crafts: JUNE NEWS: Artists-in-Residence, Ai Weiwei Lectures and more

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Gestures of Resistance [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_08mGkfDYJG9touH6rJLmL9nKgCk_8TLI7Y4_o1nKIf_JkQKaD0e0ZvAO0KyanH29flo1i8wc5LdpLp0GoEe16OF8LcwDHEprPcOUch6TRkhYtKHy2Cca3IQtJWL8R5T4r4MVaytqCGLa3ODJaHJrRpwdPUaeHKGgQQrfjD1Er8s9yJg45n8TuQo]Gestures
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Through June 26

Free for Museum
members; $3 general public

First Thursday,
June 3, 11 am-8 pm, free admission all day

Over a six-month period and through a series of eight artists-in-residence, Gestures
of Resistancecontinues to challenge what it means to create, to have
personal agency and to counter drives toward productivity and consumption
through craft.

VISITING ARTIST

Ehren Tool: Occupation

In residence June 1-12

Gulf War veteran and potter Ehren Tool occupies the
exhibition gallery as the seventh artist-in-residence of Gestures of Resistance.
Tool will exhaust a one-ton supply of
porcelain as he throws cups and then use them as building blocks to construct
and deconstruct divisions within the gallery. Finally, he will give the cups
away to visitors as an act of generosity and concord. Ehren Tool's visit is
made possible with the support of the PNCA/Cyan PDX Cultural Residency program.

VISITING ARTIST

Theaster Gates: A Good Whitewashing

In residence June 18-19

Museum admission is free all day on
Saturday, June 19.

Theaster Gates will take the stage as the last artist-in-residence
of Gestures of Resistanceby
whitewashing the performance space and its contents in delicate porcelain slip,
cleansing, concealing and preserving all that has come before. As a closing
performance, Gates will project images from his glass slide collection across a
purified space, attributing the work to unknown black artists.

Gestures of Resistance on Flickr [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_0_IWEx0MfAwEUQ_QK_krTT5SlG3Cj5UsJf7JxZUYQNMtWTMAS7cXlJOTA17-x7w7y4ntMUgpGrSmi1rsBHCmIP7MdMAiR_2eGFfW4ylOxtQ0RPnEwhL20BCtFeVmVTVxOM5gaNf85PnjKq8bnIQHh-RrqzG-p5sIjpm4lBRmTgEREVDI9HrzoNyHBJdiOIbkh0=]

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Land Art: David Shaner [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_08P0Rz2tlsw4mF7p2EBty1TJb6C0ZAuXrW38Sk-YgQwSOn2CiujnIPTszfGLmhDGQyxN8-iaoQ5EQV6KqG8oldyIgAM9BlRpnQgPo56gP04XVupXKLIm10B_7iL-nJBXYi0YpROElPutlSo87O3EGDuXxrMqN8Mgvdklf10gB12KWksqwzOx5nS]

Through August 7

Free for Museum
members; $3 general public

David Shaner's work from the early 1960s through the 1990s reveals a very different
relationship between art and the landscape of the American West than such artists
as Robert Smithson and his Earthworks peers. Two essays accompany the exhibition
and extend the conversation. Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers connects David Shaner's
ceramics to today's expanded ideas about Land Arts, while PNCA Faculty member Daniel
Duford explores his own internal struggles regarding the pursuit of conceptual versus
functional ceramics.

Read the essays by Namita Gupta Wiggers [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_0_QtMoxnIZhAFBGLHk08gRDn8lvyxRbqethKmugdU5jsZoh0SRgELzi6Rx0AxywKnTrDZpRYq6p5_VKpOa8h9Z4f_4jYUkoF7WNx-U6FUr8haQQxgFDtfpy6fwIeH8mo76N_zsacJ7qvUkQ4G0R0ZXQpBGsC_9MLkor2id2tcrhEQ==]
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COMING SOON
Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_0-kdiipwQs1vx_v1irb2JNuljOSIqFKX9JnMsE4RnvN7TULsdMV6tvE8_SvpnJD9F6Oohie-29Kw2M3-pGQwkIbsoTgSsXl9LGsZN46Zqp5nf_KorhKA7syCh25d6wEKwfIeeDzomYr9ffdxZ2up5WtUpcyd9zWpBbrQqcHrcQsHHhajkB8TkxM]
Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE-2010 CE
July 15-October 30
Free for Museum
members; $3 general public
This exhibition
of internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei features his iconoclastic use of
Neolithic vessels, blue and white Qing and Yuan dynasty replicas, and a work
consisting of one ton of "sunflower seeds" crafted from porcelain.
The exhibition is co-curated by Richard Torchia and Gregg Moore and organized
by Arcadia University.
Dawn Odell will
hold a Craft Conversationon October 2 about the role of imitation and forgery
in Chinese Culture. Odell is an Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at
Lewis and Clark College.
On October 12, Phil Tinari will give a
CraftPerspectives Lectureon the practices of Jingdezhen porcelain production
in the context of Ai Weiwei's approach. Tinari is a contributing editor to
Artforum, serves as China advisor to Art Basel Miami Beach and will produce and
contribute to the catalog that will accompany the exhibition.
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Joseph Pintz: Collected
June 3-July 31
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Joseph Pintz'
functional and sculptural ceramic work explores the role that domestic objects
play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs. Inspired by his Midwestern
roots, Pintz often recreates hand tools and other seemingly mundane
objects. In the process, the dense meaning of these objects is
transferred into clay. For the first time, The Gallery [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_08nV4vG3URKpa4gQxdk9b6hqlvfDoe8dpbiDbFQ_jryk3xzoZxnfFQ8mspUZI1M66SKqE4-eIXWrQfztqV4WeLW7CX8VvDNmObNzYxbpewhiYe4NaynD_svRPfLhNOaJXGpYKMV8QyuLkKY-4tKwWqs]will
present
Pintz' sculptural work alongside his well known functional pieces.
ARTIST WORKSHOP
Form & Surface: Designing with Artist Joseph Pintz
July 11, 10 am-4 pm
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Ceramics Studio, 8245 SW Barnes Rd.
Free and open to the public with registration: 971 255 4159
ARTIST LECTURE
Joseph Pintz: Collected
July 15, 6 pm
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis St.
Free and open to the public.
MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
Ken Shores: Clay Has the Last Word
Available Summer 2010
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Ken Shores:
Clay Has the Last Wordexamines the life and work of a pivotal artist,
leader, educator and foundational figure in the American Craft movement. This
publication includes extensive interviews with Shores and dozens of unpublished
images of the artist's work, his collection-filled home and photographs from
his personal archives. Contributions by Namita Gupta Wiggers, Curator, Museum
of Contemporary Craft, as well as guest contributions by Gary Smith and
Charissa N. Terranova, provide biographical, theoretical and personal
explorations of the life and work of this Pacific Northwest artist.
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COMMUNITY SHOWCASE

