Ceramics Research Center M U D M AT T E RS
Issue No. 4 Fall 2006
From the Curator
This past summer, I had the opportunity to partake in the celebrations of several ceramic organizations: The Archie Bray Foundation’s 55th and Pottery Northwest’s 40th anniversaries, and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts’ Collectors Weekend. Many artists, supporters and friends joined to note these important benchmarks. The history of these residency programs, all grassroots efforts, have made a significant impact on the field of contemporary ceramics. All were well attended, a testament to the vitality of these programs and to ceramics as an art form. I enjoyed meeting new friends and seeing old acquaintances. Back home, the Ceramics Research Center is developing two retrospective exhibitions, one focusing on the work of David Shaner and the other on Kurt Weiser. The exhibitions highlight not only the milestones of their careers but the evolution and changes ceramics has undergone in the last half century. Shaner, a studio potter trained in the late 1950s, is one of the most revered clay artists of our time. Weiser, a Regents’ Professor at ASU, followed Shaner’s generation. He has mastered many techniques and styles over the last 30 years and is widely recognized as a virtuoso of china painting. The ASU Art Museum looks forward to presenting the work of these two artists in the fall of 2007. Curator Peter Held standing by Robert Arneson’s Rooted.
Front cover top to bottom _ Clay in the Big Sky, CLA Patrons / David Shaner, Slab Form (detail) (Landscape), c. 1967, glazed stoneware, 12 1/2 x 14 x 5/8”. Archie Bray Foundation Collection / Kurt Weiser, Untitled Globe, (detail), 2005; cast porcelain, china paint, bronze. William and Jeanne Porter Collection.
While I have a deep appreciation for and honor traditional ceramics and their makers, it is equally important to assess the evolution of the field and to identify its next generation of innovators. To that end, I look forward to curating the work of five emerging clay artists this summer in Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West. The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is an active and dynamic collection of objects, histories and activities. Please join us for some of our many offerings in the months to come. And thank you for your tremendous support in helping us realize our goals and aspirations in what is certain to be another fabulous year!
Planning Your Next Visit
The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is part of the Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University, providing teaching and research for the hands-on study and enjoyment of ceramics. Its collection encompasses more than 3,000 works—most in open storage. ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center 18 E. 10th Street Tempe, AZ 85281 Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free docent-led tours are available by appointment. Contact us at 480-965-2787, or at asuartmuseum.asu.edu/ceramicsresearchcenter/. 2
Peter Held, curator of ceramics, 480-727-8173 or peter.held@asu.edu
Spotlight on collector Sandy Besser
Clay in the Big Sky
June 20 – _25, 2006 Twelve CLA patrons, escorted by Peter Held, celebrated the Archie Bray Foundation’s 55th anniversary in an extravaganza of lectures, demonstrations, studio and collection visits, culminating with a gala dinner and auction. Resident director Josh DeWeese, artist John Mason and Ann Shaner joined the welcome dinner. Participants also met Rudy Autio, Chris Staley, Richard Notkin and many other artists. A special collectors’ preview of the Holter Museum’s outstanding ceramics collection and Autio’s retrospective exhibition highlighted the event. A day-trip to Bozeman galleries and the studios of John Buck, Deborah Butterfield, Frances Senska and Gennie DeWeese capped off this wonderful trip.
Collector and museum patron Sandy Besser in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home.
Sandy Besser has been generous to the ASU Art Museum through his annual gifts to its permanent collection. In January 2008, in conjunction with the next Ceram*A*Rama Gala, a selection of his figurative ceramics will be shown. Besser’s collection is wide-ranging and adventuresome. He started by collecting drawings while serving in the Navy in San Francisco. Besser later diversified his interests by acquiring ceramics and art from tribal cultures of Asia, Africa and Latin America. His interest in the figure links his collection. Besser says, “It allows me to be a voyeur observing human activity. I enjoy the implications of each narration.” Besser never differentiates among fine art, craft or folk art and feels if artists were successful in their execution and ideas and he responded on an emotional level, the pieces belong in his collection.
Top image: A visit to Barry Hood’s glass studio.
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Bottom image: CLA patrons joined curator Peter Held to the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts this past summer.
