Fine Arts Center Gallery

Thursday, January 31st
9:30-11:00am
Gallery talk with John Perreault, Art Critic and founder of Artopia
Juried Exhibition: Ceramic Objects/Conceptual Material
Anne Kittrell Gallery, U of A Union 4th Floor

12:30-2:00pm
Lunch Break

2:00-4:30pm
Panel Discussion, University of Arkansas Center for Continuing Education,
Located at 2 East Center Street, on the Downtown Fayetteville Square
John Perrault, Art Critic and founder of Artopia
Benjamin Schulman, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Drury University
David East, Professor of Ceramics, Maryland Institute-College of Art
Nicholas Kripal, Professor of Ceramics, Tyler School of Art of Temple University
Jeanne Quinn, Associate Professor of Ceramics, University of Colorado-Boulder
Jeannie Hulen, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
Tanya Batura, Studio Artist, Los Angeles, CA

5:00-6:30pm
Opening Reception Juried Exhibition: Ceramic Objects/ Conceptual Material
Anne Kittrell Gallery, UofA Union 4th Floor
Reception at DDP Gallery, 7 East Mountain Street

Friday, February 1st
9:30-12:30pm
Demonstrations, Material Research: The Process of Thinking and Making
• David East, Professor of Ceramics, Maryland Institute-College of Art
• Jeanne Quinn, Associate Professor of Ceramics, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Tanya Batura, Studio Artist, Los Angeles, CA
All simultaneously, Ceramics Building 326 Eastern Ave

12:30-2:00pm
Lunch Break

2:30-3:30pm
Gallery talk with Benjamin Schulman, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History,
Drury University. Invitational Exhibition: Material Transcendence: Clay as Commentary.
Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Center

3:30-5:30pm
Opening Reception Invitational Exhibition: Material Transcendence: Clay as
Commentary. Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Center

Saturday, February 2nd
9:30-12:30pm
Demonstrations, Material Research: The Process of Thinking and Making
• David East, Professor of Ceramics, Maryland Institute-College of Arti
• Jeanne Quinn, Associate Professor of Ceramics, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Tanya Batura, Studio Artist, Los Angeles, CA
All simultaneously, Ceramics Building 326 Eastern Ave.
End of Symposium

The UA Fine Arts Center Gallery will present an exhibition curated by Benjamin Schulman (Springfield, MO) featuring work by 15 artists who have taken clay beyond the traditional qualities of the medium and brought content — be it political, cultural or ephemeral — to the forefront. Participating artists include Tanya Batura (Los Angeles, CA), John Byrd (Tampa, FL), David S. East (Baltimore, MD), Jeannie Hulen (West Fork, AR), Thomas Hirschler (Berlin, Germany), Nicholas Kripal (Elkins Park, PA), Rain Harris (Columbus, OH), Jeff Mongrain (New York, NY), Richard Notkin (Helena, MT), Adelaide Paul (Philadelphia, PA), Denise Pelletier (East Greenwich, RI), Robert Raphael (Brooklyn, NY), Jeanne Quinn (Boulder, CO), Julie York (Blaine, WA), and Kaja Witt (Berlin, Germany). Schulman’s recent work will also be included in the gallery installation, which continues through February 15, 2008.

A Ceramic Symposium, Crafting Content, will be held January 31 – February 2 at the University of Arkansas and other local venues. For more information about the symposium or to register: http://art.uark.edu/ceramics/info/