The Scripps College Ceramic Annual-the best known and longest running ceramic exhibition in the United States-opens Saturday, January 20, 2001, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps campus and continues through April 1. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, January 20, from 7-9 p.m., and will include live music.Admission is free and open to the public.
The 57th Ceramic Annual presents the work of seven contemporary artists who have had a major impact on the field of ceramic art including:Kate Blacklock, Providence, RI; Kathy Butterly, New York, NY; Marek Cecula, New York, NY; John de Fazio; New York, NY; Joel Otterson; Covington, KY; Annabeth Rosen; Davis, CA; and Arnie Zimmerman; New York, NY.Since 1992, the exhibition has been selected by a series of Guest Curators. This year’s guest curator is Adrian Saxe, Professor of Art and head of Ceramics in the Art Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Saxe is a Fellow of the American Craft Council, and he has served on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art and the Honorary Board of the James Renwick Alliance of the Renwick Gallery (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.). He has received many honors, including an Artist’s Fellowship at the L’Atelier Experimental de Recherche et de Creation de la Manufacture national de Sèvres, CNAP, Paris, France; the UCLA Art Council Grant; National Endowment for the Arts senior Artist’s Fellowship, 1986-1987; and the U.S./France Exchange Fellowship.His work is in numerous museum collections around the world.
The Ceramic Annual 2001 is supported in part by MaryLou and George Boone, Jerry and Lynn Howe Myers, the Pasadena Art Alliance, and Skutt Ceramics, Inc.For more information on the Scripps Ceramic Annual and events surrounding the exhibition please call (909) 607-3397. The 57th Ceramic Annual is presented by the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery located on Columbia Avenue, between 11th and 12th Streets, on the Scripps campus. The gallery is free, and regular hours are 1-5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.