Contemporary Clay 2021

September 30 | 12-1PM | Virtual 

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy: "Clay is Hot"

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy is the essayist for the catalogue being produced as part of the Contemporary Clay 2021 exhibition. Angelik is a New York and Los Angeles-based curator, writer, and arts administrator of contemporary art and craft, focusing on ceramics. Her current research investigates the “aesthetic of optimism” and the subversive power of humor, cuteness, and leisure as tools of protest. Amplifying the voices of BIPOC artists is central to her practice. She serves as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York.

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October 6 | 12-3:30PM | Panel Discussions | Virtual

Panel 1: 12-1:30 EST  
Topic Title: "Trends in Materiality: Ephemeral Clay "
Facilitator:  Magdolene Dykstra –  magdolenedykstra.com 
Participants: 

• Linda Swanson –lindaswansonstudio.com
• Kate Roberts - katerobertsceramics.com
• Anthony Sonnenberg -  www.anthonysonnenberg.com

BREAK 1:30-2:00 EST

Panel 2: 2:00-3:30 EST 
Topic Title: Reclaiming Ground
Facilitator:  Andres Payan Estrada from Craft Contemporary andrespayan.com   
Participants:  

• Nicki Green  www.nickigreen.org 
• Natalia Arbelaez  nataliaarbelaez.com  

• Kahlil Robert Irving 

  www.kahlilirving.com

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October 7 | 6-7PM | In-Person Gallery Talk 

Part of in-person reception event.

Contemporary Clay 2021

• Natalia Arbelaez
• Eliza Au
• Jeremy Brooks
• Jennifer Ling Datchuk
• Nicki Green
• Beth Lo
• Zemer Peled
• Kyle and Kelly Phelps
• Kate Roberts
• Diego Romero
• Ibrahim Said
• José Sierra
• Linda Sikora
• Dirk Staschke
• Linda Swanson
• Sunkoo Yuh

Curated by Heather Mae Erickson, Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, was on view from October 6 - December 16, 2016.

The exhibition examined the evolving, expanded field of clay and ceramics. Exciting shifts throughout the field push this limitless material through new processes and concepts. This exhibition aimed to show the depth and breadth of this material and its user’s ideas, ranging from, but not limited to, traditional and non-traditional functional objects, rapid prototyping, use of mixed materials in objects and installations, and unfired clay as a final material. This exhibition encouraged viewers to consider the concepts, processes, and contexts of clay in contemporary art. Each artist, from emerging to established, was selected due to their noteworthy contribution to the field of contemporary clay and ceramics.