Wisconsin Pottery Association

August 28, 2010  - 15th Annual
Wisconsin Pottery Association Show & Sale
Wisconsin Art Pottery: 1930 to 2010

It's just around the corner! The 15th Annual Show & Sale is August 28 and it will feature the art pottery of Wisconsin from the last eighty years. This small sample shows the works of Abe Cohen from the Pottery's Wheel in Door County & Milwaukee, Eric Olson from Common Ground Pottery of Madison and two examples from Door Pottery of Madison

The exhibit at the Show & Sale is going to give you the opportunity to see some of the finest art pottery made in Wisconsin in the last 80 years. From the 30s you will see some of the works from the Pittsville Pottery of Pittsville. From the 40s you will see some work from William Chancey from Wales or Frederick Carlton. From the 50s you will see some works from the Betty Harrington and the Madison based  Ceramic Arts Studio and Century House also of Madison, Wolfgang Geisler from Sheboygan or Abe Cohen from Milwaukee & Door County. The 60s was the rebirth of the art pottery with the works of Paul Donhauser from Oshkosh, Eckels Pottery of Bayfield and Edward Friday of Madison. The 70s has the works of Karl Borgeson of Whitewater, Randy Johnston of River Falls and Shake Rag Alley Pottery of Mineral Point. The 80s brought Bear Pottery from Highland, Joan Kirkland from Madison and Jan McKeachie-Johnston of River Falls. The last twenty years has been a boom in studio art production with the Bill Kaufmann & Cynthia Mosedale from Hudson and their Linden Hills Pottery, Kyle Kreigh of LaFarge, Michael Macone of Shell Lake, Mark & Gaea Skudlarek and their Cambridge Wood Fired Pottery of Cambridge, John Wrenn of Cottage Grove, Ephraim Faience Pottery originally from Deerfield & now Lake Mills, Eric Olson of Common Ground Pottery of Madison, Rick Foris of Amherst Junction and Rick Hinze of Johnson Creek. This is by no means a complete list, so expect to see more.  For free parking (a $6 value) print out an ad & give it to the parking attendant on the way into the show.

Thanks to Steve Schoneck for his presentation on matt green. Our next meeting will be September 14 with a presentation on Red Wing Advertising by WPA members Sue Jones & Jeff Tagliapietra. The presentation will start at 7:00 preceding by show & tell at 6:30 and a business meeting at 5:30  meeting at the Goodman Community Center . For our complete presentation schedule, see our calendar.

Traveling to Ohio? The exhibit "Viktor and Nadine - An Intimate Portrait" at the Lake County Historical Society in suburban Cleveland explores the artist-designer, Viktor Schreckengost's relationship to his first wife. That display is open until October 22.

On display from April 12 to June 24 2010 was the exhibit Form and Function in Tile and Mosaic by the Wisconsin Handmade Tile Guild in DeWitt, Ross & Stevens Overture Galleries at the Overture Center for the Arts 201 State Street Madison, Wisconsin. The tiles showcase found objects and mixed media compositions and are an integral part of architectural art.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal has an article on Fiesta ware with history and timeline. Fiesta has also inspired a play that is ran in Milwaukee from April 23 to May 23 at the Renaissance Theater Works.

In Ann Arbor Michigan, the University of Michigan Museum of Art is presenting the exhibit Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century.  Some of the artist on display are Arakawa Toyozô, Takahashi Rakusai III, Hamada Shôji, Kawai Kanjirô, and Yagi Kazuo. The exhibit will run May 15 to August 22 2010. Japanese Studio Ceramics influenced many of the artist that will be displayed at the 2010 Show & Sale Exhibit: Wisconsin Art Pottery: 1930 to 2010.

Wisconsin Women Ceramist

 "Wisconsin Women Ceramist" was on display at the Department of Health Services' 1st floor lobby, 1 West Wilson Street in downtown Madison for a three week period in February.  It features the work of Wisconsin women in the ceramic field from the 1800s to contemporary artists.

New meeting location!

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