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EXHIBITION EXHIBITION OPENING - 9th ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION
When: Saturday, Dec 14, 2019 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Where: Saratoga Clay
Arts Center , 167 Hayes Rd Schuylerville , NY 12871 Cost: FREE
ADMISSION Saratoga Clay Arts Center’s Schacht Gallery presents its
9th ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION , running December 14, 2019 -
January 18, 2020 with an OPENING RECEPTION ON SATURDAY, December
14, 5-7pm. The EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE CERAMIC SCULPTURE, utilitarian
and decorative works by 18 artists and SCAC MEMBERS, selected from a
national call for entry by guest juror Leigh Taylor Mickelson. Light
refreshments will be served. Admission is free. The OPENING RECEPTION
IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT, as many exhibiting artists are
from the region. We will be awarding prizes, which will be selected
and announced at the OPENING RECEPTION. First Place $150, Second Place
$100, Third Place $50, People's Choice $50. The EXHIBITION FEATURES A
WIDE RANGE OF ONE-of-a-kind works for sale, from large scale sculpture
to wall work and functional pottery. Participating artists include
Lesley Black-Vogel, Patricia Collins, Emily Crawford, Karen Elem,
Ann Ferguson, Neil Fryzer, Rachel Garrison, Dan Greenfeld, Carol
Gundersen, Randi Kish, Nancy Niefield, Susan Nowogrodzki, Michelle
O'Hare, Marilyn Richeda, Corinne Rosen, Rebecca Sparks,
Audrie Sturman, Regina Wickham. About this year’s juror: Leigh
Taylor Mickelson, who is also SCAC’s Program Consultant, is a
resident of Ossining, NY, an artist and independent consultant with 22
years of experience in nonprofit arts management and program
development. From 2012-19 she served as Executive Director at Clay
Art Center, in Port Chester, NY and was formerly on staff as the
Program Director. In 2006, she moved to NY from Baltimore, MD where
she was the EXHIBITIONS DIRECTOR FOR BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS FOR 9 YEARS.
In her 22-year career as an arts administrator and curator, she has
curated and organized dozens of ceramic EXHIBITIONS FOR GALLERIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, and from 2013-18 served on the
board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
(NCECA) board as their EXHIBITIONS DIRECTOR. She has a Bachelor of
Arts in Studio Art and English Literature from Hamilton College, and
received her MFA in Ceramic Sculpture from Rochester Institute of
Technology’s School for American Crafts. Mickelson has had several
articles published in various publications and catalogs, has taught
ceramics and workshops across the east coast and exhibits her own work
widely across the nation. Founded in 2010 by clay artist and educator
Jill Kovachick, Saratoga Clay Arts Center is a ceramic art center
located just a few miles outside of Saratoga Springs in
Schuylersville, NY offering wheel throwing and handbuilding clay
classes for youth and adults, studio space and residencies for
artists, and EXHIBITIONS FEATURING EMERGING, mid-career and
established clay artists. The Schacht Gallery is open daily from 11am
– 4pm and by appointment. We are located at 167 Hayes Road,
Schuylerville, NY 12871. Visit saratogaclayarts.org call
518-581-2529 or email info@saratogaclayarts.org for more information.
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