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		<title>Paul Chaleff, Jeff Shapiro and Tim Rowan at Mariani Gardens</title>
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All Fired Up!“Spatial Meditations” at Mariani Gardens
September 20th, 1:00 to 4:00pm  – Meet the Artists Reception
October 3rd to November 30th  – &#8220;Spatial Meditations&#8221; Exhibition
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday:  8:30am-6:00pm, Saturday: 8:00am-5:00pm, Sunday: 9:00am-5:00pm
Mariani Gardens serves as a  venue for large-scale ceramic sculpture created by internationally renowned  artists Paul Chaleff, Jeff Shapiro and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/15/paul-chaleff-jeff-shapiro-and-tim-rowan-at-mariani-gardens/</link>
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		<title>Ceramics Gleam on Many Stages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article was printed in The New York Times.
By Laura Joseph Mogil
Published: September 14, 2008
Mention the word ceramics and most people conjure up images of beautifully glazed teacups, plates, pots and vases. What they probably won’t think of is a three-foot-tall sculpture of a little girl wearing a pink dress and holding a submachine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/15/ceramics-gleam-on-many-stages/</link>
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		<title>Steve Hansen: &#8220;Mythologies: Propaganda and Commerce&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Function+Art in Chicago has a gallery show of Steve Hansen&#8217;s work on view until October 18, 2008.
Ceramist Steve Hansen’s artistic renaissance continues. Grounding his works in a trompe l’oeil version of Americana, his stoneware commentaries on the intersections of high and low art, commerce, and pop culture have struck a chord with critics and collectors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/09/steve-hansen-%e2%80%9cmythologies-propaganda-and-commerce/</link>
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		<title>Tim Rowan: Ceramic Sculpture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lacoste Gallery presents work by Tim Rowan at its new show, Tim Rowan: Ceramic Sculpture which runs from September 6-30, 2008.
Developing one&#8217;s work and fashioning it into a personal expression comes from investing oneself completely in what we make. Ideas about originality or making something new are not what concerns me, but rather making work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/05/tim-rowan-ceramic-sculpture/</link>
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		<title>Hand-in-Hand: Celebrating Clay &#38; Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clay Art Center will be having its first fundraiser to take place at Crawford Mansion in Rye Brook on Thursday, September 18, 2008.
Proceeds from the Benefit will benefit Clay Art Center programming, initiate scholarships for local youth in the community and further enhance the Artist-in-Residence program.
Local restaurants will be serving delicious food and there will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/05/hand-in-hand-celebrating-clay-community/</link>
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		<title>All Fired Up! A Celebration of Clay in Westchester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than two years ago, Reena Kashyap, Director of the Clay Art Center, paid a visit to Janet Langsam, the Executive Director of the Westchester Arts Council. They were discussing, among other things, the Clay Art Center’s pending 50 year anniversary, and ways to commemorate it. “Wouldn’t it be something,” Ms. Kashyap wondered aloud “if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/09/05/all-fired-up-a-celebration-of-clay-in-westchester/</link>
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		<title>Mark Hewitt Summer Kiln Opening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark&#8217;s Summer Kiln Opening will take place over 2 weekends. His announcement says &#8220;in this firing of the new kiln we have been experimenting with pink and soft blue glazes, along with dark alkaline greens and pale celadons. There are also several massive &#8220;Obelisks,&#8221; 62 inches tall and 250 lbs., bigger than anything I&#8217;ve ever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/08/14/mark-hewitt-summer-kiln-opening/</link>
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		<title>Willi Singleton&#8217;s Spring Firing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Willi Singleton&#8217;s Pine Creek Pottery will be showing the results of his recent Spring firing. On both June 7th and 8th (Saturday and Sunday), 2008 from 12 noon to 6 pm you can visit Willi&#8217;s studio and kiln and purchase work from his firing. This is great opportunity to acquire some of Willi&#8217;s work, whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/05/27/willi-singletons-spring-firing-3/</link>
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		<title>Perer Callas and Paul Chaleff in Masters of Clay Exhibition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Callas and Paul Chaleff are among a group of seven artists, including Peter Voulkos, Toshiko Takaezu, Robert T. Cooke, Takao Okazaki and Rudolph Serra, showing at Grounds for Sculpture&#8217;s Masters of Clay exhibition which runs through September 28, 2008. The following information is from their website.
Masters in Clay
Through September 28, 2008
In the Museum and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/05/27/perer-callas-and-paul-chaleff-in-masters-of-clay-exhibition/</link>
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		<title>Dualis: Ceramic Invitational features 23 artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dualis: Ceramic Invitational
curated by Ilena Finocchi
April 4th -  June 14th, 2008
 				    North, Souza, and Matthews Galleries.
Opening Reception:  Friday April 4th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
These events are free and open to the public.
Dualis is a thematic group exhibition of emerging ceramic artists that spans the genres of functional, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2008/04/17/dualis-ceramic-invitational-features-23-artists/</link>
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