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Classes taught by Sam:
Monday and Wednesday, 6 to 9:50 pm, at
Tel.(206) 546- 4101
www.shoreline.edu
Non
Credit Classes:
Saturday morning beginning wheel pottery
course at Seward Park Clay Studio.
10am to 1pm. It is located in the old
brick bathhouse at
www.sewardparkart.org
Tel (206) 722-6342
Events:
Directions: Coming from the
south on I5 get off at 175th in Shoreline. Go left under the freeway
(west) to
Directions: Coming from the
North on I5 take the 205th st. exit in Shoreline and go right
(west) to
I will be speaking and have work at the Bellevue Arts Museum in October. It will be at a symposium for Robert Sperry.
Northwest Designer Craftsmen teams up with BAM for a Robert Sperry Symposium
Bellevue Arts Museum
510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
425-5190770 (RSVP)
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009
10am to 5pm
Music, refreshments, viewing the show. 10:00-11:00am
Patrick McMahon 11:00-11:10am, Introduction
Jamie Walker 11:40-12:10, Sperry as Artist
Stefano Catalani 12:10-12:20, Bright Abyss Exhibition
Lunch 12:20-1:00
Former students include:
Sam Scott 1pm-1:20, Sperry as Teacher
Greg Federighi & Ernest Hilsenberg 1:20-1:45, Sperry as Inspiration.
Regnor Reinholdsten 1:45-2:05, Sperry as Mentor.
Anne Hirondelle 2:05-2:25, Sperry as Guidepost
Michael Monroe will moderate a panel
discussion “The legacies of Robert Sperry”
with Patti Warashina, Jamie Walker,
Matthew Kangas . 2:30-4:00
Gallery viewing 4:00-5pm
The Cost will be $5 for BAM members and $10 for non-members
www.bellevuearts.org
Bob Sperry 1970s
Bob Sperry 1960s
Activities in the first part of 2009
I won an Honorable mention ($400.00) for a piece (Black and White Vase Thrown and Altered) at "Ink and Clay 35". It is an annual competition held at the Kellogg University Art Gallery of California State Polytechnic University, in Pomona CA, March 19-May 2, 2009. The University also acquired the piece for their Dee Roy and Mary M Jones Permanent Art collection.
In June I won The Special Jury Award for a tile at the "4th International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics-2009". It is held at the International Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in San Nicholas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will stay in their permanent collection.
I have been pretty busy this summer and fall
(2008). Below is listed the
shows, awards, books and
collections that I have been included in.
Juried Shows:
Featured Artist at the Museum of
Northwest Art, Gallery Shop. La Conner, WA,
Oct.
2008.
“Platters
and Pourers”, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD, Sept. 27- Nov. 6 2008
Black
and White Wine Decanter, Black and White pitcher, Brushwork Teapot.
“Lillstreet
International 2008”, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL, Sept.1- Oct.1 2008
Black and White Vase with
Handles.
“ Contemporary Clay Biennial 2008”,
Western Colorado Center for the Arts,
May 2- June 28 2008, Grand
Junction, CO.
Black and White Vase with
Handles and Brushwork Teapot.
Awards:
Arts
of the Terrace, Mountlake Terrace, WA Sept. 2008, Second Place 3D ($150.00)
and Purchase Award ($300.00)
Mandelbrot Plate- “The Ripple”
Shoreline
Arts Festival, Shoreline, WA. June 2008, First Place Crafts ($150.00)
Mandelbrot Plate- “Global
Warning”
Permanent Collections:
“Northwest Collection of Contemporary
Ceramic Art”, Harborview Medical Center,
Norm Maleng Building, Seattle, WA.
, 2008
Black and White Jar with Handles.
American Museum of Ceramic Art
(AMOCA), Pomona CA. July 2008
Mandelbrot Plate “A Simple Idea”
and Black and White Vase / Handbuilt Neck.
City of Mountlake Terrace
Permanent Collection, Mountlake Terrace, WA.
Oct. 2008, Mandelbrot Plate “The
Ripple”.
Books:
“500
Plates and Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function and Style”
Lark Books, 2008. Black and White
Oval Platter, Page 304.
“Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss”,
American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2008
Pages 42 and 126.
Shows:
In September I won the First
Place Award ($2500.00) at the "2007 Vasefinder Nationals". It is an
on line competition, this year the juror was Elaine Coleman. The whole show can
be viewed at www.vasefinder.com then go
to 2007 Nationals.
I also have a piece "Nation
Building" that won First Place ($1250.00), in the exhibition, "Clay
on the Wall - 2007 Clay National" at the Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech
University School of Art in Lubbock, Texas.
The juror for the show was Matthew Kangas and he selected 45 artworks to be
included, from over 500 submissions to be in the show. The show runs from
Dec.1, 2007 to February 17, 2008. The show is held in conjunction with the
"Clay on the Wall, Symposium", which will have lectures and
demonstrations by various ceramic artists including Patti Warashina and Matthew
Kangas.
I will be in a group show at the
Northwest Craft Center, at the Seattle Center, with Loren Lukens, Paddy McNeely
and Paul Lewing. It runs August 4-29, 2007. The preview is Friday, August 3,
6-8pm.
I will also be having a
retrospective show at theShoreline Community College Art Gallery,
September 21 to October 29. Sam Scott: 36 Years with Clay. It will include work
from 1971 to the present. The gallery is in building 1000 on campus at 16101
Greenwood Ave N., Shoreline WA 98133. It is open M-F, 9-5pm. The preview will
be Wednesday, Sept 26th 4-6pm.
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I had a piece included in the " 2007 NCECA
Clay National Biennial Exhibition"at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
in Louisville, KY. March 14 to June 23,2007. The vase won the "Shimpo,
Tradition of Excellence Purchase Award". It will go into their corporate
art collection.
www.vasefinder.com
www.conrowporcelain.com
www.paullewingtile.com
www.kenturnerpottery.com
www.claytimes.com
www.ceramicsmonthly.com
www.wheelsofclay.com
www.nwmasters.com
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