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Michael McDowell on tue 6 mar 12


This will be the first time I have ever partaken of the NCECA experience.
I'm not going to apologize for needing to do it on the cheap. I couldn't
afford it otherwise. I've been told that there will be plenty to fill my
dance card with without having to be a registered attendee. Now that I have
managed to line up a place to stay and park my car that is near the bus
lines, I'm trying to make a list of all the clay related things I might see
and do during the March 28th - 31st period.

Several other potters that I know from the Bellingham/Whatcom County area
are hoping to make the pilgrimmage, at least for day trips since it's only
about 100 miles away. But we are pretty much in the dark right now about
what the options are. Since so many of the related activities and events ar=
e
not officially related, I don't believe there is any single source for this
information. Please help me make a list, and I'll be sure to share it
around...

Michael McDowell
Whatcom County, WA, USA
michael@mcdowellpottery.com
http://www.McDowellPottery.com

Porcelain Forest on thu 8 mar 12


On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Michael McDowell <
michael@mcdowellpottery.com> wrote:

> This will be the first time I have ever partaken of the NCECA experience.
> I'm not going to apologize for needing to do it on the cheap. I couldn't
> afford it otherwise. I've been told that there will be plenty to fill my
> dance card with without having to be a registered attendee. Now that I ha=
ve
> managed to line up a place to stay and park my car that is near the bus
> lines, I'm trying to make a list of all the clay related things I might s=
ee
> and do during the March 28th - 31st period.
>
> Several other potters that I know from the Bellingham/Whatcom County area
> are hoping to make the pilgrimmage, at least for day trips since it's onl=
y
> about 100 miles away. But we are pretty much in the dark right now about
> what the options are. Since so many of the related activities and events
> are
> not officially related, I don't believe there is any single source for th=
is
> information. Please help me make a list, and I'll be sure to share it
> around...


I figured at least one person would be able to help with this by now.

Of course there are the events that are open to the public for the NCECA
show check their site. I've never been so this is my first go at it.

There is a Gauguin exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. It's mostly
his Polynesian paintings I've heard.

There is stuff happening at Pottery Northwest
http://www.potterynorthwest.org

The Sheraton Hotel Bar is supposed to be a happening networking spot. I
really don't know about that last one, but hear mudslingers like to drink ;=
D

A friend of mine told me that there are a bunch of galleries that are doing
things for the event as well.

Anyone else care to chime in?

Paul Lewing on thu 8 mar 12


On Mar 8, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Porcelain Forest wrote:

Of course there are the events that are open to the public for the NCECA
show check their site.

There are almost too many to name actually. The NCECA National and, I
believe, the Regional K-12 show are at Bellevue Arts Museum (not Art
Museum- they're very sensitive about that). Bellevue is across the
lake from Seattle. If you have an NCECA tag you probably won't have
to pay to get in, especially on the Wednesday when the bus tour goes
there. Otherwise you can still get in, but you'd have to pay.
There's also a show by Mary Lee Hu, who taught metalsmithing at UW for
many years. She makes amazing woven wire objects.
And there are many, many more shows. I believe there are a record 190
officially recognized shows all over the region from Bellingham to
Olympia and over to Ellensburg. That's about a 100-mile diameter
circle. But there are plenty in Seattle to keep you occupied.
Actually for virtually all the shows, you will not need an NCECA tag.
Possibly some of the shows in the Convention Center or the Sheraton
Hotel, but not in any of the galleries around town. The La Mesa
tableware show has often been in a hotel and open to the public.
Some other possible highlights:
The Design Center, in an area south of downtown called Georgetown, is
a huge building that until recently has been full of designer and home
furnishings showrooms. There are so many empty spaces there now that
they are going to be filled with dozens of ceramics shows. Not sure
if you need a tag to get in there or not, but I doubt it.
NW Gallery of Fine Woodworking at 1st and Lenora St. just north of
Pike Place Market in Belltown neighborhood, would be worth seeing just
for the amazing wood. But there will be a show of clay pieces by the
ceramics members of NW Designer-Craftsmen, an elite juried group of
craftspeople from all mediums, from 5 NW states.
Toshiro Kaplan Gallery in Pioneer Square has a show of tiles by
members of Artisan Tile NW.
The juried show of work by members of the WA Clay Artists Association
is at the Art Stop Gallery in Tacoma.
I mention those last three for selfish reasons- I have work in all of
them.
There's a great teapot show at Bellevue Community College.
There will be some kind of installation/show on one of the piers on
the waterfront down by the Coleman Ferry Dock.
There are many galleries in Pioneer Square, just south of downtown, in
Belltown just north of downtown, and along Broadway on Capitol Hill
just east of downtown.
I'm not sure what Seattle Art Museum is planning officially for NCECA,
but they have one of the great porcelain collections in the US, both
Asian and European. It's a very frustrating display, I think, but
amazing.
Seattle Asian Art Museum, on Capitol Hill in Volunteer Park probably
will have some kind of Asian ceramics display, but even what they have
out all the time is pretty amazing. If you ever took Asian Art
History and used the huge textbook by Sherman Lee, you'll recognize a
lot of the pieces there. Lee was director of SAM when he wrote it.
Too bad the show by modern Japanese master Mutsuo Yanagihara won't
still be there.
So that should get you started.
And I know it's not quite kosher, but if you're in the Convention
Center or the hotel and you see a show in a room that you'd like to
see, you can often find someone who will loan you a badge for a bit.

Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
www.paullewingart.com