Balistreri, Untitled Vase. Woodfired, 2022
Brian Sarama, Animal Feed no.1 , ^6ox, porcelain, slag, underglaze, glitter, 2021
Jennifer Masley, What’s to say? She’s got no eyes, Porcelain, stoneware, hair, cosmetics, hair implements, 2022
Cammi Climaco, That one day, with the blue and the white , Earthenware, glaze, 2022
Peter Christian Johnson (current faculty), Proffer, Ceramic, 2022
Michelle Summers (current faculty), Untitled, Ceramic, 2022
Andrea Gill (former parttime faculty), Vase, Low fire terracotta, engobe, glaze, 2020
Rhue Bruggeman, Water plate #1033, Earthenware and glaze, 2022
Eva Kwong (former faculty), Filopodia, Stoneware, slips, underglaze and glaze, 2019
Kirk Mangus (former faculty), Untitled Woodfired Vessel, Ceramic, 1997, and, Alice and Cat, Screenprint , 2013
Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Giddy Up, Porcelain, human hair, 2021
Sam Hoffman, Deep Focus platter, Wheel thrown high-alumina porcelain, wood fired, soda vapor glazed in Hikarigama placed inverted on pedestal in firebox, 2019
Tom Bartel, Momento Figure (Gramps), Ceramic, 2022
Craig Hartenberger, Curved Herringbone, Pigmented ceramic, 2022
John Gill (former faculty), Untitled Vase, Ceramic, ^10 salt, 2021
Miska Petersham (former Faculty), Untitled Vessel, Ceramics, 1965
Kirstin Willders, She of the Grain (Madonna del Grano), Ceramic, wheat, glitter, acrylic paint, silicone, wheat flour, mica powder, hair, 2021
Laura Dirksen, Nike Flight Forfeit, Stoneware, Cone 6 Glaze, acrylic, epoxy, 2022
Tirzah Legg, Alternate-Self-Portrait Diptych, Stoneware, paper clay, and mixed media, 2018
Laura Kukkee, Amphora #1, Mid-range porcelain, layered slips, glazes, 2022
Gabriel John Poucher, Waggle, Porcelain, underglaze, plaster, hair, 2021
David Kruk, Sweep, Dirt sifted from Kent State campus construction site, pattern imprinted with soles of various shoes, 2022