Ceramics in its own (W)rite-The Word Made Clay

Joseph Clayes III Gallery

Ceramics in its own (W)rite-The Word Made Clay

February 22–March 29, 2003

Organized in collaboration with the Tile Heritage Foundation and Juried by Richard Shaw. Planned to coincide with the NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) conference in March, the Athenaeum held a Juried show, specifically open to ceramic pieces incorporating the theme of “book”. A total of 53 artists entered. The 32 accepted artists included Lesley Baker-First Place (Berkeley, CA), Jane Burton (Walnut Creek, CA), Sandy Culp-Second Place (Atlanta, GA), Maria DeCastro (Carlsbad, CA), Nell Devitt (Bloomfield, IN), David Ferrin-Third Place (El Cajon, CA), Kathryn Finn (Grass Valley, CA), Nancy Froseth (Bloomington, MN), Steve Garcia (Tempe, AZ), Meredith Gordon (Santa Monica, CA), Nancy Gordon (Encinitas, CA), Astrid Gotuzzo (Huntington Beach, CA), Robin Gumaelius (Provo, UT), Holly Hannesian (Mt. Pleasant, MI), Walfrido Hau (Sebastopol, CA), Abby Huntoon (South Portland, ME), Donna Klipstein (Del Mar, CA), James Klueg-Tile Heritage Foundation Prize (Duluth, MN), Gayla Lemke (Pine, CO), Carol Mayfield (San Diego, CA), Michael O’Shea & Jean Michel Pret (Inverness, CA), Rose Quintana (North Miami Beach, FL), Patricia Shaw (Chapel Hill, NC), Cecilia Stanford (Silver City, NM), Janet Starr (Soquel, CA), Jeff Van Bueren (San Francisco, CA), Kurt Webb (Palatine, IL), Susan Werschkul (Ashland, OR), Mardi Wood (Bolinas, CA), Georgene Wright (McDonald, OH) and Barbara Zecht (Indianapolis, IN). Invited artists included Donna Billick (Davis, CA), Irene de Watteville (Solana Beach, CA), Joan Gardiner (Middleburg, VA), Joe Koons (Riverside, CA), Inge Roberts (San Francisco, CA), Lana Wilson and Melody Ellis (Edwardsville, IL).