Woodman studied at the prominent Alfred University, School for American Craftsman, Alfred, New York, 1948-1950. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to Florence, Italy in 1966; the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1980 and 1986; Bellagio Study Center, Italy in 1995; and the Visionary Award of The American Craft Museum, New York City, New York. She taught at the University of Colorado from 1979-1998 and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Colorado. Woodman was a visiting artist at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York and Scripps College, Claremont, California in 1977. She also was a pottery teacher and administrator for the City of Boulder Recreation Department from 1958 until 1974. Woodman?s numerous solo and group exhibitions have included the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, the Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work is in many collections worldwide including the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; the Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. East/West Triptych by Woodman conjures up Etruscan vases with images on the vessels that are reminiscent of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. On each side of the vases one can discover different colored glazes and images.
Glazed Earthenware
Inter-Polator
Currier is a professor of ceramic art at the renowned Alfred University in New York. Her sculptural ceramic works have appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Prestigious institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Quebec, contain her works in their permanent collections. This engaging work by Currier develops a narrative between the hard linear edges found in architecture and the curvaceous cylindrical forms found in the human figure. The artist states that the ?expressions of an interaction between human bodies are a strong aspect of the work?s narrative content.? The black asphalt-like surface belies the reality of the smoothness of this piece. A dialogue between opposites becomes even more apparent when the viewer notices the way the sculpture protrudes in some areas, then recedes in other parts. The curious viewer experiences Currier?s artistic vision by engaging in a dialogue the artist has intentionally created for him.
Vessel #305 B6
Raku Vessel #276
In the early 1970s Timock joined the ranks of the ceramics department at Kansas City Art Institute. Ken Ferguson and Victor Babu were already in the department when he arrived, and together they built a ceramics department that became one of the most recognized undergraduate programs in the world. With the emphasis the professors put on craftsmanship and aesthetics, their students learned to master their craft. Under the tutelage of these three ceramic masters, students found their own personal styles. The department?s philosophy was to allow students their individual freedom so their growth would not be inhibited. Timock received the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1974 and 1981. In 1993 he was awarded the Outstanding Special Projects Award from the Kansas City Art Institute. The Smithsonian Institute and Detroit Institute of the Arts include his sculptural works in their prestigious collections, as well does the Vatican in Rome.
Vessel #309
In the early 1970s Timock joined the ranks of the ceramics department at Kansas City Art Institute. Ken Ferguson and Victor Babu were already in the department when he arrived, and together they built a ceramics department that became one of the most recognized undergraduate programs in the world. With the emphasis the professors put on craftsmanship and aesthetics, their students learned to master their craft. Under the tutelage of these three ceramic masters, students found their own personal styles. The department?s philosophy was to allow students their individual freedom so their growth would not be inhibited. Timock received the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1974 and 1981. In 1993 he was awarded the Outstanding Special Projects Award from the Kansas City Art Institute. The Smithsonian Institute and Detroit Institute of the Arts include his sculptural works in their prestigious collections, as well does the Vatican in Rome.
Clematis
Woodman studied at the prominent Alfred University, School for American Craftsman, Alfred, New York, 1948-1950. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to Florence, Italy in 1966; the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1980 and 1986; Bellagio Study Center, Italy in 1995; and the Visionary Award of The American Craft Museum, New York City, New York. She taught at the University of Colorado from 1979-1998 and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Colorado. Woodman was a visiting artist at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York and Scripps College, Claremont, California in 1977. She also was a pottery teacher and administrator for the City of Boulder Recreation Department from 1958 until 1974. Woodman?s numerous solo and group exhibitions have included the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, the Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work is in many collections worldwide including the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; the Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.