Workhouse Clay National 2011

The Workhouse Arts Center held  the Workhouse Clay National  2011 with the theme of "Confinement" from August 3-28 in Lorton, VA. The juror of the exhibition, Ellen Shankin, asked artists to explore the theme of "Confinement" in their functional, and/or sculptural ceramic artworks.  Individual interpretations of "Confinement" may be used literally or conceptually in the work(s).  Department of Art Professor of Ceramics and Art Education, Marsha Karagheusian, won an "Honorable Mention" for her bas-relief wall piece entitled, "Empty Nest".  The exhibition was also reviewed by John Gascot in the Huffington Post. The review can be found here:

Huffington Post Review

142 Graphic Design Student Work Spring 2011

Alumnus Natalie Lanese Exhibition

Xavier Department of Art Alumnus Natalie Lanese just finished up a site-specific installation titled Retro Future (similar to the work I did at XU) at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA. The piece is part of the exhibition Wall Works, which includes site-specific works of five other artists. The show opens June 11, 2011 and will be up until April 29, 2012. More information about Wall Works and programming surrounding the exhibition can be found athttp://www.decordova.org/art/exhibition/wall-works, or on my website (below).

I attached the following image:
Retro Future (detail), paint and collage, 2011

Student Thesis Show: Kristin Riepenhoff, Melissa DeCapua, Monica Laake, Dan Quinn

Beginning Photo 108 Spring 2011

Advanced Graphic Design Spring 2011

Art Students attend Ceramic workshop with Jeff Shapiro

Art majors attended a 2-day workshop at Funke Fired Arts in Cincinnati with New York Ceramic Artist, Jeff Shapiro. Shapiro addressed the audience and created an installation piece Friday night, in conjunction with the opening reception of his exhibition with renowned artist, Don Reitz. On Saturday, he demonstrated the throwing of traditional Raku teabowls in the morning, and large slab construction in the afternoon. After spending years apprenticing in ancient Japanese pottery villages, Shapiro portrayed the much revered "tea aesthetic", even making authentic tea (matcha) for the participants.

Senior Thesis Exhibit #1 Abby King, Matt Kroeger, Emily Ducharme,

Alumni Sighting

Matt Hyleck (BFA Ceramics - 1997 - Xavier University) Education Coordinator at Baltimore Clayworks . . . spotted at the National Ceramics Conference in Tampa, Florida (NCECA) “manning the booth”! (top)

Stephanie Lanter - BA Ceramics - 1998 - Xavier University
Sighted at the National Ceramics Conference (NCECA) in April, Tampa, Florida
with her piece in the “You Know You Want To . . . .” exhibition. (bottom)

Jackie Brookner Visit

 Jackie Brookner collaborates with ecologists, design professionals, communities, and policy makers to create water remediation systems for wetlands, rivers, streams, and stormwater runoff that are works of public art. Her biosculptures are evocative, plant-based living systems that clean polluted water and integrate ecological revitalization with the metaphoric and aesthethic qualities of sculpture. Brookner envisions and creates a world where human and other than human systems exist in mutually beneficial relationships. Her recent projects include Laughing Brook in Salway Park in Cincinnati, part of the Millcreek Restoration Project. She is a contributing author to "Urban Rain: Stormwater as Resource" and a former teaching fellow at Harvard University.