Lois Ruben Aronow on thu 25 oct 07
> Actually, some of the best ceramics to be had/seen/bought in
> town are in the various shows which may or may not be
> happening this weekend like the one at Lincoln Center -
That's a joke, right? It's been nothing but buy/sell for years.
Meg, I don't know you, but I am assuming you don't live here. I wish you
had mentioned places that did handmade, rather than bourgie "design" stores.
Avoid Takashimaya unless you are in Japan - it's all export.
Some suggestions:
The Museum of Art and Design
American Folk Museum
American Crafts Council
Asia Society
Nancy Margolis Gallery hasn't handled ceramics in ages. You're right about
Garth Clark - closed to the public.
Save up and sit at the sushi bar at Sushi Zen. You will have the best sushi
in NY, and you will be eating it off of Jeff Shapiro's ware. A large piece
graces the entrance, and the owner is a collector.
Any artist can get inspired in Chelsea, where there are craft/mixed media
galleries all over the place. I would recommend spending a day in
Chelsea/Meatpacking district.
A wag of the finger to your comments about Brooklyn. Brooklyn, in fact, is
home to some of the finest artists around right now. I work next door to a
Guggenheim winner, and down the block from last's year's MacArthur winner.
I'm assuming the guy who won the Rome prize is in Rome, but the "runner up"
is also down the block.
The Brooklyn Museum is the permanent home to Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party",
and has an amazing ceramic and home decor gallery. There is also the newly
opened wing dedicated to feminist art. It also houses the second largest
collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world, after the British Museum.
Greenjeans gallery is a mere subway stop away, and is one of most notable
craft/handmade shops in the country right now. Take a walk to Rare Device
while in Park Slope. Rena and Lisa have been working extensively with the
ACC in their Salon series. Both of these galleries will give you an idea
where fresh, new HANDMADE is going.
It's then 2 subway stops away to Etsy Labs, which is Mecca for the
craft-inclined: both collectors and makers. Go to Etsy.com for directions
and information. I had gallery owners come for a studio visit from Atlanta,
and they ended up spending the entire day at Etsy, where you can play to
your heart's content.
As for Williamsburgh, where Cindy and Mark are, you would be doing yourself
a real not to spend the day there. Food, galleries, and, of course, The Mud
Pit. Why on earth you would think it is "not worth it" to, at the very
least, visit the large studio of Clayart buds is beyond me. I have not had
the pleasure of meeting them, but we have mutual friends, so I hold them in
high regard.
Give KleinReid a call and see if you can get a studio visit there, too.
The number of ceramic studios in the Gowanus and LIC area are too numerous
to mention. Mine included.
Greenwich House is famous, but overrated and not even close to studios like
Baltimore Clayworks or The Clay Studio in Philly. (of course, you can give
Peter Lane a call and visit his large, beautiful studio - in Brooklyn).
If you've made it this far, I then you should know the best thing to do this
weekend is view the Meteorite Auction at Bonhams:
http://www.bonhams.com/us/.
...Lo
who would say the hell with ceramics; take me to Katz's Deli.
**********
Lois Aronow Ceramics
Brooklyn, NY
www.loisaronow.com
Lee Love on thu 25 oct 07
My Tokyo Gallery Shun has a larger gallery in Soho, Gallery Gen.
Coming up, Oct 2nd to 27th is a MacKenzie and Friends show: Nancy
and Warren MacKenzie and MidWest Potters. look here:
http://www.gallerygen.com/
--
Lee in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
"Let them have no reason to complain of our copying the brutal example
of the British army." --George Washington
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
Marcia Selsor on thu 25 oct 07
>
To add to Lois's suggestions,
there are some great old and new murals in the subways around Madison
Sq. Gardens as one new one.
Amanda Jaffee had a great commossion for the murals in the Bronx Zoo,
the Reptile House for sure and maybe some others.
One of my favorites spots in NYC is the Peirpont Morgan
Library...relevant ceramics..actually Clay are the oldest writing on
clay cylinders.
There are many first editions in the library including a Guttenburg
Bible. Great decorative arts are throughout.