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Besser is a staunch champion of under-recognized artists. Once he discovers exceptional talent, he feels an obligation to bring the work to the attention of other collectors, curators, galleries and museums. Lately, he has become more active as a guest curator, recently curating Tomorrow’s Drawing Today for the Arts Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. With his depth of knowledge and his quick wit, it is a pleasure to have Sandy Besser as part of the museum’s growing list of supporters and advocates. In a recent interview, Besser quipped that the headline for his obituary would read, “Sandy Besser Quits Collecting.”
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Making News
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NEA Grant awarded to tour ceramics collection The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded $55,000 to the CRC to organize a major survey exhibition of 80 masterworks from its permanent collection. Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the ASU Art Museum Permanent Collection will provide an in-depth critical analysis of the studio ceramics movement in the last half century; work rooted in functional pottery that has evolved into highly decorative and thought-provoking art. A catalogue will provide a history of the ASU collection from inception through evolution over the last 40 years. 2
Innovation and Change will highlight many of today’s leading American artists, offering a panoramic survey of clay’s potential as an expressive art form. The featured objects range from functional ware for everyday use to more expressive sculptural forms. The exhibition will include prominent works by Robert Arneson, Rudy Autio, Rick Dillingham, Ken Ferguson, Viola Frey, Karen Karnes, Maria Martinez, Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Edwin and Mary Scheier, Toshiko Takaezu, Akio Takamori, Peter Voulkos, Kurt Weiser, Beatrice Wood and Betty Woodman, to name a few. The exhibition commences a national tour in fall 2007.
1 Beatrice Wood, Untitled, 1980, ceramic, 10 x 16”. Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, 2004.037.019. 2 Peter Voulkos, Plate, ceramic, 2 x 13 1/4”. Purchased with funds provided by The Stéphane Janssen Art Foundation. Left image: Akio and Vicky Takamori with Gretchen Adkins (right). Right image: Karako, 2005, 32 x 33 x 24”. Courtesy of the artist.
Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey
Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey, opened at the ASU Art Museum in January 2006 and was a huge success. The exhibition continues to tour and has been well-received in Portland, Oregon and Tacoma, Washington.
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Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser, organized by Peter Held, will survey Weiser’s work from the 1970s to the present, offering a full view of his stylistic development. The exhibition includes 45 ceramic objects drawn from CRC’s permanent collection, the artist’s holdings and private and public collections nationwide. Eden Revisited is funded by a generous grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation, a major accomplishment. Comprehensive support for an entire project is a rarity in contemporary craft. “The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is honored to receive this award recognizing Kurt Weiser’s extraordinary talents in the ceramic arts,” says Held. “The upcoming exhibition and publication will highlight his technical virtuosity and a creative vision that spans 30 years of artistic excellence.” The exhibition launches a two-year national tour to nine museums beginning in November 2007 with the Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The ASU Art Museum hosts the exhibition in April 2009, coinciding with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference in Phoenix.
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In conjunction with the exhibition, Held edits a hardbound catalogue that includes an interview with the artist as well as provocative and insightful essays about Weiser’s work, written by Ed Lebow, public art program director with the City of Phoenix and Ulysses Dietz, curator of decorative arts at the Newark Museum, New Jersey. New developments in the archives – resource room established Susan Harnly Peterson’s gift of archive and research materials is making the CRC’s goal of an accessible archive a reality. In addition to its existing library and artist files, the CRC has established a resource room with a computer to download information about artists represented in the collection, including biographies, resumes, artist statements, bibliographies, images and relevant Web sites. Thanks to the volunteers and Herberger College student interns for their help in bringing the project to fruition. To volunteer with this project or for more information, contact Karyn Murphy at Karyn.Murphy@asu.edu, or at 480-965-7092.
3 Kurt Weiser in his Tempe, Arizona studio. 4 Kurt Weiser, Europa, 2005; cast porcelain, china paint and bronze. Sara and David Lieberman Collection.
5 Kurt Weiser, Raku Toucan Jar, 1981, 15 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2”. Jeanne and William Porter Collection.
