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Clay Art Center is having their Fine Functional Pottery and Ceramic Exhibition and Sale from December 4-7, 2008. There is an opening reception on Thursday, December 4 from 6-9pm. Check their website for details and gallery hours.
The Gallery of the French Institute/Alliance Française
Celebrates Six “Living Treasures” of France
Celebrates Six “Living Treasures” of France
Earth and Fire: Master Artisans of France Inaugurates
A Biennial Exhibition Series Devoted to the Craft Heritage of France
A Biennial Exhibition Series Devoted to the Craft Heritage of France
New York, NY — Like a language, an ancient craft tradition can be lost and with it an expression of a particular way of being in the world. Understanding the value of its own rich and intricate heritage, since 1994 the French Ministry of Culture has acknowledged the most exceptional practitioners of quintessentially French craft traditions by conferring upon them the title of maître d’art. To date, 90 artisans have been so honored by the French government for technical brilliance, creative vision, and commitment to passing along their knowledge to future generations.
Six of these French masters/maîtres will display an array of their finest work at the Gallery of the French Institute/Alliance Française (FIAF) from January 14 to February 10, 2009. As the first in a biennial series of such exhibitions, Earth and Fire: Master Artisans of France assembles 90 objects. Thirty are recent, one-of-a-kind pieces made of crystal, enameled porcelain, steel, silver, and other metals by Roland Daraspe of Versailles; Pierre Gaucher of Sarrebruck; Jean Girel of Burgundy; Jean-Louis Hurlin of Le Ban-Saint-Martin; Pierre Reverdy of Romans; and Serge Vaneson of Baccarat, France. Another 60 are exceptional examples of faïence from the collection of the Faucon family, seven generations of ceramicists who maintained a factory in the town of Apt in the South of France from 1890 until 2002.
“This exhibition is an extraordinary opportunity for New Yorkers to view in one gallery the diversity and innovation of artisans drawn from throughout the French countryside,” says Tristan de Terves, the Gallery Director of the Alliance Française.
