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Ben Croft
Senior Exhibition — CeramicsFebruary 7–11, 2012
College Avenue Galleries, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wednesday, February 8, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Ceramics Alumni Night Part 8: Kim Tucker (1996), Curtis Arima (1998), Anja Ulfeldt (2002)
Ceramics Lecture SeriesThursday, February 16, 2012, 7:15–9:15 pm
Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center, Oakland campus
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Info: 510.865.7704 or agonzalez@cca.edu
Three Ceramics alumni -- Kim Tucker (1996) Curtis Arima (1998), and Anja Ulfeldt (2002) -- show slides and discuss their careers and life after art school.
Kim Tucker's work is a rogue's gallery of characters who appear to be personal symbols that are having trouble staying in their own skin. Her tribe of subjects has been described as the ugly, the fat, the weepy, and the physically deformed. Her personal animal kingdom include skunks, opossums, snails with loudmouth ghosts, and reckless sweethearts. The figures struggle to fully express their thoughts, and thus are alternately empowered and made vulnerable. Oddball monsters and awkward lovers expose their humanness, their emotional turmoil, and their faults. Tucker's drawings and sculptures have been exhibited constantly in the Los Angeles area, including a one person show at L2 Kontemporary Gallery last May.
Curtis Arima is a metalsmith raised in the Bay Area. He is best known for his unique 3D surface treatment of acrylic wash on metal, which brings heightened surrealism to his work. His work ranges from organic forms, using the language of gardening as a metaphor for self and society, to formal explorations in sculptural objects, functional pottery, and jewelry. His work has been exhibited nationally, and recently at Gallery Flux in San Francisco; Yaw Gallery in New York; the Richmond Art Center; the National Japanese American Historical Society; the Oakland Museum of California Collectors' Gallery; and the Virginia Breier Gallery in San Francisco.
Anja Ulfeldt's work references the life sciences and the human body through mechanical action and movement, drawing comparisons between the ways living organisms and machines operate. Like living cells, her installations use light, air, water, and electricity to become functional and interactive. Her work often involves the sensation of touch and the element of surprise. It can be playful, alarming, and sensual all at once. She intends to blur the line between life and something that mimics life through interaction, growth, movement, or decay. She lives in San Francisco and is also a photographer and the director of the Basement Gallery in Oakland.
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Currents: First Year Exhibition 2012
March 5–9, 2012Tecoah Bruce Gallery at the Oliver Art Center, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wed., Mar. 7, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. (closed Wed. morning)
Info: 510.594.3642 or firstyear@cca.edu
Currents is a thematic show of works by CCA art, design, and architecture students in their first year of undergraduate study. The exhibition is juried by students in CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice and is intended to engage and challenge first-year students in presenting their work to the public. Come see what ideas and issues are central to CCA's newest makers.
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Lecture by Del Harrow
Design and Craft Lecture SeriesWednesday, March 7, 2012, 7–9 pm
Nahl Hall, Oakland campus
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Info: 415.703.9563 or designandcraft@cca.edu
Del Harrow is a sculptor and educator based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His work in ceramics explores the intersection of digital design with manual and skill-based fabrication processes. His production covers a vast range of scales, from the architectural to the minute, and his conceptual considerations range from the natural landscape to fractal geometry. Harrow is an assistant professor of art at Colorado State University and taught previously at Penn State University and the Kansas City Art Institute. He has taught a number of workshops (recently at Penland School of Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Cranbrook Academy of Art) that address digital and parametric modeling in conjunction with analog fabrication and "hands-on" work with clay. He has exhibited recently at the Denver Art Museum, Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, and Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City.
The Design and Craft Lecture Series is funded by the Wornick Endowment Fund.
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Vanessa DiTullio
Senior Exhibition — CeramicsMarch 13–17, 2012
College Avenue Galleries, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wednesday, March 14, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Lecture by Timothy John Berg
Ceramics Lecture SeriesThursday, March 15, 2012, 7:15–9:15 pm
Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center, Oakland campus
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Timothy John Berg's work deals with commonplace icons and symbols, everyday objects and stereotypical scenarios. His intention is to create work that is appealing to as many people as possible, not just an "art" audience. "By appealing to people's desires we are able to seduce them into a relationship with the work. Hopefully this allows them to meditate on its meaning and look past what is superficial or obvious." Berg received his BFA magna cum laude from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2000 and his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2003. Currently he is an assistant professor at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. His recent exhibitions include a solo show at Dean Project in Long Island City, New York, and a group show entitled Confrontational Ceramics in White Plains, New York.
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Chelsea Leigh Bennett
Senior Exhibition — CeramicsApril 10–14, 2012
College Avenue Galleries, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wednesday, April 11, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Spring Fair
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 11 am–3 pmOakland campus
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Info: 415.703.9571 or glee@cca.edu
CCA's idyllic Oakland campus becomes into a bustling arts bazaar for a day. The public is invited to shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade, affordable gifts created by the CCA community: paintings, drawings, prints, cards, jewelry, ceramics, hand-blown glass, clothing, photography, textiles, and more. Discover unique gifts while enjoying live jazz music and tasty treats.
All CCA students, alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to sell their arts and craft at the Holiday Fair. Check back later for more info on how to register.
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Brooke Davis
Senior Exhibition — CeramicsApril 23–28, 2012
Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland campus
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Reception: Wednesday, April 25, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Baccalaureate Exhibition
May 10–15, 2012San Francisco campus
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Reception: Thur., May 10, 6-10 p.m.
Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Info: 510.658.1224 or 510.658.3176
The best work of CCA's graduating students, featuring works in all media, from painting to sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and more. Please note that on Thursday, May 10, the exhibition does not open to the public until the reception begins at 6 p.m.
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