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DESCRIPTION:This program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST\, please 
 email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. \n  \n  \nJoin us for a lively artist conversat
 ion exploring themes of experimentation\, materiality\, and process in the
  work of North Carolina-based ceramic artists Jessica Dupuis (UNC-Pembroke
 \; MFA ’10)\, Hitomi Shibata (Studio Touya\, Seagrove\, NC)\, and Isys H
 ennigar (BFA ’17) in the context of the innovative works by contemporary
  Japanese women artists on view in Radical Clay. The conversation will b
 e moderated by the Ackland’s Head of Interpretive Resources Lillian Rodr
 iguez\, part of the Museum’s Education and Interpretation Team. \n  \nSp
 ace is limited\; please register for a free ticket below! \n  \n— \n  \n
 About Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan \n  \nRadical Cl
 ay celebrates thirty-six contemporary ceramic artists — all women — re
 presented by works selected from the private collection of Carol and Jeffr
 ey Horvitz. All have explored the technical and conceptual possibilities o
 f clay. The works in this exhibition are inventive and expressive\, at tim
 es mysterious or even shocking. The artists who created them are among the
  most technically accomplished contemporary ceramists. Some began their ca
 reers several decades ago while others started more recently — and over 
 the past fifty years they have\, each in her distinctive way\, produced sc
 ulpture that pushes the physical limits of the medium. More about Radical 
 Clay: https://ackland.org/exhibition/radical-clay-contemporary-women-artis
 ts-from-japan/.  \n  \nAbout the Artists \n  \nJessica Dupuis received her
  MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her BFA with
  a concentration in ceramics and print media from Alfred University. Dupui
 s exhibits her work regionally and nationally. She has been a resident art
 ist at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Women’s Studio Work
 shop as well as a recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s Outs
 tanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award and an Ella Fo
 untain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant from the Durham Arts Council. She is a
 n Associate Professor of Art – Ceramics & A.D. Gallery Director at the U
 niversity of North Carolina at Pembroke. More about Dupuis: https://www.je
 ssicadupuis.com/.  \n  \nIsys Hennigar‘s work explores myth and narrativ
 e surrounding the body and the natural world. Referencing agricultural pra
 ctice\, mythology\, and medicine\, the work considers systems of sustenanc
 e and healing\, cultural and ecological legacies of land cultivation\, and
  dualities of the body. In dialogue with clay’s metaphorical relationshi
 p to the body\, as well as with histories of metal adornment and objects o
 f protection\, her work invokes real and reimagined ecological encounters 
 that underscore transformation and hybridity as tools of renewal. Hennigar
  received her BFA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and he
 r MFA from the University of Georgia. Exhibitions of her work include Sign
 ature Contemporary Craft (Atlanta\, GA)\, Sow & Tailor Gallery (Los Angele
 s\, CA)\, The American Museum of Ceramics (Pomona\, CA)\, and the North Ca
 rolina Museum of Art (Raleigh\, NC). She is currently in residence as the 
 2025 Brightwork Fellow at Anchorlight in Raleigh\, NC. More about Hennigar
 : https://www.isyshennigar.com/. \n  \nHitomi Shibata creates ceramic work
 s from natural clays\, using wood firing in her process\, giving them a su
 stainable energy and life. Shibata started learning ceramic art in Okayama
 \, Japan as a college student\, and after graduation moved to Shigaraki wh
 ich is one of the oldest Japanese pottery towns. She lived and established
  her skill and knowledge as a professional potter in Shigaraki. Shibata re
 ceived a scholarship by Rotary International to come to the USA to learn A
 merican ceramics in 2001. Now living in Seagrove\, North Carolina\, which 
 is the most active pottery communities in USA\, she enjoys making pots in 
 her studio. Shibata does wood firings with her husband\, Takuro Shibata by
  their Anagama plus chamber kiln that they built in 2009. More about Shiba
 ta: https://www.studiotouya.com/hitomi-shibata.
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Radical Ceramicists in North Carolina
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