THE 63RD SCRIPPS COLLEGE CERAMIC ANNUAL 2007 - Curated by Tony Hepburn

(Excerpt form article at:) http://www.scrippscol.edu/dept/gallery/calendar/annual.html

Claremont, CA (December, 2006) - The Scripps College Ceramic Annual - the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States - opens for the 63rd year on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps College campus.

Since its inception, the Ceramic Annual has been an artist’s choice exhibition, turning the tables and giving a practicing ceramic artist the opportunity to curate an exhibition. This year, the guest curator is Tony Hepburn, Head of Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Participating artists include Marek Cecula, Robert Dawson, Shannon Goff, Hella Jongerius, Paul Kotula, Geert Lap, Steven Mankouche and Abigail Murray, Jim Shrosbree, Christie Wright [Cer. '00], and designer Barbara Schmidt from KAHLA Porcelain USA.

Order the catalog:http://www.scrippscollege.edu/dept/gallery/publications/63annual.html

XX Magazine Launched

Karen L Dunn and Katya Moorman (2D '04), partners in their own design studio Studio2k, began XXmagazine to help fill in what they describe as the "exposure gap" between men and women in the creative fields. The first issue features Cranbrook graduates Michelle Hinebrook, Cas Holman, and KnoWear (Peter Allen + Carla Ross Allen) as well as Troika Ranch (Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello).

Each subsequent issue will feature artists who are known personally and recommended
by the artists/creatives in the current issue. Eventually XXmagazine will create a linked network of artists and additionally host events which will foster interplay and cross-disciplinary communal dialogue.

Mark Moskovitz at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ohio

Mark Moskovitz will be in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ohio (MOCA Cleveland). The show is called side by side. Moskovitz's piece is called Future Perfect (I will have made). The concept is to juxtapose antiquated and primarily obsolete technique with modern materials and technology in order to enhance the idea of objects both pro-actively and retroactively. This non-linear exercise challenges the future with the past and the past with the future. This initial piece in the series features all hand-cut joinery (dovetails, mortise
and tenon, butterfly joints) and is constructed without powertools, glue, screws or other such fasteners. Surfaces are milled with a combination of hand-planing, draw knife, broad axe, and finished with a cabinet scraper. It is made from 100% recycled HDPE Plastic (milk jugs, etc.) and Polyester cord woven in a traditional style commonly associated with caning. The show also includes another Cranbrook Alumni, Barry Underwood, [Photography 1995.]