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Date	Start	End	Title	Event	Description
10/04/2008	7:00pm	9:00pm	3rd Rail Studio presents The Figure Evocative	Opening Reception	The Figure Evocative takes an unconventional look at the human form and its many idiosyncrasies. Through often distorted and bizarre depictions, the figure suggests more than what is present.
10/19/2008	5:00 pm	7:00 pm	Opening reception for Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay	Opening Reception	Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay explores the long history and contemporary relevance of clay as a sculptural medium, revealing the exceptionally expressive and transformational qualities of clay - its ability to reference human history while transcending time and space.
10/18/2008	2pm	3:30pm	Confrontational Ceramics-- Meet the Artists: Judith Schwartz, curator	Lecture Gallery Talk Special Event	Judith Schwartz will lecture about the artists and the social issues related to their work. The show will have an exhibition catalog as well as a book signing of Dr.Schwartz’s new book, Confrontational Ceramics, published by A&C Black, London. This is one in a series of four Meet the Artists afternoons with the artists of Confrontational Ceramics at the Westchester Arts Council's Arts Exchange. Please RSVP 914-428-4220 x278 or jdixon@westarts.com.
10/25/2008	12:00 noon	8:00 pm	New Rochelle Clay Fest	Festival Kids & Families	New Rochelle Clay Fest is a host of programs and activities in seven venues. There will be something for everyone...exhibits of internationally-renowned and local ceramic arts, family workshops, "Terrific Terra Cotta" walking tours, demonstrations, food cooked in clay, and live musical performances taking place in public and private cultural institutions-- all of which will be "stops" on a free trolley service operating throughout the afternoon. Clay Fest is made possilbe in part by support from Iona College Council on the Arts, New Rochelle Council on the Arts, New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District, The City of New Rochelle, The College of New Rochelle, and New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce.
10/04/2008	10:00 am	1:00 pm	A Mini Gallery @ 590 presents Clay’s Inner Voice	Opening Reception	Clay’s Inner Voice includes five members of the Hudson River Potters, who will present their voice and aesthetic in a successful interplay of spontaneity within the discipline of clay work. These functional pieces are glazed to highlight facets of individuality through firing techniques, surface patterning, color, and texture.
10/11/2008	4:00 pm	6:00 pm	Opening reception for Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay	Opening Reception	Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay introduces work that ranges from abstract to totemic and symbolic creating an odyssey of clay through various cultures and geographic locations by ceramic artists who are all using clay as their primary medium.
10/04/2008	4:00 pm	8:00 pm	Media Loft presents Elemental Color	Opening Reception	Elemental Color's non-functional wall installations explore three distinctly different approaches to clay through the common denominator of color by juxtaposing works that are distinctly different in style and philosophy.
11/01/2008	2:00 pm	6:00 pm	Slide presentation and demonstration	Lecture	Slide presentation and demonstration
10/23/2008	5:00 pm	7:00 pm	Opening reception Inside/Outside	Opening Reception	Opening reception Inside/Outside, the ceramic installations by Chuck Plosky and Puneeta Mittal use clay materials and firing processes to create an environment that invites the viewer to touch and take with them tactile memories in time and space.
11/16/2008	2:00 pm	6:00 pm	Closing reception for Elemental Color	Closing Reception	Closing reception for Elemental Color

Date

Start

End

Title

Event

Description

10/04/2008

7:00pm

9:00pm

3rd Rail Studio presents The Figure Evocative

Opening Reception

The Figure Evocative takes an unconventional look at the human form and its many idiosyncrasies. Through often distorted and bizarre depictions, the figure suggests more than what is present.

10/19/2008

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

Opening reception for Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay

Opening Reception

Terra Forma: Perspectives in Clay explores the long history and contemporary relevance of clay as a sculptural medium, revealing the exceptionally expressive and transformational qualities of clay - its ability to reference human history while transcending time and space.

10/18/2008

2pm

3:30pm

Confrontational Ceramics-- Meet the Artists: Judith Schwartz, curator

Lecture

Gallery Talk

Special Event

Judith Schwartz will lecture about the artists and the social issues related to their work. The show will have an exhibition catalog as well as a book signing of Dr.Schwartz’s new book, Confrontational Ceramics, published by A&C Black, London.

This is one in a series of four Meet the Artists afternoons with the artists of Confrontational Ceramics at the Westchester Arts Council's Arts Exchange.

Please RSVP 914-428-4220 x278 or jdixon@westarts.com.

10/25/2008

12:00 noon

8:00 pm

New Rochelle Clay Fest

Festival

Kids & Families

New Rochelle Clay Fest is a host of programs and activities in seven venues. There will be something for everyone...exhibits of internationally-renowned and local ceramic arts, family workshops, "Terrific Terra Cotta" walking tours, demonstrations, food cooked in clay, and live musical performances taking place in public and private cultural institutions-- all of which will be "stops" on a free trolley service operating throughout the afternoon. Clay Fest is made possilbe in part by support from Iona College Council on the Arts, New Rochelle Council on the Arts, New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District, The City of New Rochelle, The College of New Rochelle, and New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce.

10/04/2008

10:00 am

1:00 pm

A Mini Gallery @ 590 presents Clay’s Inner Voice

Opening Reception

Clay’s Inner Voice includes five members of the Hudson River Potters, who will present their voice and aesthetic in a successful interplay of spontaneity within the discipline of clay work. These functional pieces are glazed to highlight facets of individuality through firing techniques, surface patterning, color, and texture.

10/11/2008

4:00 pm

6:00 pm

Opening reception for Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay

Opening Reception

Primordial Considerations: Earth, Mud, Clay introduces work that ranges from abstract to totemic and symbolic creating an odyssey of clay through various cultures and geographic locations by ceramic artists who are all using clay as their primary medium.

10/04/2008

4:00 pm

8:00 pm

Media Loft presents Elemental Color

Opening Reception

Elemental Color's non-functional wall installations explore three distinctly different approaches to clay through the common denominator of color by juxtaposing works that are distinctly different in style and philosophy.

11/01/2008

2:00 pm

6:00 pm

Slide presentation and demonstration

Lecture

Slide presentation and demonstration

10/23/2008

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

Opening reception Inside/Outside

Opening Reception

Opening reception Inside/Outside, the ceramic installations by Chuck Plosky and Puneeta Mittal use clay materials and firing processes to create an environment that invites the viewer to touch and take with them tactile memories in time and space.

11/16/2008

2:00 pm

6:00 pm

Closing reception for Elemental Color

Closing Reception

Closing reception for Elemental Color

A Journey in Maiolica: Italian Renaissance to American Contemporary(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Hannah Wilke: Gestures(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Tell me a Story: Contemporary Narrative Ceramics(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Keith Renner: New Works(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Confrontational Ceramics(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Paula Winokur Solo Exhibition(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Eating on Arcadia. Hudson River Views on Ceramics(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Conversations in Clay(Exhibition Page)(Now)
BUILT: Sculptural Trends in Clay(Exhibition Page)(Now)
The Color of The Tradition: Herencia Milenaria(Exhibition Page)(Now)
Confrontational Ceramics -- Meet the Artists: Paula Winokur(AFU Event)(2 days)

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