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Calendar of Events
DWELL
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Through Dec. 16, 2006, in conjunction with ASU Art Museum’s New American City: Artists Look Forward DWELL elicits many connotations for people: a place to live, a state of inhabiting, to dwell upon the past or fixating on a thought. DWELL draws on the ASU Art Museum permanent collection in a wide range of media, showcasing a roster of nationally and internationally recognized artists, exploring a variety of visual interpretations in expanding perceptions on this theme.
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Many of the participating artists express a world vision – citizens relocated from their homeland, unencumbered by a permanent base. Gone is the American version of the tranquil suburban landscape of the 1950s. “Home” takes on a more contemporary meaning. Reflecting the expansion of geo-political boundaries, artists are no longer limited to hard and fast parameters, instead viewing the world as tentative and shifting. Despite this, the artists draw upon rich aesthetic, emotive and spiritual foundations to blend the human experience with universal truths. DWELL is organized by the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research_ Center with the support of Ceramic Leaders of ASU (CLA). Thanks also to Red Modern Furniture for the loan of vintage furnishings, and Elaine and Sidney Cohen for their loan of DWELL magazines.
Raku: Spirit Beyond Process, An International Exhibition
Jan. 13 – April 21, 2007 Friday, Jan. 19, 6 – 8 p.m., opening reception Friday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Jim Romberg gallery talk Saturday, Jan. 20, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., teacher’s workshop Raku: Spirit Beyond Process, An International Exhibition provides a global perspective of contemporary ceramic artists working with the raku firing technique, creating both utilitarian ware and sculpture. Raku is a centuries-old technique of Japanese pottery characterized by low firing temperatures and the dramatic effects of removing the works from the kiln while glowing hot. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics. With the formal recognition of raku potters in the late 16th century, the Japanese artist-potter first emerged from the anonymity of the general craftsman. A number of American ceramists in the 1960s revived and adapted the technique to suit their personal aesthetic with the use of a reduction chamber at the end of the raku firing. This technique was introduced by Paul Soldner.
3 Teachers Workshop: Raku: Spirit Beyond Process, An International Exhibition, Ceramics Research Center This workshop for high school art teachers includes artist demonstrations and lesson plans, a gallery talk by guest curator Jim Romberg and a student art competition sponsored by the Tempe Festival of the Arts, March 30 – April 1, 2007. Space is limited. RSVP at Laura.Stewart@asu.edu, or call 480-965-2873 by Jan. 17, 2007.
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Organized by the ASU Art Museum, this exhibition is guest-curated by Jim Romberg and is made possible, in part, through investments by_ the Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry, Ceramics Leaders of ASU (CLA) and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
American Craft Council Craft Discovery Patrons’ Weekend in Phoenix
Jan. 11 – 14, 2007 The American Craft Council, escorted by executive director Carmine Branagan, has organized its annual patrons’ trip to Phoenix. Assisted by local council trustees, Peter Held and Sara Lieberman, the weekend includes visits to extraordinary private collections, homes, museums and artist studios as well as receptions at leading galleries. Collectors from around the country will see firsthand, the range of talent in the Valley.
6th Annual Self–Guided Ceramics Studio Tour
Feb. 24 & 25, 2007 Planning is underway for the CRC Artists’ Advisory Committee 6th Annual Self-Guided Ceramic Studio Tour, Feb. 24 and 25, 2007, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Well-known ceramic artists in the Phoenix area welcome clay enthusiasts into their studios where the artists exhibit, demonstrate and sell their work. The tour is free and open to the public. Come meet the artists, learn to work with clay and experience working clay studios. Save the dates and be part of the excitement! A percentage of tour sales benefit the CRC LINCS education programs.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference Louisville, Kentucky
Old Currents/New Blends: A Distillation of Art and Geography March 14 – 17, 2007 If you would like to volunteer at the CRC booth during the 2007 NCECA conference, please contact Karyn Murphy at Karyn.Murphy@asu.edu.
