| | | Sasha Alexandra, Untitled, 2013, red earthenware, wire, luster, and underglaze, 7" x 10" x 10,
Phillip T. Eirich & Melanie Sherman Collection, photo by EG Schempf |
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Opening Reception Friday, January 8th, 2016 6:00 - 9:00 pm 2100 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri Every Semester: Collecting KCAI Ceramics 1995 – 2015 celebrates two decades of the Kansas City Art Institute ceramics department as told by 14 regional collectors who acquired student works, often through the popular end-of-semester exhibitions.
The selections demonstrate a wide range of artistic investigations, techniques, and media that have long been the hallmark of the KCAI curriculum. According to the exhibition organizer, Cary Esser, professor and chair of the KCAI ceramics department, "many pieces in the exhibition reflect an interest in human and animal forms. They reveal a marriage of figure, vessel, and surface that tell personal stories."
In addition to student works, the exhibition features tenured and tenure track faculty who taught at KCAI during the same period: Ken Ferguson, Victor Babu, George Timock, Cary Esser, Paul Donnelly, Jane Shellenbarger, and Misty Gamble. |
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| About the Belger Arts Center
Since 2000, the Belger Arts Center, located in the heart of Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, has encouraged viewers to explore, question, and deepen their understanding of art and of the world around them. Drawing upon the extensive John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection as well as a rich variety of local, national, and international artists, the Belger Arts Center has staged over 70 large-scale exhibitions showcasing the best in contemporary art. For more information, please contact Gallery Assistant Mo Dickens at mdickens@belgerartscenter.org, or at 816-474-3250.
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