In November, Halcyon Art Gallery is presenting an international juried ceramics exhibition entitled “The 4th International Ceramics Biennial-Cup of Comfort” juried by Ray Chen. The exhibiting artists included Anna Strecker (OH), Anthony Pearson (UT), Barbara Watson (IL), Bo Bedilin (MO), Carolanne Currier (PA), Catherine Rehbein (MI), Don Reynolds (CT), Kyla Toomey (FL), Lorraine Orderman (NY), Keith Ekstam (MO), Lucien M. Koonce (MA), Mark Richardson (IN), Patrick Rademaker (KY), Ray Chen (IN), Rober Lawarre (FL), Satoko Barash (CA), Scott Steder (IN), Seth Charles (WA), Stephen Wolochwicz (UT), Suzanne Wolfe (HI), Ted Neal (IN) and Tina Gebhart (PA). The exhibition is scheduled from November 1st – December 27th , 2013. Ray Chen received his MFA in 1997 from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY and BFA from Ohio University. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at Baltimore Clayworks in MD. Chen was an Associate Professor and the head of the Ceramics Department at the University of Southern Maine and former Assistant Professor and the head of Ceramics Program at Indiana State University, Department of Art. His ceramic works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally with numerous reviews and publications. He has been traveling and exhibiting as well as presenting lectures in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guam, Hawaii, Netherlands/ Holland, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, North America. Ray Chen, the Executive Director and curator of the Halcyon Art Gallery comments, “Cup of Comfort International” provides an important mission that explores cultural, educational, and communicative ways of professional artistic aesthetics. It also has unique characteristics which describe its value, creativity, and process. This exhibition shares our daily life through professional artistic experience; as well as cultural and personal expressional learning experience. “The 4th Ceramics International Biannual-Cup of Comfort” is the second time taking place at the Halcyon Art Gallery. It’s First and the Second events held at the High Land Art Gallery in downtown Portland, ME. Chen also says that “The jury process and making decisions were important as to whether an artist has captured the essence of the subject and moved further to a successful and meaningful presentation. The works in the exhibition have opened a new understanding between form, media and possibility. Technical precision, conceptual aspects, tangible evidence of expression, quality sensitivity, and the ability to move viewers were involved in the selection process. The artists move beyond the boundaries of technical training and express their subject in a way which makes the statement uniquely their own”. This exhibition provides a response to our daily life uses in tea, water, coffee, drink…with a personal relationship in a cup form. “Cup of Comfort International” is to fine our daily life through a details of the connection to a cup. It also emphasizes the commitment of the Halcyon Art Gallery in art education and the life of art which share to the Terre Haute arts community for the future of its professionalism. The November Saturday artist talk series (2:00-4:00 pm) included “Most influential Artists series”, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was one of the true pioneers of modern painting. He perceived and interpreted the world (November 2nd). Auguste Rodin (1840-1917),rodin redefined the idea of sculpture in European Art. The Gates of Hell, is the greatest public sculpture of the 19th century (November 9th). Mary Cassatt (1843–1926), is one of only a handful of woman artists up to the beginning of the twentieth century (November 16th). Egon Schiele’s work is starkly honorest and provocative, intensely powerful images where the human figure is stripped down (November 23rd). Constable (1776–1817), is often celebrated as a nostalgic painter of a lost England but look a little harder, through, and you discover an intense and radical vision at work which changed the course of British art (November 30th). The public is invited to join us on November 1st, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm for the opening reception. The exhibitions will be on display November 1st through December 27th 2013 . Halcyon Art Gallery is located at 25 S. 7th Street, next to the Swope Art Museum on the corner of 7th and Ohio Streets. Halcyon Art gallery is free admission and the gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 – 5:00 pm. For more information, please email raychenhalcyon@gmail. All events are free and open to the public.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:03:47 +0000
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