1 Artist Louis Mendez and Peter Held at the DWELL reception.
2 Fabienne Gioria, Green Resist Form, Raku-fired ceramic, 9 x 4”.
3 Jim Romberg, Canyon Moon, 2005, Raku-fired ceramic, 26 x 15 x 8”. 4 Jun Kaneko’s sculpture at the Sara and David Lieberman residence. 7
Calendar of Events
Desert Andamento, Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) 6th Annual Conference
Mesa, Arizona March 21 – 24, 2007 The 2007 SAMA conference features Mosaic Arts International 2007 (a juried exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Arts) and four days of workshops and presentations. Highlighting the event is the first Mosaic Marathon, where mosaic artists execute a large-scale work to be donated to a community charity or facility.
Ceramic Grads Slide Slam
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 7 p.m. Each spring, the CRC hosts presentations by students completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees in the ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts ceramics program. David Crenshaw, Holly Curcio, Adil Rahee and Eilen Ryazantseva discuss their work.
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Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West 2
May 4 – Sept. 4, 2007 Friday, May 4, 6:30 – 9 p.m., opening reception Renegade Clay uncovers the work of five artists or artist collectives that are defining a new generation of clay workers. In an increasingly hybrid, cross-disciplinary, globalized world; new technologies, materials and approaches are influencing the ceramics field. The traditional disciplines of art, design and craft have blurred in the last decade with a fluidity of movement never witnessed before. Not beholden to the past, emerging and under-recognized artists from the western states showcase a wide range of approaches: installation, performative, participatory and industrial.
Ceram*A*Rama 2008 Save the date! Feb. 21 – 25, 2008
Another grand opportunity to see the finest in contemporary ceramic art!
Jan Fisher Memorial Lecture Series
The CRC is extremely pleased to inaugurate the Jan Fisher Memorial Lecture Series in the spring of 2007. Jan was an art history graduate student in the Herberger College of Fine Arts who interned at the Ceramics Research Center. Her area of research was 20th-century women ceramic artists. She was an active member _ of Ceramic Leaders of ASU (CLA). The CRC was deeply saddened to learn that Jan passed away in February 2006. Her friends and colleagues in the art history department began a memorial fund with the intention of making a donation to the CRC in her name. Her family, also enthusiastic supporters of ceramic art, generously made a donation to support this lecture series, which will bring exceptional American women ceramists to the ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts. Future lectures will be announced soon!
Following the Rhythms of Life: The Ceramic Art of David Shaner Sept. 15, 2007 – Jan. 6, 2008 Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30 – 9 p.m., opening reception Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Jack Troy Ceramic Workshop Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Peter Held lecture 3
Next fall, the CRC presents a comprehensive retrospective on the ceramic art of David Shaner (1934-2002), which includes 60 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, the artist’s estate and other public and private collections. Early works from graduate school at Alfred University, his tenure as director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (1964-1970) and his studio years in Bigfork, Montana (1970-2002), provide an in-depth overview of his life’s work. Shaner was much beloved in the ceramics community and, over the course of his remarkable career, pursued an uncommon vision, following the rhythms of life, while leaving a visual legacy for future generations. A hardcover catalogue providing multiple views on Shaner’s work and world view with essays by Jack Troy, Conan Putnam, Hollis Walker and exhibition curator Peter Held, accompany the exhibition. Funding for this project is provided by the Shaner Family; the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design; Friends of Contemporary Ceramics; and the Zaltec Familian and Lillian Levinson Foundation.
1 Holly Curcio, Journal, 2006, ceramic, 4 x 8 x 12”. 2 Richard Cleaver, Collector, 2005, ceramic, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7”. 3 David Shaner. 4 David Shaner, Slab Form (Landscape), 1967, glazed stoneware, 12 1/2 x 14 x 5/8”. Archie Bray Foundation Collection. Peter Held joined 20 leaders in the craft community, hosted by the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. While in North Carolina, Held met potter Daniel Johnson, who makes large-scale planters and vases inspired, in part, by his apprenticeships with Mark Hewitt and traditional Thai potters. Held also had the opportunity to visit the Penland School of Crafts, curators Mark Leach and Melissa Post at the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte and to visit the developing Sparta Teapot Museum where he was given a tour by curator Mary Douglas.