The Hispanic Society has an exquisite collection of Lusterware/Majolica.
There is much in NYC. It just depends what you are interested in seeing.
I love the Cloisters. It is a great escape from the hub bub of the city.
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
> Some suggestions:
>
> The Museum of Art and Design
> American Folk Museum
> American Crafts Council
> Asia Society
>
>
> Nancy Margolis Gallery hasn't handled ceramics in ages. You're
> right about
> Garth Clark - closed to the public.
>
> Save up and sit at the sushi bar at Sushi Zen. You will have the
> best sushi
> in NY, and you will be eating it off of Jeff Shapiro's ware. A
> large piece
> graces the entrance, and the owner is a collector.
>
> Any artist can get inspired in Chelsea, where there are craft/mixed
> media
> galleries all over the place. I would recommend spending a day in
> Chelsea/Meatpacking district.
>
> A wag of the finger to your comments about Brooklyn. Brooklyn, in
> fact, is
> home to some of the finest artists around right now. I work next
> door to a
> Guggenheim winner, and down the block from last's year's MacArthur
> winner.
> I'm assuming the guy who won the Rome prize is in Rome, but the
> "runner up"
> is also down the block.
>
> The Brooklyn Museum is the permanent home to Judy Chicago's "Dinner
> Party",
> and has an amazing ceramic and home decor gallery. There is also
> the newly
> opened wing dedicated to feminist art. It also houses the second
> largest
> collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world, after the British
> Museum.
>
> Greenjeans gallery is a mere subway stop away, and is one of most
> notable
> craft/handmade shops in the country right now. Take a walk to Rare
> Device
> while in Park Slope. Rena and Lisa have been working extensively
> with the
> ACC in their Salon series. Both of these galleries will give you
> an idea
> where fresh, new HANDMADE is going.
>
> It's then 2 subway stops away to Etsy Labs, which is Mecca for the
> craft-inclined: both collectors and makers. Go to Etsy.com for
> directions
> and information. I had gallery owners come for a studio visit from
> Atlanta,
> and they ended up spending the entire day at Etsy, where you can
> play to
> your heart's content.
>
> As for Williamsburgh, where Cindy and Mark are, you would be doing
> yourself
> a real not to spend the day there. Food, galleries, and, of course,
> The Mud
> Pit. Why on earth you would think it is "not worth it" to, at the
> very
> least, visit the large studio of Clayart buds is beyond me. I have
> not had
> the pleasure of meeting them, but we have mutual friends, so I hold
> them in
> high regard.
>
> Give KleinReid a call and see if you can get a studio visit there,
> too.
>
> The number of ceramic studios in the Gowanus and LIC area are too
> numerous
> to mention. Mine included.
>
> Greenwich House is famous, but overrated and not even close to
> studios like
> Baltimore Clayworks or The Clay Studio in Philly. (of course, you
> can give
> Peter Lane a call and visit his large, beautiful studio - in
> Brooklyn).
>
> If you've made it this far, I then you should know the best thing
> to do this
> weekend is view the Meteorite Auction at Bonhams:
> http://www.bonhams.com/us/.
>
> ...Lo
> who would say the hell with ceramics; take me to Katz's Deli.
>
> **********
> Lois Aronow Ceramics
> Brooklyn, NY
>
> www.loisaronow.com
>
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Lois Ruben Aronow on thu 25 oct 07
gosh, I had forgotten about the pleasure of the subway tiles! I bet if one
was to do a Google search, they could come up with a list of which old and
new ones are the best to see.
Personally, I am nuts for the ones at the Museum of Natural History
(especially the faux fossils), the ones at Bloomingdales (go figure) and
virtually all of the old ones.
Here's a Flickr pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/nycsubwaytiles/pool/
On an un-clay related note, I wouldn't go to NYC without going to
Rockefeller Center to see the WPA murals on the ceiling of 30 Rock. when I
worked in the city, my friends and I would "meet under the crotch"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of
> Marcia Selsor
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:02 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: what to see in NYC AND BROOKLYN
>
> >
> To add to Lois's suggestions,
> there are some great old and new murals in the subways around
> Madison Sq. Gardens as one new one.
