Food, Objects, and Memory on this week's Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast

Andrea Macaluso talks about the fondue pot her family used in the 1970's.

Bonnie Smith talks about the Holly Hobbie lunch box she used as a child. 

This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I delve into the relationship between food, objects, and memory. The episode features fifteen short interviews with a mixture of artists, curators, and collectors. All participants were asked, "What is your favorite food, and how would you like it to be served?" Their responses, both hilarious and sincere, show how eating rituals are foundational to building relationships with family and friends. 

The interviews were taped as part of the ArtKamp residency at Project Art in Cummington, MA. Organizer Vipoo Srivilasa invited Chase Gamblin, Alex Jelleberg, Frances Palmer, Bonnie Smith , Mara Superior , Elenor Wilson and myself to collaborate for two weeks with the end goal of creating a dinnerware set for forty. The residency culminated in a dinner party honoring many of the special guests that appear alongside ArtKampers in this episode. 

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ArtKamp artists are featured in the exhibition Indigo Mass which is on display through January 4th at Independent Art Projects in North Adams, MA. Please visit www.independentartprojects.com for more information on the exhibit. For more information on Project Art please visit www.projectart01026.com.

Special thanks go out to Leslie Ferrin at Ferrin Contemporary, the Lighton International Artist Exchange Program and The Australia Council for all their support in making ArtKamp possible.

Vipoo Srivilasa working on a collaboration with Chase Gamblin at ArtKamp.

Bonnie Smith working on a figurative sculpture.

Mara Superior working on a sculptural teapot form.

The Studio Potter: Mary Barringer & Elenor Wilson on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast

Covers from early issues of the Studio Potter

Volume 42 Number 2 cover with drawings by Richard Nickel


Elenor Wilson and Mary Barringer

This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mary Barringer and Elenor Wilson. Although both are accomplished ceramic artists our interview is focused on their tenures as editor for the The Studio Potter journal. Established in 1972 The Studio Potter has had an active role in documenting and shaping the American pottery scene. 

In the interview we talk about the history of the journal, balancing editorial duties with an artistic life, and the impact digital media has had on The Studio Potter. For more information please visit www.studiopotter.org. To find out more about Elenor please visit www.elenorwilson.com. More information about Mary can be found by clicking here. 

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Mary Barringer

Elenor Wilson

"The next issue, themed "Community: kinfolk, lineage, legacy" will publish in January 2015. Submissions for the Summer 2015 issue on "Surface" are due February 15, 2015. We recently established the Gerry Williams Commemorative Digital Archive Fund in honor of our late founder, which will help continue to digitize our back issues. 1972-82 is available at http://studiopotter.org/archive/ but there are 32 more years - 64 more issues - to go. Donations can be made for that or for general support of SP at http://studiopotter.org/donate/."

Live from Harvard: Craft and the Museum with Ethan Lasser & Ezra Shales on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast

Guastavino Tile at the Boston Public Library

Jug, Dave Drake for Lewis Miles pottery, 1858. 

Art in the Age spirits mentioned in our discussion of "handcrafted" in marketing

This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a live episode focused on craft and the museum with Ethan Lasser and Ezra Shales. We discuss the need for touch-friendly learning in museums, the role of craft in Boston's history, and the ways museums create meaning through the presentation of objects. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at Harvard Ceramics in Alston, MA.

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(L to R) Ben Carter, Ezra Shales, Ethan Lasser

Ethan Lasser is the Margaret S. Winthrop Associate Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums. He was previously the curator at the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and served as adjunct professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was instrumental in the formation of Object Lab, a program focused on using hands-on research to teach American art and craft history. Lasser is a graduate of Williams College and received a Ph.D in the history of art from Yale University.

Ezra Shales is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Simultaneously an artist, art theorist and historian, Shales writes about the productive confusion that lies at the boundaries of art, craft, and design. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University, a MFA from Hunter College and a Ph. D from Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. He has taught at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has contributed to numerous journals, catalogues and other publications. 

Workshop 101: Lisa Naples, Kate Maury, and Adam Field on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast

Lisa Naples

Kate Maury

Adam Field

This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel on educational philosophy and workshop teaching featuring Lisa Naples, Kate Maury, and Adam Field. The discussion covers a broad range of topics including the role of criticism in education, vulnerability in teaching, and what makes the perfect workshop. To subscribe to the Red Clay Rambler podcast on iTunes please click here. To add the podcast to your Stitcher Radio on Demand Playlist click here. You can also stream the latest episode on the podcast tab for this site.

Lisa Naples makes pottery and narrative figures from her barn/studio in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (a life she shares with her husband and 2 teenage daughters). She has lectured and given workshops around the country and in Australia. In 2005, she was awarded an NCECA residency at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, which fundamentally changed her studio life. For more information please visit www.lisanaples.com.

Kate Maury is a studio artist at the Northern Clay Center and teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. After graduating with her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from NYSCC at Alfred University, she took part in multiple residencies including the Archie Bray Foundation, Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China, and the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. Kate Maury’s work is featured in both juried and invitational shows at regional, national, and international venues. For more information please visit www.katemaury.com.

Adam Field is a studio potter and long-term resident artist at The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. In 2008 he apprenticed under Onggi master Kim Ill Mahn in Icheon, South Korea. He created the “HIDE-N-SEEKAH” social media event in 2013 and has created a well known series of YouTube videos that are a resource within the clay community. For more information please visit www.adamfieldpottery.com.