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And, the ceramic collection grows…
Thanks to all the donors and artists who have made significant gifts to the CRC’s permanent collection in the past year: DONOR Stephen Alpert ARTIST Richard Hirsch DONOR Lauren Ari ARTIST Lauren Ari DONOR Sandy Besser ARTISTS Kurt Weiser • David Shaner DONOR Garth Clark & Mark Del Vecchio ARTISTS Henry Varnum Poor • Dorothy Hafner DONOR Wann Caron ARTIST Rob Barnard DONOR Joyce Cooper ARTISTS Fred Bauer • Toby Buonagurio • David Gilhooly • Peter Vandenberge • Patti Warashina DONOR Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation ARTIST Takashi Hinoda DONOR Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goo ARTISTS Robert Kline • Paolo Soleri • Toshiko Takaezu • Patti Warashina DONOR Estate of Jan Fisher ARTIST Karen Karnes DONOR Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection ARTISTS Karel Appel • Robert Arenson • Rudy Autio • Ralph Bacerra • Michael Cardew • Hans Coper • Val Cushing • Harris Deller • Ruth Duckworth • Ken Ferguson • Shoji Hamada • Georges Jeanclos • Kanjiro Kawai • Bernard Leach • John Mason • Richard Notkin • George Ohr • Lucie Rie • Serge Vandercam DONORS Sara and David Lieberman ARTISTS Michael Corney • Henry Takemoto • Kurt Weiser DONOR William Lieberman ARTIST Dennis Lee Mitchell DONOR Louis Mendez ARTIST Louis Mendez DONOR Franklin Parrasch ARTIST William Wyman DONOR Ann Shaner, promised gifts ARTISTS Frank Boyden • Ken Ferguson • Jenny Lind • Don Reitz • Robert Sperry • Jack Troy • Kurt Weiser DONOR Kurt Weiser ARTIST Kurt Weiser DONOR Marilyn Zeitlin ARTIST Anonymous DONORS Purchased with funds provided by Judy Ackerman and Richard Epstein, the CRC Artists’ Advisory Committee, Jane Ash, Dale and Marshall Block, Elaine and Sidney Cohen, Leslie Ferrin and the Ferrin Gallery, Midge and Jerry Golner, The FUNd at Arizona State University, Carol and Ed Hall, Jane and Malcolm Jozoff, Sara and David Lieberman, Karyn Murphy; Edith, Merle, and Steve Rosskam; and the friends of Sara Lieberman, in her honor ARTIST Gundi Dietz
_ CLA Members as of September 2006
Patron Members: Judy Ackerman and Richard Epstein, Mark Anderson, Jane and Larry Ash, Susan Beech, Sandy Besser, Bentley and David Calverley, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Elaine and Sidney Cohen, Rebecca and Scott Currey, Anne and Sam Davis, Midge and Jerry Golner, Jean Grossman, Emily and Fred Gurtman, Wendy Haas, Carol and Edward Hall, Roberta and Bruce Hammer, Billie Jo Harned and Jack Rudel, David Hayslip, Elaine and Malcolm Herbert, Stéphane Janssen, Ellie and Mark Lanier, Sara and David Lieberman, Joan and David Lincoln, Jim Lowman, Doris and Hong-Kee Ong, Josefine and David Perry, Susan Peterson, Janet and Roger Robinson, Edith Rosskam, Merle and Steve Rosskam, Arlene and Mort Scult, Teresa Sinatra and Jerry Crittendon, Tana and Ridge Smidt, Jodi and Tod Solomon, Paula and Jack Strickstein, Linda Sullivan, Nancy Tieken, Gary Tiepelman, Agnese Udinotti, Christy and Kurt Weiser, Mikki and Stanley Wiethorn. Contributing Members: Julius Forzano, Nancy and Alvin Malmon. Supporting Members: Jennifer Allen, Wesley Anderegg, Linda Arbuckle, Lauren Ari, Sharon Armann, Christa Assad, Alma