Women's Work

Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation

September 15, 2008 – March 1, 2009

Women's Work features the work of contemporary women printmakers from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation. Included in the exhibition are 56 prints by a number of contemporary women artists, including Anni Albers, Louise Nevelson, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Kruger, Bridget Riley, Kiki Smith, Judy Pfaff, Pat Steir and Kara Walker, among others. The exhibition will present a wide variety of themes explored by contemporary women printmakers over the past 35 years, including abstraction, humor and satire, politics, race, gender and the environment.

Jordan D. Schnitzer

October 15, 2008 7:00 PM

Jordan D. Schnitzer will speak about his collection and the exhibition Women's Work. Growing up around art, Jordan began collecting at the early age of fourteen. Along with his wife, he collects contemporary prints by internationally recognized artists who came to prominence after 1945, as well as work of contemporary artists in the Northwest. As an art collector and businessman, Jordan and his wife Mina are active supporters of education and the arts.

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Eden Revisited

The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser

September 30 – December 21, 2008

Organized by Arizona State University's Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser is the first major mid-career survey exhibition on the ceramic work of Kurt Weiser. Weiser is a Regents' Professor in the ASU Herberger College of the Arts and maintains a studio in Tempe, Arizona. An unassuming genius, the artist is known for his technical mastery and inventive pottery forms. This hallmark exhibition comprises 40 ceramic sculptures and spans 30 years of creative excellence. Peter Held, curator of ceramics, curates the exhibition.

A catalog will accompany the exhibition.

Peter Held

September 30, 2008 7:00 PM

Peter Held, curator of the exhibition, will discuss Kurt Weiser's work and collecting ceramics.

Peter Held received his B.S. degree in studio art from the State University of New York at Brockport.  Upon graduation, he moved to Helena, MT to become a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (1974-76).  He later completed a Masters degree in Museum Administration at Oregon State University and interned at the Portland Art Museum in the Asian Art Department.  He returned to Helena in 1994 to serve as Executive Director and Curator of the Holter Museum of Art. Since 2003, he has been Curator of Ceramics at the Ceramics Research Center, part of the ASU Art Museum at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Kurt Weiser reception and workshops

November 6-8, 2008

Weiser’s signature China-painted porcelain vessels constitute a groundbreaking development in the vessel tradition. The emotional content of the work focuses on the nature of desire, tenderly in and out of harmony with nature, providing a rich narrative with lush imagery. Weiser received his BFA in 1972 and his MFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1976. From 1977 to 1988 he was resident director of the famed Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, located in Helena, Montana. He was honored as a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2003.

Weiser’s work can be found in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; National Museum of American Art,and Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. among others.

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