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February Issue 2006
UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, Features Ceramics from Henry Bauer Collection
UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, will present the exhibition, Alfred Ceramics: The Henry Bauer Collection, in the University Gallery, first floor of Owen Hall, from Feb. 10 through Mar. 14, 2006.
The show features more than 40 pieces by nine internationally known ceramic artists who have been affiliated with the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, long considered the finest ceramics program in America.
The exhibition includes work by Val Cushing, John Gill, Tony Hepburn, Wayne Higby, Bill Parry, Ted Randall, Don Reitz, Daniel Rhodes and Robert Turner. Henry Bauer, an Alfred-area contractor, collected the pieces over a period of 25 years, trading work for art. It is now considered to be among the most important ceramic collections in the country.
The exhibition will open with a gallery talk by legendary ceramic artist Val Cushing at 6pm on Feb. 10, in the gallery.
Cushing earned a master's of fine arts degree from Alfred University in 1956. After graduation, he returned to the program and taught for 41 years. Cushing's trademark vessels have been featured in every major ceramics book published in the last 30 years and in more than 200 exhibitions. His sculptures are included in the collections of the American Craft Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the International Museum of Ceramic Art in Japan.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Cushing will also discuss and show slides of his work at 5:30pm on Feb. 9, at the Asheville Art Museum. Admission is $5.
For more information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listing or call UNC Asheville's
Art Department at 828/251-6559.
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