and Gilbert Augenblick, Darcy Badiali, Luis Baiz, Thomas Baker, Douglas Kent Baldwin, Jim Barnaby, Joan Baron, Martha Benson, Susan Beiner, Nicholas Bernard, Wally Bivins, Sandy Blain, Lucy Breslin, Jeremy Briddell, Cynthia Bringle, Darryl Brown, Deborah Rael Buckley and Thomas Buckley, Jim Budde, Deanna and Robert Burger, Vincent Burke, Gail Busch, Debbie Butterfield and John Buck, Rose Cabat, Jane and William Canby, Annetta and Robert Chester, Larry Clark, Richard Cleaver, Corie Cole, Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Jeanne Collins and Paul Brooker, Catherine Conover Covert and Chris Covert, Joyce Cooper, Cathy and Tod Cowen, David Crane, Claire Curneen, Ted Decker, Esmeralda DeLaney, Stephen DeStaebler, Josh DeWeese, Gennie DeWeese, Kim Dickey, Stephen Dixon, Eddie Dominguez, Leatrice and Mel Eagle, Lyndall Eddy and Phillip Wagoner, Phillip Eglin, Sanam Emami, Janet and Jerry Etshokin, LaReal Eyring, Betsy Fahlman-Ball and Dan Ball, Marko Fields, Anita Fields, Susan Folwell, Kaori Fujitani, Keiko Fukazawa, Verne Funk, David Furman, Julia Galloway, Jason Garcia, John Glick, Beverly Goldfine, Maurice Grossman, Bridget Cherie Harper, Diane Harrison and Sherman Axel, Robert Harrison, Jason Hess, Benjie Heu, Jon Yukio Higuchi, Anne Hirondelle, Halldor Hjalmarson, Sam Hodges, Ayumi Horie, Deborah Horrell, Patrick Horsley, Yoshiro Ikeda, Sergei Isupov, Sarah Jaeger, Jeremy Kane, Jun Kaneko, Margaret Keelan, Ann and Keith Kelly, Jane Kelsey-Mapel, Tom Kerrigan, Siddiq Khan, Meagan Kieffer, Diana Kilber, Maren Kloppmann, Karen Koblitz, Michelle Korf, Charles Krafft, Ben Krupka, Alex Kutchins, Max Lehman, Frank Lloyd, Eugene Loring and Hal Meyers, James Lovera, Michael Lucero, Sandra Luehrsen, Xiaoping Luo, Kirk Mangus, Maxine and Jonathan Marshall, Lorna Meaden, James Melchert, Matthew Metz, Brad Miller, Jeffry Mitchell, Clara Moore, Ric Moriarity, Nora Naranjo Morse, Ron Nagle, Farraday Newsome, Gail Nichols, Glen Nipshank, Nobuhito Nishigawara, Richard Notkin, Jill Oberman, Jeff Oestreich, Georgette Ore a.k.a. Don Pilcher, Virgil Ortiz, Jeanne Otis, Genise and Bruce Park, Jess Parker, Jan Peterson, Jeanne and William Porter, Liz Quackenbush, Gil Quintanilla, Seth Rainville, Anne Rasmussen, Jon Read, Jeff Reich, Alison Reintjes, Don Reitz, Don Ridley, Laurie Petrie Rogers and Waynor Rogers, Louise Roman and Will Bruder, Jim Romberg, Betsy Rosenmiller, Diane Rosenmiller, Patricia Sannit, Linda and Sherman Saperstein, Jane Sauer, Jeremy Schmidt, Randall Schmidt, Brad Schwieger, Bonnie Seeman, Nancy Selvin, Frances Senska and Shelburn Murray, Junya Shao, Richard Shaw, Ellyce and Eddie Shea, Linda Shephard and John Hill, Peter Shire, Beth Shook, Lorraine and Mark Shwer, Linda Sikora, Bobby Silverman, Nina Solomon, Fred Spaulding, Phyllis and Stuart Steckler, Beth Cavener Stichter, Faith Sussman and Richard Corton, Penny Price Swanson, Richard Swanson, Karen Swyler, Akio Takamori, Tip Toland, Robin and Robert Trick, Sandra Trujillo, Wanda and Rudy Turk, Mary Lee Larison and Doug Turman, John Utgaard, Eric Van Eimeren, Ann Adair Voulkos, Neil Williams, Tara Wilson, Rosalie Wynkoop, Evans and John Wyro, Sherri Zeitlin.
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