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Sedona Arts Center — Join us for Ceramics Art Talks Tonight!

by Community Contributor • April 10, 2024 • Comments Off

FREE CERAMICS ARTIST TALKS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 from 5 to 7pm

This Wednesday…
Free Artists Talks with Jeff Perkins, Donna Reitz, and Dennis Ott April 10, 5-7pm

Join us for artists talks featuring Jeff Perkins, Donna Reitz and Dennis Ott this Wednesday, April 10, from 5-7 p.m. and delve into the history and impact of Sedona Arts Center’s ceramics studio. Each of the artists will share personal and meaningful stories.

Perkins will discuss learning how to throw on the potter’s wheel from SAC founder Nassan Gobran, Reitz will talk about her father the late Don Reitz, known throughout the world as a ceramic’s innovator, while Ott will highlight his 33-year career in ceramics and how SAC and its Ceramic Department changed his life. The event is free and open to the public.

Come See the Special Exhibition:
Celebrating 65 Years in Ceramics
April 3-26, 2024“Celebrating 65 Years in Ceramics” features an array of functional and sculptural pottery and ceramics diverse in approach and contemporary expression. More than 35 artists will participate in the invitational that pays homage to the art form and its makers—current and past.

“Ceramics education has been integral to Sedona Arts Center since our foundingand this exhibition recognizes the importance of this discipline not only at SAC but throughout Arizona,” says Julie Richard, CEO of Sedona Arts Center. “It is programmed as part of our 65^th anniversary and that makes it even more special.”

This year’s invited makers include Johnny Arvizu, Nicholas Bernard, Jason Bohnert, Jill Brugler, Juliette Buffington, Steve Bunyard, Jacob Clark, Russell DeHaven, Cesar Duarte, Jonah Fleeger, Magda Gluszek, Christine Golden, Lynne Grigg, CJ Henderson, Jon Higuchi, Laura Howe, Kristin Jay, Neil Kennedy, Joyce Killebrew, Mariann Leahy, Sandra Luehrsen, Levon Miller, Rain Orchard, Dennis Ott, Bruce Peek, Jeff Perkins, Sarah Roberts, Ben Roti, Steven Schaeffer, Fran Schlatter, Robert Schmierer, Thomas Schumacher, Andrew Smith, Robert Snyder, Belsy Trigueros, Mike Upp, Marina Wahbeh, Cam Waters, and featuring art by Don Reitz.Opening at Celebrate Sedona, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 4-6pm

65 YEARS IN CERAMICS – PURCHASE ART ONLINE – CLICK HERE

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