Veronika Jenke on wed 5 jun 96
______Assistant Curator of Education
______National Museum of African Art, S.I.
I have just joined Clayart and would like to share some information with
you about pottery at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C. We currently have two permanent exhibitions
that either focus on pottery or feature pottery prominently. "Purpose
and Perfection: Potterys as a Woman's Art in Central Africa" Central
African pottery is the focus of this exhibition. The magnificent forms
and surfaces of pots built by women potters provide compelling proof of
female artistry in Africa. Sixty one pots are on view; and a special
feature is a 26 minute video tape of Helene Tangui, Republic of Congo
making three vessels. This video tape is also available for a free three
week loan from the Department of Education, National Museum of African
Art. To request this video tape, write for the Educational Programs
booklet which has a request form for the museum's programs. The second
exhibition which has pottery: "The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma 2500 -
1500 B.C." This semipermanent installation features 40 works drawn from
the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It
celebrates Kerma, the capital of the kingdom known to the Egyptians as
Kush. Kerma is the oldest city in Africa outside Egypt that has been
excavated. Incredibly thing ceramics, colorful jewelry and a variety of
ivory animals are among the objects that reveal Kerma's wealth and
artistic traditions. The pottery on display in this exhibition features
the well known and exquisite black/red ware -- cups and beakers -- as
well as some other superb examples of this ancient African pottery.
The museum also has other pottery forms - figurative and utilitarian in its per
manent exhibitions.
Finally, the National Museum of African Art will be hosting the
exhibition of new ceramic works by Magdalene Odundo -
"Ceramic Gestures:
New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo", September 18, 1996 through January 2,
1997. This exhibition prsents 15 recent works by Magdalene Odundo, the
well-known contemporary ceramist from Kenya. She handbuilds vessels not
as utilitarian objects but as explorations of form. Each vessel asserts
a powerful presence with its rounded, sumptuous body, burnished to a
high sheen. Odundo brings a contemporary sensibility to her
interpretation of African container forms and produces works of elegance
that delight the eye. The exhibition was organized by the University Art
Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Ellwanger - Albert Thompson on fri 7 jun 96
Veronika-
So glad to see your Clayart message. Wish more Smithsonian curators would
join- could you get some of the Freer-Sackler staff interested?
All my best-
Tom Ellwanger
Albert Einstein High School
Kensington, MD
Veronika Jenke on mon 24 jun 96
______Assistant Curator of Education
______National Museum of African Art, S.I.
"Ceramic Gestures", an exhibition of works by Magdalene Odundo (formerly
from Kenya, now living in England), will open at the National Museum of
African Art, Washington, D.C. on September 18, 1996. Our Public Affairs
department at the museum is seeking toexpand its mailing list for people
interested in pottery. If you would like to receive the museum's
quarterly calendar and announcements on potter-related programming,
please send me you :
Name
Name of Pottery - if appliable
Street
City, State, Zip
Thank you, Veronika Jenke
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FAX 202 357-4879
Internet: afaem013@sivm.si.edu
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Peter & Sam Tomich on mon 14 apr 97
Awesome Site Alert!
http://www.uiowa.edu/~cics/rft/mining.htm
All the process from mining the clay to firing.
Lots of information.
Sam
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