Responce to “The Genre” by Pual Greenhalgh
September 12, 2008
In this section of writing Pual Greenhalgh writes about genres of work having the ability to collapse, transform, and reinvent themselves throughout history. From my understanding of ceramic history; the ceramic world has always been in a slow, yet steady flux. It is, and most likely will continue to be an upward battle for works of clay to have a place in the hierarchy of fine arts.
Ceramics has the potential to be all things; to range from a hobby to a work of fine art on display in a museum. I believe this is the best and worst aspect of ceramics. On one hand as a hobby it allows a great population of people to leave their mark in a permanent material. This is also it’s down fall; for a large majority of the population can not look past the hobby aspect of ceramics. In the short period of time that I have been involved in the ceramic world I have witnessed a very gradual flux. More and more museums and galleries are high lighting works of clay.
As Pual Greenhalgh as suggested genres transform, and come in and out of the spot light as they are wanted. Clay has played second fiddle far too long, and the spot light is coming ever so near. This transition of hierarchy will take a great deal of time, and the ceramic practitioners inevitably control such transition, but it is happening.
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Angela Valentine Brackmann 10221 W. 81st Terrace Apt. 154Overland Park, KS 66204(816)560-2761avbrackman@yahoo.com Education:
2006-Present BFA Candidate, Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Missouri
2001- 2006 Ceramics, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1998-2001 Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts,
Kansas City, Missouri
Scholarships & Grants:
2006-2008 Merit Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
2005-2006 Viktor Schreckengost, Ceramic Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2004-2005 A. Macneil Watson, Ceramic Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2004-2005 Jane I. Fallon, Ceramic Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2001-2006 Portfolio Grant, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
Exhibitions:
2007 Fall Ceramic Department Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Missouri
2006 Fall Ceramics Department Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Missouri
2005 The NEO Show, Juried Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2001 Creativity Fair, Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri
2001 Cows on Parade, Public Collection, Paseo Academy of Fine and
Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
Publications:
2005 The NEO Show Catalog, Cleveland Museum of Art, June 10, page 12
2005 Record-Courier, Northeastern Ohio Creativity at its Best, Cecil Giltz,
August 18, page B4 & B7
2004 Puma Press, Ode to Blake, Vinald Francis, March issue, page 17
Art Skills:
Ceramics- Hand building, mold making, slip casting, press molds, sand blasting,
carving, clay mixer, pug mill, slab roller, extruder, raw material
formulation, glazing, majolica, luster, china painting, decals
Wood- Table saw, miter saw, band saw, drill press, chain saw, wood chisels,
belt sanding, conditioning, staining, polyurethane, drill, dremel
Metal- Centrifugal force casting, investing, wax carving, burn outs,
arc welding, grinding, pickling, sand blasting, oxidation, polishing
Stone- Carving, rasp, chisel, dremel, sanding, polishing
