Paper & Clay Invitational
USU Printmaking & Ceramic Alumni

This invitational exhibition consists of (8) female USU ceramic and printmaking alumni.  Each artist chosen are current and relevant in their respective fields.  The ceramic work in the exhibition represents both functional and sculptural forms.  Lithographs, woodcuts, and intaglio prints are also included. 

The Artists:

Printmaking
Cerese Vaden
Emily Wilson
Sherry Black
Kathy Puzey

Ceramics
Kelli Sinner
Kari Smith
Dennise Gackstetter
Micki Skudlarczyk

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art continues to exhibit Klompen — wooden shoes that dance midair.

Klompen, is a sculpture consisting of 96 Dutch wooden clogs that “dance” a different rhythmic pattern each time the sculpture is activated. The sound sculpture was created by Seattle-based artist Trimpin.

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USES OF THE REAL

Originality, Conditional Objects, and Action/Documentation, Contemplation

January 2008 -December 2009

Contemporary art can be baffling. Artists sometimes take objects from the everyday world and transform them into art. What makes an object art? Is it originality, genuineness, authorship, or is it context? USU museum staff and guest curators selected works from the museum’s permanent collection that provoke the question “What makes it art?” Panel discussions and viewer participation projects will be sponsored during the exhibition through 2009. The museum’s major works of art will remain on display throughout the exhibit, but you won’t want to miss seeing the changes that will be occurring in our galleries as we explore with our viewers the questions associated with what makes art “real” art!

Installation View Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, and Action/Documentation, Contemplation

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