Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort

Installation

Bradley Sumrall taking a quick break from installing over 100 cups!

Many thanks to Bradley Sumrall, Richard McCabe and Michael Barr for all their hard work installing Art of the Cup! The exhibition is located on the 3rd floor of the Ogden Museum and opened last night during Ogden After Hours at 6 p.m. It is a favorite with visitors! 

Opening

Vist the Museum and see Art of the Cup for FREE until November 7th (limited to 25). Just say the secret password  "tasse", which is cup in French!

Art of the Cup in Gambit's "Blog of New Orleans"

Many thanks to Missy Wilkinson for her write up on the Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort.

To check out her post,  click here. 

Micah Sherrill

We will be be posting installation shots next week!

Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort

ART OF THE CUP: 

FUNCTIONAL COMFORT

 October 28 - January 2

 

Andrea Freel Chrisite, Porcelain Birds

OPENING OCTOBER 28, 2010

The third annual invitational exhibition, Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort  will be opening very soon at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Center for Southern Craft and Design.   

The exhibition will be on display until January 2, 2011. 

The show will include two functional cups from over 50 artists. Each invited artist has a Southern connection, based on where they choose to live, work or teach.

The work in this exhibition will also be offered for sale. 

Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery Director, will serve as this year’s awards judge. 

Artists:

(Click on the artist's name to learn more about them)

Jennifer Allen
Jeff Brown
Posey Bacopoulos
Anderson Bailey
Mary Barringer
Chris Baskin
Chris Baumann
Birdie Boone
Hayne Bayless
Joe Bova
Robert Briscoe
Cynthia Bringle
Conner Burns
Kyle Carpenter
Caroline Cercone
Andrea Freel Christie
Sam Chung  
Bede Clarke
Jim Connell
Josh Copus 
Julie Covington
Susan Filley
Terry Gess
Jo Ann Greenberg  
Lisa Gluckin
Kent Harris  
Ayumi Horie
Nicholas Joerling
Lynda Katz 
Eric Knoche
Michael Kline
Martina Lantin
Mimi Logthetis
Dian Magie
Courtney Martin

Frank Martin
Linda McFarling
Laura Jean McLaughlin
Jenny Mendes

Karen Newgard
Kelly O'Briant
Lindsey Oesterritter
Ronan Kyle Peterson 
Joe Pintz
Donna Polseno
Rob Pulleyn
Justin Rothshank
Anthony Schaller
Micah Sherrill
Gay Smith
Tom Spleth
Rachel Therese

Kent Harris, Tenmoku Yunomi

                                                                                                

Justin Rothshank The Big Spill: Flora & Fauna / American Craft Week

Justin Rothshank The Big Spill: Flora & Fauna 

The Center for Southern Craft & Design opened Rothshank's exhibition during Art for Art's Sake this past Saturday. The exhibition will be up until December 5th so be sure to come by and see the installation. 

Fish Plate  

 

Justin Rothshank received his B.A. in ceramics and sculpture from Goshen College in Indiana. Rothshank decorates his ceramic pieces using a laser decal technique. He creates the decals using his own free-hand drawings and Photoshop-generated images.

His ceramic work has been published in Clay Times Magazine, Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, CeramicsArtsDaily.org, 500 Pitchers, and 500 Tiles. He has been a presenter, panelist, and visiting artist at numerous universities, schools, conferences, and art centers throughout the United States. Justin was presented with and Award of Excellence by the American Craft Council in February 2009. In 2007, he was recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist. He has also been awarded an Alcoa Foundation Leadership Grant for Arts Managers, a 2007 Work of Art Award from Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, the 2005 Decade of Servant Leadership Award from Goshen College, and was named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40 in 2005.

Fish Pitcher

American Craft Week

In honor of American Craft Week the Center for Southern Craft & Design has presented Spotlight on Tennessee. 

Anderson Bailey Jars

Craft from Tennessee is on display at this exhibition featuring the work of: 

Anderson Bailey (Chattanooga - potter)

Ben Caldwell III (Nashville - metalsmith)

Bill Griffith (Gatlinburg - potter) 

Tim Hintz (Smithville - chair maker) 

Tommie Rush (Knoxville - glass artist)

Thomas Mann

This week's entry is the 6th of a 10 week series based on interviews Jan did at the ACC show in Baltimore 2010.  Each artist was asked the same question, "how do you define yourself?"

This Friday, New Orleans' own Thomas Mann discusses his jewelry. You may remember reading Mann's outstanding review of our Brooching the Subject exhibition. You can still read our blog post about the exhibition here and Mann's article here. 


Also, check out his great website, here.  


Thomas Mann from Crunchy Bugs Creative on Vimeo.

Collecting 101

Collecting 101: Self Taught Art - A Conversation with Collectors Dale Fleishmann and Dr. Regenia Perry
Collecting 101: Self-Taught was great success. Thank you to Dale Fleishmann, Regenia Perry, Tom Whitehead and all who attended. 

In case you missed this Collecting 101 you can read about it in the Times Picayune article by Doug MacCash, here.  Also, we have another Collecting 101 coming up in November. (Please see below for details.) 

Dale Fleishmann in her home

Collecting 101: Before and After: A Conversation with designer Gerrie Bremermann with Jennifer and Fred Heebe

Moderator: Vesta Fort

Panel discussion: Wednesday, November 3, 6-8 p.m., Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Home Tour: Thursday, November 4, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Private home (Reservations required)

With an eye for beauty and comfort, Gerrie Bremermann's expertise has made her one of the most sought-after designers of interiors in New Orleans and throughout the world. Bremermann is joined by Jennifer and Fred Heebe, owners of a historic home in New Orleans that Bremermann transformed. Learn more about Bremermann, design and what it¹s like to renovate and decorate a home.

Presented by the Kohlmeyer Circle and the Center for Southern Craft and Design.

Panel only: Free to members, $10 nonmembers;

Collection Tour only: $15 Museum members; $25 nonmembers;

Panel and Collection Tour: $15 Museum members, $35 nonmembers (Limit 30 for home tour - Directions will be provided).

Registration required by November 1 for Home Tour.

For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Elizabeth Bowie at ebowie@ogdenmuseum.org or 504.539.9614.


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Roger Ogden / Val Lucas

Roger Ogden

Our first guest blogger, Carol Sauvion, owner of Freehand Gallery and Executive Director of the PBS documentary, Craft in America  interviewed Roger Ogden during her recent trip to New Orleans to film the third segment of Craft in America. Listen in to hear Roger talk about  collecting Newcomb pottery,  his love of  art and New Orleans.

Val Lucas

This week Jan is talking to Baltimore Craft Mafia member, Val Lucas at the ACC show, Baltimore. The ACC has, in recent years,  brought in groups of Craft Mafia artists to show and sell their work. It has added a new dimension  to the show and coupled with student work from various universities, it allows visitors to see fresh new work, boundaries being pushed and the vibrancy of the future of craft.

Val Lucas from Crunchy Bugs Creative on Vimeo.