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Kathy Maves, NCECA

Kathy Maves discusses the 2014 NCECA conference, Material World, March 19th-22nd, and all thing clay throughout 2014. Look for updates and details of the conference topics and exhibitions. 

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Hi! My name is Kathy Maves. I am a potter originally from Elk Mound, WI, about an hour and a half east of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. I am in my second of three years working toward a ceramics MFA at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Currently, I make functional slipware pottery decorated with floral imagery using computer and hand-cut stencils and decals. The floral imagery comes from altered folk motifs and nature photography.

For the last nineteen years I have worked as a studio potter, making mainly wood-fired stoneware. I also worked as a production and contract potter. During my time in grad school I have taught art history and ceramics. I also pursue a long-standing passion for libraries, writing, printing, and book arts. I repair books and media in the Preservation Department of the main university library.

I have a bachelor's degree in English Literature from University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In less hectic phases of life, before grad school (BGS,) I spent a lot of time volunteering as a grant writer for local arts advocacy and tutoring for adult basic literacy. 

My main goals for this blog are two-fold; to highlight the advances in ceramics brought to light by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, better known as NCECA, and to share how these advances can be practically implemented in craft work and craft life. I also plan to socialize, because shop-talk is awesome. You know it's true. 

Next post, I plan for the conference!

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Surprises at NCECA

Started by Kathy Maves Apr 13, 2014. 0 Replies

The best part about NCECA, for me as a first-time attender, was not all the ceramic work, people, and presentations that I knew I would see. It was the surprises.  Most of those surprises came to me while looking through the many exhibitions. Maybe too many. I often found myself thinking, “This is a great. I can’t believe that I find this piece to be so strong.” The question that follows, always, is “Why?” Why is this exceptional? There is an old saying that goes, “Art sells you yourself.” Maybe that discovery of your own responses is one of the big payoffs of looking at art.The other big surprise was one of the student presentations. I was blown away by Raheleh Filsoofi’s exceptional Student Perspective Lecture, Clay as a Record Keeper of Iranian Cultural Heritage. Filsoofi presented some of the best of historical Iranian ceramic tile work, the story of the remarkable symbolic importance of this work to Iranian women, and images of her own work. Filsoofi’s polychromatic geometric…Continue

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NCECA Day 2

Started by Kathy Maves Mar 21, 2014. 0 Replies

This vase and two bowls were made by James Davis, and are on display in the Marks of Fire show at the Central Library, within easy walking distance of the Wisconsin Center. I saw so many great pieces of ceramics today. There is no way to show you even a survey of the work. One of the best gallery stops that I made was to the Marshall building. I spent a long time lingering over the Northernwood II, wood-fired Work from Wisconsin. There are so many galleries with ceramics in the Marshal building. I also loved seeing the fantastic work at the DeLind Gallery, "Off Center: Mavericks, Misfits & Heretics."The process room was packed all day today. People were standing to watch the demonstrations. I watched Michael Schael's demonstration on Generosity in Small Forms. His unusual throwing style and rib techniques made me think about throwing in some new ways.One of the biggest…Continue

NCECA scheduling. How to make the most of NCECA in Milwaukee

Started by Kathy Maves Mar 15, 2014. 0 Replies

NCECA is going to be a blast! The pic above shows the rotunda of the Wisconsin Center, the main convention space. There are MANY off site locations. The exhibitions that are going on in and around Milwaukee are just as important as what happens inside the center. Typical of a clay worker, I am making my tools and my plan. I know it won’t turn out exactly as I plan, but it doesn’t need to. Even though the daffodils are putting out green leaves here in southern Illinois, unpredictable weather is typical in southern Wisconsin in March. I will be bringing lots of layers for a few days of snowstorms or freezing rain. My list includes a winter coat, a scarf,  two pair of mittens, two winter hats, and a dry change of shoes. Also, it helps to have a plan to dry ice-encrusted outer clothing. Besides that, I will be keeping half an eye on my friends. Because weather can change quickly,…Continue

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Comment by Tom Supensky on March 15, 2014 at 1:00pm

Hi Kathy...just in case I don't get your email, here is the list of participants for Old Hands In Clay:  Clayton Bailey, Doug Baldwin, Sandy Blain, Karl Borgeson, Joe Bova, Bruce Breckenridge, Cynthia Bringle, Michael and Magdalena Frimkess, Verne Funk, Roberta Griffith, Erik Gronborg, Curtis Hoard, Nina Hole, Coille Hooven, Mo Jupp, Walter Keeler, Steven Kemenyffy, Susan Kemenyffy, Tom Kerrigan, Jaye Lawrence, Les Lawrence, Jim Leedy, Warren MacKenzie, Karen Massaro, Tim Mather, Walter Ostrom, Jeanne Otis, Don Pilcher, Don Reitz, Jan Schackter, Morm Schulman, Klaus Schultze, Nancy Selvin, Martha Shaw, Richard Shaw, Tom Supensky, Victor Spinski, Jack Troy, Rimas VisGirda, Patti Warashina, Paula Winokur and Robert Winokur.

Cheers, Tom.

Comment by Kathy Maves on March 15, 2014 at 12:21pm

Thanks Tom. This show looks amazing! Thanks for putting it together. It is stop 2 of the Racine and UW-Parkside Tour. An exhibition of the work of noted clay artists over the age of 70. Can you tell us a bit about what or whose work will be there? 

Comment by Tom Supensky on March 15, 2014 at 9:26am

Hi Kathy...glad to see that you are promoting NCECA.  Please do not leave out a very important exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Old Hands In Clay.  It is an exhibition of noted ceramic artists from America and some from Europe who are all over the age of 70.  Their work, in many cases, was instrumental in new directions in ceramic art.  Come to the opening of the event on Friday, March 21, from 6 to 10 pm in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the UW-Parkside galleries under the direction of Amy Misurelli Sorensen and installed by Glen Larson.  Hope to see you there.  Cheers, Tom Supensky, exhibition curator.

 

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