Join us at the Goldmark Cultural Center on Thursday, 11/3, from 11.00am to 12.00pm for a very special artist talk presented by ceramicist Barbara Frey!
During her artist talk, Barbara will speak about a selection of her latest hand-built, wood-fired ceramic vessels and the processes involved in creating them. Her exhibition, “An Artist’s Walk: Ceramic Art by Barbara Frey”, is on display in the Goldmark Cultural Center’s J.H. Milde Gallery from 10/28 to 11/25, with a reception on Saturday, 11/12, during our November Art Walk.
The artist talk will be followed by a potluck luncheon in the front lobby of Building 13999, so make sure to bring a dish and your appetite!
About the Artist
Barbara Frey has a BFA in Ceramics from Indiana University and an MFA from Syracuse University. She taught ceramics for 40 years at SUNY-Oswego and Texas A&M University-Commerce, retiring in May 2018. She received the 2013 NCECA Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of a career devoted to teaching ceramics.
Her work has been widely exhibited and published and is included in many public and private collections, including the Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi Province, Korea; the de Young Museum, San Francisco; The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; the Museum of Texas Tech University; The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; the Kohler Company corporate collection; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center permanent collection, Sheboygan, WI; the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; and The Kamm Foundation Teapot Collection. Her work may be viewed at barbarafreyceramics.com.
About the Exhibition
There are two distinct types of works represented in the exhibition: constructed vessels and tumblers. Inspired by rocks from Lake Ontario, the multipart vessels are assembled from various thrown and handbuilt parts. Actual rocks are used as press molds in the forming process. “Walk” and “Fossil” tumblers have textured and press-molded surfaces created using natural and manufactured found objects that the artist collects during her walks.
The surfaces that result from the wood firing process show a degree of natural variation and modulated color that is in keeping with the organic quality of the forms. The overall theme of responsiveness to the natural environment unifies the exhibition.