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surfing with helen bates - february 28, 2007 - usa and italy

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Surfing with Helen Bates - February 28, 2007 - USA and Italy


Robert Sperry (1927-1998) (Seattle, WA, USA)
(Professor 1955-1982; Professor Emeritus 1982-1998, U. of Washington)
http://www.aaa.si.edu/search/search.cfm/fuseaction/Items.BrowseImages/fil=
ter_type/Collection/filter_key/11125
(Smithsonian Institute Robert Sperry papers)
http://www.howardhouse.net/artists/index2.html?sperry
(Images of pottery and photography; Chronology)
http://mike.binrock.net/?pid=3D2570 and http://mike.binrock.net/?pid=3D25=
71
(Sperry piece at NCECA 2006, Portland, OR, USA)
http://www.artguidenw.com/NWCeramics.htm
(Article on Sperry's work by Deloris Tarzan Ament)
http://www.mcculloughceramics.com/my_mentor.htm
(Thanks to Michael McCullough)
http://www.planetoranj.com/search.asp?keywords=3Dsperry
(Thanks to Erskine Wood of Planet Oranj)
http://www.studiopotter.org/gallery/?room=3Dwhite
(Scroll down or use "Search" or "Find" in browser menu)
http://www.usu.edu/artmuseum/harrison.htm
(The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum - Ceramics Collection)
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/342728
http://livingtreasuresproject.org/
(Click on "Videos" for short bio and photo of Sperry) (The video can be=20
purchased on DVD)
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/watchVideos.asp?program=3DamericanAv=
antGarde=20

Or: rtsp://video.seattle.gov/AAGJan06V.rm
(Karl Krogstad and filmmaker Ron Carraher discuss Sperry's 1967=20
experimental film "Profiles Cast Long Shadows")
(View here in Realplayer or use the Seattlechannel link above and click=20
on the American Avant Garde 1/5/2006 link.)

Boston Open Studios Coalition (Boston, MA, USA)
http://www.bostonopenstudios.org/
(Links to: United South End Artists, Jamaica Plain Artists, Roslindale=20
Open Studios, Fort Point Arts Community, Dorchester Open Studios,=20
Roxbury Open Studios, South Boston Open Studios, Hyde Park Art=20
Association, Allston Arts District, Fenway Studios, Artists Group of=20
Charlestown)

Diana Seidel (Austin, TX, USA)
http://www.dianaseidel.com/
(Functional stoneware decorated on the exterior with matte glazes)=20
(Studio formerly in Garrison, NY)

Henderson, Gary (Rocket Skull Art Studio) (Austin, TX, USA)
http://rocketskull.com/
(Clay Sculpture with designs often stamped into the surface of towers,=20
etc., including images from "low-rider" street competitions, Mayan art,=20
church jamaicas [???], Our Lady of Guadalupe, and el D=C3=ADa de los Muer=
tos,=20
aliens, Hatch chile [???], White Sands missile launches, toys and other=20
found objects)

Giselle Hicks (Pittsfield, MA, USA)
http://www.gisellehicks.com/contact.htm
("My work uses the nest and the pillow form to address issues that deal=20
with the home. I am interested in our emotional connection to our=20
literal house and to our psychological structure of home.")

Fiorino, Karen (Clay Lick Creek Pottery) Cobden, IL, USA)
http://www.claylickcreek-pottery.com/
(Majolica Ware)

The Majolica City - Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
http://www.amyxart.com/MAJOLICA/source/cities/caltagirone.html
(Caltagirone, city of ceramics)
(A gazebo, located in the center of the park, is completely covered with=20
beautifully glazed tiles and ceramic forms.)

Enjoy,
--=20
Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/