> Amanda Jaffee had a great commossion for the murals in the
> Bronx Zoo, the Reptile House for sure and maybe some others.
> One of my favorites spots in NYC is the Peirpont Morgan
> Library...relevant ceramics..actually Clay are the oldest
> writing on clay cylinders.
> There are many first editions in the library including a
> Guttenburg Bible. Great decorative arts are throughout.
> The Hispanic Society has an exquisite collection of
> Lusterware/Majolica.
> There is much in NYC. It just depends what you are interested
> in seeing.
> I love the Cloisters. It is a great escape from the hub bub
> of the city.
>
> Marcia Selsor
> http://marciaselsor.com
>
>
>
>
> > Some suggestions:
> >
> > The Museum of Art and Design
> > American Folk Museum
> > American Crafts Council
> > Asia Society
> >
> >
> > Nancy Margolis Gallery hasn't handled ceramics in ages.
> You're right
> > about Garth Clark - closed to the public.
> >
> > Save up and sit at the sushi bar at Sushi Zen. You will
> have the best
> > sushi in NY, and you will be eating it off of Jeff
> Shapiro's ware. A
> > large piece graces the entrance, and the owner is a collector.
> >
> > Any artist can get inspired in Chelsea, where there are craft/mixed
> > media galleries all over the place. I would recommend
> spending a day
> > in Chelsea/Meatpacking district.
> >
> > A wag of the finger to your comments about Brooklyn. Brooklyn, in
> > fact, is home to some of the finest artists around right
> now. I work
> > next door to a Guggenheim winner, and down the block from last's
> > year's MacArthur winner.
> > I'm assuming the guy who won the Rome prize is in Rome, but the
> > "runner up"
> > is also down the block.
> >
> > The Brooklyn Museum is the permanent home to Judy Chicago's "Dinner
> > Party", and has an amazing ceramic and home decor gallery. There is
> > also the newly opened wing dedicated to feminist art. It
> also houses
> > the second largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world,
> > after the British Museum.
> >
> > Greenjeans gallery is a mere subway stop away, and is one of most
> > notable craft/handmade shops in the country right now.
> Take a walk to
> > Rare Device while in Park Slope. Rena and Lisa have been working
> > extensively with the ACC in their Salon series. Both of these
> > galleries will give you an idea where fresh, new HANDMADE is going.
> >
> > It's then 2 subway stops away to Etsy Labs, which is Mecca for the
> > craft-inclined: both collectors and makers. Go to Etsy.com for
> > directions and information. I had gallery owners come for a studio
> > visit from Atlanta, and they ended up spending the entire
> day at Etsy,
> > where you can play to your heart's content.
> >
> > As for Williamsburgh, where Cindy and Mark are, you would be doing
> > yourself a real not to spend the day there. Food,
> galleries, and, of
> > course, The Mud Pit. Why on earth you would think it is "not worth
> > it" to, at the very least, visit the large studio of
> Clayart buds is
> > beyond me. I have not had the pleasure of meeting them,
> but we have
> > mutual friends, so I hold them in high regard.
> >
> > Give KleinReid a call and see if you can get a studio visit there,
> > too.
> >
> > The number of ceramic studios in the Gowanus and LIC area are too
> > numerous to mention. Mine included.
> >
> > Greenwich House is famous, but overrated and not even close
> to studios
> > like Baltimore Clayworks or The Clay Studio in Philly. (of
> course, you
> > can give Peter Lane a call and visit his large, beautiful
> studio - in
> > Brooklyn).
> >
> > If you've made it this far, I then you should know the best
> thing to
> > do this weekend is view the Meteorite Auction at Bonhams:
> > http://www.bonhams.com/us/.
> >
> > ...Lo
> > who would say the hell with ceramics; take me to Katz's Deli.
> >
> > **********
> > Lois Aronow Ceramics
> > Brooklyn, NY
> >
> > www.loisaronow.com
> >
> >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > ________
> > Clayart members may send postings to: clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
> >
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> >
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> > melpots2@visi.com
> >
>
> ______________________________________________________________
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