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Books of Sand
Blue
Vessel With Lid No. 3
One of the leading ceramic artists of our times, Reitz?s work is found in collections such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American Art, and the Mudgee Art Museum in Mudgee, Australia. In 1957 he received his Bachelors degree in Art Education from Kutztown State College in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. He received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from the New York State School of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, in 1962. Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, Reitz taught at the university from 1962-1988. Still active since retiring from teaching, Reitz gives lectures and workshops across the United States and throughout the world. Reitz has revived the ancient technique of salt-glazing in the world of ceramics. His commitment to the process and his groundbreaking developments in ceramics have made him one of the most innovative living ceramicists. This dramatic vessel by Reitz resonates abstract expressionism.
Hoe Down
Leaving the Scene
Parker received her degree in Art History from Wellesley College in 1963. After graduating, she pursued a career in painting and by 1970 had become involved in photography. Mostly self-taught, Parker has had more than 100 solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad. Her work is represented in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. ARTnews, American Photographer, and Camera Arts are among the numerous magazines which have published portfolios of her work. She has done residencies at Dartmouth College, The MacDowell Colony, and The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Parker has also lectured and conducted workshops extensively in the United States and abroad. In recent years, she did the title sequence for the PBS Television documentary Africans in America. In 1996, she was awarded the Alumnae Achievement Award from Wellesley College. Parker?s photographs often blend one image that is clear and one image that is mostly shadow. The viewer must try and discern between which perception is real and which is not. The ambiguity of the photograph and the humorous title engage the spectator?s imagination.
Diviner (photograph of site documentation)
Mr. Mongrain grew up in the small northern Minnesota town of International Falls, traditionally the coldest place in the continental United States. As a ceramic artist her circumvents the traditional use of clay in is work by using the medium to explore content. There is an iconic presence to these meticulously crafted sculptures as the artist subtly alters the symbolism of everyday objects to create distinct and provocative forms. The core of Jeffrey’s subject matter is the human presence found in issues of faith and science. Many of his objects have a relationship with the Victorian buildings of Glasgow, Scotland where Jeffrey lived and taught for seven years.
Near Sacramento
Welpott received his Bachelors, Masters, and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from Indiana University. Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University in California and photographer, Welpott also conducts numerous photographic workshops throughout the world. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and a Marin Arts Council Grant. His works have been exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries around the globe, including a twenty-five year retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Osaka Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Artforum, American Photography, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine are among the numerous publications in which his works have appeared. During his early childhood, Welpott lived in Sedalia, Missouri, and attended Mark Twain Elementary School. He has fond memories of his parents attending dances in a pavilion at Liberty Park. He recalls their fondness for jazz during those years and attributes his own love for jazz to his early introduction to it by his parents. After having moved from Sedalia more than 70 years ago, Welpott?s work has returned and become part of the photography collection at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ramparts, San Francisco
Welpott received his Bachelors, Masters, and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from Indiana University. Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University in California and photographer, Welpott also conducts numerous photographic workshops throughout the world. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and a Marin Arts Council Grant. His works have been exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries around the globe, including a twenty-five year retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Osaka Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Artforum, American Photography, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine are among the numerous publications in which his works have appeared. During his early childhood, Welpott lived in Sedalia, Missouri, and attended Mark Twain Elementary School. He has fond memories of his parents attending dances in a pavilion at Liberty Park. He recalls their fondness for jazz during those years and attributes his own love for jazz to his early introduction to it by his parents. After having moved from Sedalia more than 70 years ago, Welpott?s work has returned and become part of the photography collection at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
Sherry
Welpott received his Bachelors, Masters, and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from Indiana University. Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University in California and photographer, Welpott also conducts numerous photographic workshops throughout the world. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and a Marin Arts Council Grant. His works have been exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries around the globe, including a twenty-five year retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Osaka Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Artforum, American Photography, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine are among the numerous publications in which his works have appeared. During his early childhood, Welpott lived in Sedalia, Missouri, and attended Mark Twain Elementary School. He has fond memories of his parents attending dances in a pavilion at Liberty Park. He recalls their fondness for jazz during those years and attributes his own love for jazz to his early introduction to it by his parents. After having moved from Sedalia more than 70 years ago, Welpott?s work has returned and become part of the photography collection at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.