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american ceramic circle meeting - milwaukee nov 4-7

updated thu 16 sep 10

 

Rob Hunter on wed 15 sep 10


The Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum are pleased to host=
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the 2010 American Ceramic Circle Symposium. The exciting program include=
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a series of lectures and related activities to be held November 4=3D967 at =
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the world's most beautiful art museums, designed by famed architect Santi=
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Calatrava and breathtakingly situated on the shore of Lake Michigan.=3D20

We are delighted to note that the 2010 Symposium will coincide with the=3D2=
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exhibition Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware sponsor=
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by Old Salem Museum and Gardens, the Chipstone Foundation, and the=3D20
Caxambas Foundation. This ground-breaking exhibition, which showcases=3D20=
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more than 120 objects from the major North Carolina earthenware tradition=
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will be discussed by the exhibit=3D92s co-curator, Luke Beckerdite, in a Th=
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evening lecture and reception.=3D20


The Symposium=3D92s diverse array of lectures, presented by an i=3D
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recognized group of scholars, will cover topics relating to 16th- to 20th=
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century American, Chinese, English, and European ceramics. Key speakers=3D=
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will include Bly Straube, Jed Levin, Victor Owen, Rob Hunter, Ellen Denke=
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Jody Clowes, Michelle Erickson, Mel Buchanan, Dawn Odell, Nonnie=3D20
Frelinghuysen and 
Kate Smith.

Reino Liefkes, Senior Curator of the V&A will discuss the re-installa=3D
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new ceramics galleries.

Ivor Noel Hume will be in attendance to discuss his collection during a s=
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tour of the Chipstone Foundation.=3D20

Attendance to ACC Symposium is generally limited to ACC members but a=3D20
number of guest registrations may be available. See the ACC website for=3D=
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further details: http://www.amercercir.org/