Oregon Potters Association

June 8-July 24
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Free for Museum members; $3 general public

View locally
made ceramic work in Emerging, the Oregon Potters Association's showcase
by artists whose work continues to evolve over time in diverse ways.

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS

June 19, 26;
July 3, 10, 17, 24

Saturdays, 1-4 pm in The Lab at Museum of
Contemporary Craft

Free for Museum members; $3 general public

In
conjunction with the Community Showcase of work by the Oregon Potters Association,
artists will give demonstrations in both hand-building and throwing techniques.
Learn more about the Oregon Potters Association [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_093U-RNBpIa1BVgJrUKEvuk-Szsw9XAZOTx7gKbXPyd8sU9yJyKXT7uxNlvAdIdRGN2BGcxbCBrvmGLmBBaepTWe6FBRvRh6NsVjX4gBMECsz5BzECZ30Om].

CRAFT CONVERSATION

Gestures of Resistance: Looking at How Craft Performs

Thursday, June 17, 6:30 pm

The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft

Free and open
to the public. Please enter through 720 NW Davis St.

One week before
the exhibition closes, co-curators Judith Leemann and Shannon Stratton return
to discuss Gestures of Resistance. Join us for an open conversation
about how the exhibition unfolded, what we've learned about engaging
emerging practices in a museum setting and how the project will continue after
the conclusion of the exhibition.
Listen to the
co-curators' podcast [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103444364757&s=10882&e=001YfrX8UIJ_09zfW1eKGCM_88IJQncX1IhtCCCQrmuVptq5ind574rTZU2e_esxtrl_qo5lvPp7_ZIyA5uTt_3oJjrfqStSsmgzkWPt8Xq8k5mYJ6h5uGcCrbowg59_r36Iljngz-5_l2IKR-dXkedJN7fsxniqD1GBJQV1q9kZNv-INF2_VKG5XkNgMp81R7N]
from the beginning of the exhibition in January.
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
ARE SUPPORTED BY:
PNCA+FIVE
Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, boora Architects, John & Suzanne Bishop, Sue Horn-Caskey
& Rick Caskey, The Collins Foundation, Maribeth Collins, Truman & Kristin Collins,
John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, First Independent
Wealth Management, Selby & Doug Key, LAIKA, Dorothy Lemelson, Georgia Leupold-Marshall,
Douglas Macy, Mary Maletis, Miller Nash LLP, Oregon Arts Commission, PGE Foundation,
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, The
Estate of Gordon Smyth, Al Solheim, The Standard, Mary Hoyt Stevenson Foundation,
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, US Bank, The Western States Arts Foundation, Whiteman
Foundation
With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan
PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel, The Nines Hotel and Twentyfour
Seven.
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CONNECT WITH THE MUSEUM

Museum of Contemporary Craft
in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art
724 Northwest Davis Street | Portland, Oregon 97209
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Admission is$3 general public; $2 students (13+);
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12 and under; Pacific Northwest College of Art faculty, staff and
students; Museum of Contemporary Craft members. Free for all the first
Thursday of every month.
Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art
is supported in part by:
PNCA+FIVE
Ford Institute for Visual Education
boora Architects, John & Suzanne Bishop, Sue Horn-Caskey & Rick Caskey, The Collins
Foundation, Maribeth Collins, Truman & Kristin Collins, John Gray Charitable Fund
of the Oregon Community Foundation, First Independent Wealth Management, Selby &
Doug Key, LAIKA, Dorothy Lemelson, Georgia Leupold-Marshall, Douglas Macy, Mary
Maletis, Miller Nash LLP, Oregon Arts Commission, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE
Foundation, The Estate of Gordon Smyth, Al Solheim, The Standard, Mary Hoyt Stevenson
Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, US Bank, The Western States Arts Foundation,
Whiteman Foundation
With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan
PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel, The Nines Hotel and Twentyfour
Seven.
IMAGE CREDITS (top to bottom)
Gestures of Resistance Artist residencies:
Cat Mazza, Fiber Alliance, performance view, May 2010. Photo: Heather Zinger
Ehren Tool, Bravo Company; porcelain, ceramic decals, wood; 2007. Photo courtesy
of the artist.
Theaster Gates, Temple Meditation #1, industrial wood, speakers and amp; 2008. Photo:
Sarah Pooley
Land Art: David Shaner, installation view, 2010. Photo: Katherine Bovee
Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han-Dynasty Urn, gelatin silver print, 1995. Courtesy private
collection, USA.
Joseph Pintz, Rocking Chopper, earthenware, $400. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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