Upcoming Ceramics Talk January 21, 2009

Amanda Jaffe and Suzanne Kane will be presenting a gallery talk on the current exhibit “Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Arizona State University Art Museum Collection” on Wednesday, January 21st at 11:30 am at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Ms. Jaffe and Ms. Kane are both local artists as well as instructors at New Mexico State University. They will be speaking on historical perspectives and techniques relating to the exhibit, which highlights pivotal figures in the directional shifts in contemporary ceramics, spanning from the 1950’s to the present. “Innovation and Change” runs through Saturday, January 24th.

“Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum Collection” highlights seventy-nine masterworks by many of the leading international artists of our time, offering a panoramic survey of the potential of clay as an expressive art form. The objects on view range from functional ware for everyday use to more expressive art forms. The exhibition features works by such prominent artists as Peter Voulkos, Stephen DeStaebler, Jun Kaneko, Tanya Batura, and Eddie Dominguez, to name just a few. The showing here in Las Cruces is part of a ten city national tour over a three year period.

All exhibits and events at the Museum of Art, located at 491 N. Main St. in the downtown mall, are accessible and free to the public. For more information about exhibits and Studio Programs art classes, please call 575-541-2137 or visit the website http://museums.las-cruces.org