Critical discussion by Ceramic artist, Betsy Williams, of the Critical Santa Fe Symposium held in Santa Fe, October, 2010. Continue reading
NMPCA member and Santa Fe studio potter, Theo Helmstadter has a lovely website for his Green River Pottery studio and showroom. Always somewhat of a philosopher, he publishes his musings in his “potter’s notebook” on www.greenriverpottery.com. He wrote recently about his experience of attending the Critical Santa Fe symposium. See his notebook at http://www.greenriverpottery.com/pages/news.htm
The conversation about issues raised at Critical Santa Fe continues. Betsy Williams made this comment in response to my post about Criticism in the Studio. I think it’s a good comment and I’m repeating it here since it is hard to find in the small “comment” link. She said: “Leaving aside the idea of ‘criticism’ … Continue reading
In following up on links and organizations I learned about at Critical Santa Fe, I pulled up www.adobeairstream.com, tag line “The Comporary Southwest WEbzine for Arts and Culture.” This is an interesting site. I put ceramics into the search and found this article written by Ellen Berkovitch about the conference. It’s an interesting read, but … Continue reading
During the Critical Santa Fe symposium, I often heard the comment from writers and teachers (some of whom were also makers): Don’t you make critical decisions everyday in the studio when you are making your work? Their argument is that every artist is also a critic. As if to say, hey, don’t get mad at … Continue reading
Both Garth Clark and Howard Risatti made a distinction yesterday between Pottery and Sculpture. I hesitate to put their names in the same sentence since they did not agree on many things. Garth Clark said that sculptors and potters are trained separately and that the impulse and criteria for evaluating are totally different. Howard Risatti … Continue reading
Is this blog keeping up with events at Critical Santa Fe? No…not really. This is really just the tip of the iceberg of impressions, intended to give the NMPCA member or casual viewer who finds this blog a sense of what the Critical Santa Fe symposium is about and provide a way for comments from … Continue reading
One advantage of having Critical Santa Fe in Santa Fe is that several galleries have shows related to ceramics that you all can come to. Here’s the list of galleries you could visit this evening for a taste of what is happening: Jane Sauer Gallery, 652 Canyon Road Linda Durham Contemporary Art, 1807 2nd Street … Continue reading
Not enough time to reflect fully on the discussions last night, we rush over to La Fonda to begin day 2. This stuff really has to be thought about and then go back and discuss some more. I look forward to the dialogue today, hoping that it will shed light on some of the questions … Continue reading
The opening session of Critical Santa Fe was a panel discussion. It fulfilled the prediction of exploding heads. There was an interesting issue raised. The question was “How can you write about the unwriteable?” This reminded me of some parts of my art statement at one time said something like this: “I work in clay … Continue reading
