BREAKING NEWS
The Juried High School Student Art Exhibition
will now show at TWO venues.
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The Point at Otterbein University
October 24 - October 27, 2019
Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Lobby
December 9, 2019 - January 18, 2020
& Exhibitions
Exhibitions
FEATURED ARTISTS
PATTI WARASHINA
Patti Warashina was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She served as faculty on a dynamic team of ceramic artists teaching at the University of Washington, including Akio Takamori.
She received her MFA (Honors) and BFA from the University of Washington, where she currently is an Emeritus Professor.
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AKIO TAKAMORI
(1950 - 2017)
Akio Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan in 1950. He moved to the United States in 1974, and in the mid-1980s began exhibiting his work in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He received his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, and his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Takamori taught Ceramics at the University of Washington.
JUN KANEKO
Jun Kaneko was born in 1942 in Nagoya, Japan. In 1963 he moved to the United States and continued his studies at the Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles. He taught at Scripps College, Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design before leaving teaching to pursue art full-time. He currently lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska and exhibits his work internationally.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Friday, October 25
12p - 7p Registration
THE POINT
(main conference venue)
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1p - 5:30p Exhibition Tours
shuttle between exhibitions and Symposium venue provided
3:30p - 5:30p Reception
at The Frank Museum of Art with Jun Kaneko exhibition
5:30p - 7p Dinner
restaurant list provided
7p - 8:15p Keynote address by Patti Warashina​
8:30p - 9:30p Reception
at the Miller Gallery with Patti Warashina
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Saturday, October 26
8:00a - 11:00a Registration
THE POINT
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8:30a – 9:00a Continental Breakfast
9:00a - 9:30a Moving Beyond the Single Narrative
Janice Glowski, Director, Otterbein Museum & Galleries
9:30a - 10: 10a Akio Takamori: The Passenger
Jim Harris, Curator, James Harris Gallery, Seattle
10:10a - 10:40a Break
10:45a - 11:15a Influence, Appropriation, and
Modern & Contemporary Japanese Art
Dr. Erin Schoneveld, Ph.D.
Haverford College
11:30p -1:00p Lunch
restaurant list provided
1:00p – 3:00p Reconvene and break-out groups
3:00p - 3:45p The Art of Jun Kaneko
Troia Schonlau, Jun Kaneko Studios
4p – 5p Award ceremony & refreshments for
Juried High School Student Exhibition
5:30p – 7p Reception, Fisher Gallery
with Akio Takamori exhibition
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Sunday, October 27
8:30a - 9:15a coffee & donuts
9:30a - 12:30p Techniques demonstration
with Patti Warashina
WHERE TO STAY
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Symposium Hotel
32 Heatherdown Dr, Westerville, OH (614) 899-6560
Follow this link to get special Symposium rate:
Aloft-Otterbein Ceramic Symposium II
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9000 Worthington Rd, Westerville, OH 43082
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CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS
Summer Ceramic Institute (OSCI)
Humanities Advisory Committee (HAC)
CLAY CAFE
